Cornell lacrosse 2025

Chris Davis is on Cornell lacrosse's Instagram poster for the game today. Will he play?

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1-6 down start; turnovers: poor clears; poor shot selection; strong Richmond tender

Meanwhile Princeton completes its weekend sweep of Duke and UNC.

yup. passing has been awful. You would normally have seen 2-3 of those shots go in. Ground ball energy lacking, And too many long range shots not saved

Al DeFlorio
1-6 down start; turnovers: poor clears; poor shot selection; strong Richmond tender

Couldn't have gone much worse. Richmond is doing a really good job against our clears. We need to get open and move the ball.

We still let guys have free hands shooting between 10 and 15 yards. Wyatt is having a tough time right now.

We haven't seen the ball much on O. On that last possession, the long pole D just poked the stick and took the ball.

Nice Cornell run to make it 4-6, but then Box lost his man in front of the goal and Richmond gets another.

4-7

Richmond had another man open for a pass in the middle and we were lucky he didn't drain it. We need to button that up.

Drained one later 6-8; gotta close it to even

7-8 at the half

8-7 Spiders at the half.

Cornell played a lot better than quarter. More ground balls, face off wins, and clears.

I'm impressed with the Spiders defense. They are not afraid to play tough on the ball, they slide fast and hard, and they are active off the ball. Cornell can score because we're so good on offense, but it takes very good play.

Not getting good shots

I've whined a lot here about the TV coverage. It's been excellent today. The camera operator is giving us a great view of the field. And it's an absolute treat hearing Dom Starsia talk about a lacrosse game.

8-10 Richmond ahead at the end of the third.

The Spiders defense is giving us trouble. Our coaches need to identify a weakness and exploit it.

mike1960
8-10 Richmond ahead at the end of the third.

The Spiders defense is giving us trouble. Our coaches need to identify a weakness and exploit it.

Offense struggling a la Penn games last year

Al DeFlorio

mike1960
8-10 Richmond ahead at the end of the third.

The Spiders defense is giving us trouble. Our coaches need to identify a weakness and exploit it.

Offense struggling a la Penn games last year

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

Nice rebound and shot by Hugh Kelleher.

11-11 tied. Cornell with the ball. 5 minutes left.

CJ is looking to get more involved right now.

12-11 Cornell

We didn't play for a good shot on our possession with 2:30 minutes left. We just ran out the shot clock. I hope that wasn't a mistake.

12-11 Cornell win.

Whew.

Red survive, Long with the game winning goal on a terrific dodge from X

mike1960
We didn't play for a good shot on our possession with 2:30 minutes left. We just ran out the shot clock. I hope that wasn't a mistake.

How could it not be? One goal lead in a faceoff game?


Ugly, but a win.

Great game for Michael Long. It would be nice to not spot the other team a decent lead though!

CU77
Red survive, Long with the game winning goal on a terrific dodge from X

Left handed!

So many bad passes and empty possessions we never got rolling.

mike1960
I've whined a lot here about the TV coverage. It's been excellent today. The camera operator is giving us a great view of the field. And it's an absolute treat hearing Dom Starsia talk about a lacrosse game.

Starsia was football player at Valley Stream HS who picked up lacrosse when he matriculated Brown. Brown at the time had a goalie who sat down and reclined against the goal pipe when the ball was in the other end. Maybe he was against the Vietnam War but as an athlete was too busy for any other sit-down/sit-in. But no matter, we beat Bruno 10-8 in the run to the 1970-71 NCAA championship, then Army 17-16 in the semifinal -- our two Northern opponents -- then doubled up Maryland in the title game.

Starsia is an absolutely sensational color guy. Sorry, Chico Resch.

strange game, was trying to remember the last time I saw a contest with a total of zero man up situations
(not saying that Cornell didnt have some no-calls, were certainly a few pushes and moving picks I thought Richmond got away with)

Casscadan won a ton of faceoffs cleanly out the front, and then bobbled the scoop leading to an eventual Richmond groundball
Is this a technique issue? Stick head well suited to controlling the clamp but not securing the GB?

Cornell95
strange game, was trying to remember the last time I saw a contest with a total of zero man up situations
(not saying that Cornell didnt have some no-calls, were certainly a few pushes and moving picks I thought Richmond got away with)

Casscadan won a ton of faceoffs cleanly out the front, and then bobbled the scoop leading to an eventual Richmond groundball
Is this a technique issue? Stick head well suited to controlling the clamp but not securing the GB?

Cornell got away with a penalty on a possession push, but other than that, I didn't see a lot of missed calls. To me, it felt like a clean, well-reffed game.

About Cascadden's stick, that could definitely be an issue. Like a lot of FOGO guys, he's not super proficient handling the ball, especially with D1 defensive guys whacking on him. Hence the GO in FOGO.

FO-GFO

Article on the game: [www.insidelacrosse.com]

CU77
Article on the game: [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Dom Starsia's commentary regarding Long is interesting. After Cornell scored its 7th goal, via passes from Long to Goldstein to Kirst, Starsia commented on Long coming around on the right side of the goal from X. Long was holding his stick in his left hand and a Richmond defender, apparently afraid Long would shoot, slid to double-team him. But instead of shooting, he passed to Goldstein, who quickly passed to Kirst. Starsia commented that the slide was ill-advised because Long was holding his stick in his left hand and therefore was not much of a danger to shoot, but the slide left Kirst open.

Then, after Long scored Cornell's 12th goal, Starsia said it was "a big-time play" in which Long used his off-hand to shoot. The play was virtually identical to the earlier one, except nobody slid to help defend Long and leave another man open. So, instead of passing to escape a double-team, Long just beat his man and scored.

In the first case, Starsia didn't want the slide, and Cornell scored by playing tic tac toe. In the second, there was no slide, and Cornell scored by Long beating his man.

This comment is with respect for Starsia. It's just that Long put Richmond's defenders between a rock and a hard place.

mike1960

Swampy

mike1960

Swampy

mike1960

chimpfood
Great game, marylands goalie (from Corning) saves the game after letting in a bit of a weak goal.

Can't believe the refs didn't call a moving screen on Rudy's 10th goal. Wow. It was such an obvious call.

Moving screen or moving pick? I thought moving screens are legal.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought they were the same thing. The screener moved to his right three or four steps to prevent the defensive player from staying with the ball carrier coming over the top. It didn't make any difference in the outcome, but I thought, wow, how can you not call that.

You're right, and I stand corrected. During today's game the announcers referred to play away from the goal (what I called a "pick" as a "screen." Apparently the terms are interchangeable, although the geography of my life has exposed me to only one usage.

By "screen" I understand an offensive player being in position to make it difficult for the defending GK to see the ball and/or the offensive player handling it. Screening does not necessarily impede the motion of anyone on the defending team. Of course, every player has the right to be in their space, so a screening player may stand still and impede the motion of a defending player.

A moving pick, on the other hand, moves to impede a defending player.

I see what you're saying - screening the goalie. I think the term can be used in both contexts. I don't recall the rulebook using the term "pick," but we know that that means.

Swampy

CU77
Article on the game: [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Dom Starsia's commentary regarding Long is interesting. After Cornell scored its 7th goal, via passes from Long to Goldstein to Kirst, Starsia commented on Long coming around on the right side of the goal from X. Long was holding his stick in his left hand and a Richmond defender, apparently afraid Long would shoot, slid to double-team him. But instead of shooting, he passed to Goldstein, who quickly passed to Kirst. Starsia commented that the slide was ill-advised because Long was holding his stick in his left hand and therefore was not much of a danger to shoot, but the slide left Kirst open.

Then, after Long scored Cornell's 12th goal, Starsia said it was "a big-time play" in which Long used his off-hand to shoot. The play was virtually identical to the earlier one, except nobody slid to help defend Long and leave another man open. So, instead of passing to escape a double-team, Long just beat his man and scored.

In the first case, Starsia didn't want the slide, and Cornell scored by playing tic tac toe. In the second, there was no slide, and Cornell scored by Long beating his man.

This comment is with respect for Starsia. It's just that Long put Richmond's defenders between a rock and a hard place.

Coach Starsia knows that Mikey Long is a dominant right player, and apparently Starsia didn't think Long would shoot with the left. But Long has buried it coming around the left side before, but I don't recall that he does it that often.

mike1960

Swampy

CU77
Article on the game: [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Dom Starsia's commentary regarding Long is interesting. After Cornell scored its 7th goal, via passes from Long to Goldstein to Kirst, Starsia commented on Long coming around on the right side of the goal from X. Long was holding his stick in his left hand and a Richmond defender, apparently afraid Long would shoot, slid to double-team him. But instead of shooting, he passed to Goldstein, who quickly passed to Kirst. Starsia commented that the slide was ill-advised because Long was holding his stick in his left hand and therefore was not much of a danger to shoot, but the slide left Kirst open.

Then, after Long scored Cornell's 12th goal, Starsia said it was "a big-time play" in which Long used his off-hand to shoot. The play was virtually identical to the earlier one, except nobody slid to help defend Long and leave another man open. So, instead of passing to escape a double-team, Long just beat his man and scored.

In the first case, Starsia didn't want the slide, and Cornell scored by playing tic tac toe. In the second, there was no slide, and Cornell scored by Long beating his man.

This comment is with respect for Starsia. It's just that Long put Richmond's defenders between a rock and a hard place.

Coach Starsia knows that Mikey Long is a dominant right player, and apparently Starsia didn't think Long would shoot with the left. But Long has buried it coming around the left side before, but I don't recall that he does it that often.

The defender made the "wrong" decision the first time got burned, then made the "right" decision and got burned. Sometimes you just gotta hand it to a guy like Long. The best thing about being good is that sometimes there are no right answers against you.

ugarte

mike1960

Swampy

CU77
Article on the game: [www.insidelacrosse.com]

Dom Starsia's commentary regarding Long is interesting. After Cornell scored its 7th goal, via passes from Long to Goldstein to Kirst, Starsia commented on Long coming around on the right side of the goal from X. Long was holding his stick in his left hand and a Richmond defender, apparently afraid Long would shoot, slid to double-team him. But instead of shooting, he passed to Goldstein, who quickly passed to Kirst. Starsia commented that the slide was ill-advised because Long was holding his stick in his left hand and therefore was not much of a danger to shoot, but the slide left Kirst open.

Then, after Long scored Cornell's 12th goal, Starsia said it was "a big-time play" in which Long used his off-hand to shoot. The play was virtually identical to the earlier one, except nobody slid to help defend Long and leave another man open. So, instead of passing to escape a double-team, Long just beat his man and scored.

In the first case, Starsia didn't want the slide, and Cornell scored by playing tic tac toe. In the second, there was no slide, and Cornell scored by Long beating his man.

This comment is with respect for Starsia. It's just that Long put Richmond's defenders between a rock and a hard place.

Coach Starsia knows that Mikey Long is a dominant right player, and apparently Starsia didn't think Long would shoot with the left. But Long has buried it coming around the left side before, but I don't recall that he does it that often.

The defender made the "wrong" decision the first time got burned, then made the "right" decision and got burned. Sometimes you just gotta hand it to a guy like Long. The best thing about being good is that sometimes there are no right answers against you.

+1

23 minutes of highlights: [www.youtube.com]

Was-#2 Maryland edged #1 Notre Dame, 11-10, moved into first place in the March 3 lacrosse media poll. Cornell remains #3, would have been hard to move up off a one-goal victory over #14 Richmond, which did move up one spot to 13.

Also, 3-1 Princeton from #8 to #4 (beat NC 14-12). Cornell's next opponent Penn State (12 noon Saturday 3/8, 3 hours before the Cornell-Clarkson ECAC womens semifinal) up one to #8. Syracuse remains 11, Harvard 12, Colgate (which we have played since 2022, and probably should) up two spots to #16, Denver now 4-2 fell one to #16, Penn at 2-3 falls five spots to #18.

Based on these early polls: If only Cornell could have had #5 Army and also-receiving-votes Colgate on the RS schedule, instead of, say, 1-3 SUNY Albany (also receiving votes) because Colgate could be a day trip.

Coaches poll. Updated and corrected after poll released Monday afternoon:

 1. Maryland
 2. Notre Dame 
 3. Cornell 
 4. Princeton 
 5  Army
 6. NC 
 7. Hopkins
 8. Duke
 9. Penn State 
10. Georgetown

Media poll:

billhoward
Cornell's next opponent Penn State (12 noon Saturday 3/8, 3 hours before the Cornell-Clarkson ECAC womens semifinal)

The Cornell-Clarkson women's hockey semifinal is Friday at 3 pm. The women's ECAC Final is 3 pm on Saturday, teams TBD.

billhoward
Monday afternoon coaches poll:

That is not the correct poll! Inside Lacrosse's link is broken. Here is the correct poll:

[usila.org]

Top ten are the same as the media poll with a swap of #8 and #9.

Nice article on Walker Wallace in Inside Lacrosse. I had forgotten that he came in as a goalie, and a highly regarded one at that.

[www.insidelacrosse.com]

does lacrosse have the same rule as hockey where no one else can use the goalie stick?

upprdeck
does lacrosse have the same rule as hockey where no one else can use the goalie stick?

Yes. There are strict requirements on the dimensions of sticks.

No I mean is the goalie the only one who can use the stick or say if players collide and the goalie gets knocked 10 yds out of the play could a D use his stick in the moment? or in that case can anyone swap sticks?

Hockey anyone can except the goalie stick.



Just wondering when Cornell gets to play a home area game in decent temp?

I have a hard time going to a good game like PSU and then sitting in 30 with 20MPH winds feeling like 10 and then want to go sit in the hockey arena for 2 games.

There is a chance we see 40s for the Penn game

upprdeck
No I mean is the goalie the only one who can use the stick or say if players collide and the goalie gets knocked 10 yds out of the play could a D use his stick in the moment? or in that case can anyone swap sticks?

Hockey anyone can except the goalie stick.



Just wondering when Cornell gets to play a home area game in decent temp?

I have a hard time going to a good game like PSU and then sitting in 30 with 20MPH winds feeling like 10 and then want to go sit in the hockey arena for 2 games.

There is a chance we see 40s for the Penn game

Sorry I misunderstood. Only the designated goalie can use goalie equipment.

Any advantage to coming early for lax? (Warmups, anything like that?) Or best to arrive as close to 12 as possible? (Also, how long do these games tend to last? If the game starts at 12, does it end by like, 2:30ish and give time to wander to Lynah or will I have to scurry out early for the women's hockey championships?)

stereax
Any advantage to coming early for lax? (Warmups, anything like that?) Or best to arrive as close to 12 as possible? (Also, how long do these games tend to last? If the game starts at 12, does it end by like, 2:30ish and give time to wander to Lynah or will I have to scurry out early for the women's hockey championships?)

Should end by shortly after 2.

if the game ends at 2:50 you can still get to lynah in time

Al DeFlorio

stereax
Any advantage to coming early for lax? (Warmups, anything like that?) Or best to arrive as close to 12 as possible? (Also, how long do these games tend to last? If the game starts at 12, does it end by like, 2:30ish and give time to wander to Lynah or will I have to scurry out early for the women's hockey championships?)

Should end by shortly after 2.

Sweet, perfect. I usually try to get to Lynah around when the doors open so I've got the time to watch warmups and all

Need good defense today. Protect the top. I hope we aren't timid about challenging shots from 10-15. And when we slide, we should really bring them hard and disrupt any attempt at passing to the cutters.

Seats available.

What was the penalty?

mike1960
What was the penalty?

Hit to head.

stereax

mike1960
What was the penalty?

Hit to head.

Thx.

Mikey Long from X with a shortie guarding him. That's $.

3-2 Cornell, 1st.

PSU leading scorer Traynor is not playing.

Live thoughts:

1) It's cold as FUCK
2) Do goalies just suck in lacrosse?
3) How is a hit to head only 1 minute?
4) We don't chant red during the anthem?
5) The sideline is loud as hell
6) Why's the goalie the only one who gets to wear real pants and a sweater?
7) Don't they get cold???
8) Tracking the ball is harder than tracking the puck in hockey.
9) Those dudes with crutches showing up on the sideline for the team. Respect. Freezing their asses off too, I bet. At least they get coats.
10) Hey our goalie made some cool saves! Can they body block? Why don't they body block?

3-2 Cornell at the end of the 1st.

Wyatt is starting off well today. A good sign.

Our offensive passes seem a touch off today.

Yale crushing Denver 7-2 in the first

#16 for PSU stuck a knee in Jesus Kirst's back after he dove for a goal. Not cool.

4-2 Cornell.

stereax
Live thoughts:

1) It's cold as FUCK
2) Do goalies just suck in lacrosse?
3) How is a hit to head only 1 minute?
4) We don't chant red during the anthem?
5) The sideline is loud as hell
6) Why's the goalie the only one who gets to wear real pants and a sweater?
7) Don't they get cold???
8) Tracking the ball is harder than tracking the puck in hockey.
9) Those dudes with crutches showing up on the sideline for the team. Respect. Freezing their asses off too, I bet. At least they get coats.
10) Hey our goalie made some cool saves! Can they body block? Why don't they body block?

The goalie stands around hence they get to wear more. The other guys are running nonstop. You don’t really get cold when you’re running. Also, the ball hurts when it hits you. Would you want to block it with your body with little kit on?

ER

stereax
Live thoughts:

1) It's cold as FUCK
2) Do goalies just suck in lacrosse?
3) How is a hit to head only 1 minute?
4) We don't chant red during the anthem?
5) The sideline is loud as hell
6) Why's the goalie the only one who gets to wear real pants and a sweater?
7) Don't they get cold???
8) Tracking the ball is harder than tracking the puck in hockey.
9) Those dudes with crutches showing up on the sideline for the team. Respect. Freezing their asses off too, I bet. At least they get coats.
10) Hey our goalie made some cool saves! Can they body block? Why don't they body block?

The goalie stands around hence they get to wear more. The other guys are running nonstop. You don’t really get cold when you’re running. Also, the ball hurts when it hits you. Would you want to block it with your body with little kit on?

Can't they wear padding for that? This sport is confusing lol

Good job on the man down.

I don't know how many times we're going to leave the opponent with free hands on the weak side 5x5. Quite a few goals scored from there on us this year.

6-3 Cornell.

stereax
Live thoughts:

1) It's cold as FUCK
2) Do goalies just suck in lacrosse?
3) How is a hit to head only 1 minute?
4) We don't chant red during the anthem?
5) The sideline is loud as hell
6) Why's the goalie the only one who gets to wear real pants and a sweater?
7) Don't they get cold???
8) Tracking the ball is harder than tracking the puck in hockey.
9) Those dudes with crutches showing up on the sideline for the team. Respect. Freezing their asses off too, I bet. At least they get coats.
10) Hey our goalie made some cool saves! Can they body block? Why don't they body block?

Live thoughts 2:

11) Tompkins trust shuffle, feels like I'm back in Lynah already
12) Taunting from the bench after a goal is appreciated
13) Kirst from Firth, Kirst from Firth
14) GET BACK IN YOUR CREASE GOALIE
15) Is lacrosse just slower?
16) Isn't it like, nearly impossible to strip someone of the ball? Given it's in the stick.
17) The guys who stand in the other zone while the rest of the team attacks - don't they get bored? Do they chat with each other?
18) Wait is their penalty box literally just kneeling on the sideline?
19) Again why is a HIT TO THE HEAD a 60 second penalty? And a push is 30? And a slash is 60?
20) Why are there so many timeouts??

6-4 Cornell at the half.

stereax

ER

stereax
Live thoughts:

1) It's cold as FUCK
2) Do goalies just suck in lacrosse?
3) How is a hit to head only 1 minute?
4) We don't chant red during the anthem?
5) The sideline is loud as hell
6) Why's the goalie the only one who gets to wear real pants and a sweater?
7) Don't they get cold???
8) Tracking the ball is harder than tracking the puck in hockey.
9) Those dudes with crutches showing up on the sideline for the team. Respect. Freezing their asses off too, I bet. At least they get coats.
10) Hey our goalie made some cool saves! Can they body block? Why don't they body block?

The goalie stands around hence they get to wear more. The other guys are running nonstop. You don’t really get cold when you’re running. Also, the ball hurts when it hits you. Would you want to block it with your body with little kit on?

Can't they wear padding for that? This sport is confusing lol

My intro to lacrosse (while growing up in SoCal in the 70s) was an article in Sports Illustrated about Cornell Lax. They quoted the goalie as saying something like "I don't feel that I've played well unless my body is covered with bruises after the game from stopping shots"

It appears to me that Cascadden is in good position to win more face offs, but is just unable to scoop up the ball.

Cornell really not doing well on ground balls in general

Offense takes so long to get to shooting spots

Cornell for a team that scores and gets a ton of possession really gets almost no calls to go on the man up. 5 games and not even 10 chances yet

Defensive mistakes and penalties. We have a championship caliber offense. The defense needs to step it up.

Tim Goldstein has been terrific at X, but I have to say, Mikey Long is so at ease back there, it looks like he was born to play that position.

First interference call I've seen in a while.

Melkonian has mad skillz, as the kids would say.

Wasted possessions

Chris H82

stereax

ER

stereax
Live thoughts:

1) It's cold as FUCK
2) Do goalies just suck in lacrosse?
3) How is a hit to head only 1 minute?
4) We don't chant red during the anthem?
5) The sideline is loud as hell
6) Why's the goalie the only one who gets to wear real pants and a sweater?
7) Don't they get cold???
8) Tracking the ball is harder than tracking the puck in hockey.
9) Those dudes with crutches showing up on the sideline for the team. Respect. Freezing their asses off too, I bet. At least they get coats.
10) Hey our goalie made some cool saves! Can they body block? Why don't they body block?

The goalie stands around hence they get to wear more. The other guys are running nonstop. You don’t really get cold when you’re running. Also, the ball hurts when it hits you. Would you want to block it with your body with little kit on?

Can't they wear padding for that? This sport is confusing lol

My intro to lacrosse (while growing up in SoCal in the 70s) was an article in Sports Illustrated about Cornell Lax. They quoted the goalie as saying something like "I don't feel that I've played well unless my body is covered with bruises after the game from stopping shots"

Damnnn, okay. Maybe I misjudged but it feels like only stick blocks.

stereax

stereax
Live thoughts:

1) It's cold as FUCK
2) Do goalies just suck in lacrosse?
3) How is a hit to head only 1 minute?
4) We don't chant red during the anthem?
5) The sideline is loud as hell
6) Why's the goalie the only one who gets to wear real pants and a sweater?
7) Don't they get cold???
8) Tracking the ball is harder than tracking the puck in hockey.
9) Those dudes with crutches showing up on the sideline for the team. Respect. Freezing their asses off too, I bet. At least they get coats.
10) Hey our goalie made some cool saves! Can they body block? Why don't they body block?

Live thoughts 2:

11) Tompkins trust shuffle, feels like I'm back in Lynah already
12) Taunting from the bench after a goal is appreciated
13) Kirst from Firth, Kirst from Firth
14) GET BACK IN YOUR CREASE GOALIE
15) Is lacrosse just slower?
16) Isn't it like, nearly impossible to strip someone of the ball? Given it's in the stick.
17) The guys who stand in the other zone while the rest of the team attacks - don't they get bored? Do they chat with each other?
18) Wait is their penalty box literally just kneeling on the sideline?
19) Again why is a HIT TO THE HEAD a 60 second penalty? And a push is 30? And a slash is 60?
20) Why are there so many timeouts??

Live thoughts 3:

21) Gloves help a lot with the Cold
22) Powerplay time! They don't call it that though. When do they get back on the field after? Can't tell.
23) Flopping is appreciated. Like soccer.
24) No nameplates on jerseys makes it tough.
25) Why don't more of the sideline guys wear coats???
26) The tradition of yelling at refs extends to every sport.
27) They celebrate saves more than goals
28) Do they just never have faceoffs?
29) God damn, MORE timeouts?
30) Is the field wet? Looks it.

Faceoffs a problem in the second half

Tambroni leaning hard on the first line. Some things never change.

Cornell needed to take a TO there instead of getting out of sorts behind the goal.

I think they have to be in the offensive end to get a TO?

Unintentional helmet-to-helmet from Cascadden. 2 minute nonreleasable. That puts the game in doubt.

Chousnake
Faceoffs a problem in the second half

Understatement, unfortunately!

Yeah looked like they just ran into each other.

12-10 1:38 to go.

Something very funny about Yee pumped into a lax game.

Just some bad decisions down the stretch by Cornell. Knust with a bad turnover and Cascadden with a terrible penalty.

jjanow99
I think they have to be in the offensive end to get a TO?

They had the ball behind the net and were completely out of sorts. Needed a TO right there.

Whew. Got the faceoff and TO. We need to be prepared to take the other TO if need be.

mike1960
Whew. Got the faceoff and TO. We need to be prepared to take the other TO if need be.

I don't understand being in a position to be forced out of bounds there.

Ouch. PSU played that very well.

stereax

stereax

stereax
Live thoughts:

1) It's cold as FUCK
2) Do goalies just suck in lacrosse?
3) How is a hit to head only 1 minute?
4) We don't chant red during the anthem?
5) The sideline is loud as hell
6) Why's the goalie the only one who gets to wear real pants and a sweater?
7) Don't they get cold???
8) Tracking the ball is harder than tracking the puck in hockey.
9) Those dudes with crutches showing up on the sideline for the team. Respect. Freezing their asses off too, I bet. At least they get coats.
10) Hey our goalie made some cool saves! Can they body block? Why don't they body block?

Live thoughts 2:

11) Tompkins trust shuffle, feels like I'm back in Lynah already
12) Taunting from the bench after a goal is appreciated
13) Kirst from Firth, Kirst from Firth
14) GET BACK IN YOUR CREASE GOALIE
15) Is lacrosse just slower?
16) Isn't it like, nearly impossible to strip someone of the ball? Given it's in the stick.
17) The guys who stand in the other zone while the rest of the team attacks - don't they get bored? Do they chat with each other?
18) Wait is their penalty box literally just kneeling on the sideline?
19) Again why is a HIT TO THE HEAD a 60 second penalty? And a push is 30? And a slash is 60?
20) Why are there so many timeouts??

Live thoughts 3:

21) Gloves help a lot with the Cold
22) Powerplay time! They don't call it that though. When do they get back on the field after? Can't tell.
23) Flopping is appreciated. Like soccer.
24) No nameplates on jerseys makes it tough.
25) Why don't more of the sideline guys wear coats???
26) The tradition of yelling at refs extends to every sport.
27) They celebrate saves more than goals
28) Do they just never have faceoffs?
29) God damn, MORE timeouts?
30) Is the field wet? Looks it.

Live thoughts 4 , the finale:

31) The goalie squatting with his stick held in front of his face will never not be funny to me. Especially when he's facing the net so his butt is towards the field.
32) Does the rush simply not exist in lacrosse?
33) So the sidelines are suggestions?
34) OKAY THAT WAS A RUSH GOAL HELL YES
35) Sitting on the ground not contributing to a play is encouraged
36) Oh my days that guy Goldstein just slung the ball through like 8 screens and still scored
37) Oh so the refs here also do game management penalties?
38) SO NOW A HIT TO THE HEAD IS TWO MINUTES??? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
39) Their goalie's save percentage is in the 20s. Ours is under 50. Is this normal?
40) OVERTIME???

I can’t believe this…

CJ tried to do too much and was pushed out of bounds. Penn State gets the ball, scores, and ties the game.

jjanow99
I can’t believe this…

So disappointing

Why no TO when CJ in trouble?

Why didn’t Cornell call TO when Kirst was in danger?

Well then.

Disgustingly disappointing.

That was clearly Mike Schafer's fault. -- eLynah

I always thought the shot clock should be shorter in OT. It’s a four min period and they have 80 seconds per possession?

Gee maybe work on man down D this week?

Trotsky
That was clearly Mike Schafer's fault. -- eLynah

I mean this was clearly the coaching staff’s fault

Mad D was great unil the last 2 min of the game

Still 2 min penalty for that is just a dumb part of the Lax rule book

Big mistake by Cascadden. He wanted to put his shoulder into the player but hit him with the top of his helmet instead.

This was a bad loss. I hope we learn from it. Maybe this will give us anger fuel for Princeton.

I need to go back and watch the replay
but I agree, I didnt think possession was established, both players ran in for GB with heads down
how does Cascadan draw the 2min non releasable there ??

Most horrible loss since 2009?

What the fuck was that? Aside from all the other terrible mistakes, the coaching staff forgot they could call TO?

Started with the goalie giveaway goal and downhill fast. 55 min of controlled D and 4 min of bad

Cornell95
I need to go back and watch the replay
but I agree, I didnt think possession was established, both players ran in for GB with heads down
how does Cascadan draw the 2min non releasable there ??

It wasn't intentional, but he did hit the PSU guy in the facemask with the top of his helmet. Clear penalty. Any ref would call that a 2 minute nonreleasable.