MLAX: Cornell vs Penn State 3/9/24

[mike1960]

Dalton goal at the goalmouth. Great feed by CJ.
18-7 PSU

[mike1960]

18-7 PSU, end of the third.

[mike1960]

Singer put a shoulder in the PSU ballcarrier facemask. Frustration penalty. 2 minute EMO.

Easy stepdown top right.

19-7 PSU

[upprdeck]

the D has shown issues all year with sliding, Denver came back to win.. Lehigh lit them up.

Might be a long yr on D. And the goalie play today was horrid.

Still the offense isnt doing much as well.. sloppy, poor shooting

[billhoward]

Lordie, 19-8 Penn State 5 minutes into the fourth. Need to start looking up most recent margin of loss by, perhaps 10 goals?

At this writing, CJ Kirst 2G on 9 shots, Willem Firth 2 on 7.

[mike1960]

Quick stick Mikey Long, side left.
19-8 PSU

[mike1960]

Cornell stopped a 2 man up EMO.

[mike1960]

PSU is bringing in subs.

[mike1960]

Mikey Long to Caddigan cutting to the goal.
19-9 PSU
4:09 left.

[mike1960]

PSU top center worm burner.
20-9.
2:42 left.

[upprdeck]

not surprised we lost. The lack of scoring and the turnovers was bad to see.

[billhoward]

Penn State 20, Cornell 9. Final.

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COR  1  3  3  2  --  9
PSU  6  5  7  2  -- 20

Shots, shots on goal, saves, turnovers all close-ish but in Penn State's favor. Cornell won faceoffs 19-14. Biggest margin was goals, that and save percentage Cornell .355 (Knust .143, Tully .417), Penn State .625.

[semsox]

Just one of those games. Hopefully they're ready for next weekend, a tough Ivy opener @Princeton

[mike1960]

Game over. 20-9 PSU.

The difference is that one team was extremely well coached on defense, and the other side wasn't. This has been our problem all year (and last year).

PSU scored easily with old-fashioned, wooden stick era speed dodges from 10-15 yards out and getting free hands. Our shorties could not stay with them and received no help. It was just too easy.

It feels like we were resoundly outcoached by our former gaffer. Where do we go from here?

[rss77]

Need to take a hard look at the Defense (Nothing like stating the obvious).