Cornell - JHU game thread [NCAA R16]

[jjanow99]

To me the big mystery is what happened to the offense today. Numerous unforced turnovers, forced passes. Firth especially did not have a good game.

[jjanow99]

Thank you seniors for bringing the National Championship back to Ithaca!

[rss77]

Agreed. Hopkins deserved to win. Tully kept us in the game. They got open looks and Cornell did not.  In some ways similar to last Sunday's game in not getting possesions in 2nd half. Maybe some one who is a better analyst than me can explain what Hopkins did to deny Cornell on offense.

[Iceberg]

Definitely a carryover from the Princeton game last weekend. Without Tully, Hopkins wins the game by a larger margin. Offense had a disappointing game regardless especially given the 1st half

[MattShaf]

Tough loss for Cornell. offense which disappeared for the 2nd half, plagued by an inability to win 1:1 matchups or shoot effectively from range.
Hats off to Tully - was dialed in and kept the game from getting out of hand in the second half. 

Although this team wasn't built for a deep tournament run, Coach Buczek extracted a solid season from the squad. Rope unit was great and (until the IVY league tourney) the defense held teams to less the 10 goals per game.
Cascadden was great this year.
Offense struggled at times and were held under 10 goals 5x (1-4 record in those games).

Disappointingly, our record at Schoelkopf Stadium was only 5-4. On the road the red were 5-1 and 1-0 on neutral site (Duke game). Not sure how to explain this.

See how we can reload for next year. Losing 5 starters (Staub, Dooley, Luzzi, Box and Cascadden).  BRinging back the entire starting offense.

[dbilmes]

Hopkins shut us down even though it was missing one of its top defenders, who was in crutches on sidelines.
Cornell had chances to blow the game open in first half when we were winning every faceoff. But too many turnovers and poor offensive possessions. It's not like we ran into a hot goalie.

[Cornell troll]

Hopkins shut us down even though it was missing one of its top defenders, who was in crutches on sidelines.
Cornell had chances to blow the game open in first half when we were winning every faceoff. But too many turnovers and poor offensive possessions. It's not like we ran into a hot goalie.

If anything, our goalie was playing lights out

[LGR14]

Tough loss for Cornell. offense which disappeared for the 2nd half, plagued by an inability to win 1:1 matchups or shoot effectively from range.
Hats off to Tully - was dialed in and kept the game from getting out of hand in the second half. 

Although this team wasn't built for a deep tournament run, Coach Buczek extracted a solid season from the squad. Rope unit was great and (until the IVY league tourney) the defense held teams to less the 10 goals per game.
Cascadden was great this year.
Offense struggled at times and were held under 10 goals 5x (1-4 record in those games).

Disappointingly, our record at Schoelkopf Stadium was only 5-4. On the road the red were 5-1 and 1-0 on neutral site (Duke game). Not sure how to explain this.

See how we can reload for next year. Losing 5 starters (Staub, Dooley, Luzzi, Box and Cascadden).  BRinging back the entire starting offense.

Cascadden will be back.

[rss77]

That is what I thought too but in the Cornellbigred.com account they said it was his last game.  As I recall both Horseman and Cascadden were not honored on Senior Day and assumed they will be back next season.

[BearLover]

That is what I thought too but in the Cornellbigred.com account they said it was his last game.  As I recall both Horseman and Cascadden were not honored on Senior Day and assumed they will be back next season.

Probably a mistake. Cascadden lists 2027 as his class year on LinkedIn.

[chimpfood]

Yep cascadden will be back

[semsox]

I have to admit, today does not sting nearly as much because of what last year's team was able to accomplish. Which isn't to say it's not disappointing for everyone on the team, but, for as much as we try to talk about each year in a vacuum, it's very clear it's not played that way by the actual guys on the field.

After the bracket came out, I thought losing in this round would be disappointing, but losing subsequently to Notre Dame would not be, so it's all a matter of degree. Seemed like lots of little things worked against us (2nd half FOs, Hopkins D playing the game of their lives, a couple questionable end-line calls), not least of which was the sun of all things? (Please, no more 5 PM start times - Schoellkopf is clearly not designed for it).

Lots to look forward to in 2027.