Cornell lacrosse 2023

[CU77]

If we win the Ivy League championship, I assume we will get a home ncaa game?

Almost certainly.

What if we lose in the final? Or lose in the semi?

My guess is no, the ILT winner gets it. Unless it's Princeton, then we might sneak in.

ACC & B1G will claim 3 seeds each, BET and ILT winners likely the other 2.

[Swampy]

Yale is going to be a tough foe on Friday. Even though Cornell beat Yale easily during the regular season, that was six weeks ago. Yale has a 5-game winning streak during which it has outscored its opponents 88-52. I've seen them play in person twice and their offense is explosive, especially in transition.

While I agree, see IL's slideshow of "Individual Conference Tourney Matchups To Watch."

[mike1960]

Yale is going to be a tough foe on Friday. Even though Cornell beat Yale easily during the regular season, that was six weeks ago. Yale has a 5-game winning streak during which it has outscored its opponents 88-52. I've seen them play in person twice and their offense is explosive, especially in transition.

It should be a good game. The good news is that the season is not on the line. Win or lose, Cornell is in the Big Dance. It would be nice to have a home game, but the main thing is to get in and win four in a row. I hope we see the offense working really well together and the defense communicating and allowing no easy shots.

As Maximus Decimus Meridius says, "Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together."

[upprdeck]

most places have cornell as a 6-7-8 see now.. Losing at best they are an 8. Some Metrics have the IVY as the 8 see anyway.

If yale wins out they will Jump Cornell for sure getting to 10-4 over Cornells 11-3. Penn probably needs to win 1 to stay in the mix.

[Swampy]

most places have cornell as a 6-7-8 see now.. Losing at best they are an 8. Some Metrics have the IVY as the 8 see anyway.

If yale wins out they will Jump Cornell for sure getting to 10-4 over Cornells 11-3. Penn probably needs to win 1 to stay in the mix.

Are you suggesting that Pton is in no matter what?

[CU77]

Princeton needs the Ivy AQ to get in.

[upprdeck]

yale might win 1 and get in.. cornell is probably in even with a losee
I think Penn/Princeton both need to win 2 games to get in.

[CU77]

PSU just lost to Michigan in the B1G semi ...

[mike1960]

PSU just lost to Michigan in the B1G semi ...

Wow.

[upprdeck]

the PSU loss is stopping us from being a top 4 seed right now.   But we need to play at another level higher to go anywhere they want to really get.

[billhoward]

yale might win 1 and get in.. cornell is probably in even with a losee
I think Penn/Princeton both need to win 2 games to get in.

After the Ivy teams finished RS play, RPI was:

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RPI Poll Team
 7   6   Cornell
 9  10   Penn
10  11   Yale
17  20   Princeton

RPI is a major part of the who gets in, who gets seeded where, who gets home games criteria. Suggests Cornell is in the NCAA tournament. Suggests Princeton needs to win the ILT to get in.

[billhoward]

2023 Ivy League All-Ivy

Cornell really dominated the All-Ivy choices this year. 4 first team for Cornell -- Kirst, Adler, Ierlan, Kelleher; Buczek COTY 2 years in a row, Kirst POTY. Kid from Dartmouth is rookie of the year (diversity program, Dartmouth gets a player/rookie/coach of the year nod once per decade?). Cascadden makes HM as FOGO, and for Cornell after years in the desert, it's nice to know we'll win 50%-plus most games.

First-team 4 Cornell (Kirst, Adler, Ierlan unanimous), 4 Penn, 3 Yale, Princeton 2, Brown 1 (FOGO Matt Gunty, 63%).


FIRST TEAM^ <-- extras b/c of ties
CJ Kirst, Cornell (Jr., A – Bernardsville, N.J.)* <-- * = unanimous
Coulter Mackesy, Princeton (So., A – Bronxville, N.Y.)*
Matt Brandau, Yale (Sr., A – Timonium, Md.)
Hugh Kelleher, Cornell (Jr., M – Wantagh, N.Y.)
Sam Handley, Penn (Sr., M – Portland, Ore.)*
Alex Vardaro, Princeton (Sr. M – Woodmere, N.Y.)
Gavin Adler, Cornell (Sr., D – Hewlett, N.Y.)*
Brendan Lavelle, Penn (Jr., D – Rye, N.Y.)*
Michael Alexander, Yale (Jr., D – West Islip, N.Y.)
Chayse Ierlan, Cornell (Sr., G – Victor, N.Y.)*
Matt Gunty, Brown (Sr., FO – Bethesda, Md.)*
BJ Farrare, Penn (Sr., LSM – Owings Mills, Md.)
Jack Stuzin, Yale (Jr., LSM – Baltimore, Md.)
Piper Bond, Penn (Sr., SSM – Baltimore, Md.)
 
SECOND TEAM^
Devon McLane, Brown (Sr., A – Westfield, N.J.)
Sam King, Harvard (So., A – Baltimore, Md.)
Chris Lyons, Yale (Jr., A – Medford, N.J.)
Aidan McLane, Brown (So., M – Westfield, N.J.)
Matteo Corsi, Brown (So., M – Plymouth, Mich.)
Nate Davis, Dartmouth (Jr., M – Bronxville, N.Y.)
Owen Gaffney, Harvard (So., M – Los Angeles, Calif.)
Brad Sharp, Yale (Jr., M – Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.)
Jack Follows, Cornell (Jr., D – Oakville, Ontario)
Ben Finlay, Princeton (Sr., D – Oakton, Va.)
Pace Billings, Princeton (Jr., D – Denver, Colo.)
Michael Gianforcaro, Princeton (Jr., G – Lincoln University, Pa.)
Mitchell Myers, Dartmouth (Jr., FO – Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Cathal Roberts, Princeton (Sr., LSM – Dublin, Ireland)
Beau Pederson, Princeton (Jr., SSM – Park City, Utah)
 
HONORABLE MENTION
Billy Coyle, Cornell (Jr., A – Malvern, Pa.)
Leo Johnson, Yale (So., A – Greenwich, Conn.)
Andrew Perry, Harvard (So., M – Franklin, Mass.)
James Shipley, Penn (Sr., M – Weddington, N.C.)
Christian Ronda, Princeton (Sr., M – Greenwich, Conn.)
Thomas Bragg, Yale (Sr., M – Cazenovia, N.Y.)
Mark Witt, Brown (Jr., D – Andover, Mass.)
Collin Bergstrom, Harvard (So., D – Winchester, Mass.)
Peter Blake, Penn (Sr., D – Needham, Mass.)
Emmet Carroll, Penn (Jr., G – Rye, N.Y.)
Jack Cascadden, Cornell  (Jr., FO – Garden City, N.Y.)
Chase Yager, Harvard (Sr., SSM – Virginia Beach, Va.)

Player of the Year:
CJ Kirst, Cornell (Jr., A – Bernardsville, N.J.)
 
Rookie of the Year:
Emmett Paradine, Dartmouth (Fr., M – Hickory, N.C.)
 
Coach of the Year:
Connor Buczek, Cornell

https://ivyleague.com/news/2023/5/3/mens-lacrosse-major-awards-all-ivy-announced.aspx

[semsox]

the PSU loss is stopping us from being a top 4 seed right now.   But we need to play at another level higher to go anywhere they want to really get.

I think it's the other loss that's hurting us. No one's going to ding us too bad for losing to a Top 5-10 PSU team.

[CU77]

Terps dismantled Hop in the 2nd B1G semi, winning 14-9, face Michigan in the final. I expect Maryland to easily avenge their regular-season loss.

Top 4 seeds will go to the ACC and the Terps. Cornell has a shot at the #5 seed with an ILT win, especially if the final is over Penn.

Looking too far ahead, Cornell will need to play as well as possible, and wish a dash of luck, to have a chance against any of the top 4 in the quarterfinals.

[Swampy]

Looking too far ahead, Cornell will need to play as well as possible, and wish a dash of luck, to have a chance against any of the top 4 in the quarterfinals.

Fortunately, one can say the same thing about the top 4 teams. They're all good enough to win the whole shebang. So a team that plays up to its ability and has a bit of luck has a great chance of winning.