frank
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05-14-19 04:24 PM - Post#284503
In response to weinhauers_ghost
Getting back to lacrosse, it's interesting that both Penn and Yale's games on Saturday followed a similar pattern in that both went out to a large lead in the first quarter (Penn 5-0, Yale 7-1) and both ended up winning by a smaller margin (Penn 10-6, Yale 19-16), i.e., both were out-scored for over 75% of their games, despite both teams' dominance of the face-offs.
In Penn's case, it happened primarily because of Army's relentless and very aggressive man-to-man defense all over the field which resulted in 23 Penn turnovers, by far a season high, and that doesn't include the numerous bobbles and dropped balls that hampered Penn's offense,
In Yale's case, it exposed its sometimes shaky close-in defense that has appeared at times during the season, but never for such an extended period.
For whatever it's worth, Inside Lacrosse Magazine's computer prediction is 20-13 Yale. It's a surprisingly large margin and I guess it's because the prediction primarily is based on seasonal run-differential which is decidedly in Yale's favor at 79 compared to Penn's 53.
We'll find out at Noon on Sunday
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