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Tough loss for Cornell. offense which disappeared for the 2nd half, plagued by an inability to win 1:1 matchups or shoot effectively from range.
Hats off to Tully - was dialed in and kept the game from getting out of hand in the second half. 

Although this team wasn't built for a deep tournament run, Coach Buczek extracted a solid season from the squad. Rope unit was great and (until the IVY league tourney) the defense held teams to less the 10 goals per game.
Cascadden was great this year.
Offense struggled at times and were held under 10 goals 5x (1-4 record in those games).

Disappointingly, our record at Schoelkopf Stadium was only 5-4. On the road the red were 5-1 and 1-0 on neutral site (Duke game). Not sure how to explain this.

See how we can reload for next year. Losing 5 starters (Staub, Dooley, Luzzi, Box and Cascadden).  BRinging back the entire starting offense.

Quote from: mike1960 on April 11, 2026, 03:57:27 PM

Quote from: Cornell95 on April 11, 2026, 03:47:21 PMjust watching the boxscore
seems like Cornell picking up a lot of penalties

Big Red playing with a bit too much aggression, or the refs slanting things

Same here. Watching the box score. It looks like the scoring was really spread out among players.

Note: Michigan beat Penn State! (?)
Ohio State beat Hopkins. (Milliman's last year?)
Yale is up on Harvard 5-2 in the second.

We were aggressive on defense all game. SSDM were grinding and poles were sliding with conviction. Referees were fast with the flags. Without the EMO goals we hold Duke to only 5 goals. Cascadden and Staub tallies were pure juice and the Offense had enough today for a big win. Great atmosphere for the Big Red with a large fan base in attendance

Great game. Red looked in control most of the game. Very few unforced errors or undisciplined play. Cournoyer made the big saves in the second half of the third. On to Placid. LGR!

A little home cooking to get us back on track.

This weeks face-off issues aside (we are with 59% of the draws to date), the main issues with this team are (a) size on the offensive end and (b) clears / rides.

Size - You can't teach it. Attacking and First midfield now without 6'2" Kirst and 6'3" Kelleher. Last season we moved the ball quickly and ran through people. This year we can spin the rock but can't get inside a defense.

Clears - 81% clearing success rate is not good. We are 58th in NCAA Division 1 Lacrosse (https://www.ncaa.com/stats/lacrosse-men/d1/current/team/838). Failed clears usually lead to high percentage scoring opportunities.
Rides - Opponents clearing success against us is 89%.  Too easy.

Richmond was +4 against us 2 weeks ago. That was probably the difference in the game.

 

Down 6-0 to PSU about to close out the first quarter. Another team looking to extract revenge for last season.
Not looking good.

SLU - T.
SLU - T.


LGR!

IVY league an impressive 13-5 out of conference this year with 6 wins against pre-season top 20 opponents (Cornell with wins against Denver, Albany; Harvard win v. Syracuse, Princeton win vs. Maryland, Yale vs BU and Penn vs. Albany). This week features more challenging out of conference play with Cornell v. Richmond, Yale v. Penn State (although Penn State has been struggling to find their mojo), Penn v. UNC and then Syracuse and Princeton v. Syracuse and then UNC. Let's hope the IVYs continue to roll.

U of Albany announcers have made the broadcast impossible to listen to. Right up there with the squad from Brown hockey.

Quote from: KenPOur offense seems to have a tougher time in sloppy weather... is anyone worried about the rain tomorrow? Similarly will it hinder Princeton's style of game as much?

20 goals performance in Ivy League Finals, not too shabby.
We also rocked Syracuse for 17 in what was wet weather and terrible field conditions.

Quote from: mike1960This is a very satisfying win, friends.

See you next week!

Edit: I wish ESPN would show the trophy presentation. It's been a long time coming.

Truly great win for Cornell. Took Princeton's best punch and answered with a 10 goal run!
Big Red in a great position for the NCAAs and (finger's crossed) a date for Memorial Day weekend in Boston.

21-14 Cornell. Final Score
Goldstein 5G, 3A; Long 4G, 4A; Kirst 3G, 6A. Big night for the attack trio.
Knust 15 saves. 52%
Cornell Faceoff crew wins 22 of 38. 11 of 15 in 2nd half
Cornell picks up 39 GBs and is +3 in turnover battle.

Once again, opponents get close to Cornell in 2nd half and Cornell goes on run to pull away. (Big Red score 8 of 9 goals from 11minute mark of the 3rd until 6:54 left in the 4th).

Princeton Harvard up next. Starting at 9p.

Syracuse beats ND 14-11 and with Army loss, probably lock up the last at-large bid.

Quote from: mike1960I'm surprised Yale is not posting a shooter in the center of the zone.

The best way to beat a zone is usually place 2 in the crease. Pulls in the far side defender. Attack Bow tie/pick  off each other.

We are back, 17-12 end of 3rd quarter.

Hat's off to whoever realized the host team should play in the first game, NOT the second. Would suck to be Princeton Harvard right now.