Cornell–Princeton lacrosse rivalry
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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.
First meeting | April 10, 1922 Princeton 11, Cornell 1 |
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Latest meeting | March 17, 2024 Cornell 15, Princeton 14 |
Next meeting | TBD |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 86 |
All-time series | Tied, 42–42–2 |
Largest victory | Princeton, 19–1 (1936) Cornell, 23–5 (1985) |
Longest win streak | Cornell, 22 (1968–1989) |
Current win streak | Cornell, 4 (2019–Present) |
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 won 32 Ivy League lacrosse championships (20 outright, 12 shared) and Princeton won 27 league titles (18 outright, 9 shared). The next nearest team in lacrosse titles is Brown University, which has won 11 (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 University) and 2015 (also with Brown).