GAME INFORMATION
GAME #15: No. 10 Cornell vs. Brown
FACE OFF: Friday, March 4, at 8:30 p.m.
SITE: Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wein Stadium (New York, N.Y.)
2018 Records: Cornell (10-4, 4-2 Ivy League); Brown (6-8, 3-3 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 37-21
LAST MEETING: Cornell, 19-5 (4/21/2018 in Ithaca)
 
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THE MATCHUP: The No. 10 Big Red men's lacrosse team will take on Brown for the second time in three weeks when the teams meet in the second semifinal of the 2018 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Tournament on Friday, May 4 at 8:30 p.m. Cornell defeated the Bears, 19-5, on Senior Day at Schoellkopf Field, but had a seven-game winning streak snapped by Princeton in the regular season finale. Brown is coming off a big win, defeating Dartmouth, 20-6, to secure its spot in the tournament. The Big Red is looking to advance to the title game for the first time since 2011, while Brown is trying to get back to the championship game for the second straight season. The game will be televised live on ESPNU and online at www.ESPN3.com with Anish Schroff (play-by-play), Ryan Boyle (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline), and Quint Kessenich (sideline) on the call. The game can also be heard at www.WHCUradio.com or locally on WHCU 870 AM/95.9 FM with Barry Leonard and Howie Borkan 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, 37-21.
• Since snapping that Brown winning streak with a 6-5 decision in 1998, the series has been very tight, with Cornell holding a 14-8, but of the last 22 meetings, 11 have been decided by three or fewer goals.
 
A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD:
• propel the Big Red into the Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Tournament championship game for the first time since 2011, and third time overall.
• give Cornell 11 wins in a season for the first time since 2014.
• improve Cornell to 2-0 this season in neutral site games.
• be two in a row for the Big Red in the series vs. the Bears.
• be the third best single-season win total improvement in men's lacrosse history, matching the 13-1 1987 team which posted six more victories than the 7-6 1986 team.
• be the 756th win in program history.
• make Cornell 18-10 all-time when ranked 10th in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• improve Cornell's record to 257-57 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.
 
TICKLE THE ALL-IVY: The Big Red had nine players named All-Ivy, the most since the 2007 season. Cornell's three first team selections – Jeff Teat (unanimous), Jordan Dowiak, and Jake Pulver (unanimous) – are the most sine first-team honorees since the 2015 season.
 
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS: Cornell was chosen to finish fifth in the Ivy League preseason poll, but finished the regular season sitting in second place in the conference standings.
 
BACK IN THE ILT: Cornell is returning to the Ivy League Tournament for the first time since 2015.
• The last time the Big Red was in the ILT, both Cornell assistant coaches Connor Buczek and Jordan Stevens were on the team.
• The Big Red made an appearance in the first six Ivy League Tournaments, before missing the cut in 2016 and 2017.
• Only four Cornell players – Christian Knight, Jordan Dowiak, Jake Pulver, and Kason Tarbell – have played in an Ivy Tournament game.
• Yale has the most ILT appearances, with the 2018 tournament marking its ninth trip to championship weekend, followed by Cornell making its seventh appearance.
• Penn has made the ILT six times, while Brown has made five appearances.
 
SHARE THE BALL: Cornell is assisting on nearly 70 percent of its goals this season (.693).
• The Big Red's assist percentage is the highest among all Division I schools.
• There are just six teams assisting on at least 65 percent of its goals, with Boston U (.691), Princeton (.678), Fairfield (.674), Harvard (.652), and Albany (.652) joining Cornell.
• In each of its 10 wins on the season, the Big Red has assisted on at least 65 percent of its goals, with a high of .818 percent at Dartmouth (22 g, 18 a).
• In three of its four losses, Cornell has assisted on 55 percent or fewer of its goals, with a low of .444 percent vs. Albany (9 g, 4 a). 
 
TOP SCORING MIDFIELD: The Big Red enters the weekend with the second-highest ranked scoring midfield in the nation, as the top two lines have accounted for 141 total points.
• Only Vermont's midfield has more points (143).
• Altogether, only four teams –Vermont (143), Cornell (141), Duke (135), and Maryland (134) – have more than 130 points to its credit.
• The Big Red's first offensive midfield of Jordan Dowiak, Jake McCulloch and Connor Fletcher have the most goals (70) of any top line, tied with Loyola.
• Cornell's top six midfielders have accounted for 98 goals, the most by any unit in the nation, with Loyola ranking second overall with 92.
• Cornell's 43 assists out of the midfield is good for fourth overall, behind Vermont (58), Maryland (55), and Duke (52). 
 
HIGHEST SCORING MIDFIELDERS: Jordan Dowiak ranks eighth in the nation among midfielders with 32 goals.
• Sacred Heart's Max Tuttle tops the list with 45 goals.
 
THE HEAD COACH
• Peter Milliman (10-4, .714) 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 (47-30).
 
YOUNGEST STAFF: Cornell boasts a pair of recent grads as the team's assistant coaches in Jordan Stevens '15 and Connor Buczek '15. No other Division I staff has two full-time assistant coaches as young as or younger than the Big Red duo.
 
TEAT BY THE NUMBERS: So far this season Jeff Teat is averaging …
• 5.7 points per game vs. nationally ranked opponents.
• 6.7 points per game vs. Ivy League opponents.
• 7.5 points per game in Big Red wins decided by five or fewer goals.
• 7.0 points per game in Cornell wins decided by six or more goals.
• 3.8 points per game in Big Red losses.
 
DOUBLE-DIGIT GAMES: With his 10 points vs. Brown on Saturday, Jeff Teat matched the Cornell record held by Mike French '76, with five double-digit games.
• Of his five 10+ point games, two have come against nationally ranked teams, and three have come against Ivy opponents.
12 – Jeff Teat vs. Harvard (4/7/2018)     
12 – Jeff Teat vs. No. 16 Princeton (4/29/2017)                
11 – Jeff Teat vs. No. 13 Virginia (3/11/2017)
10 – Jeff Teat vs. Hobart (2/24/2018)
10 – Jeff Teat vs. Brown (4/21/2018)
 
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 NOMINEE: Jeff Teat has been named one of 25 nominees for the 2018 Tewaaraton Award.
• Teat and Jake McCulloch were both named to the Tewaaraton Watch List.
• Cornell has not had player make the official list of nominees since Connor Buczek '15 and Matt Donovan '15 made the list during the 2015 season, ending a streak of 11 consecutive seasons with at least one player making the final 25.
• The Big Red men's lacrosse program has produced two Tewaaraton Trophy winners – Max Seibald in 2008 and Rob Pannell in 2013. 
 
50-50 POINT SCORERS:
• Clarke Petterson needs to register just one point to join Jeff Teat as the 16th pair in Cornell history to register 50 points in a season.
• The last set to reach 50 in a season was Connor Buczek and Matt Donovan in 2015.
 
70-POINT SEASONS: Jeff Teat has amassed more than 70 points for the second consecutive season.
• He is just the fourth player in Big Red history to put together at least two 70-point seasons in a career, joining Mike French '76, Eamon McEneaney '77, and Rob Pannell '13. 

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.
 
BACK IN THE RANKINGS AGAIN
• The Big Red entered 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 14 opponents so far this season, only two team's goalies – Penn State (.591) and Princeton (.556) – have managed to save more than 50 percent of shots faced.
• 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 37.1 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).
 
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.
 
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. 
 
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.
 
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 259 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 80 points since the 2017 season, nearly half (36) have involved Teat.
• Teat has assisted on 20 of Petterson's 48 goals since 2017.
• Of Petterson's 33 assists since 2017, 16 have come on goals by Teat.
 
MOVING ON UP IN CORNELL HISTORY:
• Christian Knight ranks sixth in career saves (550) … He needs eight more to move into fifth place.
• Knight ranks seventh in career wins (27) … He needs three more to move into sixth place.
• Jeff Teat ranks sixth in career assists (91) … He needs just seven more to move into fifth place.
• With 159 career points, Teat needs just three more to jump into the top 10.
• Paul Rasimowicz ranks ninth in career faceoffs won (250) … He needs just 45 to move into eighth place.
• Jake Pulver ranks ninth in career caused turnovers (33) … He needs two more to move into eighth place.
 
SEASON MARKS
• Jeff Teat ranks fifth in Cornell history for assists in a single season (52).
• Teat ranks ninth in single-season points (87).  
• Paul Rasimowicz sits just outside the top 10 for season faceoffs won (140) … He needs just 13 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.
 
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, four are currently ranked in the USILA Coaches' Poll – Yale (first), Albany (fifth), Syracuse (13th), and Penn State (19th).
• Three other opponents – Lehigh, Penn, 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.
 
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.
 
EVERYBODY'S ALL-AMERICAN: Jeff Teat was named an honorable mention All-American by both the USILA and Inside Lacrosse following the 2017 season.

UP NEXT: With a win, Cornell will take on the winner of the Yale/Penn semifinal on Sunday, May 6 at noon. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU. With a loss, the Big Red will have to wait for the NCAA Selection on Sunday evening to see if its season will continue.