Cornell lacrosse 2018

[djk26]

Very happy that Cornell won.  Tough task next week, good luck to the team.

As long as I have to suffer through watching the shut off, I should understand it better.  Did Peterson do so well partially because there were fewer Syracuse players to defend him, since one of them was following Teat wherever he went?

[JasonN95]

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.

+1 (Please.)

Anyone make it to the Dome and can comment on the CU crowd? Did a healthy number of folks take advantage of the school's provided bus?

[upprdeck]

cornell had a nice chunk behind the bench and then some random ones spread around the other side.. i would say 4-500 or so.

it was a real energy advantage playing in Syracuse, especially during the run that made it 7-4.

[billhoward]

Maryland is a very beatable team.

And we avoid Robert Morris.

At least we're not playing Maryland at Maryland in the QFs.

[dbilmes]

This article in Inside Lacrosse gives Milliman a lot of credit for the victory. "Cornell advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals — the first time since 2013 — because it outplayed and outcoached Syracuse at its own game." While the ESPN broadcast crew did an adequate job overall with their in-game analysis, I don't recall hearing them talk much about Milliman's "interim" status, or about the controversy over giving Syracuse a home game and sending Cornell on the road. I'd also like to find out what happened when Milliman pulled Knight for a few minutes in the second quarter. I haven't seen anything about that in any of the post-match coverage.

[mountainred]

This article in Inside Lacrosse gives Milliman a lot of credit for the victory. "Cornell advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals — the first time since 2013 — because it outplayed and outcoached Syracuse at its own game." While the ESPN broadcast crew did an adequate job overall with their in-game analysis, I don't recall hearing them talk much about Milliman's "interim" status, or about the controversy over giving Syracuse a home game and sending Cornell on the road. I'd also like to find out what happened when Milliman pulled Knight for a few minutes in the second quarter. I haven't seen anything about that in any of the post-match coverage.

Knight was penalized for slashing.  You can't play without a goalie, but Knight has to serve the penalty himself. The WHCU crew explained it perfectly.

[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.

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.

Dear Rich,

We don't want to hear your shit.  

Love, Seahawks fans.

[Swampy]

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.

I was only at the Yale game and can say, in this game at least, it was definitely due to an adjustment. Yale's Reese owned Cornell in the first half, repeatedly beating his man by coming around the left side of the goal and then shooting unobstructed. I think he scored 5 goals that way and kept Yale in the game.

In the second half, Cornell started to double-team him whenever he came around like that. IIRC, he scored one goal against man-to-man the first time he came around, but after that the double-team began and shut him down completely. He'd have to do things like run out close to midfield just in order to pass off.

[upprdeck]

was it related to the fact Knight took the slash penalty, dont know the rule on that is it like hockey and someone else serves it?  or perhaps because he had the bad give away goal before that and they wanted to settle him down

[Trotsky]

So I need some remedial lax tutoring.  5 seconds to go and we truck the Syracuse player with possession and take the penalty.  Why didn't that stop the play and lead to Syracuse getting some advantage (extra player?) for the final 5 seconds?  

It looked to me like our Dman could have just pulled out a handgun and shot the guy and there would be no recourse at that point.

That seems like a Very Stupid Way to structure your rules.

I'll hang up and take my answer off the air.

[Al DeFlorio]

So I need some remedial lax tutoring.  5 seconds to go and we truck the Syracuse player with possession and take the penalty.  Why didn't that stop the play and lead to Syracuse getting some advantage (extra player?) for the final 5 seconds?  

It looked to me like our Dman could have just pulled out a handgun and shot the guy and there would be no recourse at that point.

That seems like a Very Stupid Way to structure your rules.

I'll hang up and take my answer off the air.

The clock runs until Cornell gets possession or there's a dead ball situation.

[Chris H82]

Like Trotsky, I too could use some remedial lax education. But here's a theory (which is mine). After watching the reply a couple of times, it looks like the Syracuse player's left (warding) arm went in between the Cornell defenseman's stick and body, thus pulling the Cornell player into him (and onto him) as he lost his balance. So was the penalty on the Syracuse player?
Or is this theory the result of a biased viewer having had too much beer?

[dag14]

Knight got a penalty for slashing so he left the game to serve his penalty.  The ESPN announcers missed it all; I am not sure they ever acknowledged that fact.

With regard to the end-of-game flag, it was a brilliant move to be satisfied just tying up the attackman on the ground -- until Cornell touches the ball, they play on.

Someone on Laxpower suggested that penalty was on the attackman for holding the stick.  I have not seen that verified.

[KenP]

Knight got a penalty for slashing so he left the game to serve his penalty.  The ESPN announcers missed it all; I am not sure they ever acknowledged that fact.

ESPN did explain correctly why he left.  When Knight returned.

[upprdeck]

did they mention if there is any hope of getting back the #1 FO guy.. Why did we just give up and go with the long poll so quickly did the #2 get hurt during the game?