CU @ Duke lax

[Germ]

HUGE game this weekend.  Cornell sits at number 3 in the polls (tied with ND) while the Dukes rest at number 8.  They've won their last four including a 12-8 win @ UNC this past Saturday.  

We need to win this because we need to go at least 2-2 in our four "big" games (UVA, Duke, Cuse, PU) and I don't really like our chances @ Cuse.  So we need to take care of business in Durham and beat PU when they come our way.  The good news is that our seniors have already played down there twice and won both times.  If we can get some decent goaltending I think we can pull it off.

[dag14]

Except the game is Tuesday [tomorrow] at 7 pm, not this weekend.

[Germ]

That's right my bad.  But....the game will still be huge.  Yale is this weekend.  THAT game should be a blow out.  Would be nice to double dip against them on the same day. (lax and hockey)

[JasonN95]

Win or lose, I hope this is the last trip to Durham until Duke is willing to return the favor and comes to Ithaca. The Cornell program has reestablished itself in the top echelon of lacrosse and I'd rather see them play another team, even if not quite the SOS boon that Duke is, that will agree to alternate locations than to continue to cater to Duke's hubris.

[semsox]

Like Germ said, if we get decent goaltending, we'll win this.  I'm curious to see what Tambroni does with Myers apparently on his way back to game-form.  Duke doesn't have the personnel Virginia does, but are still very formidable (as their win vs. UNC showed).  That being said, I think we'll be too much to handle, with our midfield as well as the new found strength that is our attack.

[FarEastLax]

It's definitely a big game for us, and I hope that we can get some support in two key areas:

1.  Our goaler needs to have a solid day.
2.  We need to avoid the type of extendo-scoring-drought crisis that has plagued us in certain games.  

I believe that the Dukes' goaler is saving at a 46% clip--not particularly impressive.  We need to pepper him with good shots early and try to establish our offense in the first half.

Despite graduating all those big-name players, Duke remains a very strong team, and they are a much different team now than in the loss to the Harvs earlier.

[Jacob '06]

Anyone getting the video on all access to work?

[cbuck]

I don't have it yet either.

[Trotsky]

Audio on REDcast is working.  Nice that Duke plays a "bitches and hoes" hip hop track after their goals.  That should improve town/gown relations with the Durham community...

[Jim Hyla]

nope

[Jacob '06]

Sent them an email but when I did it at the 2nd half of the last game when the feed dropped they emailed me back 4 hours after the game was over, so I'm not holding my breath.

EDIT: Its up no with pretty horrible pixelated picture quality.

[Jim Hyla]

Up CU 3-2

[cbuck]

4-2 with 3 to go in the first.

[Al DeFlorio]

Nice to see Seibald asserting himself.

Pretty funny this boneheaded announcer saying the 2007 Cornell team was "defensive-minded."

[dag14]

4-2 end of first quarter.  If you are sitting at your computer but not able to [or interested in] paying for ACC select horrendous video, checkout laxpower.com "Live Action Game Reports" where someone is likely to be doing an update:  http://www.laxpower.com/lagr/updates/