ND beat Maryland 14-13 in OT. Only caught the last minute or so. Game was moved indoors because of weather.
Lacrosse - #2 Maryland vs #17 Notre Dame
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It looked like a terrible place to play a game.
Looked wretched. The field wasn’t even standard size.
My son played there last year inside...it's very tight, not a standard field and it's not a great field house...just my opinion of course, but it's old and small...not like some of the newer facilities you see being built at football powers today that are bright, have tons of space, etc...
This is an old, tired small-ish building
Agreed but it was under 10 degrees and the field was a sheet of ice.
Not worth a kid blowing a knee playing on it.
Yes Loftus isn't one of these new palatial indoor facilities. It's just functional.
We don't have a weight room for football. The strength training facility is for all sports teams.
There is a fund raising drive underway to obtain the money for a football only strength training facility.
How do you have an official game on a field that isn’t a standard size? I’d be livid if I was Maryland
They should have rescheduled that game. Having a game on a non standard field is bush league.
Well, a standard size field varies from 54 yards wide to 60 yards wide. The rules say that it has to be within those specs. But it has to be 110 yards long. that smaller field sure helps teams ride. we play teams every year that play on a narrower field, I would actually say seeing the ball and line of sight was probably harder. My son played there this fall at a prospect camp and said it was very difficult to see and track the ball
Hey, it is what it is...the games are scheduled and you gotta play the games...people know what they're getting into when they play there...Maryland knew and signed off on it...like I said, we were there last year with Detroit Mercy...it's not great, but it's not horrific either..It's just an old, tight, small venue...but it's warm...
With that said, other than not playing games at all, it's better than playing outside in this shit weather we have all over the place...it's a fact that these early games are marked with some ineffective offense due to playing in cold, damp weather outside...sure both teams play in it and don't want to make excuses but I don't know one kid (offensive players anyway) that love playing in 30 degree temps with 10 plus mph winds and precipitation...or even the look of precipitation...I know one kid for sure that hates it and prefers 80 degrees and the more heat the better...all our games this year have been cold-ish. You gotta tough it out, but it's hard playing the game when you can't feel your hands
Early season lacrosse sucks because of weather...I bet 80% of the guys would rather play in the small ND fieldhouse vs being outside in the 30 degree temps we've had...that's the reality.
Syracuse guys have it made. 72 degrees for all these early games...perfect conditions
Now high school starts here in the Midwest...I gotta go sit out in the snow and watch those games...urghhh!!! ;)
With that said, other than not playing games at all, it's better than playing outside in this shit weather we have all over the place...it's a fact that these early games are marked with some ineffective offense due to playing in cold, damp weather outside...sure both teams play in it and don't want to make excuses but I don't know one kid (offensive players anyway) that love playing in 30 degree temps with 10 plus mph winds and precipitation...or even the look of precipitation...I know one kid for sure that hates it and prefers 80 degrees and the more heat the better...all our games this year have been cold-ish. You gotta tough it out, but it's hard playing the game when you can't feel your hands
Early season lacrosse sucks because of weather...I bet 80% of the guys would rather play in the small ND fieldhouse vs being outside in the 30 degree temps we've had...that's the reality.
Syracuse guys have it made. 72 degrees for all these early games...perfect conditions
Now high school starts here in the Midwest...I gotta go sit out in the snow and watch those games...urghhh!!! ;)
Family will remember the time we played OSU at their place early season. 33 degrees. Just warm enough not to snow and absolutely dropping buckets the whole game. Misery.
Could you tell in my response that it's now March 5 and it's like 15 degrees in Michigan and I really want to play golf and I'm starting to look at the ten day forecast and it's not getting any better...hence I start to get grumpy like an old man :)
Announcers on game stated field was 54 X 110-----playing field at Arlotta is 60 X 110.
Absolute edge for the Home team that practices on it no question.
ND Lacrosse Bush League ?
Hardly
It really doesn't. Maryland has made like 9 final fours in a row or something and has a recent natty. ND isn't close to their level, playing on a bush league field or not.
You seem a little defensive about ND lacrosse, which no one is actually really talking about. How come?
They should've rescheduled the game then. Better yet, they shouldn't even be playing games yet, as the competition season should start a month later and end the last week of June, like baseball (CWS ends 6/26).
Where did I call them Bush league? The played on a legal sized field simply stated that they had the advantage of playing in there before.
I seem to recall us playing Air Force in the Bubble In 1994 and that was a pretty big advantage for us. By the way, yes remember the OSU game, coldest I have ever been on a lacrosse field
Maryland likely the country's best program
We've made the Final 4 twice in the last 5 years----not many can say that.
Worry about your own program---------a full time job.
Teams have played 12 times-----overall record is 6-6
Yeah we aren't even in their league
Cmon man. Maryland has a long and distingushed history. They've been to many more final fours and have national championships. ND has zero.
Overall records a side, Maryland is a blue blood program. No one in the world of lacrosse would say that about ND.
Rutgers holds a 43-22 all time record advantage over Penn St. Are they in our league?
We are 5-6 against Uva all time. Are we in their league?
We are 8-2 vs Ohio St. all time. Are they in our league?
We've never lost to Michigan. Are they in our league? Actually, until they win one, definitely not.
Regardless, that field ND plays on indoor is bush league. Not legit and shouldn't have games played on it. Frankly, I am surprised the NCAA allows it.
Overall records a side, Maryland is a blue blood program. No one in the world of lacrosse would say that about ND.
Rutgers holds a 43-22 all time record advantage over Penn St. Are they in our league?
We are 5-6 against Uva all time. Are we in their league?
We are 8-2 vs Ohio St. all time. Are they in our league?
We've never lost to Michigan. Are they in our league? Actually, until they win one, definitely not.
Regardless, that field ND plays on indoor is bush league. Not legit and shouldn't have games played on it. Frankly, I am surprised the NCAA allows it.
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If the game mattered a ton, I'm sure the Maryland coaches wouldn't have agreed to it, given that they are at such a disadvantage. But it was good experience for both teams and it probably would have been difficult or impossible to reschedule. A road loss to a good team won't matter much in the grand scheme...
I would imagine that this was discussed prior to the game being set. As playing in Northern Indiana in Early March is going to be a crap shoot and that fact that ND had an indoor facility with a regulation sized field was probably discussed and they also probably agreed to play in There if the weather was bad. If not it would have been a wasted trip.
Not necessarily. Maryland just last year went to Albany, game was cancelled, they went back later in the season for the reschedule.
Ridiculous analogy----OSU , Mich and Penn St have only started taking Lacrosse seriously in the last 3-4 years.
In the last 5 years we're one of the best 5-6 programs in the country
MD
Cuse
Denver
Duke
ND
Loyola
As previously stated-------worry about your own program
I remember that (it was a couple of years ago, actually). It set up a stretch of Penn State, @Rutgers and @Albany in a stretch of about 8 days. The Albany coach was very appreciative, it was the first high-level program that ever came to Albany* and gave them some cred.
* Maybe I'm wrong, it seems like Syracuse and/or Cornell must have gone there.
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Wow, I wouldn't have come up with that list off the top of my head. No Ivies? Syracuse all the way up at #2? Loyola way down at #6? But my short-term memory is bad and you probably did the math...
Sorry, Maryland and Notre Dame are not nearltnon the same level. ND has two final fours and no championships. Maryland has two, and has been to 8 final fours in 9 years. Duke would be a better example.
I am “worrying” about my own team. That’s why I’m on my own school’s message board.
Maybe you should take your own advice. They aren’t going to get to play on truncated fields every game.
1. Penn St. has taken lacrosse seriously for decades, and turned it up a notch when they hired Tambroni away from Cornell circa 2010.
2. When you talk about blue blood programs you have to include Cornell.
