Rank Team Record Points First Previous 1 Maryland 4-0 400 20 1 2 North Carolina 5-1 380 2 3 Florida 3-1 353 3 4 Southern California 3-1 324 4 5 Syracuse 7-0 321 5 6 Penn State 6-0 299 6 7 Stony Brook 4-0 278 8 8 Notre Dame 7-1 268 7 9 Princeton 4-0 235 11 10 Colorado 6-0 207 13 11 Cornell 2-1 204 15 12 Penn 3-1 178 10 13 Duke 4-2 146 9 14 Northwestern 2-4 111 12 15 Towson 3-3 99 16 16 Denver 5-1 95 14 17 Stanford 4-2 74 17 18 James Madison 5-1 65 19 19 Johns Hopkins 5-1 60 18 20 Virginia Tech 7-2. 44. NR
How is NU still in top 20?????
My guess is that you never played a competitive sport in your life.
Northwestern just played 5 games in 28 days all on the road against 5 current Top 10 teams the last game was played on one day of rest.
Stony Brook was playing on 12 days of rest and they have not played a single top 10 team. Maybe that is why they are not prepared come Tournament time.
For the last few years the NU fans have the same lame excuses. NU sets it's own schedule, it's not like teams don't want to play NU and could stay home and have teams come to them, but the coaching staff chooses to travel early in the season playing a schedule that is obviously too difficult for them. If SB hasn't played in 12 days and Spallina is smarter than Hiller and was better rested and prepared to play and handed an absolute whooping on your team than that's on Hiller.
I would say the NU players will be better prepared for life as well as the playoffs. Having the courage to challenge yourself and fight through adversity and difficult times is what athletics and life are all about. Nobody will remember who beat who on a cold march day but the strength that will be developed by the young women who challenge themselves will serve them well for the rest of their lives.
I bet you are one of the posters who caution others about going to a powerhouse lacrosse program or highly competitive university. Don't go to North Carolina or Maryland there are too many players on the roster. Don't go to Princeton or Harvard you might fail out. Stay away from Northwestern, they own you, to much pressure. Etc.. Etc... much better to "Go to a place where you can thrive". You will forever be the King or Queen of Mediocracy.
I am not an NU Dad and my children are not committed to Northwestern. However, I am very impressed with The University, The Program, The Coaches, and The Players (past, present and future). Collectively they have all earned my respect. So pound your chest about a meaningless win and keep telling yourself that it actually matters.
