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GAME #10: No. 6 Cornell at Harvard
FACE OFF: Saturday, April 9, at 2:10 p.m.
SITE: Harvard Stadium (Cambridge, Mass.)
2011 Records: Cornell (7-2, 3-0 Ivy); Harvard (6-3, 1-1 Ivy)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 60-23
LAST MEETING: Cornell won 13-12, April 10, 2010 in Ithaca, N.Y.

RADIO: WHCU 870 AM (Barry Leonard, play-by-play; Howie Borkan, color commentary)
LIVE STATS: http://livestats.prestosports.com/harvard/
LIVE VIDEO: None
LIVE AUDIO: http://www.cornellbigred.com/showcase/
TELEVISION: CBS College Sports (Time Warner Ch. 242 in Ithaca; Direct TV Ch. 613)

THE MATCHUP – The No. 6 Big Red travels to Harvard this weekend to take on the Crimson on Saturday, April 9. The game, which will be broadcast to a nationwide audience on CBS College Sports, is slated to begin at 2:10 p.m. Cornell is currently riding a four-game winning streak, with three of the four wins coming against nationally ranked opponents. Last weekend, it improved to 7-2 on the season (3-0 Ivy) after beating Dartmouth, 19-8, at Schoellkopf Field. Harvard split a pair of games last week, defeating UMass, 11-9, before falling to Albany, 12-11, to slip to 6-3 on the season (1-1 Ivy).

THE SERIES VS. HARVARD – Although official Ivy League play began in 1956, the Cornell and Harvard rivalry dates back nearly as far as both teams' lacrosse programs, as the two squads first squared off in the 1895 season. The Big Red won that first meeting, 2-1, and has dominated the series ever since, holding a 60-23 overall record against the Crimson, and is currently riding a 12-game winning streak.

LOOKING AT THE CRIMSON – Harvard, under the direction of first-year head coach Chris Wojcik, lost its last outing to Albany to fall to 6-3 on the season. The Crimson is also 1-1 in the Ivy League after losing to Dartmouth and beating Brown. Dean Gibbbons leads the squad with team-highs in points (33) and assists (13), while Jeff Cohen has a team-best 22 goals. Daniel Eipp, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week, has 12 goals on the season, while Terry White and Kevin Vaughan have posted 11 goals and 10 goals, respectively. The trio has also registered six assists apiece. In goal, Harry Kreiger has started all nine games, playing all but 11:08 on the season. His goals-against average is down and his save percentage is up from this time last year, as he has posted a 9.87 GAA and a .497 save percentage.

A WIN OVER HARVARD WOULD –
• improve the Big Red to 8-2 on the season and keep Cornell as the only remaining undefeated Ivy League team at 4-0.
• make Cornell 60-23 all-time against Harvard.
• be the 13th-straight victory against the Crimson, dating back to a loss during the 1999 season.
• be the 685th victory in program history.

LAST TIME VS. THE CRIMSON –
• No. 12 Cornell defeated Harvard, 13-12, at Schoellkopf Field on April 10, 2010.
•Cornell, which was trailing, 8-7, at the end of the third quarter, had lost its previous seven games in which it trailed heading into the final stanza.
• Rob Pannell capped an eight-point day by scoring the game-winning goal with 11 seconds to play.
• In addition to the game-winner, Pannell also scored the game-tying goal with 2:42 to play and registered five of his eight points in the crucial fourth quarter.
• Harvard cleared the ball successfully just 13-of-19 times, while the Big Red went a perfect 11-for-11.
• Ryan Hurley, David Lau and Jon Thomson each registered two goals apiece, with Hurley and Lau chipping in one assist each.
• Mat Martinez made his first career start in goal and played his first complete game, making six saves to pick up his first career win.
• Harvard was led by Jeff Cohen with four goals and one assist, while Dean Gibbons added two goals and two assists. Jack Doyle (two goals), Peter Schwartz (two assists), Kevin Vaughan (one goal, one assist) and Terry White (one goal, one assist) were also multi-point scorers for the Crimson.

LAST TIME OUT –
• The No. 7 Big Red defeated Dartmouth, 19-8, at Schoellkopf Field to improve to 7-2 overall and remain perfect in the Ivy League at 3-0.
• Rob Pannell became just the third player in Cornell history to register 200 career points, as he tallied a career-high nine points on four goals and five assists.
• Steve Mock tallied a personal-best five goals, while Roy Lang scored twice.
• Ross Gillum was Cornell's only other multipoint scorer with one goal and one assist.
• In all, 12 members of the Big Red registered at least one point.
• Cornell registered 11 caused turnovers with Mike Bronzino, Thomas Keith and Joe Paoletta causing two turnovers apiece.
• Rookie Doug Tesoriero won a career-high 11-of-15 face-offs.
• Dartmouth was led by Nikkie Dysenchuk's three goals and one assist, while Kip Dooley finished with two assists and one goal.
• Cornell scored five goals in a span of 2:13 in the second quarter to make it a 7-1 game. The final three goals in that run came 18 seconds apart.

MEET THE NEW BOSS — Ben DeLuca was named the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Cornell Lacrosse this past summer. After spending 10 years as first an assistant, then an associate head coach of the Big Red program, he has posted a 7-2 record in his first season at the helm of the program. The 10th head coach in program history, DeLuca played for, or coached under Cornell's last three coaches – Richie Moran, Dave Pietramala, and Jeff Tambroni. DeLuca earned four letters on defense for the Big Red, serving as captain his senior year and went on to be named the team's outstanding senior athlete for his leadership and dedication on and off the field.

FRESH FACE FACE-OFF – In each of its last three games, Cornell has had a different player register a career-high in face-off wins. The streak began as Mitch McMichael won 13 face-offs vs. Stony Brook on March 22. That weekend, Jason Noble won eight restarts against Penn. Most recently, Doug Tesoriero won 11 face-offs against Dartmouth.

200TH POINT – With his assist on Steve Mock's goal at the 9:30 mark of the fourth quarter against Dartmouth on April 2, junior Rob Pannell registered his 200th career point. He is just the third Cornell player to reach that milestone, joining Mike French (296; 1974-76) and Eamon McEneaney (256; 1975-77).

MOCK'S IVY SURGE – Sophomore attackman Steve Mock had some struggles early in the season, but has returned to form in recent weeks, with exceptionally strong performances against Ivy League opponents. In four non-conference games, Mock averaged just 1.5 goals per game, a mark that has risen to 4.0 against Ivy League foes.

DARTMOUTH DOMINATION – Since 1998, the Big Red has posted a 13-1 record against Dartmouth, with the lone loss coming last season. Cornell's 19 goals against the Big Green on April 2 was nothing unusual, as the Big Red has registered 15 or more goals in half of the meetings since 1998. Likewise, Cornell's average margin of victory during that span has been seven goals.

THIRD TIMES THE CHARM – Rob Pannell earned his third Ivy League Player of the Week award of the season on April 4 after registering a career-high nine points against Dartmouth. The nine points matched the single-game high in the NCAA this season and six of his nine points came in the opening half of play as the Big Red built an insurmountable 11-2 lead.

LANG GAME-WINNERS – Roy Lang has scored the game-winning goal in four of the Big Red's six victories so far this season. His biggest game-winner of the year came last weekend when he converted 2:10 into the overtime period to hand the Big Red a 13-12 triumph over No. 13 Penn.

OVERTIME NOTES – With its overtime game vs. Penn on March 26, Cornell has played at least one overtime game in each of the past five seasons, dating back to a 12-11 triumph over Albany in the 2007 NCAA quarterfinals. During that span, the Big Red has posted a 5-2 record in overtime games.

NOBLE IN THE MIDDLE – Defender Jason Noble put in an impressive effort at the face-off circle against Penn on March 26, winning 8-of-10 restarts in the finals 21 minutes of action to help the Big Red to a 13-12 overtime victory against the Quakers. Noble now has nine face-off wins on the season, the most by a Cornell defenseman since Brett Wilderman won 25-of-55 in 1999.

ROUGH ROAD – The Big Red played against five nationally ranked opponents in 21 days from March 5 to March 26. Four of those five contests occurred away from Ithaca, as Cornell played at Army, vs. Virginia at M&T Bank Stadium, at Yale and at Stony Brook, with the lone home game coming against Penn on March 26. The Big Red posted a record of 3-2 in those games … According to the April 4 USILA coaches' poll, Cornell will face one more nationally ranked opponent this season, taking on No. 1 Syracuse on the road.

THRICE AS NICE – The Big Red won three straight Ivy League Player of the Week accolades from March 7 through March 21. The streak began with with junior attackman Rob Pannell earning the award on March 7 & March 14 before sophomore attackman Steve Mock was honored on March 21 … Pannell swept back-to-back weeks after tallying 22 points on 11 goals and 11 assists and accounting for nearly 1/3 of the Big Red's total points (22-of-67) during a four-game span … Mock was honored for matching a career-high with four goals against Yale to hand the Bulldogs their first loss of the season.

TEWAARATON WATCH LIST – For the second straight year, Cornell lacrosse players Rob Pannell and Jessi Steinberg (women's lacrosse) have been named to the Tewaaraton Trophy Watch list. Pannell is the reigning USILA Jack Turnbull Award winner as the outstanding attackman in Division I. The junior attackman finished the 2010 season as a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, a first-team All-American and was the unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year. Steinberg was also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection a year ago.

CAREER-HIGH OFFENSE – Over the past three contests, several Big Red players matched or set career highs. Against Dartmouth on April 2, Rob Pannell set a career high with nine points and matched a career high with four goals, while Steve Mock set a career high with five goals. Against Stony Brook on March 22, David Lau set career highs with six points and five goals, while Roy Lang and Mike O'Neil set career highs with three goals and two points, respectively.

CRAZY EIGHTS — Last season, the Big Red claimed at least a share of the Ivy League title for the eighth straight season, the longest stretch since winning 10 straight championships between 1974-83. Cornell's eight consecutive regular season Ivy League titles is the longest current stretch by any men's lacrosse team in any conference in the nation.

NATIONAL CAREER ASSISTS LEADER – Despite being only a junior, Rob Pannell is currently the national leader in career assists, having posted 121. He has a double-digit lead on second place Jeremy Boltus, a senior at Army that has 108 career assists. Other than Pannell, Virginia's Steele Stanwick (10th) is the only other junior in the top 10.

HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE — Since 2001, the Big Red has gone 61-14 at Schoellkopf Field, including perfect slates in 2011 (4-0), 2009 (6-0), 2007 (7-0) and 2005 (6-0).

GET TO THE POINT —Rob Pannell ranks first in the nation in points per game (5.89 pgp).

HELPING HAND – Rob Pannell ranks first in the country in assists per game (3.11apg).

GOOD OFF THE GROUND – The Big Red ranks 11th in the nation in ground balls per game, thanks in large part to defender Jason Noble, who ranks 22nd in the country with 5.11 ground balls per game.

ELITE COMPANY – Over the span of the past five seasons (2007-11) Cornell has racked up the third most wins (58) of any Division I men's lacrosse program, and has posted the fifth best winning percentage (77.3 percent) overall.

BALANCED OFFENSE – So far this season, Cornell's scoring has come from all over the field. Of its 118 goals, 65 have come from attackmen, 49 have come from the midfield, and four have been scored by the defense.

GOING STREAKING – Junior Rob Pannell has the longest point-scoring streak on the team and second longest in the nation, having registered a point in every game of his collegiate career (44 games). Siena's Bryan Neufeld leads the nation with a 45-game streak.

CLOSE CALLS — Since the beginning of the 2003 season, Cornell is 26-7 in games that have been decided by a single goal, a mark that was raised as the Big Red defeated Penn, 13-12, in overtime on March 26, 2011, at Schoellkopf Field. Of the seven losses, three have come against Syracuse (12-11 on April 11, 2006; 10-9 (OT) in the 2009 national championship game; 8-7 on April 13, 2010).

MOVING ON UP – With his six assists vs. Canisius on March 9, Rob Pannell moved into third place in Cornell history for career assists. He currently needs just two more to surpass Tim Goldstein (122; 1987-88) and 44 more assists over the next two seasons to pass Eamon McEneaney and become the Big Red's all-time leader … With his eight points vs. Stony Brook on March 22, Pannell moved into third place in Cornell history, surpassing with Ryan Hurley (179; 2007-10) for career points. He needs 57 more points to surpass Eamon McEneaney (256; 1975-77).

NOBLE EFFORT – Jason Noble matched a career-high with five caused turnovers in the Big Red's season opener against Hobart. He currently ranks 39th in the nation with 1.56 caused turnovers per game.

MIDFIELD MEN – The offensive midfield remains nearly unchanged from a season ago, with five of the top six players - Jack Dudley and All-Ivy selection David Lau, as well as returning starters Roy Lang, Chris Langton and Ross Gillum - returning. As a group, four of the five ranked among Cornell's leading scorers a season ago and they accounted for 67 percent of the scoring that came out of the offensive midfield in 2010.

ON THE DEFENSIVE – The Big Red returns all three starting defensemen from a season ago, including All-American Max Feely, preseason All-American Jason Noble, and Mike Bronzino.

BACK IN NET – Incumbent starter AJ Fiore returns to backstop the Big Red this year. So far this season, he has posted an 8.47 goals-against average and a .492 save percentage. As a rookie, he posted an 11-6 record, finished the year ranked first in the Ivy League and 15th in the nation in goals-against average (8.69) and was third in the conference and 23rd in the nation in save percentage (.545).

DEFENSIVE STOPPER – Max Feely turned some heads on March 12 when he shut down Virginia's Steele Stanwick, holding the junior attackman without a goal or an assist. At the time, Stanwick ranked third in the nation in points per game and had registered at least seven points in the three games prior to his meeting with the Big Red … One week later, Feely held Yale's Brian Douglass to one single assist. At the time, Douglass ranked second in the country with 4.75 points per game.

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND – Cornell has traditionally been very successful against collegiate teams from New York state, posting an all-time record of 263-156-6 (.626). Head coach Ben DeLuca has posted a record of 4-1 (.800) vs. teams from the Empire State … The Big Red has already faced five team from New York state (4-1), with one more still on the schedule.

NEUTRAL ZONE – Since the start of the 2006 season, the Big Red is 10-5 in neutral site games, with two victories over Notre Dame (Chicago, 2006 and Long Island, 2007), a single victory over Albany (Princeton, 2007), Navy (Long Island, 2008), Denver (Dallas, 2008), Harvard (Foxboro, 2009), Princeton (Hempstead, 2009), Virginia (Foxboro, 2009), Hobart (Syracuse, 2010) and Army (Stony Brook, 2010). The five losses came at the hands of Duke in the 2007 national semifinal (Baltimore, Md.), Syracuse in the 2009 national championship (Foxboro, Mass.), Dartmouth during the 2010 season (Foxboro, Mass.), Notre Dame in the 2010 national semifinal (Baltimore, Md.) and Virginia at the 2011 Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic (Baltimore, Md.).

WIN NO. 680 – Cornell's 14-7 victory over Canisius on March 9, 2011 was the 680th win in program history. The Big Red is 684-442-27 all-time, and its 684 victories rank seventh among the winningest programs in collegiate lacrosse.

FLAWLESS DEFENSE – The Big Red did not commit a single penalty vs. Canisius on March 9, marking the first time since the 2010 season-opener against Hobart, a span of 20 games, that Cornell was not flagged.

NON-CONFERENCE WINS — Cornell owns a 35-9 record in its last 44 regular-season non-conference games, dating back to the Big Red's 16-14 victory over Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on April 12, 2005.

BRONZINO BONANZA – Sophomore defender Mike Bronzino tallied two goals against Hobart in the season opener, becom¬ing the first Big Red close defender to score twice in a single game since Ryan McClay scored twice against the Statesmen on May 4, 2002. In Cornell's next game against Binghamton, he registered two assists.

SINGLE-DIGIT SUCCESS – Since 2000, Cornell has posted a 107-13 record (89.2 percent) when holding its opponent to less than 10 goals.

RULE FOLLOWERS – In the 44 games played since the start of the 2009 season, the Big Red has been flagged for more penalties than its opponents on just 10 occasions.

FOR STARTERS - Cornell is 61-50-5 all-time in season openers … Including 2011, the Big Red has played Hobart 15 times to start a season, posting an 8-7 record against the Statesmen in those games.

PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS – Cornell had three players named to the 2011 preseason All-American list. Rob Pannell was named a first-team selection, while Max Feely was a second-team choice and Jason Noble was named an honorable mention selection.

TICKLE THE (ALL) IVY – Cornell returns three players that earned All-Ivy honors last season, led by Rob Pannell, a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection. Pannell was joined by midfielder David Lau and defender Max Feely, who were both honorable mention selections.

11-WINS – Cornell has posted at least 11 wins in each of the past six seasons, surpassing the longest previous streak in school history (1974-78).

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN – Senior Jack Dudley and junior Rob Pannell will serve as captains for the 2011 season.

HARD HAT – Roy Lang has been selected to carry the Hard Hat for the 2011 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.

CHAMPIONSHIP LINEAGE – Four players on the 2011 Cornell roster have fathers that have won a national championship with the Big Red – David Lau (George '78), Cody Levine (Jon '76), Shane O'Neill (John '76) and Matt Taylor (Joe '80). George Lau was a two-time winner as part of both the 1976 and 1977 national championship squads. Jon Levine and John O'Neill joined him on the 1976 team, while Joe Taylor was on the 1977 squad … Additionally, Connor Entenmann's father Ken was on Cornell's national semifinalist team in 1982, while Cole McCormack and Mike O'Neil each have uncles (Brian McCormack and Geoff Hall, respectively) that played together on the Big Red's national runner up squads in 1987 and 1988.

SISTER ACT – Junior Roy Lang and freshman Mike O'Neil each have a sister on the Big Red women's lacrosse team. Lang's sister Kelly is a sophomore, while O'Neil's sister Aly is a junior.

GEOGRAPHY LESSON – The 43 players on the 2011 Big Red roster hail from 11 different states – California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Washington – as well as the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces – British Columbia and Ontario.

GEOGRAPHY LESSON, PART TWO – Since 1950, the Big Red has had players from 33 different states – Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

ATTACKMAN OF THE YEAR - For the first time since 1987, a member of the Cornell men's lacrosse team won the USILA's Jack Turnbull Award as the outstanding attackman in Division I, as Rob Pannell took home the award. He became just the seventh sophomore in the 64-year history of the award to earn the honor. Pannell joins an elite list, becoming the fourth Cornell player to win the Turnbull Award, joining Eamon McEneaney '77, Mike French '76, and Tim Goldstein '87.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR PANNELL – Rob Pannell joined rare company when he was named the 2010 Ivy League Player of the Year, becoming just the fourth sophomore, and the first since Princeton's Ryan Boyle in 2002, to earn the league's top honor. Pannell was a unanimous selection for the award, voted on by the league's head coaches, and was the fifth Cornellian to be named Player of the Year during the past 10 seasons.

BIG RED INTERNATIONAL – Brad Kamedulski '10 (Poland), Scott Lee '02 (Korea), Ryan McClay '03 (USA), Max Seibald '10 (USA), and Sten Jernudd '14 (Sweden) all participated in the FIL Championships this summer in Manchester, England. McClay and Seibald won gold medals with Team USA and were both named to the All-World team following the tournament. Jernudd was also honored with a selection to the All-Presidents team as one of the top players in the tournament from a team that did not advance to the medal round.

RECAPPING 2010 – The Big Red advanced to the national semifinal game for the second straight year, and third time in the last four seasons. Although Cornell fell to Notre Dame, 12-7, the Big Red made its presence felt in the lacrosse community with its incredibly young squad impressing all spectators. Cornell finished the year with a 12-6 record overall and a mark of 4-2 in the conference, earning a share of its eighth straight Ivy League title, the longest stretch since Cornell won 10-straight championships between 1974 and 1983. Cornell's eight consecutive regular season Ivy titles is the longest current stretch by any men's lacrosse team in any conference. The Big Red earned an at-large bid to the 2010 NCAA men's lacrosse tournament, garnering a seventh seed. In the first round, Cornell defeated Loyola, 11-10, in triple overtime to advance to the quarterfinals before beating Army, 14-5, to earn a trip to the Final Four.

UP NEXT – Cornell will face its toughest test to date as it travels up I-81 to take on No. 1 Syracuse on Tuesday, April 12 in the Carrier Dome. The game, which will be broadcast locally by Time Warner Sports, is slated to start at 7 p.m.