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2020 captains are Salvatore, Teat, Fletcher and Donville.

Cornell held its Alumni Weekend that included an intrasquad game followed by a scrimmage vs Hill Academy that included primarily sophomore and freshman players. I believe it was the first organized practice session of the fall season. The teams for the intrasquad looked to be evenly split. Some observations on offensive players below. Hard to focus on defense, FOGO and goalies. Will report on those groups after Maryland scrimmage.

* the returning 2019 contributors were predictably strong. Teat stayed on perimeter mostly and let others create. Fletcher, Donville, Piatelli, Telesco, Licciardi, Duggan and Wolf were getting space and quality shots with several dropping. Ball movement was pretty crisp with nearly all looking to make the next pass for a better look.

*. Chase I and Caelehn B in goal to start. Both looked good to very good. Will be interesting to see them vs Maryland in a month.

*. For my money, the most compelling emerging player was easily Billy Coyle. He looked great. Had 5-6 goals in intrasquad game from all different spots in different ways. Lefty, righty, dodging, finishing, etc. He looked game ready. Also excelled in Hill scrimmage. He should be an excellent fit as the third attackman in the spring.

*. Henry Follows had the first two goals of the game on slick finishes. He was coming out of the box. Lombardi and Chabot also had nice goals. Both mids and Attack were creating from the top of the box all night in both games.

*. Several frosh did not play - most notably Blake and Petrakis. Recovering from some summer maintenance type procedures I think. Unlikely to play in the fall season. Of the remaining frosh, Mikey Long was impressive in intrasquad. Three goals in total with one from a nice dodge from X and another in a tight finish on the crease in traffic. He looked like he can compete for time at attack. Brian Piatelli also impressive - but mostly in Hill scrimmage. Had 4-5 goals and several good passes. Looked physically much bigger and stronger than in spring high school games. He’s a promising player.

*. The score in the Hill scrimmage was lopsided - approx 16-3 in favor of Red. Hill just not as strong as in recent years. But still a very talented HS team.

All in - the team looked good. Of course they were playing against each other in a fall event, so we should be careful not to get too excited. Maryland scrimmage will be a great test for the young players that look to see meaningful PT this spring.

Hopefully others can provide additional thoughts. LGR!

VF

VF --- any additional feedback on Lombardi?
Did he play at attack or as a middie?
If attack, did he go to the net?; he was a real x-dodging threat at Salisbury.
Playing time?
Also, Duggan played as an offensive middie? I've assumed he would be the second or third short stick in the rotation.

Sorry but I don’t have anything more insightful on Lombardi from Friday night. He should get a good chance to shine in Maryland scrimmage. He was definitely on the field a lot - but most of his dodging was from the midfield. There was almost no inverting of middies to attack on the offensive end - but plenty of attackers were dodging from the midfield. I think this was by design at the early stages of fall practice, maybe just as a way for the coaches to see if any of the attackers might be well suited for offensive midfield. I wouldn’t read too much into anything at this point.

VF

Nice campus views. From these limited shots, our big guys do well running up the slope.

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Extremely moving and inspirational...

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rmredlax wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 7:40 am Extremely moving and inspirational...

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Incredible. What a brave man and what an inspiring showing of team love and support from Big Red athletes and coaches alike.

Update from Ryan Maloney's family:

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Here's hoping for continued progress!

Four Cornellians inlcuded in IL's list of top 100 freshmen: www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/rankinglist/3

Frank Ciniglio is an interesting pick at 74. No doubt he has been an excellent player and leader at Ward Melville. However, he tore his acl last fall and tore it again in his first game back this past spring.

Four Cornell recruits in the IL top 100 for next year: Kirst and Follows are "5 star" recruits, while Dalton and Newman also make the top 100 list. Nice to see two poles (Follows and Newman) in there. The other two Canadians, Graham and Cook, and Psyllos could easily be on the list, as well. Sheehan was previously ranked, and the rest of the class (Kephart, Kelleher, and Wallace) also have nice upside. This is an outstanding recruiting class-- hopefully all will make it to Ithaca.

Boys getting at it on the Kopf.

Looks like clips mostly from unsettled drills that favor the Offense - probably even a 4 v 3 design. But good to see them slinging it around. VF

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The PLL has awarded a "George Biordi Hard Hat Award" in its end of season honors. Dominique Alexander won the award.

OFF-TOPIC: Just watched Dake take his 2nd world rasslin' title. He gave up 2 points. When he won his first Gold,he racked up 37 points and gave up ZERO.

Sorry to intrude.

Duke Reeder, D, St. Ignatius (Calif.) /
@ADVNCLacrosse
,
@WestCoastStarz
has committed to
@CornellLacrosse
. A promising 6'3, 200-pound cover man who helps make up a strong class of 2021 defenders from Cali:

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiting/profile/49699

Reeder has a nice combination of size and athleticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJE3gVSuF0

Given his performance as a sophomore as well as his physical attributes, he has the look of a future starter on the D1 level.

OOPS.

Hindsight is 20/20 but... Not based on formulas, not based on conjecture, but based on each D1 Mens Team's 3 Best Wins and 3 Worst Losses, Cornell was the #8 team in the NCAAs last season. And they didn't get a play-off bid...

Beginning to peek at upcoming season.

Honestly I’m very encouraged by our Freshman Class with top 10 recruits at attack (#3) midfield (#7) and Face off (#2) with others who could be off the radar and surprise. Hoping a few upperclassmen step up on defense and Ward Melville recruit is under rated. Irelan should be more comfortable leading the defense as well. This team should have solid contributors from all classes. I like what seems to be solid recruiting year over year.... credit to Coach Milliman.

Looking forward to attending the fall game at St. Anthony’s on Oct 13.

New recruit: Chris Wong, class of ‘21 Att/Mid from the Salesianum School in Delaware.

His highlight package: https://youtu.be/xg0XeYfSEng