CORNELL WINS 2025 MENS LACROSSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

[Al DeFlorio]

Re the 2022 championship game, and taking off the carnelian tinted glasses: yes, the final score was 9-7, but undefeated #1 seed Maryland led 9-2 late in the first half. It was a hot day, it was the 2nd game in 3 days, and the Terps realized they were in full control. So they let up a bit. Had Cornell made a serious threat to win (they did not), I have no doubt that the Terps would have come back up to full speed and dominated again. The Terps had lost the previous year's national championship game to UVa 18-17, and they were on an absolute mission in 2022, much like Cornell this year.

7-2 at halftime...just like 1976.  Had Piatelli's dunk at the crease not hit the post and then McNaney's backside before going in, the score would have been 9-7 with 3:30 to go.  A "serious threat."  Terps were gassed, just as Tillman said they were, multiple times, this year.

[djk26]

2009 was...I don't want to say heartbreaking because I was a fan; I'm sure it was heartbreaking for the players and sad for the rest of us. 2022 didn't feel that way because Cornell never led in that game (well, they did lead 1-0, but I mean they didn't surrender a late lead.)  In both 2009 and 2022, I thought the team exceeded expectations so to even make the final both years (2022 even more so) was a huge accomplishment.

I say this all to point out that a lot of that disappointment has been erased because the team won in all in 2025!  Yes, guys like Max Seibald and Gavin Adler and many (or all, in the case of Seibald) of their teammates never got to be national champions.  2025 doesn't take that away for the players.  But it largely does for me as a fan.

[ugarte]

djk, you have my permission to have your heart broken as a fan.

[BearLover]

2009 was...I don't want to say heartbreaking because I was a fan; I'm sure it was heartbreaking for the players and sad for the rest of us. 2022 didn't feel that way because Cornell never led in that game (well, they did lead 1-0, but I mean they didn't surrender a late lead.)  In both 2009 and 2022, I thought the team exceeded expectations so to even make the final both years (2022 even more so) was a huge accomplishment.

I say this all to point out that a lot of that disappointment has been erased because the team won in all in 2025!  Yes, guys like Max Seibald and Gavin Adler and many (or all, in the case of Seibald) of their teammates never got to be national champions.  2025 doesn't take that away for the players.  But it largely does for me as a fan.

2009 was by far the single most heartbreaking loss, in any sport, I have ever experienced (as a fan). Second was probably this season's final 8 loss to BU in OT in hockey, but the 2009 lacrosse final was far worse. And yes, it did make the 2025 title that much more meaningful to me (again, as a fan). 2009, which occurred the spring of my freshman year, set the stage for the next 15 years of pain as a Cornell sports fan. But maybe 2025 is the beginning of a new era.

[imafrshmn]

djk, you have my permission to have your heart broken as a fan.

This is really at the crux of how sports imitates life. Many of us habitually delay the processing of difficult emotions or don't even realize that stuff is still sitting somewhere in our subconscious mind, and it is only through a moment of ecstatic absolution that we feel it is safe or worthwhile to do that work. Yes, "only sports" teaches us a thing or two about dealing with "real" wounds and traumas.

[Weder]

There's another site selling championship gear (for a limited time), and the proceeds apparently go to the team.

https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/RhzsMSHPvz

[Al DeFlorio]

There's another site selling championship gear (for a limited time), and the proceeds apparently go to the team.

https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/RhzsMSHPvz

Is there an issue with putting all seven letters in the university's name on a shirt?:-(

[djk26]

There's another site selling championship gear (for a limited time), and the proceeds apparently go to the team.

https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/RhzsMSHPvz

Is there an issue with putting all seven letters in the university's name on a shirt?:-(

Maybe there is, Maybe it would make the $67.99 for long sleeved men's or women's T-shirt even more expensive.  ::thud::

[upprdeck]

Other than the hat there is nothing in that list that I would ever buy and actually wear in public

[The Rancor]

Best we can do is a bucket hat.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I bought one of the t-shirts from the Campus Store.  As well as "National Champions", etc., it says "Cornell" in roughly 1-1/2" letters, "Big Red" in 3/4" letters, along with the huge block "C".

It arrived last week.  I'm wearing it as we speak/write.

However, I just went on the webpage and it's no longer offered.

[Chris H82]

I bought one of the t-shirts from the Campus Store.  As well as "National Champions", etc., it says "Cornell" in roughly 1-1/2" letters, "Big Red" in 3/4" letters, along with the huge block "C".

It arrived last week.  I'm wearing it as we speak/write.

However, I just went on the webpage and it's no longer offered.

Keep checking, or call the campus store directly. They pull the web page when the stock gets low , but they might still have some (they did in my case). I was told they had more coming in, in anticipation of Reunion Weekend,  and that they were selling like hotcakes!

[CU77]

Another source for championship duds:

https://shop.ivyleaguesports.com/ivy-league/cornell-big-red/t-23482804+z-9230923-353053255

[mike1960]

Other than the hat there is nothing in that list that I would ever buy and actually wear in public

Those are very busy pieces of clothing.

[Chris H82]

Other than the hat there is nothing in that list that I would ever buy and actually wear in public

Those are very busy pieces of clothing.

At the pre-game tailgate, I saw some guys with red hats that said something about Cornell National Lax Champs '76(?), and on the side it had the Cornell score above the Maryland (?) score. I would LOVE to have a hat like that for this championship.