Cornell Big Red

Notebook: John Tucker promoted to coach of MLL's Cannons

2013-06-10 16:20:00

The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse announced that assistant coach John Tucker (Johns Hopkins) will take over head coaching duties from Steve Duffy for the remaining eight games of the season. Tucker is a former Chesapeake Bayhawks and Baltimore...

Maryland's Katie Schwarzmann wins second straight Tewaaraton Award

2013-05-30 19:05:00

Katie Schwarzmann became the fourth two-time winner of the Tewaaraton Award Thursday. The Maryland senior midfielder and Cornell's Rob Pannell were honored as the top players in collegiate lacrosse Thursday night at the 13th-annual award ceremony at...

Little argument with end-of-year Division I individual honors

2013-05-24 08:00:00

Handing out individual awards can be a delicate affair as there is usually some gray area for interpretation and analysis. But it would seem that few would be able to question the individual honors announced by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse...

NCAA men's semifinals highlight offense's dominance in lacrosse

2013-05-24 06:45:00

The mantra that defense wins championships could be tested this weekend. The four teams left in the NCAA tournament at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia feature some of the top offenses in Division I. Cornell leads the way, ranking second in the...

It's evident that Cornell will ride to NCAA men's title this weekend

2013-05-24 11:57:00

Privately, a lot of fans are picking unseeded Cornell to win the NCAA Division I lacrosse championship here this weekend — but publicly, they urge caution because the 2013 regular season has been so unpredictable. But there is no need for concern....

Surging Syracuse set to shoot for national title as NCAA lacrosse championships hit Philly

2013-05-24 12:01:03

Syracuse meets fourth-seeded Denver on Saturday in the semifinals of the NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament. It's the first time the Orange seniors have made the Final Four. Syracuse (15-3), which earned the top seed with a strong finish to a season...

Cornell a confident bunch

2013-05-23 18:50:03

PHILADELPHIA Unseeded but not quite an underdog, Cornell heads to Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday in search of its first berth in the NCAA men's lacrosse title game since 2009. The Big Red fell in the Ivy League semifinals before rolling to two...

Cornell's Rob Pannell: 'Someone can always stop you'

2013-05-23 06:00:00

Rob Pannell is smart enough – getting accepted to Cornell would seem to be plenty of proof of that – to realize that he is not invincible. Even as he has registered six goals and nine assists in two NCAA tournament games and is preparing the...

Duke's Brendan Fowler out of predecessor's shadow and into spotlight

2013-05-22 12:11:00

Brendan Fowler won more than 55 percent of his faceoffs and scooped up at least 34 ground balls in each of his first two seasons at Duke, but still was not making much of a dent in terms of playing time. Then again, considering that C.J. Costabile...

Q&A with ESPN's Mark Dixon

2013-05-20 11:13:00

ESPN analyst Mark Dixon was in the network’s studio in Charlotte providing his perspective on each of the four games in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals this past weekend, and he will do the same this Saturday before appearing in person at Monday&...

Mock, Pannell send Cornell past Ohio State, 16-6

2013-05-18 15:48:00

The Cornell men's lacrosse team is on a mission. After being unseeded in the 16-team NCAA Division I tournament, the Big Red wants to prove that it was slighted and is one of the best teams in the country. After Cornell defeated No. 3 seed Ohio State,...

Ohio State gearing up for NCAA tournament date with Cornell's Rob Pannell

2013-05-18 06:00:00

Ohio State’s Greg Dutton did not get to watch the entirety of Cornell’s 16-8 upset of sixth-seeded Maryland in a NCAA tournament first-round game last Sunday. But the junior goalkeeper watched the film, and fifth-year senior attackman Rob...

Strength: Fifth-year senior Rob Pannell (34, 41) quarterbacks an offense that's scoring 14.5 goals per game. Pannell has eclipsed many school and Ivy League scoring records (including career assists and career points). Weakness: Defensive midfield and overall lack of depth.

2013-04-27 00:00:00

What's at stake Both teams have qualified for the Ivy League tournament next weekend. This might be Round 1 of a season series. The Tigers (8-4) would benefit more with a win, given their subpar at-large resume and low RPI (No. 18). Cornell (11-2) is a few goals away from being undefeated.

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Favorite: Cornell The Big Red (10-2) can secure the league's regular-season title and the right to host the tournament with a win at Brown this week or against Princeton on April 27 in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic in East Rutherford, N.J. Led by Rob Pannell (27, 36), Cornell is No.

2013-03-23 00:00:00