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Quote from: WederIf you want some natty merch: https://www.shopncaasports.com/cornell-big-red/ncaa-championship-merchandise/t-23931748+c-34214888+z-943-893174389?_ref=p-CLP:m-SIDE_NAV

Only one item actually says "Cornell".  All the others simply have the nondescript "C" logo.  Meh.  

I'll wait to see what Cornell comes up with.

Also, no offense to Long, but I want my national champion T-shirt to have #15 on it.....or 21.

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Quote from: tretiakWhat a game. What a team. They went wire to wire as the dominant team this year - what a strange feeling.

I loved Buzcek's emotions at the end. What a coach. WD > MD. Cornell are the fucking champions. LGR!

Yesssssss!!!

Casual fan question: I think I can guess MD, but the only WD I know is 40.  What's that about?

"Well done is better than well said", often shortened to "WD>WS" is Cornell lacrosse's motto.  I don't know who originated it for Cornell lacrosse, probably Richie Moran.

I found this article from 2015 where one of Cornell's defensive players was talking about this teammate, Jordan Stevens (who is the current Cornell defensive coach--his group came up HUGE today.)

https://www.ncaa.com/news/lacrosse-men/article/2015-04-22/defensive-prototype

Quote from: Marshall Peters, Cornell lacrosse, 2015"Ever since I came to Cornell, Jordan has been my mentor and from a personal perspective, he's always there for me, both on the field and off the field. He really cares about people and he really exemplifies the 'well done is better than well said' motto that we have in Cornell lacrosse."

Dang - didn't think I was *that* casual of a fan.  Can't believe I've missed this for  10+ years.  I shall have to redouble my lacrosses fan effort!

Quote from: tretiakWhat a game. What a team. They went wire to wire as the dominant team this year - what a strange feeling.

I loved Buzcek's emotions at the end. What a coach. WD > MD. Cornell are the fucking champions. LGR!

Yesssssss!!!

Casual fan question: I think I can guess MD, but the only WD I know is 40.  What's that about?

What is this sport Georgetown and Duke are playing?  Do they not know that the objective is to put the ball in the net?

4-2 Georgetown with 10 left in the 2nd.

Quote from: Cop at LynahI think it will be quick, first or second possession

I'm just hoping the whole team just lets the game come to them, rather than trying to force it to Kirst.  Two or three poorly set up shots and you're suddenly starting the game 0-2.

I'd much rather start the game 5-0 with Kirst not getting anything until 24 minutes in.....to use a random example.

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Quote from: BearLoverSince this was debated by others awhile back, I went on insidelacrosse.com to see how our recruiting is looking.

For 2025's entering class, we are holding our own. Our recruiting is around that of the other Ivies. The ACC is dominating, however, with Duke, UVA, UNC, and Notre Dame way ahead of the Ivies.

For 2026's entering class, which was the point of concern when this topic previously came up, we appear to be sorely lacking. Harvard is doing very well with this class, including two 5* recruits. I know it was mentioned previously that perhaps these rankings will be further updated and that could change things.

I would expect us to be doing better in recruiting given our recent success and all the #1 picks we've had the last few years (Teat, Adler, Kirst). What do you think explains why our recruiting has not caught up to our success? Lack of facilities (indoor practice facility might help)? Or is it as simple as lack of scholarships (despite generous financial aid)?

For the past 10-20 years our on field performance has exceeded our recruiting rankings. Parnell of course famously wasn't even a top 100 recruit his senior year of HS, and only Seibald was truly a "blue chip" recruit on those great teams of his era. But Buczek and Stevens have elevated our on paper recruiting profile, even though many of our recruits only get a bump in ratings well after they have committed to Cornell. Ryan Goldstein, for example, was no stars when he committed, then was bumped to a 3 star, and in his PG year was elevated to a 4 star and ranked 50th overall in his class.

As for the current regulars, most were highly rated in IL's final ratings for their respective classes:

5 stars — Kirst, Long, Staub, Firth, Nikolic (injured of course)
4 stars — Cascadden (was a 5 star but ended up just out of the 5 star group), Goldstein, Dalton, Graham, Waldman, Dooley, Singer, Rayhill, Wallace (as a goalie!), Melkonian, Schwartz, Box, Gilmartin, Kelleher
3 stars — Sheehan, Luzzi
No stars — Bozzi, Knust, Davis

Our backup goalie, sophomore Matt Tully, was a 5 star, and freshman goalie Tim Piacentini (who I believe is injured) was a high 4 star.

While we don't know where the incoming class of 2026 will ultimately fall when the final rankings come out, even if the class turns out to be lower than our recent norm, I would expect it to be an outlier as long as our current coaching staff remains intact — unless the new financial landscape of college sports has a greater impact on lacrosse than seems to be the present case.

Thanks. Very helpful information. FWIW, Kirst and Teat were 5* recruits and Adler was 4*. Similar to hockey, our performance has exceeded our on-paper recruiting. But, similar to hockey, we are in the midst of a long national title drought. So if recruiting can pick up that is one way to finally end the drought. Another way to end the drought is to finally go all the way with our great team this season...!

This year's team has all the elements needed for a championship run—-dynamic attack, excellent midfield (even with 2 key injuries), solid goaltending and an improved defense. A lot needs to go right to make it happen, but we have as good a chance as anyone.

Solid on faceoffs, too, which was not the case for some of our more recent otherwise excellent teams.

Quote from: Cop at LynahThe radio guys said that the officiating crew was from LI and are thus really good, they then make several comments about the officials missing several calls throughout the contest

With the win Cornell's RPI moved up to #5.

ah, but you forgot that this year the committee added the criteria for teams with the best wins on days with a full moon minus bad losses on days with the temperature less than 56 F, so looks like Cornell will be unseeded, per usual.

Count me in the 1000% proud camp.  It would have been so easy for this team to mail it in - they had every excuse in the world NOT to put in the extra effort it must have taken to gel late Feb & March with a completely different lineup than they had a month before.  Their record was already a millstone around their necks - by the time everyone got healthy, it was clear we were going on the road for the ECAC playoffs, with a run to Lake Placid very unlikely.  Just let the season run out and move on with life.

But they didn't take that path - they did not let the situation control their intensity.  They buckled down and poured their hearts into every shift, steamrolling Colgate on the road, never giving up against Q, controlling Clarkson, taking down the #1 team in the polls, and taking arguably the most skilled team in the country to OT.

I could not be prouder - which is exactly why it hurts so much.  If losing didn't hurt, then winning wouldn't be special, and that's not a life I choose to live.  I want the highs, so I take the lows.  You cannot have one without the other.

Let's Go Red.

On the major, it sure seemed to me like Walsh reached out and had his hand at/near the top of the BU player's head, and Walsh's hand only went down to the facemask when the REF tommahawk-chopped his forearm as he was trying to break up the altercation.

Anyone else see that?

Quote from: Larry72Bentley's PP goal looked quite familiar.

heb - came here to mention that Bentley so far has the second-prettiest PPG of the weekend so far.

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Quote from: SnowballWho's going to give some color: what was the Lake Placid arena was like when Kovich scored that goal? Anyone? Multiple people?

You tell me and I'll close my eyes and pretend I was there.

It was absolutely amazing! The place went nuts. It was such an unlikely and unexpected goal. Since it was just after the penalty, the Cornell fans had become a hair subdued. It really was looking pretty bleak for the good guys. Schafer made a comment in the press conference about people kicking dirt on Cornell's grave. I'm not going to say we had all completely lost hope, but I'm an optimist and it was hard to be optimistic in the moments just before that goal.

What was also really sweet was that those of us in the Cornell section had an amazing view of the puck in the goal. We were basically on the goal line. I remember seeing the shot (which I thought was a pass) and the next thing I knew I could see the puck clearly across the goal line! So many times as fans we react to the players' celebration of the goal, as opposed to seeing the puck itself in the net, but this was one goal that we could clearly see across the goal line the same time the players did! It was exquisite.

The feeling at that moment is why we watch Cornell hockey and endure all the little disappointments along the way. That goal and that feeling cover all the losses 1000 times over!

As long as you only consider the little disappointments, I can agree with you.

I, for one, need a lot more to endure 2003.

Agreed but 1973 was at least 2003's equal.

I'll still take either of those over 2020.  

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Quote from: RobbI was thinking the Pecknold cup should go to whichever team knocks off the #1 seed.

OMG this is so going to be a TBRW page!  ::deadhorse::

Edit: http://www.tbrw.info/?/ecac_History/ecac_Pecknold_Cup.html

i'm honored!


I've known it's true, but seeing Rand's name there in black-and-white so many times in a row is just almost unbelievable.

Quote from: BeeeejAt the risk of getting more personal here than usual... my father (Cornell '60) passed away unexpectedly a few days ago, a week short of his only grandchild's second birthday. dss28 and I briefly considered postponing today's birthday party for Isaac, but a) we'd already postponed, then canceled, his first birthday party last year because he got sick with severe daycare-itis both times it was scheduled, and b) Dad would have hated, I mean absolutely loathed, the idea that his dying should be the reason we had to postpone yet another birthday party for Isaac. So we let everyone know, and to their credit, they all showed up to our building's lounge prepared for a little awkwardness and some random crying fits, but ready to make it a joyous occasion for a little boy who thankfully doesn't yet understand. And that's exactly what it was, right up through 5pm when we fired up the AppleTV for the gradually thinning crowd. We watched the Big Red complete their improbable run of knocking off three higher seeds in a row to win another ECAC title for Coach Schafer's now-extended-remix swansong. Joyous doesn't begin to cover it. Isaac's frequent shouts of "Hockeyball!" and "Bah bo wed!" were the icing on the cupcake. It's a complicated and bittersweet weekend, but as many others have already said, the bookending of 1996 & 1997 (for both of which I was present) with 2024 and 2025 (for both of which I was changing diapers at home) is pretty damn sweet. It's like I've been saying to Daina ever since the beginning of the Yale game two weeks ago: There is no reason in the world we can't win nine games in a row. There certainly wasn't anybody who thought we'd win these last five in a row.

Go ahead, Schafer's boys, I dare you - make our Passover Seder plans complicated, too.

I love this team.

Love it!  

My kids called every sport "baseball" for years, which is especially weird because I *never* watch baseball.  Like, ever.

Quote from: andyw2100Worth watching:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BfihWccaL/

Reminds me of the locker room scene from Ted Lasso.

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Quote from: BearLoverClosed it out the way it opened.

This all I've been thinking about.

How it started: 2 ECAC championships as the #4 and #2 seeds.
How it's going: 2 ECAC championships as the #2 and #6 seeds.