<p>Cornell leads Syracuse the whole game, its 9-6 with a few minutes remaining. Syracuse makes 2 quick goals, has possession with 30 seconds left, but overthrows and loses the ball. Cornell only has to hang on to the ball but it gets knocked away with 11 seconds to go. 'Cuse recovers, passes ugly down the field, and scores with 4 seconds left. </p>
<p>Orange scores in OT. 11th national championship.</p>
<p>I love college sports.</p>
<p>As a Maxwell School alum I was delighted with the Syracuse win, but I was really impressed with how the Cornell coach and his team stuck around to applaud the Orange when the trophy was presented. Gotta love the sportsmanship in evidence at most games regardless of the sport involving the Ivy League (and Patriot League for that matter).</p>
<p>Well, I’d have to say I wouldn’t normally pay attention to this game (and I didn’t really), but D1, who graduated from SU last year, and is now living in Boston, is home for the weekend. I could tell how the game was going by the enormous amounts of silence for all that time Cornell was in the lead, then by the screams from downstairs when SU stepped it up in the last few minutes. So I turned it on upstairs for OT. Good call.</p>
<p>While she now questions being home this weekend, she knows she couldn’t afford tickets even if she had been in Boston.</p>
<p>Very exciting finish indeed! Seemed like a pretty sure win for Cornell with 10 seconds left. Amazing sequence and goal to tie.</p>
<p>I love college lacrosse. I love watching all lacrosse; and we do watch every high school game-of-the-week locally, including reruns. Sorry to see our hs season end this week.</p>
<p>Excellent tournament SU! Routing for Cornell as the underdog, but loved the excitement and the sportsmanship of this championship game.</p>
<p>I do feel sorry for the Cornell defender who tipped the ball. He just missed intercepting it in the last few seconds, right before Syracuse tied in regulation. Unfortunately he’ll replay that sequence for the rest of his life. </p>
<p>Was a great and exciting game! Congratulations to both teams.</p>
<p>I watched with mixed emotions. I grew up near Syracuse, so I usually root for the Orange…but D1’s BF goes to Cornell. In any event, an action-packed ending.</p>
<p>Dang, I missed it! I try to catch the finals every year.
A million years ago my brother went to Hobart, which, though tiny, had a great team at the time, and I became a fan of the upstate lacrosse programs. Am sure I would have rooted for Cornell today. They were quite the powerhouse back then. One of their top players of that era (and probably ever), Eamon McEneany, was lost in the towers on Sept. 11th.</p>