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Just got back from the Navy spring football luncheon, where all the talk was about lacrosse. At least at my table it was. And in a happy coincidence, during Navy fall lacrosse most of the talk is about football.
It appears Navy has not made a decision on a starting goalie for Saturday's game against giant-killer Georgetown, whose basketball team, widely picked by many astute observers to make the Final Four, was giant killed itself over the weekend.
Starter Matt Coughlin left a victory over Bucknell on Wednesday with a hamstring injury in the fourth quarter. His backup, Tommy Phelan, did not make a save in the final 12:53. Clearly he was saving himself for Colgate on Sunday; there, he made 13 saves in an 8-3 win. It sounds like Coughlin might have been able to play on Sunday if he had to, but thanks to Phelan, he didn't have to.
As Virginia Coach Dom Starsia noted in an earlier post, the best cure for a hamstring is rest. So we will continue to monitor the situation while also resting our hamstrings.
In other news, Spencer Norcross has come up with the perfect comparison for Johns Hopkins. "They had three losses in a row last year, too," he tells TFBO2F's 'not exactly breaking news' dept. Fortunately, he continues. "They are the new Syracuse. Dangerous until you see the tail lights of their bus taking them home."
TFBO2F likes the comparison, though we're a little worried that Spencer was able to figure out our home email address, which is a combination of last names, birthyears and Alton Grizzard's rushing yards against Boston College in 1989.
Check back throughout the week to see if other readers pilfer TFBO2F's home email, as well as for extensive pregame coverage of Saturday's Maryland-Virginia game.
By Christian Swezey |
March 24, 2008; 4:30 PM ET
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Posted by: Mike (Arlington) | March 24, 2008 03:50 PM
Mike:
Will we cover high school lacrosse? To answer, we quote Meg Ryan from "When Harry Met Sally"--yes, yes, yes!! TFBO2F loves high school lacrosse.
We're negotiating now with new WaPo HS lacrosse beat writer Jeff Nelson. The previous writer, Ryan Mink, tried to play hardball, and suddenly he no longer works here. And by "no longer works here," what we mean is, he took a job with better pay and better hours. Fortunately, Nelson doesn't have the same options available to him.
Posted by: Christian | March 24, 2008 04:40 PM
Christian! This blog is terrific- I love the infusion of Columbo and other Hollywood references! And I would like to take the opportunity to thank The WaPo for giving my favorite sports savant a live forum! Keep it up...
BTW, how are the Dickinson Red Devils doing this season?
Posted by: alex | March 24, 2008 09:20 PM
Christian, I love the new blog. It's great to have a regular source of lacrosse information that isn't the Baltimore Sun.
Posted by: FS | March 24, 2008 09:57 PM
Dickinson has been in and out of the top-20 in DIII all season.
Posted by: fs | March 25, 2008 06:42 AM
Christian,
Great Blog. Any early season predictions for the national champion? Will it be the usual suspects at the end (please no Keyser Söze references here). Obviously you have some sort of affection / respect for Johns Hopkins. Will they be in Boston for the Final FOur?
Posted by: Griff | March 25, 2008 08:30 AM
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Christian,
Great to see the Post is starting to dedicate some time and resources to the best game around...Will you be covering HS Lacrosse in the blog as well???
Thanks!!!
Mike