Cornell lacrosse 2020

[ugarte]

Nice game today.. 21-11 i think.

yep. any idea why this was a neutral site game?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Nice game today.. 21-11 i think.

yep. any idea why this was a neutral site game?

Probably to fit the schedule and save travel costs for both teams.  High Point Plays UVa on Tuesday, and they're probably not driving home just to double  back 200 miles to UVa.  So why not squeeze in an extra game?

[scoop85]

Nice game today.. 21-11 i think.

yep. any idea why this was a neutral site game?

Probably to fit the schedule and save travel costs for both teams.  High Point Plays UVa on Tuesday, and they're probably not driving home just to double  back 200 miles to UVa.  So why not squeeze in an extra game?

Also never hurts to play in a recruiting hotbed.

[David Harding]

Nice game today.. 21-11 i think.

yep. any idea why this was a neutral site game?

The High Point web site says that

The High Point University men's lacrosse team (1-2) kicks off a two-game road trip starting on Sunday (Feb. 23) at the alma mater of Jon Torpey, PJ Peters, and Trey Smith Calvert Hall in Baltimore, Md. Calvert Hall will be the neutral stage where High Point will matchup against #12 Cornell (2-0) at noon.

The HPU stadium looks pretty good.  https://highpointpanthers.com/sports/2009/8/4/fac_0804091218.aspx

[mike1960]

Nice game today.. 21-11 i think.

yep. any idea why this was a neutral site game?

Probably to fit the schedule and save travel costs for both teams.  High Point Plays UVa on Tuesday, and they're probably not driving home just to double  back 200 miles to UVa.  So why not squeeze in an extra game?

That's what the announcers were saying on Friday. Since they are both in the area, why not play a game. Also, they speculated that Cornell needs quality wins so they can avoid what happened last year.

I listened to the game. It sounded like Raz took most of the faceoffs and did a great job. A lot of Cornell penalties, though, from out-of-control sticks. And one non-releasable from the bench. I wonder what that was about.

[scoop85]

And one non-releasable from the bench. I wonder what that was about.

From what I could gather, it sounded as if the coaches might have been upset about a non-call against HPU.

[billhoward]

Nice game today.. 21-11 i think.
Good games for Long and Teat and Piatelli.
Took way to many Penalties though 5-10 on the man down kills is not gonna be a stat that works against better teams.

You may be too cynical. Pot is half empty, pot is half full:

As for High Point, the Panthers only scored six, six-on-six goals for the entire contest. Cornell did struggle with penalties over the course of the game, being called for 10 penalties that resulted in 9:30 of man-up time for High Point. This is when the Panthers had its greatest offensive production, but Cornell still managed to hold High Point to 5-of-10 on man-up opportunities. The Big Red capitalized in man-up situations on Sunday, scoring four goals on six man-up chances.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Nice game today.. 21-11 i think.
Good games for Long and Teat and Piatelli.
Took way to many Penalties though 5-10 on the man down kills is not gonna be a stat that works against better teams.

You may be too cynical. Pot is half empty, pot is half full:

As for High Point, the Panthers only scored six, six-on-six goals for the entire contest. Cornell did struggle with penalties over the course of the game, being called for 10 penalties that resulted in 9:30 of man-up time for High Point. This is when the Panthers had its greatest offensive production, but Cornell still managed to hold High Point to 5-of-10 on man-up opportunities. The Big Red capitalized in man-up situations on Sunday, scoring four goals on six man-up chances.

Engineer's response:  I think we have twice as much pot as we need.

Credit Dilbert, not me.

[Swampy]

Nice game today.. 21-11 i think.
Good games for Long and Teat and Piatelli.
Took way to many Penalties though 5-10 on the man down kills is not gonna be a stat that works against better teams.

You may be too cynical. Pot is half empty, pot is half full:

As for High Point, the Panthers only scored six, six-on-six goals for the entire contest. Cornell did struggle with penalties over the course of the game, being called for 10 penalties that resulted in 9:30 of man-up time for High Point. This is when the Panthers had its greatest offensive production, but Cornell still managed to hold High Point to 5-of-10 on man-up opportunities. The Big Red capitalized in man-up situations on Sunday, scoring four goals on six man-up chances.

Engineer's response:  I think we have twice as much pot as we need.

Credit Dilbert, not me.

+1

[CU77]

Cornell #3 in the Massey ratings:

https://www.masseyratings.com/clax/ncaa-d1/ratings

[ugarte]

wins over #26, #29 and #36. not popping bottles yet. 3-0 is nice though.

[upprdeck]

At least it wasn't struggling wins.

SU all pumped after beating Bingo/Colgate and then coming back to beat Army who lost to Marist by 10

[Swampy]

Quint Kessenich has 4 Ivies in the top ten. We're #7, behind Yale (#1) and Princeton (#5), and ahead of Penn (#9).

They've radically improved the face-off department.

The Big Red have an eclectic offense; each of their premier players (Teat, Donville, Piatelli, Long, Fletcher, Telesco, Licciardi, Lombardi) has an entirely different skill set.

Puts us at #10, with Yale (#1), Princeton (#8), and Penn (#9) ahead of us. Our opponent next weekend, Ohio State, is #18.

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Wow! A league that puts 4/7 teams in the top ten ain't chopped liver. But we sure have our work cut out for us if we want to dance in late May.

[billhoward]

wins over #26, #29 and #36. not popping bottles yet. 3-0 is nice though.

Yale plays at Cornell 1 pm Saturday, March 14, same as the ECAC hockey quarterfnals in Ithaca. Road trip!

[billhoward]

Cornell #3 in the Massey ratings:
https://www.masseyratings.com/clax/ncaa-d1/ratings

Even better in the Massey Ferguson ratings.

But the better Cornell does, the more likely some Big Ten school with greater visions of grandeur will want to hand Millman a fatter paycheck. We're almost the cradle of lacrosse coaches.