MLax: Cornell 16 @ Syracuse 15 (FINAL)

[Ronald '09]

well we won, but if we want to contend, we're going to need better goaltending

[Trotsky]

Wow.

[Ben Rocky '04]

YEA RED!

[Robb]

Take that, Swami!  ::rock::

[Jacob '06]

WHEW!


We can't play like that in the tournament.

[oceanst41]

Pretty boring game, huh? ::popcorn::

[Josh '99]

Well that's a relief.  (I guess winning is relieving rather than exciting when you're #1.)

Why did Coluccini (who played a hell of a game, by the way) think that last goal shouldn't have counted?

[Jacob '06]

[quote Josh '99]Well that's a relief.  (I guess winning is relieving rather than exciting when you're #1.)

Why did Coluccini (who played a hell of a game, by the way) think that last goal shouldn't have counted?[/quote]

My best guess is that he thinks Max got into the crease before the shot went in, but I'm pretty sure from the replay that he didn't.

[dbilmes]

What a finish! However, the TV announcers were terrible. It was obvious that the Syracuse goalie thought the final goal should have been waved off, but the announcers never said why (perhaps he though Seibald was in the crease?).

[Killer]

[quote Robb]Take that, Swami!  ::rock::[/quote]

I don't know what the Swami can take, but I can tell you my heart can't take too many of those.

[Swampy]

Faceoffs:

The ball is between the netting of two opposing midfield players' sticks. The other midfielders line up on lines to the side in the midfield section of the field. The ref blows the whistle. The side middies can and typically do rush into the center. Meanwhile, the center middies struggle for the ball. Often, there's a fair amount of checking until one team wins possession. The ref signals when s/he judges a team to have possession. Then the attack and defenders can enter the middle section of the field.

[oceanst41]

[quote Killer][quote Robb]Take that, Swami!  ::rock::[/quote]

I don't know what the Swami can take, but I can tell you my heart can't take too many of those.[/quote]

So much worse listening on the radio too, I got the shakes now.

[Rita]

Wow! What a finish! So apparently only stick checking is allowed? Seibald basically got to the net untouched. I thought there was some contact and checking allowed in Men's Lacrosse.

FYI, the game will be reshown tomorrow at 3 pm on Direct TV 625/SNY.

[oceanst41]

[quote Rita]Wow! What a finish! So apparently only stick checking is allowed? Seibald basically got to the net untouched. I thought there was some contact and checking allowed in Men's Lacrosse.

FYI, the game will be reshown tomorrow at 3 pm on Direct TV 625/SNY.[/quote]

Checking is allowed, just not from behind or with a cross-check.

I believe that it's typically easier to dislodge the ball with a stick check rather than a body check, but I always chose the latter since I was horrible at controlling the ball anyway. ::whistle::

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Rita]
There is a midfield line. You must have 4 players, counting the goalie, in your defensive zone and three in your attack zone. The midfielders typically go in both zones, although you will sometimes see a defender cross midfield on a clear (with a middie back in the offensive zone). I've even see a goalie do it.[/quote]

One brief clarification. The 4 need not include the goalie - if the goalie goes up field, which the Cuse goalie did a couple times this game - then someone else just needs to stay back.

And there is a limit on long-stick men. I think its 4.