Cornell lacrosse 2017

[ugarte]

i missed the six goal sprint at the beginning of the game but there hasn't been a second since i turned the game on that we didn't look like the second best team on the field.

[ugarte]

14-14 now though..

[scoop85]

Cornell up 17-15 with under 4:00 to go.  I'm not watching because every time I log-on we fall apart, so for the benefit of the team I'll follow on twitter

[abmarks]

cornell scores to make it 18-18 4 seconds remaining

[ugarte]

cornell scores to make it 18-18 4 seconds remaining

After Virginia scored with an extra man to take the lead with 13 seconds left!

[ugarte]

bleh. sort of won the OT faceoff but our FOGO couldn't scoop the ground ball and virginia took possession when it went OOB. score on their second shot attempt.

[upprdeck]

how cornell manages to lose that game was killer..

[upprdeck]

he should have just slowed down and scooped it instead of trying to run around to get it..   need to play some D the offense finally looked decent.

[Swampy]

how cornell manages to lose that game was killer..

Still, a much better result than anything else this season, a far better than anyone expected.

A team has to learn how to win, but before that a team has to learn how to play. This result gives a glimmer of hope that this team is doing the latter.

[upprdeck]

you can compete if you play this type of game.  maybe the better weather helped.  best game by far

[CU77]

I was there! A fantastic game, even if the Red could not hold on at the end. Much better performance that could be expected from the first 3 games. There is now some hope for this team to win a few games.

[scoop85]

I was there! A fantastic game, even if the Red could not hold on at the end. Much better performance that could be expected from the first 3 games. There is now some hope for this team to win a few games.

Just as important we finally showed the caliber of young offensive talent on the team.  Now just got to tighten up the defense!

[billhoward]

I was there! A fantastic game, even if the Red could not hold on at the end. Much better performance that could be expected from the first 3 games. There is now some hope for this team to win a few games.

Just as important we finally showed the caliber of young offensive talent on the team.  Now just got to tighten up the defense!

We expected this from Teat in his first game. It took four to put up Pannell-like numbers. Fair enough.

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Jeff Teat '20          5G 4A  9 Pts
Connor Fletcher '20    2G 3A  5 Pts
Clarke Petterson '19   4G 1A  5 Pts
Jordan Dowiak '18      5G 0A  5 Pts
(correcting class years)

If Cornell has no real chance of making the NCAAs, this loss doesn't matter other than to maybe make Cornell the best 0-4 time in D1 (losses to #3 Penn State, #8 Albany, #12 Virginia, and Hobart). But maybe this is a real turning point. We'll see Saturday at Yale (also receiving votes).

[billhoward]

Cripe! BU is #15 and 6-0. D1 poll: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-men/d1  

And Rutgers is up to #5 and also unbeaten. Why does Rutgers screw around with football and basketball. They've got a shot in lax. NYT says Rutgers is awash is so much red ink that $300 from each student activity fee goes to fund (partially) the varsity sports deficit. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/sports/rutgers-university-athletic-department-deficits.html?_r=0

[mountainred]

I was there! A fantastic game, even if the Red could not hold on at the end. Much better performance that could be expected from the first 3 games. There is now some hope for this team to win a few games.

Just as important we finally showed the caliber of young offensive talent on the team.  Now just got to tighten up the defense!

We expected this from Teat in his first game. It took four to put up Pannell-like numbers. Fair enough.

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Jeff Teat '21          5G 4A  9 Pts
Connor Fletcher '21    2G 3A  5 Pts
Clarke Petterson '20   4G 1A  5 Pts
Jordan Dowiak '19      5G 0A  5 Pts

If Cornell has no real chance of making the NCAAs, this loss doesn't matter other than to maybe make Cornell the best 0-4 time in D1 (losses to #3 Penn State, #8 Albany, #12 Virginia, and Hobart). But maybe this is a real turning point. We'll see Saturday at Yale (also receiving votes).

First, are Teat and Fletcher in five year programs?  If only they could play for five years.

Second, while the defense was non-existent, Saturday night's performance was night-and-day from the Albany game. Here's hoping it was a real turning point for the O.