Ohio State @ Cornell

[dag14]

The real purpose of the facility is for practices, obviously.  Not only will it be more pleasant for the players, it will be safer and less costly to keep the practice facility in good shape.  It is one thing to "plow" the field to remove several inches of snow before a game, it is quite another to do it a couple of times a day so two teams have a clear surface to practice effectively without the threat of injury. Same with heavy rain -- sure you can play in it but it is hard to develop skills, run hard, etc., in the rain on a slippery surface.  Not to mention the help with recruiting kids not used to upstate NY weather.  When ND was recruiting my son, photos of the team practicing indoors in February were all over their recruiting materials.

[chimpfood]

I'd hope they practice outside if they plan on playing outside.

[Ken711]

I'd hope they practice outside if they plan on playing outside.

When feasible sure.

[billhoward]

I don't see anyway they play a game like yesterday inside.  There were games all over this weekend played in much worse weather and far worse rain.

200 people in attendance. Temps in the 40s. Raining. Some Cornell players have experience in box lacrosse where it doesn't rain? If there's an indoor field available, why would you not play it there? ... because we might or might not fare better at home in crappy weather than an Ohio State team that has roughly the same weather the second day of March? Next year, same weekend, it might be snowing and the choice is a neutral quonset hut in Binghamton?

[Chris '03]

I don't see anyway they play a game like yesterday inside.  There were games all over this weekend played in much worse weather and far worse rain.

200 people in attendance. Temps in the 40s. Raining. Some Cornell players have experience in box lacrosse where it doesn't rain? If there's an indoor field available, why would you not play it there? ... because we might or might not fare better at home in crappy weather than an Ohio State team that has roughly the same weather the second day of March? Next year, same weekend, it might be snowing and the choice is a neutral quonset hut in Binghamton?

The attendance would be 200 inside too.

It's not box lacrosse.

It snowed during the women's game against Cal and... They played outside.

If it's 95 in May, should it be moved inside because it's too hot?

It's a practice facility. Not an all games before the weather is nice facility. Lacrosse has been played in 40s and rain forever. And should continue to be played outdoors in those conditions.

[billhoward]

Cornell lacrosse in polls in Week 4 of the 2024 season, after weekend of March 4

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Media        8 was 9  
USILA        --      [slow to post]
Kessinich    9       https://laxallstars.com/quint-kessenichs-top-20-march-4th-2024/

Cornell in Media poll by week
Pre-season   7
Week 1       8
Week 2       8
Week 3       9 after @ Denver loss
Week 4       8  

Current media poll (image below) and Quint Kessenich (Lax All-Stars) have Denver No. 1.

Pios holding pocket aces, wins over Johns Hopkins and Cornell. A 5-5 tie ballooned into a 15-6 win holding Lemoyne to one goal in the second half. Do I think Denver is the best team? No. But right now they are unbeaten and have two quality wins.

I have never had more difficulty putting a poll together. Everybody is 4-1. Small sample sizes. Confusing cross pollination. A jumbled mess.  https://laxallstars.com/quint-kessenichs-top-20-march-4th-2024/

[mike1960]

Denver #1?

[Local Motion]

Attendance is always light for early lacrosse games at Cornell.   Saturday was either raining or misty, along with damp cold.   However, if the sunshine comes out above say 50 degrees the East Hill community comes out to support the lacrosse team.  I wish Cornell had more home games in April & May when the weather improves.  

On another note, the Cornell Daily Sun appears to be very focused on politics and other campus negative stuff, and not Big Red athletics, etc.   I wish they would cover some more positive aspects about Cornell like sports.   I realize we are an Ivy League school and everyone is on social media these days, but getting outside to watch Big Red athletics or just going for a walk is a much healthier alternative.   JMHO

[mike1960]

Is anyone ponying up the $10.00 for a month of The Pennsylvania State sports to watch the lax game this Saturday?

[Al DeFlorio]

Is anyone ponying up the $10.00 for a month of The Pennsylvania State sports to watch the lax game this Saturday?

I intend to.  Haven't checked on whether it has to be canceled or you can specify just a one-month subscription for one school so it expires automatically.

[semsox]

I bought this last year to watch the @OSU game. I watch enough lacrosse generally that I talked myself into the Lacrosse sport package, which gave access to all lacrosse games for all the Big Ten schools, so any good or interesting OSU, PSU, Rutgers, etc. game. I think it was ~$40 for the whole year/season

[CU77]

Are you sure semsox? I think a lot of the Big Ten games are on BTN only, not B1G+.

[semsox]

Are you sure semsox? I think a lot of the Big Ten games are on BTN only, not B1G+.

That's a fair point CU77, and unfortunately the landscape for this is changing every year. I'm not sure how common airing on BTN is vs. going to BTN+. As an example, for this weekend, all of Cornell @ PSU, Brown @ MD, ND @ OSU (Sat games), and Princeton @ Rutgers, Harvard @ Michigan (Sun games) are available through B1G+. It may be that once it's well into conference season and there's no Basketball or Wrestling to compete that lacrosse games will be aired more regularly on BTN, but still a worthwhile consideration for us lacrosse junkies.

[upprdeck]

the B10 womens is this weekend so thats why no Lax.