MLAX: @Denver 2/24

[rss77]

Never have seen a game with two 2 minute minute unreleasables.

[MattShaf]

Miserable loss for the Big Red. Up 4 goals twice and outscored 5-2 in the 4th quarter. Beaten regularly at the face off X (only 15-37) Too many unforced errors in second half and too many undisciplined penalties (DU 5-7 with the extra man).
Let's hope we don't look back at this one at the end of season with regret.

[Cornell95]

never seen the mouthguard out get called in the middle of a dodge
the Kirst violation was so obvious and the ref was right there (not he could have missed the push and just turned to see Kirst already on the ground in the crease

Davis getting mugged at midfield was also an obvious call right in front of the ref

[Al DeFlorio]

0-4 vs. 5-7 on emo was the difference

[blackwidow]

Let this be a lesson that Kirst needs to be more selective about his shooting and this team's is defensively garbage and needs some fixing asap if they want to do something meaningful. Whats up with so many turnovers and so few faceoff wins. (I know nothing about lax)

[TimV]

Miserable loss for the Big Red. Up 4 goals twice and outscored 5-2 in the 4th quarter. Beaten regularly at the face off X (only 15-37) Too many unforced errors in second half and too many undisciplined penalties (DU 5-7 with the extra man).
Let's hope we don't look back at this one at the end of season with regret.

Hell, I regret it NOW.:-(

[Cornell95]

quick note, a tough loss but lets not get down on the team too much
lost by 1 on the road to a team with 2 more games under their belt, our top faceoff man not on the field and a challenging officiating crew

I have great faith in the team and coaching staff
Tough loss, and hopefully not a major factor for late season PWR
Same as the hockey team, the margins can unfortunately be very thin for those at large bids

[CU77]

Even more bad news from the fanlax forum:

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but Jack tore his left ACL in Thursday practice. Freak injury. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just plant, cut, boom. As you can imagine he's gutted by it all.

[TimV]

Defense was actually pretty good 6 on 6.  The unreleasable penalties got us.  And on the faceoffs we were pretty even when you subtract out all those with NO WINGS cuz we were 2 men down.  ANNNND we were without out Cascadden, our best fogo, so we were going against one of the best in the country with our #2 and #3 guys.  That was a very winnable game, even in spite of the FOGO situation.

[dag14]

To further bash the officiating, Michael Bozzi #5 broke his collarbone as a result of contact. No call....

I was at the game.  I have never seen such bad officiating, from the perspective of calling or not calling penalties.  They called the game like it was middle school lacrosse from what I could see.  Has anyone ever watched a game with so many non-releasable penalties?  Kirst's penalty was for unsportsmanlike conduct.  I agree he should be penalized for mouthing off but non-releasable?  

Denver scored 5 man-up goals, at least 4 of which were on the NR penalties.Even strength we were the way better team, especially given we were missing our best FOGO.

When DU beat Hopkins, I was impressed.  Not sure I rate them as highly now that I see they likely get help at home from the west-of-the-Mississippi officiating.

[mike1960]

I didn't see it but it sounds like a tough loss for a lot of reasons. I fully expect our guys to pick themselves up and recommit to great lacrosse.

I'm looking at the stats and one that stands out is the ground balls: 42 for Denver and 26 for Cornell. I'm curious if that stood out to people watching the game.

I'm not worried about this team scoring goals. I think our defense will determine how many games we end up playing this year.

[Al DeFlorio]

I didn't see it but it sounds like a tough loss for a lot of reasons. I fully expect our guys to pick themselves up and recommit to great lacrosse.

I'm looking at the stats and one that stands out is the ground balls: 42 for Denver and 26 for Cornell. I'm curious if that stood out to people watching the game.

I'm not worried about this team scoring goals. I think our defense will determine how many games we end up playing this year.

Ground ball difference largely a result of faceoffs.

[dag14]

I didn't see it but it sounds like a tough loss for a lot of reasons. I fully expect our guys to pick themselves up and recommit to great lacrosse.

I'm looking at the stats and one that stands out is the ground balls: 42 for Denver and 26 for Cornell. I'm curious if that stood out to people watching the game.

I'm not worried about this team scoring goals. I think our defense will determine how many games we end up playing this year.

Ground ball difference largely a result of faceoffs.

Especially faceoffs during the nonreleasable penalties.  It is hard to win a faceoff when you only have one guy on the wing, or in the case of being 2 men down, NO middies other than the FOGO.

[mike1960]

We weren't the only team with a tough day. Notre Dame lost to Georgetown.

[upprdeck]

Fo matter so much in Lax when you cant win them its hard to win.