Cornell lacrosse 2024

[billhoward]

USILA coaches All-America team knocks CJ Kirst and Yale's Matt Brandau down to the second team. They were first team on the Inside Lacrosse team. https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/men/usila-announces-division-i-all-americans-award-winners

A year after Cornell long pole Gavin Adler dominated college lacrosse as a shutdown defender and was first pick in the PLL lacrosse but not named the nation's outstanding player (Tewaaraton), Maryland's Ajax Zappitello won the Enners Award as outstanding player, their version of the Tewaaraton. In his favor, he is from Portland, not the South.

Cornell's Hugh Kelleher was HM at middie. The only Ivy first teamer this year was defender Brendan Lavelle of Penn.

The Tewaaraton winner will be announced Thursday 5/30.

USILA AWARD WINNERS
Lt. Raymond J. Enners Outstanding Player of the Year: Ajax Zappitello, Maryland

Lt. Col. JI Turnbull Outstanding Attackman: Connor Shellenberger, Virginia

Lt. j.g. Donald MacLaughlin Jr. Outstanding Midfielder: Shane Knobloch, Rutgers

William C. Schmeisser Defensive Player of the Year: Jake Piseno, Albany

Ensign C. Markland Kelly Jr. Outstanding Goalie: Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame

USILA ALL-AMERICANS
First Team

A - Connor Shellenberger, Virginia  
A - Brennan O'Neill, Duke  
A - Pat Kavanagh, Notre Dame  
M - Shane Knobloch, Rutgers  
M - Evan Plunkett, Army  
M - Graham Bundy Jr., Georgetown  
M - Andrew McAdorey, Duke  
SSDM - Ben Ramsey, Notre Dame  
SSDM - Beau Pederson, Michigan  
SSDM - Dylan Hess, Georgetown  
LSM - Jake Piseno, Albany  
FO - Will Coletti, Army  
D - Ajax Zappitello, Maryland  
D - Kenny Brower, Duke  
D - Brendan Lavelle, Penn  
D - Scott Smith, Johns Hopkins  
G - Liam Entenmann, Notre Dame

Second Team

A - CJ Kirst, Cornell  
A - Matt Brandau, Yale  
A - TJ Malone, Penn State  
M - Jake Stevens, Syracuse  
M - Mikey Weisshaar, Towson  
M - Eric Dobson, Notre Dame  
SSDM - Grant Haus, Penn State  
SSDM - Aidan Maguire, Duke  
SSDM - Chase Yager, Virginia  
LSM - Stephen Zupicich, Villanova  
LSM - Will Donovan, Notre Dame  
FO - Justin Wietfeldt, Michigan  
FO - Luke Wierman, Maryland  
D - Cole Kastner, Virginia  
D - Shawn Lyght, Notre Dame  
D - AJ Pilate, Army  
G - Emmet Carroll, Penn  
G - Jack Fracyon, Penn State

Third Team

A - Payton Cormier, Virginia  
A - Joey Spallina, Syracuse  
A - Sam King, Harvard  
M - Griffin Schutz, Virginia  
M - Alexander Vardaro, Georgetown  
M - Matt Collison, Johns Hopkins  
SSDM - Jackson Peters, Navy  
SSDM - Brett Martin, Johns Hopkins  
LSM - Tyler Carpenter, Duke  
FO - Alec Stathakis, Denver  
D - Mason Woodward, Marquette  
D - Billy Dwan, Syracuse  
D - Jimmy Freehill, Denver  
G - Chayse Ierlan, Johns Hopkins

Honorable Mention

A - Louis Perfetto, Boston University  
A - Chris Kavanagh, Notre Dame  
A - Michael Boehm, Michigan  
A - Brayden Mayea, High Point  
A - Coulter Mackesy, Princeton  
A - Josh Zawada, Duke  
A - Jacob Angelus, Johns Hopkins  
A - Owen Duffy, North Carolina  
A - Ross Scott, Rutgers  
A - Dyson Williams, Duke  
A - Scott Cole, Lehigh  
A - Owen Hiltz, Syracuse  
A - Nick DeMaio, Towson  
A - Garrett Degnon, Johns Hopkins  
A - Jake Taylor, Notre Dame  
A - Levi Anderson, Saint Joseph's  
A - Ryan Bell, Providence  
A - Aidan Carroll, Georgetown  
A - Dalton Young, Richmond

M - Devon McLane, Notre Dame  
M - Hunter Drouin, Colgate  
M - Jacob Morin, Army  
M - Mac Costin, Penn State  
M - Eric Spanos, Maryland  
M - Sam English, Syracuse  
M - Hugh Kelleher, Cornell  
M - Lance Madonna, Richmond

SSDM - Casey Wilson, Denver  
SSDM - Marquez White, Princeton  
SSDM - Connor Cmiel, Ohio State

LSM - Roy Meyer, Boston University  
LSM - Ben Wayer, Virginia  
LSM - AJ Mercurio, Denver  
LSM - Max Yates, Colgate

FO - Will Lynch, Notre Dame  
FO - Jake Naso, Duke  
FO - Machado Rodriguez, Yale  
FO - Brady Wambach, North Carolina  
FO - Nate Laliberte, Bryant  
FO - Mason Kohn, Syracuse

D - Jackson Bonitz, Navy  
D - Richard Checo, Lehigh  
D - Marcus Hudgins, Ohio State  
D - Colin Mulshine, Princeton  
D - Ty Banks, Georgetown  
D - Colby Barsz, Towson  
D - Alex Ross, Penn State  
D - Levi Verch, Saint Joseph's  
D - Chris Conlin, Notre Dame  
D - Patrick Morrison, Boston University

G - Michael Gianforcaro, Princeton  
G - Will Mark, Syracuse  
G - Anderson Moore, Georgetown  
G - Kevin Ellington, Delaware

[billhoward]

NCAA 2024 championship: Notre Dame 15, Maryland 5. Notre Dame won its tournament games by 5, 5, 7 and then 10.

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Maryland    3 1 1 0 --  5
Notre Dame  5 5 4 1 -- 15

Only one team beat Notre Dame, Georgetown 11-10 in overtime, next closest was Cornell in that 18-17 neutral field (Bethpage) loss. Syracuse and Virginia lost by 2.

[billhoward]

2024 Tewaaraton Award to Pat Kavanagh of national champion Notre Dame, a three-time finalist. Over Notre Dame's teammate Liam Entenmann, Duke's Brennan O'Neill, Virginia's Connor Shellenberger and Yale's Matt Brandau. Cornell's CJ Kirst made the final five last year.

Women's Tewaaraton, Izzy Scane of Northwestern, repeat winner.

All-Izzy Team: Along with Izzy Daniel of Cornell winning the Patty Kazmaier Award in hockey.

[djk26]

Michael Melkonian, who will join the Cornell lacrosse team this fall, won 19 of 21 faceoffs yesterday as South Side (Rockville Centre) rallied past Yorktown yesterday. South Side trailed 7-2 at halftime and came back to win 10-8. Next up is the Class B New York State high school championship game at Hofstra on Saturday. Opponent will be Victor, Chayse Ierlan's old high school.

I know it's only high school, and Angelo Petrakis was highly touted coming out of high school too, but it's hard not to look forward to seeing Melkonian play for Cornell. He's 38 for 41 on faceoffs in the last two games.

[scoop85]

Michael Melkonian, who will join the Cornell lacrosse team this fall, won 19 of 21 faceoffs yesterday as South Side (Rockville Centre) rallied past Yorktown yesterday. South Side trailed 7-2 at halftime and came back to win 10-8. Next up is the Class B New York State high school championship game at Hofstra on Saturday. Opponent will be Victor, Chayse Ierlan's old high school.

I know it's only high school, and Angelo Petrakis was highly touted coming out of high school too, but it's hard not to look forward to seeing Melkonian play for Cornell. He's 38 for 41 on faceoffs in the last two games.

And Victor has fellow 2024 recruit Jack Herendeen, who had 5 assists in Victor's blowout win over Vestal. Herendeen is a very solid attackman, but he's unlikely to see any real time next year given that the entire attack unit is back. Melkonian, however, looks likely to be in the FOGO rotation with Cascadden and possibly even rising sophomore Sam Ricci (also from Victor).

[djk26]

South Side defeated Victor in overtime yesterday, 12-11, to win the New York State championship.  Another comeback for South Side, who trailed 6-3 at halftime. Absolute heartbreaker for Victor as South Side scored the game tying goal wih 0.8 seconds left in regulation and Victor loses the championship game by one goal for the second year in a row.

Michael Melkonian was 131 for 151 (87%) on faceoffs during the playoffs.  I couldn't find a box score for the championship game (if anyone knows where there is one, it would be nice to see it) so I don't know how Jack Herendeen did yesterday.  But nice to see Cornell with a recruit from each team in the Class B final.

[Swampy]

South Side defeated Victor in overtime yesterday, 12-11, to win the New York State championship.  Another comeback for South Side, who trailed 6-3 at halftime. Absolute heartbreaker for Victor as South Side scored the game tying goal wih 0.8 seconds left in regulation and Victor loses the championship game by one goal for the second year in a row.

Michael Melkonian was 131 for 151 (87%) on faceoffs during the playoffs.  I couldn't find a box score for the championship game (if anyone knows where there is one, it would be nice to see it) so I don't know how Jack Herendeen did yesterday.  But nice to see Cornell with a recruit from each team in the Class B final.

Senior attack Jack Herendeen leads Victor in postseason scoring with 18 points.

See "Section V boys lacrosse seeks to end state title drought with four teams in semifinals"

But it seems too early to find much in the way of stats for the game.

[dag14]

Not sure where else to post this but last night, Jeff Teat tied the PLL season scoring record with 44 points.  What makes this particularly noteworthy is that he did it before the All Star break, which is next weekend.  To date, his Atlas team is the best in the league, which helps.  He has as many assists as goals.

[mike1960]

Saw that too! Check out this shot.

https://x.com/PremierLacrosse/status/1809407473838592451

[Ken711]

Saw that too! Check out this shot.

https://x.com/PremierLacrosse/status/1809407473838592451

What happened to the defender's stick on that play.

[dag14]

Saw that too! Check out this shot.

https://x.com/PremierLacrosse/status/1809407473838592451

What happened to the defender's stick on that play.

Defender lost his stick much earlier [maybe it broke?] but he was one-on-one with Teat behind the net so had no choice but to cover him without a stick.  He clearly figured it was worth a penalty to prevent Jeff from scoring, but his tackle was ineffective.

[Swampy]

Not sure where else to post this but last night, Jeff Teat tied the PLL season scoring record with 44 points.  What makes this particularly noteworthy is that he did it before the All Star break, which is next weekend.  To date, his Atlas team is the best in the league, which helps.  He has as many assists as goals.

Curse you, COVID!

[Ken711]

Jeff Teat '21 Sets New PLL Single-Season Point Record. History has been made in the world of professional lacrosse, and a former Big Red athlete once again did it. Jeff Teat '21 has broken the single-season Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) point record with his first assist of the day, just 1:52 into the second quarter of the game against the Boston Cannons. Each subsequent point for the rest of the season will rewrite the record. In addition to the point record, Teat also now owns the PLL assist record, putting up 26 assists through seven games.



https://cornellbigred.com/news/2024/7/20/mens-lacrosse-jeff-teat-21-sets-new-pll-single-season-point-record.aspx

[rss77]

Check out the USA Lacrosse magazine website.  They have a recap and analysis on their website called Cornell 2024 Rewind.

[The Rancor]

as good a place as any to drop this one:

Olympic Lacrosse

and I'm completely in support of a team from the Haudenosaunee nation at the Olympics, fwiw.