Lax Cornell 11 Loyola 10 (3 OT) & other NCAA 1st round

jkahn · May 16, 2010, 09:21:27 PM

Syracuse and Army 8-8 with 5 minutes left in 4th.

Jordan 04 · May 16, 2010, 09:31:27 PM

Wow, what a horrible last possession for Army. Tough to leave a shot on the field @ the Dome.

jkahn · May 16, 2010, 09:33:55 PM

Quote from: Jordan 04Wow, what a horrible last possession for Army. Tough to leave a shot on the field @ the Dome.

Shouldn't have called timeout when they were breaking into the zone with just under a minute left.
Now going into overtime.

Jordan 04 · May 16, 2010, 09:40:37 PM

Wild finish to the first OT. Heading to double OT.

Jordan 04 · May 16, 2010, 09:51:04 PM

Army wins 9-8. Stunning!

jkahn · May 16, 2010, 09:51:06 PM

Army wins 9-8 (2 o't.), plays Cornell at noon next Sunday.
Also, N. Carolina beat Delaware 14-13.

phillysportsfan · May 16, 2010, 10:07:19 PM

Thats great, now Syracuse has a vague idea how we feel, losing with 5.7secs left in OT2

Rita · May 16, 2010, 10:12:14 PM

Quote from: Jordan 04Army wins 9-8. Stunning!

Was anyone else yelling "shoot" at their tv during the OTs? I'm still figuring out lax, but you can't score if you don't shoot. It just seemed like they were spending an eternity setting up for the PERFECT shot. I get hanging onto the ball in regulation and playing for the last shot and leaving no time on the clock, but in Sudden victory OT?

Army was really good on face-offs, how does that bode for us next weekend?

Quite shocking to see Syracuse go down. Shocking in a nice way

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Jordan 04 · May 16, 2010, 10:18:40 PM

Quote from: phillysportsfanThats great, now Syracuse has a vague idea how we feel, losing with 5.7secs left in OT2

As a not-so-poetic radio host would say, how Syracuse feels is "not even a pimple on the fanny" of how we felt (assuming you are referring to last year).

Al DeFlorio · May 16, 2010, 10:18:45 PM

Quote from: RitaIt just seemed like they were spending an eternity setting up for the PERFECT shot.

Took 'em awhile, but Army finally did set up the perfect shot.

billhoward · May 16, 2010, 10:31:45 PM

Quote from: Rita
Quote from: Jordan 04Army wins 9-8. Stunning!

Was anyone else yelling "shoot" at their tv during the OTs? I'm still figuring out lax, but you can't score if you don't shoot. It just seemed like they were spending an eternity setting up for the PERFECT shot. I get hanging onto the ball in regulation and playing for the last shot and leaving no time on the clock, but in Sudden victory OT?

Army was really good on face-offs, how does that bode for us next weekend?

Quite shocking to see Syracuse go down. Shocking in a nice way .

I was yelling "Don't shoot" because it seemed as if Army had no good shots and couldn't penetrate the perimeter in OT. About 2 seconds before the nice little pass for the winning goal, I remarked that Army seemed to be unable to get the short inside pass we're so good at. Army seemed scared to test the Syracuse defense, such as it was. (Even though Army's coach had a good line postgame about the Syracuse defense, something like: "You can have a good defense when you don't have to play much of it." ) You can't win without shooting but you can lose by taking low percentage shots you wish you had back. Like the bad angle shot by the Army long pole (unlike Cornell's long pole who fired from dead on) and that long shot by the Army short stick middie, which led to ESPN analyst Emmer's best line of the weekend: "There's a reason they have this kid playing defensive middie and it's not to be a shooter." One of the many worst lines was Emmer pondering the question of who Jeff Tambroni would rather face. Let's see, the #2 team in the nation or an unseeded team ranked around #15?

As for faceoffs, it's possible Army will revert to the norm which means not win half the faceoffs. Another Q: Army's hot shooter, #9, the freshman, if he's so good why didn't they let him handle the ball much in OT? I wonder if he's got a stickhandling problem someone like Jason Noble can exploit?

Thank you, Kay-dets, for giving us a better chance (statistically) of doing well next week. Let's not look past that game. I thought Bemidji State wouldn't much of a challenge to the hockey team in 2009 in the second round.

ajh258 · May 16, 2010, 10:38:14 PM

Just off from my studying break and I discovered the news that Army won. The plot thickens...... ::rolleyes:: LGR!

phillysportsfan · May 16, 2010, 10:42:18 PM

Quote from: Jordan 04
Quote from: phillysportsfanThats great, now Syracuse has a vague idea how we feel, losing with 5.7secs left in OT2

As a not-so-poetic radio host would say, how Syracuse feels is "not even a pimple on the fanny" of how we felt (assuming you are referring to last year).

Yeah definitely not even close to last year, closer to how we lost in this years Cuse game

CornellCommodore · May 16, 2010, 10:58:30 PM

If anyone likes 'Cuse-related Schadenfreude, the 'updated printable bracket' on the ncaa website has them listed as beating Army and playing us next week. Maybe if one has any trash-talking 'Cuse fans in their region, it warrants being sent.

http://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ncaa/sports/m-lacros/auto_pdf/MLax-D1-2010Bracket

scoop85 · May 16, 2010, 11:07:41 PM

Boy, who woulda thunk we'd be wearing our home whites next Sunday ::woot::

While I certainly like our chances much better than if we had to play Cuse again, make no mistake that Army will be a huge challenge. Given both teams' penchant for one-goal games this year, hard to picture anything other than more of the same.