NCAA tournament: CU vs Richmond 5/19

[Swampy]

What the hell happened to Knust?  29% SV%?  Good lord.

You could hear the ball hitting the pipe and going in on four or five of those Spider goals. They were pinpoint shots. Yes, he could probably have stopped a few of those, but that was a display of fine shooting.

It seemed he wasn't seeing the ball very well. In a few instances, he moved the basket of his stick past the incoming ball. In other words, it wasn't shot placement that caused the goal.

[mike1960]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Spiders coach gets the job the next time a big time program wants to change.

[mike1960]

What the hell happened to Knust?  29% SV%?  Good lord.

You could hear the ball hitting the pipe and going in on four or five of those Spider goals. They were pinpoint shots. Yes, he could probably have stopped a few of those, but that was a display of fine shooting.

It seemed he wasn't seeing the ball very well. In a few instances, he moved the basket of his stick past the incoming ball. In other words, it wasn't shot placement that caused the goal.

I saw that one too. He didn't have his best day. But we also need to do a better job closing out on those shooters.

[RichH]

That was probably the best defense we'll see the rest of the season. They may not be the most talented, but they play together and they are well coached. They do their jobs.

During the postgame the announcers commented that Richmond was a team built to beat Cornell. We dodged a bullet, and that easily could have gone to OT. They were the team that scared me the most in our half of the bracket. We escaped.

[mike1960]

That was probably the best defense we'll see the rest of the season. They may not be the most talented, but they play together and they are well coached. They do their jobs.

During the postgame the announcers commented that Richmond was a team built to beat Cornell. We dodged a bullet, and that easily could have gone to OT. They were the team that scared me the most in our half of the bracket. We escaped.

Yep. It felt like the Penn games from last year when a really good defense bogged us down. But we're better this year. We have a more diverse offense and we identify and take advantage of mistakes when they happen.

Edit: We also have the greatest college lacrosse player in the galaxy.

[Ken711]

Game highlights.

Richmond Game Highlights

[arugula]

In past years that's the game that eliminates us. Michigan a couple years ago. Penn in ilt last year.  Cross fingers.

[ugarte]

Shout to the team playing lockdown the last 5+ minutes to hold a one-goal lead and Goldstein stepping up when Kirst couldn't break out and Knust looked *awful* in the highlight reel.

[RichH]

While we gave up a large number of goals in the ILT, it was against teams with strong offenses.

If we score 14 we win.

Or 13.

[CU2007]

Yea knust wasn't good at all today. It happens. Whatever about a couple nice shots. Doesn't mean he's a bad goalie or a bad person (before anyone gets mad at me) but he will definitely need to be better next weekend.

[David Harding]

The Sun https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/05/no-1-men-s-lacrosse-outmaneuvers-richmond-s-defense-for-tight-victory-in-tough-ncaa-quarterfinal
and Cornell Athletics https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/5/17/mens-lacrosse-off-to-the-final-four-outlasts-richmond-13-12.aspx
both have their stories posted.

[djk26]

editing this out--I didn't even know it posted--longer post later in the thread

[rss77]

Kirst did not seem to moving at the pace he has most of the year.  He has taken a ton of shots to the body this season so not sure if we credit Richmond's defense or potential minor injury?  I will comment that I amazed at the way Goldstein moves his feet.  I think 90% of us would trip over our own feet if we tried to move like him.

[jjanow99]

Little to no production from the middies today. Kelleher had zero shots. Need more from them next week.

[Scersk '97]

Kirst did not seem to moving at the pace he has most of the year.  He has taken a ton of shots to the body this season so not sure if we credit Richmond's defense or potential minor injury?  I will comment that I amazed at the way Goldstein moves his feet.  I think 90% of us would trip over our own feet if we tried to move like him.

On replays it looked like he was "over-waving" his stick? Like, moving it too fast and getting ahead of the ball, moving it out of the path when he could've made the save?

But I don't know anything. I'm sure they'll look at tape and figure it out. He was definitely not on.

EDIT: By the way, I read Knust here instead of Kirst. I thought Kirst was just getting hacked and nothing was being done.