Cornell Men's Lacrosse 2015

[Swampy]

Don't look now but brand new to varsity lax BU got votes in both polls.

They're 5-2, with wins over four teams with losing records plus Toothpaste (18-11). Losses were to Lehigh & Providence. Their Laxpower computer score is 93 (whereas ours is 98.9). Among the Ivies the closest teams in terms of the computer score are Penn (90.3) & Sucks (93.9).

But the computer score tries to guess what the selection committee will look for. BU's RPI is 44th (0.4720). (Ours is 2nd; 0.7004) The lowest of the top four Ivies is Princeton, ranked 16th (RPI = 0.5736), but the Penn is 40th & Dartmouth is 53rd (with early season losses at tOSU & ND while Hanover was still buried in snow).

In short, BU is doing quite well for its first year in DI, but don't bet on it beating Duke on 5/3.

[billhoward]

In short, BU is doing quite well for its first year in DI, but don't bet on it beating Duke on 5/3.

Until this year, BU had more hockey rinks (2) than turfed playing fields (1). Now they also have an Astroturf field atop a parking garage. Astroturf is great for field hockey because the ball plays truer, and chews up everyone else's knees when you land hard. I don't believe there's a BU turfed indoor field in a city that just nine feet of snowfall. Agree that beating Duke is not likely,

[upprdeck]

is cornell going to play a game this year without a weather issue..  could get nasty tonight.. rain turning to heavy snow possible late today.

[scoop85]

is cornell going to play a game this year without a weather issue..  could get nasty tonight.. rain turning to heavy snow possible late today.

I'm surprised they did not try to move up the game time.  Maybe they couldn't because of the TV committment.

[upprdeck]

snowing hard in some spots already.  wind chill will be around 10-15 by game time

[Johnny 5]

snowing hard in some spots already.  wind chill will be around 10-15 by game time

Weather channel has nothing in Ithaca until after midnight??

::blush::

[dag14]

According to weather.com, it is snowing right now.  However, looking out my office window on the Ag Quad I see some blue sky and sun among the clouds.  So who knows what the weather will be at game time.  It is a little windy, however, with temps around 30.

[Johnny 5]

According to weather.com, it is snowing right now.  However, looking out my office window on the Ag Quad I see some blue sky and sun among the clouds.  So who knows what the weather will be at game time.  It is a little windy, however, with temps around 30.

Def'nitly won't be like the Scarrier Dome!!

::cheer::

[Chris '03]

According to weather.com, it is snowing right now.  However, looking out my office window on the Ag Quad I see some blue sky and sun among the clouds.  So who knows what the weather will be at game time.  It is a little windy, however, with temps around 30.

Good thing it's blacked out on ILDN ::bang::

[Johnny 5]

According to weather.com, it is snowing right now.  However, looking out my office window on the Ag Quad I see some blue sky and sun among the clouds.  So who knows what the weather will be at game time.  It is a little windy, however, with temps around 30.

Good thing it's blacked out on ILDN ::bang::

Looked great on Fox Sports 1, TWC in BF Egypt.
Also, nice on iPad.
Too bad it was such a nail biter at the end!
But, a win is a..........

::cheer::

[ugarte]

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ0XVNPRCrY&feature=youtu.be

A mediocre packing, tbh. Just goals, no saves. No interesting defensive plays - strips or scrambles - and really no sense of the tension as the lead slipped away. But it is what it is: a hastily edited collection of goals.

[billhoward]

Cornell outshoots Colgate 41-23, goes 16x23 on faceoffs, goes up 8-4 in the third, but Colgate goalie Brandon Burke was 16x26 on saves (62%) while Christian Knight was 4x13 (31%). Matt Donovan was 4-4-8 in a 10-goal game. We got lucky to get away with on OT win; Colgate's only lead was 9-8. Games like this, you realize the importance of a dominant faceoff man.

Let's hope Saturday's Penn game is better. After doubling Yale 14-7, Cornell felt like it had a legitimate shot at the final four. Now, let's hope Colgate was an aberration.

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1 2 3 4 OT Total
COLGATE 1 3 2 3 0 9
Cornell 4 2 2 1 1 10
Box score: http://cornellbigred.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mlax&id=19634

[jeff '84]

Cornell 10 Penn 9 (Triple OT)

Red led 8-3 five mins into second period; 9-4 at the half. Went scoreless until midway through the third 5-minute OT. Lintner! Whew.

[upprdeck]

2 games in a row with a 2nd half collapse on offense.

[ugarte]

2 games in a row with a 2nd half collapse on offense.

The team works hard on their Overtime defense and all you can do is criticize.