OT LAX: Cornell lacrosse at Syracuse

Started by Hillel Hoffmann, April 11, 2005, 03:49:49 PM

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DeltaOne81

#75
April 12, 2005, 10:20:45 PM
I like hockey more, but I find that I miss lacrosse more when the season ends. In part that has to do with the fact that after hockey, I can turn my attention to lacrosse. But lacrosse is also more non-stop action in a way hockey just isn't.

And when lacrosse ends, I don't have anything. Well, except baseball, but May/June baseball just isn't the same as September/October baseball.

Trotsky

#76
April 13, 2005, 04:40:09 AM
Thanks for the updates.  Scrolling through them from the top was almost as good as listening to the game.

billhoward

#78
April 13, 2005, 09:17:47 AM
>>> Through the 60 minutes of lacrosse just completed, Boulukos was every inch the Cornell warrior his appearance suggested. He scored a career-high seven goals against Syracuse to lead his Big Red to a thrilling 16-14 win in front of 4,027 Dome patrons, a clot of them cheering for Cornell.

A clot of them?

[edit] Story also notes Syracuse going in had won 91% of games in the Dome and now this year is 2-3 at home.

Hillel Hoffmann

#80
April 13, 2005, 10:34:46 AM
I can't believe that game.

Some perspective: Cornell scored 16 goals and came from behind to beat Syracuse in the Dome...

... DESPITE being totally dominated at the faceoff X and getting little help from FO wings.

... DESPITE Syracuse more or less successfully neutralizing Cornell's two best offensive players and noted Orange-killers, Justin Redd (0-1) and Sean Greenhalgh (2-1).

... DESPITE partially reverting to some bad offensive habits (note the lack of assisted goals).

... DESPITE McMonagle's weak play -- OK, maybe he made one or two big saves.

... DESPITE getting frequently outworked for ground balls.

... DESPITE getting negligible production from the second midfield line (points from this unit was a stated pre-game goal).

So what does this mean? Cornell can freaking shoot the lights out. Cornell has so many weapons that you can't neutralize them all. Cornell is so well-coached that they can make adjustments on the fly to create more favorable match-ups on defense and offense. Cornell is so confident and resilient that falling behind on the road doesn't fluster them.

It's all true.

But they won't beat Dartmouth or go very far in the playoffs if they play that way again.

DeltaOne81

#81
April 13, 2005, 11:45:46 AM
[Q]Al DeFlorio Wrote:

 Interesting bit of Cornell hockey/lacrosse synergy:[/q]
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Al DeFlorio

#82
April 13, 2005, 05:06:47 PM
More Daily Orange articles here:  http://www.dailyorange.com/sections/275751.html
Al DeFlorio '65

billhoward

#83
April 13, 2005, 05:34:30 PM
[Q]Hillel Hoffmann Wrote: ... .So what does this mean? Cornell can freaking shoot the lights out. Cornell has so many weapons that you can't neutralize them all. Cornell is so well-coached that they can make adjustments on the fly to create more favorable match-ups on defense and offense. Cornell is so confident and resilient that falling behind on the road doesn't fluster them. [/q]Maybe Coach Tambroni could bring in Coach Schafer for a talk with the team on the merits of solid defense, and then Coach Tambroni could return the favor in the fall at Lynah.

Meanwhile, does TBRW have a page devoted to great Cornell hockey players who never picked up a lacrosse stick on East Hill (Niewendyk, Moulson, et al) and possibly the opposite?

billhoward

#84
April 13, 2005, 05:41:41 PM
Who's putting out the Daily Orange? Doesn't Syracuse have graduation like the first week in April or hoops Final Four weekend, whichver comes first?

Note the top story is not all the "Cornell has Pfeifer seeing double" stuff but that one of the football players in back is class after being arrested.

jy3

#85
April 13, 2005, 06:26:10 PM
sweet! for some reason i thought the game was 2nite? dont ask me why! awesome game I am sure, wish i coulda been there.
LGR!
LGR!!!!!!!!!!
jy3 '00

Trotsky

#87
April 14, 2005, 06:37:18 AM
[Q]billhoward Wrote:
Meanwhile, does TBRW have a page devoted to great Cornell hockey players who never picked up a lacrosse stick on East Hill (Niewendyk, Moulson, et al) and possibly the opposite? [/q]

Nope, although I suspect that breaks down to Cornell players before and after about 1973.

Hillel Hoffmann

#89
April 14, 2005, 02:58:02 PM
Newsday's dorky lacrosse pundit Tom Rock did an interview with Joe Boulukos today. Link: http://www.newsday.com/sports/lacrosse/ny-lax-x0414,0,1734976.story?coll=ny-lacrosse-headlines (There's a reference to another interview with JB last year. Don't remember that.)

Here's one telling bit. When Rock asked Boulukos why the team's gpg had jumped from 9.5 in 2004 to 12.5 so far this year, Joe said: "I think the biggest change has been that we're really moving the ball better and sharing the ball better this year. Last year we were kind of stagnant where one or two guys would be moving and the other guys would be kind of getting in each other's way."

Also, in case you missed it, insidelacrosse.com, an overrated but occasionally useful site, recently posted an article written by Richard Belisle, the father of Cornell sophomore close defenseman Mitch Belisle. It's very long, but it communicates just how remarkably cohesive this team is -- and how effective and adaptable Jeff Tambroni and Ben DeLuca have become. Here's the link: http://www.insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=80845
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