Cornell lacrosse 2017

No schedule posted yet.

Class of 2020 announced including Jeff Teat [www.si.com] and Griffin Buczek (Connor's brother) [cornellbigred.com]

2017 roster as of the summer. FOGO Domenic Massimilian '17 not on the roster (as mentioned elsewhere on eLynah). [cornellbigred.com];

Joe Boulukos '06 and Robert Katz '78 in Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame [cornellbigred.com]

Jordan Stevens '15 returns to Cornell as assistant coach. [cornellbigred.com]

Brown carousel: Coach Lars Tiffany Brown '90 after losing shot at title game in OT quits Brown to run Virginia, replacing Dom Starsia Brown'74 [www.brownbears.com]. Brown hires Tufts head coach Mike Daly. [www.laxmagazine.com]. Princeton after firing Chris Bates mid-season for altercation on-field with Brown player, makes interim Mike Madalon permanent [laxmagazine.com]. (Ben DeLuca continues at Harvard as associate head coach [gocrimson.com])

Baltimore Sun early 2017 rankings picks Denver to win it all. Ivies: Penn 16, Yale 5, no Brown, Cornell or Harvard listed. NYS: Syracuse 9, Albany 6.
16-20 [www.baltimoresun.com]
11-15 [www.baltimoresun.com]
6-10 [www.baltimoresun.com]
1-5 [www.baltimoresun.com]

Inside Lacrosse rankings have Yale 10, Brown 7, Notre Dame 1. [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Recruiting class sounds solid. This is the year for Matt Kerwick to come into his own after 2 years as head coach, 1 year as interim (freshmen, sophomores are his recruits, juniors signed on in the interim-coach year).

I saw that Dom M is no longer on the team, but I haven't found the reason why...anyone know?

Presumably we'll never get the full details, but IL had an article about it:

“The coaching staff and I both agreed that the Cornell lacrosse program wasn’t the right fit for me,” Massimilian says.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

Inside Lacrosse
One of the top face-off specialists in the country the past two season, the loss of his abilities is certainly a setback for the Big Red’s hopes to return to the Ivy League Tournament this season.

Re-learn to walk before you run: IL argues Cornell's aspiration is to be top-four in a seven-team league and maybe that's a reach. Let's hope the Big Red is reloading.

Inside Lacrosse
“The coaching staff and I both agreed that the Cornell lacrosse program wasn’t the right fit for me,” Massimilian says.

Thanks, semsox. I agree that we'll never get the whole story, but the article mentions "differences with the coaching staff" and that's enough for me. I guess I'm happy it wasn't some bad behavior on his part.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

Cornell-bound Jeff Teat is Inside Lacrosse’s #1 in its 2016 Power 100 Fresman Rankings.

jeff '84
[www.insidelacrosse.com] Cornell-bound Jeff Teat is Inside Lacrosse’s #1 in its 2016 Power 100 Freshman Rankings.

And A Ryan Maloney of Victor is No. 45. Interesting to see Teat is enrolled in Arts & Sciences, suggesting he is up for the academic side of Cornell, too.

billhoward

jeff '84
[www.insidelacrosse.com] Cornell-bound Jeff Teat is Inside Lacrosse’s #1 in its 2016 Power 100 Freshman Rankings.

And A Ryan Maloney of Victor is No. 45. Interesting to see Teat is enrolled in Arts & Sciences, suggesting he is up for the academic side of Cornell, too.

{Thanks for fixing the typo, Bill.}
Looks like a good start on your "hope they are reloading..."

jeff '84
Looks like a good start on your "hope they are reloading..."

Cornell has to reload at FOGO a year before they expected to. It was nice knowing two of three times after a goal, Cornell would gain possession on the faceoff. I'm sure there's a statistic saying a won faceoff is worth 0.X goals per faceof win.

Dom was teriffic at winning the draw but was a nightmare after the win. He was a turnover machine, sorry to say, the worst example being Harvard in 2015. This season, also against Harvard, he was 20 of 24 on face offs and the Crimson still won handily. He will not be missed nearly as much as many fans believe.

Posters on laxpower are saying the Red will play Virginia in San Francisco this year. Anyone know any more about this? (I'm on the west coast & would be thrilled to attend!)

Schedule is up.

Here's the description.

Here's the schedule.

Jim Hyla
Schedule is up.

Here's the description.

Here's the schedule.

CornellBigRed.com
The Big Red remains on the road for its third straight game when it welcomes Dartmouth to Schoellkopf Field on Saturday, April 1.

(Not funny as an April Fool joke.)

CU77
Posters on laxpower are saying the Red will play Virginia in San Francisco this year. Anyone know any more about this? (I'm on the west coast & would be thrilled to attend!)

Yeah that would be very cool to attend out here.

Boo, looks like it will be in Costa Mesa: [www.virginiasports.com]

[www.pacificcoastlaxshootout.com]

I am actually closer to Costa Mesa than San Francisco, but there are a lot more reasons to visit SF ... but wherever the game is held, it will be cool to see the Big Red lax team out here!

CU77
[www.pacificcoastlaxshootout.com]

I am actually closer to Costa Mesa than San Francisco, but there are a lot more reasons to visit SF ... but wherever the game is held, it will be cool to see the Big Red lax team out here!

My daughter lived in Newport Beach until a few months ago.

I posted this on the hockey forum, but Coach Moran has written his autobiography. They're having an 80^th birthday celebration and book signing the same day as the 1967 hockey reception.

Scrimmages tomorrow (Sat Feb 4) against Drexel and Mount St Mary's in Philly ...

i guess no one heard anything.. one forum said we play ok after a rocky start vs Drexel. then not much of a game vs MSM.

God, I hope lax doesn't suck.
I always looked forward to this time of year.

upprdeck
i guess no one heard anything.. one forum said we play ok after a rocky start vs Drexel. then not much of a game vs MSM.

For the record, this was the good kind of 'not much of a game'. Color me optimistic. Teat is going to be a special talent for the program. When all is said and done, I'll go out on a limb and say he'll be closer to a Seibald or Pannell in terms of legacy for the program than some of our other great players, like Buczek or Boulukos.

Johnny 5
God, I hope lax is strong again this year.
I always look forward to this time of year.

Fixed your post.

semsox

upprdeck
i guess no one heard anything.. one forum said we play ok after a rocky start vs Drexel. then not much of a game vs MSM.

For the record, this was the good kind of 'not much of a game'. Color me optimistic. Teat is going to be a special talent for the program. When all is said and done, I'll go out on a limb and say he'll be closer to a Seibald or Pannell in terms of legacy for the program than some of our other great players, like Buczek or Boulukos.

It's a tribute to the program, its traditions, and the coach that Teat signed on with Cornell. He could have gone anywhere.

billhoward

semsox

upprdeck
i guess no one heard anything.. one forum said we play ok after a rocky start vs Drexel. then not much of a game vs MSM.

For the record, this was the good kind of 'not much of a game'. Color me optimistic. Teat is going to be a special talent for the program. When all is said and done, I'll go out on a limb and say he'll be closer to a Seibald or Pannell in terms of legacy for the program than some of our other great players, like Buczek or Boulukos.

It's a tribute to the program, its traditions, and the coach that Teat signed on with Cornell. He could have gone anywhere.

A pretty good education, too.

Roy 82

Johnny 5
God, I hope lax is strong again this year.
I always look forward to this time of year.

Fixed your post.

Bless you, sir!

But, not even ranked in Quint's Top 20.
Ah, how the mighty have fallen.

Johnny 5
But, not even ranked in Quint's Top 20.
Ah, how the mighty have fallen.

What does Quint know? He has habitually underrated us. I'll bet we get into the top 20. We'll be better than Richmond, Rutgers, Marquette, Villanova and Towson. Maybe even Brown - they lost a lot of players. And coaches.

Patience required though. Tough early schedule. An upset W at Penn State- whose rookie goaltender gave up 15 goals to Hobart - would help a lot.

Looks like the only way to follow the lacrosse game at Penn State is via PSU's GameTracker. Bush league operation if that's correct.

Al DeFlorio
Looks like the only way to follow the lacrosse game at Penn State is via PSU's GameTracker. Bush league operation if that's correct.

That's shockingly lame for a "Power 5" school

Al DeFlorio
Looks like the only way to follow the lacrosse game at Penn State is via PSU's GameTracker. Bush league operation if that's correct.

Can listen on WHCU.

Al DeFlorio
Looks like the only way to follow the lacrosse game at Penn State is via PSU's GameTracker. Bush league operation if that's correct.

First Cornell lax recruit ever to be rated the #1 freshman and we have no video coverage. No ILDN audiocast. Looks like we can get it streamed via WHCUradio.com.

From CornellBigRed.com, where video shows TBA and no link, Audio shows the link to WHCUradio.com:

GAME INFORMATION
GAME #1: Cornell at No. 11 Penn State
FACE OFF: Saturday, February 18, at 12:00 p.m.
SITE: Penn State Lacrosse Field (University Park, Pa.)
2016 Records: Cornell (0-0, 0-0 Ivy League); Penn State (2-0, 0-0 B1G)
SERIES RECORD: Series tied, 20-20
LAST MEETING: Penn State won 8-7, Feb. 20, 2016 in Ithaca, N.Y.

FOLLOW THE BIG RED
GAME LINKS: Video (TBA) | Audio | Live Stats
RADIO: WHCU 870 AM (Ithaca)
TELEVISION: None

I wonder it isnt on the b10 network like many of the otherlacrosse games? It would seem to be a game of interest,

upprdeck
I wonder it isnt on the b10 network like many of the otherlacrosse games? It would seem to be a game of interest,

Lots of playoff basketball on the network. There is also streaming video, 3 events Saturday: baseball, ice hockey, and at 3 p.m., women's lacrosse. [www.gopsusports.com] All of it free. Next Saturday, the men's game is being webcast. Sheesh.

From posts on the Penn State thread on laxpower.com I gather that they can't/won't stream games from their indoor facility for technical reasons [that weren't really explained] so none of Penn State's early season lacrosse games have video coverage.

why are they playing indoors tomorrow? its going to be mid 50's down there? did they decide to play games indoors before the season started regardless of the weather?

upprdeck
why are they playing indoors tomorrow? its going to be mid 50's down there? did they decide to play games indoors before the season started regardless of the weather?

gopsusports.com
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 11/11 Penn State men’s lacrosse willl look to improve to 3-0 on the young 2017 campaign this Saturday, Feb. 18 at noon ET, as the Nittany Lions square off with the Big Red of Cornell at the Penn State Lacrosse Field.

So, no, they're playing outdoors. The indoor field is named the Joe Pa What Happens Here Stays Here Practice Arena, or similar. (HOLUBA Hall; must be some kind of acronym.)

Then it makes no sense not to stream the games. Oh well.

billhoward

upprdeck
why are they playing indoors tomorrow? its going to be mid 50's down there? did they decide to play games indoors before the season started regardless of the weather?

gopsusports.com
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 11/11 Penn State men’s lacrosse willl look to improve to 3-0 on the young 2017 campaign this Saturday, Feb. 18 at noon ET, as the Nittany Lions square off with the Big Red of Cornell at the Penn State Lacrosse Field.

So, no, they're playing outdoors. The indoor field is named the Joe Pa What Happens Here Stays Here Practice Arena, or similar. (HOLUBA Hall; must be some kind of acronym.)

Holuba hall is named after the Holuba family from NJ. Their son Kurt is a currently stud defensive end for Princeton.

scoop85

billhoward

upprdeck
why are they playing indoors tomorrow? its going to be mid 50's down there? did they decide to play games indoors before the season started regardless of the weather?

gopsusports.com
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 11/11 Penn State men’s lacrosse willl look to improve to 3-0 on the young 2017 campaign this Saturday, Feb. 18 at noon ET, as the Nittany Lions square off with the Big Red of Cornell at the Penn State Lacrosse Field.

So, no, they're playing outdoors. The indoor field is named the Joe Pa What Happens Here Stays Here Practice Arena, or similar. (HOLUBA Hall; must be some kind of acronym.)

Holuba hall is named after the Holuba family from NJ. Their son Kurt is a currently stud defensive end for Princeton.

Guess he couldn't get into PSU.

Will WHCU carry the game?
The audio link is blacked out.

Johnny 5
Will WHCU carry the game?
The audio link is blacked out.

I'm listening now. Click "Listen" in the lower right corner of the web page.

Swampy

scoop85

billhoward

upprdeck
why are they playing indoors tomorrow? its going to be mid 50's down there? did they decide to play games indoors before the season started regardless of the weather?

gopsusports.com
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 11/11 Penn State men’s lacrosse willl look to improve to 3-0 on the young 2017 campaign this Saturday, Feb. 18 at noon ET, as the Nittany Lions square off with the Big Red of Cornell at the Penn State Lacrosse Field.

So, no, they're playing outdoors. The indoor field is named the Joe Pa What Happens Here Stays Here Practice Arena, or similar. (HOLUBA Hall; must be some kind of acronym.)

Holuba hall is named after the Holuba family from NJ. Their son Kurt is a currently stud defensive end for Princeton.

Guess he couldn't get into PSU.

Actually a brother and sister graduated from Princeton, another brother played football at Harvard. And the slacker sister graduated from UVA

Al DeFlorio

Johnny 5
Will WHCU carry the game?
The audio link is blacked out.

I'm listening now. Click "Listen" in the lower right corner of the web page.

Feed is significantly behind the Gametracker live stats.

Denver is #1? When did they become dominant?

Trotsky
Denver is #1? When did they become dominant?

The big step was 2015 when they beat Maryland 10-5 for the NCAA championship. And keeping the Terps, not Cornell, as the NCAA lax champion that hasn't repeated in the longest time: 1975 for Maryland, 1977 for Cornell.

billhoward

Trotsky
Denver is #1? When did they become dominant?

The big step was 2015 when they beat Maryland 10-5 for the NCAA championship. And keeping the Terps, not Cornell, as the NCAA lax champion that hasn't repeated in the longest time: 1975 for Maryland, 1977 for Cornell.

Thanks. I have not seen (heard) a lax game since the 2014 first round where we led in College Park 4-zip and then lost with 2 seconds to go 7-8.

We have had a decade of last minute losses. There was of course the 2009 title game vs Syracuse where the Orange tied in the last second. Earlier (pre-2010, can't place the year), we overcame an insurmountable Duke lead to tie and then Duke took the faceoff and scored; that was a semifinal game. In 2013 we lost by 2 to Duke in the semis.

Not good. Penn State pulling away, 17-6 in the fourth quarter; Penn State has won the second half 10-3. Stats show Jeff Teat with 2 shots on goal, no points. But okay, he's got another 70 games. The starting attack is two freshmen (Jeff Teat, Connor Fletcher) and a sophomore (Colton Rupp). Correction, 19-8, Teat with a goal on 3 shots. Middie Jordan Dowiak has 2 on 2 shots.

Final Penn State 20-10. On the plus side, it was a balanced attack for Cornell: nine goal-scorers. But only two assisted goals. Christian Knight went all the way in goal, 14 saves on 34 SOG.

COR  0  3  2  5  - 10
PSU  2  5  7  6  - 20 

The bad news is this team probably wins fewer games than last season and Teat transfers out. The good news is I totally suck at predictions.

You have to like that Teat is in the Arts College, which suggests a real commitment to academics. Of course, at least a third of the top teams are the Ivies, Duke, Virginia. I'm sure Penn State wanted to make sure the #1 freshman didn't light them up.

interesting game.. down 2-0 early.. made it a game at 3-3 then hardly touched the ball for about 15 min fell behind by 10 goals, then it was even after that though the subbing made it hard to really tell much.

billhoward--As an ILR grad, did I not demonstrate a real commitment to academics?

Risking thread drift here I know. Let's not lose to Hobart by 10.

djk26
billhoward--As an ILR grad, did I not demonstrate a real commitment to academics?

Risking thread drift here I know. Let's not lose to Hobart by 10.

 5.4%   Harvard acceptance rate 2016
 6.1%   Arts & Sciences acceptance rate 2016
 6.3%   Yale acceptance rate 
12.2%   ILR acceptance rate 2016

Let's not lose to Hobart at all. (56.8% acceptance rate)

billhoward

djk26
billhoward--As an ILR grad, did I not demonstrate a real commitment to academics?

Risking thread drift here I know. Let's not lose to Hobart by 10.

 5.4%   Harvard acceptance rate 2016
 6.1%   Arts & Sciences acceptance rate 2016
 6.3%   Yale acceptance rate 
12.2%   ILR acceptance rate 2016

Let's not lose to Hobart at all. (56.8% acceptance rate)

Funny. I forgot the part where acceptance rate was a proxy for commitment to academics. Thanks for the reminder, Ann Coulter.

You're right, acceptance rate is not a proxy for commitment, nor SATs. Still, varsity athletes at least in the major sports aren't distributed evenly among the colleges. Otherwise, a third of athletes would be in Arts, a quarter in Engineering, a fifth in CALS. So it's intriguing to see Cornell's highest profile entering lacrosse player in Arts.

College 2016 % of entering class
AAP 4%
Arts 35%
CALS 20%
Engr 24%
Hotel 5%
HumEc 8%
ILR 5%

By the way, I heard at a Cornell alumni event that there is an insanely high number of applicants to the Dyson business school in CALS for comparatively few spaces. That may be more competitive than the Arts College.

Dyson admit rate will be about 4% this cycle. Apps increased by 132% this year.

billhoward
You're right, acceptance rate is not a proxy for commitment, nor SATs. Still, varsity athletes at least in the major sports aren't distributed evenly among the colleges. Otherwise, a third of athletes would be in Arts, a quarter in Engineering, a fifth in CALS. So it's intriguing to see Cornell's highest profile entering lacrosse player in Arts.

College 2016 % of entering class
AAP 4%
Arts 35%
CALS 20%
Engr 24%
Hotel 5%
HumEc 8%
ILR 5%

By the way, I heard at a Cornell alumni event that there is an insanely high number of applicants to the Dyson business school in CALS for comparatively few spaces. That may be more competitive than the Arts College.

I'm not surprised. When I applied and got into Dyson (well, right before the "Dyson" was added), the admission rate was about 12% for 110 or so spots. The program has always been good but I guess more folks are now realizing that there's an Ivy with undergraduate business programs other than Penn. Lol.

Another game like this and this topic may permanently morph into a discussion of acceptance rates. Hobart 16 Cornell 8. In fairness, Hobart's GK had a couple of amazing saves, but he didn't steal the game from the Red. You know an offense is struggling when it has just three assists and one of those is from the goalie.

Rain-soaked game. Hobart builds up a 3-0 lead, Cornell ties, Hobart goes up 7-4 at the half. Pulls away in the third and wins 16-8. Two games, doubled by our opponents both times. Cornell better on GBs. Shots, clears, turnovers pretty even. Just not shots going in, or faceoffs.

Freshman Attackman Connor Fletcher 3 goals on 5 shots, 1 assist (Cornell only had 2 or 3 assisted goals). Thomas Keith 3G, Jeff Teat 2G.

mountainred
Another game like this and this topic may permanently morph into a discussion of acceptance rates. Hobart 16 Cornell 8. In fairness, Hobart's GK had a couple of amazing saves, but he didn't steal the game from the Red. You know an offense is struggling when it has just three assists and one of those is from the goalie.

Abysmal performance no matter how you slice it. Granted it's an extremely young team, and we were missing 2 of our starting defenders today, but Kerwick has got to get things figured out fast. I'm a bit less concerned with wins this year, but I expect better performance.

scoop85

mountainred
Another game like this and this topic may permanently morph into a discussion of acceptance rates. Hobart 16 Cornell 8. In fairness, Hobart's GK had a couple of amazing saves, but he didn't steal the game from the Red. You know an offense is struggling when it has just three assists and one of those is from the goalie.

Abysmal performance no matter how you slice it. Granted it's an extremely young team, and we were missing 2 of our starting defenders today, but Kerwick has got to get things figured out fast. I'm a bit less concerned with wins this year, but I expect better performance.

On the bright-ish side, Freshman Connor Fletcher looks like a keeper and the Red won the ground ball battle. But that is faint praise. Hobart's chances were much better than ours. One of my partners is a big UVA fan and we normally meet up to watch the Cornell/UVA lax game. I'm kinda glad this year's game isn't being shown.

mountainred
On the bright-ish side, Freshman Connor Fletcher looks like a keeper and the Red won the ground ball battle. But that is faint praise. Hobart's chances were much better than ours. One of my partners is a big UVA fan and we normally meet up to watch the Cornell/UVA lax game. I'm kinda glad this year's game isn't being shown.

Interesting it was Ryan Maloney from Victor (suburban Rochester) who was the other Cornellian on the IL Top 100 Freshmen rankings (45). The other attackman this / last week was a sophomore, Colton Rupp. So Cornell is looking good at attack.

Well, we didn't lose to Hobart by 10. Remember last year being disappointing? Welcome to this year.

I don't think we had the guns to win this game but it could have been closer -- the Hobart goalie had some unbelievable saves in the first half. I didn't watch the second half as closely so can't say whether he was hot for 4 quarters.

Very disappointing. The radio call blamed the weather for so many errant passes.
But, the weather didn't seem to bother the home team much?
And, after touting our recruiting at attack and FOGO, their production was less than stellar for a second week.
This could be a very looooong season.
But, Army shaded Sorexcuse, so who knows!?

at one point we goalie had like 12 saves on 20 shots. both games came out slow, fought back and then the other team just took over..

Very slow start to this year...and it doesnt look like we will have the talent to compete with Top 20 teams. Perhaps its time to re-evaluate the recruiting process, shake up the current recruiting philosophy and rebuild from the base.

MattShaf
Very slow start to this year...and it doesnt look like we will have the talent to compete with Top 20 teams. Perhaps its time to re-evaluate the recruiting process, shake up the current recruiting philosophy and rebuild from the base.

Used to freshmen couldn't help you because young Lew Alcindor couldn't play varsity til sophomore year. Now so many recruits are committed a year in advance that someone who this spring agrees to come to Cornell is Class of 2022 not '21.

MattShaf
Very slow start to this year...and it doesnt look like we will have the talent to compete with Top 20 teams. Perhaps its time to re-evaluate the recruiting process, shake up the current recruiting philosophy and rebuild from the base.

Talent has slipped in the last few years for sure.

billhoward

MattShaf
Very slow start to this year...and it doesnt look like we will have the talent to compete with Top 20 teams. Perhaps its time to re-evaluate the recruiting process, shake up the current recruiting philosophy and rebuild from the base.

Used to freshmen couldn't help you because young Lew Alcindor couldn't play varsity til sophomore year. Now so many recruits are committed a year in advance that someone who this spring agrees to come to Cornell is Class of 2022 not '21.

This was also true of Ed Marinaro. The 3 vs 4 disparity was somewhat akin to the fewer games that Babe Ruth played to hit 60 - once the records started to fall.

It's been so long that I had to look this up:
[ussporthistory.com]

I had no recollection of the 68 vs 72 basketball and football changes. There must have been some Ivy BS going on too. IIRC my freshman and sophomore years had freshman hockey teams. (70-72)

Does anyone have the history concerning when that disappeared? Arthur?

marty

billhoward

MattShaf
Very slow start to this year...and it doesnt look like we will have the talent to compete with Top 20 teams. Perhaps its time to re-evaluate the recruiting process, shake up the current recruiting philosophy and rebuild from the base.

Used to freshmen couldn't help you because young Lew Alcindor couldn't play varsity til sophomore year. Now so many recruits are committed a year in advance that someone who this spring agrees to come to Cornell is Class of 2022 not '21.

This was also true of Ed Marinaro. The 3 vs 4 disparity was somewhat akin to the fewer games that Babe Ruth played to hit 60 - once the records started to fall.

It's been so long that I had to look this up:
[ussporthistory.com]

I had no recollection of the 68 vs 72 basketball and football changes. There must have been some Ivy BS going on too. IIRC my freshman and sophomore years had freshman hockey teams. (70-72)

Does anyone have the history concerning when that disappeared? Arthur?

From the Ivy League History Timeline

March 1971 The Ivy League becomes the last conference in the country to endorse the national change to freshman eligibility on varsity teams. Although the Ivy Presidents do not permit the change in all team sports, by 1980 the change is complete in all team sports except in football and men's rowing.

June and December 1991 Coincident with reducing the permitted number of recruited football players, the Council agrees to freshman eligibility in football and to 12 sessions of spring practice for football rather than one spring "media day."

Cornell web site has data on all individual players, from which with more effort than I can afford to put in right now you could tease out the transposition.

Albany lax at Cornell ppd to Sunday 1 p.m. "due to inclement weather." Day started at 7 degrees, it's now up to the projected high of 18 degrees. Yesterday on I-81 about 50 miles S of Cornell, 32-car pileup. [wnep.com]

billhoward
Albany lax at Cornell ppd to Sunday 1 p.m. "due to inclement weather." Day started at 7 degrees, it's now up to the projected high of 18 degrees. Yesterday on I-81 about 50 miles S of Cornell, 32-car pileup. [wnep.com]

Yeah, major snow squalls with white-out conditions around here (Lehigh Valley) at about 4 PM. Beautiful blue skies by 5, Weird.

Postponing the inevitable?!

With temps up to 24 degrees at faceoff vs. mid-teens Saturday when the game was originally set for, Cornell turns over the first 4 (5?) possessions on unforced errors, only gets 2 shots on goal. Albany 4-0 after one. Cornell is helping Albany beat us. This stuff (bad passes, offsides) can be fixed.

Second quarter, 2 quick Albany scores to make it 6-0. 21 minutes into the half, Colton Rupp snares a rebound off the goalie to make it 6-1 and the 5-goal deficit lasts for as long as it takes the Albany FOGO to take the faceoff and put it home, 8 seconds later. 8-1 midway in the second, 9-1 at the half. Cornell is having trouble with clears. Jeff Teat has several nice feeds but the shooter can't haul it in or get a shot off.

Final is Albany, 17-6

Albany  4 5 5 3 -  17
Cornell 0 1 3 2 -   6

We were outshot 46-25, out-GB'd 39-31, and lost faceoffs 9x26 (35%). The only extra man goal Cornell gave up (3x4 defending) was the last when Knight was way out of the goal and Cornell turned over a clear. 2 goals each by Fletcher (freshman), Petterson (sophomore) and Rupp (sophomore). Jeff Teat 2 shots, 1 GB, 4 turnovers, 1 caused turnover. 10 saves by Christian Knight. A forgettable game. Maybe some of the fit-and-finish stuff will improve as the team gels.


The main video, the one showing a third of the field, not the close-ups camera, washes out Cornell's white jerseys so you can't make out the player numbers. Video technology has evolved so this shouldn't be an issue. At least there are replays, unlike at Lynah. Like at Lynah, the camera sometimes doesn't pan with the action and it goes offscreen. There was one 10-second lapse early on where play moved the locker room side of the field and the camera was still watch the scoreboard end.

I love these guys and I know how hard they work but this game is painful to watch. Sigh.

dag14
I love these guys and I know how hard they work but this game is painful to watch. Sigh.

+1

When is Kerwick's contract up?

CU77
When is Kerwick's contract up?

Not as soon as we want

semsox

CU77
When is Kerwick's contract up?

Not as soon as we want

+1

As my wife so eloquently put it, "Have you ever seen Cornell look this bad?"
Guess she forgot about football?

Johnny 5
As my wife so eloquently put it, "Have you ever seen Cornell look this bad?"
Guess she forgot about football?

Major Men's sports at Cornell; Football, Basketball and now Lacrosse = losing records.

CU77
When is Kerwick's contract up?

So far, eLynah has Mike Schafer, David Archer, Andy Noel, whoever is the current basketball coach, and now Matt Kerwick on a short leash.

Mike being a notable exception, when all a program does is lose, at whose feet is the blame typically placed? Perception is reality?? (God, I hate that expression.)

I wonder, has Rob Pannell ever expressed an interest in coaching?!

Johnny 5
Mike being a notable exception, when all a program does is lose, at whose feet is the blame typically placed? Perception is reality?? (God, I hate that expression.)

I wonder, has Rob Pannell ever expressed an interest in coaching?!

Interesting thought, but great players accross the sports spectrum often turn out to be poor coaches.

is there a reason the bottom's totally dropped out this year? or was it just the bad recruiting/coaching change fallout coming to a head with lack of upperclassmen?

scoop85

Johnny 5
Mike being a notable exception, when all a program does is lose, at whose feet is the blame typically placed? Perception is reality?? (God, I hate that expression.)

I wonder, has Rob Pannell ever expressed an interest in coaching?!

Interesting thought, but great players accross the sports spectrum often turn out to be poor coaches.

Also, isn't he still playing?

ugarte

scoop85

Johnny 5
Mike being a notable exception, when all a program does is lose, at whose feet is the blame typically placed? Perception is reality?? (God, I hate that expression.)

I wonder, has Rob Pannell ever expressed an interest in coaching?!

Interesting thought, but great players accross the sports spectrum often turn out to be poor coaches.

Also, isn't he still playing?

Tongue in cheek,...sort of.

underskill
is there a reason the bottom's totally dropped out this year? or was it just the bad recruiting/coaching change fallout coming to a head with lack of upperclassmen?

Saturday's game felt as if Cornell was missing on a lot of fit-and-finish things that might be attributed to a young team. First five trips upfield into Albany's end Cornell turned the ball over. A long pole came rambling in and took a shot that wasn't warranted. Errant passes. A couple careless penalties. Maybe that gets better later in the year.

Kerwick took over as interim coach fall 2013-spring 2014 and that was a lost year for recruiting, this year's junior class. (The position was made permanent in June 2014, after the season ended and after recruits had already signed on to their colleges.) The roster shows just 7 of 46 listed players are seniors and 10 juniors. There are 15 sophomores and 14 freshmen. So this is a building year. If we continue to have a soft season, we'll see how well Kerwick and his assistants can pitch the Cornell story to players still wavering for the class of 2021. And 2022.

Nobody complained about Kerwick's coaching when he started his first, 2014, season with a 9-0 run and Cornell made an NCAA appearance.

billhoward

underskill
is there a reason the bottom's totally dropped out this year? or was it just the bad recruiting/coaching change fallout coming to a head with lack of upperclassmen?

Saturday's game felt as if Cornell was missing on a lot of fit-and-finish things that might be attributed to a young team. First five trips upfield into Albany's end Cornell turned the ball over. A long pole came rambling in and took a shot that wasn't warranted. Errant passes. A couple careless penalties. Maybe that gets better later in the year.

Lots of teams have freshmen and sophs who can throw accurately and catch the ball. If they can't, they wouldn't be division I athletes. This is a matter of discipline and focus. Do you think Ritchie would tolerate three games worth of this? How about Pietramala? Tambroni?

I know Ned wouldn't, believe me.

billhoward
Nobody complained about Kerwick's coaching when he started his first, 2014, season with a 9-0 run and Cornell made an NCAA appearance.

Accurate observation but irrelevant comment. That was achieved while coaching other people's recruits who benefit by other people's coaching, during regimes that stressed basic skills and in-game discipline. So far, only the recruiting is up to traditional standards of Cornell Lacrosse.

Last year was also a disappointing year for Cornell lacrosse, with a 1-5 Ivy record.

CAS
Last year was also a disappointing year for Cornell lacrosse, with a 1-5 Ivy record.

Yep. All of a sudden we suck eggs.

After one, Cornell 6, Virginia 0

according to the chat of the currently-not-working video stream, it's now 6-2

ugarte
according to the chat of the currently-not-working video stream, it's now 6-2

7-4. 4:12 to go in the half. Feed working.

Knight playing great. Petterson missed a wide-open look that would've given us our 8th goal. The play-by-play and color guys don't shut up and are annoying the hell out of me

I don't mind the color guys. I mind that I started watching and the team started playing a lot less well.

9-4 at the half

Al DeFlorio
9-4 at the half

the last goal was great. tic tac toe passing to a guy on the doorstep for the easiest shot of his life.