MLax: Penn 5 @ Cornell 20 (FINAL)

billhoward · March 31, 2007, 04:56:52 PM

Awesome - last 2 games, 39 goals.

The seniors even their career record against Penn to 2-2.

Swampy · March 31, 2007, 04:57:05 PM

[quote billhoward]Announcers making much of Tambroni not wanting to go past 19 goals. Then the subs go in and make it 20-5 after about 2 minutes of around-the-cage. So maybe the problem is, once Cornell gets to say 17-5 with minutes to play, that's when the reserves come in, so they have a chance to score a couple and still stay under 20. Instead, the wholesale changes came after it was 19-5. [/quote]

There is no way subs are going to hold back from scoring if they have the chance. If you'd warmed a bench as much as I did, you'd know.**]

Jeff Hopkins '82 · March 31, 2007, 04:59:49 PM

[quote DeltaOne81][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Wow.

So much for being a first half team. ::demented::[/quote]

We were a lot better against Duke in the second half too - which woulda been a much bigger differential if not for the Duke goalie making 9 saves in the 4th qtr.[/quote]

The pre-game preview on Laxpower mentioned that we were much better in the first half than in the second. That was the basis for my post.

Of course, when the scr...back-ups go in so often and so early, I guess that's to be expected.

Nice revenge for last year. Wish I was there.

Josh '99 · March 31, 2007, 05:04:45 PM

Nice. Unlike the Yale game, no taking the foot off the gas in the second half.

Lauren '06 · March 31, 2007, 05:07:03 PM

... so what kind of Davy do you play after the twentieth goal?

DeltaOne81 · March 31, 2007, 05:15:54 PM

For the 'lead' lining, big problem of the game was penalties. We took 9 penalties, but only gave up 2 goals in the 8 opportunities (2 penalties were simultaneous). We also gave up 2 more seconds after an EMO expired. But if you gave Penn a good EMO percentage in the first half, we easily coulda gone to the half even or down, and then who knows what happens from there.

I'm not enough of a lax expert to know what happened in the 2nd half there, other than that the flood gates opened up. Faceoffs were a bit weak too, although we tied in the 2nd half, 7 for 14, after going 3 for 9 in the first half.

Ultimately this is a team with a ton of talent that can really step it up. But they need to be careful or more refined on a couple more things, otherwise I don't know how they'll do against really good teams that won't let them get away with mistakes (obviously pretty well, see Duke, but ya never know next time).

Still, when the other team is overmatched, they can really make them pay for it. Very very impressive the last two weeks.

Jacob '06 · March 31, 2007, 06:37:18 PM

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote DeltaOne81][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]Wow.

So much for being a first half team. ::demented::[/quote]

We were a lot better against Duke in the second half too - which woulda been a much bigger differential if not for the Duke goalie making 9 saves in the 4th qtr.[/quote]

The pre-game preview on Laxpower mentioned that we were much better in the first half than in the second. That was the basis for my post.

Of course, when the scr...back-ups go in so often and so early, I guess that's to be expected.

Nice revenge for last year. Wish I was there.[/quote]

I think our third quarter is generally our best quarter. I think Tambroni tends to use the 2nd o-middy line a lot in the first half during the feel out of the defense. Then the first o-mid line is nice and refreshed and really takes it to the other team in the 2nd half. Of course in games like today's, they don't get to take it to them for very long.

MSE09 · March 31, 2007, 10:22:09 PM

it sounded like flutes and piccolos only with the drums playing on the rims

JasonN95 · March 31, 2007, 10:27:01 PM

The color guy on the broadcast claimed that the band played Davy with kazoos for the 20th goal. I don't know if that's true, but I got a chuckle out of it.

Lauren '06 · March 31, 2007, 11:34:44 PM

Ahhh... the brass players might have pulled out their mouthpieces and played on those. Produces a kazoo-like noise.

Chris '03 · April 01, 2007, 05:10:31 PM

20 was Davy death march in my day... when w. lax used to pound teams like columbia and stanford,

Liz '05 · April 01, 2007, 05:46:15 PM

[quote Chris '03]20 was Davy death march in my day... when w. lax used to pound teams like columbia and stanford,[/quote]

Davy death march = Davy done super slow and possibly with only low instruments?