CORNELL LACROSSE 29 Ivy League Championships 28 NCAA Tournament Appearances 13 Final Four Appearances 3 National Championships
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CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics @CornellSports CornellAthletics CORNELL LACROSSE 29 Ivy League Championships 28 NCAA Tournament appearances 13 Final Four appearances 3 National Championships THE MATCHUP • GAME 18 CORNELL (13-4, 4-2 IVY) 2018 Schedule & Results Overall Record: 12-4 Ivy League: 4-2 • Non-Conference: 8-2 VS VS. MARYLAND (13-3, 4-1 B1G) MAY 20, 2018 • 12 P.M. • NAVY-MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL STADIUM • ANNAPOLIS, MD. Home: 6-1 • Road: 3-3 • Neutral: 3-0 @CornellLacrosse vs. @TerpsMLax FEBRUARY Cornell Maryland Story Lines 17 at Colgate (PLN) ...........................................L, 11-14 24 HOBART (ILN) ..................................... W, 15-8 13-4, 4-2 Ivy League Records 13-3, 4-1 B1G • No. 8 Cornell is set to battle No. 1 Maryland in the quarterfinals of the 8 USILA Ranking 1 MARCH 7 IL Media Ranking 1 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament with a berth to championship 3 at No. 1 Albany .................................................L, 9-11 Peter Milliman Head Coach John Tillman weekend on the line when the team’s meet on Sunday in Annapolis. 6 BINGHAMTON (ILN)............................. W, 18-2 13-4 (1st year) Record at School 97-29 (8th year) • The Big Red has 13 NCAA semifinal appearances to its credit, but has 10 % vs. No. 20 Penn State .......................................W, 9-7 50-30 (5th year) Career Record 117-48 (11th year) not played on the final weekend since 2013. 17 * No. 8 YALE (ILN) ..................................L, 11-13 13.88 Goals per game 11.81 • Cornell (13-4) is making its 21st trip to the national quarterfinals 24 * at No. 15 Penn (ILN) ....................................W, 20-13 9.00 Goals allowed per game 9.31 27 AIR FORCE (ILN) .................................. W, 23-5 9.6 Assists per game 6.4 after posting a gritty 10-9 victory over the eight-seed Syracuse at 34.7 Shots per game 33.6 31 * at Dartmouth (ILN)......................................W, 22-11 33.4 Shots allowed per game 33.4 the Carrier Dome. APRIL 28.8 Ground balls per game 26.1 • The Big Red has won 10 of its last 11 contests, and has been relying 7 * HARVARD (ILN) .................................W, 15-11 28.1 Ground balls allowed per game 21.7 on its defense recently, holding four of its last five opponents to 10 No. 6 SYRACUSE (ILN) .......................... W, 13-8 199-445 (.447) Faceoffs 204-394 (.518) 61 (44:00) Penalties 48 (36:00) single-digits. 14 at No. 17 Lehigh (CBS Sports) ......................W, 12-10 18-45 (.400) Man-up goals-opportunities 24-42 (.571) • The Terrapins are the number one seed in the NCAA Tournament for 21 * BROWN (ILN) ..................................... W, 19-5 18-54 (.333) Opponent man-up goals-opp. 11-47 (.234) the third consecutive season. 28 * at Princeton (ILN) ...........................................L, 8-14 272-315 (.863) Clears 216-242 (.893) MAY .568 Save percentage .525 • Maryland (13-3) responded to a 13-10 loss to Johns Hopkins in the 4 # vs. Brown (ESPNU) ..........................................W, 7-4 .387 Opponent save % .468 B1G championship game by defeating Northeast Conference champion 6 # vs. No. 1 Yale (ESPNU) ....................................W, 14-8 65/41 1st Q goals scored/allowed 50/30 Robert Morris, 14-11, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. 13 @ at No. 11 Syracuse (ESPNU) ...........................W, 10-9 58/33 2nd Q goals scored/allowed 49/35 58/35 3rd Q goals scored/allowed 47/43 • The Big Red and Maryland have met five times in the NCAA Men’s 20 $ vs. No. 1 Maryland (ESPNU) ...........................12 p.m. 55/44 4th Q goals scored/allowed 42/41 Lacrosse Tournament, with Cornell holding a 3-2 advantage after the Home games in BOLD CAPS 0/0 OT goals scored/allowed 1/0 % US Lacrosse’s Tierney Field (Sparks, Md.) Terps won the last outing, 8-7, in 2014. * Ivy League game Petterson (42) Goals Leader Kelly (44) # Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (New York, N.Y.) Teat (60) Assist Leader Kelly (33) @ NCAA Tournament first round Teat (97) Points Leader Kelly (77) Countdown To Face Off $ NCAA Tournament quarterfinals (Annapolis, Md.) Rasimowicz (.522) FO% Leader Shockey (.529) Knight (.574) Save % Leader Morris (.531) Cornell ranks in the top TEN in the nation in points (second), goals Interim Head Coach Peter Milliman Game Coverage (third), assists (second), scoring margin (fourth), and shot percentage Peter Milliman (13-4, .765) was named the interim head coach Live Stats: www.https://www.ncaa.com (first). of the Cornell men’s lacrosse program on May 8, 2017. For the Live Video: www.ESPN3.com past four seasons, Milliman has served the program first as an Live Audio: www.WHCURadio.com The Big Red has advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals 21 times in assistant coach and then as the program’s Mario St. George Radio: WHCU 870 AM / 95.9 FM (Ithaca, N.Y.) program history, including NINE appearances since 2000. Boiardi ‘04 Associate Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse. He begins Television: ESPNU his fifth season as a head coach (50-30). THE SERIES Clarke Petterson (61) and Jeff Teat (97) are just the EIGHTH pair of Cornell teammates to each register 60 points in a season. Assistant Coach: Jordan Stevens (Cornell ‘15) First Meeting: 1921 Assistant Coach: Connor Buczek (Cornell ‘15) Overall: Maryland leads, 14-4-1 (Cornell leads, 2-0 at neutral site) Christian Knight needs just SEVEN saves to become the fourth goalie Volunteer Coach: Kevin Reisman (Limestone ‘17) In Overtime: Cornell leads, 1-0 in Cornell history to amass 600 career saves. Director of Operations: Mark Wittink (Cornell ‘00) In NCAA Tournament games: Cornell leads, 3-2 Athletic Trainer: Jim Case Current Streak: Maryland, 1 game The Big Red has defeated SIX nationally ranked opponents this Strength Coach: Thomas Howley Last Meeting: Maryland, 8-7 (5/10/2014 in College Park) Series vs. Maryland: The teams first met in 1921, three seasons season, its most since the 2013 campaign. Cornell Athletic Communications prior to lacrosse becoming a varsity sport for the Terrapins. Jordan Dowiak has the FIFTH longest goal scoring streak in the nation Director: Jeremy Hartigan • The teams played in 1921 and 1922, but would not meet again Deputy Director (MLAX Contact): Julie Greco until 1929, and Maryland went on to win four consecutive contests with at least one goal in 22 consecutive games. E-mail: [email protected] spanning 36 seasons (1929, 1951, 1963, 1965). Office Phone: 607) 255-4688 • The Big Red ended that streak by defeating the Terrapins 12-6 in The Big Red has FOUR players from the state of Maryland on its Cell Phone: (315) 559-3422 the very first NCAA national championship game (1971). roster – Jack Bolen, Patrick Karey, Christian Knight and Colton Rupp. Press Box Phone: (607) 255-3535 • The Terps won eight straight regular season meetings from 1993- 2000. Christian Knight currently ranks THIRD among all active DI goalies in • Maryland does not count the first two meetings in the series. career saves (597), sitting behind only Georgetown’s Nick Marrocco Followrosse the Big Red LAST 5 MEETINGS (655) and Manhattan’s Michael Zingaro (630). Cornell Website: www.CornellBigRed.com Cornell Facebook: www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics Year Winner (Location) ........................... Score Jeff Teat ranks fourth in Cornell history for assists in a single season 1998 Maryland (College Park) .............................15-8 Cornell Twitter: www.Twitter.com/cornellsports 1999 Maryland (College Park) .............................11-6 (60) and needs just TWO more to surpass Eamon McEneaney in third Cornell Instagram: www.Instagram.com/cornellsports 2000 Maryland (Ithaca).........................................8-7 place (61 assists in 1976). Cornell YouTube: www.Youtube.com/cornellathletics 2013 Cornell (College Park) % .............................16-8 Men’s Lax Facebook: www.Facebook.com/Cornell-Mens-Lacrosse 2014 Maryland (College Park) % ...........................8-7 Cornell and Maryland met in the very FIRST NCAA national Men’s Lax Twitter: www.Twitter.com/CornellLacrosse % - NCAA Tournament game championship game in 1971, a contest won by the Big Red, 12-6. Men’s Lax Instagram: www.Instagram.com/CornellLacrosse Cornell Big Red vs. No. 1 Maryland • Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Md.) May 20, 2018 • Page 1 CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics @CornellSports CornellAthletics A WIN OVER MARYLAND WOULD: Probable Lines • send the Big Red into the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2013 and the 13th time overall. • improve Cornell to 34-24 overall in NCAA tournament games. ATTACK • give the Big Red its second consecutive win against the number one seed in the NCAA Tournament (Virginia, 2009) and improve Cornell to 2-6 all-time 41 John Piatelli Fr., 6-0, 190 against the number one seed. Wrentham, Mass. 16-10-26, 17 GB • improve Cornell to 8-6 all-time when unseeded in the NCAA tournament. -or- • give Cornell 14 wins in a season for the first time since the 2013 team went 14-3. 2 Colton Rupp Jr., 5-10, 180 • establish the best single-season win total improvement in men’s lacrosse history with nine more wins in 2018 than in 2017 (5). Washington, D.C. 12-6-18, 9 GB • make the Big Red 5-0 this season in nationally televised games. 45 Clarke Petterson Jr., 5-10, 180 • be the 759th win in program history. • improve the Big Red to 7-2 vs. nationally ranked opponents this season. Toronto, Ont. 42-19-56, 19 GB • make Cornell 20-14 all-time when ranked eighth in the USILA Coaches’ Poll. 51 Jeff Teat So., 5-10, 165 • give the Big Red consecutive wins over the No. 1 ranked team in the USILA Coaches poll for just the second time in program history (Princeton in 2009; Brampton, Ont.