Cornell lacrosse in 2011

Two encouraging articles in today's Ithaca Journal:

[www.theithacajournal.com]

[www.theithacajournal.com]

Cody Bremner played hockey for Nanaimo and comes in as a two-sport guy. We'll see how that pans out.

Bremner is certainly an intriguing guy. Would be great if he could follow in the tradition of great Canadian attackmen.

2011 should be an exciting season; I just hope the team doesn't listen to the hype. We seem to do best when not much is expected.

Al DeFlorio

Cody Bremner played hockey for Nanaimo and comes in as a two-sport guy. We'll see how that pans out.

Unfortunately, the hockey/lacrosse combo is almost impossible to do now. Back in our day Al, the NCAA hockey final would be something like March 18 and the first lacrosse game in early April. Cornell's first lacrosse game was still April 1 in 1971 when the NCAA lacrosse tournament was added, with our second game April 14.
Now we've got NCAA hockey regionals the last weekend in March and lacrosse starting in February. Since we haven't heard Bremner's name regarding hockey recruiting, perhaps he's decided to concentrate solely on lacrosse. Anybody out there have additional info?

jkahn

Al DeFlorio

Cody Bremner played hockey for Nanaimo and comes in as a two-sport guy. We'll see how that pans out.

Unfortunately, the hockey/lacrosse combo is almost impossible to do now. Back in our day Al, the NCAA hockey final would be something like March 18 and the first lacrosse game in early April. Cornell's first lacrosse game was still April 1 in 1971 when the NCAA lacrosse tournament was added, with our second game April 14.
Now we've got NCAA hockey regionals the last weekend in March and lacrosse starting in February. Since we haven't heard Bremner's name regarding hockey recruiting, perhaps he's decided to concentrate solely on lacrosse. Anybody out there have additional info?

I'm pretty sure it won't happen. I think Harry Orr was the last to pull it off. In an internet forum somewhere, someone posted Bremner was hoping for a hockey "scholarship" before deciding on a college. Guess it didn't happen.

I just hope Tambroni is part of the picture in 2011. IL reports today that he's on Maryland's short list.

Al DeFlorio

jkahn

Al DeFlorio

Cody Bremner played hockey for Nanaimo and comes in as a two-sport guy. We'll see how that pans out.

Unfortunately, the hockey/lacrosse combo is almost impossible to do now. Back in our day Al, the NCAA hockey final would be something like March 18 and the first lacrosse game in early April. Cornell's first lacrosse game was still April 1 in 1971 when the NCAA lacrosse tournament was added, with our second game April 14.
Now we've got NCAA hockey regionals the last weekend in March and lacrosse starting in February. Since we haven't heard Bremner's name regarding hockey recruiting, perhaps he's decided to concentrate solely on lacrosse. Anybody out there have additional info?

I'm pretty sure it won't happen. I think Harry Orr was the last to pull it off. In an internet forum somewhere, someone posted Bremner was hoping for a hockey "scholarship" before deciding on a college. Guess it didn't happen.

Or the lacrosse scholarship paid more. At least he knows what his major will be. Or is "lacrosse" the name of the town?

According to Heisenberg, nobody on the Clippers this year will be playing NCAA hockey next winter.

Swampy

Al DeFlorio

jkahn

Al DeFlorio

Cody Bremner played hockey for Nanaimo and comes in as a two-sport guy. We'll see how that pans out.

Unfortunately, the hockey/lacrosse combo is almost impossible to do now. Back in our day Al, the NCAA hockey final would be something like March 18 and the first lacrosse game in early April. Cornell's first lacrosse game was still April 1 in 1971 when the NCAA lacrosse tournament was added, with our second game April 14.
Now we've got NCAA hockey regionals the last weekend in March and lacrosse starting in February. Since we haven't heard Bremner's name regarding hockey recruiting, perhaps he's decided to concentrate solely on lacrosse. Anybody out there have additional info?

I'm pretty sure it won't happen. I think Harry Orr was the last to pull it off. In an internet forum somewhere, someone posted Bremner was hoping for a hockey "scholarship" before deciding on a college. Guess it didn't happen.

Or the lacrosse scholarship paid more. At least he knows what his major will be. Or is "lacrosse" the name of the town?

Of course, the English he used to state the point is, well...

earned a scholarship to attend Cornell in lacrosse.

Per the Ithace Journal a few minutes ago, Coach Tambroni is not a candidate for the Maryland job.


Ithaca Journal

peterg
Per the Ithace Journal a few minutes ago, Coach Tambroni is not a candidate for the Maryland job.


Ithaca Journal

I rarely use it, but that deserves:

peterg
Per the Ithace Journal a few minutes ago, Coach Tambroni is not a candidate for the Maryland job.


Ithaca Journal

He sounds genuinely happy to be living and working in Ithaca. I second Jason's use of the banana.

Josh '99

peterg
Per the Ithace Journal a few minutes ago, Coach Tambroni is not a candidate for the Maryland job.


Ithaca Journal

He sounds genuinely happy to be living and working in Ithaca. I second Jason's use of the banana.

Since my son loves the banana, I'll go with two

scoop85

Josh '99

peterg
Per the Ithace Journal a few minutes ago, Coach Tambroni is not a candidate for the Maryland job.


Ithaca Journal

He sounds genuinely happy to be living and working in Ithaca. I second Jason's use of the banana.

Since my son loves the banana, I'll go with two

Both Fiore and Noble named to IL's Freshmen first-team for 2010

scoop85
Both Fiore and Noble named to IL's Freshmen first-team for 2010

A nice feather in the cap for both of them. I wonder whether Bronzino would also have made the cut if he hadn't spent so much of the season injured.

Josh '99

scoop85
Both Fiore and Noble named to IL's Freshmen first-team for 2010

A nice feather in the cap for both of them. I wonder whether Bronzino would also have made the cut if he hadn't spent so much of the season injured.

And let's not forget Mock who scored 15 goals in five tournament games (two Ivy and three NCAA).

It also seems that in two years, we'll be getting a Maryland All-Metro attackman, after a year at Deerfield. Hopefully this kid, John Hogan, can put to as good a use as Pannell did. He'll be a FR when Pannell is a SR, Mock, Gillum and Fiore are JRs. Sounds like a good team to me.

Baltimore Sun All-Metro

CornellCommodore
It also seems that in two years, we'll be getting a Maryland All-Metro attackman, after a year at Deerfield. Hopefully this kid, John Hogan, can put to as good a use as Pannell did. He'll be a FR when Pannell is a SR, Mock, Gillum and Fiore are JRs. Sounds like a good team to me.

Baltimore Sun All-Metro

Hogan is a middie, not an attackman

scoop85

CornellCommodore
It also seems that in two years, we'll be getting a Maryland All-Metro attackman, after a year at Deerfield. Hopefully this kid, John Hogan, can put to as good a use as Pannell did. He'll be a FR when Pannell is a SR, Mock, Gillum and Fiore are JRs. Sounds like a good team to me.

Baltimore Sun All-Metro

Hogan is a middie, not an attackman

so this begs the question - is he going to Deerfield for his grades or to develop his lacrosse? i don't see us as having too many mids on the roster ... in fact i think we could use as many as we can get. this is the first PG year i can remember under Coach T, any thoughts?

Rob Pannell did a postgrad year at Deerfield.

billhoward
Rob Pannell did a postgrad year at Deerfield.

Yes, but Pannell wasn't committed to Cornell when he went to Deerfield, he went there to do the postgrad year because he wasn't happy with his college choices beforehand; only had one scholarship offer, at Quinnipiac.

ben03

scoop85

CornellCommodore
It also seems that in two years, we'll be getting a Maryland All-Metro attackman, after a year at Deerfield. Hopefully this kid, John Hogan, can put to as good a use as Pannell did. He'll be a FR when Pannell is a SR, Mock, Gillum and Fiore are JRs. Sounds like a good team to me.

Baltimore Sun All-Metro

Hogan is a middie, not an attackman

so this begs the question - is he going to Deerfield for his grades or to develop his lacrosse? i don't see us as having too many mids on the roster ... in fact i think we could use as many as we can get. this is the first PG year i can remember under Coach T, any thoughts?

I suspect it is grades. A friend's son here in Syracuse had to go to Onondaga CC for a semester, to prove his ability to do the work, but was then guaranteed admission in the spring. He turned out to be a high scoring attackman.

Josh '99

billhoward
Rob Pannell did a postgrad year at Deerfield.

Yes, but Pannell wasn't committed to Cornell when he went to Deerfield, he went there to do the postgrad year because he wasn't happy with his college choices beforehand; only had one scholarship offer, at Quinnipiac.

thanks Josh ... you hit it on the head. what i meant to say was i don't recall sending a kid for a PG year after committing under Coach T.

Andrew West, senior goalie for Connecticut class M champion Darien, is headed for Cornell next fall. Inside Lacrosse article here: [insidelacrosse.com]

Darien sophomore Case Matheis scored nine goals and eleven points in the championship game. Hope he and West are good buddies.

The really, really, REALLY pre-season Inside Lacrosse media poll for the 2011 season: [insidelacrosse.com]

With a few comments here: [insidelacrosse.com]

Al DeFlorio
The really, really, REALLY pre-season Inside Lacrosse media poll for the 2011 season: [insidelacrosse.com]

With a few comments here: [insidelacrosse.com]

I like this quote:

6) Duke

Losing, in essence, two senior classes will lead to some struggles, particularly early.

David Mitchell begat Ryan Hurley begat ? You and I don’t know that answer, but Jeff Tambroni does. Someone will put a bushel load of Rob Panell passes in the net next year, but who?

Truer words have never been spoken. I don't see Mock taking Hurlery's spot, but someone will.

semsox

David Mitchell begat Ryan Hurley begat ? You and I don’t know that answer, but Jeff Tambroni does. Someone will put a bushel load of Rob Panell passes in the net next year, but who?

Truer words have never been spoken. I don't see Mock taking Hurlery's spot, but someone will.

i don't necessarily know that won't be the case ... Mock stepped up big time in the NC$$'s

with that said, i'll put money's on "i don't have a clue ... "

ben03

semsox

David Mitchell begat Ryan Hurley begat ? You and I don’t know that answer, but Jeff Tambroni does. Someone will put a bushel load of Rob Panell passes in the net next year, but who?

Truer words have never been spoken. I don't see Mock taking Hurlery's spot, but someone will.

i don't necessarily know that won't be the case ... Mock stepped up big time in the NC$$'s

with that said, i'll put money's on "i don't have a clue ... "

Quint thinks it might be Mock: [insidelacrosse.com]

Al DeFlorio

ben03

semsox

David Mitchell begat Ryan Hurley begat ? You and I don’t know that answer, but Jeff Tambroni does. Someone will put a bushel load of Rob Panell passes in the net next year, but who?

Truer words have never been spoken. I don't see Mock taking Hurlery's spot, but someone will.

i don't necessarily know that won't be the case ... Mock stepped up big time in the NC$$'s

with that said, i'll put money's on "i don't have a clue ... "

Quint thinks it might be Mock: [insidelacrosse.com]

Certainly Mock will be a big part of the picture next year -- but who get's the third attack spot? We've got returnees like Austin, Gilbane, Taylor and Gamble -- maybe one of them will step-up. Or perhaps Lau or Gillum move back to attack from the midfield. And then there's guys from the incoming class like Entenmann and Bremner. However it shakes out, there seems to be enough top-end talent to have a dynamic attack.

scoop85

Al DeFlorio

ben03

semsox

David Mitchell begat Ryan Hurley begat ? You and I don’t know that answer, but Jeff Tambroni does. Someone will put a bushel load of Rob Panell passes in the net next year, but who?

Truer words have never been spoken. I don't see Mock taking Hurlery's spot, but someone will.

i don't necessarily know that won't be the case ... Mock stepped up big time in the NC$$'s

with that said, i'll put money's on "i don't have a clue ... "

Quint thinks it might be Mock: [insidelacrosse.com]

Certainly Mock will be a big part of the picture next year -- but who get's the third attack spot? We've got returnees like Austin, Gilbane, Taylor and Gamble -- maybe one of them will step-up. Or perhaps Lau or Gillum move back to attack from the midfield. And then there's guys from the incoming class like Entenmann and Bremner. However it shakes out, there seems to be enough top-end talent to have a dynamic attack.

Seemed to me Hurley's height was a big advantage for his catch-and-shoot style at the crease. Made it easier for Pannell to feed him.

Al DeFlorio

scoop85

Al DeFlorio

ben03

semsox

David Mitchell begat Ryan Hurley begat ? You and I don’t know that answer, but Jeff Tambroni does. Someone will put a bushel load of Rob Panell passes in the net next year, but who?

Truer words have never been spoken. I don't see Mock taking Hurlery's spot, but someone will.

i don't necessarily know that won't be the case ... Mock stepped up big time in the NC$$'s

with that said, i'll put money's on "i don't have a clue ... "

Quint thinks it might be Mock: [insidelacrosse.com]

Certainly Mock will be a big part of the picture next year -- but who get's the third attack spot? We've got returnees like Austin, Gilbane, Taylor and Gamble -- maybe one of them will step-up. Or perhaps Lau or Gillum move back to attack from the midfield. And then there's guys from the incoming class like Entenmann and Bremner. However it shakes out, there seems to be enough top-end talent to have a dynamic attack.

Seemed to me Hurley's height was a big advantage for his catch-and-shoot style at the crease. Made it easier for Pannell to feed him.

Move Lang to attack, if you really want size there?

Josh '99

Al DeFlorio

scoop85

Al DeFlorio

ben03

semsox

David Mitchell begat Ryan Hurley begat ? You and I don’t know that answer, but Jeff Tambroni does. Someone will put a bushel load of Rob Panell passes in the net next year, but who?

Truer words have never been spoken. I don't see Mock taking Hurlery's spot, but someone will.

i don't necessarily know that won't be the case ... Mock stepped up big time in the NC$$'s

with that said, i'll put money's on "i don't have a clue ... "

Quint thinks it might be Mock: [insidelacrosse.com]

Certainly Mock will be a big part of the picture next year -- but who get's the third attack spot? We've got returnees like Austin, Gilbane, Taylor and Gamble -- maybe one of them will step-up. Or perhaps Lau or Gillum move back to attack from the midfield. And then there's guys from the incoming class like Entenmann and Bremner. However it shakes out, there seems to be enough top-end talent to have a dynamic attack.

Seemed to me Hurley's height was a big advantage for his catch-and-shoot style at the crease. Made it easier for Pannell to feed him.

Move Lang to attack, if you really want size there?

I'm more worried about midfield than attack. That was this past season's #1 soft spot. Lang and Lau were the two best dodgers at midfield, although Lang has to learn to hold onto the ball better while dodging. I'm hoping Bremner will bring Canadian-style finishing skills to the table next year, but we'll have to wait and see--as with all freshmen.

Al DeFlorio

Josh '99

Al DeFlorio

scoop85

Al DeFlorio

ben03

semsox

David Mitchell begat Ryan Hurley begat ? You and I don’t know that answer, but Jeff Tambroni does. Someone will put a bushel load of Rob Panell passes in the net next year, but who?

Truer words have never been spoken. I don't see Mock taking Hurlery's spot, but someone will.

i don't necessarily know that won't be the case ... Mock stepped up big time in the NC$$'s

with that said, i'll put money's on "i don't have a clue ... "

Quint thinks it might be Mock: [insidelacrosse.com]

Certainly Mock will be a big part of the picture next year -- but who get's the third attack spot? We've got returnees like Austin, Gilbane, Taylor and Gamble -- maybe one of them will step-up. Or perhaps Lau or Gillum move back to attack from the midfield. And then there's guys from the incoming class like Entenmann and Bremner. However it shakes out, there seems to be enough top-end talent to have a dynamic attack.

Seemed to me Hurley's height was a big advantage for his catch-and-shoot style at the crease. Made it easier for Pannell to feed him.

Move Lang to attack, if you really want size there?

I'm more worried about midfield than attack. That was this past season's #1 soft spot. Lang and Lau were the two best dodgers at midfield, although Lang has to learn to hold onto the ball better while dodging. I'm hoping Bremner will bring Canadian-style finishing skills to the table next year, but we'll have to wait and see--as with all freshmen.

Agreed, the midfield must be more dynamic next season; it was held in check during the ND game and really hampered the attack.

Harvard coach and Cornell alum John Tillman reportedly replacing Dave Cottle at Maryland: [insidelacrosse.com]

I guess we owe Maryland one for Richie Moran.

Al DeFlorio
Harvard coach and Cornell alum John Tillman reportedly replacing Dave Cottle at Maryland: [insidelacrosse.com].
I guess we owe Maryland one for Richie Moran.

>>> UM is expected to make the news official on Wednesday. It's believed to be a long-term deal. Calls to Tillman and to UM senior associate athletics director Michael Lipitz have not been returned.

A bit top-heavy on administrators.

Al DeFlorio
Harvard coach and Cornell alum John Tillman reportedly replacing Dave Cottle at Maryland: [insidelacrosse.com]

I guess we owe Maryland one for Richie Moran.

Same citation:

Tillman comes to College Park after three years returning Harvard lacrosse to national prominence....During his three seasons at Harvard, Tillman compiled an overall record of 20-19, including an 8-5 mark in 2009, which was the Crimson's highest win total since 1999.

Wow. A .500 record, no tournament appearances and a fifth place finish in a seven team league. That's a return to national prominence???

I appreciate the win over Princeton, but...

TimV

Al DeFlorio
Harvard coach and Cornell alum John Tillman reportedly replacing Dave Cottle at Maryland: [insidelacrosse.com]

I guess we owe Maryland one for Richie Moran.

Same citation:

Tillman comes to College Park after three years returning Harvard lacrosse to national prominence....During his three seasons at Harvard, Tillman compiled an overall record of 20-19, including an 8-5 mark in 2009, which was the Crimson's highest win total since 1999.

Wow. A .500 record, no tournament appearances and a fifth place finish in a seven team league. That's a return to national prominence???

I appreciate the win over Princeton, but...

Maybe they meant "relevance"?

Also, "return to"? Have they ever been nationally prominent?

Josh '99

TimV

Al DeFlorio
Harvard coach and Cornell alum John Tillman reportedly replacing Dave Cottle at Maryland: [insidelacrosse.com]

I guess we owe Maryland one for Richie Moran.

Same citation:

Tillman comes to College Park after three years returning Harvard lacrosse to national prominence....During his three seasons at Harvard, Tillman compiled an overall record of 20-19, including an 8-5 mark in 2009, which was the Crimson's highest win total since 1999.

Wow. A .500 record, no tournament appearances and a fifth place finish in a seven team league. That's a return to national prominence???

I appreciate the win over Princeton, but...

Maybe they meant "relevance"?

Also, "return to"? Have they ever been nationally prominent?

Twelve national championships between 1881 and 1915.

Al DeFlorio

Josh '99

TimV

Al DeFlorio
Harvard coach and Cornell alum John Tillman reportedly replacing Dave Cottle at Maryland: [insidelacrosse.com]

I guess we owe Maryland one for Richie Moran.

Same citation:

Tillman comes to College Park after three years returning Harvard lacrosse to national prominence....During his three seasons at Harvard, Tillman compiled an overall record of 20-19, including an 8-5 mark in 2009, which was the Crimson's highest win total since 1999.

Wow. A .500 record, no tournament appearances and a fifth place finish in a seven team league. That's a return to national prominence???

I appreciate the win over Princeton, but...

Maybe they meant "relevance"?

Also, "return to"? Have they ever been nationally prominent?

Twelve national championships between 1881 and 1915.

OK, then have they ever been relevant?

TimV
Wow. A .500 record, no tournament appearances and a fifth place finish in a seven team league. That's a return to national prominence???

I appreciate the win over Princeton, but...

I'd have taken Tillman in a second...

Apparently one of Cornell's recruits is playing for Sweden in the world championships.

[www.heraldnet.com]

Cornell will scrimmage against Villanova and Hofstra in the Colleluori Classic at Ridley High School in Folsom, PA, on October 9th. Details here: [insidelacrosse.com]

Figures. I'll be out of town that day.

Cornell and Virginia will play in the second game of the Face-off Classic on March 12 in Baltimore.
[cornellbigred.com]

It will be intersting to see how much more attention the publication will pay to us now that they can use us to pimp their event,

TimV
It will be intersting to see how much more attention the publication will pay to us now that they can use us to pimp their event,

True, we've always been the ugly stepchild on IL, as we've never before played in one of their events.

DeLuca appears on CU's interview series, Sidlines. It's the first time I've seen him interviewed at length, and I am rather impressed. He exudes leadership qualities, and I am even more convinced that the lax program is in the right hands.

scoop85
DeLuca appears on CU's interview series, Sidlines. It's the first time I've seen him interviewed at length, and I am rather impressed. He exudes leadership qualities, and I am even more convinced that the lax program is in the right hands.

I'd have been happier if he'd included Ned Harkness in his list of the great Cornell coaches in whose footsteps he is following, but that's not too surprising, as DeLuca's time at Cornell coincided with the three head coaches he mentioned.

Some interesting stuff in this Inside Lacrosse fall ball update on Penn State. The reader comments about Tambroni at the bottom of the page are especially interesting.

[insidelacrosse.com]

Al DeFlorio

scoop85
DeLuca appears on CU's interview series, Sidlines. It's the first time I've seen him interviewed at length, and I am rather impressed. He exudes leadership qualities, and I am even more convinced that the lax program is in the right hands.

I'd have been happier if he'd included Ned Harkness in his list of the great Cornell coaches in whose footsteps he is following, but that's not too surprising, as DeLuca's time at Cornell coincided with the three head coaches he mentioned.

Some interesting stuff in this Inside Lacrosse fall ball update on Penn State. The reader comments about Tambroni at the bottom of the page are especially interesting.

[insidelacrosse.com]

Al, I took it as DeLuca discussing the lineage that he was a part of, certainly not intending to slight Harkness.

scoop85

Al DeFlorio

scoop85
DeLuca appears on CU's interview series, Sidlines. It's the first time I've seen him interviewed at length, and I am rather impressed. He exudes leadership qualities, and I am even more convinced that the lax program is in the right hands.

I'd have been happier if he'd included Ned Harkness in his list of the great Cornell coaches in whose footsteps he is following, but that's not too surprising, as DeLuca's time at Cornell coincided with the three head coaches he mentioned.

Some interesting stuff in this Inside Lacrosse fall ball update on Penn State. The reader comments about Tambroni at the bottom of the page are especially interesting.

[insidelacrosse.com]

Al, I took it as DeLuca discussing the lineage that he was a part of, certainly not intending to slight Harkness.

I think that's what I wrote, but I'd still have been happier if he'd included Harkness. Schafer certainly would have, and Harkness wasn't a direct part of his "lineage." Look, I'm not holding it against him or anything, I just think the Cornell lacrosse family should never forget that the lacrosse resurrection, like the hockey resurrection, started with Ned. Before Ned, both were striving to attain mediocrity.

Ned Harkness has been gone a long time. Yes, it would have been politic to have invoked the great one's name. Even smart thinkers sometimes forget one or two points when they're on camera and you're not doing multiple takes. If you mention too many names, you start sounding like a Nascar driver: "The Taco Bell Verizon Wireless Home Depot Preparation-H US Army Goodies Headache Powder Dodge Charger was running good until we got too much push from the tahrs up in turn four but praise the Lord he was with us today and we didn't hit the wall all the hard and plus the Team Penske Racing crew built us a right safe car."

DeLuca actually responded to the question he was asked by his interviewer and the context was the fact that he had been recruited by Moran, played for Petro and Tambroni and then coached with Tambroni -- what was it like to be the next in line in that tradition? As a Cornell lacrosse player and coach, I am sure that Ben DeLuca is well aware of the role that Ned Harkness played in the history of the program.

dag14
DeLuca actually responded to the question he was asked by his interviewer and the context was the fact that he had been recruited by Moran, played for Petro and Tambroni and then coached with Tambroni -- what was it like to be the next in line in that tradition? As a Cornell lacrosse player and coach, I am sure that Ben DeLuca is well aware of the role that Ned Harkness played in the history of the program.

Look, you're making more of this than I ever intended. The interview did not start with a question. The interviewer began by saying: "Richie Moran, Dave Pietramala, and Jeff Tambroni, those are tough acts to follow." DeLuca then went on to talk about being recruited by Moran, playing for Pietramala, etc. All I'm saying is that I'd have been happier if Ben had said "and don't forget Ned Harkness in your list of 'tough acts.' With that, I give up.

Princeton's hot-shot freshman (now sophomore) middie, Mike Chanenchuk, fractured his collarbone in this weekend's fall-ball scrimmages.

Speaking of hot-shot Princeton freshman middies, look out for Tom Schreiber from St. Anthony's. With his talent and Chris Bates' offensive philosophies, that young man might be set up to have a freshman year like no Ivy midfielder we've ever seen. Barring injuries, I wouldn't be surprised to see him get more than 60 points.

Cornell "fall ball check-in" at Inside Lacrosse: [insidelacrosse.com]

"Happy" to see this quote from Coach DeLuca:

“When you talk about being the head coach of Cornell, it’s unbelievable when you consider Ned Harkness to Richie Moran to Dave Pietramala and Jeff Tambroni,” DeLuca said. Those are Hall of Fame-caliber coaches. It’s very humbling to be mentioned in the same breath as those men.”

Al DeFlorio
Cornell "fall ball check-in" at Inside Lacrosse: [insidelacrosse.com]

"Happy" to see this quote from Coach DeLuca:

“When you talk about being the head coach of Cornell, it’s unbelievable when you consider Ned Harkness to Richie Moran to Dave Pietramala and Jeff Tambroni,” DeLuca said. Those are Hall of Fame-caliber coaches. It’s very humbling to be mentioned in the same breath as those men.”

I was going to post the link with a shout-out to Al about the Harkness reference -- but you beat me to it

Interesting item from the article about goaltending changes:

>>> In net, junior Brian O’Donnell (Philadelphia, PA) has catapulted himself from a walk-on last season to the second string keeper this fall. Coaches have called O’Donnell one of the “unsung heroes” of the team for his work ethic and commitment. After then-freshman AJ Fiore (Ithaca, NY) narrowly beat out then-junior Mat Martinez for the starting nod last spring, Martinez has since left the team, leaving O’Donnell to be Fiore’s first backup.

Quint's very preseason rankings, and other musings: [insidelacrosse.com]

Didn't think this deserved a separate thread, but here's a couple of names for 2012.

Inside Lacrosse No. 40 Young Gun Junior Henry West, Midfield, Darien (Conn.) verbally committed to Cornell. West, who played with both Laxachusetts and the Connecticut Chargers, scored 30 goals and 24 assists last spring. He also considered Johns Hopkins, Maryland and Penn State.

Inside Lacrosse No. 48 Young Gun Junior Johnny Edmonds, Attack/Midfield, Ward Melville (N.Y.) verbally committed to Cornell

[insidelacrosse.com]

Congrats to Coach DeLuca in his successful recruiting of these two Top 50 Young Guns. Looking forward to seeing them in Cornell uniforms!

ithacat
Didn't think this deserved a separate thread, but here's a couple of names for 2012.

Inside Lacrosse No. 40 Young Gun Junior Henry West, Midfield, Darien (Conn.) verbally committed to Cornell. West, who played with both Laxachusetts and the Connecticut Chargers, scored 30 goals and 24 assists last spring. He also considered Johns Hopkins, Maryland and Penn State.

Inside Lacrosse No. 48 Young Gun Junior Johnny Edmonds, Attack/Midfield, Ward Melville (N.Y.) verbally committed to Cornell

[insidelacrosse.com]

Henry's older brother Andrew is a frosh goalie on this year's Cornell team.

Ben DeLuca


talks about Saturday's scrimmage against Colgate. Didn't catch a score, but it sounds like it was a mixed performance from Cornell.

Syracuse Post-Standard interview with Coach DeLuca.

Jim Hyla
Syracuse Post-Standard interview with Coach DeLuca.

For a moment I thought I was in the middle of the New York Times thread in the hockey forum.

Some insights from the Hopkins crowd on yesterday's scrimmage are in this laxpower forum thread:

[network.laxpower.com]

Scroll down the page about one-third of the way.

A poster who goes by jhu72 seemed to take it as a good sign that Hopkins was able to stay right with us. How 'bout that?

He also goes on to say that Cornell is not a top 5 team, but probably in the lower end of 6-10. I can't really argue with that...

Nor can I. I'm actually happy about it.

Quint's season preview video is here: [video.insidelacrosse.com]

Season preview for #4 Cornell is here at Inside Lacrosse: [insidelacrosse.com]

Why are the saying "#4 Cornell? For the most recent polls I could find (1/31) we are #7 in the Media Poll and #8 in the Coaches Poll.

KenP
Why are the saying "#4 Cornell? For the most recent polls I could find (1/31) we are #7 in the Media Poll and #8 in the Coaches Poll.

Cornell is #4 in the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook pre-season rankings:

[insidelacrosse.com]

I heard that Mumford didn't play any defense in either the Colgate and Hopkins scrimmage. In the team roster, he is no longer listed. What's up?

Red_laxfan77
I heard that Mumford didn't play any defense in either the Colgate and Hopkins scrimmage. In the team roster, he is no longer listed. What's up?

Laxpower Cornell thread is claiming a knee injury knocked him out for the year. Not sure why this would remove him from the roster though unless it's some sort of eligibility related thing...

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Red_laxfan77
I heard that Mumford didn't play any defense in either the Colgate and Hopkins scrimmage. In the team roster, he is no longer listed. What's up?

Laxpower Cornell thread is claiming a knee injury knocked him out for the year. Not sure why this would remove him from the roster though unless it's some sort of eligibility related thing...

Unfortunately it looks like there was something more. IL reporting he's left the team, confirming it with the University. Disappointing, as everything I heard about him led me to believe he would be an asset to the team.

[insidelacrosse.com]

Inside Lacrosse has Cornell as the cover story of its March issue. Additional pictures taken at the photo shoot are here:

[insidelacrosse.com]

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Red_laxfan77
I heard that Mumford didn't play any defense in either the Colgate and Hopkins scrimmage. In the team roster, he is no longer listed. What's up?

Laxpower Cornell thread is claiming a knee injury knocked him out for the year. Not sure why this would remove him from the roster though unless it's some sort of eligibility related thing...

Unfortunately it looks like there was something more. IL reporting he's left the team, confirming it with the University. Disappointing, as everything I heard about him led me to believe he would be an asset to the team.

[insidelacrosse.com]

Latest relevant posting on LaxPower forum:

"Wow, IL has not done a good job reporting about Mumford. First, they have him playing in their scrimmages and now they have it as if he just quit. From what I understand, he had a significant enough knee injury, to keep him out for the season including the scrimmages that they said he did a good job in. They make it sound as if he just up and quit."

Perhaps only The Shadow knows.

Al DeFlorio

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Red_laxfan77
I heard that Mumford didn't play any defense in either the Colgate and Hopkins scrimmage. In the team roster, he is no longer listed. What's up?

Laxpower Cornell thread is claiming a knee injury knocked him out for the year. Not sure why this would remove him from the roster though unless it's some sort of eligibility related thing...

Unfortunately it looks like there was something more. IL reporting he's left the team, confirming it with the University. Disappointing, as everything I heard about him led me to believe he would be an asset to the team.

[insidelacrosse.com]

Latest relevant posting on LaxPower forum:

"Wow, IL has not done a good job reporting about Mumford. First, they have him playing in their scrimmages and now they have it as if he just quit. From what I understand, he had a significant enough knee injury, to keep him out for the season including the scrimmages that they said he did a good job in. They make it sound as if he just up and quit."

Perhaps only The Shadow knows.

Not The Shadow, but Brian Delaney in today's Ithaca Journal:

"Depth did take a hit this month. Junior Peter Mumford, a highly regarded close defenseman from Onondaga Community College, suffered a torn ACL and partial tear of his MCL and has left the team. Sophomore Kyle Ewanouski, junior T.J. Weyl, senior Chris Livadas and freshman Tom Freshour are next in line."

Al DeFlorio
Inside Lacrosse has Cornell as the cover story of its March issue. Additional pictures taken at the photo shoot are here:

[insidelacrosse.com]

Do any of you care as much about lacrosse jersey styles as about hockey uniform styles?

David Harding

Al DeFlorio
Inside Lacrosse has Cornell as the cover story of its March issue. Additional pictures taken at the photo shoot are here:

[insidelacrosse.com]

Do any of you care as much about lacrosse jersey styles as about hockey uniform styles?

Not since the "Butt C" became standard.

Al DeFlorio
Perhaps only The Shadow knows.

The Shadow only knows what evil lurks in the heart of men.

Oh, and the weed of crime bears bitter fruit. If anybody was curious.

Trotsky

Al DeFlorio
Perhaps only The Shadow knows.

The Shadow only knows what evil lurks in the heart of men.

Oh, and the weed of crime bears bitter fruit. If anybody was curious.

And don't forget: "Crime does NOT pay!"

Al DeFlorio

Trotsky

Al DeFlorio
Perhaps only The Shadow knows.

The Shadow only knows what evil lurks in the heart of men.

Oh, and the weed of crime bears bitter fruit. If anybody was curious.

And don't forget: "Crime does NOT pay!"

Except on Wall Street

I noticed that in the magazine article, there were no names identifying the players in the pictures, consistent with the Cornell "Team First" philosophy. They also discussed The coaching staff's capably recruiting lesser acclaimed players not on Inside Lacrosse's blue chip lists and being successful with them.

Towerroad

Al DeFlorio

Trotsky

Al DeFlorio
Perhaps only The Shadow knows.

The Shadow only knows what evil lurks in the heart of men.

Oh, and the weed of crime bears bitter fruit. If anybody was curious.

And don't forget: "Crime does NOT pay!"

Except on Wall Street

... where many lacrosse players (all colleges) gravitate. Continuing their competitive nature.

RichH

David Harding

Al DeFlorio
Inside Lacrosse has Cornell as the cover story of its March issue. Additional pictures taken at the photo shoot are here:

[insidelacrosse.com]

Do any of you care as much about lacrosse jersey styles as about hockey uniform styles?

Not since the "Butt C" became standard.

These look like a return to the style worn before the butt-C jerseys.

If you can extrapolate your best single-game performance into the playoffs, ten teams would declare themselves worthy of being the NCAA champion. After the 11-6 demolition of Syracuse on the road Tuesday night, Cornell has good reason to see itself getting back to Baltimore this year.

No. 2 Notre Dame is 9-0 with one-goal wins over Denver and (on Sunday) Georgetown; they close at Syracuse and at North Carolina. If they stay unbeaten, they deserve the #1 ranking and seeding going in.

As a special treat to readers on the heels of Cornell's big win, Inside Lacrosse is running its Big Red feature story from the March issue of the magazine, reported and written by Terry Foy.

Very nice article about the multi-year effort to make Cornell a top-caliber program.

KenP
As a special treat to readers on the heels of Cornell's big win, Inside Lacrosse is running its Big Red feature story from the March issue of the magazine, reported and written by Terry Foy.

Very nice article about the multi-year effort to make Cornell a top-caliber program.

A very good story [edit: an excellent story with a lot of sources and details], but what a clumsy online intro to the print story and a heavy-handed suggestion that you really should subscribe to the magazine. Maybe IL ran the Cornell story online because no new helmets or gloves came out this week.

billhoward
No. 2 Notre Dame is 9-0 with one-goal wins over Denver and (on Sunday) Georgetown; they close at Syracuse and at North Carolina. If they stay unbeaten, they deserve the #1 ranking and seeding going in.

It will get a little messy if Syracuse beats Notre Dame!

If only we'd taken care of Army...

Robb

billhoward
No. 2 Notre Dame is 9-0 with one-goal wins over Denver and (on Sunday) Georgetown; they close at Syracuse and at North Carolina. If they stay unbeaten, they deserve the #1 ranking and seeding going in.

It will get a little messy if Syracuse beats Notre Dame!

If only we'd taken care of Army...

Injuries made Cornell shorthanded in the Army game, as they did Syracuse last night. Cornell also has improved steadily as the season has progressed.

Hopefully, the seeding committee takes such things into account.

billhoward

KenP
As a special treat to readers on the heels of Cornell's big win, Inside Lacrosse is running its Big Red feature story from the March issue of the magazine, reported and written by Terry Foy.

Very nice article about the multi-year effort to make Cornell a top-caliber program.

A very good story [edit: an excellent story with a lot of sources and details], but what a clumsy online intro to the print story and a heavy-handed suggestion that you really should subscribe to the magazine. Maybe IL ran the Cornell story online because no new helmets or gloves came out this week.

But if you want clumsy, how about this clumsy quote from Tierney:

“At the time that David took over, the biggest thing was recruiting,” Tierney says. “It had changed drastically in the mid-’90s. You had to get into kids’ homes and it was an energy thing. They took advantage of the advantages Cornell has over the other Ivy League schools. You have to ask them how much of [their plan] came from looking at Princeton, but maybe that’s the nature of the rivalry — you have two schools that look at each other and are in awe of the other.”

Yeah, I guess the reason we are successful is because of you? And is that a backhand reference to the state schools? What about all the advantages Princeton has had with their financial aid. Maybe I'm glad, in many ways, he's far away.

I noticed in the print edition a subtle tribute to Cornell's emphasis on "Team" - no photo in the article identified any of the players by name.

My neighbor is deeply involved in Princeton athletics. He talks about the unfair advantage of Cornell state schools. I talk about the unfair advantage of Princeton having the nation's second-largest endowment per student (after Stanford) and Class of '52 Field for lacrosse (4,000 seats, surrounded by woods, modern facilities).

State schools have nothing to do with it, look what Harvard has been doing with basketball recruiting, lowering their standards enough to get guys who most of the other schools in the league couldnt get in

billhoward
My neighbor is deeply involved in Princeton athletics. He talks about the unfair advantage of Cornell state schools. I talk about the unfair advantage of Princeton having the nation's second-largest endowment per student (after Stanford) and Class of '52 Field for lacrosse (4,000 seats, surrounded by woods, modern facilities).

It's just a rationalization for their failures.

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Jeff Hopkins '82

billhoward
My neighbor is deeply involved in Princeton athletics. He talks about the unfair advantage of Cornell state schools. I talk about the unfair advantage of Princeton having the nation's second-largest endowment per student (after Stanford) and Class of '52 Field for lacrosse (4,000 seats, surrounded by woods, modern facilities).

It's just a rationalization for their failures.

I think it is more like jealousy. Our Ice Cream is vastly superior to theirs.

Towerroad

Jeff Hopkins '82

billhoward
My neighbor is deeply involved in Princeton athletics. He talks about the unfair advantage of Cornell state schools. I talk about the unfair advantage of Princeton having the nation's second-largest endowment per student (after Stanford) and Class of '52 Field for lacrosse (4,000 seats, surrounded by woods, modern facilities).

It's just a rationalization for their failures.

I think it is more like jealousy. Our Ice Cream is vastly superior to theirs.

Princeton's in New Jersey! Princeton's in New Jersey!