GAME INFORMATION
GAME #13: No. 10 Cornell at No. 13 Brown
FACE OFF: Saturday, April 18, at 1:00 p.m.
SITE: Stevenson Field (Providence, R.I.)
2015 Records: Cornell (9-3, 3-1 Ivy League); Brown (9-3, 2-2 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 36-18
LAST MEETING: Cornell won 14-9, April 19, 2014 in Ithaca, N.Y.
GAME NOTES: Cornell | Brown 

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THE MATCHUP: The No. 10 Big Red men's lacrosse team will begin a crucial two-week stretch with major Ivy League conference implications as it travels to Brown to take on the Bears on Stevenson Field on Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. Cornell is coming off a pair of victories as it closed out its non-conference schedule last week, defeating Canisius and Hofstra to improve to 9-3. The Bears also closed its non-conference slate with a 15-10 victory over Providence on Tuesday to end a two-game skid and improve to 9-3 overall. Cornell and Princeton have both clinched a sport in the Ivy League Tournament and enter this weekend tied atop the Ivy League standings with identical records of 3-1. Brown sits behind Yale in fourth place with a conference mark of 2-2 and will be desperate to keep its Ivy League Tournament hopes alive on its Senior Day vs. the Big Red. The game will be streamed live on the Ivy League Digital Network. Fans can hear Barry Leonard and Howie Borkan on WHCU 870 AM / 95.9 FM or via the Ivy League Digital Network.  Lives stats will also be available at www.BrownBears.com.
 
SERIES HISTORY VS. BROWN: The Cornell and Brown rivalry began when the Bears joined the Ivy League in men's lacrosse in 1964. The Big Red came away with an 8-7 victory in that first meeting, and won 23 of the first 28 games between the two programs. The Bears won eight-straight contests vs. Cornell from 1991 to 1997 to gain some ground in the series, which Cornell leads, 36-18. Since snapping that Brown winning streak with a 6-5 decision in 1998, the series has been very tight, despite Cornell's 13-5 record over that time. Of the last 18 meetings, 10 have been decided by three or fewer goals.

LOOKING AT THE BEARS: No. 13 Brown is having one of its best seasons in recent history, boasting a record of 9-3 overall and 2-2 in the Ivy League. The Bears feature the third best offense in the nation (15.08 gpg.), while boasting the most caused turnovers per game (10.5) and most ground balls (41.8) in the country.  Dyalan Molloy leads the nation with 4.17 goals per game, and is second overall in points per game (6.00). Defensively, long pole defensive midfielder Larken Kemp is second in the country in caused turnovers per game (2.27) in front of goalie Jack Kelly, who ranks 16th in the nation in saves per game (11.08) and is 26th in save percentage (.543). In the face-off circle, Will Gural ranks second in the Ivy League and is 12th in the nation with a .604 winning percentage.  
 
LAST TIME VS. BROWN: The Big Red offense exploded in the third quarter, while the defense held Brown scoreless for nearly 20 minutes of play spanning half time, as the No. 12 Cornell men's lacrosse team earned a 14-9 victory on Senior Day. With the win, the Big Red improves to 10-3 overall and remains in a tie with Harvard atop the Ivy League standings with a record of 4-1 in the conference. Adding to the Senior Day celebration was pair of seniors – Doug Tesoriero and Dan Lintner – that reached personal milestones. Tesoriero picked up 11 ground balls to become just the second player in Cornell history to record 100 ground balls in back-to-back seasons, while Lintner finished the day with his ninth hat trick of the year to become the 27th player in Big Red history to score 40 goals in a season. Junior Matt Donovan led the offense with four goals and two assists, while Lintner added an assist to finish with four points on the day. Sophomore John Edmonds tallied his fifth hat trick of the season and junior John Hogan handed out four assists. Senior Connor Entenmann was the only other Big Red player to register multiple points with one goal and one assist. Tesoriero won 15-of-22 face-offs to help the Big Red control the offense, and on the defensive end freshman Christian Knight made 11 saves, including 10 in the crucial first half when Cornell posted 13 turnovers. Dylan Molloy was the only Brown player to register more than one point, as 10 visitors found the score column. Molloy scored the Bears' first three goals of the contest and added an assist to finish with four points on the day. The Bears' leading scorer on the season, Sam Hurster, was held to just one goal thanks to the outstanding defensive play of Jordan Stevens. Stevens was one of four Big Red defenders to register at least two caused turnovers, with Connor Hunt leading the charge with a career-high five overall. Brown netminder Jack Kelly made 11 saves and allowed all 14 goals in 55:29 of action before Will Round saved both shots he faced. Cornell held the edge in shots (45-36) and dominated ground ball play (49-33). Both teams had 17 turnovers and four failed clears apiece. The Big Red scored on its only man-up chance of the game and held Brown scoreless on two chances.
 
A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD:
• give Cornell at least 10 wins in three consecutive seasons and in 10 of the last 11 seasons overall.
• Improve the Big Red to 3-2 vs. nationally-ranked opponents.
• be the third straight vs. the Bears.
• improve the Big Red to 37-18 in the series, while improving Head Coach Matt Kerwick to a 2-0 vs. Brown.
• improve Coach Kerwick's career record to 130-109 overall and 21-8 at Cornell.
• be the 735th win in program history, improving Cornell to 735-459-27 all-time.
• make Cornell 18-8 all-time when ranked No. 10 in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• give Cornell a 12-2 record all-time vs. the No. 13 ranked team in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• be Cornell's 251st Ivy League win, improving the team to 251-99-1 all-time vs. Ivy League opponents.

THE HEAD COACH: Matt Kerwick (20-8, .714) was named the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse at Cornell University on June 11, 2014. Kerwick, who served in the position on an interim basis during the 2014 season, became the 11th head coach in the programs' 122-year history ... Kerwick has 16 years of head coaching experience (129-109) with stints at Jacksonville University, Hobart, Alfred and Randolph-Macon. 
 
IVY KINGS:
• Since Ivy League play began in 1956, Cornell has won a conference-high 28 titles, including 17 undefeated crowns.
• Cornell has won 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 250-99-1.
 
BUCZEK'S GOT SENIOR CLASS: Cornell senior Connor Buczek has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate men's lacrosse, as one of the top NCAA student-athletes who excels both on and off the field. 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. Fans can vote for Buczek at: http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/lacrosse_2015/
 
50/50: With his four points vs. Hofstra on April 11, Matt Donovan became just the 10th player in Cornell history to post at least 50 points in consecutive seasons.
 
BIG IN THE MIDFIELD: With two goals vs. Hofstra on April 11, Connor Buczek broke Max Seibald's school record for career point by a midfielder … Wit 142 career points, Buczek is one of just 14 midfielders in Cornell history to reach 100 career points.
 
SEASON STREAKS:
• Cornell has won the face-off battle in 11-of-12 games this season.
• The Big Red has won the ground ball battle in 11-of-12 games this season.
• Cornell has registered double-digit goals in nine of its last 11 contests.
• The Big Red has taken at least 40 shots in nine of its last 11 contests.
• Cornell has put at least 25 shots on goal in seven of its last 11 games.
• The Big Red defense has held opponents to fewer than 15 shots on goal in five of its last seven games.
• The Cornell defense has held its opponents to fewer than 10 goals in eight of its nine win.
• The Big Red has won two straight overtime contests.
 
INDIVIDUAL STREAKS
• Domenic Massimilian has won the face-off battle in 11-of-12 games this season
• Domenic Massimilian has picked up at least 10 ground balls in 9-of-12 games this season.
• Domenic Massimilian has won at least 15 face offs in seven of the Big Red's last 11 games.
• Dan Lintner has registered a hat trick in six of the Big Red's last eight games.
• Matt Donovan has registered at least four points in nine of the Big Red's last 11 games.
• Matt Donovan has registered a hat trick seven of the Big Red's last 11 games.
• Connor Buczek has registered at least one point in 15 consecutive games.
• John Hogan has registered at least one point in 13 consecutive games.
• Chris Cook has picked up at least two ground balls in 11-of-12 games this season.
• Jordan Stevens has picked up at least one ground ball in each of the Big Red's last 32 games.

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 conference victories … The 250 conference wins are also the most conference wins by any school in Division I men's lacrosse history.
 
100 POINTS: Dan Lintner needs just nine points to become the 41^st player in Cornell history to record 100 career points. Last season, Matt Donovan and Connor Buczek joined the club. The last time the Big Red had three players reach the 100 point plateau while playing together came in 1976 with Mike French, Eamon McEneaney, John Levine and Bill Marino.  
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Connor Buczek was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on March 30. It was the first conference weekly award for the Big Red this season, as well as the first-ever weekly honor for Buczek. The reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, Buczek was instrumental in Cornell's 8-2 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday. With the Big Red clinging to a slim 3-1 lead at halftime Buczek took over the game. He scored a man-up goal early in the third quarter, then assisted on a goal two minutes later, before closing the quarter with a pair of tallies to put the Big Red up 8-1.

RANKED OPPONENTS:  The Big Red's 2015 season currently features six opponents ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll – Syracuse (four), Yale (seventh), Albany (eighth), Virginia (ninth), Brown (13th) and Princeton (19th). … Cornell is 2-2 so far this season vs. ranked opponents.

GROUND BALL GUY: Domenic Massimilian currently sits in fourth place in Cornell history for ground balls in a single season (122). Massimilian is averaging 10.2 ground balls per game and is on pace to break the school record of 133, set by Doug Tesoriero during the 2013 season.
  1) 133; Doug Tesoriero (2013)
  2) 127; Craig Jaeger (1978)
  3) 126; Doug Tesoriero (2014)
  4) 122; Domenic Massimilian (2015)
 
MOVING ON UP:
•Jordan Stevens currently ranks third in Cornell history for career caused turnovers (59) and needs 10 more to surpass Thomas Keith in second place.
•Matt Donovan ranks eighth in Cornell history for career goals (113) and needs 11 more to surpass Jon Levine in seventh place.
•Matt Donovan sits in fifth place in Cornell history for career points (176) and needs four more to pass Ryan Hurley in fourh place.
•Matt Donovan sits in eighth place in Cornell history for career assists (63) and needs 20 more to pass Al Rimmer in seventh place.
•Connor Buczek ranks 15th in Cornell history for career points (142) and needs just two more to pass Bruce Cohen in 14th place.
•Connor Buczek is tied with Bruce Cohen in 10th place in Cornell history for career goals (95) and needs five more to pass Chris Danler in ninth place.
•Connor Buczek is tied with Matt Crowley in 19th place in Cornell history for career assists (47) and needs just one more to tie Bruce Cohen in 18th place.
•Dan Lintner is tied with Steve Meyer in 24^th place in Cornell history for career goals (85) and needs just two more to jump into the top 20.
•Christian Knight ranks 15th in Cornell history for career saves (242) and needs just two more to surpass Rich Yost and move into 14th place.
•Domenic Massimilian ranks 11th in Cornell history for career face-offs won (192) and needs just 19 more to move into 10^th place, passing Scott Raasch.
 
NCAA CAREER LEADERBOARD:
•Matt Donovan ranks 13th among current Division I players for career goals with 113. He is 13th overall in career points (175) and 24th in career assists (63).
•Connor Buczek ranks 22nd among current Division I players for career goals with 95. He is 27th overall in career points (144) and 44th in career assists (47).
•Dan Lintner ranks 33rd among current Division I players for career goals with 83.
 
FACE-OFF FRENZY: In his first season as a starter, sophomore Domenic Massimilian has been outstanding for the Big Red. He ranks fourth in the nation with a .665 face-off winning percentage. He is also first in the country with 10.17 ground balls per game … Massimilian has won the face-off battle in 11-of-12 Big Red games this season and has led the team in ground balls in 11-of-12 games.

TOP 10 NATION: The Big Red is ranked in the top 10 nationally in just two statistical categories – face-off winning percentage (third – .664), and ground balls per game (fifth – 36.08).

BALANCED OFFENSE: After a slow start by the attack unit that saw a disproportionate amount of its offense come from the midfield, the Big Red has seen its scoring come back into balance with 100-of-203 points coming from the attack unit (49 percent). During the 2014 season, Cornell received 156 points (114 goals, 42 assists) from its attack (49.1 percent) and 162 points (90 goals, 72 assists) from its midfield and defense. 
 
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 734-449-27 all-time, and its 734 victories rank seventh among the winningest programs in collegiate lacrosse.
 
ELITE COMPANY:  Over the past 10 seasons (2005-2014) only eight schools have registered 100 victories – Duke (151), UVA (127), Cornell (121), Syracuse (118), Notre Dame (114), Denver (113), Maryland (112), Hopkins (111) … During that span, only six have won at least 70 percent of its games – Duke (.803), Cornell (.766), Virginia (.760), Notre Dame (.735), Syracuse (.728) and Hopkins (.715).
 
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS:  Cornell had three players named to the 2015 Face-Off Magazine Preseason All-American list. Connor Buczek was a first-team selection, while Jordan Stevens and Matt Donovan were named to the second- and third-team, respectively.

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN:  The Big Red have four captains this season – seniors Connor Buczek, Matt Donovan, Dan Lintner, and Jordan Stevens.

HARD HAT: Brennan Donville has been selected to carry the Hard Hat for the 2015 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.
 
FAMILY TIES:
• Head Coach Matt Kerwick's parents Thomas and the late Patricia Kerwick, as well as his sister Ann, all graduated from Cornell.
• Russell Scott has a total of 14 family members that attended Cornell, while his grandfather, Thomas W. Scott, is a retired Cornell professor of Agronomy … His father, Tom (football), his uncles John Dentes (football), George Dentes (football/sprint football/baseball), Terry Scott (sprint football), and Sam Happel (lacrosse) and his cousins Scott Dentes (sprint football) and Zak Dentes (sprint football) all played sports at Cornell … Happel played on the Big Red's national semifinal team in 1982.
• Chris Cook's father, Kevin '84, and uncle, Ed Cook '86, were All-American lacrosse players for Cornell.
• Andrew Keith's brother, Thomas '13, was an All-American long-stick midfielder for the Big Red, earning four varsity letters from 2010-13.
• Ryan Matthew's cousin Matt Sutherland played lacrosse at Cornell.
• Tim LaBeau's father Tim '77 played football for the Big Red from 1973-77, while his mother, Nancy '78, and two sisters, Kristi '09 and Kate '10, all graduated from Cornell.
• Matt Schattner's uncle, Mark Major, played hockey at Cornell from 1984-87, while his aunt, Martha Manilla Major, played soccer for the Big Red from 1986-87.
• Dan Nemirov's mother, Jamie, as well as one aunt and his maternal grandfather all graduated from Cornell. 
• Scott Flynn's grandfather Norman Penney attended Cornell Law School and later served as both a professor in the law school and Dean of University Faculty. 
•Charlie Estill's grandfather Frederick Siefke graduated from Cornell in 1948.
•Troy Revello's older sister Grace attends Cornell.

NEXT UP:  The Big Red will play its final game of the season and honor its 14 seniors when it returns to Ithaca to take on No. 19 Princeton in a game that should have major Ivy League and Ivy League Tournament implications, on Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m.