Yale at No. 1 Cornell
Friday, May 2 – 4 p.m.
Schoellkopf Field – Ithaca, N.Y.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The fourth-seeded Yale men's lacrosse is set to kick off postseason action, facing top-seeded and No. 1 ranked Cornell in the Ivy League semifinal game on Friday, May 2. The Bulldogs closed out the regular season with a 5-7 record, 3-3 in Ivy play.
 
Last Time Out

• The Bulldogs fell to No. 2 Princeton, 18-7, in their regular season finale at Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
• The Tigers led 6-2 after the first quarter, and didn't look back the rest of the way.
• Peter Moynihan, Leo Johnson, Brad Sharp, Cole Cashion, David Anderson, Machado Rodriguez and Max Krevsky all tallied goals.
• Chris Lyons recorded two assists.
• Rodriguez was 12-of-17 on faceoffs and picked up a team-high eight ground balls.
• Goalkeeper Jared Paquette made 19 saves.

 
Bulldog Notes

• The Bulldogs rank 29^th in the nation in scoring offense (11.92).
• Rodriguez is 16^th in the NCAA in ground balls per game (6.30).
• Lyons is sixth in the conference in goals per game (2.33).
• Johnson is seventh in the Ivy League in assists per game (1.50).
• Johnson has scored in 11 of 12 games this season.
• Cashion has recorded a goal in each of the last three games.

 
Season Notes

• Johnson, Jack Stuzin, and Krevsky garnered Second Team All-Ivy honors, and Patrick Pisano and Rodriguez were tabbed Honorable Mention selections on Apr. 30.
• Johnson tallied his 100^th career goal on Apr. 26.
• Jared Paquette was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Apr. 7.
• Anderson was tabbed Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week on Mar. 31.
• Lyons tallied his 100^th career goal on Mar. 1.
• Johnson, Lyons, Brad Sharp, Krevsky, Carson Kuhl, Patrick Pisano, Michael Alexander, Jack Stuzin, Rodriguez, and Paquette landed on the Preseason NEILA DI All-New England Teams on Feb. 13.
• The Bulldogs were picked to finish third in the Ivy League Preseason Poll on Feb. 7.
• Johnson, Lyons, and Sharp were tabbed to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on Feb. 6.
• Lyons, Krevsky, Rodriguez, Johnson, Stuzin, and Pisano were all named Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans on Jan. 30.

 
Scouting Cornell

• Cornell is ranked No. 1 in the latest Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• The Big Red is first in the nation in scoring offense (15.85), points per game (26.31), and assists per game (10.46).
• Cornell is led by CJ Kirst, who ranks first in the NCAA in goals per game (4.69) and points per game (6.38).
• Kirst most recently set the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse scoring record with 225 career goals.
• Ryan Goldstein is third in the nation in assists per game (2.92).
• When the Bulldogs and Big Red met in March at Reese Stadium, Kirst tallied nine goals and Cornell won by a score of 19-14.

 
Looking Ahead
The Ivy League Championship game will take place on Sunday, May 4 at 1 p.m.