Anonymous wrote:Starting Penn State LSM.
D man at Princeton
I think Penn State has one or two SSDM
Starting attackman at Ohio State

You are uninformed

Anonymous wrote:Prep and Gonzaga have the most talent in the area. Their current rosters are loaded with collegiate level players. Both Prep and Gonzaga have 5-7 Division I players in every class.
Gonzaga is down this season. Prep is excellent.
I expect both to be at the top of the food chain in 2022.

Prep has an immensely talented sophomore class—probably the best in the DMV, if not nationally. There is some good talent in the freshman class, but not as much for the freshmen class entering this Fall. With the turnover in leadership at Prep’s main feeder school (soon to be run solely by GZ alum), we shall see if the talent pool at Prep dwindles. If they continue their success on the field and in the classroom, then, with completion of the new facilities, Prep should do fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Landon is not better than Bullis this year. Landon got exposed.

This was actually settled on the field. Bullis was 1 goal better over two games with Landon.

A further litmus test will be Prep/Bullis 3 on Tuesday. Bullis holds the only win by anyone over Prep but that was week 1.

Bullis played months before game 1 and won by a whisker due to 3 saves on the doorstep - Prep had 1 scrimmage before game 1 and has gotten better each week; Game 3 will not be close, Prep wins big.

Anonymous wrote:Neutral observer here who has been around lacrosse for several decades and had a son graduate from an IAC school and play in the Ivy League.

Based on what I saw in person on Thursday, this is by far the best Georgetown Prep team I have seen play in well over 10 years. Big, athletic, and showed a ton of discipline. The Hoyas controlled the temp of the entire game from start to finish.

Landon has very solid squad this Spring. Preps overall athleticism simply just took over the game. Prep has some serious horses in the midfield, #10 and #16 are as good as I have seen in a very long time. Both are throw back middies who play offense and defense. Truthfully I didn't notice GP's attack as much as 90% of Prep's offense was generated from their middies. #28 for GP, who I heard is only a sophomore is a big time pole. The kid just creates transition and even offense. I haven't seen a LSM of his caliber at the HS level in a long time.

A previous poster pointed this out but GP has a mini home field advantage by playing on their rugby field which has a huge ridge (reminds me of an old school football field from the 90s) I see (Prep is undergoing massive construction project: new dorm / football stadium hence they have been playing on grass all Spring) I suspect most privates in this area all practice on turf these days.

I don't think the Bullis - GP game will be that close on Tuesday. Yes, Bulldogs provided GP their only defeat in league play it was 5 weeks ago and it was the first game of the season. Since that game, GP has dominated IAC league play. It's also going to be HOT out on Tuesday, and Bullis has limited depth this year. I've seen Bullis play Landon twice this year and both teams are fairly even. (don't tell me one is truly better than the other when they split the series and both game were very close) Bullis doesn't face-off particularly well so expect the Hoyas not only to dominate offensive possession but to dictate the pace of the game.

I fully expect GP to win by 5 goals on Tuesday and the Lil Hoyas will bring home their first outright IAC tournament title since 2014.


As for the SJC - GP debate. Hopefully these two teams play one another over Memorial Day weekend. I haven't seen SJC play in person this Spring but the WCAC seems to be quite down this year. PVI plays Episcopal in the VISSA finals today which will give us a good barometer of the WCAC vs IAC this year.
Prep has an immensely talented sophomore class—probably the best in the DMV, if not nationally. There is some good talent in the freshman class, but not as much for the freshmen class entering this Fall. With the turnover in leadership at Prep’s main feeder school (soon to be run solely by GZ alum), we shall see if the talent pool at Prep dwindles. If they continue their success on the field and in the classroom, then, with completion of the new facilities, Prep should do fine.

Anonymous wrote:Prep also needs to be prepared for very physical play from Bullis. Prep, so big, is not so physical.

If Prep shoots against Bullis like they did against Landon, it will be a long day for the Bullis Goalie.

Anonymous wrote:Bullis and Landon are 1-1 against each other. Bullis has a one goal advantage in Net Goals. Hopefully they see each other in the WCAC IAC challenge. I believe Landon plays SJC first. I am not sure who Bullis plays. We will see how the Prep Game goes against Bullis on Tuesday. In all likelyhood Prep will win. If the IAC thought goals against mattered, Landon would have played Bullis in the IAC semis, but alas, the IAC AD's and Administrators didn't think so.

Prep will win nearly every faceoff against Bullis. If Prep clears effectively against Bullis, it will be a lopsided win. The other issue for Bullis is they are a dodge and shoot offense. The Prep defenders are very good defending Dodge and shoot. They are not good at defending cutters and recovering from slides.

It will be interesting to see how it plays out, but I would put my money on Prep's best team in a very long time.

Prep should be prepared for Bullis to shortstick one of their attackmen. Prep should also be prepared for Bullis's drop back 3-4 pressure ride.

The final piece, It will be about 86 degrees, a definite advantage for Prep's depth and not great for the thin bench of Bullis.

I have not seen SJC play. For such a vaunted team, their win over a down GZ team was not that great.


SJC vs Gonzaga is a big rivalry game in all sports. Always will be close. SJC had 8 Freshman starters 2 years ago and should have beat Gonzaga’s Senior loaded team in Championship Game. Either team will take a W.