HANOVER, N.H. – For the first time in its long and storied history, the Cornell men's lacrosse team amassed 20+ goals in three consecutive games when the 14th-ranked Big Red downed Dartmouth, 22-11, this afternoon at Scully-Fahey Field. With the win, Cornell improves to 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the Ivy League.
 
The Big Red's offense was clicking on all cylinders, as the visitors scored its 22 goals on just 27 shots on goal and assisted on 17-of-22 goals. The midfield accounted for 18 of the Big Red's goals, led by Jordan Dowiak's career-high five goals and Connor Fletcher's career-high six points (four goals, two assists). Clarke Petterson registered three goals and two assists, while freshman Jonathan Donville added three goals. Sophomore Jeff Teat handed out a game-high four assists. In total 10 Cornell players registered multi-point games, with 15 finding their way into the scoring column.
 
For the sixth consecutive game sophomore Paul Rasimowicz dominated the face-off circle, winning 16-of-22 restarts (.727) and picking up a career-high 11 groundballs. Freshman Luca Tria also won 4-of-9 with three ground balls late in the game to help the Big Red to a 21-of-36 performance overall and a 44-33 advantage on ground balls.
 
Sophomore goalie Caelahn Bullen improved to 3-0 on the season with eight saves and seven goals allowed in 45 minutes. Parker Henderer came on in relief and made two saves and allowed one goal in 10:09, while Teddy Strzetelski rounded out the day with two saves and three goals allowed in the final 4:51 of the contest.
 
Dartmouth (2-6, 0-2) was led by Jack Korzelius and Liam O'Connell with three goals apiece, with three of their six goals coming in the final 4:09 of the contest, including a pair of man-up tallies.
 
Despite the lopsided score, Dartmouth held the 37-35 edge in shots, but put just 23 on goal to the Big Red's 27.
 
Cornell scored just 36 seconds into the game on a goal from Jake McCulloch, but just over three minutes later Korzelius knotted the game at 1-1. Both teams exchanged long offensive possessions that ended in saves before Dowiak scored off a pass from Fletcher to open up a Big Red blitz in which the visiotors scored six unanswered over the final 6:45 of the quarter, including a buzzer-beater by Dowiak to make it 7-1 at the end of the first quarter.
 
The Big Red pushed its lead to 9-1 early in the second quarter and eventually pushed its lead to a game-high 13 goals when it took a 15-2 lead into halftime.
 
Some sloppy play early in the third quarter led to back-to-back goals by Dartmouth, but interim head coach Peter Milliman called a timeout and the team responded with a Fletcher goal just 32 seconds later to end the Big Green run.
 
Milliman went to the bench midway through the third and Cornell took the 19-7 lead into the final break before rolling to the 22-11 final.
 
The Big Red returns to Ithaca for back-to-back games against Harvard on Saturday, April 7 and No. 9 Syracuse on Tuesday, April 10. The game with the Crimson is slated for 1 p.m., while Cornell will face-off with the Orange at 7 p.m.
 
NOTE TO KNOW
• The win was the eighth straight victory over the Big Green and the 10th consecutive win over Dartmouth in Hanover, dating back to a 12-8 loss in 1997.
• The victory gives Cornell its first three-game winning streak since winning four in a row against Yale, Colgate, Penn and Dartmouth during the 2015 season.
• The victory is the 751st win in program history.
• Jeff Teat extends his point-scoring streak to 18 games.
• Paul Rasimowicz has won at least 50 percent of his face-off attempts over the past six games.
• The Big Red has scored 20+ goals in three consecutive games for the first time in program history.
• Cornell has picked up at least 30 ground balls in its last three outings.
• Jonathan Donville (three goals) and Sam Duggan (two goals) both established career-highs in goals.
• Joe Wolf registered the first points of his collegiate career with two assists.
• Matt Licciardi posted a career-high two assists.
• Dartmouth's goalie Alex Burnley made just five saves to post the lowest save percentage (.185) of any Big Red opponent this season.