Cornell lacrosse 2018

[djk26]

I really want Cornell to win, but I am REALLY happy they won't lose to Syracuse 10-9.

[French Rage]

Wooo!  10-9 final with a penalty w/ 2 seconds left but nothing happens.

[billhoward]

Cornell advances with Jeff Teat shut off (1A). Cornell held on in the last 5 seconds in the way it could have beaten the Orange in 2010: Draw a penalty but until the refs blow the whistle, the clock winds down to zero.

Game in Sunday noon vs. Maryland in Annapolis. Somehow I thought we were the late game. Noon now.Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium holds 34,000, unlike Hofstra that tops out at 12,000. $20 for tickets. See you there.

[Al DeFlorio]

Wooo!  10-9 final with a penalty w/ 2 seconds left but nothing happens.

Should have flattened Nims like that with seconds left in 2009.

[Trotsky]

Wooo!  10-9 final with a penalty w/ 2 seconds left but nothing happens.

Should have flattened Nims like that with seconds left in 2009.

Argh.

[Ken711]

On to #1 Maryland.

[Trotsky]

On to #1 Maryland.

Yikes.

[ugarte]

Only thing better than a home game is beating Syracuse in the Dome.

What a great defensive second half. So far the "neutralize Teat" strategy is 0 for 2 because the rest of Cornell's offense is still damn good and Christian Knight is amazing. I can definitely see why you'd want to change the game away from needing to score 15 or more given the way Cornell played defense in the second half, and that's what the game is like when Teat is the quarterback.

Peterson's hard stop and spin back for the IIRC 8th goal right before the end of the third was a thing of beauty and you could see his defender knew he'd been owned. The 9th goal was another reverse spin to get himself all alone in the goalie's face, though this time off of a loose ball. And then the Colton Rupp shot for the win on the EMO. Laser beam from the outside.

Literally the only real goof I saw Cornell make in the second half was the 8th Syracuse goal. Looked like a jailbreak even though the defense was set - as if nobody knew what their assignment was for a second.

Great game, great team.

[CU77]

Maryland is a very beatable team.

[ugarte]

Wooo!  10-9 final with a penalty w/ 2 seconds left but nothing happens.

Should have flattened Nims like that with seconds left in 2009.

NOT NOW, AL! (It never should have been in Nims possession to begin with; the long pole should have launched the ball into the stratosphere instead of trying to run for the clear.)

[Rita]

I saw a good part of the first half and then the final (nail biting) 12 minutes.  WOW. great defense in the last 90 seconds or so.  I do not understand all the nuances, but yes, getting the guy with the ball down on the ground for the last 4-5 seconds is the way to go. I looked to me like the syracuse player had his arm hooked around the D's pole so that the Cornell D could not get his stick free.

[RichH]

Wooo!  10-9 final with a penalty w/ 2 seconds left but nothing happens.

Should have flattened Nims like that with seconds left in 2009.

Can I ask that we just stop mentioning during every single lax game discussion what SHOULD have happened during a 10 second period in 2009? [size=Large]WE. KNOW.[/size]

This level of "laces out" obsession has far surpassed "Ross Lemon's penalty shot on his birthday" on this site.

[margolism]

Last three games the Cornell defense has been lights out in the second half.
- Versus Brown, 3 second half goals allowed
- Versus Yale, 3 second half goals allowed
- Versus Syracuse, 2 second half goals allowed

Whether this is due to comfort or defense adjustments, I don't know. But I'll take it.

[dbilmes]

Tonight's win was even more impressive considering our struggles in the faceoff circle.

[margolism]

Syracuse now 29-4 in playoff games at the Carrier Dome.  Coming into tonight's game, Syracuse has won over 90% of their home playoff games.