Most Painful Loss You Have Witnessed Involving Your Favorite Program?

[gymman1031]

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[Puck Swami]

That one is easy - 2013 NCAA semis in Philadelphia. Denver vs Syracuse.

Denver is leading Syracuse 5-2 in the first half, and DU goalie Ryan Laplante is playing lights out for Denver, with 13 first half saves. But the Pioneers had played a goalie rotation all season long, and decided that no matter how well LaPlante was playing, that DU's other netminder, Jamie Faus, would be the second half goalie.

Unlike LaPlante, Faus would only make four saves in the second half, and Syracuse tied the game at 8-8 in the last minute, and won it 9-8 in the final 20 seconds.

I know that Coach Tierney's loyalty to his players and system was to be admired by many. But I believe in hot hands when it comes to playoff goalies, and there is little doubt in my mind that had Tierney played LaPlante instead of Faus in that second half, DU would have won that semi and made it to the finals. That was painful.

[middleAgedBear]

Brown 2016 semis...Heacock!!!!

Watching Cornell blow 3 goal lead with 5' left to SU in 2009 also stung...

[tech37]

Ohhh... easy one here:

2015 Qtrs. SU losing to Hopkins @ Annapolis

[youthathletics]

Navy to SU, on Memorial Day.

[Chousnake]

Maybe the most painful loss in NCAA lax history. Cornell losing to Syracuse in the 2009 title game after leading 9-6 with 5 minutes left and 10-9 with 27 seconds left and the ball.

Or maybe it was the 1987 title game- JHU11-Cornell 10 with Q having a huge game and Hopkins scoring the winner with under 2 minutes left.

Or maybe it was the 2007 semifinal game where Duke beat Cornell 12-11 after Cornell came from way back to tie the game at 11 with 11 seconds left only to see Duke score at the buzzer to win the game.

Lots of heartbreak for Cornell since 1977.

[JeremyCuse]

Maybe the most painful loss in NCAA lax history. Cornell losing to Syracuse in the 2009 title game after leading 9-6 with 5 minutes left and 10-9 with 27 seconds left and the ball.

Or maybe it was the 1987 title game- JHU11-Cornell 10 with Q having a huge game and Hopkins scoring the winner with under 2 minutes left.

Or maybe it was the 2007 semifinal game where Duke beat Cornell 12-11 after Cornell came from way back to tie the game at 11 with 11 seconds left only to see Duke score at the buzzer to win the game.

Lots of heartbreak for Cornell since 1977.

It's hard not think that Cornell loss is one of the most painful of all time. As a Cuse fan I was lucky enough to be on the other side but I can freely admit about a half dozen things had to go right that last 30 secs for SU to even tie the game from the Cornell player not just chucking the ball, the behind the back pass, Nims not ending up in the crease etc.. Then Cornell wins the draw but if I recall correctly doesn't even get a shot off as SU gets a turnover from Sid Smith with a great check and then scores on a no angle shot by Cody Jameson. Just an unreal turn of events.

[JeremyCuse]

Ohhh... easy one here:

2015 Qtrs. SU losing to Hopkins @ Annapolis

Brutal loss, but one that I wasn't totally shocked over as SU's goalie play that year was very uneven and as good as that team was it had a bad habit of getting down and then just deciding when it wanted to turn things on. The lack of urgency was apparent all year and way to much was put on Ben Williams shoulders.

For me the 2010 team or the 2014 might be the most painful, two first round losses that never should have happened especially the 2014 team.

[Bigdawg69]

2014 Albany against Notre dame in the quarterfinals. Last game of the Thompson trio vs Matt Kavanagh and the Irish. 2014 Albany is my favorite team of all time. From going down big early to storming all the way back then ending in OT with a Kavanagh dagger. Brought me back in just to rip my heart out

[bjred]

Either the 2010 first round loss to Army or the 2011 quarterfinal loss to Maryland as a SU fan hurts for me. I always felt that those 2011 seniors should have gotten at least one more ring but it is what it is. The offense just couldn't get anything going in the second half against Army, and they didn't have an answer to Holmes to counter Marylands stall ball.

[Laxter]

UVa OT losses to Princeton in national championship
game in ‘94 and ‘96. Nothing else really comes close for me. Those guys deserved at least one ring.

In term of non-UVa losses, the Cornell loss to Cuse in 2009 was just brutal.

[a fan]

Syracuse 1985 Championship. The loss wasn't the problem......it was that after the 1983 and 1984 thrillers, I thought Syracuse would bring their A game, and give fans another classic game. And they were coming off an OT thriller at the Dome, beating a loaded UNC team, 14-13.

For some reason that I'm sure the players can't even explain, it was one of those days where a team just didn't even get off the bus, and played flat.

11-4 loss.

[gymman1031]

UVa OT losses to Princeton in national championship
game in ‘94 and ‘96. Nothing else really comes close for me. Those guys deserved at least one ring.

In term of non-UVa losses, the Cornell loss to Cuse in 2009 was just brutal.

Michael Watson-tremendous lacrosse player, even better all-around athlete!

[OCanada]

Hopkins losing the 1989 title game to Cuse. A classic. The laspaa aa few minutes were wrenching

[gymman1031]

Hopkins losing the 1989 title game to Cuse. A classic. The laspaa aa few minutes were wrenching

No pressure. But what does "laspaa aa" stand for?

[Farfromgeneva]

2000 Hobart-GT; 10-9 blew a 9-3 Q3 lead - weird year, beat Cornell, PSU and Bucknell (all ranked) but lost winnable early games to Army & Harvard) got PL AQ

https://hwsathletics.com/news/2000/4/15/25620198.aspx

2004 Hobart-OSU 13-12 OT blew a 8 goal Q3 lead - good year, at large but strange opening loss to Butler, ripped off a winning streak including Bucknell (2x), Army, Cornell & PSU only losses on back end we’re blowing massive lead to
OSU, 1 goal natl finalist Navy in PL final

https://hwsathletics.com/news/2004/4/17/9765720.aspx

2009 Hobart-UMass; 6-5 OT have you a goal the refs counted after the end of the game to tie it for Mass - year after Hanna and BOT tried to backdoor the program back to D3 and causes a ruckus w alum then a player who’s grandfather was on BOT dies of an overdose and NCAA slaps sanctions on us for not properly timing paperwork (pretty good season in 08, ran a solid Loyola team off the Boz right before announcement, Kerwick was named ECAC COY); the goal in regulation was late and total BS as was the felonious sodomy of FR Chris Pederson to allow them possession to tie it up at the end of reg.

https://hwsathletics.com/news/2009/4/11 ... 95021.aspx

2010 Hobart-Syracuse; 9-8 OT - worst season in Hobart history of > 100yrs. Our goalie was a rockstar in the rain but our soon to quit to go coach HS HC called the classic TO w possession which we coughed up and lost in OT. In that game:

The Orange took 56 shots in the contest (to Hobart's 24), but Silberlicht handled the building pressure, making eight of his stops in the fourth quarter and another in OT. SU also had the edge in ground balls (31-25) and faceoffs (11-10). The Orange (6th in the nation in man-up offense, 54.5%) went 0-for-5 with the extra man, while the Statesmen were 0-for-2.

https://hwsathletics.com/news/2010/3/23 ... 03957.aspx

[bearlaxfan]

Brown 2016 semis...Heacock!!!!

Watching Cornell blow 3 goal lead with 5' left to SU in 2009 also stung...

Oh yeah. For the 2019 finals I stayed at the Sonesta Rittenhouse Sq, coincidentally so did UVa. Saw a couple of guys in the elevator and told them to pass along to Lars that he was an idiot for leaving Molloy in up by 10 with 4 mins left against Hopkins in '16.
They laughed but I don't know if the message got relayed.

[tech37]

Ohhh... easy one here:

2015 Qtrs. SU losing to Hopkins @ Annapolis

Brutal loss, but one that I wasn't totally shocked over as SU's goalie play that year was very uneven and as good as that team was it had a bad habit of getting down and then just deciding when it wanted to turn things on. The lack of urgency was apparent all year and way to much was put on Ben Williams shoulders.

For me the 2010 team or the 2014 might be the most painful, two first round losses that never should have happened especially the 2014 team.

Right Jeremy! Seems SU fans aren't lacking options

[tech37]

2014 Albany against Notre dame in the quarterfinals. Last game of the Thompson trio vs Matt Kavanagh and the Irish. 2014 Albany is my favorite team of all time. From going down big early to storming all the way back then ending in OT with a Kavanagh dagger. Brought me back in just to rip my heart out

Good call Bigdawg

[10stone5]

2014 Albany against Notre dame in the quarterfinals. Last game of the Thompson trio vs Matt Kavanagh and the Irish. 2014 Albany is my favorite team of all time. From going down big early to storming all the way back then ending in OT with a Kavanagh dagger. Brought me back in just to rip my heart out

Good call Bigdawg

They were up by 5, looked like Thompsons were going to run away with it.