GAME INFORMATION
GAME #6: Cornell vs. No. 8 Yale
FACE OFF: Saturday, March 17, at 1:00 p.m.
SITE: Schoellkopf Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2018 Records: Cornell (3-2, 0-0 Ivy League); Yale (4-1, 0-0 Ivy)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 51-25-1
LAST MEETING: Yale, 17-8 (3/18/2017 in New Haven, Conn.)
 
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THE MATCHUP: The Big Red men's lacrosse team opens the 56th season of Ivy League play when it welcomes No. 8 Yale to Schoellkopf Field on Saturday, Mach 17 at 1 p.m. Cornell improved to 3-2 on the year with a 9-7 comeback victory over No. 20 Penn State last weekend, while the Bulldogs won their fourth consecutive to improve to 4-1 on the year. The game will be streamed live on the Ivy League Network and fans can hear the action live at www.WHCUradio.com or locally on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard and Tom LaFalce on the call.
 
THE SERIES VS. YALE: The Cornell and Yale rivalry began in 1916 with a 5-1 Big Red victory, and Cornell has dominated ever since.
• The Big Red holds a 51-25-1 record in the series, thanks in large part to 22 straight victories over the Bulldogs from 1966 to 1987.
• Cornell had a 14-game winning streak vs. Yale ended when the Bulldogs defeated the Big Red in the 2012 Ivy League tournament.
• The Big Red went (2013-15) on to win the next three meetings before dropping the last two vs. Yale.
 
A WIN OVER YALE WOULD:
• snap the Bulldogs two-game winning streak in the series.
• improve Cornell to 52-25-1 all-time vs. Yale.
• make the Big Red 46-17 all-time in Ivy League openers.
• give Cornell back-to-back wins over nationally ranked opponents for the first time since defeating No. 2 Virginia, No. 17 Yale, and No. 14 Penn during the 2014 season.
• be the 749th win in program history.
• be the 256th Ivy League win in program history.
• make Cornell 75-78 all-time when unranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• improve Cornell to 10-4 all-time vs. the eighth ranked team in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
 
IVY OPENERS: The contest vs. Yale marks the 63rd Ivy League season opener for Cornell men's lacrosse. Since the conference began play in the 1956 season, the Big Red has posted a 45-17 record in Ivy League openers, including winning 16 of its last 18, dating back to the 1999 season. More often than not, Cornell has met either Yale or Harvard in the conference opener, playing a different school on only six occasions.
 
CAMPUS CONNECTIONS:
• There are four high schools represented on both the Cornell and Yale rosters: 
    •Deerfield Academy (CU's Scott Flynn, Jonathan Donville; Yale's Griffin Thomas)
    •Chaminade HS (CU's Dom Doria; Yale's Will Renz)
    •Delbarton School (CU's Luca Tria, Jordan Dowiak; Yale's Conor Mackie)
    •Lawrenceville School (CU's Harrison Bardwell; Yale's Will Cabrera, Robert Mooney)
  
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.
 
THE HEAD COACH
• Peter Milliman (3-2, .600) 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 (40-28).
 
TEWAARATON WATCH
• Jeff Teat has been named to the 2018 Tewaaraton Award men's watch list.
• Teat is one of just eight Ivy Leaguers and 10 sophomores on the list.
 
PULVER'S GOT SENIOR CLASS
• Jake Pulver has been named one of 20 candidates for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate lacrosse.
• 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.
• Cornell has had three Senior CLASS award winners – Matt McMonagle '07, Max Seibald '09, and Connor Buczek '15.
 
CORNELL STREAKS
• Jeff Teat has the longest point-scoring streak on the team with one point in each of the last 15 games.
• Cornell goalies have posted double-digit saves in nine consecutive games.
• The Big Red defense has caused eight turnovers in three straight games.
• Cornell has posted fewer turnovers than its opponents in three consecutive games.
* With the win over No. 20 Penn State, Cornell has gone 20 consecutive seasons with at least one win over a nationally ranked opponent.
 
STREAKS STOPPED
• With Cornell's comeback win over No. 20 Penn State, the Big Red ended an eight-game losing streak in games in which it trailed at halftime, and a nine-game streak in which it trailed at the end of three quarters.
• With the Big Red's 9-7 win over No. 20 Penn State, Cornell ended an 11-game losing streak in games in which it has scored less than 10 goals.
 
FASTEST TO 100:
• With 100 points in 18 career games, Jeff Teat scored 100 career points faster than any other four-year player in Cornell or Ivy League history.
• Nationwide, the 18 games matches Tim Nelson (NC State/SU), who also did it in 18 games from 1982-83.
• Rob Pannell tallied his 100th career point in his 25th career game with the Big Red during his sophomore season in 2010.
• Michael French '76 (16 games) and Eamon McEneaney '77 (19 games) registered their 100th career point in fewer games than Pannell, but due to NCAA rules that prohibited freshmen from playing varsity sports, both accomplished the feat in their junior season.
• Teat is the 42nd player in Cornell history to amass 100 career points.
 
WEEKLY HONORS
• John Piatelli was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on March 12 after registering career highs in goals (4), assists (2), and points (6) vs. Binghamton, as well as assisting on the game-tying goal vs. No. 20 Penn State.
• Christian Knight was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on March 5 after a 19-save effort vs. No. 1 Albany.
• Jeff Teat was named to the USILA Team of the Week on Feb. 27 after tallying 10 points (four goals, six assists) vs. Hobart.
 
THE PETTERSON-TEAT CONNECTION:
• Clarke Petterson and Jeff Teat both attended The Hill Academy.
• Of Petterson's 48 points since the 2017 season, more than half (27) have involved Teat.
• Teat has assisted on 14 of Petterson's 29 goals since 2017.
• Of Petterson's 19 assists since 2017, 12 have come on goals by Teat
 
MOVING ON UP IN CORNELL HISTORY:
• Christian Knight ranks sixth in career saves (511) … He needs 47 more to move into fifth place.
• Christian Knight ranks seventh in career wins (25) … He needs five more to move into sixth 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 289-167-7 (.632).
• The Big Red has five New York teams on its schedule this season – Colgate, Hobart, Albany, Binghamton, and Syracuse – and is 2-2 so far.
 
ROSTER SUPERLATIVES: Cornell's 49-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. 
 
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), North Carolina (110), Loyola (108), Cornell (105), and Hopkins (100).
• 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, five are currently ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll – Albany (first), Yale (eighth), Syracuse (12th), Lehigh (17th), and Penn (19th).
• Another three opponents – Princeton, Harvard, and Brown – are all receiving votes.
• Cornell is 1-1 this season vs. ranked opponents.
 
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, scheduled for this July in Netanya, Israel.
• 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.
 
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).
 
HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE:
• Cornell has enjoyed a true home field advantage since beginning play on Schoellkopf Field in 1972, going 236-83 for a .717 winning percentage, with 12 undefeated seasons.
• Cornell has been even more impressive since 2000, going 103-29 overall (.780) with perfect slates in 2015 (6-0), 2011 (8-0), 2009 (6-0), 2007 (7-0) and 2005 (6-0).
 
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.
 
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).
 
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.

UP NEXT: Cornell continues Ivy League play when it travels to No. 19 Penn to take on the Quakers on Saturday, March 24 at noon.