Can't speak to the others but...
by FL_Irish (2017-05-31 21:39:16)
Edited on 2017-05-31 21:41:20

In reply to: Women's lacrosse and soccer, both tennis teams, both  posted by MPG

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...women's tennis is suffering from a general decline in the program not a move to the ACC. 10 years ago they were a perennial Sweet 16 team and at their peak a Final Four team. They could compete with the class of the ACC back then. Jay Louderback did an amazing job building that program, but it's time for some new blood.

That also seems a bizarre way to characterize women's soccer given that it was a national powerhouse.

Women's soccer lost in its 2016 NCAA tournament opener
by MPG  (2017-06-01 10:28:14)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

at home to SIU-Edwardsville. The previous year the team was shutout in the second round by former Big East foe, Connecticut. National powerhouses don't lose that early in the post-season and recruiting seems to be less effective than it was before joining the ACC. Adding Nate Norman to the coaching staff should help all aspects of the program.
Right, which is indicative of a decline in the program...
by FL_Irish  (2017-06-01 10:32:45)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

...not "we're as good as we've always been it's just that we're in a new conference where it's harder to win."