GAME INFORMATION
GAME #11: Cornell at Cornell
FACE OFF: Saturday, April 16 at 2:30 p.m.
SITE: Ulrich Sports Complex (Bethlehem, Pa.)
2016 Records: Cornell (5-5, 1-3 Ivy League); Lehigh (6-6, 4-3 Patriot)
SERIES RECORD: Lehigh leads, 9-4-3
LAST MEETING: Cornell won 12-3; March 15, 2016 in Ithaca, N.Y.
                            
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THE MATCHUP: The Cornell men's lacrosse team closes out its non-conference schedule on Saturday when it travels to Lehigh  for a contest nationally broadcast on CBS Sports at 2:30 p.m. The Big Red is looking to win two in a row for just the second time this season after upsetting No. 11 Syracuse in a 10-9 overtime thriller on Tuesday night at Schoellkopf Field.
 
SERIES HISTORY VS. LEHIGH: Lehigh is the first collegiate opponent ever faced by the Big Red. The teams first met in 1893, and shared a pair of Intercollegiate Championships in 1914 and 1916, but have faced off just once since the 1955 season. The initial meeting in 1893 was won by the Mountain Hawks, 5-0, which began a 7-0 run for Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks own the lead in the all-time series 9-4-3, but the Big Red is riding a three-game winning streak, earning victories in 1954, 1955, and 2006.
               
LOOKING AT THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS: After going 4-1 to start the season, with its lone loss in the span coming in a 13-11 decision at No. 3 Duke, the Mountain Hawks have gone 2-5 to even its record at 6-6 on the year. Senior attackman Reid Weber leads the offense with 42 points on a team-high 30 goals. He has registered at least one goal in each game this season and has posted multi-point outings in 10-of-12 contests. Freshman line mate Tristan Rai has had an outstanding rookie campaign with 27 goals, while senior Billy Oppenheimer (14-13—27), junior Matt Raposo (15-11—26), and senior Alex Easton (13-11—24) have proven to be dual threats with double-digits goals and assists. The defense is led by senior defender Tripp Telesco and long-stick defensive midfielder Craig Chick, who combine for 4.6 caused turnovers per game. In net, sophomore Adam Sawicki and freshman Chris Kiernan have each seen action in seven games with six starts apiece. Sawicki has posted a 10.71 goals-against average and a .491 save percentage, while Kiernan has a 10.71 GAA and a .484 save percentage. In the face-off circle, Matt Ernst (60-133; .451) and Casey McAdam (39-115; .339) have taken the majority of draws with the squad winning just .387 percent.
               
A WIN OVER LEHIGH WOULD:
• give Cornell back-to-back wins for the first time this season since winning consecutive games vs. No. 17 Virginia and Colgate on March 12 and March 15, respectively.
• be the fourth in a row vs. the Mountain Hawks.
• make Cornell 5-9-3 all-time in the series.
• keep head coach Matt Kerwick undefeated vs. the Mountain Hawks at 4-0.
• be the fifth in a row vs. the Patriot League.
• be the 741st win in program history.
• improve head coach Matt Kerwick's career record to 129-117.
• make Cornell 66-63 all-time when unranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• improve Cornell to 246-50 all-time vs. unranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
 
CAMPUS CONNECTIONS:
• Cornell head coach Matt Kerwick and Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese were both members of the 2006 US men's lacrosse national team. Kerwick was an assistant coach of the squad, while Cassese played for the team.
• Lehigh was the Big Red's first collegiate opponent. Cornell first fielded a men's lacrosse team in 1892, playing one game vs. Toronto. Its first opponent of the 1893 season was Lehigh.
• Cornell and Lehigh were both named Intercollegiate Champions in 1914 and 1915.
• Tony Britton and Lehigh senior LSM Corey Eppley both attended Darien High School.
• Liam Stauss and Lehigh freshman Mickey Fitzpatrick both attended Duxbury High School.
• Dan Bockelman and Lehigh junior midfielder Anthony Ramaizel both attended Half Hollow Hills High School East.
• Andrew Keith and Lehigh freshman goalie Jonathan Klobus both attended Syosset High School.
• Clarke Petterson and Lehigh sophomore attackman Nolan Apers both attended The Hill Academy.
 
THE HEAD COACH: Matt Kerwick (26-16, .619) 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' 121-year history ... Kerwick has 17 years of head coaching experience (128-117).
 
OVERTIME NOTES: With its 10-9 overtime win vs. Syracuse on April 12 Cornell has played at least one overtime game in each of the past 10 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 10-5 record in OT games … Cornell has won three consecutive overtime games and head coach Matt Kerwick is 4-1 all-time at Cornell in overtime games.
 
HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE:
• Cornell has enjoyed a true home field advantage since beginning play on Schoellkopf Field in 1972, going 230-80 for a .742 winning percentage, with 12 undefeated seasons.
• Cornell has been even more impressive since 2000, going 95-26 overall (.785) with perfect slates in 2015 (6-0), 2011 (8-0), 2009 (6-0), 2007 (7-0) and 2005 (6-0).
 
EMPIRE STATE OF MIND:  Cornell has traditionally been very successful against collegiate teams from New York state, posting an all-time record of 287-163-7 (.636) … The Big Red had four New York teams on its schedule this season – Hobart, Albany, Colgate and Syracuse – and went 3-1 in those contests ... A year ago, Cornell played eight contests vs. teams from New York, posting a record of 6-2.
 
MAKING A POINT: The Big Red had 16 different players register a point in a 19-4 victory over Dartmouth on April 2. The last time Cornell had that many different players register at least one point came in a 24-14 decision vs. Canisius on May 2, 1997. In total, 17 Big Red found their way into the box score that day.
 
FRESHMAN FOUR: Cornell has started at least four freshmen in each of its last eight games. Dating back to the 2003 season, when the games started statistic began to be kept regularly, the Big Red has started four freshmen five times in a season just once – the final five games of the 2010 campaign. In that stretch, Cornell started Mike Bronzino (defense), Jason Noble (defense), AJ Fiore (goalie) and a combination that featured either Ross Gillum (midfield) or Steve Mock (attack). 
 
TEWAARATON WATCH LIST: On March 17, the Tewaaraton Foundation announced that Cornell senior John Edmonds and junior Domenic Massimilian were added to the 2016 Tewaaraton Award Watch List.
 
BABY BIG RED: Of the 39 players that have seen action so far this season, more than one-third (15) are freshmen, including seven that have started at least one game – Colton Rupp (10 games – attack), Ryan Bray (8 games – midfield), Clarke Petterson (7 games – midfield), Zach Ward (5 games – attack), Anthony Teixeira (3 games – attack), Chad Otterman (2 games – defense) and Jake McCulloch (1 game – midfield).
 
EXPERIENCE BY THE NUMBERS:
• The Big Red has just five players that have seen action in at least 30 career games – John Edmonds (59), Matt Schattner (51), Marshall Peters (41), Andrew Keith (38), and Tony Britton (36).
• Cornell has nine players that have seen action in 15-29 games – Christian Knight (29), Domenic Massimilian (29), Walt Gahagan (29), Sean Doyle (27), Brennan Donville (26), Jake Pulver (26), Jordan Dowiak (24), Kason Tarbell (24), and Bradlee Lord (15).
• There are 31 players on the Big Red roster that have played in less than 15 games in their collegiate careers.
 
INDIVIDUAL STREAKS
• Tony Britton has picked up at least one ground ball in 10 consecutive games.
• Colton Rupp has registered one point in five straight games.
• Clarke Petterson and Andrew Keith have at least one point in four consecutive games.
 
TEAM STREAKS
• The Big Red's man-down defense has held three straight opponents scoreless, and in 8-of-10 opponents this season.
• Cornell has had at least eight players register at least one point in five consecutive games, and in 7-of-10 games this season.
• The Big Red had won the face-off battle in 12 straight contests prior to its last game vs. Syracuse.
• Cornell's defense has caused at least five turnovers in five of its last seven games.
 
RANKED OPPONENTS:  Of the Big Red's 13 opponents this season, five are ranked in the current  USILA Coaches' Poll –Yale (first), Brown (fifth), Albany (sixth), Syracuse (11th), and Penn State (14th) … two others – Penn and Harvard – are also receiving votes … So far this season, Cornell is 2-3 vs. ranked opponents.
 
TOP 10 NATION: The Big Red opened the week ranked in the top 10 nationally in two statistical categories – man-down defense (first – .852) and face-off winning percentage (ninth –.623).
 
FACE-OFF FRENZY: Domenic Massimilian entered the week ranked 10th in the nation in face-off win percentage (.634) … For his career, he has won at least .500 percent of his face offs in 22-of-25 games.
 
GOOD OFF THE GROUND: Domenic Massimilian ranks second in the nation in ground balls per game (9.56) … For his career; he has led the team in ground balls in 21-of-25 contests.
 
CAUSING A COMMOTION: Tony Britton is ranked 14^th in the nation in caused turnovers per game (1.70). With 17 caused turnovers he ranks 15th all-time in Cornell history for caused turnovers in a single-season. 
 
YOUNG GUN: Colton Rupp is ranked ninth in the nation among freshmen with 1.90 goals per game.
 
MOVING ON UP IN CORNELL HISTORY:
•Domenic Massimilian ranks fourth place in career face-offs won (373).
•Domenic Massimilian ranks seventh in career ground balls (239).
•Marshall Peters ranks seventh in caused turnovers (42).
•Christian Knight ranks 13th in career saves (286).
 
POINT BREAK-DOWN: So far this season, the Big Red attack unit accounting for 54-of-149 points on the season (36%). A year ago, Cornell saw 122-of-256 points coming from the attack unit (48%).
 
CLOSE CALLS: Since the beginning of the 2003 season, Cornell is 35-19 in games that have been decided by a single goal, a mark that was raised when the Big Red defeated No. 11 Syracuse, 10-9 in overtime, on April 12, 2016. Of the 19 losses, 16 have come against ranked opponents, including 11 against squads ranked in the top-10, five of which were ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in the nation.
 
U19 TEAM CANADA: Three Big Red – freshman Clarke Petterson, and incoming student-athletes Jeff Teat and Caelahn Bullen – have been named to Team Canada's roster for the upcoming Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) U19 Men's Lacrosse World Championship, as was announced in March by the Canadian Lacrosse Association.
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK NOTES:
• The Big Red has had three freshmen – Clarke Petterson, Colton Rupp, and Anthony Teixeira – named Ivy League Rookie of the Week so far this season.
• This season marks the first in the 25-year history of the award that Cornell has had three separate freshmen named Rookie of the Week in the same season.
• This marks the first time Cornell has had two separate players named Rookie of the Week since Jason Noble and AJ Fiore during the 2010 season.
• Following his outstanding play in a 10-8 victory over Hobart, short stick defensive midfielder Clarke Petterson took home the honor on March 1. He was the first Big Red to be named Rookie of the Week since Christian Knight on April 28, 2014. Petterson was also the first member of the defensive unit, other than a goalie, to win an Ivy award for the Big Red since Jason Noble was named Player of the Week on March 4, 2013.
• Colton Rupp was named Rookie of the Week on March 14 after helping the Big Red upset No. 17 Virginia. For the second game in a row, Rupp put five shots on goal and scored four times.
• Anthony Teixeira was named Rookie of the Week on April 4 after earning his first career start and registering three goals and two assists vs. Dartmouth, all of which came during a 10-0 run that blew open a 2-2 game en route to a 19-4 victory.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOTES:
• Cornell has had one Ivy League Player of the Week winner this season – Brennan Donville.
• Donville becomes the first Big Red netminder to be named Player of the Week since Kyle Harer '09 took home the honor on March 23, 2009.
• Donville was named Player of the Week after posting a career-high 17 saves in Cornell's 14-10 upset of No. 17 Virginia.
 
NCAA DEFENSIVE POW: Senior Brennan Donville was named the NCAA men's lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Big Red defeat No. 17 Virginia.
 
LOTS OF WINS: Cornell's 12-10 victory over Princeton on April 26, 2014 was the 725th win in program history. The Big Red now has 740 victories, ranking seventh among the winningest programs in collegiate lacrosse.
 
ELITE COMPANY:  Over the past 10 seasons (2006-2015) only nine schools have registered 100 victories – Duke (146), UVA (126), Syracuse (124), Denver (121), Cornell (120), Notre Dame (119), Maryland (117), Hopkins (106), North Carolina (102) … During that span, only four have won at least 75 percent of its games – Duke (.785), Virginia (.754), Syracuse (.752), and  Cornell (.750).
 
FAMILY TIES:
• Head Coach Matt Kerwick's parents Thomas and the late Patricia, as well as his sister Ann, all graduated from 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 Matthews' cousin Matt Sutherland played lacrosse at Cornell.
•Sam Welch's parents, Patrick '85 and Ruth Welch '87, are both former Big Red athletes. A two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association champion at 150 pounds, Patrick is in the Cornell Hall of Fame, while Ruth was a three-year letter winner for gymnastics, serving as team captain as a senior.
• 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.
•Anthony Teixeira's great-uncle Stephen W. Fillo graduated from Cornell in 1959.
 
UP NEXT: The Big Red will look to finish strong with a pair of Ivy League games left on the slate, welcoming Brown for Senior Day on Saturday, April 23, before travelling to Princeton for a game broadcast nationally on ESPNU on Saturday, April 30.