The weekend of April 20-21, members of the 1976, 1977, and 1978 Big Red men's lacrosse teams will gather on the Cornell campus to celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest feats achieved by a collegiate lacrosse program – an NCAA record 42-game winning streak that stretched nearly three full seasons.
 
After losing to Navy in the 1975 NCAA semifinal game, the record-breaking streak began with a dominating 24-8 win over Adelphi in the 1976 season-opener and ended in a 13-8 loss to Johns Hopkins in the 1978 NCAA title game. During the time between, the Big Red won two national championships, were ranked No. 1 in the USILA coaches poll for 14 consecutive weeks, and defeated its opponents by an astounding margin of 9.8 goals per game.
 
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