Are Spring Tournaments a real way to evaluate a team?

This past weekend was the first weekend Spring Tournaments started. All teams participated in different tournaments around the country. However, with the Seniors not being a part of it and the incoming freshman not at school yet, are spring tournaments a real way to evaluate how well a team is performing? 

The incoming freshman have not arrived, most tournaments are only 7 v 7 because they don't have eleven healthy players ready to play. Spring time is when if a player is injured they take the time off to rest before the season begins in the fall. In my opinion, spring tournaments are not a good way to evaluate a team. They are meaningless and you do not have your full team to see how well you can perform.

rule, does it help or hurt the sport?

The new rule that took affect in August 2010 has had a huge effect on the field hockey game. The new rule is that if the officials call a free hit instead of passing the ball the girl can move five yards and take it herself. Some disadvantages to this is that the team defending this will not get in back in time. However, the advantages is that the game moves a lot faster. The games is more exciting and you don't have to wait to get the ball, you can just go. In my opinion, the advantages out weight the disadvantages

Top D3 schools moving up to D1

The College of New Jersey is a Division I program. Each year they make it to the NCAA DIII tournament. Some years they win it, some years they come up close. However, this program is extremely strong. They play some DI schools during pre-season and put up a fight and even beat them. TCNJ should get moved up to DI. They have the facilities, astro turf field and the level of competition just like DI programs have. There are teams that are DI for example, Siena, St. Francis and Robert Morris who each year have a loosing record. This past season Monmouth University beat Siena 10 - 0. Siena does not put up a good competition and should move down to DIII, while TCNJ takes Siena's spot for DI.

Patriot League

Within the Patriot League American University has been the number team for years now. This team is lead by Olympic Coach, Steve Jennings. These players are recruited all over the world not just in the United States. Lehigh, Lafayette, Holy Cross, Bucknell and Colgate are the teams in the Patriot League. Unfortunately these five teams have never had a chance to move on because American is powerhouse in the patriot league conference. Furthermore, American beats the other Patriot teams by a lot of goals. In my opinion, American University should move out of the Patriot League and onto a stronger conference. They prove to be a strong team when they make it far in the NCAA tournament each year.