Cornell vs. Syracuse Lax

[Jacob '06]

5-4 cornell now on another Pannell-Lang feed. End of the 3rd.

[semsox]

5-4 end of three.  Fiore is a revelation.

[Al DeFlorio]

Too many turnovers.  Fiore saving Cornell's bacon.  Shots 14-2 Syracuse third period.

[jeff '84]

7-6 CU, 6+ mins left

[Jacob '06]

Tied up, and the color guy on TWSports is actually audibly cheering for syracuse on the broadcast.

[billhoward]

Last 5 secs of Syracuse game not good to us.

[Al DeFlorio]

Can't beat a Syracuse if you can't hold onto the ball.  Unbelievable how many times we turned it over.

[Jacob '06]

I don't think that was actually in time, but I guess they don't do video replay in lacrosse.

[semsox]

Well that's pretty much the worst thing I've ever seen

[Jacob '06]

Well that's pretty much the worst thing I've ever seen

The championship game was much worse. We had no business being tied with Syracuse with 2 minutes left this year, Fiore stood on his head and then some. Its pretty respectable for this team that it took until the last second for Syracuse to win.

[semsox]

Well that's pretty much the worst thing I've ever seen

The championship game was much worse. We had no business being tied with Syracuse with 2 minutes left this year, Fiore stood on his head and then some. Its pretty respectable for this team that it took until the last second for Syracuse to win.

I don't know how an official has the gall to let that goal stand with zeros on the clock like that.  The championship game was worse, but this sucks because it was taken from us.  For the best game I've watched all year, at least let the fucking players decide it.

[CUontheslopes]

Horrible - that was NOT a goal. No question. Simple.

[scoop85]

I thought time had expired, but it was close.

A few quick thoughts:

1.  Best Cornell goaltending since McMonagle at his best.
2.  Syracuse has freakish stick skills -- it's like they had glue in those things
3.  In the final minute when we had offensive possession I was concerned when Pannell did not have the ball, and my fears were realized.
4.  Syracuse's ride is amazing, and we were rather tentative on the clear as a result.
5.  Tough loss, but nowhere as painful as the NC game.

[Jacob '06]

Part of the problem with the time is that IIRC, the scoreboard at the crescent doesn't have a buzzer hooked to it, and they use someone blowing an airhorn to signal the end. So there is another little delay there and the ref can't just use the sound to decide the end. Its pretty much impossible for a ref to watch the clock and the ball going over the goal line, so I don't really blame them for the call. It would be nice to have a replay for end of the period goals if the game is on TV. Certainly should be done in a playoff game.

[dag14]

I watched this game on TV and as biased as I am in favor of Cornell and against Syracuse, that goal should have been waived off and the game sent to OT if the Time Warner "game clock" was at all accurate.