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Subject: Re: Congratulations to Princeton on winning The National Title Author: An Observer [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:58:50 05/27/26 Wed In reply to: Memphis Bill 's message, "Re: Congratulations to Princeton on winning The National Title" on 08:30:24 05/27/26 Wed Part of the answer is what you mentioned. In the women's game, you have one coach in particular, Amonte Hiller at Northwestern, who is a once-in-a-generation talent. There was a reason why Yale and Cornell were not also winning Ivy championships when Tierney was down in Tigertown. North Carolina is also a program which has invested the money and resources to reload, not rebuild. Just with NU and NC, it's crowded at the top. Add BC and the job gets harder still. But I think the real reason is what I mentioned earlier in this thread. Lacrosse is mostly played by white, suburban, upper middle class to 1%-type families, often coming out of private schools. These are the families to whom an Ivy League degree is most valuable. If you don't have Michigan and Florida offering seven-figure paydays, the economically rational strategy is to stay and get your Ivy degree. You're welcome to tack on a post-grad year elsewhere if you've got the eligibility. Women in general are less pointed to working on Wall Street, where the Ivy degree and old boys network is most valuable. If you get offered by Northwestern or North Carolina and, say, Princeton, Yale or Penn, the opportunity to win multiple national championships in Evanston or Chapel Hill is going to be something that the Ivies can't offer, without the Wall Street payday on the other side. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Congratulations to Princeton on winning The National Title Author: HDallmar [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:21:50 05/27/26 Wed In 1994 both the Princeton mens and womens lacrosse teams won the national championship. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Trivia Question re: NCAA Championships Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:59:33 05/27/26 Wed The Tigers were the first program to win the men's and women's championship in the same team sport in the same academic year. Since 1994, it's been done six other times. Name them. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Congratulations to Princeton on winning The National Title Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:51:06 05/27/26 Wed North Carolina basketball one year. Don't ask me which year. :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: And I guess Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:57:24 05/27/26 Wed UConn has probably done likewise. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: And I guess Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:09:07 05/27/26 Wed UConn has done it twice, both times in basketball (2004, 2014). North Carolina has not done it in basketball, but did sweep lacrosse in 2016. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: My memory isn't what it used to be.... Author: Go Green [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:42:02 05/27/26 Wed UNC men in 1993, women in 1994. Could have sworn it was the same year... Ah, well! :) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: My memory isn't what it used to be.... Author: An Observer [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:24:40 05/27/26 Wed I have bad news for you. No part of our bodies is what it used to be. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: My memory isn't what it used to be.... Author: sparman [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:28:56 05/27/26 Wed No part is what we think it used to be. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]