Cornell–Princeton lacrosse rivalry
Cornell Big Red
Princeton Tigers
First meetingApril 10, 1922
Princeton 11, Cornell 1
Latest meetingApril 29, 2023
Cornell 14, Princeton 13 (OT)
Next meetingTBD
Statistics
Meetings total85
All-time seriesPrinceton leads, 42–41–2
Largest victoryPrinceton, 19–1 (1936)
Cornell, 23–5 (1985)
Longest win streakCornell, 22 (1968–1989)
Current win streakCornell, 3 (2019–Present)
Cornell beat Princeton, 13-2, on April 25, 1987

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 66 seasons (1956 through 2023 seasons, excluding pandemic canceled years of 2020 and 2021) Cornell has won 31 Ivy League Championships (19 outright, 12 shared) and Princeton has won 27 league titles (18 outright, 9 shared). The next nearest team is Brown with 11 titles (five outright, six 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).

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 Cornell was 2023 when they defeated Princeton 14-13 in overtime in the last game of the regular season. Each team had entered the game with identical 4-1 records. Princeton's most recent title was 2015 which they shared with Cornell and 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 42–41–2 over 85 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 5 6
NCAA National Titles 3 6
NCAA Final Four Appearances 14 11
NCAA Tournament Appearances 29 21
NCAA Tournament Record 33–25 30–14
Conference Tournament Titles 2 1
Conference Championships 30 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 victoriesPrinceton victoriesTie games

References

  1. ↑ "2011 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse: Release Eleven • May 4, 2011" (PDF). IvyLeagueSports.com. May 4, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Men's Lacrosse Announces 2012 Schedule". CornellBigRed.com. October 18, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "The NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship formerly known as the Wingate Memorial Champion". United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  4. ↑ "2009Cornell Big Red Men's Lacrosse" (PDF). CornellBigRed.com. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Men's Lacrosse Record Book" (PDF). Princeton University. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  6. ↑ Delaney, Brian (May 15, 2009). "A New Stage for Cornell-Princeton Rivalry". Lax. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Syracuse reaches lacrosse semis; Cornell ousts Princeton". USA Today. May 16, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Princeton Downs Cornell in First-Ever Men's Lacrosse Ivy League Tournament Championship Game: Tigers secure automatic berth to 2010 NCAA tournament with overtime win". Cornell Sun. May 9, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Cornell Offense Comes Alive in Second Half as Big Red Claim 2011 Men's Lacrosse Tournament Championship : The Ivy League". Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  10. ↑ Gilani, Reena (April 29, 2011). "Red Hosts Princeton With Ivy Win Streak on Line". Cornell Sun. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Cornell All-Time Results". Retrieved March 17, 2019.
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