Cornell lacrosse 2022

[Weder]

5 Ivy schools in the top 10.

Becoming the quintessential Ivy League sport along with crew and (horse) polo.

NCAA rowing, a women's sport only, is mostly dominated by the big state schools these days. (I think the Ivies do a bit better on the men's side.) There are only like 3 Ivy schools that play polo.

[Ken711]

No surprise, the first loss cost Cornell 3 spots in the D1 media poll for March 28. Maryland remains #1. Three of the four top 20 teams are also in the basketball final four: UNC, Duke, Villanova. (St. Peter's has no varsity lax team.)

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Media poll 3/28/22
1.  Maryland
2.  Virginia +1 positions (didn't take them long to bounce back from their loss)
3.  Georgetown +2
4.  Penn +2
5.  Rutgers +2
6.  Princeton -4 (lost to Yale)
[b][color=#FF0000]7.  Cornell -3[/color][/b]
8.  Yale +6  
9.  North Carolina  --
10. Harvard +5  Gave BU its first loss, beat Dartmouth (1 win above .500), the one unranked Ivy team
16. Duke
19. Villanova
Also got votes: Brown et al
Also didn't get votes (so why was the Cornell game so close?): Penn State

Cornell should be favored in the rest of the games this year until (and perhaps even then) the final game against Princeton. So we may not win them all, but we should have a decent record for a bid to the tournament.

Syracuse is the one I really want the team to win. It's a tough task: They play on a Monday with a rest of only two days after playing a very good Harvard team.

It would be nice, but how long has it been since Cornell beat Syracuse?

[Greenberg '97]

It would be nice, but how long has it been since Cornell beat Syracuse?

First round of 2018 tournament.

(LMGTFY)

[billhoward]

NCAA rowing, a women's sport only, is mostly dominated by the big state schools these days. (I think the Ivies do a bit better on the men's side.) There are only like 3 Ivy schools that play polo.

Polo because it's a non-NCAA sport, few spectators, may not be on administration radars, and brings less glory to Cornell. Polo titles in 1992 and 2005 don't make us feel that we've evened out the losses 2003 to UNH (hockey) and 2009 to Syracuse (lacrosse). It would count as a plus on your admissions profile if you really excelled at polo. Also, if you play polo, odds are your family isn't asking for financial aid and could be active in the parents' fund.

Polo has the feel of being an elite sport, which concept some schools are increasingly loathe to support. When Stanford and Brown dropped a bunch of sports circa 2020 (Stanford restored them, Brown some), I believe there was an argument that some not all of the sports were elite / suburban / white.

[Ken711]

It would be nice, but how long has it been since Cornell beat Syracuse?

First round of 2018 tournament.

(LMGTFY)

Thanks, I forgot about that tournament win!

[billhoward]

Cornell should be favored in the rest of the games this year until (and perhaps even then) the final game against Princeton. So we may not win them all, but we should have a decent record for a bid to the tournament.

Lucky for Cornell we don't have a game at Clarkson this year.

I do like that while Piatelli was overshadowed by CJ Kirst early on, when Kirst got more defensive coverage–a little what happened to Jeff Teat after freshman year–Piatelli picked up speed. After seven games:

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15 CJ Kirst       22G  11A  33Pts
41 John Piatelli  22G   5A  27Pts

[George64]

Also, if you play polo, odds are your family isn't asking for financial aid and could be active in the parents' fund.
Polo has the feel of being an elite sport, which concept some schools are increasingly loathe to support

There's at least one notable exception, Shariah Harris '20.  I think that she was once highlighted on 60 Minutes or another newsmagazine show.
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[mike1960]

I came to the Colgate broadcast late today. Did they say anything about Aiden Blake's injury?

[jeff '84]

Cornell leads Colgate 8-4 at the half. Kirst with 4.

[jeff '84]

I came to the Colgate broadcast late today. Did they say anything about Aiden Blake's injury?

Didn't hear anything, but it's Colgate's broadcast on ESPN+.

[scoop85]

I came to the Colgate broadcast late today. Did they say anything about Aiden Blake's injury?

I heard 2nd hand that Buczek discussed with Barry Leonard about other guys needing to step up, and there was no indication that Blake would be back anytime soon.

[billhoward]

Thanks. But also: "exception" as in "proves the rule."

Ugarte? Trotsky? can always find a (one) frat boy who isn't an A-Hole.

[billhoward]

Against a 2-5 Colgate team, it feels as anything less than a 2-1 score ratio is "meh." 15-8 with 10:00 to play.

Cornell looks good most every game on clears. In a heartbeat, I'd trade that for faceoffs. 'cuz when you're scoop the ball, you've already got it at midfield.

The stadium looks a lot like Cornell's: snow banks ... red end zone coloring with the end line for lax invisible to TV viewers ... bottom half of the stadium (what you see) has a Schoellkopf look.

[mike1960]

Good game overall. The offense was efficient most of the time and sometimes looked pretty great when they found the open guys in the face of the goal. It was an opportunity to players to work together with first and second line midfields in the absence of Blake. Upward and onward!

[scoop85]

Good game overall. The offense was efficient most of the time and sometimes looked pretty great when they found the open guys in the face of the goal. It was an opportunity to players to work together with first and second line midfields in the absence of Blake. Upward and onward!

Yes, but still having trouble on ground balls, which we must improve against stronger competition.