Ivy League lacrosse tournament [& NCAAs 2019]

[billhoward]

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[b]Ivy title game Sunday 12 noon[/b]
Yale   1  5  4  1  - 11
Penn   4  4  3  1 -  12
Penn wins the faceoffs stat: 15 of 26

Semifinal - Yale 15, Cornell 10. Terrible Q3 by Cornell. Cornell got close late with a four-goal run then Yale opened up one last time. TD Ierlan dominated faceoffs for Yale, no surprise. Jeff Teat got 5 of 10 Cornell goals. Cornell's outside shooting did not scare Yale so the D packed in close, especially on man-down, and pretty much neutered Cornell's man-up. It's a game Cornell coulda, maybe woulda won if the late charge happened sooner and a couple of Cornell's first-half pipe shots went in. But they didn't.

Chayse Ierlan 17 saves vs. 15 GA.
Faceoffs Yale 21 x 28 which is a couple points below TD Ierlan's season average. So, moral victory.
Shots on goal, Yale 32-22.

Sunday 12 noon title game Yale vs. Penn should be close. But Cornell could've made a title game against Penn be close, too. Penn only beat Brown 13-12. Brown's late comeback was better than ours, still not good enough.
 


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Pre-game Friday Cornell-Yale

1-seed Penn vs. 4-Brown 6 pm Friday
2-seed Yale vs. 3-seed Cornell ~8:30-9 pm Friday
Championship Sunday 12 noon
On Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium within Baker Athletic Complex. 533 W. 218th Street (west of Broadway), New York, NY 10034. Or subway 1 Train north or south to 215th Street, then walk two blocks north and cross Broadway at W. 218th Street, or A Train north to 207th Street then walk north. Details: https://ivyleague.com/tournaments/?id=48

The obvious: Cornell locked down the 3-seed with a 1-goal win over Princeton, helped by winning 19 of 29 faceoffs. We go from facing a barely-okay faceoff team to the best in the country in the ILT. A team we match up horribly against. Couldn't be a worse seeding. If only we got a rematch against Penn. Yeah, Cornell played one of its best games ever to take down Yale in the ILT title game. Lightning strikes twice?

[Tcl123]

1-seed Penn vs. 4-Brown 6 pm Friday
2-seed Yale vs. 3-seed Cornell ~8:30-9 pm Friday
Championship Sunday 12 noon
On Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium within Baker Athletic Complex. 533 W. 218th Street (west of Broadway), New York, NY 10034. Or subway 1 Train north or south to 215th Street, then walk two blocks north and cross Broadway at W. 218th Street, or A Train north to 207th Street then walk north. Details: https://ivyleague.com/tournaments/?id=48

The obvious: Cornell locked down the 3-seed with a 1-goal win over Princeton, helped by winning 19 of 29 faceoffs. We go from facing a barely-okay faceoff team to the best in the country in the ILT. A team we match up horribly against. Couldn't be a worse seeding. If only we got a rematch against Penn. Yeah, Cornell played one of its best games ever to take down Yale in the ILT title game. Lightning strikes twice?

Only if a certain player chose to play elsewhere........

[mike1960]

1-seed Penn vs. 4-Brown 6 pm Friday
2-seed Yale vs. 3-seed Cornell ~8:30-9 pm Friday
Championship Sunday 12 noon
On Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium within Baker Athletic Complex. 533 W. 218th Street (west of Broadway), New York, NY 10034. Or subway 1 Train north or south to 215th Street, then walk two blocks north and cross Broadway at W. 218th Street, or A Train north to 207th Street then walk north. Details: https://ivyleague.com/tournaments/?id=48

The obvious: Cornell locked down the 3-seed with a 1-goal win over Princeton, helped by winning 19 of 29 faceoffs. We go from facing a barely-okay faceoff team to the best in the country in the ILT. A team we match up horribly against. Couldn't be a worse seeding. If only we got a rematch against Penn. Yeah, Cornell played one of its best games ever to take down Yale in the ILT title game. Lightning strikes twice?

Only if a certain player chose to play elsewhere........

The face off was a major problem last time, yes, but a perhaps equal issue is that Yale manhandled Cornell. It looks like the Yale lacrosse team lives in the weight room. Their strength was a significant advantage on dodges and on ground ball scrums.

[dbilmes]

Yale's faceoff specialist set a record by winning all 27 of his faceoffs against Harvard on Saturday. It doesn't bode well for us on Friday.

[Jim Hyla]

Yale's faceoff specialist set a record by winning all 27 of his faceoffs against Harvard on Saturday. It doesn't bode well for us on Friday.

Ierlan came up just short of the mark twice last season while playing for the University of Albany. He went 24-for-24 against Cornell and repeated the feat a few weeks later against Stony Brook.

This year he was only 24/30. Maybe he's trending to 50/50.::burnout::

And our Ierlan, Chayse Ierlan Three-peats As Ivy League Rookie of the Week

[Trotsky]

Yale's faceoff specialist set a record by winning all 27 of his faceoffs against Harvard on Saturday. It doesn't bode well for us on Friday.

Bah.  He should have come to Ithaca.  My god we need the help.

[billhoward]

What you can bring to the pre-game tailgate, per a Cornell blast e-mail:

Big Red Tailgate Information
Location for Cornell fans: North Side of the pre-game picnic area
Hours of operation: Friday, May 3: The Baker Athletics Complex will open at 11 am and close at the completion of the men's second semifinal. Sunday, May 5: The Baker Athletics Complex will open at 9 am and close one hour after the completion of the women's championship game.
List of Permitted & Prohibited Items: Pop-up tents only; Maximum of 4 cases of beer per guest. Prohibited Items: Food trucks, tent rentals, firearms, smoking, pets, glass bottles, kegs, coolers larger than 100qts, grills, fireworks, illegal substances of any kind, and drones.

[Trotsky]

Not enough.

[upprdeck]

so you can only bring in 100qt coolers but 4 cases is ok.

[Al DeFlorio]

Maybe they meant "cans."

[Jordan 04]

Anybody up there yet? Is there re entry if one wants to get something to eat between women's and men's game?

[George64]

so you can only bring in 100qt coolers but 4 cases is ok.

Probably hoping tailgaters won't want to drink warm beer.  Never stopped me, though.

[Al DeFlorio]

Army 4-2 over Loyola mid-third.  Could result in a bid theft.

[billhoward]

Big 10 finals - #1 Penn State 18, #16 Hopkins 17, OT. 2G by Hopkins freshman Joey Epstein with :34 and :23 to play tie it up.

Patriot League semis Friday - Army 7, #7 (USILA) Loyola 5. They were our most quality win. So we need to root for #9 Notre Dame in the ACC final Saturday 2 pm vs. Virginia.

CAA finals Saturday - Towson, the one-time #1 when we played/beat them, 18-11 over Delaware in the semis and over Drexel 16-14 in the title game.

ACC finals Saturday - Notre Dame chokes in the title against Virginia, 10-4. Ouch. ND was  #12 when we beat them at their place.

Big East finals - #17 Georgetown 12, #11 Denver 9)  


MAAC finals - UMBC 14, Vermont 13

NEC finals - Robbie Morris 11, Hobart 10

SOCON final - Richmond 15, #14 High Point 7

[Al DeFlorio]

Patriot League semis - Army 7, #7 (USILA) Loyola 5. They were our most quality win other than the 1-goal, uh, loss to #3 Penn. So we need to root for #9 Notre Dame in the ACC final Saturday 2 pm vs. Virginia.

Huh?  Cornell didn't play Loyola.