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CORNELL BIG RED 2017 Men’s Lacrosse GAME 3 ALBANY GREAT DANES (2-1, 0-0 AE) VS. CORNELL BIG RED (0-2, 0-0 IVY) Sunday, March 5, 2017 • 1:00 p.M. • • Ithaca, n.y. • Schoellkopf fIeld (25,597) Series Details Team Rankings Game Coverage Series Record: Series tied, 2-2 Cornell’s USILA Rank: NR Live Stats: www.CornellBigRed.com Last Meeting: Albany, 12-8 on 3/5/16 Cornell’s IL Media Rank: NR Live Video: www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com Coach Kerwick vs. Albany: 1-2 Albany’s USILA Rank: 9 Live Audio: www.WHCUradio.com Probable Lines ... Coach Marr vs. Cornell: 2-2 Albany’s IL Media Rank: 15 Radio: WHCU 870 AM Television: None ATTACK 2 Colton Rupp So., 5-10, 200 Follow Big Red Men’s Lacrosse STORY LINES Washington, D.C. 0-1-1, 1 GB WORLD WIDE WEB ......................................www.CornellBigRed.com • Cornell will play its home opener on Sunday when it welcomes No. 27 Connor Fletcher Fr., 6-3, 225 FACEBOOK ...............................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics 9 Albany to Schoellkopf Field. Newton, Pa. 4-0-4, 4 GB TWIttER ........................................ www.Twitter.com/cornellsports • The Big Red has opened the season at 0-2 and has lost four consecu- 51 Jeff Teat Fr., 5-10, 160 INSTAGRAM ................................www.Instagram.com/cornellsports tive games dating back to last season’s loss vs. Brown. Brampton, Ont. 3-0-3, 1 GB YOUTUBE ..................................www.Youtube.com/cornellathletics • The Big Red is looking to snap Albany’s two-game winning FIRST MIDFIELD steak in the series and earn its first win over the Great Danes on Cornell Men’s Lacrosse Staff 3 Clarke Petterson So., 5-10, 190 Schoellkopf Field. RICHARD M. MORAN HEAD COACH OF LACROSSE MATT KERWICK Toronto, Ont. 1-0-1, 4 GB • The game will be Cornell’s second of the sesaon against a nation- Fourth-year head coach Matt Kerwick (27-20, .574) was named the 9 Jake McCulloch So., 6-0, 190 ally ranked opponent, as Cornell fell to No. 11 Penn State in its Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse at Cornell University Stony Brook, N.Y. 1-0-1, 1 GB season opener. on June 11, 2014. He served in the position on an interim basis during 47 Ryan Matthews Sr., 6-2, 205 • After dropping a heartbreaker in its season opener at Syracuse, the 2014 season and is the 11th head coach in the programs’ 121-year Manhasset, N.Y. 0-1-1, 1 GB UAlbany has dismantled Drexel (19-8) and UMass (17-8) to improve history ... Kerwick begins his 19th season as a head coach (129-121). to 2-1. ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ...... Peter Milliman (Empire State College ‘12) SECOND MIDFIELD ASSISTANT COACH ....................................Jordan Stevens (Cornell ‘15) 18 Andrew Keith Sr., 6-2, 180 Countdown To Face Off VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH .......................Connor Buczek (Cornell ‘15) Woodbury, N.Y. 4-0-4, 0 GB DIRECTOR OF LACROSSE OPERATIONS .................. Mark Wittink (Cornell ‘00) 23 Jordan Dowiak Jr., 6-0, 210 10 The first-ever meeting between Cornell and Albany came ATHLETIC TRAINER ..................................................................Jim Case Long View, N.J. 2-0-2, 2 GB TEN seasons ago when the Big Red defeated UAlbany in STRENGTH COACH..............................................................Erika Rogan 30 Zach Ward So., 5-10, 160 overtime of 2007 NCAA tournament quarterfinals. Lancaster, Pa. 0-2-2, 0 GB Cornell Athletic Communications DIRECTOR ................................................................Jeremy Hartigan 9 UAlbany enters the game ranked NINTH in the nation. FACE-OFFS DEPUty DIRECTOR (MLAX CONTACT) .......................................Julie Greco 13 Paul Rasimowicz Fr., 6-0, 280 E-MAIL .......................................................jag235@cornell.edu 8 Freshman Paul Rasimowicz has a team-high EIGHT Somerset, N.J. 15-of-39 (.385%); 8 GB OFFICE PHONE ...........................................................(607) 255-4688 ground balls on the season. 29 Marshall Peters (Wing) Sr., 6-2, 185 CELL PHONE .........................................................(315) 559-3422 Vienna, Va. 0-0-0, 1 GB PRESS BOX PHONE ......................................................(607) 255-3535 7 Cornell has just SEVEN players on its roster that have 48 Brandon Salvatore (Wing) Fr., 6-0, 185 seen action in more than 20 career games. ts New Canaan, Conn 0-0-0, 3 GB 2017 Schedule & Resul Feb. 18 at No. 11 Penn State L, 10-20 6 Marshall Peters ranks SIXTH in Cornell history for caused DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD 25 at Hobart L, 8-16 turnovers in a career (45). 29 Marshall Peters (LSM) Sr., 6-2, 185 Mar. 4 No. 9 ALBANY 1:00 p.m. Vienna, Va. 0-0-0, 1 GB, 0 CT 11 ^ vs. No. 11 Virginia 6:00 p.m. PST 5 Sunday’s game is the FIFTH meeting between the two 16 Jack Bolen (SSM) Jr., 6-0, 175 programs. 18 * at No. 7 Yale 1:00 p.m. Bethesda, Md. 0-0-0, 2 GB, 0 CT 21 COLGATE 5:00 p.m. 26 Dan Bockelman Jr., 5-11, 180 4 Albany is one of FOUR New York teams on the Big Red’s 25 * No. 8 PENN 1:00 p.m. Melville, N.Y. 0-0-0, 2 GB, 0 CT schedule this season. Apr. 1 * DARTMOUTH 1:00 p.m. 8 * at Harvard 1:00 p.m. CLOSE DEFENSE 3 Cornell junior Kason Tarbell is brothers with Albany senior 34 Jake Pulver Jr., 6-0, 210 11 at No. 12 Syracuse 7:00 p.m. Ky Tarbell. The duo is among THREE total players that Manlius, N.Y. 0-0-0, 4 GB, 1 CT 15 LEHIGH 1:00 p.m. attended Salmon River High School, including Albany’s 48 Brandon Salvatore Fr., 6-0, 185 22 * at Brown 1:00 p.m. Dalton Roundpoint. New Canaan, Conn 0-0-0, 3 GB, 3 CT 29 * PRINCETON 3:00 p.m. 50 Chad Otterman So., 6-3, 195 2 Albany has won the last TWO meetings against the Big May 5-7 $ Ivy League Tournament TBD Morristown, N.J. 0-0-0, 0 GB, 0 CT Red to even the series at 2-2. GOALIE 1 When Christian Knight assisted on Jeff Teat’s goal with 40 Christian Knight Sr., 6-1, 195 * - Ivy League games ONE second to play in the third quarter vs. Hobart on Feb. ^ - Pacific Coast Shootout (Costa Mesa, Calif.) Baltimore, Md. 16.98 GAA, .410 sv.% 24 it was the Big Red’s first point by a goalie since Ted $ - Campus site TBD Lynch registered an assist vs. Colgate on April 13, 1993. Home games in BOLD CAPS CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics @CornellSports @CornellSports CornellAthletics SERIES HISTORY VS. UALBANY: The all-time series with Albany it tied at 2-2, Media Information 2017 IVY LEAGUE STANDINGS thanks to the Great Danes current two-game winning streak. The first-ever Live Stats meeting came 10 seasons ago when the Big Red defeated UAlbany in overtime of (March 1) Overall Ivy School W - L Pct. W - L Pct. Cornell will use SIDEARM Live Stats for each of the 2007 NCAA tournament quarterfinals, held in Princeton, N.J. Cornell went on to Big Red’s home games in 2016. For official stats visit: 1. Harvard 0 -0 .000 3 -0 1.000 win the next meeting as well, a regular season match-up in 2015 in the seventh www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mlax/ 2. Penn 0 -0 .000 2 -0 1.000 annual Patriot Cup held in Dallas, Texas. The Great Danes earned its first win in 3. Princeton 0 -0 .000 2 -1 .667 Postgame Interviews the series in the first round of the 2015 NCAA tournament, beating the Big Red 4. Brown 0 -0 .000 1 -1 .500 Coach Matt Kerwick and selected players will be avail- 5. Yale 0 -0 .000 1 -1 .500 at Schoellkopf Field, and then won the first-ever regular season match-up played able after the required 10-minute “cooling-off” period 6. Dartmouth 0 -0 .000 1 -2 .333 after each game. The Big Red locker room is closed. in Albany a season ago. 7. Cornell 0 -0 .000 0 -2 .000 Practice Interviews/Coverage LOOKING AT THE GREAT DANES (portions courtesy UAlbanySports.com): No. 9 UAl- RECENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS: All interviews with Coach Kerwick and players must bany improved to 2-1 on the year with a resounding 17-8 victory over UMass on Saturday, Feb. 18 be requested in advance through the Athletic Com- Wednesday. The Great Danes had split the first two games of the season, dropping Harvard at UMass Lowell ........ Harvard, 14-9 munications Office by contacting Julie Greco. The Yale at Villanova ......................... Yale, 16-11 coach and players are available for interviews before a heartbreaking 10-9 decision to Syracuse at the Dome, before soundly defeating Cornell at Penn St. ............... Penn St., 20-10 practices by appointment only, so as not to interfere Drexel, 19-8. The team was unanimously selected to finish first in the America Penn at Saint Joseph’s ................ Penn, 10-5 with academic or practice schedules. East Conference and features a pair of preseason All-Americans in Connor Field NJIT at Princeton ..................Princeton, 22-8 Dartmouth at Canisius.......... Canisius, 13-8. Radio and Stone Sims. A year ago, Fields was in the top-10 in NCAA Division I in points All of the Big Red’s men’s lacrosse games in 2016 and goals per game and has picked up this season right where he left off, entering Sunday, Feb. 19 are carried live on WHCU-870 AM in the Ithaca area the week ranked first in the nation with 7.00 points per game. Sims is UAlbany’s Quinnipiac at Brown ..................Brown, 25-9 and on the internet at www.WHCUradio.com.