Cornell Soccer 2025

[chimpfood]

What is the soccer post season like?  Is there a conference tournament?  Is there an Ivy auto bid to the NC$$?

LMGTFM (AI so assume it is all wrong):

The Ivy League holds a four-team conference tournament.  The winner receives the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The NCAA tournament involves single-elimination rounds played at campus sites, with the winners advancing to the "College Cup," a predetermined neutral site for the semifinals and championship. The Division I tournament features 64 teams, with the top 16 seeded and receiving a bye in the first round.

Last year:

Three Ivies will continue on to the 2024 Men's Soccer College Cup as Cornell, Penn, and Princeton all earned berths to the NCAA Tournament.

Penn earned the number six overall seed in the College Cup as the Quakers finished the regular season with a 14-3-1 overall record and ranked seventh in the RPI metrics. Penn recorded a variety of notable non-conference wins throughout the season with victories over Pittsburgh, Hofstra, and Fordham. With the seeding, the Quakers earned a first-round bye and will take on the winner of UMass and Evansville.

Princeton, who earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, didn't have to stress throughout the selection show as the Tigers took down Penn, 3-1, in last weekend's conference tournament championship game. The Tigers (12-6, 5-2 Ivy) enter the tournament having won three of their last four games and will take on Akron in the first round.

Cornell received an at-large selection into the NCAA Tournament after a terrific regular season that saw the Big Red finish 12-3-2 overall and 5-2 in Ivy League play.   Cornell is led by Co-Offensive Player of the Year Alex Harris who ranks second in the nation in goals per game. Cornell will take on Fordham in the opening round.

Most recent 2025 poll.

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[b]Rk  School Prv  Points W-L-T[/b]
 1. Indiana        4 197 5-0-1
 2. Clemson        3 192 3-0-1
 3. Akron         11 180 4-0-1
 4. Wake Forest    6 178 3-0-1
 5. NC State       5 167 3-0-1
 6. Louisville    RV 162 4-0-0
 7. Gardner-Webb  13 152 5-0-0
 8. Stanford       1 143 4-1-0
 9. Portland      24 135 5-0-0
10. Marshall       2 128 1-0-2
11. Greensboro    12 126 4-0-1
12. High Point    15 112 3-0-1
13. Vermont        9 103 3-0-2
14. Virginia Tech  8 97 2-0-2
15. West Virginia  6 88 3-1-1
16. Utah Valley   18 80 5-0-0
17. Bryant        NR 64 4-0-1
18. Kentucky      17 54 2-0-1
19. Duke          14 35 2-0-2
20. San Francisco NR 34 4-1-0
21. UNC          RV 25 3-1-1
22. Cal-Irvine    RV 24 4-0-1
[color=#b31313]23. Cornell       NR 23 2-1-0[/color]
24. Saint Louis   16 19 3-1-1
25. San Diego     NR 15 3-1-1


That Akron home game on October 7 could make this a special season.

NCAA tourney is 48 teams with the top 16 getting a bye, not sure how 64 teams would work with that system.

Akron lost yesterday so they'll probably drop to around #10 this week.

[ugarte]

Early season RPI doesn't respect our schedule. Currently at 74. Too much SOS early in the season Dartmouth is higher at 1-3. Princeton is top 10 and lost their only game against a good opponent.
https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/RPI%20Rank

[chimpfood]

Early season RPI doesn't respect our schedule. Currently at 74. Too much SOS early in the season Dartmouth is higher at 1-3. Princeton is top 10 and lost their only game against a good opponent.
https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/RPI%20Rank

Yeah I wouldn't worry much about RPI for individual teams yet but one encouraging sign is that the Ivy League average RPI is currently at .5076. I don't expect it to stay that high but with what looks like a clear top 3 of Penn, Princeton, and Cornell, that number could be enough to get all 3 in the big dance.

[ugarte]

Big 3-0 bounce back win over western Michigan. Looked really good today.

Not sure why Cornell didn't post the highlights from the game since it was in Ithaca and on ESPN+. First goal was a nice volley off a set piece, second and third were great counterattacking passes into space followed by clean finishes after nice runs right at the box. WMU defense probably got an earful during film review over the latter pair.

[dbilmes]

Big 3-0 bounce back win over western Michigan. Looked really good today.

Not sure why Cornell didn't post the highlights from the game since it was in Ithaca and on ESPN+. First goal was a nice volley off a set piece, second and third were great counterattacking passes into space followed by clean finishes after nice runs right at the box. WMU defense probably got an earful during film review over the latter pair.

I found the highlights on the Cornell Athletics YouTube channel.

[ugarte]

Big 3-0 bounce back win over western Michigan. Looked really good today.

Not sure why Cornell didn't post the highlights from the game since it was in Ithaca and on ESPN+. First goal was a nice volley off a set piece, second and third were great counterattacking passes into space followed by clean finishes after nice runs right at the box. WMU defense probably got an earful during film review over the latter pair.

I found the highlights on the Cornell Athletics YouTube channel.

they usually embed it in the game recap but thanks for the tip.

[chimpfood]

Dominant win over NJIT. My goodness our finishing needs work tho

[ugarte]

Ivy opener vs Yale today. let's not screw this one up!

[ugarte]

Ivy opener vs Yale today. let's not screw this one up!

Cornell up 2-1 at the half. Cornell getting more shots, Yale committing more fouls. Keep the score with the run of play. Just turned the game on and heard that Yale saved a PK late in the half to keep it close.

[dag14]

Slow start with Yale scoring first; Cornell with 2 toward the end of the first half.  Let's hope they stay focused.

[ugarte]

Cornell scores while I was away from my computer then rings one off the post as soon as I got back.

[ugarte]

Another great save from the Yale goalie.

[ugarte]

Dominant second half. 3-1 final but Yale never came close to scoring again and with slightly more touch we win by 5. Cornell was constantly dispossessing Yale and getting the ball into space. Looked great.

[chimpfood]

Saw Schafer at the game, he must be good luck

[CAS]

All 3 goals scored by frosh