STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS
• Cornell travels to West Point, NY, on Saturday in pursuit of the third top-10 win this season, when it faces the Black Knights at Michie Stadium.
• The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• The Big Red has outscored opponents 152-100 across the first 10 games of the season.
• Army enters with a win over common opponent Lehigh (12-10) in addition to top-10 wins over Rutgers and Loyola (Md.).
• Cornell sits at seventh in the USILA Coaches Poll and sixth in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll this week, a small drop from last week's fourth place ranking in both.
• Cornell ranks ninth nationally in scoring defense, allowing 10.00 goals per game. The Big Red also ranks third in groundballs per game, averaging 38.60, and 14th nationally in caused turnovers per game (9.30). Cornell's clearing percentage of 91.6 percent ranks third nationally.
• Army has the nations best winning percentage (.900). The Black Knights are on a nine-game winning streak following a loss at Massachusetts in their season opener. The Army faceoff unit has the nation's third best winning percentage at 62.7 percent. The Black Knights also boast the second best scoring defense nationally, allowing just 8.00 goals per game.
• 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. He leads the nation in goals per game (4.90) and in points per game (6.00). Following his 11-point performance at Hobart and five-point day at #9/#8 Ohio State, Kirst was named the Ivy League Player on the Week (March 5). He earned a nod on the USILA National Team of the Week following his seven-goal outing versus #16 Penn.
• Kirst has rewrote the Cornell single-season record books for a second straight year, specifically in the single-season goals category. He has 49 goals in 10 games this season, and already is tied for eighth all-time. His 55 goals in 14 games last season ranks fifth in the Big Red record books.
• Gavin Adler is a three-time National Team of the Week honoree, most recently following the Cornell win over Yale where he tallied eight groundballs and a caused turnover. He aided in holding one of the nation's leading attackman, Matt Brandau, to just one goal, nearly ending a 129-game goal-streak, the longest in the country.
• Jack Cascadden has become a staple in the Big Red faceoff unit. He ranks second in the Ivy in faceoff winning percentage (.591). He was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week following his performance against Penn, where he assisted on a goal just 10 seconds into the game, and went 12-for-16 at the faceoff.
• The Big Red boasts three mid-season All-Americans, Gavin Adler (First-team), Chayse Ierlan (Third-team), and CJ Kirst (First-team).
