Navy senior Jaren Woeppel: "It doesn’t really bother me because I know it’s an important role. But it’s funny to explain to people who don’t really know much about lacrosse. They’ll ask, ‘Do you start? What position do you play?’ I’ll say, ‘I play long-stick midfield.’ They’ll say, ‘What is that?’ ‘I’m like, ‘It’s kind of a specialty position.’ They’ll say, ‘Kind of like a kicker or a punter?’ It’s kind of hard to explain it, but it doesn’t really get to me."

Maryland redshirt junior Brian Farrell: "It’s a position. There’s close defense, there’s short-stick d-middies, there’s long-stick d-middies. You get recruited for these positions. There’s not even a spot for us on any postseason awards. I think it should be it’s own position. I don’t think it should be considered defense or midfield. I think it should be a long-stick middie. You get recruited for that, and you can play that for four years, which a bunch of guys have done. I think there needs to be a change in that."

Army sophomore Tim Henderson: "You never get introduced with the starting lineup, but I don’t think, teamwise, that it’s overlooked. Everyone understands how important the long-stick middie is to the team. And it’s not really about getting announced before the game. It’s more of what you do during the game."

Johns Hopkins freshman Chris Lightner: "I’ve never been one to really worry about that kind of stuff. That’s not really that important. I’m out on the field and playing. Our job is just as important as anyone else’s. but it’s understandable that it gets overlooked because we don’t score like the offensive middies do, and we’re not on the field for every single play like the close defensemen are. So it’s understandable."