Cornell lacrosse 2025

[CU77]

Long out

[jjanow99]

I was just about to say it would be nice to get the middies involved, then Kelleher scores, from Firth.

[jjanow99]

Oops reverse that scoring

[Iceberg]

By the end of this game, I think the color guy is going to strangle the refs

[jjanow99]

Long is out of the game.

[RichH]

By the end of this game, I think the color guy is going to strangle the refs

They wear arm guards for a reason, so slashing should be allowed.

[Al DeFlorio]

Army and MD lose in OT.

[jjanow99]

We'll be #2 on Monday.

[RichH]

19-14 final after Yale had a mini-run in the 4th to satisfy the color guy's long trip fishing for moral victories.

Cee-Jus with 9 G, 1 A. Goldstein also with 10 points.

Why are we so against game threads here?

[CU77]

Long with right arm in a sling at the end ... :-/

[chimpfood]

Long with right arm in a sling at the end ... :-/

Hugh, I figured it was the head. Poor guy has always been injured

[dbilmes]

I just got back from the game. Great Cornell crowd at game. Just in my section of bleachers I met parents of a Cornell player, a '98 grad who played on the lacrosse team, and a 2010 grad who played club lacrosse, and after the game I got to meet CJ's mom! The overall crowd would have been even if larger if the Yalies weren't on spring break, but there were a lot of youth lacrosse programs there. The former player sitting next to me (I never got his name) was on a text chain during the game with his former teammates, including Chris Danler, who currently holds the school record for most goals in a single game (10). I asked him how Danler felt about CJ possibly tying or breaking his record, and he told me Danler wasn't getting too stressed about it. He recalled correctly that Danler scored the 10 goals against Army, with most of them coming on long-range shots. Bob Brennan also scored 10 goals for Cornell, but since he did so back in 1940, I didn't run into any of his ex-teammates.
As for the game itself, watching CJ in person is amazing. I would hate to be a goalie trying to stop him, as the precision and pace of his shots is even more impressive in person than watching on TV. Once we got a 17-9 lead, the game was over, although Yale did make the final score respectable. It was a shame seeing Long get injured in the closing seconds of the first half. He looked so good before then. Our defense still looks shaky at times, but our offense, even without Long, is scary.
It's been a tough season for Yale, which was a preseason Top Ten. Their offense looked a lot better than when I saw them lose to Army a few weeks ago. Even so, it's still a solid road win for us.

[TimV]

Maryland, Penn State, and Army all lose this weekend.

Who's Number One Now?

[mike1960]

I just watched the replay. (On vacation last week.) Nice win on the road against a dangerous Yale team.  I don't have much to add to the great comments above. I am concerned about the open attack players in our defensive middle. I think it happened three times that we lost an attack right in front of the goal, resulting in two scores. The Brendan Staub penalty was disappointing. We are there to play lacrosse. It's not a tough guy competition. But overall, I like how we played really good lacrosse and slowly pulled away through the game, imposing our will and showing that we were the better team. But similar to the Penn State game, we made mistakes in the fourth. In this game, we allowed easy shots down the alley against Lamb and across the top when the Yale ballcarrier outran Walker. This made things really tough on Wyatt, who had a terrific game. I don't know if our defense is tired or just loses concentration, but mistakes lead to goals, whatever the score, and whenever the clock.

That hit to Mikey Long at the end of the first half should have been at least a non-releasable penalty.

Coach called a TO when our ballcarrier was doubled on the backline. That's two games in a row after the PSU débâcle.

It's a lot of fun watching our team play. Our ball movement on offense and shot selections are fun to watch. We play a beautiful game. It helps we have the best college lacrosse player in the known universe.

[CU2007]

Numero Uno in the polls this week