ELynah Forum

Yes-This year is more of struggle than I originally thought. Am hopeful the team can make Ivy playoffs.  Princeton and Harvard look like the class of the league-am impressed with Princeton's depth.

Did not realize that offensive midfields were so unproductive against Richmond I saw Quint Kessinich's Top Twenty post on the Inside Lacrosse website. Maybe Coach Buszek and staff will shake up the personnel to get better production?  Was extremely impressed with the short stick dmiddies: Box, Gilmartin, and Lamb.

Live by the 3 die by the 3. Harvard seemed to be getting to loose balls also.

We don't match up too well against Penn especially against their bigs.  They also did a great job defending Cooper Noard on the outside.  Poor free throw shooting (10-21!) was no help either. 

Gritty win.  Two good defenses going at it. Yeesh! What happened to Princeton getting clobbered by Penn State.

Swanstrom is holding monthly updates and he just did one last week.  They are being posted on the Cornell football YouTube channel.  One take here-He is taking the same approach as Dartmouth: As a freshman player if you play we will minimize you action (3 games?) in order to preserve a 5th year of eligibility at another school.

To add the officiating was horrible. Penn was getting away with some chippy play IMO.

Was surprised after last night's effort last night. Penn absolutely throttled the Red on the boards and was better at the free throw line. Give Sepp his due as he can rebound but granted he is not a scoring threat. It was a night when Cornell's lack of size caught up with them.

Not sure what to make of this team-
They have trouble getting open on offense and when they do the shots don't fall. Was hoping Coach Garner was an upgrade over Smith but not seeing it so far on the court.

Thought the gals had a good shot at beating Yale seeing as the Elis had lost 5 straight coming in.  The shooting woes they've had the last few years came back to haunt them outside of Clarke Jackson's effort. Despite their earlier win over Columbia the program needs a massive infusion of talent to compete with the top half of the league.

Colgate gives full athletic scholarships-guessing but financial aid is a big decider in which college you end up attending.

Note that former Big Red Coach Bill Courtney just passed away.  Having met him a few times he was a very pleasant guy but he struggled recruiting the type of players to fit his "Dribble Drive" offenses at Cornell.

The team can score but cannot defend to save their lives.  2 Ivy losses at home-cannot see this team making Ivy tornament.

Cornell's opponents know they drive right to the hoop.  The lack of size was really telling in this game with Columbia denying inside shots especially in 2nd half.  Give Columbia credit as they showed excellent spacing on offense. Yes need to win on Saturday against Dartmouth.

Did not see this one coming: Cornell over a good Columbia team 67-60.  Credit to Emily Pape, Rachel Kaus, Clarke Jackson, and others.  Certainly helped that Columbia's top scorer Riley Weiss went 1-14. Biggest win for the program in years. GBR!!