PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's lacrosse team made history when it played its first Ivy League game in more than 1,000 days last Saturday at Princeton. The Quakers and Tigers combined for 41 goals, the most ever in an Ivy contest featuring Penn, with the hosts from New Jersey earning a 21-20 overtime victory.
 
Can it be topped? We find out on Saturday, when Penn plays fourth-ranked Cornell at Franklin Field. It marks the fourth time already this season the seventh-ranked Quakers have faced a top-10 opponent.

Saturday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN+, and fans in the Philadelphia viewing area can also watch the feed live on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
 
#7/6 PENN (3-2, 0-1 Ivy) vs. #4/4 CORNELL (6-0, 1-0)
Saturday, March 26, 2022 | 1 p.m.
Franklin Field | Philadelphia
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The Penn-Cornell Series
Saturday is the 95th meeting all-time between Penn and Cornell, with the Big Red holding a 65-26-3 lead in the series. That said, Penn has won four of the last six games between the two schools, including a dramatic 16-15 win in 2019 at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y.
 
Last Time vs. Cornell
Penn trailed early, 7-2, but came all the way back and earned the one-goal victory when Adam Goldner scored with just 17.9 seconds left in regulation in Ithaca. Tyler Dunn scored five goals and added an assist to lead the Quakers attack, while Goldner scored four times and recorded five points.
 
Penn Men's Lacrosse By The Numbers
1 * The margin of victory in all three Ivy League games last weekend. This weekend, in addition to Penn hosting Cornell, Princeton and Yale tangle in New Haven at 3:30 p.m. and Dartmouth opens its Ancient Eight account at Harvard at 4 p.m.
 
2 * Overtime games already this season for Penn, a 14-13 win over Duke on February 26 and last Saturday's loss at Princeton.
 
3 * Goals scored by Penn in the final seconds of games already this season. Shipley tied the Duke game with two seconds left, then a week later won the Penn State game with one second left. A week after that, Dylan Gergar scored at Villanova with one second left to give the Quakers an 8-7 win over the Wildcats.
 
3 * Penn players who have earned spots on the USILA Division I Team of the Week already this season: Gergar on March 1, Brendan Lavelle on March 15, and Sam Handley on Tuesday.
 
5 * Goals scored by Penn on extra man offense last week, out of five opportunities; the Quakers also scored a shorthanded goal.
 
7 * Goals scored last Saturday by sophomore Cam Rubin, who also had two assists for nine points overall; he entered the game with five points on the season.
 
8 * Assists dished off by Handley last weekend at Princeton; that was one shy of the program record held since 1969 by Richard Bennett (set against Drexel).
 
12 * Players who have scored this season for Penn, led by Gergar who has 18 tallies. Handley and Rubin have 10 each while Shipley has seven.
 
20 * Goals scored by Penn in a loss to Princeton last Saturday; it marked the first time in program history that the Quakers reached the 20-goal mark and lost.
 
41 * Total goals scored in last Saturday's game, the most ever in a game in program history.
 
60 * Goals scored by Penn this season through five games.
 
60 * Goals scored by Penn's opponents so far this season.
 
1,071 * Days since Penn last hosted an Ivy League game; that was April 20, 2019, a 22-6 win over Dartmouth.