Princeton 6 Cornell 10 Lax FINAL

[JasonN95]

[quote ebilmes][quote Jacob '06]Reported attendance 10.721 :-O[/quote]



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How cool is that!

[DeltaOne81]

[quote JasonN95][quote Jacob '06]I don't really understand how we got a stall call there with about a minute and a half of posession. Princeton didn't get one one a 3 minute posession.[/quote]

If you're trailing, they don't call stalls against you, which makes sense (if you're losing and want to waste time, go right ahead).  I also believe the officials won't call a stall if the score is tied.[/quote]

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A stall call, first off, doesn't really directly depend on the length of the possession. It means you're not trying to score - its basically an unofficial, subjective shot-clock. If you're shooting and missing or otherwise charging the net, they won't call stalling. If you're just passing it around the outside and dodging, they will.

However, the refs calling stalling doesn't automatically mean you lose the ball. What it means is that you have to keep it in the box. If it comes out of the box, *then* you lose possession.

In the last two minute of the game, the team with the lead is basically automatically put in a 'stall' situation. As soon as they enter the box, they can't step out of it or they lose possession.

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[Rita]

For any night owls still up (or for those of you coming home from the bars ::drunk:: ), if you have CSTV, the replay of the Cornell-Princeton game will be shown at 1:30 am.

[Josh '99]

[quote ebilmes]Announced attendance was over 10,000. Really good showing. Thunderstix were given out to the first couple thousand fans, I believe.

It was nice to see the '77 team honored at halftime.[/quote]Awesome showing by the fans.

Thunderstix are lame, though.  What, your hands and your lungs aren't good enough?

[Chris '03]

[quote ebilmes]Announced attendance was over 10,000.[/quote]

About 1,300 more than Homecoming. Impressive.

[ugarte]

We were outshot 45-19 (IIRC), yet I also get the impression that we dominated the game. Is it fair to say that Princeton's shooting edge doesn't come close to demonstrating the teams' actual scoring opportunities?

[BCrespi]

[quote Josh '99][quote ebilmes]Announced attendance was over 10,000. Really good showing. Thunderstix were given out to the first couple thousand fans, I believe.

It was nice to see the '77 team honored at halftime.[/quote]Awesome showing by the fans.

Thunderstix are lame, though.  What, your hands and your lungs aren't good enough?[/quote]

Agreed on both counts.  Let's just make sure they don't get any closer to Lynah. However, since Athletics aren't looking to improve attendance, we're probably safe.

[redhair34]

[quote ugarte]We were outshot 45-19 (IIRC), yet I also get the impression that we dominated the game. Is it fair to say that Princeton's shooting edge doesn't come close to demonstrating the teams' actual scoring opportunities?[/quote]

Yes.  Our defense did a great job of forcing Princeton to take low percentage shots from the outside.  I bet half of their shots didn't even get a sniff of the cage.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote ugarte]We were outshot 45-19 (IIRC), yet I also get the impression that we dominated the game. Is it fair to say that Princeton's shooting edge doesn't come close to demonstrating the teams' actual scoring opportunities?[/quote]
Firstly, it was 45-29.  

Secondly, at some point in the first shots were 11-3 Cornell and we were up by two.  Early in the second we went up by three, and the whole tenor of the game changed given that lead and Princeton's suspect offense.  

Shots were 13-1 Princeton in the fourth, making up most of the difference in the total, when Cornell was playing keepaway and not trying to score--but also managing to turn over the ball six times.  

Lastly, as even the Princeton athletics write-up said:  "Princeton, outshot 94-34 by Cornell the last two years combined, would outshoot the Big Red 45-29, but the Big Red defense did a great job of forcing shots from the outside, which enabled goalie Matt McMonagle to clean up in the goal."

[ugarte]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote ugarte]Is it fair to say that Princeton's shooting edge doesn't come close to demonstrating the teams' actual scoring opportunities?[/quote]
Firstly, it was 45-29.  

Secondly, at some point in the first shots were 11-3 Cornell and we were up by two.  Early in the second we went up by three, and the whole tenor of the game changed given that lead and Princeton's suspect offense.  

Shots were 13-1 Princeton in the fourth, making up most of the difference in the total, when Cornell was playing keepaway and not trying to score--but also managing to turn over the ball six times.  

Lastly, as even the Princeton athletics write-up said:  "Princeton, outshot 94-34 by Cornell the last two years combined, would outshoot the Big Red 45-29, but the Big Red defense did a great job of forcing shots from the outside, which enabled goalie Matt McMonagle to clean up in the goal."[/quote]
So... yes?

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote ugarte]So... yes?[/quote]
Another view from the Syracuse Post-Standard writer blogging during the Cornell-Princeton game:  "But I can't emphasize this enough -- Princeton really cannot shoot at all. (Compared this to the Syracuse game, when the Tigers scored 12 goals.) The last half of the quarter was essentially an exercise in firing haphazardly from the outside and not coming close to the cage."

[Al DeFlorio]

Interesting write-up on the Cornell-Princeton game on the Swa(la)mi's web site: http://www.laxswami.com/tw07-09.html

Though not written by Himself.