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JOHNS HOPKINS 2016 record // 8-7 (3-2 Big Ten)


Last seen // Absorbing a trouncing in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the hands of Brown, a team that proved to be the Blue Jays’ nightmare matchup.


Starts lost // 17% Scoring lost // 29%


Forecast // The Blue Jays never had Connor Reed and Joel Tinney in their midfield and lost Drew Supinski halfway through the season, and yet they averaged 12.3 goals and made the most of what they had. In short, coordinator Bobby Benson and the offense maxed out what they had, and the return of a lot of midfield talent should more than offset the graduation of attackman Ryan Brown (41 goals, 16 assists).


ENEMY LINES


“SHOT LIGHTS OUT LAST YEAR. TINNEY ADDS A HUGE MIDFIELD DODGING THREAT.”


7 YALE


2016 record // 13-3 (5-1 Ivy League)


Last seen // Exiting the NCAA tournament much earlier than expected thanks to a 13-10 loss to Navy in the first round just a week after claiming yet another Ivy League tournament title.


Starts lost // 36% Scoring lost // 27%


Forecast // The team to beat in the Ivy League. The Bulldogs have the bulk of their offense back in 2017, including Tewaaraton finalist Ben Reeves (45 goals, 34 assists). Is goalie Hoyt Crance (52.6 percent in six starts as a freshman) the permanent answer?


ENEMY LINES


“TOUGH. GRITTY. IN OTHER WORDS, NOT A TYPICAL IVY.”


8 SYRACUSE 2016 record // 12-5 (2-2 ACC)


Last seen // Taking every easy-to- stop outside look it could while getting carved up on the defensive end in a 13-7 quarterfinal loss to Maryland, leaving the Orange at home during Memorial Day weekend for the sixth time in seven years.


Starts lost // 54% Scoring lost // 40%


Forecast // Expect the usual cutthroat, Darwinian competition for playing time on offense, where midfielders Nick Mariano and Sergio Salcido will head into the season as the biggest and most capable knowns. But as has been the case the last three years, can Syracuse do enough to stop good teams?


ENEMY LINES


“NEED HIGHLY-RECRUITED GUYS TO ACTUALLY STEP UP. STUDS, BUT INDIVIDUALS. NEED CHEMISTRY.”


9 BROWN


2016 record // 16-3 (6-0 Ivy League)


Last seen // Erasing a four-goal deficit in the fourth quarter against Maryland in the NCAA semifinals, only for the Terps to score in overtime to bring an end to the Bears’ up-tempo run.


Starts lost // 54% Scoring lost // 58%


Forecast // You want the good news first? Dylan Molloy, the best player in the country in 2016, is back. Long pole Larken Kemp, a first team All-American, also returns for his senior year. So Brown has that going for it. But the Bears were hammered by graduation as much as anyone. Five of their top six scorers, faceoff maestro Will Gural, first- team All-American goalie Jack Kelly, short stick d-middie Jon Yozzo-Scaperrotta — all depart Providence in the wake of Brown’s first trip to championship weekend since 1994. The up-tempo system should be very similar under new coach Mike Daly, who first developed it at Tufts.


ENEMY LINES


“WHAT CAN COACH DALY DO NOW THAT HE ACTUALLY HAS FALL BALL TO DEVELOP HIS PLAYERS AND SYSTEM?”


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