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please put lax (i assume) in the title lol

ugarte
please put lax (i assume) in the title lol

Better not be football.

Jeff Hopkins '82

ugarte
please put lax (i assume) in the title lol

Better not be football.

IINM, the last time we played OSU we beat them.

Trotsky

Jeff Hopkins '82

ugarte
please put lax (i assume) in the title lol

Better not be football.

IINM, the last time we played OSU we beat them.

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Penn 14, Duke 12 final

Penn and Princeton and both Duke and UNC this weekend.
Does the ACC reciprocate next season with games in Philly and Princeton?

nshapiro
Penn and Princeton and both Duke and UNC this weekend.
Does the ACC reciprocate next season with games in Philly and Princeton?

They'd rather play in 'sunny' Carolina.

nshapiro
Penn and Princeton and both Duke and UNC this weekend.
Does the ACC reciprocate next season with games in Philly and Princeton?

Princeton up 5-4 in the second quarter.

mike1960

nshapiro
Penn and Princeton and both Duke and UNC this weekend.
Does the ACC reciprocate next season with games in Philly and Princeton?

Princeton up 5-4 in the second quarter.

Now up 9-5 at the half; Ivy lax will be a dogfight.

I watched the replay of the Hobart game. It was a resounding win, of course, although the offense did not seem to be playing well together early on. A lot of the goals were unassisted. Hobart was just not playing great individual defense.

On defense, Jack Follows played really well. Dooley played tough also. Overall, there were not a lot of free hands in shooting range for Hobart all day. Our riding game is terrific. It worked down the shot clock and caused some turnovers.

We worked hard on the ground balls. Good to see.

FOGO is a little bit of a worry. We had some difficulties with penalties and winning the face-offs early on. Petrakis settled things down there with the clamp and scrape (although he did take a very questionable shot at goal). I'm hopeful he can carry us. He helped win some important games down the stretch a couple of years ago.

We are deep in talent. Firth has terrific vision and skills. Gilmarten looks like he's going to be really good one. I'd like to see more of Ben Abladian. He has a hard, accurate shot and a quick release.

I hope we have another good day today!

penn and princeton are staying in the triangle to play duke and unc on sunday as well

Ohio State leads 2-1 in the first. We decided not to slide early in this game. We were beat in the second goal one-on-one.

Slow start on offense. Down 2-1 mid-first.

Our defense is flat-footed today. Face dodges are going right past us.

Mikey Long sees the cutters. 4-3 Ohio State end of first quarter.

4-3 OSU after 1

No slide. 5-3 Ohio State.

CJ jump shot side left. 5-4 OSU

CJ 5-4

Mikey Long, top center, high right, 5-5

Long dodge from up top 5 all

I'm really disappointed in our defense so far. They are playing with clay feet and not sliding.

mike1960
I'm really disappointed in our defense so far. They are playing with clay feet and not sliding.

Right

Tough time on ground balls, too.

7-5 OSU

Free hands, 10 yards, OSU scores.7-5

Great defense. OSU did not even get off a shot before the shot clock violation.

CJ cut across the middle. Good feed. Slam dunk. 7-6 OSU

Beautiful shot by Caddigan from 9 yards, top right, on the EMO.

Tied 7-7

CJ scores. It's hard to tell how it happened with that ridiculous close-up camera work.

Accidental goal at the Cornell goal mouth. 8-8

Mikey Long drive from X. 9-8 Cornell.

Mikey Long from X to the front of the goal.
10-8 Good Guys.

Firth, side right.

11-8

It's hard to know how he got there with the close-up camera. We can't see the field, see the cuts, the screens, the formations. Just the back of the player with that close up.

OSU scores with an open player in front of the goal. Looks like a defensive mistake. The close up camera create another mystery.

11-9.

CJ dodges from behind the net. The OSU d-man got his cleats caught in the net and is injured.

12-9 Cornell.

mike1960
CJ dodges from behind the net. The OSU d-man got his cleats caught in the net and is injured.

12-9 Cornell.

Big loss if Van Buren is done.

mike1960
CJ dodges from behind the net. The OSU d-man got his cleats caught in the net and is injured.

12-9 Cornell.

this was with ~5 seconds left in the quarter. great use of the shot clock and then working the goal as a screen. genuine shame about the injury; the pbp guy made him sound like a very important defender.

Top right goal on the EMO. Cornell not closing out.
12-10

Ground balls have been super disappointing all game

Kelleher gets a score from side right.
13-10

CJ falling down goal, side left.
14-10, Big Red.

Kirst`s 6th, 14-10

We have CJ and they don't.

Fast break off the face. OSU goal.
14-11

We're doing the Macarena at Schoellkopf.

CJ open net.
15-11

And that's a wrap. Nice comeback after a rough start

Cornell win. 15-11

A win is a win is a win.

The commentator marveled at how well a so-so OSU was playing. But the reason is that our defense was not playing well early. They OSU ball carriers simply ran around our shorties on three or four goals, and we didn't slide. A couple of more mistakes led to easy goals later. The defense clamped down much better later in the game. We need to play with this intensity all four quarters if we are going to be successful against a tough schedule.

PSU tips Yale in OT.

A roundball win tonight and all will be well in Whoville.

Al DeFlorio
PSU tips Yale in OT.

I think Yale was up 9-2 at one point. Big collapse, though I'd probably rather play PSU off a W than an L

mike1960
A roundball win tonight and all will be well in Whoville.

I would like some puck luck too, please.

Drizzly, cold (43 at 12 noon faceoff), thus only 212 fans. This is the kind of game that would benefit from being played in the pending field house.

The offense is ahead of the defense. Saturday so much was CJ Kirst, an amazing 7G 1A day and Michael Long 3G 4A. Otherwise five players with single goals.

The Willem Firth goal to build Cornell's first 3-point lead, late in the third, pass from Long as the shot clock was running down IIRC, shot seemed like an inch above the ground all the way in. Firth really is going to be someone special.

We had problems on faceoffs: OSU 18, Cornell 12. Cornell was better on saves. And near perfect on clears, 22x23 vs TOSU's 15x19. Everything else on stats was not a difference maker. Wyatt Knust was 54% on saves, State's Caleb Fyock was 42% and that's filling a lot of the net (6-foot-2, 297 pounds). He's highly regarded in his freshman year but, ah, maybe we shoot better.

I don't see anyway they play a game like yesterday inside. There were games all over this weekend played in much worse weather and far worse rain.

upprdeck
I don't see anyway they play a game like yesterday inside. There were games all over this weekend played in much worse weather and far worse rain.

What odds are you giving?

Will the facility be done by next season?

given how well the golf course project has gone maybe by 2028.

upprdeck
I don't see anyway they play a game like yesterday inside. There were games all over this weekend played in much worse weather and far worse rain.

Seriously. All this indoor facilities stuff is starting to sound like Syracuse people and their Dome affection. Typical Ithaca weather is home field advantage. I hope they don't play every game that isn't in billhoward approved weather conditions indoors once the practice facility is completed.

They will play every game outside that they can.

If the game looks like it will have lightening before it starts, they might play inside. If it looks like hurricane weather they might go inside. If it looks like a mighty ice/snowstorm throughout and hard to keep the field clean they might go inside. 45 and drizzle, they won't go inside.

For the most part they will want to make the decision in advance

marty

upprdeck
I don't see anyway they play a game like yesterday inside. There were games all over this weekend played in much worse weather and far worse rain.

What odds are you giving?

Will the facility be done by next season?

Nope. The plan is winter 2026.

The real purpose of the facility is for practices, obviously. Not only will it be more pleasant for the players, it will be safer and less costly to keep the practice facility in good shape. It is one thing to "plow" the field to remove several inches of snow before a game, it is quite another to do it a couple of times a day so two teams have a clear surface to practice effectively without the threat of injury. Same with heavy rain -- sure you can play in it but it is hard to develop skills, run hard, etc., in the rain on a slippery surface. Not to mention the help with recruiting kids not used to upstate NY weather. When ND was recruiting my son, photos of the team practicing indoors in February were all over their recruiting materials.

I’d hope they practice outside if they plan on playing outside.

chimpfood
I’d hope they practice outside if they plan on playing outside.

When feasible sure.

upprdeck
I don't see anyway they play a game like yesterday inside. There were games all over this weekend played in much worse weather and far worse rain.

200 people in attendance. Temps in the 40s. Raining. Some Cornell players have experience in box lacrosse where it doesn't rain? If there's an indoor field available, why would you not play it there? ... because we might or might not fare better at home in crappy weather than an Ohio State team that has roughly the same weather the second day of March? Next year, same weekend, it might be snowing and the choice is a neutral quonset hut in Binghamton?

billhoward

upprdeck
I don't see anyway they play a game like yesterday inside. There were games all over this weekend played in much worse weather and far worse rain.

200 people in attendance. Temps in the 40s. Raining. Some Cornell players have experience in box lacrosse where it doesn't rain? If there's an indoor field available, why would you not play it there? ... because we might or might not fare better at home in crappy weather than an Ohio State team that has roughly the same weather the second day of March? Next year, same weekend, it might be snowing and the choice is a neutral quonset hut in Binghamton?

The attendance would be 200 inside too.

It's not box lacrosse.

It snowed during the women's game against Cal and... They played outside.

If it's 95 in May, should it be moved inside because it's too hot?

It's a practice facility. Not an all games before the weather is nice facility. Lacrosse has been played in 40s and rain forever. And should continue to be played outdoors in those conditions.

Cornell lacrosse in polls in Week 4 of the 2024 season, after weekend of March 4

Media        8 was 9  
USILA        --      [slow to post]
Kessinich    9       [laxallstars.com]

Cornell in Media poll by week
Pre-season   7
Week 1       8
Week 2       8
Week 3       9 after @ Denver loss
Week 4       8

Current media poll (image below) and Quint Kessenich (Lax All-Stars) have Denver No. 1.

Quint Kessenich 3/4/24
Pios holding pocket aces, wins over Johns Hopkins and Cornell. A 5-5 tie ballooned into a 15-6 win holding Lemoyne to one goal in the second half. Do I think Denver is the best team? No. But right now they are unbeaten and have two quality wins.

I have never had more difficulty putting a poll together. Everybody is 4-1. Small sample sizes. Confusing cross pollination. A jumbled mess. [laxallstars.com]

Denver #1?

Attendance is always light for early lacrosse games at Cornell. Saturday was either raining or misty, along with damp cold. However, if the sunshine comes out above say 50 degrees the East Hill community comes out to support the lacrosse team. I wish Cornell had more home games in April & May when the weather improves.

On another note, the Cornell Daily Sun appears to be very focused on politics and other campus negative stuff, and not Big Red athletics, etc. I wish they would cover some more positive aspects about Cornell like sports. I realize we are an Ivy League school and everyone is on social media these days, but getting outside to watch Big Red athletics or just going for a walk is a much healthier alternative. JMHO

Is anyone ponying up the $10.00 for a month of The Pennsylvania State sports to watch the lax game this Saturday?

mike1960
Is anyone ponying up the $10.00 for a month of The Pennsylvania State sports to watch the lax game this Saturday?

I intend to. Haven't checked on whether it has to be canceled or you can specify just a one-month subscription for one school so it expires automatically.

I bought this last year to watch the @OSU game. I watch enough lacrosse generally that I talked myself into the Lacrosse sport package, which gave access to all lacrosse games for all the Big Ten schools, so any good or interesting OSU, PSU, Rutgers, etc. game. I think it was ~$40 for the whole year/season

Are you sure semsox? I think a lot of the Big Ten games are on BTN only, not B1G+.

CU77
Are you sure semsox? I think a lot of the Big Ten games are on BTN only, not B1G+.

That's a fair point CU77, and unfortunately the landscape for this is changing every year. I'm not sure how common airing on BTN is vs. going to BTN+. As an example, for this weekend, all of Cornell @ PSU, Brown @ MD, ND @ OSU (Sat games), and Princeton @ Rutgers, Harvard @ Michigan (Sun games) are available through B1G+. It may be that once it's well into conference season and there's no Basketball or Wrestling to compete that lacrosse games will be aired more regularly on BTN, but still a worthwhile consideration for us lacrosse junkies.

the B10 womens is this weekend so thats why no Lax.