Cornell lacrosse 2018

[Al DeFlorio]

7-7 4:31 to go

8-7 CU 2:02 left; another Teat assist

9-7 0:25 left

6 fourth period goals

[scoop85]

7-7 4:31 to go

8-7 CU 2:02 left; another Teat assist

9-7 0:25 left

6 fourth period goals

Great comeback after a rough start. Someone on Laxpower said we actually won 10 of 13 2nd half faceoffs—is that right?

Quite a difference from last year's 20-10 loss to PSU. We're certainly trending in the right direction, and Milliman is making a good case for removing the interim tag.

Huge Ivy opener with Yale next week at the Kopf. Hopefully I'll be watching on ILDN from Lake Placid.

[billhoward]

Yes, Cornell won the majority of FOs second half.

Maybe we can find a Placid bar that lets us jack into a TV on the wall. Somebody bring a long HDMI cable with their laptop. Or a Roku stick (and the remote), would be even simpler. I think Wiseguys would be the easiest to convince. It's so big, giving up one TV is no loss. It's 5 minutes from the rink.

[RichH]

Yes, Cornell won the majority of FOs second half.

Maybe we can find a Placid bar that lets us jack into a TV on the wall. Somebody bring a long HDMI cable with their laptop. Or a Roku stick (and the remote), would be even simpler. I think Wiseguys would be the easiest to convince. It's so big, giving up one TV is no loss. It's 5 minutes from the rink.

Especially in the daytime.  Unless I'm skiing, I'm in.

[billhoward]

The fourth quarter was a thing of beauty.

Boxscore, PSU version (Cornell yet to post but should be the same):

Cornell was 8 of 19 on faceoffs but I believe we won the majority in the second half. We outshot Penn State 41-29. We were 0x6 on EMOs which is not good. We were even on turnovers at 13 each but it seemed as if we turned the ball over and lost more faceoffs in the first half than PSU did.

Elsewhere

Yale 8, Fairfield 3
Princeton 15, Rutgers 14 (OT)
Villanova 8, Penn 6 (Penn which had beaten then #1 Duke Feb. 24)
Harvard 11, Providence 8
(Tuesday) Brown 12, Villanova 9 (Villanova #4 going in to the game)
Dartmouth (did not play)
Columbia (does not play)

[CU77]

Paul R was 8 of 15 on FO, after Cornell went 0-4 in the 1st with Flynn and Dowiak (which was an odd strategy, IMO).

Meanwhile, Yale's Conor MAckie was 15 of 15 on FO against Fairfield today.

Going to be a tough battle next week.

[billhoward]

Can't think of any other sport's change-of-possession / after score protocol where one side with a dominant player can gather possession 90% of the time. Jabbar, Chamberlain got, what, 60%, 70% of tips. The most dominant center, probably the same. And those in sports where possession is fleeting.

[Al DeFlorio]

Up 15 places to #17 in the Massey calculations:  https://www.masseyratings.com/clax/ncaa-d1/ratings

[mike1960]

This team had a slow start but seems to be getting stronger every week. We might have some things to say about the Ivy League title this year.

A couple of questions for the group.

1) We were up by 2 against Albany with about 3 minutes to play with the ball and a win in clear sight. After a break, the radio announcer on WHCU (don't know his name) said that Cornell committed an offensive penalty and Albany gained possession. Does anyone have any details on this? What was the penalty? Was it a good/bad call?

2) I have many good memories from Tambroni's time at Cornell. What was the real reason he left such a strong team for Penn State? I've never understood this decision.

Thanks.

[sjact]

don,t know about #1.
As for #2: $$$$$

[billhoward]

You have good memories of Tambroni at Cornell. We do, too, including the fond memory of blowing out Virginia in the 2009 semifinal and then leading Syracuse for fifty-nine plus minutes of the title game. From there, it's a blank.

Penn State pays more. It's a chance to build a newish team into a national powerhouse. His wife, Lisa (?), has Penn State ties and like an endowed professorship here, PSU made a husband/wife package deal, IIRC. Penn State somehow manages to mask some of the coaching salaries even though it's a public school. One might expect a salary at Penn State in the $200,000 range. One can live nicely there.

[marty]

Can't think of any other sport's change-of-possession / after score protocol where one side with a dominant player can gather possession 90% of the time. Jabbar, Chamberlain got, what, 60%, 70% of tips. The most dominant center, probably the same. And those in sports where possession is fleeting.

Didn't Jabbar get close to 100% in college?

[CU77]

His wife, Lisa (?), has Penn State ties and like an endowed professorship here, PSU made a husband/wife package deal, IIRC.

While Michelle Tambroni is a PSU alum, she has no official position there, either now or at the time Jeff took the job in 2010.

[billhoward]

His wife, Lisa (?), has Penn State ties and like an endowed professorship here, PSU made a husband/wife package deal, IIRC.

While Michelle Tambroni is a PSU alum, she has no official position there, either now or at the time Jeff took the job in 2010.

Hmm. I thought there was the *opportunity* to do something with Penn State field hockey where she was an AA player. But if their children are not yet in HS, there is nothing better for a family, I believe, than one parent being able to be home with kids to help get them launched. And Jeff Tambroni's salary at Penn State made that even more possible than at Cornell. Even with the success of Cornell, Princeton, Brown, now Yale, w/o scholarships, Tambroni felt a scholarship school offered more possibilities. Regardless, he's long gone now. Let's hope Millman can do something with the this team. Both hockey and lax are doing better / way better than we expected pre-season. Too bad Albany slipped away.

[Swampy]

You have good memories of Tambroni at Cornell. We do, too, including the fond memory of blowing out Virginia in the 2009 semifinal and then leading Syracuse for fifty-nine plus minutes of the title game. From there, it's a blank.

So at the game were Cornell fans chanting "2009" to taunt Tambroni? Oh, the pain! ::smashfreak::