CORNELL BIG RED 2017 Men’s Lacrosse GAME 11 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (6-5, 3-4 PATRIOT) VS. CORNELL BIG RED (3-7, 2-2 IVY) Saturday, april 15, 2017 • 1:00 p.m. • ithaca, N.y. • Schoellkopf field (21,500) Series Details Team Rankings Game Coverage Series Record: Lehigh leads, 9-5-3 Cornell’s USILA Rank: NR Live Stats: www.CornellBigRed.com Probable Lines ... Last Meeting: Lehigh, 13-12 (4/16/16) Cornell’s IL Media Rank: NR Live Video: www.IvyLeagueDigitialNetwork.com Coach Kerwick vs. Lehigh: 4-0 Lehigh’s USILA Rank: NR Live Audio: www.WHCURadio.com ATTACK Coach Cassese vs. Cornell: 0-1 Lehigh’s IL Media Rank: NR Radio: WHCU 870 AM / 95.9 FM (Ithaca, N.Y.) 2 Colton Rupp So., 5-10, 200 Television: None Washington, D.C 13-3-16, 14 GB 27 Connor Fletcher Fr., 6-3, 225 Story Lines Follow Big Red Men’s Lacrosse Newton, Pa. 18-8-26, 15 GB WORLD WIDE WEB ......................................www.CornellBigRed.com 51 Jeff Teat Fr., 5-10, 160 • The Big Red will play its final non-conference game of the season FACEBOOK ...............................www.Facebook.com/cornellathletics Brampton, Ont. 21-25-46, 23 GB on Saturday, when it welcomes Lehigh to Schoellkopf Field. TWIttER ........................................ www.Twitter.com/cornellsports • Both teams played on Tuesday evening, with Cornell coming off a INSTAGRAM ................................www.Instagram.com/cornellsports STARTING OFFENSIVE MIDFIELD 15-8 loss to No. 1 Syracuse, while the Mountain Hawks took down YOUTUBE ..................................www.Youtube.com/cornellathletics 3 Clarke Petterson So., 5-10, 190 No. 13 Princeton, 15-10. Toronto, Ont. 11-7-18, 16 GB • Lehigh is the first collegiate opponent ever faced by the Big Red, as Cornell Men’s Lacrosse Staff 9 Jake McCulloch So., 6-0, 190 the teams met in the first game of the 1893 season, but have faced RICHARD M. MORAN HEAD COACH OF LACROSSE MATT KERWICK Stony Brook, N.Y. 9-3-12, 10 GB off just twice since the 1955 campaign (2006, 2016). Fourth-year head coach Matt Kerwick (30-25, .545) was named the 23 Jordan Dowiak Jr., 6-0, 210 • The teams shared a pair of Intercollegiate Championships in 1914 Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse at Cornell University Long View, N.J. 13-3-16, 20 GB and 1916. on June 11, 2014. He served in the position on an interim basis during • Cornell has won four straight games against the Mountain Hawks the 2014 season and is the 11th head coach in the programs’ 121-year RESERVE OFFENSIVE MIDFIELD and has earned six consecutive wins vs. Patriot League opponents. history ... Kerwick begins his 19th season as a head coach (132-126). 8 Austin Fingar Fr., 5-10, 180 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ...... Peter Milliman (Empire State College ‘12) Penn Yan, N.Y. 2-1-3, 4 GB Countdown To Face Off ASSISTANT COACH ....................................Jordan Stevens (Cornell ‘15) 18 Andrew Keith Sr., 6-2, 180 VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH .......................Connor Buczek (Cornell ‘15) 10 The Big Red has just TEN players on its current roster with Woodbury, N.Y. 7-2-9, 3 GB DIRECTOR OF LACROSSE OPERATIONS .................. Mark Wittink (Cornell ‘00) double-digit career points. 20 Ryan Bray So., 5-11, 160 ATHLETIC TRAINER ..................................................................Jim Case Shoreham, N.Y. 0-2-2, 4 GB STRENGTH COACH..............................................................Erika Rogan 9 With two caused turnovers vs. Syracuse on Tuesday, 30 Zach Ward So., 5-10, 160 Marshall Peters moved into fourth place in Cornell history Lancaster, Pa. 0-2-2, 1 GB Cornell Athletic Communications for career caused turnovers (55). He needs NINE more to 47 Ryan Matthews Sr., 6-2, 205 DIRECTOR ................................................................Jeremy Hartigan move into third place. Manhasset, N.Y. 2-1-3, 3 GB DEPUty DIRECTOR (MLAX CONTACT) .......................................Julie Greco E-MAIL .......................................................jag235@cornell.edu 8 With 12 saves vs. Syracuse on Tuesday, Christian Knight FACE-OFFS OFFICE PHONE ...........................................................(607) 255-4688 moved into EIGHTH place in Cornell history for career 6 Grant Mahler Sr., 5-10, 180 CELL PHONE .........................................................(315) 559-3422 saves (400). Village of Golf, Fla. 18-of-51 (.353%); 4 GB PRESS BOX PHONE ......................................................(607) 255-3535 8 Austin Fingar Fr., 5-10, 180 7 Jeff Teat and Connor Fletcher need to combine for SEVEN 2017 Schedule & Results Penn Yan, N.Y. 10-of-39 (.256%); 4 GB points to become the highest scoring freshman duo in Feb. 18 at No. 11 Penn State L, 10-20 13 Paul Rasimowicz Fr., 6-0, 280 program history, surpassing Rob Pannell and Roy Long, 25 at Hobart L, 8-16 Somerset, N.J. 84-of-187 (.449%); 36 GB who amassed 78 points as rookies in 2009. Mar. 4 No. 9 ALBANY L, 6-17 DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD 11 ^ vs. No. 13 Virginia L, 18-19 (OT) 6 The Big Red is currently riding a SIX game winning streak 24 Kason Tarbell (SSDM) Jr., 6-1, 190 18 * at Yale L, 8-17 vs. members of the Patriot League. Akwesasne, N.Y. 6-3-9, 10 GB, 2 CT 21 COLGATE W, 15-6 26 Dan Bockelman (SSDM) Jr., 5-11, 180 5 Of the nine players on the Big Red roster that have amassed 25 * PENN L, 9-10 Melville, N.Y. 1-0-1, 7 GB, 1 CT 20+ career points, FIVE are freshmen or sophomores. Apr. 1 * DARTMOUTH W, 14-5 29 Marshall Peters (LSM) Sr., 6-2, 185 8 * at Harvard W, 12-9 Vienna, Va. 0-1-1, 27 GB, 10 CT 4 Cornell has won four straight games vs. Lehigh dating 11 at No. 1 Syracuse L, 8-15 back to a 17-9 victory in 1954. 15 LEHIGH 1:00 p.m. CLOSE DEFENSE 11 Walt Gahagan Sr., 6-0, 195 22 * at Brown 1:00 p.m. 3 There are only THREE players on the 2017 roster that have Glen Cove, N.Y. 0-0-0, 18 GB, 16 CT 29 * No. 13 PRINCETON 3:00 p.m. more than 30 career points – sophomores Colton Rupp 34 Jake Pulver Jr., 6-0, 210 May 5-7 $ Ivy League Tournament TBD (40), Clarke Petterson (33), and freshman Jeff Teat (46). Manlius, N.Y. 0-0-0, 22 GB, 4 CT 48 Brandon Salvatore Fr., 6-0, 185 2 Cornell and Lehigh have shared TWO Intercollegiate New Canaan, Conn 0-0-0, 28 GB, 16 CT Championship (1914, 1916). * - Ivy League games ^ - Pacific Coast Shootout (Costa Mesa, Calif.) GOALIE 1 Jeff Teat ranks FIRST on the team in career points (46), $ - Campus site TBD 40 Christian Knight Sr., 6-1, 195 surpassing sophomore Colton Rupp’s 40 points. Home games in BOLD CAPS Baltimore, Md. 13.42 GAA, .465 sv.% CornellBigRed.com Cornell Athletics @CornellSports @CornellSports CornellAthletics SERIES HISTORY VS. LEHIGH: Lehigh is the first collegiate opponent ever faced Media Information 2017 IVY LEAGUE STANDINGS by the Big Red. The teams first met in 1893, and shared a pair of Intercollegiate Live Stats Championships in 1914 and 1916, but have faced off just twice since the 1955 (April 12) Overall Ivy School W - L Pct. W - L Pct. Cornell will use SIDEARM Live Stats for each of the season. The initial meeting in 1893 was won by the Mountain Hawks, 5-0, which Big Red’s home games in 2016. For official stats visit: 1. Yale 4 -0 1.000 7 -3 .700 began a 7-0 run for Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks own the lead in the all-time se- www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/mlax/ 2. Princeton 2 -1 .667 7 -4 .636 ries 9-5-3, but the Big Red is riding a four-game winning streak, earning victories Brown 2 -1 .667 5 -4 .556 Postgame Interviews in 1954, 1955, 2006, and 2016. 4. Cornell 2 -2 .500 3 -7 .300 Coach Matt Kerwick and selected players will be avail- 5. Harvard 1 -2 .333 5 -5 .500 able after the required 10-minute “cooling-off” period 6. Penn 1 -3 .250 4 -5 .444 after each game. The Big Red locker room is closed. LOOKING AT THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS: Lehigh has split its last eight games of the 7. Dartmouth 0 -3 .000 2 -8 .200 season, including a win over No. 13 Princeton earlier this week to sit at 6-5 over- Practice Interviews/Coverage all. The Mountain Hawks offense has a versatile weapon in sophomore attackman RECENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS: All interviews with Coach Kerwick and players must Tristan Rai, who leads the team in points (41) and assists (20), while classmate Saturday, April 1 be requested in advance through the Athletic Com- Andrew Petit has a team-high 28 goals. In the face-off circle, Conor Gaffney ranks Brown at Princeton ............Princeton, 21-11 munications Office by contacting Julie Greco. The Yale at Penn ..............................Yale, 14--12 coach and players are available for interviews before 15th nationally (.589), and leads the team with 71 ground balls, but he did not Dartmouth at Cornell ...............Cornell, 14-5 practices by appointment only, so as not to interfere play against the Tigers. The Mountain Hawks defense has been solid, holding with academic or practice schedules. five of its 11 opponents to fewer than six goals. The unit is led by sophomore Tuesday, April 4 Yale at St. John’s ..........................Yale, 23-7 Radio Craig Chick, who ranks among the national leaders with 3.1 caused turnovers All of the Big Red’s men’s lacrosse games in 2016 per game. Behind the defense stands senior Donny Stires, who has started the Saturday, April 8 are carried live on WHCU-870 AM in the Ithaca area first three games of his career in the Mountain Hawks last three outings.