...was Hopkins offense! Yes, the Orange O made some glaring errors, but they did not play terribly. Yes some stupid little cute behind the back passes were made, but you can't call Nims and Hardy cocky and say they have no potential, this is their first year playing attack in college, and they've done well so far.

Sitting there late in the third quarter, it dawned on me that Hopkins offense controlled the tempo and held the ball for such a long time in the first 3 quarters, and SU had zero chance of even making it close. Their defense played TERRIBLY. SU's defense looked confused, slow on transition, and basically like they'd been out partying all night and were real hungover.

Coluccini was bad, and had 2 or 3 goals that were his fault and his fault only. Steve Brooks had another big game for the Orange, but was the only one. However, he was certainly outdone by...

Paul Rabil. Got off to a slow start to the year, but this kid loves to eat up SU. He is an absolute workhorse. Byrne had a nice game, showed his sharpshooting abilities, especially with that last goal in the first half. It may have been questionable but from where i was sitting, it was just sick. Stephen Boyle is the next big thing in college lacrosse, he will be amazing for the next four years for hopkins. He reminds me of Peter LeSeur, only more athletic and just a more complete game.

SU needs to finish above .500. They should manage that. After that, the tourney committee will look at their #1 SOS and give them an at-large bid. However, I don't expect to see SU in the final four in Baltimore if they keep this up. And that makes me a saaaad panda.