Cornell–Princeton lacrosse rivalry

The Cornell–Princeton lacrosse rivalry is a college lacrosse rivalry between Princeton University and Cornell University and their respective men's lacrosse teams, Princeton Tigers and Cornell Big Red. The rivalry stems from the dominance of the two programs in the Ivy League where in the first 63 seasons (beginning in 1956 and up to and including the 2018 season) Cornell has won 29 Ivy League Championships (18 outright, 11 shared) and Princeton has won 27 league titles (18 outright, 9 shared). The next nearest team is Brown with ten titles (five outright, five shared)[1] The Ivy League awards the league championship to the team with the best record at the conclusion of the regular season. In the event two or more teams are tied with identical records the title is shared with no tie breaking mechanism. The teams shared the title in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010 (also with Brown and Yale) and 2015 (also with Brown).

Cornell–Princeton lacrosse rivalry

Cornell Big Red Princeton Tigers
First meeting	April 10, 1922 Princeton 11, Cornell 1
Latest meeting	April 27, 2019 Cornell 14, Princeton 13
Statistics
Meetings total	83
All-time series	Princeton leads, 42–39–2
Largest victory	Princeton, 19–1 (1936) Cornell, 23–5 (1985)
Longest win streak	Cornell, 22 (1968–1989)
Current win streak	Cornell, 1 (2019–Present)

Cornell beat Princeton, 13-2, on April 25, 1987

CornellBigRed.com describes the rivalry as "The marquee matchup in Ivy League lacrosse".[2] Cornell claims three NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championships (1971, 1976, 1977)[3] and four pre-NCAA era national championships (1903, 1907, 1914, 1916).[4] Princeton claims six NCAA championships (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001)[5] and six pre-NCAA era national championships (1884, 1885, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1953).[3] The most recent Ivy League title for each school was 2015 when they finished the regular season tied with Brown with identical 4-2 records.

Although the two schools have a long rivalry, they did not oppose each other in postseason play until the quarterfinals of the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship at Hofstra University's Shuart Stadium.[6] Cornell won 6–4.[7] In 2010, Princeton defeated Cornell 10–9 in the inaugural Ivy League lacrosse championship tournament and received the league's automatic berth to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship.[8] Cornell would win the 2011 Ivy League tournament, defeating Harvard 15-6 in the final.[9] Princeton would defeat Cornell in the semifinals of both the 2013 and 2015 tournaments but would fall to Yale in the championship game both times. Cornell would win the Ivy League tournament again in 2018 and therefore has two titles to Princeton's one although both trail Yale's five tournament championships.

The teams first met in 1922, with Princeton winning 11–1.[5] With a record of 42–39–2 over 83 games,[2] Princeton remains the only conference team with an all-time winning record against Cornell.[10]

Rival Accomplishments

The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.

Team	Cornell Big Red	Princeton Tigers
Pre-NCAA National Titles	4	6
NCAA National Titles	3	6
NCAA Final Four Appearances	13	10
NCAA Tournament Appearances	28	20
NCAA Tournament Record	33–25	30–14
Conference Tournament Titles	2	1
Conference Championships	29	27
Tewaarton Award Recipients	2	0
Lt. Raymond Enners Award Recipients	6	2
Consensus First Team All-Americans	55	78
All-time Program Record	773–485–27	721–502–18
All-time Winning Percentage	.612	.588

Game Results

Cornell victories

Princeton victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1922 Princeton, NJ Princeton 11–1 2 1925 Princeton, NJ Princeton 3–1 3 1928 Ithaca, NY Princeton 6–5 4 1929 Ithaca, NY Princeton 4–3 5 1930 Princeton, NJ Tie 2–2 6 1931 Princeton, NJ Tie 1–1 7 1932 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–2 8 1933 Princeton, NJ Princeton 5–4 9 1934 Ithaca, NY Princeton 10–1 10 1935 Princeton, NJ Princeton 20–7 11 1936 Ithaca, NY Princeton 19–1 12 1938 Princeton, NJ Princeton 9–1 13 1939 Ithaca, NY Princeton 5–4 14 1940 Princeton, NJ Princeton 17–8 15 1941 Ithaca, NY Princeton 14–3 16 1956 Princeton, NJ Princeton 15–3 17 1957 Ithaca, NY Princeton 11–2 18 1958 Princeton, NJ Princeton 11–7 19 1959 Ithaca, NY Princeton 9–8 20 1960 Princeton, NJ Princeton 6–5 21 1961 Ithaca, NY Princeton 9–6 22 1962 Princeton, NJ Princeton 16–5 23 1963 Ithaca, NY Princeton 9–8 24 1964 Princeton, NJ Princeton 18–8 25 1965 Ithaca, NY Cornell 9–8 26 1966 Princeton, NJ Cornell 8–7 27 1967 Ithaca, NY Princeton 7–5 28 1968 Princeton, NJ Cornell 7–6^OT 29 1969 Ithaca, NY Cornell 13–9 No. Date Location Winner Score 30 1970 Princeton, NJ Cornell 15–5 31 1971 Ithaca, NY Cornell 21–6 32 1972 Princeton, NJ Cornell 9–8 33 1973 Ithaca, NY #10 Cornell 14–4 34 1974 Princeton, NJ #4 Cornell 17–4 35 1975 Ithaca, NY #2 Cornell 12–8 36 1976 Princeton, NJ #1 Cornell 14–8 37 1977 Ithaca, NY #1 Cornell 15–7 38 1978 Princeton, NJ #1 Cornell 11–7 39 1979 Ithaca, NY #3 Cornell 10–8 40 1980 Princeton, NJ #14 Cornell 11–3 41 1981 Ithaca, NY #13 Cornell 8–7 42 1982 Princeton, NJ #9 Cornell 15–8 43 1983 Ithaca, NY #3 Cornell 16–7 44 1984 Princeton, NJ #15 Cornell 10–6 45 1985 Ithaca, NY #11 Cornell 23–5 46 1986 Princeton, NJ Cornell 14–6 47 1987 Ithaca, NY #2 Cornell 13–2 48 1988 Princeton, NJ Cornell 21–5 49 1989 Ithaca, NY #10 Cornell 4–3 50 1990 Princeton, NJ #9 Princeton 14–6 51 1991 Ithaca, NY #5 Princeton 12–2 52 1992 Princeton, NJ #3 Princeton 10–9^OT 53 1993 Ithaca, NY #2 Princeton 13–8 54 1994 Princeton, NJ #2 Princeton 19–7 55 1995 Ithaca, NY Cornell 9–8 56 1996 Princeton, NJ #2 Princeton 19–6 57 1997 Ithaca, NY #1 Princeton 19–8 58 1998 Princeton, NJ #1 Princeton 15–5 No. Date Location Winner Score 59 1999 Ithaca, NY #11 Princeton 9–6 60 2000 Princeton, NJ #4 Princeton 9–5 61 2001 Ithaca, NY #1 Princeton 7–4 62 2002 Princeton, NJ #8 Princeton 12–7 63 2003 Ithaca, NY #2 Princeton 17–9 64 2004 Princeton, NJ #11 Cornell 12–11^OT 65 2005 Ithaca, NY #6 Cornell 17–4 66 2006 Princeton, NJ #5 Cornell 4–3 67 2007 Ithaca, NY #1 Cornell 10–6 68 2008 Princeton, NJ #17 Princeton 11–7 69 2009 Ithaca, NY #4 Cornell 10–7 70 2009 Hempstead, NY #7 Cornell 6–4 71 2010 Princeton, NJ #10 Cornell 10–9 72 2010 Ithaca, NY #9 Princeton 10–9^OT 73 2011 Ithaca, NY #3 Cornell 9–7 74 2012 Princeton, NJ #12 Princeton 14–9 75 2013 East Rutherford, NJ #6 Cornell 17–11 76 2013 Ithaca, NY #16 Princeton 14–13^OT 77 2014 Bethpage, NY #11 Cornell 12–10 78 2015 Ithaca, NY #12 Cornell 15–10 79 2015 Providence, RI #15 Princeton 11–7 80 2016 Princeton, NJ Princeton 7–6 81 2017 Ithaca, NY Cornell 18–17 82 2018 Princeton, NJ Princeton 14–8 83 2019 Ithaca, NY #9 Cornell 14–13 Series: Princeton leads 42–39–2 Source:[11]

References

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