Cornell lacrosse 2023

[semsox]

I'll post the same thing I posted in lax forum, because I am still frustrated:

What a frustrating game. I think it was easy enough to look past the offensive limitations in the previous games where we came out on top, but no more. If we fancy this team as serious contenders in late May, the offense needs to be better and more efficient, period. While I understand the attack is in flux with Long's absence, I do not think Piatelli is bringing enough to that unit currently, and would like to see others get a run. At the midfield, I really think Kelleher and Blake need to be split up. Blake is clearly not the player he was at the beginning of last season, and the manner in which they seem to be engaging the offense is redundant on the first line, and I think we'd be better served if they were split up.

That said, I said in a previous post that all that matters is continuing to improve as the season goes, and that is going to be the measure of our success. Unfortunately, the Ivy is not as strong as last year, so how we navigate league play is going to ultimately determine how this season turns out. A slip up to a tough (but not nationally respected team) is going to be an albatross.

[billhoward]

for anyone curious penn state won 10-6

You have a talent for being snarky but in a nice way. Yeah, somebody ought to mention the final score.

We hold teams to 10 goals, we should be able to win most games. We had a couple of passes / clearing passes easily intercepted, at least two, that led to PSU goals or took away goals we might have had. We have to gear ourselves for losing more faceoffs in MLax than the hockey team wins.  

No snow at the game and the field was nice and clean. Note that elements of the pep band were out. A tuba and drum is like ten trumpets.

Had to believe Slope Day (5/10) is less than two months off.

[Al DeFlorio]

Week to prepare for Yale's ride and yet can't get across midfield.

[chimpfood]

Yale's defense seems to get better as games go on so it's great that we've accumulated a big lead early.

[Al DeFlorio]

Yale can't afford a high-resolution camera?

[semsox]

I think this game is answering the question of 'How important is Michael Long to our offense?' pretty well

[scoop85]

Yale can't afford a high-resolution camera?

I wondered if I needed to go see my optometrist

[JasonN95]

I think this game is answering the question of 'How important is Michael Long to our offense?' pretty well

I saw this, didn't know Long was back and thought "Uh oh." To spare others the heartburn: Long was back, 3G 1A, and Cornell won 20-10.

[Al DeFlorio]

I think this game is answering the question of 'How important is Michael Long to our offense?' pretty well

I saw this, didn't know Long was back and thought "Uh oh." To spare others the heartburn: Long was back, 3G 1A, and Cornell won 20-10.

Sometimes hard to tell with the 1950s picture quality, but it looked to me that Coyle was mostly at X and Long was on left wing, a la John Piatelli.  May explain Coyle's six assists today.

Eleven assists for Cornell, one for Yale.

[CU77]

Great to see Long back and apparently at full strength. Having Coyle at X and Long on the wing is not something I would have expected, but it worked! This offense is just so much harder to defend with Long, no matter where he is.

In other lax news, PSU loses to Marquette (!) in the Metro Cup on Long Island. Video here, with color commentary by none other than RP3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4EU9WTN8-8

[billhoward]

Yale can't afford a high-resolution camera?

I put this on 32" monitor and looked up close. At times it looked like standard def but at least once I saw a focus shift (as in, to out-of-focus) and then back. As we, too, have done too often at Schoellkopf, the video guy -- sorry, Ivy League cinematographer -- shows a half-field view when most all the action is within 15 yards of the goal. And yet, at Yale, it was also as if he locked the pan head, took a swig of coffee, savored the taste, and was unconcerned that passes to the middies were sometimes outside the already wide frame. Damn, you can rent decent video techs cheap; their supply outweighs demand.

[billhoward]

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[billhoward]

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My bad. I got a Could Not Post Reply msg so I tried again. They all three posted.

[CU77]

You didn't need to tell us 3 times, bill! **]

[billhoward]

The rude awakening from Penn State last week at Schoellkopf followed by PSU's 12-11 loss today to Marquette in a game on Long Island (MacArthur HS) and Cornell's shattering dominance of Yale, 20-10, at the Eli's excellent non-football stadium suggests Cornell had a one-game hiccup that resolved itself.

It was a Cornell blowout after Yale got 2 quick goals:

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#7 Cornell  8  4  4  4  -- 20
#8 Yale     2  2  1  5  -- 10
And with Michael Long playing his first 2023 game, the attack scoring was solid and balanced:

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Billy Coyle   2  6  -- 8
CJ Kirst      5  0  -- 5 (on 7 shots)
Michael Long  3  1  -- 4  Not to revisit Cornell teams of the very recent past, but imagine if Jeff Teat played with Coyle, Kirst or Long (pick two), how could other teams try to isolate Teat out of the game?
Chayse Ierlan was insanely good in goal: 21 saves on 31 shots, .677. Yale's Jared Paquette was the inverse, 11 saves on 31 shots, .354.

The only damage Cornell could have and did not inflict on Yale was ending attackman Matt Brandau's goal-scoring streak at 44 games. Held in check most of the game by Gavin Adler, he broke loose for a single goal midway through the fourth. Not gonna help his Tewaaraton odds.

Cornell dropped from 3 to 7 in the polls after Penn State, so how much does Cornell rise by doubling the score on the team one position below us? And #5 Penn State will fall how far?