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[quote=Anonymous]Woodson 6, Herndon 5

Long time NOVA lacrosse fan and parent of two boys (9 & 12) in the Woodson pyramid. Decided to start taking them to some games this year and caught both the Centerville opener and tonight vs Herndon.

Monday’s result vs Centreville was a frustrating one for Woodson. They were clearly the better team but fell victim to a sloppy first game after having a bye week to start the season, and it showed. They dominated possession after possession offensively and generated quality looks all night, but couldn’t finish to save their life. It was one of the worst shooting performances I’ve seen. I had #24 for Woodson around 2 for 17 on the night shooting and the rest of the group wasn’t much better. Woodson dug themselves into a hole, rallied late to force overtime, and even in OT had multiple point blank chances turned away before Centerville won it in double OT on EMO. Credit to Centerville, they played hard and their attackman #3 looked like an all-state level player. I heard it was his first game back after missing all preseason and they looked like a completely different team with him. Overall you could sense the frustration from Woodson as it felt like nothing bounced their way and that if they played that game 10 times, they would win that game at least 9 of them. It was probably a needed early wake up call.

Tonight’s matchup vs Herndon was a much better indicator. Herndon looked like a top team, I can see why they’re ranked in the 7 to 10 range in the state. Their York commit, #1 at attack is a problem and their SSDMs / poles were all over the field. This is also a group that handled Lake Braddock in a scrimmage and hadn’t really been tested yet.

Game wise, Woodson again started slow shooting and went down 2-0 despite getting clean looks almost every possession. In the second quarter they settled in and took a 4-3 lead into half. Early third they pushed it to 6-4 and from there it felt like they were in control. Woodson slowed things down, moved it well, and the refs started putting really early stall calls on them which made the second half a bit of a game of keep away. Herndon made a push late, but had no answer for Woodson’s goalie and the Cavs closed it out 6-5. It felt like if the refs weren’t issuing super early stall calls that Woodson could have kept scoring every possession. It became a weird game script in the 2nd half.

Overall it felt like a quality top 10 matchup. After the first quarter Woodson played cleaner, looked more composed, and felt like the slightly better team the rest of the way. Based on what I’ve seen and some early results, it feels like Woodson and West Potomac are right there with Lake Braddock not far behind in what should be a tight race out of Region C for the last spot in states. Should be a fun one to follow![/quote]

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