The Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse team represents

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

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men's

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History

As a member of the

Ivy League The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term ''Ivy League'' is typically used beyond the sports context to refer to the eight school ...

, Cornell has won 30 conference championships (18 outright, 12 shared), more than any other school (Princeton has won 27 – 18 outright, 9 shared). The Ivy League awards the conference championship to the team with the best record at the conclusion of the regular season. If two or more teams are tied with the same record the championship is shared. The team was undefeated and untied in league play during 17 of their 18 outright championships, the most of any Ivy team. Since the introduction of the Ivy League lacrosse tournament in 2010 Cornell has won the tournament twice, in 2011 and 2018. The Big Red have appeared in the NCAA lacrosse tournament 29 times. Cornell University vs Princeton Lacrosse 1987

Cornell University vs Princeton Lacrosse 1987

They have won the three championships and were runner up five times, most recently in 2022 when they lost to Maryland 9-7. Cornell maintains the oldest ongoing rivalry in college lacrosse with the Hobart College Statesmen. Their main Ivy League rivalry is with

Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nin ...

. Cornell has claimed three NCAA national championships and four pre-NCAA era titles. Some of the all-time great lacrosse players and coaches have played for or coached the Big Red, including

Mike French Michael "Mike" G. French (born May 13, 1953) is a former three-time All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1974 to 1976, teaming with fellow lacrosse Hall of Fame members Eamon McEneaney, Dan Mackesey, Bill Marino, Tom Marino, ...

Eamon McEneaney Eamon James McEneaney (December 23, 1954 – September 11, 2001) was an All-American lacrosse player at Cornell University from 1975 to 1977 and later an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald who died during the September 11 attacks. Lacrosse career Mc ...

and Richie Moran. In 2009, Max Seibald won the

Tewaaraton Trophy The Tewaaraton Award is an annual award for the most outstanding American college lacrosse men's and women's players, since 2001. It is the lacrosse equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. The award is presented by The Tewaaraton Foundation and th ...

, awarded to the "Most Outstanding" collegiate lacrosse player in the United States. In 2013,

Rob Pannell Rob Pannell (born December 11, 1989) is an American professional lacrosse player who plays for Redwoods Lacrosse Club and formerly for Cornell University. He is the fourth leading scorer in men's Division I history, and holds the Cornell and Ivy ...

won the Tewaaraton Trophy while leading Cornell to the NCAA semifinals, also breaking the all-time NCAA career scoring mark that season. Cornell played their first official season of lacrosse in 1892 and through 2022 have a record of 787–490–27 (.614).

Head Coaches

Cornell has had twelve men's lacrosse head coaches since 1892: * No Head Coach (1892-1914), 69-65-12, .514 winning percentage *

Talbot Hunter Talbot Talmage Hunter (October 9, 1884 – November 9, 1928) was a Canadian college hockey, lacrosse, and soccer coach. He served as a coach at Cornell University, Yale University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Harvard U ...

(1915-1916), 7-8-1 record, .469 winning percentage * Nicholas Bawlf (1920-1939), 62-63-11 record, .496 winning percentage * Ray Van Orman (1940–1949), 24-45 record, .348 winning percentage * Ross H. Smith (1950-1961), 75-56-3 record, .571 winning percentage * Robert Cullen (1962-1965), 16-24 record, .400 winning percentage *

Ned Harkness Nevin Donald Harkness (September 19, 1919 – September 19, 2008) was an NCAA head coach of ice hockey and lacrosse at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University and of ice hockey at Union College. Harkness was also head coach ...

(1966-1968), 35-1 record, .972 winning percentage * Richie Moran (1969-1997), 257-121 record, .680 winning percentage *

Dave Pietramala Dave Pietramala (born 1967) is the defensive coordinator for the Syracuse University Men's Lacrosse team and the former head coach for the Johns Hopkins University Men's Lacrosse team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defensemen in la ...

(1998-2000), 23-17 record, .576 winning percentage * Jeff Tambroni (2001-2010), 109-40 record, .732 winning percentage * Ben DeLuca (2011-2014), 37-10 record, .787 winning percentage * Matt Kerwick (2014-2017), 32-26 record, .552 winning percentage * Peter Milliman (2018-2020), 28-10 record, .737 winning percentage * Connor Buczek (2021- Present), 14-5 record, .737 winning percentage, as of the 2022 season As of the 2022 season, those coaches combined for a 788-492-27 record, which is a .616 winning percentage, with 3 total national titles.

Season Results

The following is a list of Cornell's results by season: {, class="wikitable" , - align="center" †NCAA and the Ivy League canceled 2020 and 2021 collegiate activities due to the

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References

External links

* {{Ivy League men's lacrosse NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse 1892 establishments in New York (state) Lacrosse clubs established in 1892