No. 6/8CORNELL Cornell Big Red vs. No. 19/20 BIG Penn Quakers RED 2008 Men’s Lacrosse No. 6/8 Big Red Looks to Win First Ivy League Road Game of the Season, Travels to Franklin Field to Take on No. 19/20 Penn No. 6/8 Cornell Big Red Cornell Probable Starters (6-1, 1-0 Ivy League) Attack Vs. 4 - Chris Ritchie (So., 5-10, 175) Mt. Sinai, N.Y. 7-5-12, 8 gb No. 19/20 Penn Quakers 26 - Ryan Hurley (So., 6-3, 185) Eagan, Minn. 20-3-23, 16 gb (4-2, 2-0 Ivy League) 29 - Chris Finn (Jr., 5-10, 175) Series Record: Cornell leads, 57-22-3 Manhasset, N.Y. 13-3-16, 15 gb Saturday, March 29 • Noon • Franklin Field • Philadelphia, Pa. Live Stats: www.PennAthletics.com First Offensive Midfield Video Webcast: www.PennAthletics.com 2 - Mike Corbolotti (Sr., 6-0, 190) Radio: WHCU-870 AM (Ithaca, N.Y.) San Francisco, Calif. 2-5-7, 3 gb Radio Webcast: www.CornellBigRed.com 20 - John Glynn (Sr., 5-8, 180) Television: None Lindenhurst, N.Y. 7-7-14, 31 gb 42 - Max Seibald (Jr., 6-1, 200) Countdown To Face Off 2008 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Hewlett, N.Y. 9-2-11, 20 gb FEBRUARY 10 Ten Cornell players – David Lau, Nick Gradinger, Tommy Schmicker, John Espey, John Decker, 23 ^ vs. No. 12/T10 Navy (MASN) ................W, 8-7 (OT) Second Offensive Midfield Christian Pastirik, Matt Sutherland, Chris Finn, MARCH 3 - Tom Corbolotti (Sr., 6-0, 185) Austin Boykin and Courtney Baker – attended 2 at No. 7/8 UNC ................................................. L, 8-13 San Francisco, Calif. 2-2-4, 1 gb either the same high school or prep school as a 8 No. 17/16 ARMY ............................................... W, 9-8 member of the Quakers. 12 CANISIUS ...........................................................W, 14-3 9 - John Espey (Sr., 5-8, 165) 18 % vs. No. 20/NR Denver ....................................W, 20-7 Commack, N.Y. 7-7-14, 10 gb 9 In total, nine of Cornell’s opponents this season 22 * YALE .............................................................W, 8-7 (OT) appear in the current USILA Coaches Poll, either in 25 BINGHAMTON ................................................W, 12-5 the rankings or among the others receiving votes 29 * at Penn .........................................................12:00 p.m. 37 - Rocco Romero (Jr., 5-9, 175) – Syracuse (2), North Carolina (9), Navy (10), Army APRIL Denver, Colo. 2-0-2, 3 gb (16), Princeton (17), Penn (19), Denver (20), Harvard (OVR), Brown (OVR). 5 *# at Harvard (CN8) .......................................12:00 p.m. 8 SYRACUSE (TW 26) .....................................7:00 p.m. Longstick Midfielder 12 * DARTMOUTH ................................................1:00 p.m. 13 - Andrew MacDonald (So., 6-0, 180) 8 Max Seibald has the eighth longest point-scoring streak in the nation, registering at least on point 19 * at Princeton (ESPNU) .................................4:00 p.m. Long Meadow, Mass. 0-0-0, 13 gb in the last 26 games. 26 * BROWN ...........................................................1:00 p.m. MAY Shortstick Midfielders 7 Ryan Hurley opened the week ranked seventh in 3 at Hobart .......................................................7:00 p.m. 25 - Danny Nathan (Sr., 5-11, 200) the nation with 2.67 goals per game. 10 NCAA First Round ................................................ TBD Highland Park, Ill. 0-0-0, 8 gb 11 NCAA First Round ................................................ TBD 6 All six of Cornell’s victories this season have come 17 ! NCAA Quarterfinal .............................................. TBD after holding its opponents to single digits goals. 30 - George Calvert (Jr., 5-10, 170) 18 & NCAA Quarterfinal .............................................. TBD Lawrenceville, N.J. 0-2-2, 8 gb John Glynn opened the week ranked fifth in the 24 # NCAA Semifinals .................................................. TBD 5 26 # NCAA Finals ........................................................... TBD nation in face-off win percentage (.622). Close Defense * - Ivy League game 5 - Pierce Derkac (So., 6-1, 195) 4 Cornell has played four nationally-ranked oppo- ^ - Mitchel Athletic Conference (Uniondale, N.Y.) nents so far this season, posting a 3-1 record. % - Highland Park HS (Dallas, Texas) Keswick, Va. 1-0-1, 27 gb ! - Navy-Marine Corps Mem. Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland) & - Schoellkopf Field (Ithaca, N.Y.) Max Seibald and Chris Finn have registered three 6 - Nick Gradinger (Jr., 6-4, 235) 3 # - Gilette Stadium (Foxboro, Mass.) man-up goals apiece this season. Home games in CAPS Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. 0-0-0, 3 gb All Times Eastern Standard Time 2 Cornell went 2-for-2 on extra-man opportunities 12 - Matt Moyer (Jr., 6-0, 180) vs. Binghamton on Tuesday. Chadds Ford, Pa. 0-0-0, 21 gb Cornell Men’s Lacrosse SID: Julie Greco 1 The Big Red ranks first in the Ivy League in scor- Office: (607) 255-4688 Goal ing (11.17), points per game (17.00), assists per Home/Cell: (315) 559-3422 game (5.83), ground balls per game (34.83), shots 14 -Jake Myers (Sr., 6-1, 185) Fax: (607) 255-9791 per game (41.00) and shots on goal per game Email: [email protected] Del Mar, Calif. 7.58 GAA, .517 sv.% (23.00). www.CornellBigRed.com March 29 • at Franklin Field (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2008 Cornell Men’s Lacrosse Game Notes • 1 No. 6/8 Cornell Big Red vs. No. 19/20 Penn Quakers THE MATCHUP — The No. 6/8 Big Red travels to Philadelphia this weekend to take on No. 19/20 Penn in its first Ivy League road game of the season vs. the Quakers on Franklin Field on Saturday, March 29 at noon. Cornell is coming The Coaches off a dominating 12-5 victory over Binghamton on March 25 to improve to 6-1 overall. Penn most recently defeated Harvard, 12-10 on March 22 to improve to 4-2 on the year and 2-0 in the conference. Jeff Tambroni Hobart ‘92 SERIES HISTORY VS. PENN — The Cornell and Penn rivalry is the second-oldest in the Ivy League, beginning in the Quakers’ second varsity season, 1901. The Big Red, which had already been fielding a team for nine seasons, took the 3-1 victory, the first of six-straight for Cornell. The two programs began playing each other regularly in 1920, meeting nearly every season since. The 2008 edition will be the 83rd meeting in the series history, with the Big Red holding a dominating 57-22-3 record. Head coach Jeff Tambroni is 5-2 all-time vs. the Quakers, with both losses coming at Franklin Field (2004, 2006). LOOKING AT THE QUAKERS — Penn improved to 4-2 overall and 2-0 in the conference after defeating Harvard, 12-10, at Franklin Field on March 25. The Quakers are led offensively by Craig Andrzejewski’s team-best 14 goals and 10 assists for a team-high 24 points and Cory Winkoff’s team-best 13 assists and seven goals for 20 points. Face-off man Justin RECORD AT CORNELL/YRS. ............................................79-27/eighth season OVERALL RECORD/YRS. .................................................................Same Lynch has taken nearly all the attempts for the Quakers, winning 78-of-126 attempts for a win percentage of .619. In TAMBRONI VS. PENN ..............................................................................5-2 goal, Chris Casey has played every minute of action for Penn and has posted a 8.98 goals-against average to go along ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH .........................................Ben DeLuca (Cornell ‘98) with a .491 save percentage. Assistant Coach ........................................Kyle Georgalas (Cornell ‘05) VOL. ASSISTANT COACH.......................................... Eric Genova (Denver ‘02) THE LAST TIME VS. PENN — The No. 1 Big Red opened a season at 7-0 for the first time since 1987 and avenged its lone Ivy League loss from the 2006 season as it rolled to a 20-5 victory in front of more than 4,200 fans at Schoellkopf Field. Brian Voelker Cornell, who scored 20 goals for the first time since the 1998 season, improved to 2-0 in the conference. The Big Red Johns Hopkins ‘91 attack led the way as seniors Eric Pittard, David Mitchell and Henry Bartlett combined for 17 points. Pittard registered a game-high seven points with five assists and two goals, and Mitchell led all scorers with five goals and handed out one assist, while Bartlett tallied a career-high four goals. Rounding out the multi-goal scorers were Max Seibald, with three goals on three shots, and Rocco Romero with two tallies. Penn (4-4, 1-2) was led by Casey O’Rourke’s two goals and Craig Andrzejewski’s three assists. In goal, senior Matt McMonagle was solid, saving .643 percent of the shots he faced as he made nine saves and allowed five goals, while Chris Casey gave up 16 goals and made only six saves in 46:27. Greg Klossner and Greg Murray closed out the game for Penn, combining for four saves and four goals in the final 13:33. Cornell out-shot the Quakers, 51-36, and held a 45-31 advantage in ground balls, but Penn held the edge in face-offs, winning 16-of-28. The Big Red committed nine penalties on the day, but kept the Quakers 2-of-9 on extra RECORD AT PENN/YRS. ..................................................35-38/sixth season man attempts, while scoring on 1-of-3 of its man-up opportunities. OVERALL RECORD/YRS. ................................................................Same VOELKER VS. CORNELL ............................................................................ 2-3 A WIN OVER PENN WOULD – ASSISTANT COACHES ......................................Conor Ford (Johns Hopkins ‘04) • be the 80th of coach Tambroni’s career. ...............................................Matt Heiderman (Georgetown ‘07) • make Cornell 58-22-3 all-time, while improving coach Tambroni’s record to 6-2 vs. the Quakers. ................................................... Pete Jacobs (Johns Hopkins ‘95) • be the Big Red’s first win at Franklin Field since the 2002 season. • give Cornell its 12-straight victory over an Ivy League opponent, the second longest stretch in school history since its Penn NCAA record 39-game streak from 1973-79.