Cornell @ Syracuse lax - Syr13-12

[ugarte]

Cornell can't keep possession after a very confusing sequence in front of the SU goal. SU running clock, takes a TO with :52 left.

[ugarte]

Cornell pressure forces a turnover. Cornell TO with :27 (IIRC) remaining.

[Jordan 04]

Hopefully we make that shot in May.

[ugarte]

Nope. English gets a run at the net, looks to have a clean look and I think he missed the cage. Then Syracuse showed how to waste the last 20 seconds of a game with a one goal lead by throwing the ball across midfield as the clock ran out. Pretty painful to watch that...

[Jordan 04]

Nope. English gets a run at the net, looks to have a clean look and I think he missed the cage. Then Syracuse showed how to waste the last 20 seconds of a half with a one goal lead by throwing the ball across midfield as the clock ran out.

He rang it off the crossbar.

[ugarte]

Nope. English gets a run at the net, looks to have a clean look and I think he missed the cage. Then Syracuse showed how to waste the last 20 seconds of a half with a one goal lead by throwing the ball across midfield as the clock ran out.

He rang it off the crossbar.

That's the kind of play-by-play you get from a guy watching with no sound.

[Cornell95]

A tough loss, I thought if Cornell won >50% at the faceoff they would win

Three concerns... first being that Cornell hasnt shown the killer instinct to put away quality teams. Up 9-6 I felt they had a chance to push the lead and they didnt get it done. AJ had at best an average game, he again struggled with shots from 25-30feet out (I think he has really improved in assisting with the clear though compared with earlier in the season)

But the final issue is how can you have such uneven and poor officiating for a huge midweek, televised game ?!?
Through red lenses I thought Cornell got screwed more, but there was plenty of opportunity for Desko to yell at the refs as well, and it was in every part of the game
Stck holding at the faceoff, at least 1, I think 2 times the SU goalie stepped out of bounds with no call, uneven calls on pushes for both teams
(Cornell probably got lucky in the last minute on the no call, other than the Cornell player getting his helmet in front of him there wasnt anything there that didnt scream push in the back)

Princeton game now has increased importance. Lots of work to do, more consistency at faceoff and goal being crucial to the postseason.

[BearLover]

Getting tired of this shit

[billhoward]

Good thoughts, especiallty about Cornell lacking the killer instinct when up. Sounds better than saying games have runs and momentum shifts. But it did feel like we lost opportunities, such as for 2 scores not 1 going into the half.

Connor English put in nine goals in the NYS championship game at Manhasset and we'll remember him here for ringing a shot off the crossbar with his toes on the crease and defenders beaten, with 10 seconds to play, down by a goal. But the attack we missed was Steve Mock who was about 5 goals short of his typical 5 goal pace. That's worrisome if other teams can learn from how Syracuse played.

Fiore looked good enough in the second half.

I liked that Desko said, during the time out at the end, that it was okay to put the ball in the empty net when Cornell red-dogged. We've tried to play keep-away when we were up and more often than not we could not control the ball in the opponent's end.

So, 2 losses by 1 goal each. Should not have happened vs. Bucknell. This was a not unreasonable outcome. So now only one team left with one loss. Let's see how far a 10-2 team falls in the polls ... and RPI? Could Cornell win out: Brown, Princeton, the Ivy tournament, and get sent on the road in the first round?

Ugarte said he could see us win the NCAAs or fizzle out in the first round. He's right.

[Jim Hyla]

Good thoughts, especiallty about Cornell lacking the killer instinct when up. Sounds better than saying games have runs and momentum shifts. But it did feel like we lost opportunities, such as for 2 scores not 1 going into the half.

Connor English put in nine goals in the NYS championship game at Manhasset and we'll remember him here for ringing a shot off the crossbar with his toes on the crease and defenders beaten, with 10 seconds to play, down by a goal. But the attack we missed was Steve Mock who was about 5 goals short of his typical 5 goal pace. That's worrisome if other teams can learn from how Syracuse played.

Fiore looked good enough in the second half.

I liked that Desko said, during the time out at the end, that it was okay to put the ball in the empty net when Cornell red-dogged. We've tried to play keep-away when we were up and more often than not we could not control the ball in the opponent's end.

So, 2 losses by 1 goal each. Should not have happened vs. Bucknell. This was a not unreasonable outcome. So now only one team left with one loss. Let's see how far a 10-2 team falls in the polls ... and RPI? Could Cornell win out: Brown, Princeton, the Ivy tournament, and get sent on the road in the first round?

Ugarte said he could see us win the NCAAs or fizzle out in the first round. He's right.

Or not make them. We looked terrible. That's it.

Here's the RPI:

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                                        Road    Neutral Home   Non-Div 1
1 Notre Dame Big East 8-2 4-0 2- 0 2-2 0-0
2 Denver        ECAC        9-2 3-0 1- 2 5-0 0-0
3 Penn        Ivy        6-3 3-2 0- 0 3-1 0-0
4 Maryland Atlantic Coast 8-1 6-0 0- 0 2-1 0-0
5 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 8-3 2-1 0- 1 6-1 0-0
6 Duke        Atlantic Coast 9-4 2-1 0- 0 7-3 0-0
7 Cornell        Ivy       10-1 4-0 1- 0 5-1 0-0
8 Penn St. Colonial 8-3 5-0 1- 1 2-2 0-0
9 Ohio St. ECAC        7-3 4-1 0- 0 3-2 0-0
10 Loyola Maryland ECAC        9-2 5-1 1- 0 3-1 0-0
11 Syracuse Big East 7-2 2-1 1- 0 4-1 0-0
12 Princeton Ivy        6-3 2-2 0- 0 4-1 0-0
13 Bucknell Patriot       10-2 5-1 0- 0 5-1 0-0
14 Yale        Ivy        6-3 3-2 0- 0 3-1 0-0
15 Albany (N.Y.) America East 8-3 6-1 0- 0 2-2 0-0
16 St. John's Big East 7-3 3-0 1- 2 3-1 0-0

We just lost to SU, lose twice to PU, where do you think we'll be?

[Redscore]

Coaching

[Johnny 5]

Getting tired of this shit

Amen.
And, I live in all the residents genuflect for SU country.
I'll be taking Shiites over this one for the rest of the season.
The comeback, "Hey, at least our kids have high school diplomas" is getting old.
This wasn't as bad as the OT loss in the finals, but it smarts none the less.

On a lighter note.....anybody else think that sometimes Rob plays like it's the Rob Pannell show?
I mean, I know he can make those incredible, low % shots. But, do they all have to be of that variety?
Just a thought.

And, how did SU shut Mock down so easily? Will other teams try the same strategy??
If they do it could be Bucknell all over again.

::help::

[billhoward]

Wow. virginia lights  up Duke for 16 goals Friday night. But Duke scores 19. Out scores Cavs  7-2 in fourth.

Yale gets by Brwn 11-8.

[billhoward]

Breathing room: Dartmouth upsets Princeton, 10-9, Saturday 4/13. We had to beat Princeton in two weeks to guarantee hosting the Ivy tournament. Now we have to win either Brown or Princeton. Now everybody else has 2+ losses; Cornell is 4-0. Harvard beat Penn 8-7 in OT.

#15 Hopkins upsets #1 Maryland 7-4 Saturday. Let's see, if #2 loses to #7 13-12 and #1`loses to #15 7-4 ... who should fall further in the rankings?
#3 Carolina with 3 losses should move up to #1 if it gets past Hofstra Saturday night. Or #4 Denver.

Syracuse finally catches up and beats 2-11 Rutgers Saturday by a goal, at home, 12-11. Were down by 5.