GAME INFORMATION

GAME #1: Cornell at Colgate
FACE OFF: Saturday, February 17, at 1:00 p.m.
SITE: Andy Kerr Stadium (Hamilton, N.Y.)
2018 Records: Cornell (0-0, 0-0 Ivy League); Colgate (2-0, 0-0 PL)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 43-7-1
LAST MEETING: Cornell won 15-6, March 21, 2017 in Ithaca, N.Y.

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THE MATCHUP: The Cornell men's lacrosse team opens its 123rd season, and its first under Interim Head Coach Peter Milliman, when the squad travels to in-state rival Colgate for a contest on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. The Raider are off to a 2-0 start after a pair of dominating victories over Marist (18-14) and Binghamton (21-7). The game can be viewed on the Patriot League Network, or heard at www.WHCUradio.com or locally on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard and Tom LaFalce on the call.
 
THE SERIES VS. COLGATE: Cornell first met its upstate rival Colgate during the Raiders' inaugural season in 1921, and the two teams played to a 3-3 tie.
• The two teams played each other fairly regularly until the 1971 season, after which the rivalry took a 21-year hiatus. 
• Since resuming play in the 1993 season, Cornell has gone on to win 15 of 16 meetings, including the last 12 contests, with Colgate's lone win in that span coming in 1997 when it took a 9-6 victory away from Schoellkopf Field.
 
CAMPUS CONNECTIONS:
• Scott Flynn's father Bob played football for Colgate.
• Jake McCulloch's sister, Lindsay, was a member of the Colgate field hockey team, serving as team captain her senior season.
• When Mike Murphy left Army West Point to take the head coaching job at Colgate, the Black Knights added former Cornell All-American Kyle Georgalas '05 to the coaching staff.
 
A WIN OVER COLGATE WOULD:
• give Interim Head Coach Peter Milliman his first win at the helm of the Big Red program and his first Division I victory.
• snap a three-game losing streak in season openers.
• be Cornell's 13th straight over the Raiders.
• give the Big Red eight consecutive wins vs. the Patriot League.
• improve the Big Red to 44-7-1 vs. Colgate and 70-56-4 all-time vs. the current members of the Patriot League.
• be the 747th win in program history.
• make Cornell 72-73 all-time when unranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• improve Cornell to 251-55 all-time vs. unranked teams.
 
CORNELL VS. THE PATRIOT LEAGUE: The Big Red is 69-56-4 all-time vs. the current members of the Patriot League, thanks mostly to a 43-7-1 record vs. Colgate.
• Cornell is 15-24 all-time vs. Army, 6-9-3 vs. Lehigh, 0-1 vs. Bucknell and 5-15 vs. Navy.
• The Big Red has never faced Boston University, Holy Cross, or Lafayette in men's lacrosse.
• Cornell currently has a seven-game winning streak vs. the Patriot League.
 
FOR STARTERS:  Cornell is 64-53-5 all-time in season openers and had won 11 straight season openers before dropping its last three
 
RECAPPING 2017: After opening the season with five consecutive losses, the Big Red rebounded to go 5-3 down the stretch, including an upset of No. 13 Princeton in the season finale to finish with a mark of 5-8 overall and a fourth place finish in the Ivy League (3-3). Following the season, Jake Pulver and Jeff Teat were named second-team All-Ivy, while Christian Knight, Marshall Peters, and Clarke Petterson were all named honorable mention. Teat finished the regular season ranked first in the Ivy League in both points (5.54) and assists per game (3.00) and broke Rob Pannell's Cornell freshman scoring record with 72 points. Teat was named an honorable mention USILA All-America, as well as an Inside Lacrosse All-American, while Marshall Peters was named a USILA Scholar All-American.
 
WHAT WAS LOST: The Big Red lost one All-Ivy selection from a year ago – Marshall Peters (honorable mention) – as well as seven other letter winners.

WHAT REMAINS: Cornell returns 21 letter winners and nine starters, including All-American scoring sensation Jeff Teat, who finished his rookie season as the Ivy League leader in both points (5.54) and assists per game (3.00).
• Teat is joined by returning All-Ivy selections Clarke Petterson '19 on attack, Jake Pulver '18 on defense, and Christian Knight '18 in goal.
• Cornell returns 141-of-152 goals (.927), 99-of-103 assists (.961) and 240-of-255 points (.941) from a year ago.
 
THE HEAD COACH: Peter Milliman (0-0, .000) was named the interim head coach of the Cornell men's lacrosse program on May 8, 2017. For the past four seasons, Milliman has served the program, first as an assistant coach and then as the program's Mario St. George Boiardi '04 Associate Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse. He begins his fifth season as a head coach (37-26).
 
MILLIMAN TABBED TO ASSIST TEAM USA: Interim Head Coach Peter Milliman has been named an assistant coach for the 2019 U.S. men's national indoor team. The team will be led by Regy Thorpe (Syracuse University), who will guide the team in pursuit of a gold medal at the 2019 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Indoor Lacrosse Championship (WILC), Sept. 19-28, 2019, in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.
 
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN:  Sophomore attackman Jeff Teat was named a preseason second-team All-American by Inside Lacrosse Magazine.
 
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN:  The Big Red has four captains this season – seniors Jordan Dowiak, Christian Knight, Jake Pulver, and junior Clarke Petterson.
 
HARD HAT: Clarke Petterson was selected to carry the Hard Hat for the 2018 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.
 
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK:  The 13-member Class of 2021 features three US Lacrosse All-Americans, and consists of six midfielders, three attackmen, three defenders, and one goalie. The group hails from six different states, including a class-high six New Yorkers, as well as one player coming from Ontario.
 
EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN: Jeff Teat was named an honorable mention All-American by both the USILA and Inside Lacrosse following the 2017 season.
 
TICKLE THE ALL-IVY: The Big Red returns four All-Ivy selections from a year ago –Jake Pulver (second-team), Jeff Teat (second-team), Christian Knight (honorable mention) and Clarke Petterson (honorable mention).
 
CORNELL STREAKS
• Clarke Petterson has the longest point scoring streak on the team having registered one point in each of the last 11 games.
• Jeff Teat has registered one point in 10 consecutive games.
• Jeff Teat has tallied at least five points in six consecutive games.
• Christian Knight has double-digit saves in four consecutive games.
 
MOVING ON UP IN CORNELL HISTORY:
• Christian Knight ranks eighth in career saves (441) … He needs 33 more to move into seventh place.
• Christian Knight ranks eighth in career wins (441) … He needs one more to move into seventh place.
 
NEW  YORK STATE OF MIND:  Cornell has traditionally been very successful against collegiate teams from New York state, posting an all-time record of 288-166-7 (.632) … The Big Red has five New York teams on its schedule this season – Colgate, Hobart, Albany, Binghamton, and Syracuse.
 
ROSTER SUPERLATIVES: Cornell's 50-man roster is the largest since the program carried a jayvee team in the mid-1980s, surpassing the 47-man roster of the 2008 season. 
 
THROWBACK NUMBERS:
• The 2018 roster features five unique numbers on it - #51, #61, #77, #78, and #93.
• Jeff Teat is the first player to wear #51 since Jerome Dolins wore it in 1966.
• Selden Leonard is the first player to wear #78 since Marshall Grode in 1959
• Parker Henderer (#61), Tom Reilly (#77) and Kiernan Coles (#93) are the first. Big Red men's lacrosse player to ever wear their numbers. 
 
THE PETTERSON-TEAT CONNECTION:
• Clarke Petterson and Jeff Teat both attended The Hill Academy.
• Of Petterson's 32 points since the 2017 season, more than half (19) have involved Teat.
• Teat has assisted on eight of Petterson's 15 goals since 2017.
• Of Petterson's 17 assists since 2017, 10 have come on goals by Teat
 
CLASS OF 2019 NOTES:
• The Big Red's 2017 freshman class amassed 112 points from seven players – Jeff Teat (72), Connor Fletcher (32), Austin Fingar (3), Paul Rasimowicz (2), Sam Duggan (1), Ryan Maloney (1), and Brandon Salvatore (1).
• The Class of 2020's 112 points are the most in program history for a rookie class ahead of the 2009 freshmen (86) and the 2016 freshmen (82).
• During the 2009 season, the 86 freshmen points came from three players – Rob Pannell (67 points), Roy Lang (11 points), and Mitch McMichael (eight points).
• The 2016 season's freshmen class is now the third highest scoring rookie class in program history with 82 points coming from seven players – Colton Rupp (24 points), Ryan Bray (22 points), Clarke Petterson (15 points), Anthony Teixeira (nine points), Zach Ward (seven points), Jake McCulloch (four points) and Conor O'Brien (one point).
• There are just four rookie classes in program history that have amassed more than 75 points, with the fourth class coming from the 2002 freshmen that had 76 points from three players – Sean Greenhalgh (42 points), Justin Redd (31 points) and J.D. Nelson (eight points).
• In the 42 seasons since freshmen became eligible to participate in varsity athletics, Cornell has had a freshman class register at least 40 points just eight times (2017, 2016, 2009, 2006, 2002, 2003, 2000, 1995).
• There have been 17 seasons in which the Big Red received just single-digit points from its freshmen (2015, 2014, 2008, 2007, 2005, 1994, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1981, 1978, 1977).
• Cornell has had three seasons in which a freshman did not register a single point (2007, 1986, 1978).
 
ELITE COMPANY:  Over the past 10 seasons (2008-2017) only 10 schools have registered 100 victories – Duke (147), Syracuse (134), Denver (122), Maryland (128), Notre Dame (118), UVA (112), Cornell (105), North Carolina (110), Hopkins (100), Loyola (108) … During that span, only nine teams have won at least 65 percent of its games – Syracuse (.788), Duke (.754), Notre Dame (.742), Maryland (.736), Denver (.728), Loyola (.692), UVA (.683), Cornell (.673), and  UNC (.671).
 
RANKED OPPONENTS:  Of the Big Red's 14 opponents this season, six are currently ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll – Albany (third), Yale (fifth), Syracuse (eighth), Penn State (16th), Penn (19th) and Brown (20th).
 
CLOSE CALLS: Since the beginning of the 2003 season, Cornell is 37-22 in games that have been decided by a single goal, a mark that was raised when the Big Red defeated No. 13 Princeton, 18-17, on April 29, 2017. Of the 22 losses, 17 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.
 
BIG RED INTERNATIONAL:
• Three former Big Red players – Rob Pannell (USA), Max Seibald (Israel), and Mat Martinez (Puerto Rico) – have already been selected to participate in the 2018 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Men's Lacrosse World Championship.
• Two other alumni – Brennan Donville and Jason Noble – and current player Jeff Teat are still on the training roster for Team Canada.
• Cornell senior Kason Tarbell is on the training team for the Iroquois Nationals.
 
HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE:
• Cornell has enjoyed a true home field advantage since beginning play on Schoellkopf Field in 1972, going 234-83 for a .737 winning percentage, with 12 undefeated seasons.
• Cornell has been even more impressive since 2000, going 101-29 overall (.775) with perfect slates in 2015 (6-0), 2011 (8-0), 2009 (6-0), 2007 (7-0) and 2005 (6-0).
 
IVY KINGS:
• Since Ivy League play began in 1956, Cornell has won a conference-high 29 titles, including 17 undefeated crowns.
• Cornell has won a share of 12 of the last 14 Ivy League titles, with its last crown coming in 2015.
• The Big Red also has the best regular season Ivy League record of any team in the conference at 255-105-1.
 
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 regular season conference victories … The Big Red's 255 regular season conference wins are also the most conference wins by any school in Division I men's lacrosse history.
 
UP NEXT: Cornell will take on its oldest rival in its home opener against Hobart on Schoellkopf Field on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 1 p.m.