Lacrosse: Cornell 8 - Navy 7 (overtime)

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote RichH]Espey, Seibald, and Finn seemed to be everywhere the final 2 minutes.  Down 2 with under a minute to go, we got one in.  My memory is hazy, but I think that Navy won the faceoff, and we managed to force a quick turnover and turn it upfield.  With 0:22 seconds, CU called a timeout.  

Big drama as everyone rose to their feet.  Seibald had the ball at the top of the box on the restart, and within 2 steps, I knew what he was doing.  Remember the OT hockey goal by Greening vs. Colgate where he skated through a hook to score?  Yeah, I'd say this one was better.  The Max Truck plowed up the left wing right for the goal, seemed to bend around at least 1 defender and snapped a shot at an angle that somehow found the net just inside the right post.  0:12 on the clock, as the CU sidelines erupted.  Sheer will.
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Just watched the last two minutes of regulation with some care.  Seibald not only scored the tying goal on a great individual effort, but knocked the ball out of a Navy player's stick with just over a minute remaining to set up Cornell's sixth goal.  Moyer picked up the loose ball, passed it to Seibald who carried it into the offensive end, then passed it to Glynn who assisted Hurley on the goal with :52 left.  Much like the turnover he caused in the Albany game that led to Glynn's OT game-winner.  Didn't show in the box score, but was crucial to the win.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote billhoward]Last year we went unbeaten and got seeded fourth. If we have one or two losses, I hope we get a bid this year.[/quote]
As far as I can tell, nothing has changed in the absurd criteria the committee must use for selection and seeding.  I just asked Dave Rahme, who covers lacrosse for the Syracuse Post-Standard and who railed against the criteria last spring, and he's heard nothing either.::bang::

[Al DeFlorio]

The Sun strikes again.  Photo caption from today's preview article on the now-canceled Binghamton game:  "Ready for action: After several scrimmages, the men's lacrosse team will try to follow up its 12-11 win over Navy with a victory over the visiting Binghamton Bearcats."

[Al DeFlorio]

lax.com has an excellent "highlights" video on the Navy game here:  http://www.lax.com/stories/1939

Looks like several tough stops by the Navy goalie kept the score close early on.

[Al DeFlorio]

New ranking system concocted by a Baltimore Sun blogger has Cornell #4...well, sort of: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/lax/blog/2008/02/new_lacrosse_rankings.html

[Chris '03]

[quote Al DeFlorio]New ranking system concocted by a Baltimore Sun blogger has Cornell #4...well, sort of: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/lax/blog/2008/02/new_lacrosse_rankings.html[/quote]

Good thing he looked up how to spell Binghamton.  :-|

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Chris '03][quote Al DeFlorio]New ranking system concocted by a Baltimore Sun blogger has Cornell #4...well, sort of: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/lax/blog/2008/02/new_lacrosse_rankings.html[/quote]

Good thing he looked up how to spell Binghamton.  :-|[/quote]
And Siena.  I left a comment correcting both, but it's still being "approved."