Cornell lacrosse 2019

[JasonN95]

How long do I get to enjoy this possibility until it's announced he's going to Syracuse, driving me to claw my eyes out of their sockets?

[djk26]

How long do I get to enjoy this possibility until it's announced he's going to Syracuse, driving me to claw my eyes out of their sockets?

Jason, this made me both laugh and gag...yikes.

[George64]

The other Ierlan (Cornell-bound goalie Chayse) scores first goal in Victor's semifinal win in NYS lax tournament.

[marty]

The other Ierlan (Cornell-bound goalie Chayse) scores first goal in Victor's semifinal win in NYS lax tournament.

This game was so one-sided that Ierlan — yes, the goalie — outscored the entire ES-M team in the first quarter. During a clear less than 30 seconds into the opening period, Ierlan ran straight down the middle of the field, over the center line, and when no one came to cut him off, he just kept going and ultimately fired a bounce shot past Spartans goalie Owen Anzalone.

[pfibiger]

Drop 'em from the schedule!

Ierlan was granted a full release by UAlbany.

[Al DeFlorio]

Drop 'em from the schedule!

Ierlan was granted a full release by UAlbany.

Not surprised.  Now, wait and see.

[Swampy]

The other Ierlan (Cornell-bound goalie Chayse) scores first goal in Victor's semifinal win in NYS lax tournament.

This game was so one-sided that Ierlan — yes, the goalie — outscored the entire ES-M team in the first quarter. During a clear less than 30 seconds into the opening period, Ierlan ran straight down the middle of the field, over the center line, and when no one came to cut him off, he just kept going and ultimately fired a bounce shot past Spartans goalie Owen Anzalone.

Y'know if we have a backlog at GK and Chayse is not playing hockey as well as lacrosse, he might spell one of the offensive middies or perhaps be involved in a surprise midfield switch (ssom stays back to keep us onside & GK crosses over) to help break the SOT.

[Chuck Henderson]

Ierlan won 79.1% of face-offs in 2018, the greatest single season in NCAA lacrosse history.

Greatest season since what year? Memory can be tricky, but I think Bruce Pfann ('59) probably had a higher percent. There were games when he didn't lose a single faceoff. I remember such a game when Cornell beat Syracuse pretty handily, but that was shortly after Jim Brown graduated (he took some faceoffs). Those were great games on Lower Alumni Field, especially versus Syracuse and Princeton. The statistics on the Cornell lacrosse web site don't go back that far.

It seems like an overly obvious idea, so there must be reasons it would not work, but to get Teat freed up at least a few additional times why couldn't they have him swap with a midfielder on some transition plays (when a midfielder is not deep in the defensive zone) so Teat can come in the offensive zone running (the player faceguarding him is usually a defenseman who would have to catch up). This would be a little like his taking the ball on the on a restart.

Count me with those who feel kind of sick about Yale's winning, especially with the hockey win as well. It doesn't seem like the proper order of things.

[billhoward]

Count me with those who feel kind of sick about Yale's winning, especially with the hockey win as well. It doesn't seem like the proper order of things.

Once it came to championship Monday, the alternative was rooting for Duke. I wish Brown had made it to the championship game in 2016, too.

[Ken711]

Ierlan won 79.1% of face-offs in 2018, the greatest single season in NCAA lacrosse history.

Greatest season since what year? Memory can be tricky, but I think Bruce Pfann ('59) probably had a higher percent. There were games when he didn't lose a single faceoff. I remember such a game when Cornell beat Syracuse pretty handily, but that was shortly after Jim Brown graduated (he took some faceoffs). Those were great games on Lower Alumni Field, especially versus Syracuse and Princeton. The statistics on the Cornell lacrosse web site don't go back that far.

It seems like an overly obvious idea, so there must be reasons it would not work, but to get Teat freed up at least a few additional times why couldn't they have him swap with a midfielder on some transition plays (when a midfielder is not deep in the defensive zone) so Teat can come in the offensive zone running (the player faceguarding him is usually a defenseman who would have to catch up). This would be a little like his taking the ball on the on a restart.

Count me with those who feel kind of sick about Yale's winning, especially with the hockey win as well. It doesn't seem like the proper order of things.

Yale athletics are stronger than Harvard's now, given they also were Ivy champs in football.

[mountainred]

Ierlan won 79.1% of face-offs in 2018, the greatest single season in NCAA lacrosse history.

Greatest season since what year?

The NCAA's official records start in '71, so best work since then.  Bruce may have had a better season, but the Cornell record book doesn't seem to go back to the 50's either.

[CU77]

Per an Albany-fan poster today on laxpower: "TD was in Ithaca this past weekend..."

[Trotsky]

Per an Albany-fan poster today on laxpower: "TD was in Ithaca this past weekend..."

He came to Casablanca for the waters.

[JasonN95]

Per an Albany-fan poster today on laxpower: "TD was in Ithaca this past weekend..."

He'd be doing his parents a real favor if he came to Cornell. They wouldn't have to travel to two places for games and they'd avoid the discomfort of having children on opposing sides in the Cornell-Syracuse games. (That's what I'm telling myself.)

[CU77]

Well the early rumors were Cornell specific. A contact of mine in the athletic dept at another school (not Cornell or Albany) told me in early May to be on the lookout for a HUGE transfer to Cornell (but did not give me a name). This is not to say that the rumors were necessarily right, or that TD could not change his mind even if he was thinking of coming to Cornell originally. He will surely be contacted by many coaches, and who knows what they will offer? Still, with his brother slated to come to Cornell, and with the Cornell team's fortunes apparently on the rise, we can all hope for the best.