2024 Schedule...

[DMVCuseLax]

Yes. They didn’t promote the game last year. Hopefully that changes.

Ty. Hoping to attend.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Yes. They didn’t promote the game last year. Hopefully that changes.

Wasn't the game at Ensley last year?

No public access.

Right now Oct 14 and Oct 21 are wide open in the Dome.

Oct 28 might do in a pinch, there's a hoops game the Friday night before.

 

[DMVCuseLax]

Wasn't the game at Ensley last year?

No public access.

Right now Oct 14 and Oct 21 are wide open in the Dome.

Oct 28 might do in a pinch, there's a hoops game the Friday night before.

It was in the doom last year. Sunday morning.

 

[DMVCuseLax]

Parents weekend is Nov 3rd - 5th this year.

 

[Powellfan]

Parents weekend is Nov 3rd - 5th this year.

Looks like the football team hosts BC that weekend (the 3rd). Perhaps they play a different day. That seems later than usual for parents weekend.

It definitely was in the dome last year. They said no spectators but someone posted that they just walked in and were able to watch.

 

[JeremyCuse]

It was in the doom last year. Sunday morning.

Don't believe it was open to the public though

 

[DMVCuseLax]

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cuse.com

 

[SkyTopBus44]

Anish is currently the radio broadcaster for the Carolina Panthers during the LAX off-season.

LAX off-season! That got me good. Thanks Xtreme for always keeping it light

 

[DMVCuseLax]

3/19 - Cuse @ Navy

 

[OrangeXtreme]

3/19 - Cuse @ Navy

Ew. Tuesday night.

 

[Powellfan]

3/19 - Cuse @ Navy

Last year Hofstra was 3/14 and St. Bonnie's was 3/21. I have to imagine Navy is replacing one of those two teams? My guess is St Bonaventure.

 

[DMVCuseLax]

Ew. Tuesday night.

Should be a big crowd in Annapolis

 

[JeremyCuse]

3/19 - Cuse @ Navy

Hmmm interesting this at Navy this early in the year. Last time we played at Navy the game was in mid to late April I think.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Last year Hofstra was 3/14 and St. Bonnie's was 3/21. I have to imagine Navy is replacing one of those two teams? My guess is St Bonaventure.

I think this would be St. Bonnies as I can't imagine SU signed to play a one off game at Hofstra with no return.

 

[DMVCuseLax]

I think this would be St. Bonnies as I can't imagine SU signed to play a one off game at Hofstra with no return.

I was told the out of conference opponents were -

Cornell
Princeton
Army
Navy
Vermont
Boston
Hobart
Albany
Hopkins

No particular order.

 

[Powellfan]

I was told the out of conference opponents were -

Cornell
Princeton
Army
Navy
Vermont
Boston
Hobart
Albany
Hopkins

No particular order.

Wow, that's a tough schedule. Looks like 13 games plus ACC Tournament

Albany and Hobart are the two teams that SU should definitely be favored over.

Navy, Vermont, Boston they will be favored against, but these are bit more of a tossup.

Princeton, Cornell and Boston they should be favored over but these will be tough games.

Hopkins and Army I think they would probably not be favored against.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[JeremyCuse]

I was told the out of conference opponents were -

Cornell
Princeton
Army
Navy
Vermont
Boston
Hobart
Albany
Hopkins

No particular order.

Thanks, I am sure your right. I know Cornell was coming back but had heard Army was goign to be a tougher lift. Sounds like they were able to work it out.

A little surprised there is no true "cupcake" type game on the schedule as these teams plus teh 4 ACC opponents only give a 13 game schedule. Gait indicated he wanted to lean more toward a 14-15 game schedule. Maybe he had a change of heart or there's a game yet to be added. Would have liked to have seen Loyola or another Ivy versus Army if I am being honest but like that Vermont and Boston are on it. Two usually decent teams that SU should be able to get the bench into assuming things go smooth.

Navy is a bit of a mystery next year, a lot of issues on that squad last year.

 

[nyclax]

Thanks, I am sure your right. I know Cornell was coming back but had heard Army was goign to be a tougher lift. Sounds like they were able to work it out.

A little surprised there is no true "cupcake" type game on the schedule as these teams plus teh 4 ACC opponents only give a 13 game schedule. Gait indicated he wanted to lean more toward a 14-15 game schedule. Maybe he had a change of heart or there's a game yet to be added. Would have liked to have seen Loyola or another Ivy versus Army if I am being honest but like that Vermont and Boston are on it. Two usually decent teams that SU should be able to get the bench into assuming things go smooth.

Navy is a bit of a mystery next year, a lot of issues on that squad last year.

hobart and albany better be true cupcakes. the orange beat them 20-7 and 18-7 last season and the theory is they will be better this year...

princeton should be a W. they lose so much including of course two key pieces now at cuse

navy is a mess. vermont and BU are solid but if you don't win those games then you're in trouble.

so that's 6 wins. three opponents left: cornell hop army. can't go 0-3. have to go 1-2 minimum against that group. those are your likely non-con quality win opportunities with princeton as a maybe depending on how well they reload

 

[DoctahLexus]

That is a pretty darn good OOC list. Think it checks the main box of losing the guaranteed RPI drains in Holy Cross and Bonnies. Losing Hofstra is a good thing too. Army and Hop are probably the toughest. Cornell and Princeton lose a lot of talent. I hope one of them actually has success in their own OOC games, which unfortunately is not guaranteed. Heck of a lot of guys with a "senior" designation for Cornell on their IL page, and in the ivy league that actually means something. They will need a big reload to their offense after Kirst, and Adler is of course a massive loss.

It's not a major complaint but unless Princeton or Cornell absorb the personnel losses and have a big year, Hop may be the only opportunity at a massively impactful OOC win.
They may be the only OOC team that has a real shot at beating either another ACC team or a top big10 team on their schedule.

Army does not usually play any Big10 or ACC schools besides us and Rutgers. Their schedule was actually pretty tame OOC last season, besides Rutgers and Cornell. And given that I do not expect a lot from Rutgers next season, a win against them might not move the needle as much as we hope. If they take care of business avoiding bad losses and win the patriot league it would still be a high quality win. And a loss would not be the end of the world most likely.

 

[Zack80]

That is a pretty darn good OOC list. Think it checks the main box of losing the guaranteed RPI drains in Holy Cross and Bonnies. Losing Hofstra is a good thing too. Army and Hop are probably the toughest. Cornell and Princeton lose a lot of talent. I hope one of them actually has success in their own OOC games, which unfortunately is not guaranteed. Heck of a lot of guys with a "senior" designation for Cornell on their IL page, and in the ivy league that actually means something. They will need a big reload to their offense after Kirst, and Adler is of course a massive loss.

It's not a major complaint but unless Princeton or Cornell absorb the personnel losses and have a big year, Hop may be the only opportunity at a massively impactful OOC win.
They may be the only OOC team that has a real shot at beating either another ACC team or a top big10 team on their schedule.

Army does not usually play any Big10 or ACC schools besides us and Rutgers. Their schedule was actually pretty tame OOC last season, besides Rutgers and Cornell. And given that I do not expect a lot from Rutgers next season, a win against them might not move the needle as much as we hope. If they take care of business avoiding bad losses and win the patriot league it would still be a high quality win. And a loss would not be the end of the world most likely.

Cornell actually already has a 2024 roster up (without freshmen):

2025 Men's Lacrosse Roster - Cornell University Athletics

The official 2025 Men's Lacrosse Roster for the Cornell University Big Red

cornellbigred.com

A lot of 5th years on it like Michael Long and Aiden Blake.

A little sad to see the UMd-Syracuse series come to an end.

 

[DoctahLexus]

Cornell actually already has a 2024 roster up (without freshmen):

2025 Men's Lacrosse Roster - Cornell University Athletics

The official 2025 Men's Lacrosse Roster for the Cornell University Big Red

cornellbigred.com

A lot of 5th years on it like Michael Long and Aiden Blake.

A little sad to see the UMd-Syracuse series come to an end.

Good to know. Those were actually the two names I was most curious about. That means they will still have a solid core on that end. Hard to put a price on the loss of Adler though. If we beat them and they win their games against top Ivy and Big10 opponents (especially Penn State) it could go a long way for us.

 

[nyclax]

cornell will be good. they are my pick in the ivy. good system and culture. weapons on offense to compliment kirst, who is a legit stud. defense will be interesting after losing adler and ierlan and it was already showing cracks late in the year with losses to yale and michigan. but i like their ability to rebound on D better than yale, who i see as a lost cause. they just dont have the answers on the roster and can't fix it with grad transfers like other teams

army is the one to watch. they bring back everyone and i mean everyone from a team that nearly made the final four...except the goalie, which might not be a big deal because they seem to always have a good goalie. dominant faceoff guy who keeps them in basically every game. they could go undefeated in the regular season

hopkins will be a tough out as well. if ierlan stabilizes their goalie play which was good early on but pretty bad down the stretch last season, then that defense is going to be one of the best in the country. they were a goalie away from that quarterfinal game vs. notre dame being real real interesting.

those are the big three. i genuinely wouldnt be too concerned with princeton especially with that game supposed to be in the dome this year. they lose: slusher, stevens, english, finlay, ronda, vardaro, pederson, stoebner, and more. i just dont know how you recover from that no matter how good your freshman class is (and theirs will be good). too much senior talent and leadership to lose. they will be back in 2025/2026 but this upcoming season is a reset for them. they are 3rd in the ivy at best behind cornell and yale and wouldnt be shocked by a 4th or 5th place showing behind penn and harvard

 

[Powellfan]

Don't get me wrong, if they lose to Hobart or Albany, something went terribly wrong. That said, depending on which fifth years decide to come back, both teams bring back a lot, especially on offense. Hobart was not good last year, but Albany was one game away from the NCAA tournament and I think their only big loss is Elija Gash. The big question for them is if Piseno, Pucci and Hogg all come back for their fifth year.

Vermont might not actually be very good next year. They bring back their leading scorer on offense, but after that the next leading scorer only had 27 points. They lose about half their defense to Maryland and their very good FOGO to Ohio State.

BU brings back a ton on offense and their very good LSM Meyer who is a caused turnover machine. Oderina and the BU offensive coordinator are close as they've done a ton of youtube videos together.

Navy loses their top FOGO and their best offensive player who was hurt most of the year last year. Not sure there is much upside to this game, can probably lump this game and Vermont together. Given investment and recruiting hard to understand what's going on at Navy. Seems they are losing some recruits recently as well.

All things considered, I think I would have liked them to add another Big 10 team to the mix. I think talent wise they are very close to Michigan. I wouldn't be surprised to see them ranked very close together throughout the season next year. The ACC and Big 10 are clearly the top two conferences next year and when it comes to RPI, that will be a big factor. I think Rutgers and Ohio State are risky given they have talent, but I could easily see both teams having poor seasons next year. Michigan would be a relativly "safe" choice. They play Virginia and Notre Dame though, so maybe they are "ACC'ed" out.

Given that the Orange have to play the top three teams next season in conference play, this is a pretty reasonable schedule. The Ivy teams are the wild cards, I think 2025 is when the Ivy takes a big step forward as a number of teams have had really good recruiting classes this year and next. On paper though they all have pretty big holes. Agree with nyclax though, Cornell should still be good - they have either Kelleher who saved the game for the Big Red two season ago in the Dome, or an NB All American. Princeton I think might suprise people given they had so many injuries last year and still made the playoffs. Mackesy is also very very good.

Curious which of these games are home and away - you could always count on a good number of the "cupcake" teams to automatically be in the Dome. Guessing Vermont, Army and Albany will be in the Dome.

 

[sholokov2]

That is a pretty darn good OOC list. Think it checks the main box of losing the guaranteed RPI drains in Holy Cross and Bonnies. Losing Hofstra is a good thing too. Army and Hop are probably the toughest. Cornell and Princeton lose a lot of talent. I hope one of them actually has success in their own OOC games, which unfortunately is not guaranteed. Heck of a lot of guys with a "senior" designation for Cornell on their IL page, and in the ivy league that actually means something. They will need a big reload to their offense after Kirst, and Adler is of course a massive loss.

It's not a major complaint but unless Princeton or Cornell absorb the personnel losses and have a big year, Hop may be the only opportunity at a massively impactful OOC win.
They may be the only OOC team that has a real shot at beating either another ACC team or a top big10 team on their schedule.

Army does not usually play any Big10 or ACC schools besides us and Rutgers. Their schedule was actually pretty tame OOC last season, besides Rutgers and Cornell. And given that I do not expect a lot from Rutgers next season, a win against them might not move the needle as much as we hope. If they take care of business avoiding bad losses and win the patriot league it would still be a high quality win. And a loss would not be the end of the world most likely.

Why do you include Cornell? Besides the great defensemen, who do they lose?

 

[JeremyCuse]

Why do you include Cornell? Besides the great defensemen, who do they lose?

Multiple pieces including their goalie Ierlan.