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CORNELL BIG RED 2015 Men’s Lacrosse GAME 4 ALBANY GREAT DANES (1-0, 0-0 AMERICAN EAST) VS. CORNELL BIG RED (2-1, 0-0 IVY) Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 • 1:00 p.m. (12 p.m. CSt) • dallaS, texaS • SMU’s Ford Field (32,000) Series Details Team Rankings Game Coverage Series Record: Cornell leads, 1-0 Cornell’s USILA Rank: 13 Live Stats: www.UAlbanySports.com Last Meeting: Cornell, 12-11 (OT) 5/19/07 Cornell’s IL Media Rank: 9 Live Video: None Coach Kerwick vs. Albany: 0-0 Albany’s USILA Rank: 8 Live Audio:www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com Coach Marr vs. Cornell: 0-1 Albany’s IL Media Rank: 7 Radio: WHCU 870 AM / 95.9 FM (Ithaca, N.Y.) Dan Matthews (pxp) / Kyle Hartzell & Marcus Holman (color) Probable Cornell Lines ATTACK STORY LINES Follow Big Red Men’s Lacrosse 14 Dan Lintner Sr., 5-7, 185 • No. 13 Cornell will play its third neutral site game of the season when it WORLD WIDE WEB ......................................www.CornellBigRed.com takes on No. 8 Albany at SMU’s Ford Field in Dallas, Texas. FACEBOOK ...............................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics Courtice, Ont. 0-0-0, 7 GB • The game is part of the seventh annual Patriot’s Cup and is played with the TWIttER ........................................ www.Twitter.com/cornellsports 30 Matt Donovan Sr., 6-0, 180 goal of raising awareness and funds to support the HEADstrong Foundation INSTAGRAM ................................www.Instagram.com/cornellsports Morristown, N.J. 10-0-10, 6 GB and Wounded Warrior Project. 43 Bradlee Lord Jr., 5-10, 175 • The Big Red and UAlbany have played just once before, also a neutral YOUTUBE ..................................www.Youtube.com/cornellathletics Devon, Pa. 4-0-4, 4 GB site game, as Cornell earned the 12-11 overtime victory in the 2007 NCAA quarterfinals. Cornell Men’s Lacrosse Staff RICHARD M. MORAN HEAD COACH OF LACROSSE MATT KERWICK FIRST MIDFIELD • Cornell is on a two-game winning streak, having defeated Hobart and Binghamton this past week, while the Great Danes won its season-opener Matt Kerwick was named the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men’s 2 John Hogan Sr., 5-9, 165 vs. Drexel. Lacrosse at Cornell University on June 11, 2014. Kerwick, who served Arnold, Md. 4-5-9, 2 GB • No. 8 Albany is the first of five-straight nationally ranked opponents on the in the position on an interim basis during the 2014 season, becomes 27 John Edmonds Jr., 6-3, 205 Big Red’s upcoming schedule, including three consecutive top 10 foes - the the 11th head coach in the programs’ 122-year history. ... Kerwick E. Setauket, N.Y. 7-0-7, 3 GB Great Danes, No. 5 Virginia, and No. 7 Yale. has 16 years of head coaching experience (122-107). 33 Connor Buczek Sr., 6-2, 200 • Cornell assistant Chris Kivlen is a 2005 graduate of UAlbany and was an Cincinnati, Ohio 10-2-12, 2 GB assistant coach for the 2007 Great Dane squad that fell to the Big Red in the NCAA quarterfinals. ASSISTANT COACH ............. Peter Milliman (Empire State College ‘12) • Albany’s Lyle Thompson and Cornell’s Connor Buczek were the first and ASSISTANT COACH ......................................... Chris Kivlen (Albany ‘05) SECOND MIDFIELD second picks, respectively, in the 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft, but they were VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH ..................Fred Rothman (SUNY Oswego) 18 Andrew Keith So., 6-2, 180 both taken by the expansion Florida Launch. DIRECTOR OF LACROSSE OPERATIONS .................. Mark Wittink (Cornell ‘00) Woodbury, N.Y. 1-0-1, 0 GB ATHLETIC TRAINER ..................................................................Jim Case 23 Jordan Dowiak Fr., 6-0, 195 Countdown to Face Off STRENGTH COACH.............................................................Tom Howley Long Valley, N.J. 1-1-2, 0 GB 41 Erik Turner Sr., 6-1, 200 10 Domenic Massimilian is ranked 10th in the nation with a Cornell Athletic Communications St. Albert, Alb. 0-1-1, 0 GB .696 face-off winning percentage. DIRECTOR ................................................................Jeremy Hartigan ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (MLAX CONTACT) ....................................Julie Greco FACE-OFFS 9 Nine different Great Danes scored in UAlbany’s 15-8 season E-MAIL .......................................................jag235@cornell.edu 12 Domenic Massimilian So., 6-1, 205 opening victory over Drexel. OFFICE PHONE ...........................................................(607) 255-4688 Dallas, Texas 55-of-79 (.696%); 28 GB CELL PHONE .........................................................(315) 559-3422 8 The Big Red’s 2015 season currently features eight opponents 4 Chris Cook (Wing) Sr., 5-10, 160 RESS OX HONE ranked in the USILA Coaches Poll – Syracuse (second) Virginia, P B P ......................................................(607) 255-3535 Manhasset, N.Y. 1-0-1, 15 GB (fifth), Yale (seventh), Albany (eighth), Harvard (10th), Penn 2015 Schedule & Results 29 Marshall Peters (Wing) So., 6-2, 185 (16th), Princeton (18th) and Colgate (20th). Vienna, Va. 0-1-1, 9 GB Feb. 15 at No. 4 Syracuse L, 6-14 7 Seven different Cornell players have registered at least one 20 @ vs. Hobart W, 16-8 DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD goal in each of its last two victories. 24 @ vs. Binghamton W, 17-10 29 Marshall Peters So., 6-2, 185 28 ^ vs. No. 8 Albany 12:00 p.m. CST Vienna, Va. 0-1-1, 9 GB, 3 CT 6 Over the past 10 seasons (2005-2014) only six schools have March 7 at No. 5 Virginia 1:00 p.m. won at least 70 percent of its games – Duke (.803), Cornell 4 Chris Cook (SSM) Sr., 5-10, 160 14 * at No 7 Yale 1:00 p.m. (.766), Virginia (.760), Notre Dame (.735), Syracuse (.728) 17 No. 20 COLGATE 7:00 p.m. Manhasset, N.Y. 1-0-1, 15 GB, 1 CT and Hopkins (.715). 8 Matt Schattner (SSM) Jr., 6-1, 185 21 * No. 16 PENN 3:00 p.m. Syracuse, N.Y. 0-0-0, 0 GB, 0 CT 5 After being shutout in the season opener vs. Syracuse, Matt 28 * DARTMOUTH 1:00 p.m. Donovan has scored five goals in each of the past two games. April 4 * at No. 10 Harvard 1:00 p.m. CLOSE DEFENSE 7 CANISIUS 7:00 p.m. 31 Scott D’Antonio So., 6-1, 190 4 Albany will be the Big Red’s fourth New York State opponent 11 HOFSTRA 12:00 p.m. Garden City, N.Y. 0-0-0, 2 GB, 0 CT of the season. 18 * at Brown 3:00 p.m. 34 Jake Pulver Fr., 6-0, 195 25 * No. 18 PRINCETON 1:00 p.m. 3 Domenic Massimilian is ranked third in the nation with 9.33 May 1-3 # Ivy League Tournament TBD Manlius, N.Y. 0-0-0, 1 GB, 0 CT ground balls per game. 35 Jordan Stevens Sr., 6-1, 195 9-10 # NCAA First Round TBD Smithtown, N.Y. 0-0-0, 7 GB, 2 CT 2 The Big Red had two players – Connor Buczek and Matt 16 % NCAA Quarterfinals TBD Donovan – named to the 2015 Tewaaraton Trophy watch list. 17 $ NCAA Quarterfinals TBD GOALIE 23-25 ! NCAA Championship Weekend TBD 1 Cornell has played lacrosse in Texas once before, earning 40 Christian Knight So., 6-1, 195 * - Ivy League game % - Denver, Colo. Baltimore, Md. 10.50 GAA, .475 sv.% a 20-7 victory over Denver at Highland Park high school in @ - Greater Binghamton Sports Complex $ - Annapolis, Md. Dallas on March 18, 2008. ^ - SMU’s Ford Field; Dallas, Texas ! - Philadelphia, Pa. # - Campus Sites TBD Home games in BOLD CAPS CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics @CornellSports @CornellSports CornellAthletics SERIES HISTORY VS. UALBANY: Cornell holds a 1-0 lead in the all-time series with Al- Media Information bany, defeating the Great Danes in overtime of 2007 NCAA tournament quarterfinals, 2015 IVY LEAGUE STANDINGS Live Stats held in Princeton, N.J. (Feb. 25) Overall Ivy Cornell will use SIDEARM Live Stats for each of the School W - L Pct. W - L Pct. Princeton 0 -0 .000 2 -0 1.000 Big Red’s home games in 2015. For official stats visit: LOOKING AT THE GREAT DANES (portions courtesy UAlbanySports.com): The two-time Yale 0 -0 .000 2 -0 1.000 www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mlax/ defending America East champion UAlbany men’s lacrosse team was predicted unani- Brown 0 -0 .000 1 -0 1.000 Harvard 0 -0 .000 1 -0 1.000 Postgame Interviews mously to finish first in 2015 conference preseason coaches’ poll. The Great Danes are Cornell 0 -0 .000 2 -1 .667 Coach Matt Kerwick and selected players will be avail- coming off a perfect 5-0 conference mark a year ago, going 12-6 overall and earning Penn 0 -0 .000 2 -1 .667 a trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals after defeating Loyola in the first round. Reigning Dartmouth 0 -0 .000 0 -1 .000 able after the required 10-minute “cooling-off” period after each game. The Big Red locker room is closed. two-time America East Coach of the Year Scott Marr returns two all-conference players, reigning co-Tewaaraton winner Lyle Thompson at attack and preseason All-American Ivy league SChedule/reSultS: Practice Interviews/Coverage Blaze Riorden in goal, as well as two members of the America East all-rookie team and February 14 All interviews with Coach Kerwick and players must seven of the team’s top eight midfielders from last season. In its season-opener, Al- UMBC at Penn .............................Penn, 10-8 be requested in advance through the Athletic Com- bany defeated No. 19 Drexel, 15-8. Nine different Great Danes scored as UAlbany (1-0) munications Office by contacting Julie Greco. The Manhattan at Princeton .......Princeton, 14-4 snapped a five-game skid against Drexel (0-2), netting six-straight goals from 10:36 UMass Lowell at Yale .....................Yale, 19-4 coach and players are available for interviews before left in the second to 10:30 left in the third to build a decisive lead.