[NU Sports] Women's Lacrosse Live Stream link

[Tom Maycock]

Feed IS pretty jerky after all, but don't want to wait for BTN replay.

Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sportsbiz <sportsbiz at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 20:08:13 
To: Alan Abrahamson<alan.abrahamson at gmail.com>
Cc: <tkmaycock at yahoo.com>; Northwestern Wildcats<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Women's Lacrosse Live Stream link

If you have DirecTV or live in DC area, it's live on Comcast Sportsnet.
Mark
On May 27, 2011 8:03 PM, "Alan Abrahamson" <alan.abrahamson at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Whoever is the color commentator is so rooting for Carolina it's not
funny.
> I mean, really.
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> It is fine here--with about 6Mb cable internet. Rez isn't great, but
>> decent.
>>
>> Tom
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jason Singer <jintsjason at me.com>
>> Sender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
>> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 16:36:53
>> To: Northwestern Wildcats<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Women's Lacrosse Live Stream link
>>
>> Anybody else getting a jittery image? Currently it's unwatchable.
>>
>> Jason Singer
>> jintsjason at me.com
>> jason at jasonsinger.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 27, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Jason Singer wrote:
>>
>> > For those trying to find the stream:
>> >
>> >
>>
http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/liveplayer/champplayer/player.html?gameId=2011_WLA-1_302
>> >
>> > Jason Singer
>> > jintsjason at me.com
>> > jason at jasonsinger.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On May 26, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Tom Maycock wrote:
>> >
>> >> OK, I've been "lax" in commenting on the "Lax" team this year, but was
>> prompted
>> >> to post by the announcement that the Big Ten Network will be carrying
>> the final
>> >> four Women's Lacrosse games:
>> >>
>> >> http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/w-lacros/spec-rel/052611aab.html
>> >>
>> >> Much to my surprise, I had just found out via a forum thread at
laxpower
>> that
>> >> CBS College Sports network wasn't carrying the final four games this
>> year as
>> >> they had in the past. So, as of this morning, the only way to watch
was
>> going to
>> >> be the NCAA live internet feed (which Buffalo Wild Wings in Evanston
was
>> picking
>> >> up).
>> >>
>> >> Pretty sad step backward, and I was actually wondering whether there
>> might be an
>> >> opportunity for the BTN to step in, particularly given this week's
news
>> that
>> >> Michigan would be stepping up their men's and women's programs to D1
>> over the
>> >> next couple of years.
>> >>
>> >> And sure enough, the BTN made it happen. First game will be tape
delayed
>> >> following baseball at 9:30 or thereabouts (you can still watch the
>> stream live
>> >> starting at 6:30pm Central), and then the championship game will be
>> aired live.
>> >> Now if NU can just make it to that game!
>> >>
>> >> It's been an interesting year for the Cats. We've had an absolutely
>> miserable
>> >> spring weather-wise here in Chicago, with February-esque conditions
>> prevailing
>> >> through March, April, and May (it's cold, windy, and wet out AGAIN
>> today). The
>> >> weather has been especially nasty for almost every Lax home
>> game--horizontal
>> >> snow, 30mph wind/40 degree mists, and so on. As a result, we missed
>> several home
>> >> games, and I wondered if ugly practice conditions might slow
development
>> of the
>> >> team--although I think they do practice indoors sometimes.
>> >>
>> >> The team started off well, winning some tough early matchups, but then
>> struggled
>> >> with back-to-back losses against fast-rising Florida and Johns
Hopkins.
>> The step
>> >> backward wasn't terribly surprising, given the overall youth of this
>> team in
>> >> what is clearly a bit of a rebuilding year. To my outsider eyes, they
>> >> also seemed to be lacking some of enthusiasm, and perhaps some of the
>> vocal
>> >> leadership, of past teams. Lamanto also had a shaky few games in goal,
>> which was
>> >> very unusual.
>> >>
>> >> Since then, however, the defense has really started to crank it up,
>> "Breezy"
>> >> seemed to get her mojo back between the pipes, the offense has
developed
>> a much
>> >> better flow, and Shannon Smith has been on an absolute tear scoring
>> goals and
>> >> dishing out assists (Shannon *not* being named ALC player of the year
>> may have
>> >> been the best thing to happen to the Cats--I think she's scored 5
goals
>> in every
>> >> game since then).
>> >>
>> >> The Cats exacted revenge over Florda in a tight conference title game,
>> secured a
>> >> hard-fought win over BC in the first round NCAA game, and then played
>> easily
>> >> their best game of the year in a complete dismantling of Albany last
>> Saturday.
>> >> The enthusiasm seems back in a big way.
>> >>
>> >> They play North Carolina on Friday--a team they beat in OT on the road
>> earlier
>> >> this year, so that's clearly a tough but winnable game. If they get by
>> NC, it's
>> >> hard to see this team upsetting Maryland for the championship, but
>> anything is
>> >> possible.
>> >>
>> >> Meanwhile, Taylor Thornton has built on the pure speed she displayed
>> last year
>> >> with ever-improving skills at picking up loose balls and causing
>> turnovers.
>> >> There's nothing more entertaining at a home game then hearing the
crowd
>> go nuts
>> >> when she takes off on one of her patented end-to-end one woman clears,
>> blowing
>> >> past defenders who look like they are running in mud.
>> >>
>> >> Should be fun to watch Friday's game. I just have to decide whether to
>> watch the
>> >> stream live or wait for the BTN delay.
>> >>
>> >> Tom
>> >>
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