TopJLax

It is Virginia-Princeton. Virginia look far too good this year: starting attack all coming back, both the brattons on the hunt for the Tewaarathon Trophy, Ghitelman standing tall in net and a solid d-unit. Tasty. Look for Chris LaPierre to kill it.

Probably going to have to respond really don't I:

Rhamel = There are very few other middies in college lacrosse that have quite so much natural talent as this kid, and when you consider that Shamel will draw the LSM, he's not a bad guy to have in your line-up. He can play some monstrous D-Middie, pushes transition like a beast and, whilst not putting up Shamel-like numbers, regularly puts in a few goals or some helpers which keeps the clock ticking over for the cavaliers. The Brattons are so important for Virginia because they tend to draw poles, leaving one of the Virginia attackers (last year it was mainly Conner English, year before it was Steele Stanwick) with a short stick to torment.

Ghitleman = Cheap shot Cuse fan, cheap shot.

D-Unit = Maybe overstated how solid they are, but with Matt Lovejoy in close, Bray Malphrus at LSM and Ghittleman in goal, they undoubtedly have a solid structure to work with.

LaPierre = looked great towards the end of last year and has shown that he can face-off, play in the man-up unit, dominate transition and be a real two-way threat this fall.

As a Maryland fan I would love the Terps to finally live up to potential this year, but Virginia do look pretty damn formidable.