Cornell vs Syracuse Men's Lacrosse, Saturday, April 12, 4 PM, Uniondale

[Robb]

The radio guys said that the officiating crew was from LI and are thus really good, they then make several comments about the officials missing several calls throughout the contest

With the win Cornell's RPI moved up to #5.

ah, but you forgot that this year the committee added the criteria for teams with the best wins on days with a full moon minus bad losses on days with the temperature less than 56 F, so looks like Cornell will be unseeded, per usual.

[MattShaf]

Attended today's Big Red - Cuse game.
Thoughts: Solid in all three phases of the game with a truly top shelf offense. Cascadden was good when we needed him, defense rose to the challenge when needed and the offense just keeps producing.  
Defense and Knust were outstanding in the first half allowing Cornell to jump out to 5-2 (end 1st), 8-2 (halfway through 2nd), and a 9-5 (halftime)leads. Really impressive in first half despite clearing challenges (6/10 clearing).  
Offense was elite today ...moving the ball well (in what was horrible weather) and well balanced (10 different players scored). Both midfield units moved the ball
Game of runs.....Cornell scoring 6 straight in the first half to establish control of the game and a 4 goal run in the third after SU made a strong push out of the half time break. Red scored 4 of the last 5 goals.

The stat sheet looks like a 50/50 game but Cornell controlled long stretches of the game and punched back hard each time it looked like SU would get within a goal. Kelleher juice goal with 2 minutes to play (finally found a short stick after having a long pole on him all day) was the final blow to Syracuse.    

Two games left in regular season to fine tune before the post season tourneys.

[upprdeck]

they were unforced errors away from a dominating win.

[billhoward]

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[b]Cornell 17, Syracuse 12
[color=#CC0000]#1 Cornell  (10-1)    5   4   4   4   —   17[/color][/b]
#4 Syracuse ( 9-3)    2   3   6   1   —   12 COR Kirst, CJ (5); Goldstein, Ryan (3); Graham, Rory (2); Long, Michael (1); Sheehan, Ryan (1); Kelleher, Hugh (1); Staub, Brendan (1); Dalton, Andrew (1); Wallace, Walker (1); Firth, Willem (1)
SU Hiltz, Owen (4); Rhoa, Luke (3); Leo, Michael (2); English, Sam (1); Spallina, Joey (1); Cordes, Tyler (1)
Date: 4/12/2025 Start: 4:03 pm Time: 2:12 Attendance: 3922 [capacity: 10,102, 39% full--ed] Location: Uniondale, N.Y. Stadium: Mitchel Field.

The game went well for Cornell. Or as the Syracuse Corrigan Sports announcers said, what could you expect when the refs blew so many calls, all of them, incredibly, going against the Orange (actually white unis, blue helmets and trim with little orange accents).

Every time Syracuse edged closer, Cornell responded. Starting the second half down 9-5, Syracuse closed to 9-7, then Cornell got four straight, up 13-7. By the end of the third, Syracuse closed to 13-11. In the first 5 minutes of the fourth, a pair of Ryan Goldstein goals opened it back to 15-11 and five minutes in, Syracuse closed to 15-12. And that was it for any scoring until Hugh Kelleher with 2:13 left and that was too many goals even for a Miracle at the Midfield comeback (i.e. tying Cornell in 2010 title game with 0:03 left, then winning in OT).

I was pleasantly surprised by the Cornell goaltending and FOGO Jack Cascadden in the first half. We more than held our own even if the numbers fell off in the second half.

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[b]Cornell    1H           2H[/b]
FO         9x16  63%    7x17 41%
Saves      10x15 67%    4x11 36%
Jack Cascadden (took all but 2 faceoffs) and Wyatt Knust made that halftime lead possible.

This was an imperfect but impressive game. Impressed that Connor Buczek managed the game well and called timeouts when it helped.

I was unpleasantly surprised by the broadcast. It took a long time to get registered, the video didn't work well on my TV / okay on my laptop, the announcing style felt like minor league hockey or baseball broadcast circa 1980, no shot clock or penalty clock onscreen, I don't believe I heard mention of how many goals or assists the leaders had.

Now on to play at Harvard next Saturday (12 noon) and close at home versus Dartmouth.

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Cornell    4-0  @Harvard, Dartmouth
Harvard    3-1  Cornell, @Brown (only loss 13-11 to Princeton)
Princeton  3-1  @Penn,Yale (only Ivy loss to Cornell)
Yale       3-2  Hofstra (4/15), @Albany, @Princeton (losses to Cornell, Yale)
Dartmouth  1-3  Brown, @Cornell
Penn       1-4  Princeton, @Notre Dame
Brown      0-4  @Dartmouth, Harvard
Win out, we host the Ivy League tournament. Lose to Harvard and it's problematic because Harvard is unlikely to give Brown its first Ivy victory and Harvard its second Ivy loss. It is painful to read the Ivy League's Rules for Men's Lacrosse Tiebreakers. I believe this (2023 edition) is most current.

[billhoward]

They had one really funny line that I tried to remember, and didn't. The rest: Borscht Belt Radio.

[jjanow99]

What happened on the dual unsportsmanlike calls at the end of the game? Kirst and a Syracuse player.

[mike1960]

Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE6O4vMZ7J4

[CU77]

Field-level highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JsmTC7VFgs

[upprdeck]

The three win out its +/- goals between the 3.

Lose to Harv in a close game we host

Of course Princ could also lose to yale to mess it up.

[CU2007]

What happened on the dual unsportsmanlike calls at the end of the game? Kirst and a Syracuse player.

Someone on Cornell apparently threw it in the empty net when the game was basically over. Cuse fans and players not happy saying it was the equivalent of dunking at the end of a basketball game that was over with the clock running down. Led to some trash talking

[MattShaf]

What happened on the dual unsportsmanlike calls at the end of the game? Kirst and a Syracuse player.

Someone on Cornell apparently threw it in the empty net when the game was basically over. Cuse fans and players not happy saying it was the equivalent of dunking at the end of a basketball game that was over with the clock running down. Led to some trash talking

Walker Wallace long pole goal from midfield. This was after SU defense landed a few vicious slashes on Kirst and Long as the Red were running out the clock. Syracuse deserved to have that goal scored on them b/c they certainly were chasing Cornell as if the game was still in reach.

[JasonN95]

Great pic of young kids swarming Kirst for autographs:

https://x.com/dan_aburn_/status/1911184528133022075?s=46&t=NmaV_B3oar4VeDi4Huee8w

[billhoward]

Kirst got mobbed (okay, semi-mobbed, snow was coming down  hard after the final whistle) at Lehigh.

Makes me wonder how Cornell's fortunes would have been if Jeff Teat weighed and stood the same Ed Marinaro-esque 6-2, 215 as CJ Kirst.

[upprdeck]

su could have let cornell run out the clock. if you are gonna chase and double then scoring is fine

[jjanow99]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but was this the first that Rory Graham has replaced Caddigan on the EMO? Just watched the highlights and I'm really impressed by how we were moving and passing on these opportunities.