GAME INFORMATION
GAME #7: Cornell vs. No. 15 Penn
FACE OFF: Saturday, March 24, at 12:00 p.m.
SITE: Adams Field at Penn Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
2018 Records: Cornell (3-3, 0-1 Ivy League); Penn (5-3, 1-0 Ivy)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 65-25-3
LAST MEETING: Penn, 10-9 (3/25/2017 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
 
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THE MATCHUP: The second-oldest rivalry in the I­vy League in on tap this weekend when the Big Red men's lacrosse team travels to No. 15 Penn for the 94th meeting between the two programs on Saturday, March 14 at noon. Cornell slipped to 3-3 on the year when it dropped its Ivy League opener to Yale, 13-11, last weekend, while the Quakers followed up a 14-7 win over Princeton on Saturday with a buzzer-beater goal to defeat Bucknell on Tuesday night, 9-8, and improve to 5-3 on the year. The game will be streamed live on the Ivy League Network. Due to restrictions at Penn Park, the game will not be broadcast on the radio. Due to the Cornell men's hockey NCAA Tournament game, the men's lacrosse game will be heard locally on 96.3 FM with Barry Leonard and Howie Borkan on the call.
 
THE SERIES VS. PENN: The Cornell and Penn rivalry is the second-oldest in the Ivy League and eighth longest in the nation, beginning in the Quakers' second varsity season, 1901.
• The two programs began playing each other regularly in 1920, meeting nearly every season since. 
• Saturday's edition will be the 94th meeting in the series, with the Big Red holding a dominating 65-25-3 record overall.
• Penn has won two in a row, its longest winning streak since winning four straight from 1988 to 1991.
 
A WIN OVER PENN WOULD:
• snap the Quakers two-game winning streak in the series.
• improve Cornell to 66-25-3 all-time vs. Penn.
• be the first Ivy League win of the season for the Big Red.
• be the 749th win in program history.
• be the 256th Ivy League win in program history.
• make Cornell 75-79 all-time when unranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• even Cornel's record at 12-12 all-time vs. the 15th ranked team in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
 
CAMPUS CONNECTIONS:
• Matt Licciardi's brother, Joe, plays for the Quakers.
• Penn sophomore midfielder Matt McILwrick is the younger brother of Cornell field hockey senior captain Sam McILwrick.
• Penn assistant coach Patrick Myers served as Cornell's assistant coach during the 2005 season. He helped the Big Red to an 11-3 record and an Ivy League title as Cornell advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.
 
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 255-106-1.
 
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 (3-3, .500) 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 is in his fifth season as a head coach (40-29).
 
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 16 games.
• Cornell goalies have posted double-digit saves in 10 consecutive games.
• The Big Red's man-down defense has killed seven straight opponent man-up chances.
• 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.
• In NCAA history, 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 50 points since the 2017 season, more than half (28) have involved Teat.
• Teat has assisted on 14 of Petterson's 29 goals since 2017.
• Of Petterson's 21 assists since 2017, 13 have come on goals by Teat
 
MOVING ON UP IN CORNELL HISTORY:
• Christian Knight ranks sixth in career saves (522) … He needs 36 more to move into fifth place.
• Christian Knight ranks seventh in career wins (25) … He needs five more to move into sixth place.
 
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. 
 
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 (13th), Lehigh (14th), and Penn (15th).
• Another three opponents – Penn State, Princeton, and Harvard – are all receiving votes.
• Cornell is 1-2 this season vs. ranked opponents.
 
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).
 
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.
 
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). 

UP NEXT: The Big Red returns to Ithaca for a mid-week game against Air Force on Tuesday, March 27 at 5 p.m. Cornell will square off with the Falcons for just the second time in program history. The only other meeting, a 9-6 Big Red victory, took place in the 1968 season-opener in Boca Raton, Fla.