My analysis so far: Manning's hair glitter is fire.
That is all.
edit: they all got the glitter! 5 stars, no notes.
That is all.
edit: they all got the glitter! 5 stars, no notes.
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Right? Wish I hadn’t put leave on my outlook calendar to watch. Could’ve just used outage excuse!
I work from home, so thankfully, it’s a little easy for me to catch these games.
They have no answer for Manning, but she is a little too unselfish. Take some shots or at least stress the GK and last defender.
Nahas has no glitter on his dome. Opportunity missed
When UNC kicks it off the head of an opposing forward it goes directly into our own goal.
I think that in terms of tactics and organization, they were better. But in terms of individual player quality we were better by a larger margin, particularly when both teams brought on subs. Should be 2 up, I'm happy with 1. Let's give Stanislaus a run at number 9 when Devey needs a break.
Whenever Manning is 1v1, she looks so confident and unbothered, Sometimes she looks like a lioness playing with her food.
Squandering some good chances this half. Poor decisions and a lot of giveaways in our offensive half.
way too much ballhandling under pressure by our back line. Playing with fire. just send it to the GK.
YES!!!!!! Ending Duke's tournament once again.
Felt like we controlled the whole game. Duke had minimal chances and didn’t really have momentum at all.
Felt like we should have won 3-0 though.
Felt like we should have won 3-0 though.
Let's end this losing streak in the final.
I’ll take it but does feel weird only having to play 1 game and being in the title game haha
Perhaps this is parochial but I think the ACC has been really strong this year, once again. The teams we've faced have been excellent, even while we've dominated several of them. And recently the quarterfinals and college cup have been ACC dominated. So in my opinion a truly meritocratic NCAA would have 3 or 4 number 1 seeds from the ACC . But with Wake and Notre Dame losing their only tournament games, we are on track to be the only number 1 seed. And some teams like Stanford and Florida State have low RPIs. This could lead to seeding that creates pretty lopsided quadrants—can you imagine if we are the no 1 seed in a quadrant that has Notre Dame as no 2, Duke as a number 3 seed, and Stanford as a no 4? Alternatively we could have Alabama as our quadrant's no 2, Texas Tech as no 3, and Xavier as no 4. The "luck of the draw" could be the key phrase this year. That said, even with a tough bracket, I am optimistic — our results in the regular ACC season and tournament have been unmatched.
Another fine showing by our student athletes. Sorry I’m late, I had to work
Excellent win. My one criticism is that our girls look gassed that last 20 minutes. To be fair, we still controlled possession for the most part...but we have some talent on the bench, I'm just surprised that he doesn't steal a few minutes in each half. He did in the first half pretty late, and then barely subbed at all in the second half (not sure he would have had Riley not been cramping up. Manning looked spent, wasn't tracking back on D when we lost the ball (the announcers were all over that), Scottie wore down late (not sure why Denigan isn't giving her more of a break, see below), Riley had to leave with cramps (terrific game by her today btw), and Munson also went down with cramps near the end.
Just feels like we could get a few more minutes...don't think Stanilaus played at all, Gaetino maybe played 10 minutes or less in first half, Roosien could give us a few more minutes, Bradley can contribute, and Denigan still barely sees the field. Straun is also usually over there even though she had to sit today because of that late red card vs Louisville. I definitely am fine with who we have starting right now and letting them play the lion's share of time, but I do feel like we are most vulnerable in the second half of games as the legs wear down.
The first half was a thing of beauty...I just love watching us ping the ball around and dominate possession. Didn't have the legs to sustain it quite as effectively in second half, but good enough. We need to use Munson more effectively than we did today....she's too much of a weapon. For whatever reason, it seems like the 80% of the game was played down that left side away from Munson. Wake absolutely worked dook's left back earlier in the week, it really was surprising that we didn't expose them more down that side.
Devey deserves all of the accolades she's been getting...obviously she's been scoring goals on a regular basis, but her work rate is just phenomenal. She is just constantly making runs, and chasing down defenders to apply pressure, and just working so hard to be an option for her teammates. Some 'star' players (especially forwards) get a mentality of being content and you only really see them come alive when they have the ball...you don't see an ounce of that with her, she is switched on the entire game. The amount of effort she puts into defending as a forward is something you rarely see, I love it.
Feels great to beat dook again. Virginia will give us a good fight, they are playing great right now.
Just feels like we could get a few more minutes...don't think Stanilaus played at all, Gaetino maybe played 10 minutes or less in first half, Roosien could give us a few more minutes, Bradley can contribute, and Denigan still barely sees the field. Straun is also usually over there even though she had to sit today because of that late red card vs Louisville. I definitely am fine with who we have starting right now and letting them play the lion's share of time, but I do feel like we are most vulnerable in the second half of games as the legs wear down.
The first half was a thing of beauty...I just love watching us ping the ball around and dominate possession. Didn't have the legs to sustain it quite as effectively in second half, but good enough. We need to use Munson more effectively than we did today....she's too much of a weapon. For whatever reason, it seems like the 80% of the game was played down that left side away from Munson. Wake absolutely worked dook's left back earlier in the week, it really was surprising that we didn't expose them more down that side.
Devey deserves all of the accolades she's been getting...obviously she's been scoring goals on a regular basis, but her work rate is just phenomenal. She is just constantly making runs, and chasing down defenders to apply pressure, and just working so hard to be an option for her teammates. Some 'star' players (especially forwards) get a mentality of being content and you only really see them come alive when they have the ball...you don't see an ounce of that with her, she is switched on the entire game. The amount of effort she puts into defending as a forward is something you rarely see, I love it.
Feels great to beat dook again. Virginia will give us a good fight, they are playing great right now.
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