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Spiders strike first just a minute in with a Merklinger goal.

Edit: Less than a minute later, Creo makes it 2–0.

Edit 2: Can't ask for a better start than this...4–0 Spiders just seven minutes in.
 
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7–0 Spiders and UMass is already replacing their goalie just 12 minutes in. The new guy has only played 8 minutes all season. He has saved all four shots he faced prior to today though!

Edit: UMass finally gets on the board with 78 seconds left in the quarter, barely sneaking one by Vigue.
 
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Still 7–1 at the end of the first. Spiders dominating in all facets of the game, outshooting UMass 12–5, winning 7 of 9 face-offs, forcing a couple of shot-clock violations, and just owning possession.

Edit: We're not letting off the gas...less than 90 seconds into the second, we've added two more goals.
 
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New UMass goalie has actually settled in and playing pretty well now, but they still can't get much going offensively.

10–2 Spiders at the half.
 
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We're getting a bit sloppy and turning the ball over, which is bogging things down. 11–3 lead though, so hard to complain too much. Under 6 to play in the third.
 
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Littlejohn gets a nice point-blank goal with 13 seconds left in the quarter, and it's 12–3 heading to the fourth.
 
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High Point up 4–2 after the first.

Not sure who I'd rather see us face. St. Joe's has more national respect and so would give us more wiggle room for a potential at-large should we lose, but if High Point is an easier opponent based on our regular-season meeting with the two teams, that's an easier path.

Let's just beat whoever we play.
 
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High Point has scored three goals in the first four minutes of the second half to open up a 9–5 lead. They're really dominating the Hawks in pretty much every way.
 
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High Point it is. This will be a very tough game on Saturday. Even though we have a 15-4 record against them, do not let that fool you. They will play very motivated and very tough this game and we have to match that energy. Their FOGO is going to be a huge problem for us. This will be our 6th(!) conference championship game against them and almost all of them have been close. We have a 3-2 record against them in championship games. Fun fact, we have played (and beaten) High Point in 3 different conference championships (ASun, SoCon, A10). They have beaten us twice in SoCon. This game should be high energy and a great one. Hopefully the bad weather stays away long enough.
 
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Slow start for Spiders. Down 2 to 0. HP looking good.
Why is the keeper bringing the ball up and why are our long poles taking shots?

Be patient work the ball around and take some better shots. Keeper for HPU will come back to earth at some point.

Dont panick.
 
Spiders turning the tide...scored three quick ones near the end of the first to take a 3–2 lead. Now up 5–3, still early in the second.

Edit: Make that 6–3.
 
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I hope we’re seeded but unfortunately I don’t think the committee will do that. Had we beaten either Duke or Cornell than absolutely. I just hope they don’t screw us by giving us an opponent against a higher seed for the sake of closer travel. We should not be playing a team any lower than a 7 seed in the first round.
 
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DIVISION I SELECTION CRITERIA:
The committee will utilize the following criteria to select and seed teams:
• Strength of schedule index.
• Results of the RPI.
- Record against ranked teams 1-5; 6-10; 11-15; 16-20; 21+
- Average RPI win (average RPI of all wins)
- Average RPI loss (average RPI of all losses)
• Head-to-head competition:
- Results versus common opponents.
- Significant wins and losses (wins against teams ranked higher in the RPI and losses against teams ranked lower in the RPI).
- Locations of contests.
• Input from the regional advisory committee (comprised of lacrosse coaches from all AQ conferences).

https://www.ncaa.com/championships/lacrosse-men/d1/road-to-the-championships
 
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