CORNELL 2025

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Not a Cornell 2025 post these highlights are too fun not to share: PLL - Jeff Teat highlights but they increasingly get more impressive

https://x.com/PremierLacrosse/status/18 ... 5526848845

Teat has more assists than 4 PLL TEAMS!

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Now it's official. Cornell '24 recruit Michael Melkonian, FO/Midfield from South Side, named Nassau County player of the year by Newsday.

Here is what was written - very impressive

The faceoff X marked the spot where Michael Melkonian dominated, helping the Cyclones win games and helping this specialist win compliments from coaches and teammates along the route to the state Class B championship. "They have a fantastic face off guy," Yorktown coach Tim Schur said after Melkonian went 19-3 in the state semifinal. "Melkonian is definitely a special talent. He's going to do great things in college," Warwick coach Tom Kelly said after the Cornell commit went 19-1 in the the Southeast Regional Final, including one ball he scooped up and took all the way for a goal.

Fellow South Side senior Owen West called hime "the best faceoff kid in the country"

So the Cyclones had the ball a lot.
They went 21-1 after Melkonian went 365-88 onfaceoffs, including 130-20 across their seven postseason games. He also collected 266 ground balls and contributed 12 goals and six assists.
"I just think once I get a little bit of a groove on, I think I din just control the game," Melkonian said when asked about his faceoff prowess, "and I can make sure I get the ball to my teammates or I can push it to myself and just help us get opportunities to score some goals."
The four-year varsity player set program records with this skill. They were for faceoff wins in a career (847), faceoff win percentage in a season (.806 in 2024) and faceoff win percentage in a career (751).

"He's been training and doing this since about third grade." South Side coach Steve DiPietro said. "He goes to all the trainings."He's been training and doing this since about third grade," South Side coach Steve DiPietro said."He learns different techniques. He learns from other guys. . . He's fast enough and athletic enough to run away from guys. He can win it to himself. He can win it forward, backward. So he's got the full complement in his toolbox.

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Six Cornellians at U20 tryouts, on par with Maryland and Duke.

Nadelen Welcomes 77 of Nation's Best for U.S. Men's U20 Tryouts
https://www.usalacrosse.com/news-media- ... 20-tryouts

Colleges/Commitments represented:

8 - @UVAMensLax

7 - @UNCMensLacrosse

6 - @CornellLacrosse @TerpsMLax @DukeMLAX

4 -@NDlacrosse @HarvardMLax @HoyasMLacrosse @OhioStateMLAX

https://x.com/usalacrossemag/status/180 ... 4NsGOUnhaw

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Piacentini (sp?) made the U20 US team

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Piacentini (sp?) made the U20 US team

Actually 4 Cornell guys make the 42 man training team: Marshall, Nurry, Nikolic, and Piacentini

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Piacentini (sp?) made the U20 US team

Actually 4 Cornell guys make the 42 man training team: Marshall, Nurry, Nikolic, and Piacentini

Inside Lacrosse - USA Men’s U20 Training Roster & Tryout Notes: Lyght, Meyer, Shannehan Stand Out
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... -out/63713

Cornell-related highlights:

• Salesianum (Del.) rising senior Rowyn Nurry finished a nice inside roll on a take from X that he got inside the teeth of the defense. Playing a lot with Millon, they were the three ’25 attackmen to advance.

• Cornell rising sophomore AJ Nikolic is on another level athletically. He hammered a righty alley shot on the run that came so easily it gave them impression that he could do it every time but deferred in order to give more flow to the offense. He also let loose a rocket that went high after a nice roll-off.

• Cornell rising freshman Michael Marshall was the most impactful playmaker. Definitely looks like an LSM to me, super active with his stick and between the lines, and scored a goal in transition. I was impressed by how he navigated screens up top and his communication, through he did get lost in space once during the buildup drills.