Men's lax Cornell at Penn 3/30/2024

Start the thread. Want to the Close Defense step it up.

The key to this season is will the D get better. We can score given chances but the D has to limit the easy goals we have been giving up

upprdeck
The key to this season is will the D get better. We can score given chances but the D has to limit the easy goals we have been giving up

We let Yale get up top two or three times. That's going to happen sometimes in lacrosse, but those are easy goals for a D1 shooter. We were beat on the right wing against a shorty on one possession and no one picked up the ballcarrier, and he went right to the net. We have to make him pass the ball at least. Another time, an attack ran right by Singer from X. He has to use that long pole to slow him or get some help.

That's five goals right there. I don't mean to sound like some super critical person. We can't stop them all. But those kinds of plays are often the difference between winning and losing.

It's a relief to get through Yale and Princeton. Penn seems to be the last of the upper echelon Ivy teams. But the sloppiness on D can really bite you against even lesser teams

It's a beautiful day here to be watching a game. Penn players on the field now doing warmups

Well, and Kirst gets one right away.

This short stick defense is killing me. They are just running past them to the topside and shooting.

It feels like we're constantly looking for the perfect shot. That's a big 6x6 goal. Make the goalie work.

It feels like we are really predictable on offense.

We've been cranking up the defense the last two or three possessions, playing tight and sliding hard. We need to do that from the first faceoff.

Yeah, the offense looks inept compared to earlier in the game. Also, a bunch of unforced turnovers giving Penn more possession

Didn't even get a shot off in the last seconds.

I couldn't see who that one Cornell player by himself was but I don't know how he missed the net from point blank

Iceberg
I couldn't see who that one Cornell player by himself was but I don't know how he missed the net from point blank

I think that was Long that shot high.

I think Cornell wins against Penn in 7 out of 10 tries but that was as bad a loss as any

Freshman goaltender. He'll get better.

Iceberg
I think Cornell wins against Penn in 7 out of 10 tries but that was as bad a loss as any

I agree with your assessment. In recent years Penn has been uncanny in winning 1 goal games, and when we couldn’t put them away when we had them on the ropes we opened the door for them to do what they do.

Very frustrating loss.

Ken711
Freshman goaltender. He'll get better.

It wasn't the goalie's fault. It was free hands in prime shooting areas, including the winning goal.

I don't know how far we're going this year.

scoop85

Iceberg
I think Cornell wins against Penn in 7 out of 10 tries but that was as bad a loss as any

I agree with your assessment. In recent years Penn has been uncanny in winning 1 goal games, and when we couldn’t put them away when we had them on the ropes we opened the door for them to do what they do.

Very frustrating loss.

We had multiple chances to win starting with 1 min left, and barely got a shot. Long was the one good chance in the first OT but shot over the cage.

The only insight that I have to offer is that the winning goal was scored when the ssd Gilmartin slipped and fell and allowed Rubin to shoot hands free. Just a stroke of bad luck IMO.

rss77
The only insight that I have to offer is that the winning goal was scored when the ssd Gilmartin slipped and fell and allowed Rubin to shoot hands free. Just a stroke of bad luck IMO.

That is true, but the score should not have been that close. Our talent level, at least on offense, is without a doubt higher than Penn's. It doesn't feel like we are maximizing what we have.

Agreed-I thought the offense was unstoppable but as others have opined Penn's D clogged up the inner passing lanes after the Red went up 6-2.