Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
- Iona cant run with the big boys Wick, chaminade, st anthonys

Iona has seen 1 goal losses to Chaminade in 21 & 22 and is probably as deep offensively & at midfield as they ever have been in program history. Nearly all key contributors offensively will be juniors or underclassmen their sophomore attack duo broke freshman points and goals record respectively with each leading the team in those categories, one of which is more than likely a top 20 for 26’s if not higher. The soph class will not be getting their first varsity minutes come game 1 this time around. My guess Their O will be able to put in goals even against the tougher defenses. A largely underclass O from last year most seeing their first varsity minutes will probably look a lot different from the freshman campaign.

Will be a much bigger question mark at the D end outside of two solid close guys and losing a game changing Dmid but have seen turnover in the past two seasons basically putting senior poles who were virtually non contributors in years prior but have gone through the program and putting out solid D squads and rope unit has been very tough b/w very strong ssdm classes and tough two way middies.

Iona is not near the top 5-10 bubble nationally and is usually missing one or two key pieces in one position or another but I’ll predict they will pick up a good handful of high caliber wins if not this year the next 1 or 2 following

Yawn
Iona is an interesting program. Not nearly as good as prep schools and only marginally better than town programs. Though one could argue that Rye would give them a run for their money. IP will win state championships for the next 3 years but that only means they have to beat Stepinac. Great they have Chaminade and St Anthonys on the calendar to see where they measure. Will be interesting to see these sophomores go against future top tier d1 defenders and specialists. Does Iona have any committed players…….guessing no since they are aligned with Express North (which would also explain how they are mid tier at best.)