CORNELL WINS 2025 MENS LACROSSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

[scoop85]

I arrived in Ithaca in 1981, just after our glorious 70's run. We made the semis my senior year, but lost to a superior North Carolina team. I was in Rutgers stadium in 1987 when our undefeated team was stonewalled by Quint and lost to an inferior Hopkins team. And most painful of all was watching from the stands in 2009 when we had victory in our grasp and saw it slip away. 2022 was a great story, but that was Maryland's year. While today I thought we were the better team going in, it was hard to discount how tough Maryland is, with their 6th year goalie who beat us in 2022. But led by one of the most amazing coaches in any sport we've seen at Cornell and an all-time great player, this team gave us the National Championship that we've been pining for, some of us for over four decades. As someone recently posted here, he said he would trade success of their professional teams with one Cornell hockey or lacrosse championship. I've always felt that way, and today was absolute magic.

Safe to say I'll be watching the replay of this game many times over the summer.

[ugarte]

follower on bsky shared a photo from his brother at the game showing Maryland as close as they ever got

lgr. we're #1.

[scoop85]

What a game. What a team. They went wire to wire as the dominant team this year - what a strange feeling.

I loved Buzcek's emotions at the end. What a coach. WD > MD. Cornell are the fucking champions. LGR!

Yesssssss!!!

Casual fan question: I think I can guess MD, but the only WD I know is 40.  What's that about?

"Well done is greater than well said"

[Robb]

What a game. What a team. They went wire to wire as the dominant team this year - what a strange feeling.

I loved Buzcek's emotions at the end. What a coach. WD > MD. Cornell are the fucking champions. LGR!

Yesssssss!!!

Casual fan question: I think I can guess MD, but the only WD I know is 40.  What's that about?

"Well done is better than well said", often shortened to "WD>WS" is Cornell lacrosse's motto.  I don't know who originated it for Cornell lacrosse, probably Richie Moran.

I found this article from 2015 where one of Cornell's defensive players was talking about this teammate, Jordan Stevens (who is the current Cornell defensive coach--his group came up HUGE today.)

https://www.ncaa.com/news/lacrosse-men/article/2015-04-22/defensive-prototype

"Ever since I came to Cornell, Jordan has been my mentor and from a personal perspective, he's always there for me, both on the field and off the field. He really cares about people and he really exemplifies the 'well done is better than well said' motto that we have in Cornell lacrosse."

Dang - didn't think I was *that* casual of a fan.  Can't believe I've missed this for  10+ years.  I shall have to redouble my lacrosses fan effort!

[stereax]

holy shit we actually did it

I'm gonna go cry in the corner. And watch the game on demand like 50 times. And cry in the corner.

"CJ Kirst is Hurt" people in fucking SHAMBLES. Jesus Kirst Superstar, how many goals have you scored so far... (Six!!!) Apparently he tied the record for goals in a single season too!

[scoop85]

So, I wonder who's going home with the Tewaaraton on Thursday :-P

[ugarte]

holy shit we actually did it

I'm gonna go cry in the corner. And watch the game on demand like 50 times. And cry in the corner.

"CJ Kirst is Hurt" people in fucking SHAMBLES. Jesus Kirst Superstar, how many goals have you scored so far... (Six!!!) Apparently he tied the record for goals in a single season too!

i mean ... he definitely looked hurt - his wrist was taped up and his shot was off but once he started going one-on-one and beating his defender off the dodge instead of having to quickly convert passes, he was a monster anyway.

one of a kind superstar. glad i got to watch him.

Dang - didn't think I was *that* casual of a fan.  Can't believe I've missed this for  10+ years.  I shall have to redouble my lacrosses fan effort!

might have been a locker room thing with less of a public face because tbh i hadn't noticed it at all until this year.

So, I wonder who's going home with the Tewaaraton on Thursday :-P

when they put up the single-season leaderboard in 3Q when he got within three i said to myself "we're winning. now let's get cj the record." i was ~almost~ disappointed when we turned it over on the possession after the empty-netter to tie.

[scoop85]

The trophy presentation is now available on ESPN+

[Tcl123]

The trophy presentation is now available on ESPN+

Awesome. Thanks for heads up.

[Weder]

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[rss77]

Great Achievement Red!  I believe back in 76 and 77 the Red had to go 3 rounds instead of 4 and there are more good D 1 teams than there were back then also.  Wipes out the sorry taste of 2009. LGR!!

[Tcl123]

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Thanks. Ordered. lol

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

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Only one item actually says "Cornell".  All the others simply have the nondescript "C" logo.  Meh.  

I'll wait to see what Cornell comes up with.

[Robb]

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Only one item actually says "Cornell".  All the others simply have the nondescript "C" logo.  Meh.  

I'll wait to see what Cornell comes up with.

Also, no offense to Long, but I want my national champion T-shirt to have #15 on it.....or 21.

[djk26]

Never thought I'd see another lacrosse championship, now I can stop obsessing over 2009.

My feelings exactly. Poetic justice that we win today at the scene of that crime

I almost wrote "Now 2009 never happened" but held back.  Nice to know others feel that way, too

I was not at all surprised when ESPN did the flashback to 2009 with like two minutes remaining in today's game. I turned away so I didn't have to watch it today.  Thank you, Cornel 2025 lacrosse, for replacing that memory.

I did the exact same thing! Now I can replace those mental images.

I did worry that we'd see Logan McNaney's cool save on Kirst (when the score was 10-8) over and over again. But Cornell made sure that save was just a footnote, not the start of a huge Maryland comeback. Nice job, Cornell.