Cornell lacrosse 2025

[mike1960]

Lehigh is not playing great defense in the snowfall blizzard.

[mike1960]

We're missing shots in the fourth quarter. Probably wet mesh.

[mike1960]

Game final: Lehigh 10, Cornell 18

Good start to the season.

[upprdeck]

sloppy last 15+min but the Lehigh goalie made a ton of saves as well

man down needs work for sure

[Ken711]

Nice win!

[ugarte]

watched bits and pieces of the middle quarters and i liked it.

[arugula]

watched bits and pieces of the middle quarters and i liked it.

Not that it matters but should be up to 2 this week. Good test next week.

[billhoward]

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Cornell 1-0    5  5  6  2 — 18
Lehigh  2-1    3  2  3  2 — 10
Box score: https://cornellbigred.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mlax&id=61622

Big Red offense looked very good: CJ Kirst (5 goals); Willem Firth (4); Michael Long (3 +4A); Andrew Dalton (2); Luke Gilmartin (2); Ryan Sheehan (1); Ryan Goldstein (1). 12 goals from two schools: Delbarton NJ (Kirst, Long) and the Hill Academy Ontario (Firth).

Defense: Lehigh scored 6 against also-receiving-votes Rutgers, 7 against unranked Fairfield then 10 against #2/3 Cornell giving 10, 10 and 18. Given our ranking, I was hoping for a couple fewer goals allowed and one or two more goals scored — Cornell hit a lot of posts and the freezing temps made the pipes ring but Cornell (and I trust some other schools) doesn't try to run it up to 20 or more unless the opponent is close.

We won most all of the stats: shots at goal, shots on goal, clears (16 of 17 vs. 16 of 19), ground balls (37-23), faceoffs (20-12) and man-up goals percentage (3/3 vs. 4/6) and fans in stadium:  Lehigh called it 400 (free admission, no ticket counters) and I would say red parkas outnumbered Lehigh brown 60-40. Lehigh field only holds about 1200 but there is good (free) parking versus Schoellkopf and fans sit closer to the field. And, oh yeah, the stadium restrooms in February are both open and heated. The Lehigh sports complex including the football stadium feels a bit removed the way the new Cornell baseball field hockey etcetera complex feels near but not quite on campus.  

Cornell should solidify its #2 coaches / #3 media ranking. Although next Saturday's game hosting #14 Denver (2-1) should be a better measure of Cornell. 11am not noon start.

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1. Notre Dame 2-0
2. Syracuse   3-1 (lost at #6 Maryland 11-7)
3. Cornell    1-0
4. Hopkins    4-0
5. Princeton  1-0 (beat #10 We Are 11-10 OT at PSU)
9. Yale       0-1 (lost 13-11 at unranked Villanova

The CU-Lehigh game started an hour early (11:02 am not 12:02 on the box score), cold (30 degrees) and dry and a few minutes into the second half the first flurries came down. It was a pretty good snowfall in the fourth quarter (photo below, sophomore attackman Ryan Waldman of Westfield NJ HS (where our sons played and then went on to other pursuits in life).

[mike1960]

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Cornell 1-0    5  5  6  2 — 18
Lehigh  2-1    3  2  3  2 — 10
Box score: https://cornellbigred.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mlax&id=61622

Big Red offense looked very good: CJ Kirst (5 goals); Willem Firth (4); Michael Long (3 +4A); Andrew Dalton (2); Luke Gilmartin (2); Ryan Sheehan (1); Ryan Goldstein (1). 12 goals from two schools: Delbarton NJ (Kirst, Long) and the Hill Academy Ontario (Firth).

Defense: Lehigh scored 6 against also-receiving-votes Rutgers, 7 against unranked Fairfield then 10 against #2/3 Cornell giving 10, 10 and 18. Given our ranking, I was hoping for a couple fewer goals allowed and one or two more goals scored — Cornell hit a lot of posts and the freezing temps made the pipes ring but Cornell (and I trust some other schools) doesn't try to run it up to 20 or more unless the opponent is close.

We won most all of the stats: shots at goal, shots on goal, clears (16 of 17 vs. 16 of 19), ground balls (37-23), faceoffs (20-12) and man-up goals percentage (3/3 vs. 4/6) and fans in stadium:  Lehigh called it 400 (free admission, no ticket counters) and I would say red parkas outnumbered Lehigh brown 60-40. Lehigh field only holds about 1200 but there is good (free) parking versus Schoellkopf and fans sit closer to the field. And, oh yeah, the stadium restrooms in February are both open and heated. The Lehigh sports complex including the football stadium feels a bit removed the way the new Cornell baseball field hockey etcetera complex feels near but not quite on campus.  

Cornell should solidify its #2 coaches / #3 media ranking. Although next Saturday's game hosting #14 Denver (2-1) should be a better measure of Cornell. 11am not noon start.

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1. Notre Dame 2-0
2. Syracuse   3-1 (lost at #6 Maryland 11-7)
3. Cornell    1-0
4. Hopkins    4-0
5. Princeton  1-0 (beat #10 We Are 11-10 OT at PSU)
9. Yale       0-1 (lost 13-11 at unranked Villanova

The CU-Lehigh game started an hour early (11:02 am not 12:02 on the box score), cold (30 degrees) and dry and a few minutes into the second half the first flurries came down. It was a pretty good snowfall in the fourth quarter (photo below, sophomore attackman Ryan Waldman of Westfield NJ HS (where our sons played and then went on to other pursuits in life).

Great pic!

[Al DeFlorio]

Waldman's on the second midfield.  Showed he's not hesitant to shoot.

[billhoward]

Great pic!

TY. Sometimes photographing quote spring sports is more chilling than winter sports ... other than town rinks with a roof but incomplete sides (like Cass Park, on the Cayuga inlet, when built; we played there as late as 2 a.m.). Or the open-side rink my kid played at in HS in NJ; geez the night games were cold.

The Cornell-Lehigh players other than goalies were in shorts. I had thermal long-johns, insulated-wind resistant-water-resistant pants, a parka, two types of gloves (one for first half, thicker ones for second  half). Many/most of the Cornell parents had long, thick, water- and wind-proof coats that went to the knees (photo). In the Wall Streetish NJ town where our sons played, a lot of moms were realty agents and they were the ones in heels who aerated the edges of the muddy grass fields. well, once it got warmer in April.

Cornell fans/parents at the Lehigh game:

[Ken711]

Great pic!

TY. Sometimes photographing quote spring sports is more chilling than winter sports ... other than town rinks with a roof but incomplete sides (like Cass Park, on the Cayuga inlet, when built; we played there as late as 2 a.m.). Or the open-side rink my kid played at in HS in NJ; geez the night games were cold.

The Cornell-Lehigh players other than goalies were in shorts. I had thermal long-johns, insulated-wind resistant-water-resistant pants, a parka, two types of gloves (one for first half, thicker ones for second  half). Many/most of the Cornell parents had long, thick, water- and wind-proof coats that went to the knees (photo). In the Wall Streetish NJ town where our sons played, a lot of moms were realty agents and they were the ones in heels who aerated the edges of the muddy grass fields. well, once it got warmer in April.

Cornell fans/parents at the Lehigh game:

I remember wearing heated socks in the old days of watching games in that type of whether,

[billhoward]

Lacrosse 2025 Week 2 polls (Week 1 thinking of Ivy teams that played their first games Saturday) are split:

• Coaches/USILA poll (their first of the year) keeps Cornell at #2 behind only Notre dame, ahead of Syracuse, Virginia and Princeton. Yale is 10, Penn 14, Harvard 19.


• Media poll (their third poll of the year plus pre-season, thus this is called Week 2) drops Cornell from third to fourth, behind ND, Maryland and Hopkins, ahead of Princeton. Harvard is 15, Yale 16 (was 9), Penn 17.

Lehigh on the strength of its 0-3 start and losing by only 8 goals to Cornell, climbs from also-mention to #20 by the coaches.  

Our Saturday 11 am (not noon) Schoellkopf opponent Denver 2-1 is #9 coaches/USILA, #12 media poll. They lost 13-10 hosting Hopkins, beat Air Force 14-8 and just got by Utah 10-8 last weekend.

At least early on, the media poll shows way more poll repositioning after a loss or big win: Maryland (beat Syracuse) 6 to 2, Syracuse 2 to 6, 2-0 Army 12 to 8, 2-1 Richmond 25 to 12 (in a poll that only goes to 20).

Polls via Inside Lacrosse: https://www.insidelacrosse.com/league/di/polls/2025

[Trotsky]

Is anyone else irrationally infuriated when sites list games scores like this?

Yes, I know, it's ubiquitous in Europe and for all I know the way I am used to is probably unique to North America.   But just because you're biased doesn't mean you're wrong.  I fervidly maintain that when you are listing a team's results you should put them first, because it is from their POV.  It makes it simple to scan the list quickly for patterns.

[upprdeck]

yeah its dumb.