Cornell lacrosse 2024

[CU77]

17-13 Cornell, final score.

[mike1960]

17-13. Game over.

Good win. A few turnovers, probably weather related but some forced passes too. Overall good at X. Cascadden faltered a bit, and Psyllos won a few after that. The clearing game did not look sharp. Knust forced some long passes that led to a couple of turnovers. But Cornell caused several turnovers from rides. Still great at that aspect of the game.

It is so great to see Mikey Long at X. He's such a threat to score or pass. Kirst had a good game. He was well guarded but scored and helped the team in a lot of other ways.

Good game for Knust! He stopped some tough ones, but there were a couple I'm sure he felt he should have had.

Denver is next.

[Ken711]

17-13. Game over.

Good win. A few turnovers, probably weather related but some forced passes too. Overall good at X. Cascadden faltered a bit, and Psyllos won a few after that. The clearing game did not look sharp. Knust forced some long passes that led to a couple of turnovers. But Cornell caused several turnovers from rides. Still great at that aspect of the game.

It is so great to see Mikey Long at X. He's such a threat to score or pass. Kirst had a good game. He was well guarded but scored and helped the team in a lot of other ways.

Good game for Knust! He stopped some tough ones, but there were a couple I'm sure he felt he should have had.

Denver is next.

Thanks for posting the running scores and recap of the game.

[Local Motion]

Congrats to Big Red lacrosse winning in not exactly spring sport weather.  The freshman William Firth #51 was impressive with 4 goals in his first college game.  My one concern is our defense physical enough to hold up in this very tough schedule?   Go Big Red!

[mike1960]

Thanks for posting the running scores and recap of the game.

Yep! A good Cornell sports day all the way around!

[upprdeck]

sloppy field. s;oppy play.

rusty on the clear

not stellar play from the goalie

Lehigh won too many 1-1 plays for goals

3rd period we hardly saw the ball that led to almost 15 min without a goal and still scored 17.

[George64]

sloppy field. sloppy play

Let's see how we do next week, when it's supposed to be in the mid-50s and sunny.

[Ken711]

Every face-off from the Lehigh game.



Face-offs

[billhoward]

For half a century, the New York City dweller's attitude about the rest of the world drew strength from the Saul Steinberg's March 29, 1976 "View of the World from Ninth Avenue" cover of The New Yorker.

In case there is someone who hasn't seen it. I hope Steinberg retained for himself royalties outside of that issue's cover.

[billhoward]

The women's team is currently playing Cal at Schoellkopf, and from the looks of things, the field conditions are definitely going to play a role in the game.

We were in Ithaca for the weekend and Saturday it ranged from dark-blustery-flurries (beyond a half foot that fell Friday) to ... occasional 15-minute stretches on sunshine.

[mike1960]

Congrats to Big Red lacrosse winning in not exactly spring sport weather.  The freshman William Firth #51 was impressive with 4 goals in his first college game.  My one concern is our defense physical enough to hold up in this very tough schedule?   Go Big Red!

Agreed. There were three or more goals where our defender just didn't get out on the shooter and gave him totally free hands. That made it super tough on Knust. At times, though, our quick-sliding defense really shut them down and also caused some turnovers.

[billhoward]

Thinking about playing a lacrosse game in two (?) years in Meinig Field House and how many people will fit and be safe from the elements. It's still not clear what is capacity but I hope it's not less than 500:

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Date   Opponent    Attend  Notes[/b]
02/17  Lehigh       296    22F gametime mostly cloudy, light snow

It looks as if 250-300 is the minimum one gets early season: parents, lax alumni, students-girlfriends. The first two home games last year drew 312 (2/25, Lehigh) and 523 (3/11, Penn State). In between those two, Ohio State drew 2378 for the 3/4 Cornell game.

[billhoward]

Firth has upward potential. To get the 4 goals he needed 5 SOG. #freshmanjitters

[mike1960]

Mikey Long the Ivy offensive player of the week. Well deserved.

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2024/2/19/mens-lacrosse-michael-long-tabbed-offensive-player-of-the-week-in-first-week-of-action.aspx

"PRINCETON, N.J. -- In week one of men's lacrosse action for the Ivy League, Michael Long has been named the Offensive Player of the Week for his three-goal, four-assist performance this week. His seven points led all of Cornell, and marked his most points in a game since April 30, 2022 when he tallied eight against Princeton in the regular season finale."

[billhoward]

Now that Cornell's extraordinary defender Gavin Adler '23 is gone from the Cornell team, Inside Lacrosse ponders Men's Tewaaraton Watch: Should a Defender Get Serious Consideration?

But still, Cornell is in the hunt:

... "If the season ended today..."
CJ Kirst would be the favorite
Ajax Zappitello would be (should be) at the Tewaaraton ceremony
JJ Sillstrop made the biggest jump
Here is my Tewaaraton Watch .... . I divided it into three tiers:

Tier 1 "The Favorites" — These guys have had Tewaaraton buzz for multiple years, and it would be a shocker if they weren't all finalists.
Tier 2 'The Contenders" — These are established, elite offensive players whose teams are in the Top 10.
Tier 3 "The Challengers" — Supreme offense talents whose teams are on the cusp of the Top 10, or defensive players who have a steeper hill to climb (through no fault of their own).
Tier 4 "The Field" — Really talented players, but maybe not with the name recognition or projected team success as the guys ahead of them. It's so early, though, one of these guys could make their way to DC.
The way it's sorted is to make the point that this list is a projection based on a month of games, players' history and the committee's thinking. It's not necessarily a best player ranking. There are players further down the list that I'd put much higher in a "best player" list (Ajax Zappitello, first of all).

Favorites
1. CJ Kirst, Cornell
2. Brennan O'Neill, Duke (2023 winner)
3. Connor Shellenberger, Virginia

Contenders
4. JJ Sillstrop, Denver
5. Evan Plunkett, Army
6. Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame
7. Evan Plunkett, Army
8. Joey Spallina, Syraqcuse
Challengers and The Field, see story

Cornell has had two award winners:
2009  Max Seibald, M
2013  Rob Pannell, A
The Tewaaraton dates only to 2001, so no awards to 1970s studs Mike French '76 and Eamon McEneaney '77. Two other Ivy players won: Dylan Molloy from the 2016 Brown team that made the [edit add:] final four, playing with a broken foot title game, and Ben Reeves of Yale that won the title.