Cornell lacrosse 2017

[billhoward]

Denver is #1?  When did they become dominant?

The big step was 2015 when they beat Maryland 10-5 for the NCAA championship. And keeping the Terps, not Cornell, as the NCAA lax champion that hasn't repeated in the longest time: 1975 for Maryland, 1977 for Cornell.

[Trotsky]

Denver is #1?  When did they become dominant?

The big step was 2015 when they beat Maryland 10-5 for the NCAA championship. And keeping the Terps, not Cornell, as the NCAA lax champion that hasn't repeated in the longest time: 1975 for Maryland, 1977 for Cornell.

Thanks.  I have not seen (heard) a lax game since the 2014 first round where we led in College Park 4-zip and then lost with 2 seconds to go 7-8.

[billhoward]

We have had a decade of last minute losses. There was of course the 2009 title game vs Syracuse where the Orange tied in the last second. Earlier (pre-2010, can't place the year), we overcame an insurmountable Duke lead to tie and then Duke took the faceoff and scored; that was a semifinal game. In 2013 we lost by 2 to Duke in the semis.

[billhoward]

Not good. Penn State pulling away, 17-6 in the fourth quarter; Penn State has won the second half 10-3. Stats show Jeff Teat with 2 shots on goal, no points. But okay, he's got another 70 games. The starting attack is two freshmen (Jeff Teat, Connor Fletcher) and a sophomore (Colton Rupp). Correction, 19-8, Teat with a goal on 3 shots. Middie Jordan Dowiak has 2 on 2 shots.

Final Penn State 20-10. On the plus side, it was a balanced attack for Cornell: nine goal-scorers. But only two assisted goals. Christian Knight went all the way in goal, 14 saves on 34 SOG.

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COR  0  3  2  5  - 10
PSU  2  5  7  6  - 20

[ithacat]

The bad news is this team probably wins fewer games than last season and Teat transfers out. The good news is I totally suck at predictions.

[billhoward]

You have to like that Teat is in the Arts College, which suggests a real commitment to academics. Of course, at least a third of the top teams are the Ivies, Duke, Virginia. I'm sure Penn State wanted to make sure the #1 freshman didn't light them up.

[upprdeck]

interesting game..  down 2-0 early.. made it a game at 3-3 then hardly touched the ball for about 15 min fell behind by 10 goals, then it was even after that though the subbing made it hard to really tell much.

[djk26]

billhoward--As an ILR grad, did I not demonstrate a real commitment to academics? :-(

Risking thread drift here I know.  Let's not lose to Hobart by 10.

[billhoward]

billhoward--As an ILR grad, did I not demonstrate a real commitment to academics? :-(

Risking thread drift here I know.  Let's not lose to Hobart by 10.

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 5.4%   Harvard acceptance rate 2016
 6.1%   Arts & Sciences acceptance rate 2016
 6.3%   Yale acceptance rate
12.2%   ILR acceptance rate 2016

Let's not lose to Hobart at all. (56.8% acceptance rate)

[Chris '03]

billhoward--As an ILR grad, did I not demonstrate a real commitment to academics? :-(

Risking thread drift here I know.  Let's not lose to Hobart by 10.

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 5.4%   Harvard acceptance rate 2016
 6.1%   Arts & Sciences acceptance rate 2016
 6.3%   Yale acceptance rate
12.2%   ILR acceptance rate 2016

Let's not lose to Hobart at all. (56.8% acceptance rate)

Funny. I forgot the part where acceptance rate was a proxy for commitment to academics. Thanks for the reminder, Ann Coulter.

[billhoward]

You're right, acceptance rate is not a proxy for commitment, nor SATs. Still, varsity athletes at least in the major sports aren't distributed evenly among the colleges. Otherwise, a third of athletes would be in Arts, a quarter in Engineering, a fifth in CALS. So it's intriguing to see Cornell's highest profile entering lacrosse player in Arts.

College 2016 % of entering class
AAP   4%
Arts   35%
CALS   20%
Engr   24%
Hotel   5%
HumEc   8%
ILR   5%

By the way, I heard at a Cornell alumni event that there is an insanely high number of applicants to the Dyson business school in CALS for comparatively few spaces. That may be more competitive than the Arts College.

[dag14]

Dyson admit rate will be about 4% this cycle.  Apps increased by 132% this year.

[Iceberg]

You're right, acceptance rate is not a proxy for commitment, nor SATs. Still, varsity athletes at least in the major sports aren't distributed evenly among the colleges. Otherwise, a third of athletes would be in Arts, a quarter in Engineering, a fifth in CALS. So it's intriguing to see Cornell's highest profile entering lacrosse player in Arts.

College 2016 % of entering class
AAP   4%
Arts   35%
CALS   20%
Engr   24%
Hotel   5%
HumEc   8%
ILR   5%

By the way, I heard at a Cornell alumni event that there is an insanely high number of applicants to the Dyson business school in CALS for comparatively few spaces. That may be more competitive than the Arts College.

I'm not surprised. When I applied and got into Dyson (well, right before the "Dyson" was added), the admission rate was about 12% for 110 or so spots. The program has always been good but I guess more folks are now realizing that there's an Ivy with undergraduate business programs other than Penn. Lol.

[mountainred]

Another game like this and this topic may permanently morph into a discussion of acceptance rates.  Hobart 16 Cornell 8.  In fairness, Hobart's GK had a couple of amazing saves, but he didn't steal the game from the Red.  You know an offense is struggling when it has just three assists and one of those is from the goalie.

[billhoward]

Rain-soaked game. Hobart builds up a 3-0 lead, Cornell ties, Hobart goes up 7-4 at the half. Pulls away in the third and wins 16-8. Two games, doubled by our opponents both times. Cornell better on GBs. Shots, clears, turnovers pretty even. Just not shots going in, or faceoffs.

Freshman Attackman Connor Fletcher 3 goals on 5 shots, 1 assist (Cornell only had 2 or 3 assisted goals). Thomas Keith 3G, Jeff Teat 2G.