Closing out the EAGL Championship, we have No. 30 N.C. State, No. 31 Towson, No. 36 North Carolina and No. 48 New Hampshire vying for the EAGL title.
Host New Hampshire will be in the evening session despite a few afternoon teams being a little higher in the rankings. The favorite today is N.C. State, however, this will be the final appearance for the Wolfpack before moving to the ACC. That being said, the Wolfpack didn’t clinch the past few titles despite strong seasons. The Towson Tigers are hot on the heels of the Wolfpack. Although N.C. State has nearly half point over Towson’s best score of the season, their NQS is just 0.055 apart.
The Tar Heels? Oh they sure aren’t far behind either. In fact, the difference between them and the Wolfpack in NQS is only 0.021. What does all that mean? It is going to be close until that very last score is flashed. And I mean close.
On a final note, a fun piece of trivia is New Hampshire has won the EAGL title each time the Wildcats have hosted. A not so fun piece of trivia is that my first UNH meet in person, in January of 2018, was the first time the Wildcats lost at Lundholm after a consecutive 28 wins. A streak that had been standing since March of 2014. Just to add to the superstition, I got to watch New…