With the lacrosse season having just begun last weekend as Maryland breezed by Presbyterian and Air Force, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the size of the Terps’ offense and their ranked opponents’ defenses.
Let’s first take a look at Maryland’s attack. (Height followed by weight)
UMD attack:
Ryan Young: 6-0 170
Travis Reed: 5-9 195
Grant Catalino: 6-5 240
Will Yeatman: 6-6 260
Average: 6-2 216.25
And if Reed is taken out, as was the case in the Terps’ last game against Air Force, the average runs 6-3 ½ 223.3
Now let’s look at the ranked teams on the Terps’ schedule in the order that they will play them.
Georgetown defense:
Average 6-2 199.5
Biggest Players 6-5 220, 6-6 220
Duke defense:
Average 6-2 ½ 207.3
Biggest Players 6-7 255, 6-7 225
UMBC defense:
Average 6-1 ½ 204.3
Biggest Player 6-4 215
UNC defense:
Average 6-2 203.7
Biggest Players 6-6 237, 6-5 210
UVA defense:
Average 6-1 199.5
Biggest player 6-2 217
Navy defense:
Average 6-1 ½ 205.3
Biggest Player 6-4 228
Johns Hopkins defense:
Average 6-1 203.6
Biggest Player 6-3 215
Usually in lacrosse, defensemen are much bigger than attack men. It’s been like that for years. But, this year the Terps are looking like the giants on the block, and most of these teams won’t be able to match up with Catalino and Yeatman.
UMBC, Virginia, Navy and Hopkins don’t even have a single player on defense that could match up in size with Catalino or Yeatman. Georgetown, Duke, and UNC each have two defensemen that can match up with Catalino and Yeatman. But, like I said before, attack men are usually smaller than defensemen. This hasn’t stopped them from scoring in the past, and being the same size as these defensemen will pose a huge threat because the big attack men might need to be double teamed leaving shooters wide open.
The main point here is that maybe size does matter, and this year the Terps have plenty of it.
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