Cornell lacrosse 2016

[Swampy]

Could have posted in Hockey too.


From Inside Lacrosse:


Former Top Recruit, Hockey Star Chad Otterman Joins Cornell


After spending the season as a member of the Big Red hockey team, former Under Armour All-American and top 10 IL recruit Chad Otterman has joined the men's lacrosse team at Cornell. He spent 2014-15 playing hockey with the South Shore Kings and Philadelphia Wings of the USPHL, and he joins Matt Kerwick's squad as a freshman eligibility-wise and began practicing with the team Monday.

At 6-3, 195 lbs., the Delbarton (N.J.) defenseman was rated No. 7 as a rising junior and No. 9 as a rising senior before making the decision to focus on hockey. He registered an assist in the Under Armour game and is remembered for an impressive performance covering Shack Stanwick at the NSCLA Champions Cup while both were on the recruiting circuit.

Otterman's arrival is an unexpected boon for a Big Red squad ranked No. 15 in the preseason Cascade/Maverik Media Poll and 2016 Face-Off Yearbook. Ty Xanders called Otterman's joining the squad "massive news."

The Big Red graduated top cover defenseman Jordan Stevens and their top four scorers, but returned face-off specialist Dominic Massimilian and goalie Christian Knight. Cornell kicks off its season by hosting Penn State and former coach Jeff Tambroni on Feb. 20.

"Where have you gone, Harry Orr
A [Big-Red] nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)" ::woot::

[Jim Hyla]

Richie Moran Named To Inaugural IMLCA Hall of Fame Class

[CU77]

Anybody see the Marist scrimmage today?

[Swampy]

Anybody see the Marist scrimmage today?

http://network.laxpower.com/laxforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=57837&start=440

Doesn't sound pretty.

[CU77]

Yeah, that post is actually what motivated me to come here looking for cheerier info ...

[CU77]

Season begins!

[billhoward]

Cornell hosts Penn State in the earliest Schoellkopf opener (Feb. 20) but with temps near 50. Lots of new faces starting for Cornell. Brennan Donville starts in goal. FOGO Domenic Massimilian takes the opening faceoff as expected and not as expected chugs upfield and scores 6 seconds into the game. Cornell plays its first midfield for almost for the first 10 minutes of the quarter. 2-2 after the first quarter. Cornell 3-2 at the half. Donville is a stud in goal.

Second half Penn State goes on a 5-0 run, Cornell goes on a 4-goal run, tied at 7, Penn State gets one more late, up 8-7. Cornell has the ball with half a minute to play and an attacker steps in the crease. Cornell gets the ball back but only enough time to get off a weak shot. 8-7 final, Penn State.

[Johnny 5]

Cornell hosts Penn State in the earliest Schoellkopf opener (Feb. 20) but with temps near 50. Lots of new faces starting for Cornell. Brennan Donville starts in goal. FOGO Domenic Massimilian takes the opening faceoff as expected and not as expected chugs upfield and scores 6 seconds into the game. Cornell plays its first midfield for almost for the first 10 minutes of the quarter. 2-2 after the first quarter.

3-2 Big Red at the half. For being mostly newbies they don't look as terrible as some predicted; so far.
It is early.

::cheer:: LGR!!

[CU77]

Ends up as a 7-8 loss. Team looked way better than I expected. Danville very solid in goal. But geez, they need some shooting drills! So many shots off cage.

[Johnny 5]

Yes, half way thru the 4th it looked like a done deal.
I'm pleased with the recovery, even if it wasn't enough.
And, you're right about the shot selection/accuracy.
Here's hoping it's the youth factor.
Wow. I feel like I'm talking about the hockey team.
Lots of upsets this weekend. Might be an interesting season after all.

::rock:: Go Red!!

[David Harding]

Nothing to do with Cornell, but I can't resist sharing a rare instance of lacrosse appearing in a newspaper comic strip.  http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2016/03/06

[Johnny 5]

Nothing to do with Cornell, but I can't resist sharing a rare instance of lacrosse appearing in a newspaper comic strip.  http://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2016/03/06

Cute!
And, unfortunately true.

[billhoward]

TicketMaster mailing today wants us not be to shut out of final four tickets at Lincoln Financial Field. Capacity: 69,176. Only three times in the past decade has FF attendance (Saturday) topped 45,000 and it has been trending downward since 2007. Last three years it averaged 30,000. LaxPower chart attached shows total attendance of Saturday, Sunday (DII DIII finals), and Monday. http://www.laxpower.com/common/NCAA-Attendance.php (LaxPower has attendance going back to 1992 and warns that the NCAA some years reported each person attending Sunday as two people since they saw two title games but LP chart only counts Sunday attendance once.)

[nshapiro]

I bet that a corresponding plot of average ticket price would explain the declining attendance

[upprdeck]

1) what teams were in it when the attendance was best
2) ticket prices
3) location saturation
4) attendance of the D1 vs non D1 games
5) weather?
6) TV viewing changed?