Lax Punk

No need to beat around the bush…it’s playoff time!  Punk is always right with his picks and excpects nothing but a solid performance in his choices across all 3 divisions.

Division 1
Round 1
#1 Virginia vs Villanova - Virginia
#8 JHU vs Brown - JHU

#4 Princeton vs UMass - Princeton
#5 Cornell vs Hofstra - Cornell

#2 Syracuse vs Siena - Syracuse
#7 Notre Dame vs Maryland - Notre Dame

#3 Duke vs Navy - Duke
#6 North Carolina vs UMBC  - UNC

D1 - Round 2
#1 UVA vs #8 JHU - Virginia
#4 Princeton vs #5 Cornell - Cornell
#2 Syracuse vs #7 Notre Dame - Syracuse
#3 Duke vs #6 UNC - Duke

D1 - Semis
#1 Virginia vs #5 Cornell - Virginia
#2 Syracuse vs #3 Duke - Syracuse

D1 - FINALS
#1 Virginia vs #2 Syracuse - Virginia

Division 2
Semis
Limestone @ CW Post - Post
Merrimack @ Le Moyne - Le Moyne

D2  - Finals
CW Post vs Le Moyne - CW Post

Divsion 3
Round 2
Springfield @ #7 Cortland - Cortland
#12 Western New England @ #13 Tufts - Tufts
#18 Saint Lawrence @ #2 Middlebury - Middlebury
Eastern Connecticut @ #17 Wesleyan - Wesleyan

#11 Denison @ #1 Roanoke - Denison
#10 Washington And Lee @ #6 Gettysburg - Gettysburg
#14 Cabrini @ #4 Stevenson - Stevenson
#5 Salisbury @ #8 Haverford - Salisbury

D3 - Round 3
Cortland vs Tufts - Cortland
Middlebury vs Wesleyan - Wesleyan

Denison vs Gettysburg - Gettysburg
Stevenson vs Salisbury - Salisbury

D3 - Semis
Cortland vs Wesleyan - Wesleyan
Gettysburg vs Salisbury - Salisbur

D3 Finals
Wesleyan vs Salisbury - Salisbury

Well, well Laxers!  It has been a while and Punk has been anxiously waiting for Spring and the rebirth of the NCAA season.  Sure indoor is great, but that’ll be a topic for another post.  E-Lacrosse’s new blog platform is going to bring the game to folks on a personal level which is pretty rad.

The season already started last week and Punk has to get his favorites in so it doesn’t look like he’s jumping on the bandwagon come May. 

With the way that the sport is growing, the parity at all levels is going to be insane.  There may be an outright #1 or top 1-5 but beyond that every Saturday is going to be a war.  And we’re lucky to have even more games games on the tube this year!!

So here are Punk’s top teams of the 2009 season.  Of course there won’t be updates every week, but you’ll see how these picks will end up and of course Punk will be right on the money!

And Punk doesn’t want to leave out the ladies as you know that he is a big fan, so here are the D1 Women’s picks for 2009.  Northwestern may be favored to repeat but not on my list…

See ya at the fields and hope to see ya at the shows!!