GAME INFO
GAME #16: Cornell vs. Maryland
FACE OFF: Saturday, May 10, at 5 p.m.
SITE: Byrd Stadium (College Park, Md.)
2014 RECORDS: Cornell (11-4, 5-1 Ivy); Maryland (11-3, 4-1 ACC)
SERIES RECORD: Maryland leads, 13-4-1
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 16-8, May 12, 2013 in College Park, Md.
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TELEVISION: ESPNU
RADIO: WHCU 870 AM
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TAILGATING: The University of Maryland's Department of Public Safety provides detailed Tailgating Tips.
PARKING: After 4 p.m. on weekends, there is no charge for parking in Lots Z1 or 1b or in Regents Drive Garage. Lots R2 and R3 are limited to vehicles displaying current valid permits for the respective lots at all times. Fans arriving on campus before 4 p.m. on weekdays should park in Union Lane Garage (located between Cole Field House and Stamp Student Union). Rates are $2.00 per hour ($10.00 per day maximum). The garage may only be accessed via Campus Drive and Union Lane, at the top level of the garage. 
 
GAME NOTE
THE MATCHUP: The No. 13 Cornell men's lacrosse team will travel No. 6 Maryland for the second straight season to take on the Terrapins in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament at Byrd Stadium on Saturday, May 10 at 5 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPNU and online at www.ESPN3.com. It can also be heard online through the Ivy League Digital Network and fans in the Ithaca area can hear the game on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard on the call.
 
SERIES HISTORY VS. MARYLAND: The Big Red first took on Maryland in 1921, three seasons prior to lacrosse becoming a varsity sport for the Terrapins. Cornell won that first meeting, 2-1, before playing to a 2-2 tie during the 1922 season. The teams would not meet again until 1929, when it was an official game for both teams, and Maryland went on to win four consecutive contests spanning 36 seasons (1929, 1951, 1963, 1965). The Big Red picked an opportune time to end that streak, defeating the Terrapins 12-6 in the very first NCAA national championship game (1971). After losing to the Terrapins in the 1974 semifinals, Cornell defeated Maryland in 1976 to win another national championship. The teams would not play again until 1993, the first of eight straight regular season meetings, all of which were won by the Terrapins. Cornell won last season's first round NCAA tournament game to take a 3-1 lead in the series in NCAA tournament games, while UMD holds the lead in the all-time series 13-4-1 … Maryland does not count the first two meetings in the series as official games.   
 
A WIN OVER MARYLAND WOULD:
• send the Big Red into the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament quarterfinals for the second year in a row and the eighth time since 2004.
• improve Cornell to 33-22 overall in NCAA tournament games.
• improve Cornell to 4-1 all time in NCAA games vs. Maryland.
• be Cornell's second straight over the Terrapins.
• be the Big Red's third straight win at Byrd Stadium in the NCAA tournament.
• improve interim head coach Matt Kerwick's career record to 121-105 and to 1-1 vs. UMD.
• be the 726th win in program history.
 
CORNELL VS. THE ACC: Cornell is 59-93-2 all-time vs. the current members of the ACC, thanks mostly to its newest member Syracuse, which owns the lead in the series, 63-37-1. The Big Red holds a winning record vs. Duke (5-4), North Carolina (4-3) and Notre Dame (5-1) but has a losing mark vs. Maryland (4-13-1) and Virginia (5-9).
 
THE HEAD COACH: Matt Kerwick (11-4) will serve as the Interim Head Coach of Cornell Lacrosse for the 2014 season ... Kerwick comes to Cornell with 15 years of head coaching experience (120-105) with stints at Jacksonville University, Hobart, Alfred and Randolph-Macon. 
 
HOW'D WE GET HERE: With its eighth-ranked RPI, the Big Red earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament after finishing the regular season with a 11-4 record overall and mark of 5-1 in the Ivy League. Maryland earned a number seven seed out of the ACC. The Terrapins finished the regular season with an 11-3 record overall and a mark of 4-1 in the conference.
 
TOURNAMENT TIDBITS: Cornell's 32 NCAA tournament victories ranks fifth all-time, while its 26 appearances ranks seventh … Only five teams have more national titles than the Big Red … The 2014 season marks Cornell's 10th trip to the NCAA tournament in the past 11 years, making it to the quarterfinal round seven times, the semifinals four times and the national championship once during that span.
 
UNSEEDED CORNELL:
• Of its 26 NCAA tournament appearances, Cornell has been unseeded just seven times.
• In those seven tournaments, the Big Red has posted a record of 8-6.
• The Big Red has been unseeded in each of its last two NCAA tournament appearances (2013, 2014), after being a number two seed in 2011.
• Last season as an unseeded participant Cornell advanced to the national semifinals where it fell to eventual national champion Duke, 16-14.
 
CORNELL VS. THE SEVENTH SEED:
• The Big Red is 2-4 all-time vs. the number seven seed in the NCAA tournament, with each of its last two tournament appearances (2011 vs. UVA; 2013 vs. Duke) ending against the number seven seed.
• Cornell's last victory over the number seven seed came in the first round of the 2005 tournament when the Big Red upended Towson, 12-11.
 
FOUR SURE: Cornell has had its share of Final Four appearances in NCAA team competition over the years. Of those Big Red teams, the men's lacrosse team has made the most appearances with 13 overall.
• Men's Lacrosse (13) - 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1988, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013
• Men's Ice Hockey (8) - 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 2003
• Women's Ice Hockey (3) – 2010, 2011, 2012
• Women's Lacrosse (1) - 2002
• Men's Soccer (1) – 1972
 
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
 
50-50 POINT SCORER: For just the 14th time in Cornell history, the Big Red has a pair of 50-point scorers on the season with Matt Donovan and Dan Lintner sitting at 54 and 51 points, respectively.
• This is just the fifth time Cornell has had a pair of 50-point scorers in back-to-back seasons.
• Last season, Rob Pannell, Steve Mock and Connor Buczek all registered more than 50 points.
• Unlike the 2013/2014 version, in the previous four instances (2009/2010; 1974/1975; 1975/1976; 1976/1977) at least one member of the 50-50 pair was part of the following season's pair.
 
IVY KINGS
• Since Ivy League play began in 1956, Cornell has won a conference-high 28 titles, including 17 undefeated crowns.
• Cornell has won at least a share of 11 of the last 12 Ivy League titles.
• The Big Red also has the best Ivy League record of any team in the conference at 247-98-1 (.715).
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK RECORD HOLDER: On April 28, freshman goalie Christian Knight became just the second player in the history of the Ivy League to earn five men's lacrosse Rookie of the Week honors. Knight joins teammate Matt Donovan as the only five-time honorees in conference history. Knight won three consecutive awards from March 10 to March 24 and repeated as a back-to-back honoree on April 21 and April 28. He is the first Big Red player to take home back-to-back Rookie of the Week honors since Matt Donovan did so on April 2 and April 9, 2012.
 
SEASON STREAKS:
• The Big Red has had at least one man-up goal in 13-of-15 games.
• Cornell has registered more ground balls than its opponents in 12-of-15 games.
• The Big Red has had more penalties than its opponents in 11-of-15 games.
• The Big Red has taken at least 40 shots in 10-of-15 games.
• The Big Red has put at least 25 shots on goal in 9-of-15 games.
• The Big Red has had at least two man-up goals in 8-of-15 games.
• Cornell has held its opponents to less than 10 goals in 8-of-15 games.
 
INDIVIDUAL STREAKS
• Doug Tesoriero has picked up at least one ground ball in 35 straight contests dating back to April 28, 2012.
• Tom Freshour has caused at least one turnover in 13-of-15 games this season.
• Christian Knight has registered at least 10 saves in five of Cornell's last six games. 
• Matt Donovan has registered at least three points in 11-of-15 games this season.
• Dan Lintner has registered a hat trick in 10-of-15 games this season.
• Connor Buczek has registered at least three points in nine of Cornell's last 13 games.
• John Hogan has registered at least three points in five of Cornell's last eight games.
 
SAVES A LOT: Christian Knights' 10.83 saves per game is the most by a Big Red goalie since Matt McMonagle averaged 11.25 saves per game during the 2007 season.

TEWAARATON TROPHY NOMINEE: The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced that Connor Buczek is one of 28 NCAA men's lacrosse players to be named a nominee for the 2014 Tewaaraton Award.
 
WIN NO. 725: Cornell's 12-10 victory over Princeton on April 26, 2014 was the 725th win in program history. The Big Red is now 725-447-27 all-time, and its 725 victories rank seventh among the winningest programs in collegiate lacrosse.
 
100 GROUND BALLS: With his 11 ground balls vs. Brown on April 19, Doug Tesoriero became just the second Big Red player to record 100 ground balls in a season twice in a career, joining Tarik Ergin (1982, 1983).
 
27 TO 40: With his three goals against Brown on April 19, Dan Lintner became the 27th player in Cornell history to register 40 goals in a season … He currently ranks 14th in Cornell history for goals in a single season with 46.
 
100 POINTS: With his four points at Penn on March 22, junior Matt Donovan became the 39th player in Cornell history to record 100 career points. Donovan currently ranks 23rd overall with 121 (77 G, 44 A) career points.
 
BIG IN THE MIDFIELD: With his two points vs. Penn on May 2, Connor Buczek became just the 14th midfielder in Cornell history to reach 100 career points.
 
FACE-OFF FRENZY:
• With his 12 face-off wins on April 8 vs. Syracuse, Doug Tesoriero became the 21st player in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse history to win 600 career face-offs.
• His 661 career face-off wins is good for 12th in NCAA history.
• With 661 career face-off wins, Tesoriero ranks fourth in NCAA Division I among active players.  
• Tesoriero entered the week ranked fourth in the Ivy League and 33rd in the nation in face-off winning percentage (.530).
• Tesoriero set the school record for face-off wins in a career vs. Michigan on March 1, passing Addison Sollog (1999-2002).
• Last season, Tesoriero set the single season record with 241 face-off wins, breaking the old mark of 192, which was set by Clayton Weber 1995.
 
GROUND BALL GUY:
• His 359 career ground balls ranks 16th in NCAA history.
• With his 359 career ground balls, Tesoriero ranks fourth overall in NCAA Division I among active players.  
• Tesoriero entered the week ranked first in the Ivy League and 11th in the nation with 8.20 ground balls per game.
• With nine ground balls on March 22 at Penn, Doug Tesoriero became the school's career ground ball record holder, surpassing Paul Schimoler (299; 1986-89).
• With his 133 ground balls in 2013, Tesoriero broke the school record by edging out Craig Jaeger, who had won 127 ground balls in 1978.
 
THE LAST UNDEFEATED: Cornell was the last undefeated team remaining in Division I men's lacrosse before falling to Harvard on April 5.
 
WHAT A START!: Coach Kerwick's 9-0 record to start his Cornell career is the second best in Big Red men's lacrosse history, second only to Ned Harkness, whose 1966 and 1967 squads won 22 straight games before falling to Princeton, 7-5, on May 20, 1967. The loss to the Tigers was the lone defeat during Harkness' time with the lacrosse team, going 35-1 over three seasons.  
 
STARTING 9-0: The Big Red's nine straight wins to open the season was the best start since the 2007 season when the squad went 15-0 before losing to Duke, 12-11, in the national semifinals.
 
STEPPING UP: With 10 goals in the first two games of the season, Dan Lintner matched his season total from a year ago. He has registered a hat trick in eight of 11 games so far this season and currently leads the Big Red with 46 goals.
 
BALANCED OFFENSE: So far this season, Cornell has received 150 points (110 goals, 40 assists) from its attack (48.7 percent) and 158 points (87 goals, 71 assists) from its midfield and defense. 
 
TOP 10 NATION: The Big Red opened the week ranked in the top 10 nationally in six statistical categories, including ground balls per game (third – 35.93), scoring offense (seventh – 13.13), points per game (seventh – 20.53), scoring margin (eighth – 3.47), assists per game (ninth – 7.40), and shot percentage (ninth –.322).
 
RANKED OPPONENTS: The Big Red's 2014 season features seven opponents currently ranked in the USILA Coaches Poll – Syracuse, Maryland, Virginia, Penn, Harvard, Hofstra and Yale … Cornell is 4-3 so far this season vs. opponents that were ranked during the time of the meeting (UVA, Yale, Penn, Syracuse, Hofstra, Princeton, and Penn in the Ivy League Tournament).
  
FRESHMAN STOPPER: Christian Knight is the first freshman goalie to start a game for the Big Red since AJ Fiore started 17 contests in 2010. His 16 saves vs. Princeton on April 26 were the most by a freshman stopper since Fiore posted 20 in a loss to Syracuse.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt Donovan earned back-to-back Ivy League Player of the Week honors on March 3 and March 10. His first honor came after registering eight goals, including the overtime game-winner vs. Michigan, in a pair of games vs. Binghamton and the Wolverines. The next week, he posted two goals and one assist in just three quarters vs. Canisius before helping the Big Red upset No. 2 Virginia with two goals and three assists. Of his five points vs. the Cavaliers, four came as Cornell fought back from an early deficit to take a 6-5 halftime lead.
 
CLOSE CALLS: Since the beginning of the 2003 season, Cornell is 31-15 in games that have been decided by a single goal, a mark that was lowered when the Big Red fell to No. 10 Penn, 11-10, on May 2. Of the 15 losses, 13 have come against ranked opponents, including nine against squads ranked in the top-10, five of which were ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the nation.
 
OVERTIME NOTES: With its overtime loss at Hofstra on April 12, Cornell has played at least one overtime game in each of the past eight seasons, dating back to a 12-11 overtime triumph over Albany in the 2007 NCAA quarterfinals. During that span, the Big Red has posted a 7-5 record in overtime games.
 
ELITE COMPANY: Over the span of the past five seasons (2009-13), Cornell has racked up the third-most wins (62) and the fourth-best winning percentage (.747) of any Division I men's lacrosse program.
 
NEXT UP: The winner of the Cornell-Maryland game will take on the winner of the Syracuse-Bryant/Siena game in the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament quarterfinals game at Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, N.Y., on Saturday, May 17 at either noon or 2:30 p.m.