The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/mens_lacrosse/)
After leading Cornell to an undefeated start and a No. 2 national ranking through five games in 2020, Milliman is leaving Ithaca. Cornell has chosen to promote from within, with now-former assistant coach Connor Buzcek ’15, MBA ’17 stepping in as interim head coach.
Despite the NCAA season’s coming to an abrupt halt, the awards continue coming for Cornell.
Cornell started the season with a 5-0 record and attained the No. 2 ranking before its season was cut short due to COVID-19.
“Late in the game, Penn State had all of the momentum coming back from down very deep,” Coyle said. “Our team never stopped believing and fought until the very last whistle.”
“I’ve always needed something competitive,” Hughes said. Eventually, he found that lacrosse was able to fill the void left from the military.
The Red narrowly escaped its first test of the season against a ranked opponent with a 17-16 win, which came in large part thanks to the help of early offensive firepower and late-game defensive heroics.
The Red picked up two road victories in comfortable fashion.
“Once our offense gets on a roll, they are one of the toughest in the country to defend,” Rasimovicz said.
Cornell regrouped and talked things over prior to starting the second quarter. What resulted was an absolute goal-fest. Cornell scored seven goals to take a 9-7 lead at the end of the half.
Cornell will await its NCAA Tournament fate — the 16-team field is set to be announced on Sunday.