GAME INFORMATION
GAME #13: No. 8 Cornell vs. Brown
FACE OFF: Saturday, April 21, at 1:00 p.m.
SITE: Schoellkopf Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2018 Records: Cornell (9-3, 3-1 Ivy League); Brown (5-6, 2-2 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 36-21
LAST MEETING: Brown, 13-10 (4/22/17 in Providence, R.I.)
 
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THE MATCHUP: The No. 8 Cornell men's lacrosse team is looking for its first Ivy League Tournament bid since 2015 when it plays host to Brown on Senior Day this Saturday, April 21 at 1 p.m. The game will be the final regular season home game for Big Red seniors Dan Bockelman, Jack Bolen, Jordan Dowiak, Charlie Estill, Scott Flynn, Christian Knight, Tyler Miller, Matt Pinto, Jake Pulver, and Kason Tarbell. In addition to Senior Day, the Cornell Department of Athletics & Physical Education is welcoming back members of the 1976, 1977, and 1978 men's lacrosse teams to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the program's 42-game winning streak, an NCAA record that still stands. A victory for the Big Red secures the number two seed in the Ivy League Tournament, while the Bears need a win to keep their tournament hopes alive.  Cornell (9-3, 3-1 Ivy) brings a six-game winning streak in to the contest after a brutal week in which it defeated Ivy foe Harvard, and a pair of nationally ranked opponents in No. 6 Syracuse and No. 17 Lehigh. Brown (5-6. 2-2 Ivy) had a difficult week as well with a heartbreaking 12-11 overtime loss to Providence in the Ocean State Cup on Tuesday evening. The game can be viewed on the Ivy League Network, or heard at www.WHCUradio.com or locally on WHCU 870 AM/95.9 FM with Barry Leonard and Tom LaFalce on the call.
 
THE SERIES VS. BROWN: The Cornell/Brown rivalry began when the Bears joined the Ivy League in men's lacrosse in 1964.
• The Big Red came away with an 8-7 victory in that first meeting, and won 23 of the first 28 games between the two programs.
• The Bears won eight-straight contests vs. Cornell from 1991 to 1997 to gain some ground in the series, which Cornell leads, 36-21.
• Since snapping that Brown winning streak with a 6-5 decision in 1998, the series has been very tight, with Cornell holding a 13-8, but of the last 21 meetings, 11 have been decided by three or fewer goals.
 
A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD:
• clinch a spot in the Ivy League Tournament as the No. 2 seed.
• snap the Bears' three-game winning streak in the series.
• be the fifth best single-season win total improvement in men's lacrosse history, matching the 14-4 2013 team which posted five more victories than the 9-4 2012 team.
• be the 755th win in program history.
• give Cornell seven straight wins for the first time since the 2014 squad opened the season with nine consecutive victories.
• improve the Big Red to 6-1 on Schoellkopf Field.
• make Cornell 18-13 all-time when ranked eighth in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• be the Big Red's sixth straight win over an unranked team.
• improve Cornell's record to 256-56 all-time vs. unranked teams.
 
CAMPUS CONNECTIONS:
• Jonathan Donville, Scott Flynn, and Brown's Phil Goss, Jackson Caputo, and Tom Hale all attended Deerfield Academy.
• Ryan Bray and Brown attackman Jason Curran both attended Shoreham-Wading River.
• Brandon Salvatore and Brown midfielder Jack Collins both attended The Taft School.
• Harrison Bardwell and Brown's Ben Baranker both attended The Lawrenceville School.
• Dom Doria and Brown's Owen Rogers both attended Chaminade HS.
• Griff Gosnell and Brown's Jake Simon both attended Bullis School.
 
SENIOR DAY SALUTE: Saturday's contest is the final regular season home game for Big Red seniors Dan Bockelman, Jack Bolen, Jordan Dowiak, Charlie Estill, Scott Flynn, Christian Knight, Tyler Miller, Matt Pinto, Jake Pulver, Troy Revello, and Kason Tarbell.
 
THE HEAD COACH
• Peter Milliman (9-3, .750) 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 (46-29).
 
TEAT BY THE NUMBERS: So far this season Jeff Teat is averaging …
• 5.7 points per game vs. nationally ranked opponents.
• 7.5 points per game vs. Ivy League opponents.
• 7.5 points per game in Big Red wins decided by five or fewer goals.
• 5.3 points per game in Cornell wins decided by six or more goals.
• 5.0 points per game in Big Red losses.
 
USILA PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST: Jeff Teat has been named to the USILA Player of the Year Watch List
• Of the 17 players to make the cut, Teat is one of three Ivy League selections and one of just five sophomores on the list.
• The Ivy League joins the ACC, the Big East, and the Big Ten with three selections apiece, but is the only conference to have the three players come from three different institutions.   
  
TEWAARATON WATCH: Jeff Teat and Jake McCulloch have both been named to the 2018 Tewaaraton Award men's watch list.
• Teat was named to the original watch list, while McCulloch was added in the second round of additions.
• There are now 10 Ivy Leaguers on the list and Teat is one of just 13 sophomores to make the cut.
 
TEAT'S CAREER DAY: Cornell sophomore Jeff Teat had a career day vs. Harvard on April 7, having a hand in 12 of the Big Red's 15 goals.
• Teat's 12 points on the day matched a career high and ranks third all-time in Cornell history for points in a single-game.
• His eight assists set a personal-best and ranks fourth in Big Red history for assists in a single-game.
• The eight assists were the most by a Cornell player since Andrew Collins handed out eight helpers vs. Yale in 2003. 
 
50-POINT SEASONS: Jeff Teat has amassed more than 50 points for the second consecutive season.
• He is just the 12th player in Big Red history to put together at least two 50-point seasons in a career. 

THE 30-30 CLUB: For the second consecutive season, Jeff Teat has posted 30 goals and 30 assists.
• Only three other Big Red players – Mike French '76, Eamon McEneany '77 and Rob Pannell '13 – have tallied at least 30 goals and 30 assists in a season twice in their career, with French reaching the mark three times.
• Including Teat's performance in 2017 and 2018 there have been just 13 seasons in Cornell history with a 30-30 performer.
 
HIGHEST SCORING MIDFIELDERS: Jordan Dowiak ranks ninth in the nation among midfielders with 27 goals.
• Sacred Heart's Max Tuttle tops the list with 40 goals in 12 games.
 
BACK IN THE RANKINGS AGAIN
• The Big Red enters the week of April 16 ranked eighth in the USILA Coaches Poll, its first top 10 ranking since April 27, 2015.
• 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 12 opponents so far this season, only Yale's goalie managed to save more than 50 percent of shots faced (.591).
• Dartmouth's .185 save percentage is the lowest of the season for a Big Red opponent.
• For the season, Big Red opponents have managed to save just 35.3 percent of shots faced. 
• Since opponent save percentage started being recorded in 1977, Cornell's opponents have saved fewer than 45 percent of shots faced just once (2013; .435 percent).
 
CORNELL STREAKS
• Cornell is riding a six-game winning streak.
• Jeff Teat has the longest point-scoring streak on the team with one point in each of the last 21 games.
• The Big Red has scored at least one man-up goal in six straight games.
• Cornell has had 15 or fewer turnovers in all 12 games this season.
• The Big Red has scored at least 12 goals in six straight games.
• Cornell has picked up at least 30 ground balls in its last six outings.
• The Big Red has won 13 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.
 
MIDSEASON MARK
• Jeff Teat and Christian Knight have been named to the Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American teams.
• Teat was a second-team selection, while Knight was a third-team honoree.
 
OFFENSIVE OUTBURST:
• Earlier this season, Cornell scored 20+ goals in three consecutive games (Penn – 20; Air Force – 23; Dartmouth – 22) for the first time in program history.
• The Big Red's 65 goals in that span came on 87 shots on goal (.747 percent).
• Cornell assisted on 48 of the 65 goals (.738).
• Of the 65 goals, 38 came from the midfield, with 27 from the attack.
• With 65 goals on 113 possessions, the Big Red averaged just over one goal on every other possession during the streak (.575 percent). 
 
WIN NUMBER 750
• Cornell picked up the 750th win in program history when it defeated Air Force, 23-5 on March 27.
• The Big Red is one of just seven NCAA Division I men's lacrosse programs to boast at least 750 wins.
 
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 258-109-1.
 
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 258 regular season conference wins are also the most conference wins by any school in Division I men's lacrosse history.
 
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
• Jeff Teat was named the Warrior/US Lacrosse Player of the Week on April 9.
• Cornell has earned three Ivy League Player of the Week honors from two players – Jeff Teat (March 26, April 9) and Christian Knight (March 5).
• The Big Red have had two freshman – John Piatelli (Feb. 27) and Jonathan Donville (April 9, April 16) – take home three Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards.
• Jeff Teat has been named to the USILA Team of the Week three times – Feb. 27, March 26, and April 10.
 
THE PETTERSON-TEAT CONNECTION:
• Clarke Petterson and Jeff Teat both attended The Hill Academy.
• Of Petterson's 74 points since the 2017 season, nearly half (35) have involved Teat.
• Teat has assisted on 19 of Petterson's 46 goals since 2017.
• Of Petterson's 29 assists since 2017, 16 have come on goals by Teat.
 
MOVING ON UP IN CORNELL HISTORY:
• Christian Knight ranks sixth in career saves (533) … He needs 28 more to move into fifth place.
• Christian Knight ranks seventh in career wins (26) … He needs four more to move into sixth place.
• Jeff Teat ranks seventh in career assists (83) … He needs just six more to move into sixth place.
• Paul Rasimowicz ranks ninth in career faceoffs won (247) … He needs just 48 to move into eighth place.
 
SEASON MARKS
• Jeff Teat ranks ninth in Cornell history for assists in a single season (44).
• With 77 points, Teat needs just three more to move into 10th place in Cornell history for a single season.
• Paul Rasimowicz sits just outside the top 10 for season faceoffs won (137) … He needs just 16 to move into 10th place.
 
PULVER'S GOT SENIOR CLASS
• Jake Pulver has been named one of 10 finalists 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.
 
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
• Cornell has traditionally been very successful against collegiate teams from New York state, posting an all-time record of 290-167-7 (.633).
• The Big Red has five New York teams on its schedule this season – Colgate, Hobart, Albany, Binghamton, and Syracuse – and is 3-2 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, six are currently ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll – Albany (second), Yale (fifth), Syracuse (ninth), Penn State (12th), Lehigh (19th) and Penn (20th).
• Two other opponents – Harvard and Princeton – are receiving votes.
• Cornell is 4-2 this season vs. ranked opponents.
• The four wins over nationally ranked opponents is the most for Cornell since 2014.
 
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 238-84 for a .739 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: The Big Red will play its regular season finale when it travels to Princeton to take on the Tigers on Saturday, April 28 at 1 p.m.