Cornell-Virginia lax

[Al DeFlorio]

First two Cornell shots right into Ghitelmann's stick.  3-0 Virginia early.

[Al DeFlorio]

Langton makes it 3-1; Lang keeps losing the ball at the end of Cornell clears

[Al DeFlorio]

4-1 Virginia after one.  Cornell hurt by shaky shot selection and turnovers.

Now 5-1

Three forced Pannell passes lead to turnovers

6-1 Shamel on target today, unlike at Foxboro; Cornell offense out of synch; Pannell trying to force things; two close chances missed...Pannell off cross-bar and Ritchie saved by Ghitelmann;  Virginia moving ball on offense much better than in Foxboro, and Cornell is too aggressive with slides, giving UVa space on the off-side.

Another blocked Pannell pass gives UVa the ball with less than a minute in the half; Cornell can't get the ball into the cease area; not only have there been no assisted goals, I don't recall even one assisted shot on goal

Two unsettled situation goals sandwiched around a Pannell wraparound make it 8-2

10-2; just not competitive today

[billhoward]

Seeing Virginia's strength and our early season issues makes the NCAA loss to Syracuse all the more painful because we realize the chances won't come every year.

[scoop85]

10-2 UVA.  We're playing gamely, but not in their class this year.

[scoop85]

Hurley stopped at doorstep; Ghittelman playing well for UVA

[scoop85]

10-2 UVA at end of 3; we look rather impotent on offense.

[billhoward]

Small rays of light: Shut down Virginia's EMO. Dunb Cornell mistakes on offense that seem correctable.

[Jordan 04]

Seeing Virginia's strength and our early season issues makes the NCAA loss to Syracuse all the more painful because we realize the chances won't come every year.

I was just thinking the same thing. (As if that game wasn't painful enough.)

[Al DeFlorio]

Team gets a week to regroup before meeting Yale.  Then Stony Brook, Penn, and Dartmouth before Harvard comes to town.  Still time to get the offense in synch.

[scoop85]

Team gets a week to regroup before meeting Yale.  Then Stony Brook, Penn, and Dartmouth before Harvard comes to town.  Still time to get the offense in synch.

I think the D and Fiore have been pretty good. We're just not getting any breathing space in the offensive end.  UVA's D has been really physical -- far superior to their sieve-like effort last season.

While hard to take this type of loss, we still have a lot of season left to improve.

[Al DeFlorio]

28-20 Virginia in ground balls...that didn't help

Just couldn't get good looks; too many poorly-chosen shots leading to easy saves and the ball going the other way

[Al DeFlorio]

I think the D and Fiore have been pretty good. We're just not getting any breathing space in the offensive end.  UVA's D has been really physical -- far superior to their sieve-like effort last season.

While hard to take this type of loss, we still have a lot of season left to improve.

I agree.  D chased too much in the first period giving open looks--and then got us in a deep hole--but since then has done OK given how poorly we've controlled the ball on O and the number of transition opportunities given to Virginia.

[scoop85]

I think the D and Fiore have been pretty good. We're just not getting any breathing space in the offensive end.  UVA's D has been really physical -- far superior to their sieve-like effort last season.

While hard to take this type of loss, we still have a lot of season left to improve.

I agree.  D chased too much in the first period giving open looks--and then got us in a deep hole--but since then has done OK given how poorly we've controlled the ball on O and the number of transition opportunities given to Virginia.

12-4 final.  I didn't see the first quarter, so I'm glad we at least improved defensively as the game progressed.

[TimV]

Wrong, Barry.  Virginia did NOT avenge last year's loss.  We ENDED THEIR FREAKIN SEASON!!! In front of a crowd of 45,000 people. On national TV.

Unlike the 09 Virginia team, we WILL play again next week.