GAME INFORMATION
GAME #8: No. 14 Cornell vs. Air Force
FACE OFF: Tuesday, March 27, at 5:00 p.m.
SITE: Schoellkopf Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2018 Records: Cornell (4-3, 1-1 Ivy League); Air Force (3-6, 1-1 SoCon)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 1-0
LAST MEETING: Cornell, 9-6 (3/28/68 in Boca Raton, Fla.)
 
 
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THE MATCHUP: Fresh off its first USILA national ranking since the 2016 season, the No. 14 Big Red will look to become just the seventh men's lacrosse program in Division I history to amass 750 wins when it welcomes Air Force to Schoellkopf Field on Tuesday evening. Cornell improved to 4-3 on the year when it upset No. 15 Penn, 20-13, last weekend, while the Falcons had a two-game winning streak ended on Saturday when it fell to Mercer, 9-7, to slip to 3-6 overall. The teams will face-off at 5 p.m. on the Ivy League Network. The game can also be heard at www.WHCUradio.com or locally on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard and Terry Cullen on the call.
 
SPECTATOR INFORMATION: The Crescent Lot, Hoy Parking Garage and other outer lots are reserved for Cornell faculty and staff possessing parking permits until 5 p.m. Fans arriving prior to 5 p.m. should stop at the Transportation Services kiosk on Hoy Road to purchase a parking pass for the Hoy Parking Garage, or be directed to one of the metered lots on Campus Road. Fans can order tickets for the game online at: www.CornellBigRedTickets.com.  
 
THE SERIES VS. AIR FORCE: Cornell defeated Air Force in the first and only meeting between the two programs, during the 1968 season opener in Boca Raton, Fla.
 
CORNELL VS. THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE:
• The Big Red is 1-0 all-time vs. the current members of the SoCon after defeating Air Force in the 1968 season.
• Cornell has never faced Bellarmine, Furman, High Point, Jacksonville, Mercer, Richmond or VMI.
  
A WIN OVER AIR FORCE WOULD:
• be the 750th win in program history.
• keep the Big Red undefeated in the series at 2-0.
• give Cornell its first back-to-back wins of the season.
• improve Cornell to 3-1 on Schoellkopf Field.
• make Cornell 16-13 all-time when ranked 14th in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• improve Cornell's record to 253-56 all-time vs. teams that are not ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
 
CAMPUS CONNECTIONS:
• Air Force interim head coach Bill Wilson was an assistant coach for the Big Red men's lacrosse program in 2003, helping Cornell to an Ivy League championship.
• Wilson served as the head coach at Dartmouth from 2004 to 2009, during that time he went 0-6 vs. the Big Red.
• Cooper Telesco attended Ridgewood High School with Air Force sophomore Griffin Peene and freshman Quincy Peene.
• Dom Doria attended Chaminade High School with Air Force freshman Christian Kuhn.
 
THE HEAD COACH
• Peter Milliman (4-3, .571) 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 (41-29).
 
BACK IN THE RANKINGS AGAIN
• Cornell's inclusion in the March 26 USILA Coaches Poll (No. 14) ended a 29-week streak in which the Big Red was out of the poll, the longest stretch in school history.
• The Big Red was last ranked at No. 15 on Feb. 15, 2016.
• The Cornell program has had just two other significant ranking droughts in program history – 26 weeks from mid-March 1996 until the first week of the 1999 season and 21 weeks from late March 1993 until April 29, 1995.
 
SIEVE! SIEVE! SIEVE!  
• Of Cornell's seven opponents so far this season, only Yale's goalie managed to save more than 45 percent of shots faced (.591).
• For the season, Big Red opponents have managed to save just 39.2 percent of shots faced.  
• Since opponent save percentage started being recorded in 1977, opponents have saved fewer than 45 percent of shots faced just once (2013; .435 percent).

 WEEKLY HONORS
• Jeff Teat was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on March 26 after his six-goal, two-assist performance vs. No. 15 Penn. Of his eight points, half came during the Big Red's decisive 9-2 run as it turned an 11-9 deficit into a 20-13 victory.
• 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.
 
CORNELL STREAKS
• Jeff Teat has the longest point-scoring streak on the team with one point in each of the last 17 games.
• Paul Rasimowicz has won at least 50 percent of his face-off attempts over the past four games.
• The Big Red's man-down defense has killed seven straight opponent man-up chances over the span of four games.
• Cornell has had fewer than 14 turnovers in all seven games this season.
• The Big Red has won eight consecutive games in which it has led at the end of three quarters.
• 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
• The Big Red ended a four-game losing streak in games on the road with its 20-13 win at Penn on March 24.
• Cornell goalies posted double-digit saves in 10 consecutive games prior to the Big Red' 20-13 win over No. 15 Penn.
• 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.
 
THE PETTERSON-TEAT CONNECTION:
• Clarke Petterson and Jeff Teat both attended The Hill Academy.
• Of Petterson's 54 points since the 2017 season, more than half (29) have involved Teat.
• Teat has assisted on 14 of Petterson's 32 goals since 2017.
• Of Petterson's 22 assists since 2017, 14 have come on goals by Teat.
 
MOVING ON UP IN CORNELL HISTORY:
• Christian Knight ranks sixth in career saves (525) … 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.
 
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.
 
RANKED OPPONENTS
• Of the Big Red's 14 opponents this season, five are currently ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll – Albany (first), Yale (fourth), Syracuse (ninth), Lehigh (19th), and Penn (20th).
• Another three opponents – Harvard, Colgate, and Penn State – are all receiving votes.
• Cornell is 2-2 this season vs. ranked opponents.
 
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.
  
HOME IS WHERE THE WINS ARE:
• Cornell has enjoyed a true home field advantage since beginning play on Schoellkopf Field in 1972, going 236-84 for a .738 winning percentage, with 12 undefeated seasons.

UP NEXT: The Big Red returns to Ivy League play when it travels to Dartmouth to take on the Big Green on Saturday, March 31 at 1 p.m.