ITHACA, N.Y. – The Yale men's lacrosse team suffered just its second loss of the season Saturday, falling 18-15 to Cornell at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red utilized a 5-1 run in the third quarter to turn a 7-7 game into a 12-8 Cornell lead, then held that lead despite a pair of late runs by the Bulldogs. A 4-1 Yale run in the final 6:32 was not enough for the Bulldogs to catch the Big Red.
 
Yale (4-2, 1-1 Ivy League) has now scored at least 14 goals in each of its last five games. Cornell (5-2, 2-0 Ivy League) improved to 4-0 at home with the win.
 
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS

• Matt Brandau led Yale in goals and points (5-2-7). Thomas Bragg (3-1-4) and Carson Kuhl (3-2-5) had hat tricks as well.
• Machado Rodriguez had a team-best 13 ground balls, while Brandau and Patrick Hackler had five each.
• Rodriguez won 14 of 23 face-offs.
• Jared Paquette made 14 saves.

 
TURNING POINT
 

• Yale trailed 7-4 but went on a 3-0 run to tie the game 7-7 with 14:19 left in the third. Cornell answered by outscoring Yale 5-1 in a span of 4:54 to take a 12-8 lead – a lead the Big Red never relinquished. 

 
KEY STAT

• Yale outshot Cornell 48-39, but the Big Red had a 32-28 advantage in shots on goal.

 
NOTES

• Brandau and Kuhl now have 16 goals each for the season, tied for second on the team behind David Anderson.
• The Bulldogs won 21 of 35 face-offs. That is the fourth time in the last five games they have won at least 20 face-offs.
• Yale finished 1-for-3 on extra man opportunities, while Cornell was 3-for-5.
• The game was a rematch of the 2023 Ivy League Tournament semifinals, which the Bulldogs won 22-15 at Columbia's Wien Stadium.
• The game's start time was pushed back from noon to 2:00 p.m. due to the snowy weather in Ithaca.

 
WHAT'S NEXT

• The Bulldogs host Le Moyne Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.