Cornell-Syracuse lacrosse game thread

[CU77]

OK, I will start a thread.

Game is Tuesday at the Dome at 6 PM, broadcast on ESPNU. No Cornell games notes yet.

Last year, Cornell beat Cuse twice, 13-8 in Ithaca in the regular season, and 10-9 in the Dome in round-1 of the NCAA tournament. Cuse led most of the way in the latter, by as many as 3, before Cornell took its first lead in the 4th quarter 9-8. Cuse tied 3 minutes later, but Colton Rupp scored the man-up game winner with 5:35 to play.

JT51 was held to no goals and no assists by Cuse Dman Nick Mellen, who will be back at it tomorrow.

Cornell almost certainly needs to beat at least one of Cuse and ND to have a shot at an at-large NCAA bid.

[RichH]

Also on ESPN3, for those who have access.

[nshapiro]

CU77,

didn't you used to post the Lacrosse KRACH(L) on Laxpower?

I did not see it on the Fanlax forum...does it exist?

[Al DeFlorio]

Gotta stop the penalties.

[ugarte]

Won 1 out of 5 faceoffs in Q1. Down 3-1 after 1.

[CU77]

CU77,

didn't you used to post the Lacrosse KRACH(L) on Laxpower?

I did not see it on the Fanlax forum...does it exist?

Cornellian Matt Carberry does KRACH for MLAX on his site. For some reason I can't seem to post links; google Matt Carberry Z ratings

[Al DeFlorio]

Going downhill fast at both ends 2 - 6 mid 2nd.  Taking bad shots.

[semsox]

Is there any other sport that allows such lopsided time-of-possession differentials because of a mechanic codified in the rules of that sport? It's immensely frustrating to have such a potentially great team in most other aspects be completely neutered because they don't have a specialist who can keep up with the other specialists.

[scoop85]

Down 10-5 midway through the 3rd.  Losing the 50/50 GBs which is never a recipe for success.

[mike1960]

It just feels like we're underachieving this year.

[nmcorm83]

I hear you on the face-offs, but they are far from the only problem. Ierlan is the only positive. No chance for them to go anywhere this season. Sad to say.

[Al DeFlorio]

It just feels like we're underachieving this year.

Understatement.

[scoop85]

It just feels like we're underachieving this year.

Quite right. As Carc just said on the broadcast, you can get away with losing so many faceoffs against weaker opponents, but the better teams make you pay. That's been our Achilles heal all year.  And our inability to adequately fill Pulver's spot has really hurt too

[Al DeFlorio]

It just feels like we're underachieving this year.

Quite right. As Carc just said on the broadcast, you can get away with losing so many faceoffs against weaker opponents, but the better teams make you pay. That's been our Achilles heal all year.  And our inability to adequately fill Pulver's spot has really hurt too

Dowiak's, too.

[scoop85]

It just feels like we're underachieving this year.

Quite right. As Carc just said on the broadcast, you can get away with losing so many faceoffs against weaker opponents, but the better teams make you pay. That's been our Achilles heal all year.  And our inability to adequately fill Pulver's spot has really hurt too

Dowiak's, too.

True, but the hole on D is a deeper one IMO