More times than not (just about all of the time) it is the team with the best Team Defense and solid goalie play that wins The Championship. UNC Midfielders are pretty darn good as well.
While that’s a nice sentiment I am not sure that’s actually true . Looking at some past years results there have been a few shoot outs and I don’t really count the pre-shot clock low scoring games as being about defense as much as stalling in many cases . I think a well balanced team is what gets you thru the whole tournament .
Just another person who spouts nonsense with no basis on reality, facts or actual results. Each of the past 6 National Championships were won by teams that held their opponents to fewer goals than their season average. Team Defense and Good / Great Goaltending is what wins championships.
2014 National Championship: Maryland over Syracuse. Syracuse held to 12 goals, their season average was 14.4.
2015 National Championship: Maryland over UNC. UNC held to 8 goals, their season average was 13.5.
2016 National Championship: UNC over Maryland. Maryland held to 7 goals, their season average was 14.7.
2017 National Championship: Maryland over BC. BC held to 13v goals, their season average was 16.
2018 National Championship: JMU over BC. BC held to 15 goals, their season average was 15.7
2019 National Championship: Maryland over BC. BC held to 10 goals, their season average was 16.8.
Shot Clock or no Shot Clock, it is Defense that wins championships. There were no "shoot outs" and BTW, most would consider "stalling" a defensive tactic. Also 5 of the 6 years the team that won The National Championship played Man to Man Defense.... JMU an aberration on many fronts....
You really are a bit slow and spouted so many nonsensical points its difficult to keep up.. You are trying to use stats from a single game to decide where a teams strengths are and anyone who has even a bit of statistical knowledge knows that makes no sense. Lets look at those teams over the course of their season to see where they stacked up.
offense defense
2016 UNC 5 25
2017 MD 1 17
2018 11 6
2019 5 5
Your attempt to try and credit a teams defense when their offensive teammates are stalling is sad. Looks like a top ten offense is a better predictor of success than your desperate attempt to say only defense matters . Again well balanced teams win the championship .[/quote]
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Trying to use statistics to make a point when discussing DI Women's Lacrosse is useless because of the inherent lack of parity. Strength of schedule varies to such a great degree that trying to use goals for and goals against to compare teams simply does not work.[/quote]
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Every year there are a lot of "Well Balanced" teams that do not win the championships.... As the post above points out, Team statistics such as goals for and goals against are not relevant in women's lacrosse.... You call a guy slow, yet you admit that you are having difficulty keeping up :-) .... The "single game" stats were not used to "decide where a teams strengths are", they were in order to illustrate that in that particular game "The championship game" the team that won was able to hold their opponent to fewer goals than they normally scored that year.... Nobody tried to credit a "teams defense" when their offense was stalling, just pointing out that most people would consider stalling a "defensive tactic"..... Nobody said "only defense matters", Obviously offense is important, It's just not as important as Defense when it come to winning championships.....[/quote]
Wow that is sadly pathetic. Yes not every well balanced team wins the championship nor does every team with an excellent defense .You say team statistics don't matter in women's lacrosse ( an absurd argument) and yet your one post was almost strictly based on statistics. Yes you are slow and its difficult to keep up with how many nonsensical arguments you attempt to make. The above stats clearly indicate that many of those championship teams would have offenses that are considered elite while having defenses that would be considered very good but not elite.Your boyfriends argument about strength of schedule is also foolish as I did not compare two different teams against one another but a single teams offense vs their defense for the year so the strength of schedule is exacting the same.
So your defender daughter who wanted to play offense but did not have the stick skills for it does not get the recognition you feel she deserves. Time to get over it ,there is a reason your kid got stuck on defense .
