Cornell lacrosse 2014

syracuse has one indoor lax facility and the new fball indoor practice field will also be big enough. they may hold womens games and some other HS type events in that facility i am told.

Today's polls are out: Loyola, Cornell, and Duke are 1,2,3 in both polls.

Jeff Hopkins '82
Today's polls are out: Loyola, Cornell, and Duke are 1,2,3 in both polls.

And #1 in Quint's Top 20. [www.insidelacrosse.com]


1. Cornell (8-0)
The win over Virginia, coupled with Loyola's earlier loss to the Cavs for me seals up the top slot for the Big Red, who also have the No. 1 RPI. Offense continues to deliver. Being undefeated has its merits. Ivy wins over Yale, 11-9, and Penn put Cornell in the Ivy driver's seat. Dan Lintner has found twine 29 times. Matt Donovan has 35 points and Connor Buczek has 20 goals. #GoBigRed

Now that everyone else has lost, Cornell has to move up. Question is, if Cornell loses an RS game, how far does it fall and how quickly do critics say "This would happen once Cornell met some really stiff competition"? Interesting that what is perhaps the least heralded team of the past 5 years is doing so well on the field and in the rankings. Syracuse game April 8 will be huge; it is at Schoellkopf.

jeff '84

Jeff Hopkins '82
Today's polls are out: Loyola, Cornell, and Duke are 1,2,3 in both polls.

And #1 in Quint's Top 20. [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Ah well. That's the kiss of death.

billhoward
Now that everyone else has lost, Cornell has to move up. Question is, if Cornell loses an RS game, how far does it fall and how quickly do critics say "This would happen once Cornell met some really stiff competition"? Interesting that what is perhaps the least heralded team of the past 5 years is doing so well on the field and in the rankings. Syracuse game April 8 will be huge; it is at Schoellkopf.

Syracuse also has taken some shellackings from the top teams they've played (lost to Maryland by 8, to Virginia by 5, and most recently to Duke by 14), while their two impressive wins have been squeakers (over Albany in OT, over Hopkins by 2). A loss to a team that's been on the receiving end of blowouts from the cream of the ACC would certainly give southern-biased voters ample justification to conclude that we're not "for real".

billhoward
Now that everyone else has lost, Cornell has to move up. Question is, if Cornell loses an RS game, how far does it fall and how quickly do critics say "This would happen once Cornell met some really stiff competition"?

How about we just don't lose?

(I didn't make my traditional "eight game win streak" comment at the start of hockey playoffs this year, so why no deploy it here?)

Final from Hanover: 19-4 good guys. The back-ups played the entire 4th quarter.

Margin of victory comparable to last year. (Scored two fewer goals, gave up one less goal, and on the road vs. at home.)

I think every Cornell player saw action, including all four goalies.

Interesting to note that in Q4, with all the subs in, scoring continued at the same pace.

Cornell has scored at least 15 in their last three games.

Seems like every year, Cornell has one game where they give up four goals or less. This was the game for 2014.

Interesting day in Ivy Lax. Penn beats Yale and Brown beats Princeton.

Whoda thunk at this point Cornell and Sucks would be the only ones without a loss in the Ivies?

Jeff Hopkins '82
Interesting day in Ivy Lax. Penn beats Yale and Brown beats Princeton.

Whoda thunk at this point Cornell and Sucks would be the only ones without a loss in the Ivies?

Makes for a big game on Saturday.

Dartmouth scored one even-strength goal, and that went straight up in the air after Knight stopped it, came down behind him, and rolled over the goal line. Defense was stifling, but penalty-prone.

Maryland beats Virginia 9-6. Boo.

Elsewhere, #1 Loyola won a close game over Colgate, 10-8; Cornell's 15-10 win over Colgate earlier in the year doesn't look so bad in that light.

Al DeFlorio

Jeff Hopkins '82
Interesting day in Ivy Lax. Penn beats Yale and Brown beats Princeton.

Whoda thunk at this point Cornell and Sucks would be the only ones without a loss in the Ivies?

Makes for a big game on Saturday.

Dartmouth scored one even-strength goal, and that went straight up in the air after Knight stopped it, came down behind him, and rolled over the goal line. Defense was stifling, but penalty-prone.

I listened to a little of the game on HCU. Their impression was they were calling far too many penalties in general.

Josh '99
Elsewhere, #1 Loyola won a close game over Colgate, 10-8; Cornell's 15-10 win over Colgate earlier in the year doesn't look so bad in that light.

Still #2 in the polls, and #1 with Clint.

1. Cornell (9-0)
Interim coach Matt Kerwick is my current favorite to win national coach of the year honors. The Big Red have rallied in the face of fall adversity — a galvanized gang that is wracking up big point totals every week. This group of young men and their leaders deserve a lot of credit for taking a bad situation and transforming it into something special. That's why team sports are so vital for growth and development.
Saturday, they steamrolled Dartmouth as expected. Dan Lintner (35G) can't miss, and Connor Buczek is a beast, I remember watching him play football at St X in Cincy, and shaking my head, "This monster is a lacrosse player?" Yes sir. Ivy POY and more perhaps.
Harvard is next with SU looming on April 8.

10 years later, George Boiardi's legacy carries on

Link posted on laxpower to a good article on Dartmouth game: [www.vnews.com]

Inside Lax picks us as the #1 seed in the tournament in the first Bracketology.

Yet another kiss of death.

In addition to our being #1 in Bracketology, Connor Buczek is #2 in the POTY watch behind only Albany junior Lyle Thompson. Princeton's Thos Schreiber is #4 on the list for the Tigers who are 4-4. [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Loyola sneaks past #54 Navy 7-6 in double OT after two Navy shots hit post in first OT.

Penn beat Harvard in overtime so Cornell and Harvard are tied for the Ivy lead and right to host the tournament except the first tie is broken by the head to head winner, Harvard. Cornell is likely to win out (?) based on the relative standings of the Ivy League. Harvard should beat Princeton; let's hope Yale takes down host Harvard April 26 to create a 4-way tie at 4-2 that we'd win.

Cornell    3-1  Ivy to play: Brown, Princeton @ Bethpage
Harvard    3-1  Ivy to play: Princeton, Yale 
Yale       3-2  Ivy to play: [Michigan], @ Harvard Yale
Penn       3-2  Ivy to play: Dartmouth, [Towson]
Princeton  2-2  
Brown      1-3
Dartmouuth 0-4

billhoward
Penn beat Harvard in overtime so Cornell and Harvard are tied for the Ivy lead and right to host the tournament except the first tie is broken by the head to head winner, Harvard. Cornell is likely to win out (?) based on the relative standings of the Ivy League. Harvard should beat Princeton; let's hope Yale takes down host Harvard April 26 to create a 4-way tie at 4-2 that we'd win.

Cornell    3-1  Ivy to play: Brown, Princeton @ Bethpage
Harvard    3-1  Ivy to play: Princeton, Yale 
Yale       3-2  Ivy to play: [Michigan], @ Yale
Penn       3-2  Ivy to play: Dartmouth, [Towson]
Princeton  2-2  
Brown      1-3
Dartmouuth 0-4

Yale is playing with themselves?

Robb

billhoward
Penn beat Harvard in overtime so Cornell and Harvard are tied for the Ivy lead and right to host the tournament except the first tie is broken by the head to head winner, Harvard. Cornell is likely to win out (?) based on the relative standings of the Ivy League. Harvard should beat Princeton; let's hope Yale takes down host Harvard April 26 to create a 4-way tie at 4-2 that we'd win.

Cornell    3-1  Ivy to play: Brown, Princeton @ Bethpage
Harvard    3-1  Ivy to play: Princeton, Yale 
Yale       3-2  Ivy to play: [Michigan], @ Yale
Penn       3-2  Ivy to play: Dartmouth, [Towson]
Princeton  2-2  
Brown      1-3
Dartmouuth 0-4

Yale is playing with themselves?

Yeah, it's a common thing in New Haven.

Robb

billhoward
Penn beat Harvard in overtime so Cornell and Harvard are tied for the Ivy lead and right to host the tournament except the first tie is broken by the head to head winner, Harvard. Cornell is likely to win out (?) based on the relative standings of the Ivy League. Harvard should beat Princeton; let's hope Yale takes down host Harvard April 26 to create a 4-way tie at 4-2 that we'd win.

Cornell    3-1  Ivy to play: Brown, Princeton @ Bethpage
Harvard    3-1  Ivy to play: Princeton, Yale 
Yale       3-2  Ivy to play: [Michigan], @ Yale
Penn       3-2  Ivy to play: Dartmouth, [Towson]
Princeton  2-2  
Brown      1-3
Dartmouuth 0-4

Yale is playing with themselves?

Like there's a difference?

Complete list of Ivy tournament scenarios with 6 Ivy games left to play:

If a game is not listed on a line, it means that its outcome does not change the seeds (usually BvD, but sometimes CvPr).

C>B Pe>D Pr>H C>Pr Y>H: C-Pe-Y-Pr
C>B Pe>D Pr>H C>Pr H>Y: C-Pe-H-Y
C>B Pe>D Pr>H Pr>C Y>H: Pr-C-Pe-Y
C>B Pe>D Pr>H Pr>C H>Y: Pr-H-C-Pe
C>B Pe>D H>Pr Y>H: C-Pe-Y-H
C>B Pe>D H>Pr H>Y: H-C-Pe-Y

C>B D>Pe Pr>H C>Pr Y>H: C-Y-Pr-Pe
C>B D>Pe Pr>H C>Pr H>Y: C-H-Pr-Y
C>B D>Pe Pr>H Pr>C Y>H: Pr-C-Y-Pe
C>B D>Pe Pr>H Pr>C H>Y: Pr-H-C-Pe
C>B D>Pe H>Pr C>Pr Y>H: C-Y-H-Pe
C>B D>Pe H>Pr Pr>C Y>H: Y-H-C-Pr
C>B D>Pe H>Pr H>Y: H-C-Pe-Y

B>C Pe>D Pr>H C>Pr Y>H B>D: C-Pe-Y-H
B>C Pe>D Pr>H C>Pr Y>H D>B: C-Pe-Y-Pr
B>C Pe>D Pr>H C>Pr H>Y: H-C-Pe-Y
B>C Pe>D Pr>H Pr>C Y>H: Pr-Pe-Y-H
B>C Pe>D Pr>H Pr>C H>Y B>D: Pr-Pe-H-Y
B>C Pe>D Pr>H Pr>C H>Y D>B: Pr-Pe-H-C
B>C Pe>D H>Pr C>Pr Y>H: C-Pe-Y-H
B>C Pe>D H>Pr C>Pr H>Y: H-C-Pe-Y
B>C Pe>D H>Pr Pr>C Y>H B>D: Pe-Y-H-B
B>C Pe>D H>Pr Pr>C Y>H D>B: Pe-Y-H-Pr
B>C Pe>D H>Pr Pr>C H>Y B>D: H-Pe-Y-B
B>C Pe>D H>Pr Pr>C H>Y D>B: H-Pe-Y-Pr

B>C D>Pe Pr>H C>Pr Y>H: C-Y-Pr-Pe
B>C D>Pe Pr>H C>Pr H>Y B>D: H-C-Pe-Y
B>C D>Pe Pr>H C>Pr H>Y D>B: H-C-Pr-Pe
B>C D>Pe Pr>H Pr>C Y>H B>D: Y-Pr-Pe-H
B>C D>Pe Pr>H Pr>C Y>H D>B: Y-Pr-C-Pe
B>C D>Pe Pr>H Pr>C H>Y: Pr-H-C-Pe
B>C D>Pe H>Pr C>Pr Y>H: C-Y-H-Pe
B>C D>Pe H>Pr C>Pr H>Y: H-C-Pe-Y
B>C D>Pe H>Pr Pr>C Y>H B>D: Y-H-B-Pr
B>C D>Pe H>Pr Pr>C Y>H D>B: Y-H-Pr-C
B>C D>Pe H>Pr Pr>C H>Y B>D: H-Pe-Y-B
B>C D>Pe H>Pr Pr>C H>Y D>B: H-Pr-C-Pe

We're now down to

Y>H: C-Pe-Y-H
H>Y: H-C-Pe-Y

Go Elis!

CU77
We're now down to

Y>H: C-Pe-Y-H
H>Y: H-C-Pe-Y

Go Elis!

What is the tiebreaker if Cornell and Harvard both lose this week? This would make them both 4-2 in the league, with Harvard beating Cornell head to head. From reading a thread from a few years ago, I thought the first tiebreaker was head to head result, but is it actually record against teams in the tournament?

The outcome of the Harvard/Yale game is the only remaining decider. A Yale W over Harvard creates a multiple tie at first where direct H2H no longer works as a tiebreaker. If Cornell loses to Princeton and Yale beats Harvard, Cornell/Harvard/Yale/Penn would all tie at 4-2, which Cornell presumably wins due to having a 2-1 record against the remainder, and then a H2H tiebreaker over Penn who would also have a 2-1 record.

Thanks, semsox. I forgot that there would be more than 2 teams in the tie. I'm going to go out an a limb and say that you are from Boston based on the "sox" in your user name. If so, happy Patriots Day. If not, happy Patriots Day anyway.

The sox part is indeed a Red Sox reference, though I confess I am not from the Boston area. Still became a fan before 2004 though, so there's that.

Final from New Haven - Harvard 11, Yale 10. The Crimson host the tournament and rematch with the Bulldogs; Cornell vs. Penn in the other semifinal.

kingpin248
Final from New Haven - Harvard 11, Yale 10. The Crimson host the tournament and rematch with the Bulldogs; Cornell vs. Penn in the other semifinal.

Crimson squeak by with one-goal wins the last 2 weeks. You'd think between Princeton and Yale, one of them could have done the trick and knocked Harvard out of the league title tie.

Strangely, I like the Ivy tournament match ups more this way than if Cornell was hosting.
Yale seeking revenge, Cornell not facing Harvard in game one, Cornell enhancing resume for NCAA tournament with neutral site game vs. Penn. I think this might be better for Cornell than even hosting the tournament.

I am not a betting guy, but after today's game, I feel pretty confident I would win this one:
- Christian Knight gets named Ivy rookie or player of the week
- Christian Kmight named Ivy rookie of the year

So who expected Marshall Peters to get more points than Tom Schreiber?

For the first time since March, Cornell has beaten a ranked team. We needed this win. Too bad we're not hosting the tournament but Harvard eked out two one-goal wins over Princeton then Yale the last two weeks. And as noted elsewhere, Harvard winds up in the other half of the bracket in a rematch with Yale; our chances seem best against Penn, our Friday opponent.

Christian Knight (16 saves, 62%) was incredible especially in the fourth quarter when Princeton got off 10 shots and scored on none. Too bad we couldn't have borrowed him from the sixth grade travel team for that Syracuse game in Foxboro. The one we don't believe ever happened. We saw Matt Donovan get some points and he had a top ten highlights shot leaping high above the net and taking a feed (except he didn't score, but damn that was impressive). Freshman defenseman Marshall Peters lugged the ball upfield twice and scored. Our settled attack at times was a lot more hesitant about going to goal than Peters.

Cornell won 12 faceoffs, Princeton 14. Doug Tesoriero is both the Cornellian with the most faceoff wins ever and scary (not always in a good way) when matched against another good faceoff specialist (Harvard). Princeton caused him a lot of trouble handling the ball after he won a faceoff. He tossed one (two?) passes over the head of the attackman behind the net and lost one that dribbled out of bounds. On faceoffs, Penn is the best draw for the first game of the Ivy tournament. In the regular season:

Penn: Cornell 18-12 faceoffs
Yale: Yale 13-10
Harvard: Harvard 20-7

Not a bad turnout at Bethpage HS. Attendance was 4500 and could have held 1000-1500 more with the end zone seats not filled Saturday. It was more a carnival with a lax game tossed in: Lax displays and contests, raffles, the FIOS signup tent (does somebody not yet have cable?), hospitality tents. Gorgeous weather. The 70% chance of rain turned out to be 0% and sunny during the game, then lots of rain an hour after. A second, women's college, game (making it The Battle of Bethpage) must have been drenched.

It goes without saying that the statistic Cornell dominated most was fan attendance.

I like our chances in the Ivy tournament. For the NCAAs, we need to ratchet up the level of play to where it was in March.

[edit add] A different view on how Tesoriero helped Cornell [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Inside Lacrosse
With so many momentum swings during the game, the face-off battle became a crucial component. Both drawmen, Doug Tesoriero and Justin Murphy, deserve credit for their hard work at the dot. It was crazy and thrilling to see how much offense was generated following a skirmish at the restart. While the Tigers won 14-of-26 for the game, Tesoriero was influential in keeping possession balanced, never allowing Murphy or Princeton to go on a serious run. “Doug really turned the game for us,” said Kerwick. “He was crucial at the face-off X. That was a battle. Their guys did a nice job against Doug. He just kept fighting. Even when we lost a couple, he would come back and win the next one for us.”

The senior FOGO also added two assists and scooped up eight groundballs. Both helpers were earned from great individual plays that resulted in long pole Marshall Peters putting the ball in the back of the net twice ... It was easy to see how energized his teammates looked on the Cornell bench.

I agree that I like this set of Ivy match-ups for us. I did not like the idea of Harvard coming back into Schoellkopf for a semifinal, with Harvard likely needing an Ivy tournament win to make the NCAAs (which is still true). And of course it's always nice to get a win over Princeton!

Attendance at Bethpage was higher than at the ACC semis.

margolism
Strangely, I like the Ivy tournament match ups more this way than if Cornell was hosting.
Yale seeking revenge, Cornell not facing Harvard in game one, Cornell enhancing resume for NCAA tournament with neutral site game vs. Penn. I think this might be better for Cornell than even hosting the tournament.

I am not a betting guy, but after today's game, I feel pretty confident I would win this one:
- Christian Knight gets named Ivy rookie or player of the week
- Christian Knight named Ivy rookie of the year

So who expected Marshall Peters to get more points than Tom Schreiber?

Johnny 5

margolism
Strangely, I like the Ivy tournament match ups more this way than if Cornell was hosting.
Yale seeking revenge, Cornell not facing Harvard in game one, Cornell enhancing resume for NCAA tournament with neutral site game vs. Penn. I think this might be better for Cornell than even hosting the tournament.

I am not a betting guy, but after today's game, I feel pretty confident I would win this one:
- Christian Knight gets named Ivy rookie or player of the week
- Christian Knight named Ivy rookie of the year

So who expected Marshall Peters to get more points than Tom Schreiber?

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From the Ivy League, a Penn sophomore attackman, Nick Doktor. From upstate New York, a freshman goalie from Cor -- correction, Colgate, Brandon Burke. From Cornell, nobody. Inside Lacrosse (Kessenich) cites the game's 13 emerging stars including late bloomer seniors. [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Kessinich coached Knight at Boys' Latin as an assistant-probably does not want to show favoritism

Game is on ESPN3: [espn.go.com]

Penn 2
CU 1
~6 min left in the 1st

ESPN3 video feed is excellent. It can be done.

5-7 at the half.

we're losing the shots and GB battles, which is not a good sign. Probably fortunate to be down only two at the half. Littner scored a sick behind-the-back goal with :11 left in the half to cut it to two.

Announcers say the same thing about Donovan they said about Rob Pannell last year in playoffs: Got to get more involved.

8-7 good guys. Three straight to start the 3rd.

Chris '03
8-7 good guys. Three straight to start the 3rd.

4 goal run. Cornell dominating. But only an 8-7 lead. Need more. Another by Donovan to make it 9-7. About time the other team collapsed in Q3. And then on the faceoff called for 2 penalties. Ouch.

OMG. Lintner's second behind the back goal. 10-7.

10-7 after 3.

Edit: Does Prysm sell videowalls?

6 straight Red goals. Could the Penn defense be wearing down? Still, a 3-goal lead isn't much.

Ouch, Penn scores late to go up 11-10, Cornell controls the faceoff with :30 to play and Connor Buczek tosses a pass high over the end line under no pressure. Ouch. Wait for selection Sunday to see what happens.

this team is totally schizo

Sloppy play and a lack of discipline as in too many penalties.

rss77
Sloppy play and a lack of discipline as in too many penalties.

I was at the game, and the tone was certianly set in the 1Q by the officiating crew. Embarassing job by the zebras, and it hurt Cornell early
That said Cornell rallied in the 3rd and got the lead before the wheels came off
Knight didnt play great (there may have beens some issues with how the setting sun was changing conditions at play level in the stadium, but Feeney played a heck of a game)
some very sloppy passing by both teams during the game, which I think lends to the possibility that lighting was an issue

One of the guys sitting near me noticed that in the first half the Big Red shot exclusively waist up on Feeney, to start the 3rd we scored on 3 of 4 shots low
The 2man down situation mentioned above really developed out of a quick (way before Ref blew the whistle) PENN restart after the faceoff violation
timer/stall continues to be a mystery in application

can we send the Harvard PA guy some songs other then 'Boom' by P.O.D.? I actually like that track, but to play after EVERY goal it gets old

a disappointing end to the game, Penn earned the win and I thought Feeney and the Penn FOGO really came up big at crucial points
rooting for Penn tomorrow and it will be interesting to see where Cornell lands selection Sunday... it is likely that one of the top ranked teams will be unhappy to see a team with the Big Red's potential in the 1st round (who knows which Big Red will show up though)

whew.

Pack up your stuff and get ready to tailgate Saturday in College Park, Md. Big Red men's lax at #7 Maryland in NCAA opener.

— Cornell Big Red (@CornellSports) May 5, 2014

Wait, is this the 2014 post?

CornellBigRed.com says "Ticket information will be available Monday." Byrd Stadium seats 54,000.