Cornell Lacrosse Returns to National Championship Game with NCAA Semifinal Win over Penn State

NCAA MEN’S LACROSSE: Cornell returns to national championship game with NCAA semifinal win over Penn State

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Cornell is one win away from its first national championship in 48 years. The Big Red will try to win its fourth national title on Memorial Day in the Division I men’s lacrosse national championship game after defeating Penn State, 11-9, on Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium. Cornell will play Maryland at 1 p.m., Monday. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN. Cornell had to utilize its offensive depth to advance t…

Penn State men’s lacrosse falls in national semifinal to top-seeded Cornell

The Nittany Lions lost one game from playing for a championship for the second time in three years.

Cornell lacrosse returns to national championship game with NCAA semifinal win over Penn State

Cornell takes on Penn State in the Division I men's lacrosse Final Four at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

Nittany Lions keep Kirst scoreless, but Cornell rides third-quarter romp to Monday's NCAA Final • 14850

It was the first game in Cornell senior CJ Kirst’s collegiate career without a single goal or assist. Penn State, the only team to have beaten the Big Red all season, led for much of the second quarter of Saturday’s early NCAA Lacrosse Semifinal, but an unanswered five-goal run in the third put Cornell on top to stay and sends them on to the Championship game. The 17th win of the Big Red’s season set a program record, but it started slow, with n…

Cornell holds off Penn State rally, 11-9, to advance to NCAA championship

Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/24/25 – From Press Release (pictures from the game to come later) Five unanswered goals over a span of 6:40 during the third quarter transformed a 6-5 lead for Penn State (12-5) into a 10-6 advantage for Cornell (17-1), as the Big Red fended off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt by the Nittany Lions to secure an 11-9 victory at Gillette Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Big Red will face Maryland for the title on Mo…

Cornell-Penn State: Unorthodox, but effective, for Big Red in win

FOXBORO, Mass. -- A slow start to the first NCAA Division 1 semifinal between Cornell and Penn State ended up turning into a solid victory for the Big Red at Gillette Stadium on Saturday. Even without star CJ Kirst producing a point, Cornell took an 11-9 win that vaulted it into Monday's national championship game. A six-goal outburst in the third quarter really sealed the victory for top-seeded Cornell, which used a peculiar alchemy to generate…