The Cornell Big Red men’s lacrosse team competes against Hobart on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 on Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY.
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Men's Lacrosse Prepares for 125-Year-Old Foe, Hobart

The Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse team competes against Yale on March 19, 2022 on Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY.
A bucket and gloves await game time.

 

#3/#3 Cornell Big Red (2-0, 0-0 Ivy) at Hobart Statesman (2-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) 


 

February 28, 2023 • 5:00 p.m.
Geneva, N.Y. • Boswell Field at David J. Urick Stadium
The Big Red leads the series, 88-47-4


Game Links
Watch Live • Live Stats • Tickets
Cornell Game Notes • Hobart Game Notes
Cornell Roster • Cornell Schedule & Results • Cornell Stats
Hobart Roster • Hobart Schedule & Results • Hobart Stats

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 
• Cornell fights to stay perfect with a 3-0 start after opening the season with a 12-10 victory over UAlbany, and 12-5 win at the home opener against Lehigh.
• The game will be streamed live on Sidearm Sports vis Hobart's website.
• With two games in the books, the Big Red ranks third in the USILA Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll, improving from its preseason spot of 4th place in each.
• The series against Hobart is the most contested in collegiate lacrosse, dating back 125 years with 139 games played.
• Cornell returns the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in CJ Kirst, who notched 55 goals and 79 points for the Big Red last year. Kirst scored a sock trick in the season opener this year, including a natural hat trick. He followed up the performance with a hat trick vs. Lehigh that included the game-winner.
• The Big Red boasts four preseason All-Americans entering 2023.

Connor Buczek '15 

The Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse

• Connor Buczek is entering his second full season as the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men's Lacrosse. 
• Though Buczek has been with the program since 2012, beginning as a player, the assistant coach, this will mark his fourth year at the helm. Buczek for took the reins in the spring of 2020 following the cancelation of collegiate sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The only coach in Cornell men's lacrosse history to make an NCAA title run in his first season (Richie Moran won the inaugural NCAA Lacrosse Championship (1971) in his third season).
• The youngest active coach in DI men's lacrosse.
• Buczek stands as the reigning Ivy League Coach of the Year.

The Cornell Big Red men’s lacrosse team competes against Delaware on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, OH in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament.
Head Coach Connor Buczek '15 speaks with ESPN following his first NCAA Quarterfinals win.

THE SERIES 
Overall: Cornell leads, 88-47-4
In Geneva, N.Y.: Cornell leads, 29-20-1
Current Streak: Cornell, three games
Last Meeting: Cornell won 9-5 on February 26, 2023 in Bethlehem, Pa.
Buczek vs. Hobart 1-0
Series Notes: 

  • Cornell has won 15 of the last 16 contests, dating back to the 2001 season. Hobart's lone win over the Big Red occurred in Geneva in the 2017 season. 
  • The Big Red has scored over 1,200 goals against the Statesman.
  • Cornell head coach Connor Buczek’s lone game against Hobart was a narrow 15-12 victory at Schoellkopf Field, one day shy of a year ago to the date (Mar. 1, 2022).

    A WIN OVER HOBART WOULD ... 
    • mark the fourth consecutive year the Big Red opened the season at 3-0.
    • be the second win over an opponent over .500 this season. 
    • be the second consecutive season that the Big Red beat Hobart. Before 2022, Cornell last played the Statesman in 2019.
    • extend its lead in the all-time series against the Statesman to 89-47-4.
    • mark the fourth-straight Cornell win in the series.
    • be the 791st win in program history (790-491-27 in 126 seasons, .603).

CORNELL, IVY LEAGUE LACROSSE FEATURED ON ESPN+ 
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• Similar to Netflix and Hulu, fans are able to buy a subscription to ESPN+, which will be completely separate from their cable/satellite bill.
• ESPN+ is available on all of ESPN’s existing platforms: Website, mobile app, OTT (Apple TV/Roku) app.

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LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 12, Lehigh 5
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY
• The Big Red defense was the story of the home opener, holding a Lehigh team that averaged 19.5 goals entering the game to just five goals, including a second half shut-out.
• CJ Kirst and Billy Coyle each tallied a hat trick and an assist in the outing, leading the Big Red in points with four.
• Kirst now totals nine goals across just two games.
• Christopher Davis scored his first collegiate goal in the outing.
• Quinn Armstrong led Lehigh with two goals.
• In his first collegiate game, Jack Cascadden went 5-for-11 from the faceoff.
• Cornell out-shot Lehigh 48-27.

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Photos by Dave Burbank, Madison Epperson, Eldon Lindsay, and Darl Zehr.

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