Cornell lacrosse 2024

[scoop85]

Penn at Dartmouth 6-6 at half with field covered in snow.

Ridiculous conditions to be playing in

[chimpfood]

Nice stand there on the man down.

[Ken711]

Cornell 7 -Yale 5 3:02 left in 2nd.

[djk26]

Real barn burner in Ithaca (not that anything could literally catch fire there in today's weather)-- 7-6 Cornell leading Yale at halftime.

My biggest fear has not so far been realized--Yale is leading in faceoffs (9-6) but not dominating.  I do worry that Cornell's faceoff men tend to fade a little as the game goes on-something to keep an eye on in the second half.

Cornell's frosh goaltender, Matt Tully, got the start--6 GA and 6 saves in the first half.  Someone who knows lacrosse better than I do can speak to this, but a .500 save percentage, while not great, is more than respectable against a fine offense like Yale.

We're getting outgroundballed, which I hate (25-14.)

Second best thing so far today is the EMO--two for two!--after struggling mightily in tha past few games.  Yale got an EMO with 6 seconds to go in the second quarter--I assume it's like hockey and will carryover to the next quarter.

Best thing so far today is the balanced offense--two goals each for Kirst, Nikolic and Goldstein.  Long with two assists.  This kid Goldstein is a real "find" (probably helped that his dad is one of Cornell's best players ever.)

Yale trailed 7-4 with 6:30 to go in the half and scored the next two to close within one--I trust Buczek and Stevens to make the needed adjustments.

Let's go Red!::cheer::

[CU77]

Red now up 12-8 midway through the 3rd.

AND Yale scores 3 goals in 41 sec, now 12-11 Red

[djk26]

Red now up 12-8 midway through the 3rd.

AND Yale scores 3 goals in 41 sec, now 12-11 Red

Cornell gets a tiny bit of breathing room with Wirtheim's first goal of the day, 13-11 with Cornell leading, 12:30 to go.  Five Cornell players with two goals or more.

[djk26]

Cornell scores AGAIN on the EMO, 14-11 Cornell with 12:13 to go. Rory Graham with his first goal of the year.

[Ken711]

16-11 after back to back goals by Ryan Goldstein.

[djk26]

17-12 Cornell now, 4:41 to go.  Come on, Red, keep it up.

[Ken711]

17-14 Cornell 1:26 left.

[Ken711]

Final: 18-15 Cornell over Yale

[CU77]

A big win! Cornell now past the arguably two toughest Ivy rivals.

[djk26]

Final: 18-15 Cornell over Yale

This is Cornell's best win of the seson. Very satifying. I thought going into the game that Yale was the best team in the Ivy League (and they still may be--at least twice in recent years Cornell has beaten Yale in the regular season, only to lose to them in the ILT.)  Today was Ryan Goldstein's coming out party--FIVE goals, wow.  The Kirst/Goldstein combo is going to cause opponents a lot of headaches this year--you can't double them both, can you?  And let's not forget Michael Long--three goals and four assists today.  Nikolic and Firth with two goals each.  Multiple scoring threats makes the team very tough to defend.

The emergence of Goldstein and fellow freshman Mike Tully (G) has been the story since the Penn State debacle, which I am hoping is far behind this team now.

Yeah, the Adlerless defense is overall still very suspect.  But I'm a happy Cornell fan today. **]

[jjanow99]

Goldstein unsportsmanlike penalty with 6 seconds to go, what was that?

[Al DeFlorio]

Goldstein unsportsmanlike penalty with 6 seconds to go, what was that?

Looked like he was taunting a Yale defender. Can't know what went on during the game that led to that.