Cornell lacrosse 2023

can we not play for 2-3 more weeks and get to #1

mike1960
Milliman had a good weekend, with Penn State beating Georgetown and Dordevic.

Cornell now ranked #2.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

Hopkins, not Penn State.

mike1960
Milliman had a good weekend, with Penn State beating Georgetown and Dordevic.

Cornell now ranked #2.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

Except that Jeff Tambroni coaches Penn State and Milliman is at Johns Hopkins.

Al DeFlorio

mike1960
Milliman had a good weekend, with Penn State beating Georgetown and Dordevic.

Cornell now ranked #2.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

Hopkins, not Penn State.

My bad. That was the Aultmore typing.

Inside Lacrosse is reporting that Maryland goalie Logan McAnaney, who was the biggest single reason Maryland beat us in last year’s NC game, is out for the season with an ACL injury.

mike1960

Al DeFlorio

mike1960
Milliman had a good weekend, with Penn State beating Georgetown and Dordevic.

Cornell now ranked #2.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

Hopkins, not Penn State.

My bad. That was the Aultmore typing.

Need to blend that stuff.

marty

mike1960

Al DeFlorio

mike1960
Milliman had a good weekend, with Penn State beating Georgetown and Dordevic.

Cornell now ranked #2.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

Hopkins, not Penn State.

My bad. That was the Aultmore typing.

Need to blend that stuff.

No! It's very good just as it is.

Nice preview on the Cornell lacrosse team highlighting their size.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

Ken711
Nice preview on the Cornell lacrosse team highlighting their size.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

And the Cornell Sun says PREVIEW: No. 2 Men’s Lacrosse Begins its Path Back to Championship Monday Against Albany

What's the news at the FOGO position?

TimV
Thanks. I'll see them play UAlbany on Saturday. Anybody else going?

I will be watching from far away on my computer. The one time I went a few years ago, I think my legs turned to icicles from sitting in the stands too long. And that was in March

mike1960
What's the news at the FOGO position?

Psyllos and Petrakis returning,

plus freshman Jack Cascadden – FO/Midfield – 6-3 – 220
Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City School)
Prior to Cornell
• As captain, led his team to a state championship title in 2022.
• Was named a USA Lacrosse All-American.
• Two-sport athlete in lacrosse and football.
• Throp Award Winner for most outstanding football player in Nassau County.
.

George64

mike1960
What's the news at the FOGO position?

Psyllos and Petrakis returning,

plus freshman Jack Cascadden – FO/Midfield – 6-3 – 220
Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City School)
Prior to Cornell
• As captain, led his team to a state championship title in 2022.
• Was named a USA Lacrosse All-American.
• Two-sport athlete in lacrosse and football.
• Throp Award Winner for most outstanding football player in Nassau County.
.

It was an area that hurt us last year (46% wins) although Petrakis gained key possessions in important games down the stretch. Let's hope this becomes a strength for us this year.

Game day today! Very excited to see lacrosse return.

djk26
Game day today! Very excited to see lacrosse return.

Yes! I expect Graydon Hogg will see a lot of tough doubles today.

Stop the ball. Make him pass.

passing is sloppy and nobody is getting free. everything looks constipated. Down 3-2 with ~3 left in the first.

O looks lost without Long.

Put the ball in CJ's stick. Always a good idea.

I wish they'd explain the face off violations. I don't see what they're calling.

Does anyone know where I can find Barry Leonard on the radio? These announcers are not the best. And the camera work is experimental and impressionistic.

It seems like the camera person does not understand the game of lacrosse. S/he is always a few seconds behind the play, although we do get a good look at the substitutions at mid field.

This camera man absolutely blows

How are we gonna lose a face off to a long stick AND get a penalty.

They look like they've been practicing together for just a couple of weeks. Lots of questionable passes, as ugarte says, several in the dirt. Also defensive lapses and too many shots not on goal. Last year, Connor did a great job with the team coming out the half. Let's see if he's still got the magic.

Yep. Move the ball. That's the Cornell game that went to the last day.

Billy Coyle is taking too many shots from outside. They are low percentage and he is missing them.

mike1960
Does anyone know where I can find Barry Leonard on the radio? These announcers are not the best. And the camera work is experimental and impressionistic.

Interesting that there is no Ithaca-based radio today.

I’m also amused by how strong and deliberate the “UAlbany” branding is. Not “Albany.” UAlbany. On the signage. The broadcast graphics. The announcers never just say “Albany.” Yooalbany.

I guess they just don’t want to give anyone a chance to slip up and think “SUNY Albany.”

60 second reset. The UA guy possessed the ball, then lost it.

Happy for the win but a very frustrating game to watch for a lot of reasons.

12-10 final, good guys.

mike1960
Happy for the win but a very frustrating game to watch for a lot of reasons.

For anyone like me who reads through these threads later, 12-10 Cornell win, with a lot of penalties at the end.

Adler, Kirst, and Ierlan were great today. That was the difference. Looking forward to seeing this team play as a team.

RichH
Interesting that there is no Ithaca-based radio today.

Will there be any at all this season? The schedule has no radio listed for any game ...

If that's the case, I will miss Barry and Tom and Howie!

CU77

RichH
Interesting that there is no Ithaca-based radio today.

Will there be any at all this season? The schedule has no radio listed for any game ...

If that's the case, I will miss Barry and Tom and Howie!

Maybe since it's still basketball season, there's no coverage?

RichH

mike1960
Happy for the win but a very frustrating game to watch for a lot of reasons.

For anyone like me who reads through these threads later, 12-10 Cornell win, with a lot of penalties at the end.

Anyone else from eLynah there besides TimV? Too cold for me (cold urticaria notwithstanding). Give Tim a hand for showing up.

marty

RichH

mike1960
Happy for the win but a very frustrating game to watch for a lot of reasons.

For anyone like me who reads through these threads later, 12-10 Cornell win, with a lot of penalties at the end.

Anyone else from eLynah there besides TimV? Too cold for me (cold urticaria notwithstanding). Give Tim a hand for showing up.

Only about 60 degrees colder from the last time they played a meaningful game.

Chris '03

CU77

RichH
Interesting that there is no Ithaca-based radio today.

Will there be any at all this season? The schedule has no radio listed for any game ...

If that's the case, I will miss Barry and Tom and Howie!

Maybe since it's still basketball season, there's no coverage?

There always was in past years.

Maybe somebody who's on Twitter (I'm not) can tweet at Barry and ask him:
[twitter.com]

I believe Barry is only doing home games on ESPN+

Can anyone tell me where is Michael Long?

Strange thing on the LiveStats yesterday--"CORNELL" was abbreviated "CORM". A typo? No, "ALBANY" was listed as "UALBANYM". "M" must be for "men's team." Whew--I didn't want to have to change the name on my diploma to "CORMELL".

I watched the Cornell/UAlbany women's game later on Saturday and we were CORW. It took me a minute to figure it out, too.

dag14
I watched the Cornell/UAlbany women's game later on Saturday and we were CORW. It took me a minute to figure it out, too.

Will this sport follow?

marty

dag14
I watched the Cornell/UAlbany women's game later on Saturday and we were CORW. It took me a minute to figure it out, too.

Will this sport follow?

Step one: [elf.elynah.com]

most of the participants in women's wrestling are small women's colleges. iowa making a big bet on it is huge for the sport.

About the radio broadcast - I emailed WHCU's GM and learned that, due to an Ivy League deal with ESPN+, Cornell will no longer have WHCU broadcast CU Lacrosse games.
To say this is disappointing is huge understatement, as Barry along with Tom and/or Howie provided unparalleled play-by-play and expert commentary on the games. I'm sure many/most of us would listen to them while watching games on ESPN+. Their banter, analysis, and historical reflections about Coach Moran during the Rutgers rain delay last year were absolutely priceless.

Hopefully this will not extend to hockey next year.

BeamHilll87
About the radio broadcast - I emailed WHCU's GM and learned that, due to an Ivy League deal with ESPN+, Cornell will no longer have WHCU broadcast CU Lacrosse games.
To say this is disappointing is huge understatement, as Barry along with Tom and/or Howie provided unparalleled play-by-play and expert commentary on the games. I'm sure many/most of us would listen to them while watching games on ESPN+. Their banter, analysis, and historical reflections about Coach Moran during the Rutgers rain delay last year were absolutely priceless.

Hopefully this will not extend to hockey next year.

Wow, sorry to hear this. But thanks for the update!

I'm going to miss Barry Leonard's "a little French pastry" call when we see a behind-the-back pass!

BeamHilll87
About the radio broadcast - I emailed WHCU's GM and learned that, due to an Ivy League deal with ESPN+, Cornell will no longer have WHCU broadcast CU Lacrosse games.
To say this is disappointing is huge understatement, as Barry along with Tom and/or Howie provided unparalleled play-by-play and expert commentary on the games. I'm sure many/most of us would listen to them while watching games on ESPN+. Their banter, analysis, and historical reflections about Coach Moran during the Rutgers rain delay last year were absolutely priceless.

Hopefully this will not extend to hockey next year.

ESPN Minus Cubed?

woodpile
Can anyone tell me where is Michael Long?

BeamHilll87
About the radio broadcast - I emailed WHCU's GM and learned that, due to an Ivy League deal with ESPN+, Cornell will no longer have WHCU broadcast CU Lacrosse games.

Any chance Barry & Tom will do the ESPN+ broadcast for home games?

Based on what the WHCU GM told me the broadcasters will be local for each team, so hopefully Barry will do our home games along with Tom and/or Howie - Jason Weinstein did them solo for ESPN+ last year, so we might not know until game time on Saturday. As another fan on the FanLax forum posted, another big loss is the pregame show with the coach interviews, matchups, etc.

So no radio for lax but radio for hockey?

the worst part of no radio to me is when driving during a game and not being able to listen.


But this isnt a WHCU issue this is a school issue.. the ADs allowed this? or else they wanted WHCU to pay a huge amount to get the rights.


Lots of sports on ESPN+ have radio broadcasts..

if only we had a new AD to complain too.

upprdeck
So no radio for lax but radio for hockey?

the worst part of no radio to me is when driving during a game and not being able to listen.


But this isnt a WHCU issue this is a school issue.. the ADs allowed this? or else they wanted WHCU to pay a huge amount to get the rights.


Lots of sports on ESPN+ have radio broadcasts..

if only we had a new AD to complain too.

I’m guessing it’s a money issue as the school doesn’t want to pay for the radio broadcasts with the assumption most people are watching the stream. And I believe schools aren’t allowed to simulcast the ESPN+ broadcast on radio.

Isnt the radio station paying the schools to broadcast not the schools paying?

When you listen to games on XM its the school radio feeds you get and many of those same schools have espn+ feeds. its a different crew .

I would wonder how many locals have the ESPN+ feed. I know most people I know locally do not get espn+ but do listen to hockey on the radio.

Also gone then is the capability to listen in the car or at the stadium to play by play.

TimV
Also gone then is the capability to listen in the car or at the stadium to play by play.

yup pretty shorted sited as a fan experience..

Lots of things happen on the field that no one understands and is lost when live watching a game..

TimV
Also gone then is the capability to listen in the car or at the stadium to play by play.

Get the ESPN app on your phone, and listen to the play-by-play audio wherever you are.

I'm hoping Barry and Tom will be doing the ESPN call now that WHCU will not be.

But even so, I'm gonna miss those tart cherry juice ads ...

you can do that espn app but it will drain your phone pretty fast.. You likely can not listen to a whole game with it running since you have to use it with the video.

You also have to have decent internet since it forces you to be in 5g range for any of the newer phones.. if you have to do it with hockey almost no chance it works in lynah given the poor reception in there.

Even in Ithaca that are tons of dead zones in town trying to listen to a game on your phone..

And the same for a car.. If you sync it up you better have a way to plug it or it will be dead before you get some place and then the signal drops out all over the county.

upprdeck
can we not play for 2-3 more weeks and get to #1

Correct! After winning a game, we drop two spots. Admittedly not a great showing but smh.

dag14
I watched the Cornell/UAlbany women's game later on Saturday and we were CORW. It took me a minute to figure it out, too.

Reminds me of my all time favorite in the Daily Sun--the second page of each article abberviated the names of the teams, too. Men's basketball was "MHOOPS", which meant women's basketball was "WHOOPS." Not in the days of Jeomi Maduka, they weren't, but that was after I graduated.

Game notes:
[cornellbigred.com]

which have some good news!

• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Barry Leonard on the call.

CU77
Game notes:
[cornellbigred.com]

which have some good news!

• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Barry Leonard on the call.

Great! Thanks!

Hmm...the CU sports information team needs to do a bit of proofreading. This is from the preview for the Lehigh game on Feb 25, 2023:

Last Meeting: Cornell won 9-5 on February 26, 2023 in Bethlehem, Pa.

If we win this year by the same score, then they just got the date wrong by a day, eh?

Cornell sports PR is not over-staffed. Mistakes are understandable. Still doesn't excuse the glitches.

If these people are journalists at heart, now or once upon a time, it must be soul-crushing to have to put a spin on, say, the league's second- or third-best team losing two fricking games at home. As for-instance.

rss77
Attended Lacrosse scrimmage against Colgate. Did not see Mike Long playing today ,..

How is Michael Long doing? Are we going to see him soon?

billhoward
Cornell sports PR is not over-staffed. Mistakes are understandable. Still doesn't excuse the glitches.

If these people are journalists at heart, now or once upon a time, it must be soul-crushing to have to put a spin on, say, the league's second- or third-best team losing two fricking games at home. As for-instance.

It's even tougher for the sports information person who is responsible for the baseball team. I was reading the season-opening story on the Cornell website, which heralded the opening of the new field and the fact that most of Cornell's top hitters are coming back. Buried further down was the statistic that the pitching staff last year had an ERA of about 9.00. Buried even further down was the fact that Cornell was the preseason pick to finish last in the Ivies.

Cornell finish eighth.
Last.
Trick passed along by the football publicist.

billhoward
How is Michael Long doing? Are we going to see him soon?

No one who knows is talking ...

pretty much the same as several other key players in cornells best sports have been handled.. Hard to find out information even when its pretty clear whats happening,.

upprdeck
pretty much the same as several other key players in cornells best sports have been handled.. Hard to find out information even when it’s pretty clear whats happening,.

Lost - what’s happening?

My view is these are kids, don’t expect daily updates on their availability as if they play for the Yankees. Maybe I’m in the minority.

updating a guy isnt playing is different than saying whats wrong with him.

Wrestling had some guys people wondered about, Lax has some, Hockey had some.

nothing on lax schedule changing today. Got 2-3 inches and 15 degrees here north of town. might want to break out the orange balls.

Nice approach to the 10 man ride.

We need to see better team defense today -- smart, vicious doubles and quick rotations and slides.

The offense looks much sharper than last week.

Looks like we borrowed the camera person from UAlbany.

Tom said 20 degrees as the game started. 40 and sunny here in Denver

0-7 on face offs with 2 violations?

jjanow99
0-7 on face offs with 2 violations?

Our only hope is good wing play.

Where's the flag.

Cascadden won one. Maybe he's the answer.

Where's the help?? Two goals without slides.

Lehigh beating shorties from X.

What’s with Live Stats today? Not refreshing to show 2nd period, and was late in starting the game.

mike1960
Cascadden won one. Maybe he's the answer.

Matches Sisselberger's size.

Beauty.

With the shaky close and back camera work, I feel like I'm watching Jason Borne play lacrosse.

Maybe stop trying to throw skip passes over the long poles.

That is the defense I was expecting coming into the year. Nice effort

The offense moved the ball much better today and made some nice shots. The Lehigh goalie kept this from being a blowout. Lehigh's zone defense gave the O a little trouble. Something to work on.

The Cornell D did not play well early, but after the half started bringing the tough slides and rotations and shut Lehigh down. Ierland the same: lost a couple early then started seeing the ball in the snowflakes.

We were dominated at the faceoff but the freshman Cascadden looks like he's ready to play. I'm excited about his future.

Kirst and Adler played great, as usual. Chris Davis was really good today also. He brings a lot of skills to the field.

The camera work was artistic and impressionistic. Finding the ball was often an adventure.

It was great hearing the call of Barry Leonard and Tom LaFalce.

semsox
That is the defense I was expecting coming into the year. Nice effort

Shut out Lehigh entire second half, plus last 12+ minutes in first.

PSU 13, Yale 11 final
Duke crushing Penn at the half 8-2
Terps over Pton 3-1 st the half

Ivies certainly don't look as strong as last year. Will make league play all the more important, as we won't get as pronounced an RPI benefit as last year

semsox
That is the defense I was expecting coming into the year. Nice effort

As usual, I can’t get a score here on the lax Slack channel, and it literally takes 7 clicks (including activating all the drop-down menus) to get to it on the CU Athletics site.

It was 12-5 Cornell over Lehigh.

I guess I’ll just make a bookmark to the scoreboard of whatever replaced laxpower and then come here to vaguely reference how it went.

Is the freshman (cascadden?) our best hope for faceoffs?

RichH

semsox
That is the defense I was expecting coming into the year. Nice effort

As usual, I can’t get a score here on the lax Slack channel, and it literally takes 7 clicks (including activating all the drop-down menus) to get to it on the CU Athletics site.

It was 12-5 Cornell over Lehigh.

I guess I’ll just make a bookmark to the scoreboard of whatever replaced laxpower and then come here to vaguely reference how it went.

Inside Lacrosse has a live scoreboard: [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Al DeFlorio

RichH

semsox
That is the defense I was expecting coming into the year. Nice effort

As usual, I can’t get a score here on the lax Slack channel, and it literally takes 7 clicks (including activating all the drop-down menus) to get to it on the CU Athletics site.

It was 12-5 Cornell over Lehigh.

I guess I’ll just make a bookmark to the scoreboard of whatever replaced laxpower and then come here to vaguely reference how it went.

Inside Lacrosse has a live scoreboard: [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Perfect. Thanks Al!

CU2007
Is the freshman (cascadden?) our best hope for faceoffs?

Faceoff today was not so bad. The Lehigh FOGO, one of the best in the nation, gets 60-65% routinely. Today he had 66%, so average. Petrakis has problems with violations, which he should be able to overcome, But he was OK against UAlbany's guy, and so was Psyllos. Cascadden matched up way better with Lehigh because of his size, was 5 wins and 6 losses against the guy. He should be a good one even now as a freshman. Overall, I think our situation at the dot is much better than last year.

TimV

CU2007
Is the freshman (cascadden?) our best hope for faceoffs?

Faceoff today was not so bad. The Lehigh FOGO, one of the best in the nation, gets 60-65% routinely. Today he had 66%, so average. Petrakis has problems with violations, which he should be able to overcome, But he was OK against UAlbany's guy, and so was Psyllos. Cascadden matched up way better with Lehigh because of his size, was 5 wins and 6 losses against the guy. He should be a good one even now as a freshman. Overall, I think our situation at the dot is much better than last year.

Having Cascadden gives us a much better chance to match up against physically dominant FOGOs like Sisselberg, while Petrakis will have better days against different guys. Psyllos was smartly put on the wing and did a nice job there.

CU2007
Is the freshman (cascadden?) our best hope for faceoffs?

The sample size is a little small right now, but he did well against one of the best. As others said, he has good physical size, and he clearly also has good skills (technique) and mental toughness to twitch on the whistle. I also like that he was called for a push in the back penalty. I know penalties are not good, but it shows that he believes that the ball is his property, and he's pushing people around to get it, not vice versa.

mike1960

CU2007
Is the freshman (cascadden?) our best hope for faceoffs?

The sample size is a little small right now, but he did well against one of the best. As others said, he has good physical size, and he clearly also has good skills (technique) and mental toughness to twitch on the whistle. I also like that he was called for a push in the back penalty. I know penalties are not good, but it shows that he believes that the ball is his property, and he's pushing people around to get it, not vice versa.

IMHO, it will be his strength going side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder with his opponent, his quickness to the ball, and his skill (technique) getting the ball off the ground that will tell the tale.

Cornell men in for another crappy weather day tomorrow.