CORNELL BIG RED 2014 Men’s Lacrosse GAME 6 YALE BULLDOGS (3-1, 0-0 IVY) VS. CORNELL BIG RED (5-0, 0-0 IVY) Saturday, March 15, 2014 • 1:00 p.M. • Ithaca, N.y. • Schoellkopf fIeld (25,597) Series Details Team Rankings Game Coverage Series Record: Cornell leads, 49-23-1 Cornell’s USILA Rank: 8 Live Stats: www.CornellBigRed.com Last Meeting: Cornell, 12-10 on 3/16/13 Cornell’s IL Media Rank: 8 Live Video: www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com Probable Cornell Lines Coach Kerwick vs. Yale: 0-0 Yale’s USILA Rank: 17 Live Audio:www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com ATTACK Coach Shay vs. Cornell: 1-11 Yale’ IL Media Rank: 17 Radio: WHCU 870 AM 14 Dan Lintner Sr., 5-7, 175 Television: None Courtice, Ont. 18-1-19, 9 GB Follow Big Red Men’s Lacrosse 27 John Edmonds So., 6-3, 185 STORY LINES WORLD WIDE WEB ......................................www.CornellBigRed.com E. Setauket, N.Y. 5-4-9, 13 GB • Cornell opens the 59th season of Ivy League play when it welcomes No. FACEBOOK ...............................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics 30 Matt Donovan Jr., 6-0, 170 17 Yale to Schoellkopf Field on Saturday, March 15 at 1 p.m. • The Big Red enters the contest as one of just three undefeated squads TWIttER ........................................ www.Twitter.com/cornellsports Morristown, N.J. 14-8-22, 9 GB left in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse, joining Maryland and Johns Hopkins. YOUTUBE ..................................www.Youtube.com/cornellathletics • After upsetting No. 2 Virginia with a convincing 12-9 win on March 8, LIVE STAts (HOME GAMES) .......www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mlax/ FIRST MIDFIELD the Big Red has moved up to eighth place in both the USILA Coaches Poll LIVE VIDEO (HOME GAMES) ..........www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com 2 John Hogan Jr., 5-9, 160 and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. LIVE AUDIO (ALL GAMES) ............www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com Arnold, Md. 9-4-13, 8 GB • Cornell has won 17 of the last 19 meetings with the Bulldogs, dating RADIO ..................................................WHCU 870 AM (Ithaca, N.Y.) 12 Joe Paoletta Sr., 5-11, 195 back to 1997 when the Big Red snapped a nine-game skid to Yale with Cornell Men’s Lacrosse Staff Falls Church, Va. 3-4-7, 4 GB an 8-3 victory. INTERIM HEAD COACH MATT KERWICK 33 Connor Buczek Jr., 6-2, 185 • The Big Red will look to remain perfet on Schoellkopf Field and improve Cincinnati, Ohio 12-2-14, 5 GB to 2-0 vs. ranked opponents this season against No. 17 Yale. Matt Kerwick (5-0) will serve as the Interim Head Coach of Cornell • The game will feature two players – Doug Tesoriero and Dylan Levings Lacrosse for the 2014 season ... Kerwick comes to Cornell with 15 SECOND MIDFIELD – that rank in the top five among active Division I face off win leaders. years of head coaching experience (114-101). 4 Chris Cook Jr., 5-10, 160 Tesroriero ranks fourth with 541 career wins, while Levings ranks fifth ASSISTANT COACH ............. Peter Milliman (Empire State College ‘12) with 494 wins. The pair also ranks in the top five in career ground balls, Manhasset, N.Y. 0-0-0, 0 GB ASSISTANT COACH ............................................. MJ Kiekebelt (RIT ‘11) with Levings ranking fourth (289) and Tesoriero ranking fifth (283). 18 Andrew Keith Fr., 6-2, 180 ATHLETIC TRAINER ..................................................................Jim Case Woodbury, N.Y. 1-0-1, 1 GB STRENGTH COACH.............................................................Tom Howley 24 Sten Jernudd Sr., 6-5, 220 Cornell Athletic Communications Seattle, Wash. 1-0-1, 0 GB Countdown to Face Off DIRECTOR ................................................................Jeremy Hartigan 26 Connor Entenmann Sr., 5-8, 150 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (MLAX CONTACT) ....................................Julie Greco 10 Three Big Red has registered at least 10 goals in 4-of-5 Auburn, N.Y. 4-2-6, 8 GB E-MAIL .......................................................jag235@cornell.edu contests this season. OFFICE PHONE ...........................................................(607) 255-4688 FACE-OFFS 9 Cornell scored nine unanswered goals last weekend vs. No. CELL PHONE .........................................................(315) 559-3422 16 Doug Tesoriero (FO) Sr., 6-0, 180 2 Virginia to erase a 5-2 deficit en route to a 12-9 victory. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - CONTENT MANAGER .......................Brandon Thomas Syosset, N.Y. 73-of-124 (.589%); 47 GB ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - MULTIMEDIA COORDINATOR ......................Maura Parks 22 Connor Hunt Jr., 6-4, 210 8 The Big Red has moved up to eighth place in both the ACCOUNts REPRESENTATIVE ........................................Marlene Crockford Alamo, Calif. 1-0-1, 8 GB, 6 CT USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. PRESS BOX PHONE ......................................................(607) 255-3535 28 Mike O’Neil Sr., 6-0, 170 2014 Schedule & Results Fayetteville, N.Y. 0-1-1, 10 GB, 3 CT 7 Brandon Mangan leads Yale in both points (13) and assists FEB. 22 HOBART 12-8 (seven). 25 at Binghamton W, 14-8 DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD MAR. 1 at Michigan W, 15-14 (OT) 22 Connor Hunt (LSM) Jr., 6-4, 210 6 Cornell ranks sixth in the nation in man-up offense man-up 4 CANISIUS W, 19-6 Alamo, Calif. 1-0-1, 8 GB, 6 CT offense (.560). 8 VIRGINIA W, 12-9 28 Mike O’Neil (SSM) Sr., 6-0, 170 15 * YALE 1:00 p.m. Fayetteville, N.Y. 0-1-1, 10 GB, 3 CT 5 The Big Red’s 2014 season currently features five op- 18 at Colgate 4:00 p.m. 20 Mike Huttner (SSM) Jr., 5-11, 195 ponents ranked in the USILA Coaches Poll – Syracuse, 22 * at Penn 1:00 p.m. Virginia, Princeton, Yale and Penn. Fair Haven, N.J. 0-0-0, 11 GB, 4 CT 29 * at Dartmouth 1:00 p.m. APR. 5 * HARVARD 3:00 p.m. 4 Cornell ranks fourth in the nation in scoring offense CLOSE DEFENSE 8 SYRACUSE 7:00 p.m. (14.40). 15 Tom Freshour Sr., 5-9, 185 12 at Hofstra 1:00 p.m. Smithtown, N.Y. 0-0-0, 15 GB, 8 CT 3 The Big Red is one of just three undefeated teams remain- 19 * BROWN Noon 29 Marshall Peters Fr., 6-2, 185 ing in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse. 26 *% vs. Princeton 2:00 p.m. Vienna, Va. 0-0-0, 13 GB, 6 CT MAY 2-4 $ Ivy League Tournament TBD 35 Jordan Stevens Jr., 6-1, 175 2 Matt Donovan has been named the Ivy League Player of the 10-11 $ NCAA First Round TBD Smithtown, N.Y. 0-0-0, 15 GB, 5 CT Week for the second consecutive week after registering 17 ^ NCAA Quarterfinals TBD five points vs. No. 2 Virginia. 18 & NCAA Quarterfinals TBD GOALIE 24 ! NCAA Semifinals TBD 40 Christian Knight Fr., 6-1, 190 1 Christian Knight earned the first Ivy League Rookie of 26 ! NCAA Championships TBD Baltimore, Md. 9.25 GAA, .629 sv.% the Week honor of his career, and the first by a Big Red * - Ivy League game & - Rullo Stadium (Newark, Del.) freshman since Matt Donovan on April 30, 2012. % - Behtpage HS (Bethpage, N.Y.) ! – M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, Md.) ^ - Shuart Stadium (Hempstead, N.Y.) Home games in BOLD CAPS CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics @CornellSports CornellAthletics SERIES HISTORY VS. YALE: The Cornell and Yale rivalry began in 1916 with a 5-1 Big Red victory, and Media Information Cornell has dominated the series ever since. The Big Red holds a 49-23-1 record in the series, thanks 2014 Ivy league StaNdINgS Live Stats in large part to 22-straight victories over the Bulldogs from 1966 to 1987. In 2012, Cornell had a (as of March 12) Overall Ivy Cornell will use SIDEARM Live Stats for each of the 14-game winning streak vs. Yale ended when the Bulldogs won the second meeting of the season in School W - L Pct. W - L Pct. the Ivy League tournament, but the Big Red returned to its winning ways with a 12-10 victory last Cornell 5 -0 1.000 0 - 0 .000 Big Red’s home games in 2014. For official stats visit: season in New Haven. www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mlax/ Brown 3 -1 .750 0 - 0 .000 Penn 3 -1 .750 0 - 0 .000 SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS: Yale improved to 3-1 on the season following a midweek dismantling of Yale 3 -1 .750 0 - 0 .000 Postgame Interviews No. 14 Lehigh in which the Bulldogs allowed the visitors just one shot on goal through the first three Harvard 3 -2 .600 0 - 0 .000 Coach Matt Kerwick and selected players will be avail- quarters of a 10-2 decision. Junior Conrad Oberbeck leads the Bulldogs with nine goals, while senior Princeton 2 -2 .500 0 - 0 .000 Brandon Mangan has a team-high 13 points and seven assists. Senior face-off specialist Dylan Lev- able after the required 10-minute “cooling-off” period Dartmouth 1 -2 .333 0 - 0 .000 ings is having another solid season, going 40-of-81 (.494) and registering 23 ground balls (5.8 per after each game. The Big Red locker room is closed. game). In goal, incumbent starter Eric Natale has posted a 6.88 goals-against average and a .500 Ivy league Schedule/reSultS: save percentage. Mar. 8 Practice Interviews/Coverage Harvard at Georgetown ......... Harvard, 15-7 All interviews with Coach Kerwick and players must be IVY OPENERS: The contest vs. Yale marks the 59th Ivy League season opener for Cornell men’s lacrosse. Virginia at Cornell ....................Cornell, 12-9 requested in advance through the Athletic Communi- Since the conference began play in the 1956 season, the Big Red has posted a 43-15 record in Ivy Yale at Fairfield ............... Fairfield, 12-11 OT cations Office.