M Lacrosse falls short at Hobart, 11-7
Michigan had a pretty good showing today but good not pull it out. They were in the game the whole time. Encouraging performance. Official stats to come when MGoBlue posts boxscore.
Updated ECAC Standings-
1. | #7 Denver | 1-0 | 5-1 | 3/9 W 10-9 at #8 Ohio |
#4 Loyola | 1-0 | 4-2 | 3/8 L 8-9 at Duke | |
Hobart | 1-0 | 3-2 | 3/9 W 11-7 vs MICHIGAN | |
4. | Bellarmine | 2-1 | 5-1 | 3/9 W 11-10 vs Air Force |
5. | #19 Fairfield | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3/9 L 8-12 at #20 Yale |
6. | #8 Ohio | 0-1 | 4-1 | 3/9 L 9-10 vs #7 Denver |
Air Force | 0-1 | 4-3 | 3/9 L 10-11 at Bellarmine | |
8. | Michigan | 0-2 | 0-6 | 3/9 L 7-11 at Hobart |
No TV or audio. Hobart has a live feed but for a fee.
Starting Lineup with some new faces-
# | Pos. | Player | Yr. | Start |
22 | GK | Gerald Logan | Fr. | 6th |
5 | A | David McCormack | So. | 4th |
6 | A | Peter Kraus | Fr. | 2nd |
15 | A | Ryan Dutton-O'Hara | Sr. | 3rd |
1 | M | David Joseph | RS Fr.. | 3rd |
16 | M | Mike Hernandez | Fr. | 5th |
47 | M | Kyle Jackson | Fr. | 6th |
4 | D | Mack Gembis | So. | 1st |
13 | D | Rob Healy | 5th | 6th |
17 | D | Dakota Sherman | Jr. | 1st |
And we're off!
Here are some very good livestats provided by hobart. They detail every play in real time.
http://campus.hws.edu/athletics/hobart/lacrosse/live/xlive.htm
SCOOOOREEESSS!! Doug Bryant ties it at 1!
End of the 1st: Michigan 1 hobart 1.
Best 1st period they've played all year.
Shots are 13-3 hobart. Saves are 6-1 Michigan. Ground balls 10-3 hobart.
Amazing how Michigan has had 7 turnovers and is still is in the game. Thank you Logan.
SCORRREEEESSS!!! Mike Francia makes it 2-1 Michigan!
hobart answers right off the faceoff. Tied again at 2.
And again. A blown faceoff leads to another hobart goal 4 seconds later. 2-3.
Timeout Michigan.
hobart goal. 2-4.
End of the 1st half- Michigan 2 hobart 4.
Shots are 21-12 hobart. Ground balls are 18-7 hobart. Saves are 9-4 Michigan.
Michigan is 3-8 on faceoffs, 8-10 on clears and have 12 turnovers.
That sounds lilke an encouraging first half. I think Hobart is better than their record indicates. And for Michigan to do that while a number of their regular players are out is very encouraging. Hopefully our second half keeps it close and we can take a step forward.
SCORRRREESSS!!! Hernandez makes it 3-4!
SCOOORRRREEEESSS!! David Joseph ties it at 4!
SCOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! Will Meter on the man-up makes it 5-4 MICHIGAN!!
hobart scores to tie it at 5.
Michigan definitely has found their faceoff man in Kevin Wylie. Michigan winning the faceoffs 7-13.
Not sure if that's the case. I believe Hobart has been a sub-par faceoff team so far this year, so it may just be that as Brad Lott is out (who was near 50% the last couple games himself), Wylie is facing some favorable competition. Sounds like we might be close to having two options now, which is huge.
hobart takes the lead, 5-6.
hobart scores again. 5-7.
End of the 3rd: Michigan 5 hobart 7.
Shots are 32-22 hobart, ground balls are 26-11 hobart, saves are 12-7 Michigan.
Michigan is 13-15 on clears with 16 turnovers and winning the faceoff battle 8-15.
This is the best shot Michigan has at picking up a conference win. Let's Go Blue!
hobart goal. 5-8.
hobart goal. 5-9.
SCOOREES!! McCormack again, Michigan down 6-9 with under 3 to play.
hobart answers at the end of the 30 second shot clock. 6-10.
SCOOOREES! Kyle Jackson makes it 7-10.
hobart takes it right back and scores. 7-11 with under 2 to play.
Under a minute left.
Final: Michigan 7 hobart 11.
Next up for Michigan is fairfield on the road on 3/14 at 7pm.
Great performance overall for Michigan. If we keep playing at this level, I see good things happening in the future. Probably not this year, but looking down the road- I friend of mine who coached top level high school lacrosse in Virginia said that the transition period is 3 years of bad teams, and that fourth year is the one where you will hit at .500 record. Is that true?
May take a little longer since Michigan jumped right from club to varsity without any recruiting classes.
I thought they would be better by now. I thought Michigan would be able to make the transition more successfully than they have thus far. I'm afraid they won't win a game this year. I think a lot of the turbulence and turnover has hurt the team.
I think its great that there are a lot of freshmen getting quality minutes. I just wish there were more experienced upperclassmen around to shoulder the burden for now.
Saint Joe's should be a win. Should.
Still wondering why DB didn't schedule Mercer.
March 10th, 2013 at 12:02 AM ^
The Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic on Sunday, March 17 at Citi Field (regular season home of the New York Mets) will include the Michigan-Colgate game scheduled to start at 3:00 PM. Navy plays Holy Cross in the opening game starting at noon.
Colgate senior attackman Peter Baum won the 2012 Tewaaraton Award as the top male player in collegiate lacrosse. Hobart upset Colgate 9-8 in overtime on March 5, limiting Baum to two goals. Colgate leads Holy Cross 6-2 at the half in today's game.
March 10th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^
Citi Field game is going to be pretty cool. Can't wait.
I've said it before, but I completely agree with WolvinLA2. Starting with the club roster set the development of the team back a couple of years compared to the more traditional way of doing it. I'm not saying it was wrong. The club players got a great opportunity they didn't anticipate when they came to Michigan, and their success was probably a big part of why the transition happened. How great for them that they got the chance to be Team One. But the difference between those guys and some of the freshmen in this class is clear. The starting midfield line are all freshmen, and that's the strength of the offense. That says a lot. More recruiting classes will bring in more D1 talent and provide more quality depth. Each class will be better than the last for the first few years too. The fact that they are competing at all right now is a positive.
Even the High Point game illustrated this fact. They have only D1 kids on that roster. Two classes worth, plus transfers. Marquette is the same. We think of them as newer, but both programs announced BEFORE Michigan.
Aside from general maturation and depth, this team needs better defensive players, especially D middies, an attackman or two who can dodge, a backup goalie, and some second line middies who can be a threat.
How many guys were out of the lineup yesterday? Seems like a lot. Injuries? Suspensions? Hopefully some of those guys will be back this week.