Michigan's Lacrosse schedule so far

I know many of you won't care, but for those who find lacrosse interesting in the slightest, the schedule this year is going to be an interesting one even though it hasn't been officially announced yet. I found 11 games out there, but I'm sure there will be more added later.

1. Ohio State's lacrosse schedule came out today, and it officially announced The Game (lacrosse version) will be on the last weekend of regular season play. Previously it was on the third weekend of Big Ten play.

2. Based on rotation, Johns Hopkins should have been an away game this year, but the Big Ten swapped that and gave us back-to-back home games vs. JHU and back-to-back away games at Rutgers. This gives Michigan a conference game in the state of Maryland on an annual basis. Helps with recruiting a little bit.

3. Also, a game against Yale in Atlanta. They're the reigning National Champion and also secured the transfer of the #1 faceoff guy in the nation in TD Ierlan. This game will not be pretty for UM.

So here is what I can piece together of Michigan's lacrosse schedule thus far (I'm guessing 3 more games to be announced):

Sat., February 9 @ Cleveland State

Tue., February 19 vs. Drexel

Sun., February 24 @ Jacksonville (Moe's Lacrosse Classic)

Sun., March 10 vs. Yale in Atlanta, GA

Sat., March 16 @ Marquette

Sat., March 23 vs. Delaware

Sat., March 30 vs. Johns Hopkins

Sat, April 6 @ Maryland***(implied based on other B1G Schedules)

Sat., April 13 vs. Penn State

Sat., April 20 @ Rutgers

Sat., April 27 vs. Ohio State

Thu., May 2 B1G Semifinals in Piscataway, NJ

Sat., May 4 B1G Championship in Piscataway, NJ

Schedule Overview (again to clarify, this is the unofficial schedule & there will be more games than this):

Cleveland State, Drexel, Jacksonville, and Delaware should be wins at this point for the Michigan program.

Marquette, Penn State, Rutgers, and Ohio State are toss-up games. Marquette and PSU were wins for UM in 2018. 

Johns Hopkins and Maryland are the cream of the crop in the B1G, and a victory over either would likely have to be the biggest upset in program history.

And Yale, well that's going to be a slaughterfest. The only reason UM was within a few goals of Yale last year was because the Ivy League doesn't allow practice until February, and it was Yale's second game of the season. Give that team a whole month to practice, and they will do wonders.