Cornell lacrosse 2023

[billhoward]

Just hope the boys got an early bus ride and not leaving just now as the weather gets bad.

3-1/2 hours Ithaca to State College, didn't they leave early afternoon Friday? Say 5 hours if it really sucks, that's still less than going to Dartmouth in perfect weather. In Williamsport, a bit past halfway to State College, the forecast says rain and at or above freezing, a "wintry mix" around 9 pm when they should be at the hotel.

[CU2007]

Hopefully they don't head to State College

[CU77]

Hopefully they don't head to State College

LOL! That would definitely be the scenic route to Columbus ...

[mike1960]

6-hour bus ride? Doesn't sound like fun.

[upprdeck]

they pretty much had to drive thru it if they left anytime after lunch.  might have been rain though and 60mph winds

[RichH]

Hopefully they don't head to State College

Fact checking is part of the fun here.

[RichH]

6-hour bus ride? Doesn't sound like fun.

My mapping app says it's over 7 hours.

6 hours is getting to Hanover or Allston with a stop, which they do often.

[mike1960]

A few minutes with Coach Buczek about the team and the game against Ohio State. I wish we could get an update on Mikey Long tho.

https://omny.fm/shows/between-the-lines-1/cornell-mens-lacrosse-head-coach-connor-buczek-2

[billhoward]

Cornell     4  5  3  4  --  16
Ohio State  2  1  5  5  --  13 Final

Cornell dominated most stats except faceoffs. Shots C60-39, SOG 31-21. GBs, 36-31. TOs comitted, TOSU 20-12. Clears C21x22, TOS 20-23 (just 2x4 final period). FOs, TOSU 19-14. Cornell got 3 penalties, Ohio State 6. Ierlan's save % was .381 (8 sv of 21 shots, his percentage fell off in the second half), Ohio State .484 (15 sv of 31 shots)
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Bunch of posts being hit by both sides in the first half. TOSU winning more faceoffs.

Cornell up 6-3 midway through the second quarter. Only 2G (on 4 shots) for CJ Kirst. C'mon, man. 7-3 with 5 minutes in the half. This means we are really better ... or we're about to suffer something of a letdown in the second half. Either one can be Cornell's style.

Halftime Cornell 9, Ohio State 3
Kirst 3G 0A (5 shots), Coyle 2G 2A.  Shots, Cornell 30-17 (on-goal, 17-8). Saves, Cornell 5, TOSU 8. Faceoffs, TOSU 10-4. Turnovers committed by TOSU 9, Cornell 4. Turnovers caused, Cornell 9-4. Those last 2 take a little off the sting of our early-season faceoff prowess.

Second half -- TOSU and Cornell trade early goals, so 10-4. Then 10-5, 11-5 and 12-5 (Wirtheim gets his first of the season). Goals by seven Cornell players. Billy Coyle has 3G 2A now. The one downside to our scoring so many goals is there's a faceoff right after. Cornell's SOG and FO-won total (19) are close to matching TOSU's (18). 5 goals for TOSU, 3 goals and a pipe for Cornell, third quarter ends 12-8 Cornell. A 4-goal lead entering the fourth quarter is not that much.

Fourth quarter -- Cornell needs a goal to stanch the Ohio State run. Done, Piatelli, 13-8, followed by a TOSU faceoff win on a Cornell violation. Goal by Kirst with 12-1/2 to play, 14-8 and Cornell wins the following faceoff. TOSU goal, 14-9. I'd love to see a real-time probabilities read on odds of winnng with a Cornell 5-goal lead nearing 10:00 to play. And another goal by Billy Coyle, 15-9, 10:42 left. TOSU scores with exactly 10:00 to play, 15-10, I like Cornell's chances as much or more than a couple years back when Cornell went up 5-2 on Wisconsin 3 minutes into the NCAA semis; I seem to be blocking the outcome.

Cornell and Ohio State trade goals, 16-11 with 9 minutes to play. Christ, Kirst hit the post, must be 3? 4? 5? pipes this game. 7:25 Cornell goes up for :60 on a slash, shot gets saved; damn, that would've been the dagger. Cornell loses the ball on a shot clock violation with 5:25 left, TOSU (thank you) fails on the clear, down to 5:00 to go. 4:30 left, Kirst shoots wide, again, and a third time all in 15 seconds, but down to 4:13. TOSU screws up the clear. Basics, lads, concentrate on GBs and clears. Down under 4:00. Just over 2:00, Cornell +5 still. 16-12 with 0:46 left, 16-13 with :30 left. From here, TOSU needs a field goal, and Cornell has the ball.

Final, 16-13 Cornell. Ohio State got lucky in Q4, or Cornell ran out of gas late, or just bounces of the ball. Still, a W.

[margolism]

Cornell seems to step it with their second half adjustments, especially on defense.  Then again, they are up 9-3 at the half.

[mike1960]

Thanks for the updates!

[semsox]

Excellent half. Our defense is outstanding. Adler is a monster

[billhoward]

Cornell seems to step it with their second half adjustments, especially on defense.  Then again, they are up 9-3 at the half.

I was reading, ah, I think it was about football halftime locker room coaching and inspiring and some players said, we got some water, went to the bathroom, went out and played the second half.

[Cornell95]

Big10 officiating feels a bit different
Lack of replays and some very strange calls

at 5-3, tOSU thought they had scored but the official apparently though it went off the corner instead of in and out
Cornell than ran off 4 unanswered, could have been very different if the goal was granted and we had been at 5-4 mid-2nd

Chase called for using his hand on the ball, did he think there was a restart and he put the ball in his stick? ball caught in gear?
Cornell defense forced turnover near crease, I thought dman was pushed in to our crease, officials gave ball to tOSU

anyways, glad to be up 9-3 at half =P

[Al DeFlorio]

Seems like OSU gets every ground ball on faceoffs.

And Kelleher needs better shot choices.

OSU taking advantage of our O-middies having to play D.