2026 Men's Lacrosse

[scoop85]

I saw that #20 Utah beat Queens College yesterday, 18-0.  I don't ever remember seeing a shutout in college lacrosse before.

Cornell shutout Washington & Lee 14-0 in the 1976 NCAA tournament.

[Al DeFlorio]

I saw that #20 Utah beat Queens College yesterday, 18-0.  I don't ever remember seeing a shutout in college lacrosse before.

1976 NCAA quarterfinal. You can look it up here:

https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/schedule/1976

[billhoward]

May 19, 1976, NCAA Quarterfinals
Cornell 14, Washington & Lee 0
Goaltender, Dan Mackesey '76

This was the first of Cornell's back to back championships. The title game is notable because the match versus Maryland ended a 12-12 tie, Cornell won 16-13 in overtime, and Maryland scored the first goal. At the time, the NCAA realized any one lacrosse goal can be fluky, so play 5 minutes.

[edit add:] As others have noted, overtime in 1976 was two 4-minute overtimes, not sudden death. Note also that Cornell was down 7-2 at the half, closed deficit to 9-8 after 3 periods.
Cornell (16–0)    1   1   6   4   4   16
Maryland (10–1)   1   6   2   3   1   13
Cornell scoring – Mike French 7, Jon Levine 4, Bill Marino 2, Steve Dybus, Gary Malm, Bob Henrickson
Maryland scoring – Frank Urso 2, John Lamon 2, Ed Mullen 2, Barry Mitchell, Lance Kohler, Bert Caswell, Bert Olsen, Jim Burnett, Greg Rumpf, Terry Kimball
Shots: Maryland 58, Cornell 43
Saves: Cornell Dan Mackesey 28, Maryland Jake Reed 15 - Andre Pantelides 0
Location: Providence, RI (Brown Stadium) - 5/29/1976
Attendance: 11,954

[upprdeck]

so it looks like we play Harvard the next 2 games no matter what happens. one chance we play the at home and two ways we play them on the road.

[jjanow99]

May 19, 1976, NCAA Quarterfinals
Cornell 14, Washington & Lee 0
Goaltender, Dan Mackesey '76

This was the first of Cornell's back to back championships. The title game is notable because the match versus Maryland ended a 12-12 tie, Cornell won 16-13 in overtime, and Maryland scored the first goal. At the time, the NCAA realized any one lacrosse goal can be fluky, so play 5 minutes.

Dan Mackesey Ithaca High '72

[semsox]

so it looks like we play Harvard the next 2 games no matter what happens. one chance we play the at home and two ways we play them on the road.

Per CU77's charting, the middle scenario of us losing to Harvard next week coupled with a Yale win over Brown puts us as the 4 seed with Princeton hosting.

[Al DeFlorio]

May 19, 1976, NCAA Quarterfinals
Cornell 14, Washington & Lee 0
Goaltender, Dan Mackesey '76

This was the first of Cornell's back to back championships. The title game is notable because the match versus Maryland ended a 12-12 tie, Cornell won 16-13 in overtime, and Maryland scored the first goal. At the time, the NCAA realized any one lacrosse goal can be fluky, so play 5 minutes.

At that time, two four-minute overtimes, changing ends of the field.  Much fairer way to determine the winner of a tied lacrosse game.

[djk26]

I agree that sudden death overtime in lacrosse stinks.

And if 50 years ago was really the last shutout in college lacrosse (there were probably others, maybe that was the last for Cornell), then my original point stands regarding the rarity of a shutout.

[dbilmes]

May 19, 1976, NCAA Quarterfinals
Cornell 14, Washington & Lee 0
Goaltender, Dan Mackesey '76

This was the first of Cornell's back to back championships. The title game is notable because the match versus Maryland ended a 12-12 tie, Cornell won 16-13 in overtime, and Maryland scored the first goal. At the time, the NCAA realized any one lacrosse goal can be fluky, so play 5 minutes.

Dan Mackesey Ithaca High '72

Mackesey was also the starting goalie for the men's soccer team. Those were the days when it was more common for star athletes to play two sports. Brock Tredway, for example, was a star hockey player for Cornell in the late '70s who also was on the soccer team.

[Al DeFlorio]

May 19, 1976, NCAA Quarterfinals
Cornell 14, Washington & Lee 0
Goaltender, Dan Mackesey '76

This was the first of Cornell's back to back championships. The title game is notable because the match versus Maryland ended a 12-12 tie, Cornell won 16-13 in overtime, and Maryland scored the first goal. At the time, the NCAA realized any one lacrosse goal can be fluky, so play 5 minutes.

Dan Mackesey Ithaca High '72

Mackesey was also the starting goalie for the men's soccer team. Those were the days when it was more common for star athletes to play two sports. Brock Tredway, for example, was a star hockey player for Cornell in the late '70s who also was on the soccer team.

Bruce Cohen, lacrosse hall of famer, led the Ivy League in goals one year playing soccer.  Also, a starting guard on freshman basketball team.  Busy guy.  No NIL, either.

[CUlater 89]

May 19, 1976, NCAA Quarterfinals
Cornell 14, Washington & Lee 0
Goaltender, Dan Mackesey '76

This was the first of Cornell's back to back championships. The title game is notable because the match versus Maryland ended a 12-12 tie, Cornell won 16-13 in overtime, and Maryland scored the first goal. At the time, the NCAA realized any one lacrosse goal can be fluky, so play 5 minutes.

Dan Mackesey Ithaca High '72

Mackesey was also the starting goalie for the men's soccer team. Those were the days when it was more common for star athletes to play two sports. Brock Tredway, for example, was a star hockey player for Cornell in the late '70s who also was on the soccer team.

From my era, John Bayne '88, three-season athlete.  All-Ivy soccer star and standout in indoor and outdoor track, with 4.0 GPA (pre-grade inflation) as a MechE.

[scoop85]

For those who aren't aware, Christian Swezey, who a few years ago wrote a fantastic book about Cornell's legendary 1970's teams, has just released a chronicle of last year's championship run:

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501790881/the-long-red-line/#bookTabs=1

It's also available through Amazon and most likely other outlets.

[mike1960]

For those who aren't aware, Christian Swezey, who a few years ago wrote a fantastic book about Cornell's legendary 1970's teams, has just released a chronicle of last year's championship run:

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501790881/the-long-red-line/#bookTabs=1

It's also available through Amazon and most likely other outlets.

Quint wrote a nice blurb for the book. I'm surprised.

[scoop85]

For those who aren't aware, Christian Swezey, who a few years ago wrote a fantastic book about Cornell's legendary 1970's teams, has just released a chronicle of last year's championship run:

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501790881/the-long-red-line/#bookTabs=1

It's also available through Amazon and most likely other outlets.

Quint wrote a nice blurb for the book. I'm surprised.

I think Quint's been pretty fair to our program in recent years.

[RichH]

For those who aren't aware, Christian Swezey, who a few years ago wrote a fantastic book about Cornell's legendary 1970's teams, has just released a chronicle of last year's championship run:

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501790881/the-long-red-line/#bookTabs=1

It's also available through Amazon and most likely other outlets.

Quint wrote a nice blurb for the book. I'm surprised.

I think Quint's been pretty fair to our program in recent years.

Mostly true, but I point out that if it wasn't a nice blurb, it wouldn't have been used.