GAME INFORMATION
GAME #9: No. 15 Cornell at Hanover
FACE OFF: Saturday, March 31, at 1:00 p.m.
SITE: Scully-Fahey Field (Hanover, N.H.)
2018 Records: Cornell (5-3, 1-1 Ivy League); Dartmouth (2-5, 0-1 Ivy)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 52-15
LAST MEETING: Cornell, 14-5 (4/1/17 in Ithaca, N.Y.)

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THE MATCHUP: The No. 14 Big Red men's lacrosse team will look for its first three-game winning streak since the 2015 season when it travels to Hanover to take on Dartmouth on Saturday, April 31 at 1 p.m. Cornell improved to 5-3 on the year with a 23-5 victory over Air Force on Tuesday night, giving the program two consecutive 20+ goal games for the first time since the 1976 season. Dartmouth opened the 2018 season with a win, its first in a season-opener since the 2012 campaign, but has gone 1-5 since, including losing its last three. The Big Green sits at 2-5 overall and lost its Ivy opener last weekend to Harvard, 10-8. The game can be viewed on the Ivy League Network, or heard at www.WHCUradio.com or locally on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard and Howie Borkan on the call.

THE SERIES VS. DARTMOUTH: The Cornell and Dartmouth rivalry began in 1946 with an 8-7 victory for the Big Red.
• The Big Green won the next six meetings over a 10-year span, their longest winning streak in the series.
• Dartmouth has beaten the Big Red only nine times since 1957.
• The Big Red has won 18 of the last 19 meetings, including the last seven straight by a combined score of 107-33.
• Dartmouth has not beaten Cornell in Hanover since 1997 (12-8).

A WIN OVER DARTMOUTH WOULD:
• be the eighth straight win over the Big Green.
• be the 10th consecutive victory over Dartmouth in Hanover, dating back to a 12-8 loss in 1997.
• give Cornell its first three straight wins for the first time since winning four in a row against Yale, Colgate, Penn and Dartmouth during the 2015 season.
• give the Big Red back-to-back road wins for the first time since beating Dartmouth and Lehigh in 2016.
• be the sixth straight vs. teams with a sub-.500 record.
• be the 751st win in program history.
• make Cornell 17-13 all-time when ranked 14th in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• improve Cornell's record to 254-56 all-time vs. teams that are not ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll.

CAMPUS CONNECTIONS:
• Scott Flynn's brother Pat played lacrosse at Dartmouth (2009-13), serving as team captain during his final two seasons.
• Charlie Estill's sister Caroline was a member of the Dartmouth women's rowing team.
• Griff Gosnell and Dartmouth sophomore midfielder Jack Forrest both attended Bullis School.
• Scott Flynn and Jonathan Donville both attended Deerfield Academy with Dartmouth junior attackman Harrison Lane.
• Conor O'Brien and Dartmouth sophomore defender James Sullivan both attended Westlake High School.
• Colton Rupp, Jack Bolen, and Andrew Fowler all attended the Landon School with Dartmouth sophomore London McKenzie.
• Dom Doria was classmates with Dartmouth freshman defender Kellen Paradine at Chaminade High School.

THE HEAD COACH
• Peter Milliman (5-3, .600) was named the interim head coach of the Cornell men's lacrosse program on May 8, 2017.
• For the past four seasons, Milliman has served the program, first as an assistant coach and then as the program's Mario St. George Boiardi '04 Associate Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse.
• He is in his fifth season as a head coach (42-29).

IVY KINGS:
• Since Ivy League play began in 1956, Cornell has won a conference-high 29 titles, including 17 undefeated crowns.
• Cornell has won a share of 12 of the last 14 Ivy League titles, with its last crown coming in 2015.
• The Big Red also has the best regular season Ivy League record of any team in the conference at 256-109-1.

250 IVY WINS:
• With its 8-2 victory over Dartmouth on March 28, 2015, Cornell became the first program in the Ivy League history to reach 250 regular season conference victories.
• The Big Red's 256 regular season conference wins are also the most conference wins by any school in Division I men's lacrosse history.

MIDSEASON MARK
• Jeff Teat and Christian Knight have been named to the Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American teams.
• Teat was a second-team selection, while Knight was a third-team honoree.

WIN NUMBER 750
• Cornell picked up the 750th win in program history when it defeated Air Force, 23-5 on Tuesday, March 27.
• The Big Red is one of just seven NCAA Division I men's lacrosse programs to boast 750 wins.

BACK IN THE RANKINGS AGAIN
• Cornell's inclusion in the March 26 USILA Coaches Poll (No. 14) ended a 29-week streak in which the Big Red was out of the poll, the longest stretch in school history.
• The Big Red was last ranked at No. 15 on Feb. 15, 2016.
• The Cornell program has had just two other significant ranking droughts in program history – 26 weeks from mid-March 1996 until the first week of the 1999 season and 21 weeks from late March 1993 until April 29, 1995.

SIEVE! SIEVE! SIEVE!
• Of Cornell's eight opponents so far this season, only Yale's goalie managed to save more than 45 percent of shots faced (.591).
• Air Force's .233 save percentage is the lowest of the season for a Big Red opponent.
• For the season, Big Red opponents have managed to save just 36.6 percent of shots faced.
• Since opponent save percentage started being recorded in 1977, Cornell's opponents have saved fewer than 45 percent of shots faced just once (2013; .435 percent).

CORNELL STREAKS
• Jeff Teat has the seventh longest goal-scoring streak in the nation with one goal in each of the last 17 games.
• Jeff Teat has the longest point-scoring streak on the team with one point in each of the last 17 games.
• Cornell has had fewer than 14 turnovers in all eight games this season.
• Paul Rasimowicz has won at least 50 percent of his face-off attempts over the past five games.
• The Big Red has scored 20+ goals in two consecutive games (Penn – 20; Air Force – 23) for the first time since the 1976 team scored 26 goals vs. Dartmouth and followed that up with 24 goals vs. No. 19 Syracuse.
• Cornell has won the last two outings, despite registering fewer than 10 saves.
• The Big Red has put 30 shots on goal in each of its last two games.
• Cornell has picked up at least 30 ground balls in its last two outings.
• The Big Red has won nine consecutive games in which it has led at the end of three quarters.
• After the victory over 3-6 Air Force, Cornell has won five straight games vs. teams with a losing record.
• With the win over No. 20 Penn State, Cornell has gone 20 consecutive seasons with at least one win over a nationally ranked opponent.

STREAKS STOPPED
• The Big Red's man-down defense killed seven straight opponent man-up chances over the span of four games before giving up an extra-man goal vs. Air Force.
• The Big Red ended a four-game losing streak in games on the road with its 20-13 win at Penn on March 24.
• Cornell goalies posted double-digit saves in 10 consecutive games prior to the Big Red' 20-13 win over No. 15 Penn.
• With Cornell's comeback win over No. 20 Penn State, the Big Red ended an eight-game losing streak in games in which it trailed at halftime, and a nine-game streak in which it trailed at the end of three quarters.
• With the Big Red's 9-7 win over No. 20 Penn State, Cornell ended an 11-game losing streak in games in which it has scored less than 10 goals.

FASTEST TO 100:
• With 100 points in 18 career games, Jeff Teat scored 100 career points faster than any other four-year player in Cornell or Ivy League history.
• In NCAA history, the 18 games matches Tim Nelson (NC State/SU), who also did it in 18 games from 1982-83.
• Rob Pannell tallied his 100th career point in his 25th career game with the Big Red during his sophomore season in 2010.
• Michael French '76 (16 games) and Eamon McEneaney '77 (19 games) registered their 100th career point in fewer games than Pannell, but due to NCAA rules that prohibited freshmen from playing varsity sports, both accomplished the feat in their junior season.
• Teat is the 42nd player in Cornell history to amass 100 career points.

WEEKLY HONORS
• Jeff Teat was named the Ivy League Player of the Week and to the USILA Team of the Week on March 26 after his six-goal, two-assist performance vs. No. 15 Penn. Of his eight points, half came during the Big Red's decisive 9-2 run as it turned an 11-9 deficit into a 20-13 victory.
• John Piatelli was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on March 12 after registering career highs in goals (4), assists (2), and points (6) vs. Binghamton, as well as assisting on the game-tying goal vs. No. 20 Penn State.
• Christian Knight was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on March 5 after a 19-save effort vs. No. 1 Albany.
• Jeff Teat was named to the USILA Team of the Week on Feb. 27 after tallying 10 points (four goals, six assists) vs. Hobart.

THE PETTERSON-TEAT CONNECTION:
• Clarke Petterson and Jeff Teat both attended The Hill Academy.
• Of Petterson's 59 points since the 2017 season, nearly half (29) have involved Teat.
• Teat has assisted on 14 of Petterson's 35 goals since 2017.
• Of Petterson's 24 assists since 2017, 14 have come on goals by Teat.

MOVING ON UP IN CORNELL HISTORY:
• Christian Knight ranks sixth in career saves (525) … He needs 36 more to move into fifth place.
• Christian Knight ranks seventh in career wins (25) … He needs five more to move into sixth place.

TEWAARATON WATCH
• Jeff Teat has been named to the 2018 Tewaaraton Award men's watch list.
• Teat is one of just eight Ivy Leaguers and 10 sophomores on the list.

PULVER'S GOT SENIOR CLASS
• Jake Pulver has been named one of 20 candidates for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate lacrosse.
• To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
• Cornell has had three Senior CLASS award winners – Matt McMonagle '07, Max Seibald '09, and Connor Buczek '15.

ELITE COMPANY
• Over the past 10 seasons (2008-2017) only 10 schools have registered 100 victories – Duke (147), Syracuse (134), Denver (122), Maryland (128), Notre Dame (118), UVA (112), North Carolina (110), Loyola (108), Cornell (105), and Hopkins (100).
• During that span, only nine teams have won at least 65 percent of its games – Syracuse (.788), Duke (.754), Notre Dame (.742), Maryland (.736), Denver (.728), Loyola (.692), UVA (.683), Cornell (.673), and UNC (.671).

RANKED OPPONENTS
• Of the Big Red's 14 opponents this season, five are currently ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll – Albany (first), Yale (fourth), Syracuse (ninth), Lehigh (19th), and Penn (20th).
• Another three opponents – Harvard, Colgate, and Penn State – are all receiving votes.
• Cornell is 2-2 this season vs. ranked opponents.

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN: Sophomore attackman Jeff Teat was named a preseason second-team All-American by Inside Lacrosse Magazine.

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: The Big Red has four captains this season – seniors Jordan Dowiak, Christian Knight, Jake Pulver, and junior Clarke Petterson.

HARD HAT: Clarke Petterson was selected to carry the Hard Hat for the 2018 season. The tradition of the Hard Hat began in the fall of 1999. Midway through the fall season, a player is selected to carry the Hard Hat for the year. The recipient is someone that the coaches feel demonstrates a blue-collar approach to the game of lacrosse; he is driven and selfless, not the most talented player on the field, but consistently the hardest worker. He puts the team first, and embodies how the coaches want Cornell players to act and respond on or off the field.

EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN: Jeff Teat was named an honorable mention All-American by both the USILA and Inside Lacrosse following the 2017 season.

TICKLE THE ALL-IVY: The Big Red returns four All-Ivy selections from a year ago –Jake Pulver (second-team), Jeff Teat (second-team), Christian Knight (honorable mention) and Clarke Petterson (honorable mention).

WHAT WAS LOST: The Big Red lost one All-Ivy selection from a year ago – Marshall Peters (honorable mention) – as well as seven other letter winners.

WHAT REMAINS: Cornell returns 21 letter winners and nine starters, including All-American scoring sensation Jeff Teat, who finished his rookie season as the Ivy League leader in both points (5.54) and assists per game (3.00).
• Teat is joined by returning All-Ivy selections Clarke Petterson '19 on attack, Jake Pulver '18 on defense, and Christian Knight '18 in goal.
• Cornell returns 141-of-152 goals (.927), 99-of-103 assists (.961) and 240-of-255 points (.941) from a year ago.

UP NEXT: The Big Red returns to Ithaca for back-to-back games against Harvard on Saturday, April 7 and No. 9 Syracuse on Tuesday, April 10. The game with the Crimson is slated for 1 p.m., while Cornell will face-off with the Orange at 7 p.m.