Cornell lacrosse at Brown 4/22

[billhoward]

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Cornell   6  5  2  3  – 16  Winning Team
Brown     4  2  3  0  –  9  Losing Team

Kirst     6 3 – 9  on 7 SOG / 12 Shots plus 3GB (only Cascadden 5, Adler 5 did better)
Long      2 2 – 4
Coyle     2 1 – 3
Wirtheim  2 1 – 3

Ierlan    9GA 8SV 47%
Brown    16GA 9SV 36% (10% after Cornell's 9th goal)

Shots (at goal not on-goal) were close, ditto clears and ground balls. Brown won 17 of 29 faceoffs. Only one EMO, by Brown, their last goal.

Cornell did not seem as aggressive on offense in the second half as the first. But the defense only allowed 2 goals in the second half, none the final 21 minutes. So there is that. I thought Ierlan's save percentage (before I saw the stats) were closer to 60 than 50 percent. Goaltending will not be our weak spot in the postseason.

Other Ivy scores Saturday:
Princeton 17, Harvard 11
Penn 17, Dartmouth 6


Pregame:

Cornell 9-2 (3-1 Ivy) at Brown 5-6 (1-3), 12 noon, Cornell should have the clear advantage, as we said before the game at Harvard.[code]

Common opponents:
Team        Penn     Harvard
Cornell     W18-12   L10-8
Brown       W12-11   L16-15 OT

Standings before 4/22 games
Cornell     3-1
Princeton   3-1
Penn        3-2  
Harvard     2-2
Yale        2-3  (but 7-4 overall)
Dartmouth   1-3
Brown       1-3  [code]
In addition to wanting to win the Ivy title (need to beat Brown and Princeton to win outright), Cornell needs every win in case it gets upset in the Ivy tournament: to get a better seed and hopefully play at home in the first round. Nine teams auto-qualify for the 16 spots (plus a two-team play-in to be the sixteenth team). Going into the 4/29 games, Cornell & Princeton are 3-1 Ivy, Penn and Harvard are 3-2. Today's games are Harvard at Princeton and Dartmouth at Penn.

[mike1960]

Thanks, Bill!

[mike1960]

Cornell 1 - Brown 0.

Big Hugh down the alley and a bounce shot.

[mike1960]

1-1

Good Brown ball movement. A step down from the top of the zone beats Ierlan.

[mike1960]

2-1 Brown

Brown turned the corner and beat Ierlan low.

[mike1960]

2-2

Ball pick for CJ and he beat the goalie stick side high.

[mike1960]

3-2 Brown

Brown player dodged to the top of the zone and shot hands free. The slide was late.

[Al DeFlorio]

Shortsticks need to step up.

[mike1960]

3-3

Long found CJ in front of the goal in traffic. CJ goes low and scores.

[mike1960]

4-3 Cornell

CJ dodges left across  the face of the goal and scores.

[mike1960]

5-3 Cornell

CJ dodges down the alley and scores. Made it look easy.

[mike1960]

6-3

Billy Coyle around the back of the goal and the question mark into the five hole.

[mike1960]

6-4

Cornell turnover and Brown goal in the unsettled situation.

[mike1960]

1st quarter, Cornell 6 Brown Bears 4

Brown started strong with possession time and shots. A couple of late slides allowed two goals. But because of good defense and bad passes, Brown had a lot of turnovers.

Cornell has a lot of opportunities to score goals. The Brown defense does not seem particularly stout, and Cornell's ball movement is really good right now.

[mike1960]

7-4

On the clear, pass to Staub (long pole) on the doorstep and he scores.