Lax Ohio State (at U-Maryland) 5/18

[KenP]

Not sure if we need a separate thread for game discussion and roll call.  Cornell fans were out in force on Sunday, and hopefully will be there again this weekend.  Tickets are twice the price... but you can stay for the Yale-Syracuse game as well.

Saturday, May 18th
2013 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament – Quarterfinal Round - Cornell Big Red vs. Ohio State (12:30PM)
Parking is $10 per vehicle. By Metro, Green Line to College Park, then Shuttle-UM Bus 104 to Stamp Student Union.  The stadium is an approximate .25 mile walk from the bus stop.
Cost: $19 (discount of $6 off of the box office price). Tickets will be available at Will Call at Byrd Stadium before the game.  You must purchase your tickets by Friday, May 17 at noon to be included in the Cornell block.
Contact: Joshua Novikoff at 202-441-8863 or jbn6@cornell.edu
Tickets: http://cornellclubdc.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1415767&eventId=688833&EventViewMode=EventDetails
See the Cornell Club of Washington FB page for upcoming info on tailgating - https://www.facebook.com/cornellclubdc?fref=ts

[billhoward]

NCAA escalates ticket pricing, now charges for parking for this second round. Inside Lacrosse noted the eight first round games drew only about 2,000 fans each and that was on the site of the higher-seeded school, not a neutral site. The 2900 Cornell-Maryland drew was the highest or one of the eight highest turnouts.

This is like NCAA hockey: The NCAA regionals sometimes draw just a thousand or two thousand attendees.

Byrd Stadium is pretty nice. It has luxury boxes and press boxes that stretch up a half dozen rows or so. From the stands, it looks like the wide of a top-heavy cruise ship. Nice sculpture / reflection garden outside.

If you have a choice of parking, Lot 1 is close / closest to the stadium and that's where the tailgating was last weekend.

[Chris '03]

Ticket sales are going real well for the south regional....

https://twitter.com/RobPannell3/status/334864233458200578

[billhoward]

http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/05/15/ncaa-quarterfinal-ticket-presale-tops-5000-indy-under-1000-college-park writer notes the games at Maryland potentially compete for fans with the Preakness. That must be it. Not this:

College Park, Md to
... New Haven, 300 miles
... Ithaca, 350 miles
... Syracuse, 375 miles
... (the) Columbus, Ohio, 400 miles

South Bend to Indianapolis to 145 miles.

[dag14]

Why buy in advance when the stadium is huge?

[RichH]

Why buy in advance when the stadium is huge?

Exactly. Looking at the ticket purchase process online, for general admission, I get charged a $2 fee, and then get hit with either a $3 Will Call fee or $2 Print-at-home fee, either of which is pretty ridiculous.  OR I could walk up day-of-game and save $4-5.

[KenP]

Why buy in advance when the stadium is huge?

Exactly. Looking at the ticket purchase process online, for general admission, I get charged a $2 fee, and then get hit with either a $3 Will Call fee or $2 Print-at-home fee, either of which is pretty ridiculous.  OR I could walk up day-of-game and save $4-5.

If you buy ahead of time through the Cornell Club of Washington you can get the group rate which is $19, $6 less than face value, no will call fee.

[David Harding]

A flattering story on Thomas Keith in the Ithaca Journal

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[KenP]

Inside Lacrosse: How Will Ohio State Defend Rob Pannell and Cornell?

[Jim Hyla]

Schoellkopf Field south

You don't really know what it's like to have those emotions until it is your senior year and you know that it could potentially be your last game. Personally, I almost started crying running out to the field. Two minutes before face-off, I was just so emotional running out there as the (Big Red Pep) band starting playing and the fans started cheering.

[Trotsky]

Great fist quarter, 6-1.  Pannell and Mock already at 4-3-7 combined.

[dbilmes]

Great first quarter. Hopefully, we can keep it up!

[Swampy]

Great first quarter. Hopefully, we can keep it up!

Little bit of a letdown in the 2nd qtr. got to pick it up. ::banana::

[Redscore]

No letdown going into the half. 11-3.

[Jordan 04]

Save some for Championship weekend!