Cornell lacrosse 2023

[mike1960]

Good rule change. It was unfair that a defensive player could shove an offensive player in the back and into the crease to negate a goal scoring opportunity.

https://www.usalaxmagazine.com/college/men/ncaa-announces-change-to-dive-plays-around-crease-in-mens-lacrosse

In men's lacrosse, a goal scored while the offensive player is propelled into the crease/goal mouth due to illegal contact by the defender will count, starting with the 2023 season.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved the new rule during a conference call Wednesday.

[Swampy]

More about the storied Kirst family.

[Ken711]

Buczek Names 14 to 2023 Recruiting Class.

Cornell Recruiting Class

[George64]

Buczek Names 14 to 2023 Recruiting Class.

Lax recruit Eddie Rayhill is the brother of Jimmy, listed on the hockey roster.
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[CAS]

CJ Kirst with 5 goals named MVP in US gold- medal win in U-21 tourney.

[Al DeFlorio]

CJ Kirst with 5 goals named MVP in US gold- medal win in U-21 tourney.

CJ added to the team after putting up seven against USA coach Nick Myers's Ohio State team in the NCAAs.

[Cop at Lynah]

According to InsideLacrosse.com Maryland and CU rematch this fall

[George64]

Rematch with Maryland should be interesting.  Almost through reading We Showed Baltimore.  Just yesterday, I read about our rematch with Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field following our 1977 championship win over the Blue Jays.
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[billhoward]

Buczek Names 14 to 2023 Recruiting Class.
Cornell Recruiting Class

Incoming Cornell players all sound fantastic. But: None are in the Inside Lacrosse top 10 (Harvard is the only Ivy, with Adam Blind, #6, goalie.)

[Chris H82]

Buczek Names 14 to 2023 Recruiting Class.
Cornell Recruiting Class

Incoming Cornell players all sound fantastic. But: None are in the Inside Lacrosse top 10 (Harvard is the only Ivy, with Adam Blind, #6, goalie.)

Too bad he's not their hockey goalie - the Lynah Faithful would have lots of fun with that name

[billhoward]

These are the IL Cornell-recruit rankings HS Class of '22 combined with Cornell's notes on its 14 incoming players. Five stars is the highest. Cornell's lone five-star is a FOGO. If you only have one, best when it's a faceoff guy or goalkeeper. Unless your name is Teat or Pannell.

[Rating per Inside Lacrosse:] FIVE STARS

[Cornell info:] Jack Cascadden – FO/Midfield – 6-3 – 220
Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City School)
Prior to Cornell
• As captain, led his team to a state championship title in 2022.
• Was named a USA Lacrosse All-American.
• Two-sport athlete in lacrosse and football.
• Throp Award Winner for most outstanding football player in Nassau County.
[Separate IL note: "Cascadden's coming out party took place during a dominant campaign at the Juniors Open, though he didn't stop there. With a 6-3 frame and strong stick skills, he's also capable of playing offense or defense, which is no surprise given his athleticism and football prowess."]
[Cascadden is not listed as a football recruit on Cornell's Class of 2026 list ]

FOUR STARS
Brendan Staub – LSM/Defense – 6-1 – 210
Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City HS)
Prior to Cornell
• As captain, led his team to a state championship in 2022.
• Named a two-time USA Lacrosse All-American and All-Academic.
• Named Best Player in Nassau County by Nassau County Lacrosse Coaches Association.
• 2022 James C. Metzger MVP Lacrosse awardee.

Joseph "JK" Kelly – Defense – 5-10 – 185
Lutherville, Md. (Calvert Hall College HS)
Prior to Cornell
• Senior year captain for Calvert Hall.
• Two-sport athlete in lacrosse and football.
• Played with the club team Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Lacrosse.
• Son of Frank Kelly '86, who was a lacrosse and football player during his years with the Big Red.

Charlie Box – Midfield – 5-8 – 170
Broomall, Pa. (Marple Newtown High School)
Prior to Cornell
• First All-Delco player for Marple Newtown HS since 2003.
• As a 2022 captain, led his team to its first-ever state championship.
• USA Lacrosse All-American.
• Two-time USA Lacrosse All-Academic team.

Brady Auker – LSM/Defense – 5-10 – 170
Larchmont, N.Y. (Mamaroneck HS)
Prior to Cornell
• Two-time USA Lacrosse All-American.
• 2022 winner of the USA Lacrosse Bob Scott Award.
• Led the 2022 team as captain and was named the team defensive MVP.
• 2019 New York state semifinalist.

THREE STARS

Ethan Ruller – Goalie – 5-11 – 172
Webster, N.Y. (Webster Thomas HS)
Prior to Cornell
• 2021 USA Lacrosse All-American.
• 2021 All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year.
• Served as team captain in 2019 and 2021.
• Led 2021 team to a Section V Class B Championship.
• Played at Westminster Prep for the 2021-22 season.

Bowie Horsman – Attack – 6-3 – 165
Brampton, Ontario (The Hill Academy)
Prior to Cornell
• Served as the 2022 senior captain for The Hill Academy.
• 2022 Pride Award recipient at The Hill.
• Served as assistant captain for the Brampton Excelsiors Junior A squad in 2022.
• Notched 19 goals and 36 assists in his senior season.

Edward Rayhill – Defense – 6-0 – 190
New Hartford, N.Y. (The Frederick Gunn School)
Prior to Cornell
• 2022 USA Lacrosse All-American.
• Two-time captain.
• Led 2022 team to the conference championship.
• Played club lacrosse with Orange Crush.
• Three-time underclass UnderArmour All-American.

Matthew Dooley – Defense – 6-4 – 200
Sudbury, Mass. (Salisbury School)
Prior to Cornell
• USA Lacrosse All-American.
• Named an EMCLA first team All-American.
• Served as captain in his senior year.
• Two-time Metrowest Daily News all-star

Brian Jackman
(Midfielder from St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School. On IL list of 3-star commits to Cornell. Not on Cornell list of fall 2022 incoming players. Anybody have info?)


OTHER INCOMING CORNELL FALL 2022 PLAYERS. Not on IL 3-, 4-, or 5-star lists.

Ben Abladian – Attack – 5-9 – 185
Londonderry, N.H. (Bishop Guertin HS/Bryant University)
Prior to Cornell
• Transfer from Bryant University.
• 2021 NEC Rookie of the Year.
• Scored 42 goals and notched five assists across 15 games in 2022.
• Two-time underclass UnderArmour All-American at Bishop Guertin HS.
• USA Lacrosse All-American.

Brian Luzzi – Attack – 5-11 – 175
Bethpage, N.Y. (Bethpage HS)
Prior to Cornell
• 2022 USA Lacrosse All-American.
• 2021 USA Lacrosse All-America honorable mention.
• Two-time all-county.
• Was named all-state in 2021

Griffin McGovern – Midfield – 5-10 – 180
Wilmington, Del. (Salesianum School)
Prior to Cornell
• Twice named to the first team all-state roster.
• Two-time state champions at Salesianum School.
• Served as captain in his senior season.
• DIAA Student Athlete awardee.

Matthew Perfetto – Attack – 5-10 – 180
Manhasset, N.Y. (Manhasset High School)
Prior to Cornell
• Served as captain in 2022 and led his team to the New York state championship.
• Named All-County in 2021 and 2022.
• Two-time USA Lacrosse All-Academic.
• Named one of Newsday's Top 100 players.
• LILJ 2022 Paumonak Award finalist.

Take the rankings with grains of salt. The previous IL player ranking (2021 HS graduation year) had A Danny Caddigan as Cornell's top-rated recruit (4 stars), rated #61 among all rookies and at attack for Cornell in 2022 scored 3 goals, 0 assists. The year before, A CJ Kirst was the ninth-highest rated player and in his first season (2022) had 55-24--79 points.



Schools ranked by recruit quality

Inside Lacrosse ranks Virginia #1, Maryland #2, Princeton #7, Cornell #9 in the top ten.
2022 Inside Lacrosse [HS Class of] 2022 rankings of individual players:

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Rank Team        5-star 4-star 3-star  StarsTtl Avg Rating[/b]
1 Virginia 4 4 1 39 4.33
2 Maryland 3 7 1 46 4.18
3 Georgetown 2 5 1 33 4.13
4 Syracuse 4 7 3 57 4.07
5 Duke     1 7 1 36 4.00
6 North Carolina 3 4 3 40 4.00
7 Princeton 1 4 1 24 4.00
8 Notre Dame 1 8 2 43 3.91
9 Cornell        1 7 2 39 3.90
10 Harvard        2 5 3 39 3.90
11 Penn        0 7 1 31 3.88
12 Johns Hopkins 0 5 1 23 3.83
13 Ohio State 0 8 2 38 3.80
14 Michigan 0 7 2 34 3.78
15 Yale        1 4 3 30 3.75
16 Villanova 0 7 3 37 3.70
17 Loyola        0 6 3 33 3.67
18 Penn State 1 2 3 22 3.67
19 Navy        0 7 4 40 3.64


The IL Top Incoming Players that I see only go to 10 not 100 as in previous years. They are:

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1    Joey Spallina, M, Syracuse
2    Dominic Pietramala, A, NC (yes, son of ex Cornell-Hopkins coach)
3    Joey Terenzi, M, Virginia
4    Truit Sunderland, A, Virgina
5    Will Schaller, LSM, Maryland (poached from the Hill School, once our turf)
6    AJ Larking, D Maryland
7    Adam Blind, G, Harvard <-- Harvard, goaltender, name of Blind, insert own joke here
8    Charlie Johnson, D, Duke
9    Brock Berman, A, Notre Dame
10   Mac Eldridge, FO, Virginia

[Al DeFlorio]

Hilarious that 1-4-1 Princeton is ranked higher than 1-7-2 Cornell because it has a higher star "average."  Using that logic, 1-0-0 would be better still.

[billhoward]

Hilarious that 1-4-1 Princeton is ranked higher than 1-7-2 Cornell because it has a higher star "average."  Using that logic, 1-0-0 would be better still.

Math and statistics look good when you're staring through a telescope at the cosmos. Imagine taking Carl Sagan's class while stoned.

[TimV]

Hilarious that 1-4-1 Princeton is ranked higher than 1-7-2 Cornell because it has a higher star "average."  Using that logic, 1-0-0 would be better still.

Math and statistics look good when you're staring through a telescope at the cosmos. Imagine taking Carl Sagan's class while stoned.[/qauote]

Didn't everyone?   I thought it was a prereq...::nut::

[dag14]

I don't believe Rob Pannell was even ranked by IL so I take all of the above with a grain of salt.  And it is important to remember that lax is a team game.  Ten people on the field who are willing and able to support each other is likely to guarantee success more often than having ten selfish AA's on the field.