I knew I was in for a rough week when Alyssa didn't wanna fuck last night, and sure enough, the dirty pbears lost 13-6 to Babson. Don't get me wrong, Babson is a good team. Really fucking good. Last year they only lost to Bowdoin by one, and this year, they've been tearing up team after team, only Williams and Union were able to beat them. The nescac is not looking as good as it usually is, barely anybody is in the top 5, and some good Nescac teams are losing to teams they could usually be counted on to beat in the past. I hope next year there are some better recruits to make the 'cac more interesting, because it is really disappointing this year.
20. Endicott: Aside from the win over Bowdoin, the schedule they play is pretty ass. Honestly, I think the pbears should've won that game, and that was an off day for them. They did lose by 2 to Union though. We'll see how good they play against a legit team probably in the tournament.
19. Midd: This might be the only team with a losing record on here, they gotta turn that ship around quick. You have almost all the same guys you had last year, what the fuck happened? The Panthers are on pretty thin ice, but that win against a good Amherst team is keeping them on here. Billy curtis and Pat Jamin better turn the hell up against Wesleyan and Saint Lawrence.
18. Swarthmore: Not really battle tested, but only losing by 3 to Amherst is solid for a team who essentially only faced absolute dumpster fires like Widener and Vassar. I hope these guys turn up against Dickinson and Gettysburg because if they do, they just earned a trip to the tridelt house at Villanova a few blocks away.
17. Williams: These guys are PMSing the fuck out of their schedule. Wins over Babson and a one point loss to Union are the high points of their schedule so far, they should be counted on the beat Bates but they one won by one fucking point. RPI doubled them up and the dirty birds beat out the purple cows by 3. These guys could be really good, or they could be straight garbage, and it appears we don't know just as much as they don't know. They have a game against Christopher Newport tomorrow, which could either be a complete trainwreck or a barn burner and I would not recommend placing any bets for or against this team. The jersey crew has been productive, but truth be told, you need more then 3 guys to buy in and make an impact if you want your team to be a wagon.
16. Wesleyan: They beat Williams but lost to Stevens Tech. That's pretty fucking sketch. James Bailey and jack Raba are their main distributors at the midfield and the attack, and they have some serious potential. If they turn up against Midd, expect these guys to go far.
15. Lynchburg: I hate ranking them here, but that Hamilton loss might've been a fluke. However, don't get your hopes up for these guys because they have yet to beat a ranked team. They only bag 7s, and thats on a good night.
14. Gettysburg: Ugly losses to Salisbury, Amherst, and Washington and Lee. Lynchburg has been the punching bag of a few teams and they don't really have any good wins, but they have some impressive star power that is keeping them in the top 20 by the hair on their nutsacks.
13. Stevens Tech: The ducks have been putting on, being just edged by a good team like dickinson. The tufts loss tells another story, but damn these guys can play. Joe Leone is a beauty and deserves more burn, but Matt Pergola has been taking care of business. These guys have been showing the Jersey grit we all love, and I want these guys to shock the world in the tournament.
12. Washington and Lee: Good win against gettysburg, but that was an ugly loss to Stevenson. I mean come on, thsoe guys aren't even relevant anymore. Good to see James Hailey balling out at attack,he's always been underrated as hell and I think he is going to be their best player pretty damn soon.
11. RIT: They had a good win against Tufts, W&L, but that was pretty much it. That Tufts win was kind of impressive, but they weren't what they were in 2022, and I think these guys are pretty overrated in general. Yeah they have some beauties from Canada, but real talk, I don't give a flying fuck, they should put on against Union and Siant lawrence if they really wanna show us what's up.
10. Dickinson: Aside from CNU, they didn't really have many tests. So I can't rank them higher then 9, but they should put on against some really good teams in the centennial.
9. CNU: These guys are good, no doubt about it. Had one good win against Dickinson, but other then that, these guys were not tested. They were edged by Saint Lawrence, but they should put on a barn burner against Salisbury if they wanan prove to me that they can ball.
8. Bowdoin: Did they lose to Babson? Yes. Do I think they could've and should've won? Also yes. On paper, this should be one of the best teams in the country if not the best. Nailguns top to bottom, and I think these guys should keep grinding and claw their way back to the top. Ethan Barnard is out, which is not good, but Beau Burns showed us he is up to the task.
7. Babson: These guys are underrated as fuck in my opinion. They doubled up Bowdoin which was easily a top 5 team. They edged Midd, which was a top 20 team. Expect the Beave's to touch hella Beav tonight and continue to shock the New England lacrosse world. Rocky Batty is cooking something up.
6. Union: These guys are pretty solid, but edging an inconsistent Williams team, and getting bent over and destroyed by the fucking broom handle Tufts gave them, it's hard to put them in the top five. It almost reminds me of the time I was a freshman in high school and the seniors pulled me aside and... welp you get the fucking picture. L's are ugly but not all of them are created equal, some show what a team can really do if they dial in (Williams vs Union), while others look like the Belgian health minister got her fat face melted off with a curling iron, and that L to tufts was just that.
5. Amherst: These guys seemingly bullied Gettysburg in the first half, and the bullets made a brief comeback, only for Amherst to shut the door. Bob Gross might not have that insane athleticism you'd see in a guy like Will Byrne but he is just super productive and built like a fucking refrigerator. This team has a strong defense, a beast of a FOGO, and takes so much pregame blow the cartel has set up shop in the hills of Amherst Mass. They are underrated by IL, but that loss to Midd does look a tad ugly given how Midd shit the bed this year.
4. Tufts: I think that RIT game was a fluke. They might not have the same star power they had last year, but they are still relevant. Jack Regnery has an obsurd 22 geno 8 apple ratio on the year, and their whole midfield line has just been much more productive then their attack. These guys are good, but not what they were last year.
3. Saint Lawrence: These guys are finally getting the respect they deserve. They weren't playing great teams but they just proved they can hang with the best against Christopher Newport. Judge Murphy and Butch Hutchinson lead they way for the Saint's point wise, and they definitely touch the most beav on the team. I heard Judge is a citrus man, and it shows with his productive, efficient style of play.
2. RPI: Inside lacrosse had RIT above them for a bit, but now those bums have to actually admit that RPI is better after a nice overtime dub. Those guys at IL definitely have Joe Biden bumper stickers on the back of their hybrids. Aside from that, they had decisive wins over Williams and Midd which are some of the best in the 'Cac this year, and don't forget the opener against York. These guys could also make a championship run, and like Tufts most of their production comes from the midfield.
Salisbury: These guys are Shane Diesel, Jason Luv, Jovan Steele, and whoever else was in that iconic couch video and every other team they faced is Piper Perri. Anything can happen but they have a legiti shot at going undefeated. They might not have the toughest schedule in D3, but they are dominant year in and year out, and clearly, this is not going to be anything new. These guys rip just as much elf bars as they do ched so as long as they got that, they'll be unstoppable.