Almost a Perfect Night at College Park!!!!

Observations of a special night in College Park:

There is no doubt as to who is #1 in Field Hockey –unfortunately it’s Old Dominion. The Monarchs came to town undefeated and left the same way after a 5-2 thrashing of the Defending Nation Champions. However no dynasty is returning with the Monarchs. Their team is propped up by the 1 year addition of 2 Srs from the UK including Emma Batten one of the world’s best players.

I watched the end of the Field hocket game with AD Kevin Anderson then shot up to Ludwig Field and watched the #3 Terps manhandle Duke 4-2 in front of nearly 8000 fans. The bad news was that Sonny James was ejected from the game and must sit out next week’s contest vs North Carolina. John Stertzer scored twice for the Terps.

Kevin wanted me to mention the first class way Georgia Tech handled the Andrew Gonnella injury. As we all know by now Coach Paul Johnson visited Andrew on Sunday.  Georgia Tech treated this most unfortunate occurance as if it happened to one of its own. Hats off!!!

Midnight Madness certainly was one of the most memorable in the 40 year history.

The introduction of the Alumni was very special. Greivis was thrilled to return to the adulation of the crowd. Steve Blake, Chris Wilcox, Johnny Rhodes, Dave Neal, Eric Hayes all received thuderous Comcast ovations. As for the game—here’s a few thoughts:

—Johnny Rhodes can still play. He was incredible.

—Blake, LaRon Profit, Chris Wilcox and Senor Vasquez all stood out like NBA players should!!!

—What a shame Wilcox didn’t plat 1 more season with the Terps.

As for the intro game of the men’s and women’s team:

The women are clearly led by Lynetta Kizer–she can do it all including hitting a few 3s. I do believe that barring injuries the Ladt Terps have the depth they’ve been missing the past few years.

Watching the men, I now agree with the Coach—this is not a small team especially if Len ever clears the NCAA.

Turgeonn introduced Sean Mosley as the solo Captain. He reiterated how crucial Mr Baltimore is to the team.

What I saw of Nick Faust I liked a lot. You would never think he is a freshman.

PeShon and Stoglin seemed to have matured greatly.

Ashton Panket seemed to be playing pain fress.

Behrend Weijs ran the court impressively.

Of the 6 walkons, Spencer Barks seemed to play the best but I wouldn’t look for major contributions from any of the guys.

–Gary spent a few minutes with the press and admitted this was always the best time of the year for him. Turgeon post game said that Gary has been a great help to him in his transition.

 

 

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