GAME INFORMATION

GAME #2: #12 Cornell at Towson
FACE-OFF: Friday, February 21, at 4 p.m.
SITE: Johnny Unitas® Stadium (Baltimore, Md.)
2020 Records: #12 Cornell (1-0, 0-0 Ivy League); Towson (0-2, 0-0 CAA)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 3-0
LAST MEETING: Cornell, 18-11 (3/10/2019 in Charlotte, N.C.)
GAME LINKS: Live Video (LSN) | Live Stats | Live Audio | Twitter Updates | Tickets
RADIO: 97.7 FM / 870 AM (Ithaca, N.Y.)
TELEVISION: None

GAME #3: #12 Cornell vs. High Point (in Baltimore)
FACE-OFF: Sunday, February 23, at 12 p.m.
SITE: Calvert Hall High School (Baltimore, Md.)
2020 Records: #12 Cornell (1-0, 0-0 Ivy League)*; High Point (1-2, 0-0 SoCon)
SERIES RECORD: 0-0
LAST MEETING: N/A
GAME LINKS:  Live Stats | Live Audio | Twitter Updates
RADIO: 97.7 FM / 870 AM (Ithaca, N.Y.)
TELEVISION: None

*Record prior to Friday's contest.

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FULL GAME NOTES

SETTING THE SCENE:

The No. 12 Cornell men's lacrosse team will head to Baltimore this weekend for a pair of contests. The Big Red will square off against Towson on Friday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. at the Tigers' Johnny Unitas® Stadium before playing a neutral site game against High Point at Calvert Hall High School on Saturday, Feb. 23 at noon.

THE MATCHUP VS. TOWSON:

Cornell and Towson meet this season for the second-straight year in what will be a rematch of last year's contest at the Crown Lacrosse Classic in Charlotte, N.C. Towson was the top-ranked team in the country when the two teams met in 2019, and Cornell emerged victorious (18-11), giving the Big Red a win over a No. 1-ranked opponent for the second year in a row. Taking this into consideration, the foundation is set for a great contest on Friday evening.

Friday's contest will be available to both domestic and international viewers on the Lacrosse Sports Network (LSN) online or can be heard locally on 97.7 FM/870 AM with Barry Leonard and Howie Borkan on the call. Live audio can be accessed on WHCUradio.com as well.

For fans in attendance, parking for the game will be in Lots 13 and 14 on the north side of Johnny Unitas® Stadium.

THE SERIES VS. TOWSON:

• Cornell has faced Towson on three occasions and holds a perfect 3-0 record against the Tigers.
• Prior to last season's regular-season meeting, the two teams had only previously met twice in NCAA Tournament play.
• Cornell downed the then-No. 1 Tigers, 18-11, at the Crown Lacrosse Lacrosse Classic in 2019, giving the Big Red a victory over the top nationally-ranked team in back-to-back seasons.

A WIN OVER TOWSON WOULD:

• Give Cornell a 2-0 start to the season for the second-consecutive year.
• Be Cornell's fourth-straight victory over the Tigers.
• Give Cornell the 4-0 advantage in the all-time series with Towson.
• Make the Big Red 17-6 all-time when ranked No. 12 in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• Be Cornell's 12th-straight win over an opponent when ranked No. 12 in the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• Be the 771st win in program history.
• Improve Cornell to 267-57 all-time vs. unranked teams.

SCOUTING TOWSON (0-2):

• Towson is seeking its first victory of the 2020 campaign after losing its first two games to then-ranked No. 11 Johns Hopkins, 15-7, on Feb. 8 and Mount St. Mary's, 11-10, on Feb. 15.
• In Towson's home opener against Mount St. Mary's, the Tigers were led by Jon Mazza, who notched a hat trick. Brody McLean and Luke Fromert chipped in two goals apiece.
• The Tigers will be led this season by junior defenseman Koby Smith, who was recently named to the Tewaaraton Watch List and earned USILA Second-Team Preseason All-America honors prior to the season. He was also named the CAA's Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
• Fellow Tiger Grant Maloof was selected to the Preseason All-CAA Team.
• As a team, defending CAA Champion Towson was chosen to finish second in the conference this season behind UMass by the slimmest of margins. UMass received 23 voter points while Towson earned 22.

CORNELL VS. THE CAA:

• The Big Red is 30-8 vs. the current members of the CAA.
• Cornell has a winning record against every member of the conference – UMass (16-5), Hofstra (7-2), Fairfield (2-0), Towson (3-0) and Delaware (2-1) – but has never faced Drexel.

THE MATCHUP VS. HIGH POINT:

Two games in a weekend is undoubtedly better than one, as the Big Red will round out its two-game road weekend against High Point on Sunday in a neutral site matchup at Calvert Hall High School in Baltimore. The neutral site game will be the first of two for the Big Red this season, who will once again compete in the Crown Lacrosse Classic in Charlotte, N.C. on March 8 against No. 1 Penn State.

Cornell men's lacrosse enthusiasts can listen to Sunday's game on WHCUradio.com or locally on on 97.7 FM/870 AM with Barry Leonard and Howie Borkan on the call.

THE SERIES VS. HIGH POINT:

• Sunday's match-up between the Big Red and the Panthers will be the first in program history.

A WIN OVER HIGH POINT WOULD:

• Be Cornell's first victory over High Point in program history.
• Make the Big Red 3-0 all-time against the Southern Conference.
• Be head coach Peter Milliman's first-career victory over High Point.
• Make head coach Peter Milliman 2-0 against the Southern Conference.

SCOUTING HIGH POINT (1-2):

• High Point has opened the 2020 season with a record of 1-2, but has faced some tough opponents, having fallen to then- No. 4 Maryland, 23-12, and then- No. 7 Duke, 17-8.
• The Panthers picked up its first victory in its last outing against Drexel on Feb. 15, securing a 16-15 comeback win over the Dragons.
• In the game against Drexel, the Panthers found itself down, 14-12, with less than seven minutes to play and came back to secure the win. Devon Buckshot scored the game-winning goal, his first of the season and his collegiate career.
• High Point will be led this season by Asher Nolting, who was named a second-team Inside Lacrosse Preseason Media All-American. He also earned a spot on the SoCON's Preseason All-Conference team.
• Freshman goalie Parker Green has gotten his collegiate career of to a strong start, helping the Panthers rank sixth in all of Division I in saves per game (16.33).

CORNELL VS. THE SoCON:

• The Big Red has a limited, but successful, history against the SoCON, boasting a 2-0 record against Air Force.
• Cornell has never played Bellarmine, Furman, Jacksonville, Mercer, Richmond, VMI, or High Point, but the latter will change on Sunday.

LAST TIME OUT:

• In its season opener at UAlbany on Feb. 15, the Big Red got off to a hot start, downing the Great Danes, 19-10, in Albany, N.Y.
• Cornell's explosive offense was fueled by Jonathan Donville, who scored a career-high five goals and paced four Big Red student-athletes with at least three goals. Donville was on point, landing six shots on goal and scoring five times.
• Cooper Telesco netted a career-high four goals against the Great Danes, while John Piatelli and JJ Lombardi each notched a hat trick.
• Telesco scored three-consecutive goals in the third quarter, helping the Big Red out-score UAlbany in the frame, 9-1.
• Sophomore attackman Billy Coyle and freshman face-off specialist Angelo Petrakis scored their first collegiate goals.
• Jeff Teat notched four assists, assisting on four of the Big Red's seven assisted goals, while also netting a goal of his own.
• Led by Paul Rasimowicz (12-of-17), Cornell won the face-off battle against the Great Danes, winning 21 of the 32 face-offs. Rasimowicz also led the team with eight ground balls, as Cornell collected 49 ground balls as compared to UAlbany's 32.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING:

• With his five points (one goal, four assists) against UAlbany, Jeff Teat continues to climb the Ivy League record books, now ranking ninth all-time in the conference's history in career points (246).
• His goal also elevated him to 47th all-time in the Ivy League in career goals (105).

CLIMBING THE IVY:

• Jeff Teat currently ranks ninth in Ivy League history for career assists (141) and needs just four more to move into eighth place.
• Jeff Teat ranks ninth in conference history in career points (246) and needs just one more to move into eighth place.
• Jeff Teat ranks 47th in conference history in career goals (105) and needs just one more to move into 44th place.

UP THE RANKS:

After defeating UAlbany on Saturday, Cornell has moved up two spots in the USILA Coaches' Poll to No. 12 this week. The Big Red also moved up one place in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll to No. 11.

LET'S GET IT STARTED IN HERE:

The Big Red improved to 66-54-5 all-time in its season openers with its victory over the Great Danes. The win marked back-to-back years that Cornell put a mark in the win column in its first game of the season.

CAMPUS CONNECTIONS:

• Senior Patrick Karey and Towson's Riley Gaeger and Logan Zimnoch all played lacrosse at St. Paul's School (Md.)
• Sophomore Billy Chabot and High Point's Will Hynson are both from Rye, N.Y. and played lacrosse at Rye HS.
• Freshman Danny Boccafola and High Point's Sean Coughlin are both from Garden City, N.Y. and played lacrosse at Garden City HS.

HAPPY HOMECOMING:

• Senior defenseman Patrick Karey will be in familiar territory when the Big Red plays Towson, hailing from Towson, Md. He played high school lacrosse at St. Paul's School.

THE RICHARD M. MORAN HEAD COACH:

• Peter Milliman (24-10, .706) is in his third season as the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse.
• Milliman was promoted to head coach in May 2018 after spending one season as the interim head coach.
• He spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach and then as the program's Mario St. George Boiardi '04 Associate Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse.
• The 2020 season is his seventh as a head coach (61-36), having coached at Division II Pfeiffer from 2009-12.

FAMILIAR FACES:

Cornell boasts a pair of recent graduates as assistant coaches – 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.

INSIDE LACROSSE PRESEASON MEDIA ALL-AMERICANS:

• The Big Red trio of senior attackman Jeff Teat (third-team), senior midfielder Connor Fletcher (honorable mention), and senior long stick midfielder Brandon Salvatore (honorable mention) were all named Inside Lacrosse Preseason Media All-Americans.
• The preseason honor is Teat's third-straight, while it is the first for Fletcher and Salvatore.

TEAT NAMED USILA PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN:

• Senior attackman Jeff Teat was also named a second-team USILA Preseason All-American heading into the 2020 campaign. The preseason distinction from the USILA is the first of his career.

DONNING THE MINTO CUP MVP:

• Junior midfielder Jonathan Donville was named the MVP of the 2019 Junior A Lacrosse National Championship after leading the Orangeville Northmen to their seventh Minto Cup in program history on Friday.
• With this accomplishment, Donville joins an exclusive list, becoming only the third Cornell student-athlete to be named the Minto Cup MVP, joining Dan Lintner '15 and Joe Nieuwendyk.

MEET THE CAPTAINS:

• Connor Fletcher '20, Brandon Salvatore '20, Jeff Teat '20, and Jonathan Donville '21 will serve as the Big Red's team captains for the 2020 campaign.

2019 ALL-IVY:

• The Big Red had 10 players named All-Ivy following the 2019 season, the most for Cornell since placing 11 on the All-Ivy teams following the 1987 season.
• Among the 10 were Jeff Teat and Brandon Salvatore, who were unanimous first-team selections.
• Other returners include Connor Fletcher (second-team), John Piatelli (honorable mention), Jonathan Donville (honorable mention), and Chayse Ierlan (honorable mention).

2019 USILA ALL-AMERICANS:

• Both Jeff Teat and Brandon Salvatore were named USILA All-Americans following the 2019 season.
• Teat earned a second-team selection, while Salvatore was named honorable mention.
• Teat became just the 29th player in Cornell history to be named All-America three times during their career after earning first-team accolades in 2018 and honorable mention status as a freshman.

2019 INSIDE LACROSSE MEDIA ALL-AMERICANS:

• For the third consecutive season, Jeff Teat was named an Inside Lacrosse Media All-American with a third-team selection in 2019.
• Brandon Salvatore was also honored with an honorable mention nod.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK:

• The talented 11-member class of 2023 features five U.S. Lacrosse High School All-Americans, three Under Armour All-Americans, one Boston Lax All-American and six all-state performers.
• The balanced group includes three attackers, two midfielders, one long stick midfielder, one defensive midfielder, two defensemen, one face-off specialist, and one goalie.
• The group hails from five different states, as well as one player coming from Ontario.
• Among the group is two five-star recruits in attackman Michael Long and face-off specialist Angelo Petrakis and two four-star recruits in midfielder Aiden Blake and defenseman Frank Ciniglio.
• Long, Petrakis, Blake, and Ciniglio were all featured this past fall on Inside Lacrosse's Power-100 list.

STIFF COMPETITION:

• Cornell's 2020 schedule includes five opponents that are currently ranked in the USILA Coaches Poll: No. 1 Penn State, No. 3 Yale, No. 5 Syracuse, No. 7 Penn, and No. 17 Ohio State.
• Two additional opponents – Princeton and Hobart – are receiving votes.
• The Big Red had one of the toughest schedules in the nation a season ago, with four of its five losses in 2019 coming against teams that finished the regular season ranked in the top-three of the USILA Coaches' Poll.
• Cornell has knocked off the top-ranked team in the country in back-to-back seasons.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK:

• Cornell has traditionally been successful against collegiate teams from New York state, posting an all-time record of 295-168-7 (.636).
• The Big Red has four New York teams on its schedule during the 2019 season – UAlbany (W, 19-10), Hobart, Colgate, and Syracuse.

BY THE NUMBERS:

• The 2019 roster feature four unique numbers on it - #51, #77, #88, and #93.
• Jeff Teat is the first player to wear #51 since Jerome Dolins wore it in 1966.
• Gavin Adler is only the second person to ever wear #77, following Tom Reilly, who wore the jersey from 2017-19.
• JQ Stramanak is the first player to wear #88 since Joseph Ryan in 1959.
• Michael Jackman is only the second person in program history to wear #93.

SETTING BIG GOALS: 

Jeff Teat finished 2019 with 34 goals to go over 100 for his career. That accomplishment makes him ...
• the 11th player in Big Red history to reach 100 career goals.
• just the fourth player in Cornell men's lacrosse history to register their 100th goal as a junior, joining Mike French, Rob Pannell and Sean Greenhalgh.
• just the seventh player in Ivy League history, and third overall at Cornell, to register 100 goals and 100 assists in a career, joining Rob Pannell (Cornell – 150-204-354), Dylan Molloy (Brown – 197-121-318), Ben Reeves (Yale – 174-142-316), Darren Lowe (Brown – 111-205-316), Mike French (Cornell – 191-105-296) and Michael Sowers (Princeton – 105-150-255).

THE 30-30 CLUB:

• With 34 goals and 36 assists during the 2019 season, Jeff Teat joined Mike French as the only two players in Cornell history to post 30 goals and 30 assists in a season three times during their career.
• Only two other Big Red players – Eamon McEneany '77 and Rob Pannell '13 – have tallied at least 30 goals and 30 assists in a season twice in their career.
• Including Teat's performance in 2017, 2018, and 2019, there have been just 14 seasons in Cornell history with a 30-30 performer.

70-POINT SEASONS:

• Jeff Teat has amassed at least 70 points in three straight seasons.
• He is just the fourth player in Big Red history to put together at least three 70-point seasons in a career, joining Mike French '76, Eamon McEneaney '77, and Rob Pannell '13. 

200 POINTS PLATEAU:

• With an assist on Colton Rupp's man-up goal vs. Yale on March 16, 2019, Jeff Teat registered the 200th point of career.
• Only three other players have amassed 200 points for the Big Red – Rob Pannell (354; 2009-13); Mike French (296; 1974-76); Eamon McEneaney (256; 1975-77). 

TOUGH-D:

• Brandon Salvatore finished the 2019 season ranked third in Cornell's single-season history with 32 caused turnovers.

OUTSTANDING OFFENSE:

The Big Red finished the 2019 season ranked in the top 10 in every NCAA offensive category. Cornell ranked:
• Second in shooting percentage (.368)
• Fourth in points per game (23.20)
• Fourth in assists per game (8.93)
• Sixth in scoring offense (14.27)

INDIVIDUALS IN THE NCAA:

The following Big Red student-athletes finished the 2019 season ranked in the top-30 in the NCAA in their respective statistical categories: 
• Jeff Teat – 11th in points per game (4.67); 13th in assists per game (2.40).
• John Piatelli – 12th in shooting percentage (.459); 12th in man-up goals (7); 13th in goals per game (3.00); 22nd in points per game (4.27).
• Brandon Salvatore – Eighth in caused turnovers per game (2.13).
• Chayse Ierlan – 20th in save percentage (.537); 21st in saves per game (12.15).

CAN'T STOP US:

• During the 2019 season, Cornell's opponents saved just 43.4 percent of shots vs. the Big Red.
• During the 2018 season, Big Red opponents managed to save just 39.2 percent of shots faced – the lowest in program history. 
• Since opponent save percentage started being recorded in 1977, Cornell's opponents have saved fewer than 45 percent of shots faced just one other time (2013; .435 percent).

MOVIN' ON UP THE CORNELL RECORD BOOKS:

• Jeff Teat ranks third in career assists (141). He needs 23 more to move into second.
• Jeff Teat ranks fourth in career points (246). He needs 10 more to move in to third.
• Jeff Teat ranks 11th in career goals (105). He needs one more to move in to 10th.
• Paul Rasimowicz ranks fifth in career faceoffs won (369). He needs 23 more to move into fourth place. • Brandon Salvatore ranks third in career caused turnovers (64). He needs four more to move into second place.
• Dom Doria ranks ninth in career caused turnovers (39). He needs four more to move into eighth place.

DOTTING THE MAP:

• Cornell has seven international players on the 2020 roster (six Canadians, one Australian).
• Tim Graham is the first Cornell men's lacrosse player to come from a foreign country other than Canada since John E. Beeby (Dersingham, Eng.), Thomas H. Beeby (Dersingham, Eng.) and John S. Roederer (Paris, France) all appeared on the 1961 roster.

FROM A LAND DOWN UNDER:

• Tim Graham is the first Australian to play men's lacrosse in the Ivy League.
• Graham became just the eighth Australian to play Division I men's lacrosse, and the first since Adam Sear (Yokin) and James Watson-Galbraith (Perth) played for Maryland and UMBC, respectively, during the 2010 season.

THIS IS OUR HOUSE:

• Cornell has enjoyed a true home field advantage since beginning play on Schoellkopf Field in 1972, going 245-85 for a .742 winning percentage, with 12 undefeated seasons.
• Cornell has been even more impressive since 2000, going 105-30 overall (.782) with perfect slates in 2015 (6-0), 2011 (8-0), 2009 (6-0), 2007 (7-0) and 2005 (6-0).

RECAPPING 2019:

• In his first season as the Richard M. Moran Head Coach, Peter Milliman's Big Red posted a 10-5 overall record despite facing one of the toughest schedules in the nation.
• Cornell posted a 4-2 record in Ivy League play, finishing third in the regular season standings and qualifying for its eighth Ivy League Tournament in its 10-year history.
• The Big Red ultimately fell to Yale in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal, and just missed a spot in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
• Cornell is determined to get back to the NCAA Tournament this year, as it strives to qualify for its second one in the past three seasons.

UP NEXT:

The No. 12 Cornell men's lacrosse team will continue its five-game road stand to open the season when it travels to Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, March 1 to take on No. 17 Ohio State at 12 p.m.