[Lax] Cornell 13 @ Penn 5 (Final)

[billhoward]

Awesome offensive performance by Cornell and a combination of smothering defense by Cornell and a troubled Penn offense.

Cornell fans nicely outnumbered Penn fans but the total turnout, under 1,000, is another reminder of how a stadium such as Franklin Field can be too large.

[Al DeFlorio]

Navy-Georgetown lax on CBS Sports (formerly CSTV) at 5EDT...after the Cornell-Princeton women's lax game.

[Rita]

G'Town 8 v. Navy 4 ~ 6 minutes left in the 3rd.

[Al DeFlorio]

Navy looked impotent in the offensive zone first half.  Now 8-5 in the third.

Syracuse 13, Loyola 8 - final

Denver 10, Harvard 9 - final

Brown 9, Delaware 6 - final (I think it was 6-1 end of three; Jordan Burke is a tough G)

[Jacob '06]

Make that 8-7 Gtown now on a behind the back transition shot.

[jkahn]

G'town beats Navy 11-10 in overtime

[Al DeFlorio]

Navy gave that one away in OT.

Duke 16, Dartmouth 9 - final; Duke write-up boasting about how Danowski, O'Hara, etc., are now tied for having the most wins of any NCAA players.  Boo.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Al DeFlorio]Navy gave that one away in OT.

Duke 16, Dartmouth 9 - final; Duke write-up boasting about how Danowski, O'Hara, etc., are now tied for having the most wins of any NCAA players.  Boo.[/quote]

Yeah, I love how::asshole:: Duke carries on the stats of the 2006 season, giving their players more games than anyone else.

[Hillel Hoffmann]

What a great day.

All the sloppy play in the second half couldn't ruin my post-buttkicking buzz. Other than beating Harvard in hockey, is there anything more satisfying than throttling Penn at La Franklestra for the Cornell fan? So many horrible things have happened to Cornell football, lacrosse and basketball on 33rd Street over the years.

It also was a pleasure to finally meet Fred and the fabulous Em.

All the pieces are settling into place for Cornell.

Derkac looks super at his new position (starting close defenseman) and on the wing for faceoffs. What a brilliant move by the coaching staff. He's easily the biggest surprise success story of the season. I'm so glad he didn't follow his brother to Brown (like every other freaking Virginia-bred player in the prep universe -- what's up with that?). MacDonald is a better fit at LSM. Ritchie is clearly the best choice as the third starting attackman as well. And after some skepticism, I'm realizing that having Glynn face off is genius (as long as it's done with some moderation), because he can best take take advantage of the new faceoff substitution rules -- and because he's a damn good defender when necessary. Even Myers looks more comfortable.

I still think the Syracuse game could get very, very ugly. That team is built to prey on Cornell's weaknesses, and you can't count on Myers getting some verbal abuse given his history as a Syracuse transfer. It will be challenging for him to stay composed if he doesn't make a few early saves. I absolutely love Syracuse's new guys, especially Galloway, White and Smith -- how ironic that they're so much more productive than the Inside Lacrosse cover boys of 2006.

Even if Cornell doesn't survive the Syracuse visit, I'm starting to really like this team -- unforced errors epidemic or not.

[DeltaOne81]

It was a pleasure meeting you finally too, Hillel.

Btw, this reminded me of our discussion (well, my questioning) of mundane details of the 'closest' rule, so I just looked this up in 2008 NCAA lax rulebook:

Rule 4, Section 6b:

Loose ball—When a loose ball touches a boundary line, the ground or
any object outside a boundary line, or when a shot crosses the plane of
the end line or sideline (when determining which player is closest only),
it is out of bounds; and the following rules apply:

So, it depends. On a 'closest' call it's 'crossing the plane' that matter, but on any other play it's 'touching the ground'.