I was astonished that we had yet to publish an evaluation for Flanagan, who is arguably the top ’28 two-way middie and every bit of a Top 50 recruit in the class, and probably even closer to Top 25. I’m cheating a bit here, as I didn’t see the Red Hots during Tuesday’s bracket play, but he was perhaps the most impactful player on the field in Wednesday’s championship game. Likely to be recruited as a d-middie, where he bolstered national champion WRA this spring, he had two goals and one or two assists in the final at Navy. The hard-nosed and highly athletic Ohio native went right to left and put a shot over the goalie’s shoulder, scored a rebound on a great follow-up, and had a beautiful assist to a teammate in the third quarter. His best play, however, came when Flanagan beat his man cleanly off the dodge, then got past two poles that slid to him. He’s an absolute beast between the lines and makes so many noteworthy plays — at the next level, I see him playing a role like Virginia’s Joey Terenzi or Hudson Hausmann. I can’t say enough about his game and intangibles, and it seems that we’ve seen the last of him this summer, as he suffered an injury at Naptown and will be shut down the final few events of the summer.