Archive: May 25, 2008 - May 31, 2008
The Situation at DeMatha
High School Insider Jeff Nelson has filed this. In not renewing the contract for coach Scott Pugh despite his team's Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship this year, DeMatha Principal Dan McMahon said, "We wanted to go in a different direction," and did not elaborate further. So I asked former DeMatha...
By Christian Swezey | May 29, 2008; 12:59 PM ET | Comments (10)
Season In Review: Navy
NAVY* Finished: 10-6, lost in NCAA quarterfinals to Johns Hopkins *-Note: Class years used are for 2009 season. MVP: Junior attackman Tim Paul. A revelation. Finished with 26 goals; the Midshipmen were 10-3 in games in which he scored a goal. (And perhaps more pointedly, were 0-3 when he did...
By Christian Swezey | May 29, 2008; 10:15 AM ET | Comments (1)
Next Up
Check back later for Year in Review: Navy. It will be up by tomorrow morning at the latest....
By Christian Swezey | May 28, 2008; 11:05 AM ET | Comments (1)
Year in Review: Virginia
VIRGINIA Finished: 14-4, lost in NCAA semifinals to Syracuse in double-overtime MVP: Bud Petit. Fifth-year senior goalkeeper was a backup for four and a half years. As Richmond Times-Dispatch beat writer Jeff White once wrote, Petit entered Virginia as a freshman in 2004 and by the time he became the...
By Christian Swezey | May 28, 2008; 10:51 AM ET | Comments (0)
Back from Foxborough
The plan for the rest of the week includes a year in review for our local teams and final thoughts from the semifinals and championship, etc. That stuff will be up starting later today....
By Christian Swezey | May 28, 2008; 8:52 AM ET | Comments (0)
In-Game Blog, Halftime
*Syracuse leads 6-5. *SU is 11-0 this season when leading at halftime. *Hopkins is 0-4 this season when trailing at halftime. *Hopkins trailed 7-6 at halftime of the 2005 NCAA title game. It came back to defeat Duke, 9-8. *The crowd has a heavy concentration of Syracuse fans. *Coming later,...
By Christian Swezey | May 26, 2008; 2:19 PM ET | Comments (0)
In-Game Update, Part I
I'm only allowed to do this a couple times during the game. So anyway, a quick update on the first quarter. Johns Hopkins had the ball for 5 minutes 51 seconds. The folks behind me from Laxnation have been very disappointed, for lack of a better term, with Syracuse's shot...
By Christian Swezey | May 26, 2008; 1:44 PM ET | Comments (0)
From Foxborough
FOXBOROUGH, May 26--A few things going on in the pregame... Bill Belichick is on the sideline talking with Johns Hopkins Coach Dave Pietramala. Belichick has been to at least three Hopkins games this year... Syracuse will be wearing white on white. It looks like Hopkins will be wearing light blue...
By Christian Swezey | May 26, 2008; 12:37 PM ET | Comments (0)
What to Watch Today
Here's a look at a few key matchups in the Hopkins-Syracuse national championship game. Questions for Johns Hopkins 1. Who will defend Mike Leveille? Leveille (#19, 48 goals, 32 assists) is Syracuse's first-team all-American attackman. In the regular season meeting he was defended by senior D Matt Bocklet. But that...
By Christian Swezey | May 26, 2008; 9:43 AM ET | Comments (0)
Impressions from the Semifinals (Updated Again)
Some thoughts from the semifinals from Saturday. *Virginia's shortstick defenders played very well. The unit accounted for three goals and one assist against Syracuse. The goals were from senior Will Barrow, sophomore Max Pomper and freshman Rhamel Bratton (he went from defense to offense on the play). Sophomore Mike Thompson...
By Christian Swezey | May 25, 2008; 3:14 PM ET | Comments (0)
