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Anonymous wrote:^^ men have fewer scholarships due to title 9. Football uses up so many scholarships (80)that the women's programs have to balance them out and there are far fewer men's programs than there would be without title 9.

Always with the excuses guys. There aren't any more "scholarships" in women's lax than in men's - there are very little money in getting recruited for lax period. Its about getting recruited - getting into a top college, and being wanted at a top lax program. Boys from this area have no where near the success girls do.

NP here, with no wish to put down either men's or women's lacrosse or any local program. I looked up the NCAA stats for lacrosse, and while it's true that the available scholarship equivalencies are about the same (12.6 for men and 12 for women), there are a lot more women's D1 programs than men's: 115 vs. 71 (Here's the link: http://www.scholarshipstats.com/lacrosse.html) That difference presumably is a direct result of T9, and does make it harder for men to get recruited.

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Anonymous wrote:^^ men have fewer scholarships due to title 9. Football uses up so many scholarships (80)that the women's programs have to balance them out and there are far fewer men's programs than there would be without title 9.

Always with the excuses guys. There aren't any more "scholarships" in women's lax than in men's - there are very little money in getting recruited for lax period. Its about getting recruited - getting into a top college, and being wanted at a top lax program. Boys from this area have no where near the success girls do.

Anonymous wrote:^^ men have fewer scholarships due to title 9. Football uses up so many scholarships (80)that the women's programs have to balance them out and there are far fewer men's programs than there would be without title 9.

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Anonymous wrote:National Rankings are fun to follow and it's great to see SSSAS, Visi & BI recognized. They've all played some great games. But, as the season winds down, I'm much more interested in their Conference & State Championship Games.

Well... those teams will win their conferences - BI the WCAC girls and SSSAS the IAC (Visi has a chance but its a long shot). AND more importantly, the top ranked national teams will have invitations ad opportunities to play in some tournaments that dont come to non-ranked etams.

Interestingly Visi and Stone Ridge had a very tight game yesterday, with Visi winning 10-9.

Once again Visi is not living up to its potential. This is not the first game they played this year that should have had a bigger spread. The issue with Visi teams used to be overly involved parents who were allowed to dictate to the coaches. I don't believe that is the problem now but don't know what is. Now, that said, SR is definitely a program that is trying to make a name for itself. SR hired a great coach away from Holy Cross last year and she is determined to make a name for SR in the lax community. There are some outstanding SR freshmen players but more generally SR has no where near the depth that Visi does. Very interesting...

Because of title 9 there are many more scholarships for girls lacrosse than men's due to football taking 80 scholarships and men and women's programs required to have equal scholarships. Is it wasn't for title 9 many more schools would be playing men's lacrosse.

SR also has some standout seniors -- two D1 commits (Stanford, Notre Dame) and at least one D3 commit (Denison). Some of the younger players were very strong yesterday too.

Wow. Its amazing how much more impressive the girls who play lacrosse at our DC area private are than the boys... Most of the privates seem to have at least 1-2 girls committed per grade to top D1s schools for lacrosse. Makes me recall an excellent post up-thread about the high caliber of the girls lacrosse programs and the committs from our area.

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Anonymous wrote:National Rankings are fun to follow and it's great to see SSSAS, Visi & BI recognized. They've all played some great games. But, as the season winds down, I'm much more interested in their Conference & State Championship Games.

Well... those teams will win their conferences - BI the WCAC girls and SSSAS the IAC (Visi has a chance but its a long shot). AND more importantly, the top ranked national teams will have invitations ad opportunities to play in some tournaments that dont come to non-ranked etams.

Interestingly Visi and Stone Ridge had a very tight game yesterday, with Visi winning 10-9.

Once again Visi is not living up to its potential. This is not the first game they played this year that should have had a bigger spread. The issue with Visi teams used to be overly involved parents who were allowed to dictate to the coaches. I don't believe that is the problem now but don't know what is. Now, that said, SR is definitely a program that is trying to make a name for itself. SR hired a great coach away from Holy Cross last year and she is determined to make a name for SR in the lax community. There are some outstanding SR freshmen players but more generally SR has no where near the depth that Visi does. Very interesting...

SR also has some standout seniors -- two D1 commits (Stanford, Notre Dame) and at least one D3 commit (Denison). Some of the younger players were very strong yesterday too.

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Anonymous wrote:National Rankings are fun to follow and it's great to see SSSAS, Visi & BI recognized. They've all played some great games. But, as the season winds down, I'm much more interested in their Conference & State Championship Games.

Well... those teams will win their conferences - BI the WCAC girls and SSSAS the IAC (Visi has a chance but its a long shot). AND more importantly, the top ranked national teams will have invitations ad opportunities to play in some tournaments that dont come to non-ranked etams.

Interestingly Visi and Stone Ridge had a very tight game yesterday, with Visi winning 10-9.

Once again Visi is not living up to its potential. This is not the first game they played this year that should have had a bigger spread. The issue with Visi teams used to be overly involved parents who were allowed to dictate to the coaches. I don't believe that is the problem now but don't know what is. Now, that said, SR is definitely a program that is trying to make a name for itself. SR hired a great coach away from Holy Cross last year and she is determined to make a name for SR in the lax community. There are some outstanding SR freshmen players but more generally SR has no where near the depth that Visi does. Very interesting...

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IAC championship (Banner) is based upon teams regular season record and the IAC post-season tournament. Landon and Bullis both have a 4 - 1 records and each earn a share of the IAC championship banner.
Post season begins Friday and that too will earn a championship. Many close games today and the entire season. Fun to watch.

IAC administrators are a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:National Rankings are fun to follow and it's great to see SSSAS, Visi & BI recognized. They've all played some great games. But, as the season winds down, I'm much more interested in their Conference & State Championship Games.

Well... those teams will win their conferences - BI the WCAC girls and SSSAS the IAC (Visi has a chance but its a long shot). AND more importantly, the top ranked national teams will have invitations ad opportunities to play in some tournaments that dont come to non-ranked etams.

Interestingly Visi and Stone Ridge had a very tight game yesterday, with Visi winning 10-9.

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Anonymous wrote:National Rankings are fun to follow and it's great to see SSSAS, Visi & BI recognized. They've all played some great games. But, as the season winds down, I'm much more interested in their Conference & State Championship Games.

Well... those teams will win their conferences - BI the WCAC girls and SSSAS the IAC (Visi has a chance but its a long shot). AND more importantly, the top ranked national teams will have invitations ad opportunities to play in some tournaments that dont come to non-ranked etams.

IAC championship (Banner) is based upon teams regular season record and the IAC post-season tournament. Landon and Bullis both have a 4 - 1 records and each earn a share of the IAC championship banner.
Post season begins Friday and that too will earn a championship. Many close games today and the entire season. Fun to watch.