Cornell lacrosse 2018

[billhoward]

We've got a "Signature win" now over a serious, top ten team. Maybe the voters give us Syracuse's 6-spot. Assuming no letdown Saturday at Lehigh.

[CU77]

Bullen was terrific in goal. Great team effort in all phases. Huge implications for Cornell's shot at an at-large bid, should it be needed (and for seeding in any case).

Cornell is now playing at a very high level.

[upprdeck]

I think Cornel has the spurt in needed every game to create the separation, it had the 2-3 games it put away by half.  hopefully it has a complete game when it needs to against a good team.

I dont know what to think of SU, watched almost every game.  the could be top 7-8 but they also could easily be about 2-8 without a couple of late goals.

Su was very aggressive and that caused some issues, but i think teams have realized  if they sit back CU will just light them up.

[dbilmes]

According to this article in the Syracuse paper, Syracuse lost the game because they were expecting Christian Knight to play goal for Cornell, and had trouble adapting to Bullen being in goal instead, because Bullen is left-handed while Knight is right-handed. This makes me wonder whether Syracuse's coaching staff had been paying attention to Cornell's recent results, since Bullen replaced Knight for the final two minutes of Cornell's game against Harvard on Saturday after Knight left the game with an apparent injury.

[upprdeck]

Bullen played the whole 2nd half against Harvard didnt he? and much of the 2 games before that. they had lots of scouting on him.

[scoop85]

Bullen played the whole 2nd half against Harvard didnt he? and much of the 2 games before that. they had lots of scouting on him.

No, he came into the Harvard game just in the last 3 or so minutes.

[Trotsky]

Wofford.  Woof!

[mike1960]

According to this article in the Syracuse paper, Syracuse lost the game because they were expecting Christian Knight to play goal for Cornell, and had trouble adapting to Bullen being in goal instead, because Bullen is left-handed while Knight is right-handed. This makes me wonder whether Syracuse's coaching staff had been paying attention to Cornell's recent results, since Bullen replaced Knight for the final two minutes of Cornell's game against Harvard on Saturday after Knight left the game with an apparent injury.

It doesn't sounds like Solomon or Desko is saying they lost because the goalie was left handed, but that they expected a rightie. Desko says that Bullen made some great saves and that's why it wasn't 7-5 at the half, but at least according to the radio broadcast, their goalie played terrific and kept Cornell from being in double digits at the half.

[upprdeck]

Cornell hit several Pipes as well,  both goalies made good saves. it probably should have been more like 10-6 at the half.

[ugarte]

Seems like the headline/article writer took a little license to attribute any failure on Syracuse's part to seeing a lefty. I don't think the coach was connecting his surprise at the fact that a lefty was between the pipes to syracuse's trouble getting the ball past him. He made two separate points: he expected to see the righty (Knight) and the lefty (Bullen) played a great game.

[Al DeFlorio]

Desko also made the point that if Bullen hadn't made three or four amazing saves on close-in shots the halftime score might have been 7-5 or 7-6 and Syracuse would have played differently in the second half.  [Like maybe scoring more than once in the third period?]  

I agree with Mike above.  Madonna also made a number of fine close-in saves so it goes both ways.  The fact is that Cornell had a higher percentage of close-in shots so Madonna finished with a lower save percentage.  And shots were 27-19 for Cornell through the first three periods as Cornell was up by six.  That decided the game.  Implying that Bullen's surprising play and his "surprise" start was the difference was bullshit.

[jeff '84]

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/lax-film-room-why-cornell-s-offense-is-deadlier-than-you-think/51904

Lax Film Room: Why Cornell's Offense is Deadlier Than You Think (Inside Lacrosse)

To lead the country in adjusted offensive efficiency and shooting efficiency, as Cornell has done so far this season, takes more than one or two great players at attack. What makes the Cornell offense so lethal is the pairing of those Canadian attackmen with some big, fast American midfielders who crank it from the outside and can come downhill to score from either alley.

[Al DeFlorio]

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/lax-film-room-why-cornell-s-offense-is-deadlier-than-you-think/51904

Lax Film Room: Why Cornell's Offense is Deadlier Than You Think (Inside Lacrosse)

To lead the country in adjusted offensive efficiency and shooting efficiency, as Cornell has done so far this season, takes more than one or two great players at attack. What makes the Cornell offense so lethal is the pairing of those Canadian attackmen with some big, fast American midfielders who crank it from the outside and can come downhill to score from either alley.

One of those midfielders is a Canadian who has 13 goals and as many assists, not a ratio you often see in a middie.

[JasonN95]

Don't think this was posted yet. Teat was US Lacrosse's player of the week for last week (looks like eLF isn't parsing the URL correctly because of the apostrophe, so removing the "http" and you may need to cut-n-paste):
www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/players-of-the-week/cornell's-jeff-teat-named-warrior-us-lacrosse-player-of-the-week

[billhoward]

I dont know what to think of SU, watched almost every game.  the could be top 7-8 but they also could easily be about 2-8 without a couple of late goals.

Syracuse's fourth-quarter run wasn't enough for Syracuse fans, but their on-target outside shooting by middies made it plenty uncomfortable for Cornell fans, especially those who sat through the 2009 title game.