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GAME #15: No. 2 Cornell vs. No. 19/20 Hartford
FACE OFF: Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m.
SITE: Schoellkopf Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2011 Records: Cornell (13-2); Hartford (11-6)
SERIES RECORD: First Meeting
LAST MEETING: First Meeting

RADIO: WHCU 870 AM (Barry Leonard, play-by-play; Tom LaFalce, color commentary)
LIVE STATS: www.CornellBigRed.com
LIVE AUDIO: www.CornellBigRed.com/showcase/
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN3.com
TELEVISION: ESPNU (Time Warner Ch. 108 in Ithaca; DirectTV Ch. 208)

THE MATCHUP – The No. 2 Big Red will play host to No. 19/20 Hartford in the first round of the 2011 NCAA tournament when the two teams meet at Schoellkopf Field on Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised to a nationwide audience live on ESPNU, and online at www.ESPN3.com. Gametracker will be provided through CornellBigRed.com and fans in Ithaca can hear Barry Leonard provide the call alongside Tom LaFalce on WHCU 870 AM. Live audio will also be provided at www.CornellBigRed.com as part of Cornell's RedCast subscription package. Live video will not be available through RedCast due to ESPN's exclusive broadcast rights.

THE SERIES VS. HARTFORD – Saturday's meeting will be the first between the Cornell and Hartford men's lacrosse programs.

LOOKING AT THE HAWKS – The Hawks earned their first-ever America East Conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance in dramatic fashion, using a tally by Ryan Compitello with one second remaining in the AE tournament championship game to upset No. 13 Stony Brook on May, 7, and improve to 11-6 on the season. Hartford has a solid offensive unit, led by Carter Bender (33 goals, 18 assists) and Compitello (22 goals, 27 assists) with 51 and 49 points, respectively, while Rory Nunamacher and Aidan Genik have 22 goals apiece. In addition to its offense, the Hawks benefit from the seventh ranked face-off man in the nation in Tim Fallon, who has won 227-of-362 for a .627 winning percentage. In between the pipes, Hartford had an early season setback when three-time all-conference selection Scott Bement was injured in the preseason and missed the first nine games. In his place, Frank Piechota stepped into a starting role and since Bement's return the pair has split time. Overall, Piechota has started 10-of-12 games and owns an 8.44 goals-against average and a .546 save percentage, while Bement has started 7-of-8 contests and has posted an 8.88 GAA and a .527 save percentage.

A WIN OVER HARTFORD WOULD –
• improve Cornell to 30-20 overall in NCAA tournament games.
• propel the Big Red into the NCAA tournament quarterfinals for the third straight season.
• make the Big Red to 14-2 on the season and improve Cornell's current winning streak to 11 games.
• be the 15th-straight victory against an America East opponent.
• make Cornell 1-0 in the all-time series against Hartford.
• be the 691st victory in program history.

CORNELL VS. THE AMERICA EAST – The Big Red is 19-6 all-time vs. the current members of the America East. Cornell is 8-0 all-time vs. Binghamton, 5-0 vs. Stony Brook, and 1-0 vs. Albany. The Big Red has a losing record vs. UMBC (5-6) and has never faced Vermont ... Cornell has won its last 14 games vs. America East opponents.

LAST TIME OUT –
• The Big Red won its first-ever Ivy League tournament title with a 15-6 win over No. 17 Harvard on May 8 at Schoellkopf Field.
• Cornell used a suffocating defense and an offense that rolled through the final 32 minutes with 13 goals.
• In all, 10 different players registered at least one point and eight Big Red players caused at least one turnover.
• A three-minute unreleasable illegal stick penalty on Harvard late in the second quarter turned a tight 2-2 game into 5-2 Cornell advantage early in the third quarter.
• Cornell dominated the face-off circle against one of the nation's best groups, winning 15-of-23 draws, thanks to Doug Tesoriero (12-of-18) and Mitch McMichael (3-of-5).
• Rob Pannell, the tournament's MVP, scored five points with two goals and three assists, while all-tournament selection Steve Mock scored five times and David Lau was credited with two goals and two assists.
• Harvard's Harry Krieger was solid in goal, registering 16 saves, nine of which came in the first half as he kept the Crimson within striking distance.
• Matt Hull led the Harvard offense with three goals and an assist and Ryan Stevens notched two scores.

HOW'D WE GET HERE – The Big Red earned the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after defeating Harvard, 15-6, in the conference tournament title game on May 8. It was Cornell's first-ever Ivy tournament title, although, the conference tournament only began in 2010. Hartford also earned its conference's automatic bid by defeating Stony Brook to win its first America East tournament championship. The AE tournament was first held in 2000.

MEET THE NEW BOSS — After spending 10 years as first an assistant, then an associate head coach of the Big Red program, Ben DeLuca was named the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Cornell Lacrosse this past summer. In his first season, he has led Cornell to a 13-2 record, an undefeated Ivy League season, an Ivy League tournament title and the team's eighth consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. 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.

IVY KINGS – Since Ivy League play began in 1956, Cornell has won a conference-high 26 titles, including the most undefeated crowns (16) of any team. The Big Red also has the best Ivy League record of any team in the conference at 232-95-1 (.709).

FOUR SURE — Cornell has had its share of Final Four appearances in NCAA team competition over the years, as the 2011 women's ice hockey team brought the total of national semifinal appearances to 24. Of those Big Red teams, the men's lacrosse team has made the most appearances with 12 overall.
• Men's Lacrosse (12) - 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2009, 2010
• Men's Ice Hockey (8) - 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 2003
• Women's Ice Hockey (2) – 2010, 2011
• Women's Lacrosse (1) - 2002
• Men's Soccer (1) – 1972

TOURNAMENT TIDBITS – Cornell's 29 NCAA tournament victories ranks sixth all-time, while its 24 appearances ranks seventh … Only six teams have more national titles than the Big Red … The 2011 season marks Cornell's eighth straight trip to the NCAA tournament, making it to the quarterfinal round five times, the semifinals three times and the national championship once.

TITLE CONTENDERS – Cornell University has made 12 appearances in various NCAA national championship games … The Big Red has had five teams crowned as national champions.
• Men's Lacrosse (7) – 1971 (W), 1976 (W), 1977 (W), 1978, 1987, 1988, 2009
• Men's Ice Hockey (4) – 1967 (W), 1969, 1970 (W), 1972
• Women's Ice Hockey (1) – 2010

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.

NCAA'S LONGEST GAME – Cornell's triple overtime thriller last season vs. Loyola turned out to be the longest game in NCAA men's lacrosse postseason history. The game, which lasted 69:55 edged out the only other two triple overtime games in postseason history – the 1973 first round game between Washington & Lee and Navy (68:16) and the 1991 quarterfinal game between Towson and Princeton (68:13).

OLD LEAGUE, NEW TOURNAMENT – Founded in 1956, the Ivy League is home to one of the oldest continuous lacrosse conference in the country, second only to the ACC, but it has the newest conference tournament, as league postseason play began in 2010. Cornell lost in overtime to Princeton in the inaugural Ivy League tournament championship game, but redeemed itself this season with a commanding 15-6 victory over Harvard.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR PANNELL – For the second straight year, Cornell's Rob Pannell has been selected as the unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year and a first-team All-Ivy selection. Pannell is the 16th Big Red player in men's lacrosse program history to earn Player of the Year honors and is just the second Cornellian to win the award twice in his career, joining Eamon McEneaney (1975, '77). Cornell has won the Ivy League Player of the Year award in six of the past 11 seasons.

TICKLE THE (ALL) IVY – Cornell placed six players on the various All-Ivy teams, joining Yale as the most of any team in the conference. Attackman Rob Pannell (unanimous), midfielder Roy Lang (unanimous) defender Max Feely were all first-team selections, while attackman David Lau was named to the second team. The sophomore defensive duo of Jason Noble and Mike Bronzino were both honorable mention All-Ivy selections.

SEASON LONG STREAK – The Big Red is currently riding a 10-game winning streak, the longest streak in the nation along with Denver. The streak is the longest for Cornell since winning 15-straight in 2007. Both streaks, however, fall well short of the school mark of 42 games (1976-78), which is also the NCAA record.

AND THEN THERE WAS ONE — With its 9-7 victory over Princeton, Cornell capped the 16th undefeated Ivy League season in program history, its first since the 2007 campaign. That accomplishment made head coach Ben DeLuca only the second coach in the history of the Ivy League to post an undefeated Ivy record in his first season, joining Ned Harkness (Cornell; 1966).

G-A-P LEADER – Rob Pannell is the first Cornell player to lead the team in goals, assists and points since David Key in 2001. While Pannell has a firm grip as the category leader in assist and points, sophomore Steve Mock is hot on Pannell's goal trail, sitting just two back.

LONG TIME GONE – The Big Red played three straight road games in a stretch of 27 games between home contests with Dartmouth on April 2 and Princeton on April 30. That is the longest stretch away in a single season since 1992 when the Big Red played four away games also in a span of 27 days.

IT'S A CLINCH — With its 18-5 victory over Brown on April 23, the Big Red claimed the outright Ivy League title, winning at least a share of the crown for the ninth straight season, the longest stretch since winning 10 straight championships between 1974-83. Cornell's nine consecutive regular season Ivy League titles is the longest current stretch by any men's lacrosse team in any conference in the nation.

HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE — Since 2001, the Big Red has gone 64-14 at Schoellkopf Field, including perfect slates in 2011 (7-0), 2009 (6-0), 2007 (7-0) and 2005 (6-0).

OFFENSIVE ASSAULT – Cornell currently ranks second in the nation in scoring offense (13.00) and has scored in double-digits in 12-of-15 outings.

SINGLE SEASON MARKS FOR PANNELL – Rob Pannell currently has 45 assists on the season, good for seventh place in Cornell history for assists in a single season. Pannell also owns the fourth (51 in 2010) and eighth (42 in 2009) spots on the list … With his 82 points on the season, he has surpasses his career-high for a season and currently ranks eighth in program history for points in a single season.

TESORIERO'S TAKES – Through the first seven games of the season, freshman Doug Tesoriero went 12-of-26 in the face-off circle for a .462 winning percentage. In the eight games since, he has taken the most face-offs on the team, winning .578 of his chances (52-of-90).

HITTING THEIR SPOTS – The Big Red has put at least 20 shots on goal in each of its 15 games this season. Meanwhile, the Cornell defense has allowed opponents to put 20 shots on goal just five times.

40-40 MEN – Rob Pannell and Steve Mock lead Cornell this season with 37 and 35 goals, respectively. The pair has an opportunity to become the first Big Red duo to register 40 goals each since Tom Marino (46) and Eamon McEneaney (41) accomplished that feat in 1977.

CLOSE CALLS — Since the beginning of the 2003 season, Cornell is 27-7 in games that have been decided by a single goal, a mark that was raised as the Big Red defeated Harvard, 13-12, on April 9, 2011, at Harvard Stadium. 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).

12-WIN CAMPAIGN – With its win over Yale on May 6, Cornell has registered at least 12 wins in each of the past three seasons.

ELITE COMPANY – Over the span of the past five seasons (2007-11) Cornell has racked up the third most wins (64) of any Division I men's lacrosse program, and has posted the third best winning percentage (79.0 percent) overall.

TOP DOG —Rob Pannell ranks in the top 10 in the nation in all three offensive categories. He sits in first place overall in points per game (5.47), second overall in assists per game (3.0) and seventh overall in goals per game (2.5).

MOCK'S IVY SURGE – Sophomore attackman Steve Mock had some struggles early in the season, but has returned to form with exceptionally strong performances against Ivy League opponents. In five non-conference games, Mock averaged just 1.6 goals per game, a mark that has risen to 3.4 against Ivy League foes.

ROUGH ROAD – The Big Red played against six nationally ranked opponents in just over a month from March 5 to April 12. Five of those six contests occurred away from Ithaca, as Cornell played at Army, vs. Virginia at M&T Bank Stadium, at Yale, at Stony Brook, and at Syracuse with the lone home game coming against Penn on March 26. The Big Red posted a record of 4-2 in those games.

TEWAARATON NOMINEE – For the second straight year, Cornell lacrosse player Rob Pannell has been named one of 25 Tewaaraton Trophy nominees. Five male and five female finalists will be selected from the nominees. Finalists will be invited to the 11th annual Tewaaraton Award ceremony and the trophy will be presented on June 2 at the historic Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.

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).

NATIONAL CAREER ASSISTS LEADER – Despite being only a junior, Rob Pannell is currently the national leader in career assists, having posted 138. He has a double-digit lead on second place Jeremy Boltus, a senior at Army that has 124 career assists. Other than Pannell, Virginia's Steele Stanwick (9th) is the only other junior in the top 10.

GOOD OFF THE GROUND – The Big Red ranks ninth in the nation in ground balls per game, thanks in large part to defender Jason Noble, who ranks 41st in the country with 4.27 ground balls per game.

DEFENSIVE DUO – Sophomores Jason Noble and Mike Bronzino are proving to be a dynamic defensive duo, ranking 17th and 23rd in the nation, respectively, in caused turnovers apiece.

BALANCED OFFENSE – Cornell's scoring has been fairly balanced this season with the attack accounting for 56 percent of its goals (110-of-195), while the midfield has registered 42 percent (81-of-195). The defense makes up the final two percent (4-of-195).

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 (50 games). His mark of 50 games also matches 2009 grad Ryan Hurley's school record. Siena's Bryan Neufeld leads the nation with a 52-game streak.

SINGLE-DIGIT SUCCESS – Since 2000, Cornell has posted a 112-13 record (89.6 percent) when holding its opponent to less than 10 goals.

RULE FOLLOWERS – In the 50 games played since the start of the 2009 season, the Big Red has been flagged for more penalties than its opponents on just 13 occasions.

MOVING ON UP – With his three assists vs. Syracuse on April 12, Rob Pannell moved into second place in Cornell history for career assists. He currently needs 27 more assists 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 Ryan Hurley (179; 2007-10) for career points. He needs 28 more points to surpass Eamon McEneaney (256; 1975-77).

THRICE AS NICE – Twice this season, the Big Red has won three straight Ivy League Player of the Week accolades. The first time happened from March 7 through March 21, with the second streak happening between April 4 and April 18. During the first set, junior attackman Rob Pannell earned the award on March 7 & March 14 before sophomore attackman Steve Mock was honored on March 21 … Pannell was instrumental in the second streak as well, with honors on April 4 and April 18 sandwiched around an award for senior attackman David Lau.

AND THE WINNER (AGAIN) … – Rob Pannell earned his fourth Ivy League Player of the Week award of the season on April 18 after registering six points to help the Big Red upset then-No. 1 Syracuse, 11-6, at the Carrier Dome. Five of Pannell's six points came in the first half as Cornell built a commanding 7-2 lead that it would not relinquish.

LAU WINS NATIONAL ACCOLADE – Senior attackman David Lau earned Nike Player of the Week Honors on April 12 after he led the Big Red to a 13-12 victory at Harvard. Lau scored the final two goals of the game, first tying the game at 12-12 and then putting the Big Red up 13-12 with just 1:18 to play. He registered five goals and three assists and was extremely efficient throughout, taking only seven shots and putting six on goal. He also picked up a game-high four ground balls and caused one turnover.

LAU'S PERFORMANCE IN PERSPECTIVE – David Lau finished the Harvard game with a career-high eight points with five goals and three assists. He became the first Big Red player other than Rob Pannell to register eight points and three assists since Ryan Hurley tallied nine points against Dartmouth on April 12, 2008 and Mitch McMichael handed out three assists vs. Canisius on March 9, 2009.

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 a 11-2 record to go along with an 8.20 goals-against average and a .514 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.

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), and 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.).

NON-CONFERENCE WINS — Cornell owns a 36-9 record in its last 45 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.

EMPIRE STATE OF MIND – Cornell has traditionally been very successful against collegiate teams from New York state, posting an all-time record of 266-157-7 (.627). Head coach Ben DeLuca has posted a record of 5-1 (.833) vs. teams from the Empire State … The Big Red has faced six teams from New York state (5-1), with none others left on the schedule, however, Hoftra, Syracuse and Siena could be potential matchups in the NCAA tournament.

BUILDING A LEAD – The Princeton contest was the first game of the season in which the Big Red trailed at the end of the first quarter. It was also the only game this season in which it trailed at halftime.

HALFTIME COMEBACK – Prior to the victory over Princeton, the Big Red had lost seven straight contests when trailing at halftime, dating back to March 22, 2008 when Cornell trailed Yale 6-4 at halftime before defeating the Bulldogs, 8-7.

ENDING A SINGLE DIGIT STREAK – Cornell had lost seven-straight games in which it had scored less than 10 goals prior to defeating Princeton, 9-7, on April 30.

RUNNING INTO A BRICK WALL – Princeton's Tyler Fiorito made 20 saves, but the Big Red still managed to earn the 9-7 victory on April 30. It was the first victory in a game in which an opposing goalie made 20+ saves since defeating Army, 9-8, on Feb. 28, 2009 (Tom Palesky; 22).

FRESH FACE FACE-OFF – In a three-game span against Stony Brook, Penn and Dartmouth, Cornell had a different player register a career-high in face-off wins. The streak began as Mitch McMichael won 13 face-offs vs. the Seawolves on March 22. That weekend, Jason Noble won eight restarts against the Quakers. Doug Tesoriero ended the streak by winning 11 face-offs against the Big Green.

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.

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 19 face-off wins on the season, the most by a Cornell defenseman since Brett Wilderman won 25-of-55 in 1999.

WIN NO. 690 – Cornell's 15-6 victory over Harvard on May 8, 2011 was the 690th win in program history. The Big Red is 690-442-27 all-time, and its 690 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.

BRONZINO BONANZA – Sophomore defender Mike Bronzino tallied two goals against Hobart in the season opener, becoming 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 following the 2010 season. 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.

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 – The winner of the NCAA first round game between Cornell and Hartford will advance to the quarterfinals to meet the winner of the Virginia/Bucknell match-up at Hofstra's James Shuart Stadium on Saturday, May 21 at noon.