Discuss, report WCLL Games March 21st - March 27th

by **SDSULAX** on Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:59 am

Wed Mar 21

UC Irvine vs Occidental @ Oxy 8:00pm

Fri Mar 23

Biola vs UC Santa Cruz @ Santa Cruz 4:00pm
Colorado vs Arizona @ Ariz 7:00pm
Nevada vs Gonzaga @ Gonzaga 8:30pm

Sat Mar 24

Central Washington vs Nevada @ Gonzaga 1:00pm
Stanford vs Southern Methodist @ South Methodist 1:00pm
Chico State vs CSU - Ft. Collins @ Ft. Collins 1:00pm
Sonoma vs Cal Poly @ CPSLO 1:00pm
California vs San Diego State @ SDSU 1:00pm
Chapman vs Loyola Marymount @ LMU 1:00pm
San Diego vs Claremont @ Claremont 1:00pm
Biola vs St. Mary's @ St.Mary's 2:00pm
Pepperdine vs Occidental @ Oxy 3:00pm
Cal Lutheran vs Pacific @ UOP 3:00pm
Oregon vs Arizona @ Ariz 3:00pm
UC Davis vs Utah State @ Utah St 7:00pm

Sun Mar 25

UC Davis vs Oregon State @ Dumke 11:00am
Santa Clara vs Texas A&M @ Texas A&M 1:00pm
Colorado vs Arizona State @ ASU 1:00pm
Boise State vs USC @ CPSLO 1:00pm
Western Oregon vs UC Irvine @ Irvine 1:00pm
California vs UC San Diego @ UCSD 1:00pm

Mon Mar 26

Boise State vs Cal Poly @ CPSLO 1:00pm
Colorado vs Oregon @ ASU 1:00pm
UC Davis vs Westminster College @ Dumke 3:30pm
Stanford vs Texas Christian @ Texas Christian 7:00pm

Tues Mar 27

Oregon vs Arizona State @ ASU 1:00pm
Santa Clara vs University of Texas @ Texas - Austin 4:00pm
UC Santa Barbara vs CSU - Ft. Collins @ Ft. Collins 4:00pm
UCLA vs Texas A&M @ Texas A&M 6:30pm
Western Oregon vs Biola @ Biola 7:00pm

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by **COlaxer** on Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:22 pm

Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, and Arizona State should make for some GREAT games this weekend!

by **JerzWB** on Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:39 am

Any predictions?

by **hamlax14** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:14 am

by **WaterBoy** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:57 am

I would be fairly surprised if Oregon did not go 3-0 on their trip. No discredit at all to the AZ teams, but I think Oregon is playing the whole season with a PNCLL chip on their shoulder. It really does look like they've put together an awesome team this year.

I wouldn't be surprised if, given their level of play this year, Colorado goes 0-3. They may be able to make some of the games close, but if their early games are any indication, I think the two AZ teams will handle them fairly solidly.

It's my early prediction that by the time nationals roll around, CU will be out of position for an at-large bid.

by **Scrape Mode** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:15 am

WaterBoy wrote: ...I think Oregon is playing the whole season with a PNCLL chip on their shoulder...

I'm wondering, what do you mean by that?! They are mad that they have to play in the PNCLL...?

by **Timbalaned** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:56 am

hamlax14 wrote:4. Oregon beats CU (OU is impressive this season)

Please get it right, it is UO, we are not Oklahoma. It is annoying that all across the country it is barely said right cause half the people in this country don't even know where Oregon is or should I say where Orygun is.

by **woulax23** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:24 am

any score from the oxy-u.c. irvine game?

by **JerzWB** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:35 am

WaterBoy wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if, given their level of play this year, Colorado goes 0-3. They may be able to make some of the games close, but if their early games are any indication, I think the two AZ teams will handle them fairly solidly.

I agree. Who has seen Colorado play? Can someone comment on what type of team they are? All most of us can do is look at a box score.

Thanks

by **azlaxmax45** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:46 am

hey timbaland, i agree with you, my mom was a duck and nothing annoys her more than people saying ou, its university of oregon not oregon university.

by **laxfan25** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:22 am

UO goes down to UNLV very soon - basketball of course!

by **WaterBoy** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:39 am

Scrape Mode wrote:
WaterBoy wrote: ...I think Oregon is playing the whole season with a PNCLL chip on their shoulder...

I'm wondering, what do you mean by that?! They are mad that they have to play in the PNCLL...?

I just mean I think they're out to prove something. It would be since before my lacrosse memory (maybe some old folks or historians could help) that a PNCLL team has been on top of the rankings.

by **PNWLaxer** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:54 pm

SFU was the last PNCLL team ranked in the top 10 before Oregon. I believe that was 2004, the year they knocked off Colorado in STL.

by **Maple Leaf** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:49 pm

woulax23 wrote:any score from the oxy-u.c. irvine game?

Oxy Beat UCI, which means a 3 way tie in the North Division

All three teams played each other to one goal differences, so if i understand the tiebreaker correctly, it would resort to in division goal differential.

Should make for some interesting games, with teams incentivised to blowout their competition in order to make the playoffs

by **CSM_LAX** on Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:53 pm

After playing Oxy, Pepperdine, and Irvine last week; I would say that the WCLL-B is the most evenly matched conference from top-to-bottom. I was really interested in last night's score, after playing both teams and realizing that a 3-way tie would be possible. It will be interesting to see how things play out...

The WCLL-B obviously lost strength when San Diego and Claremont moved to the Division-A ranks but the teams we played last week have been the most fundamentally sound teams that we have faced so far this season.