CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Two Ivy League foes will face off this weekend as the No. 10 Harvard Crimson visits the No. 6 Cornell Big Red on the final weekend of the 2026 Ivy League men's lacrosse regular season. The No. 10 Crimson (9-3, 3-2 Ivy) will take on the No. 6 Big Red (9-3, 4-1 Ivy) this Saturday (Apr. 25) at Schoellkopf Field in a game that holds major Ivy League and NCAA Tournament implications. The Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Lacrosse, Gerry Byrne, and his Crimson look to close out the regular season on a high note heading into the Ivy League Tournament the following week.
 

What to Know

Who: No. 10 Harvard vs. No. 6 Cornell
When: 12:00 PM EST, Saturday April 25
Where: Schoellkopf Field / Ithaca, NY
Camps: Learn more about the Crimson Lacrosse Academy hosted at the Harvard Athletics Campus by the Harvard Men's Lacrosse Coaches for rising 4th-8th grade boys at Byrne-Method.com
 

Quick Hits

• The Crimson enter the contest with a 9-3 record following a close loss to Princeton last weekend (Apr. 18).
• Earlier this month, Harvard locked up a spot in the Ivy League Tournament.
• This will be the first time in program history that the Crimson will appear in back-to-back conference championship tournaments.
• This will be the 98th meeting between the Crimson and Big Red this weekend in a rivalry that dates back to 1895.
• Harvard last defeated Cornell in 2023 when the Big Red were ranked No. 4 in the nation.
• Teddy Malone leads the team with 33 goals and is third in the Ivy League with 2.75 goals per game.
• Teddy Malone (45), Jack Speidell (38), John Aurandt IV (33), Logan Ip (31), and Nathan Cobery (30) all have eclipsed the 30-point mark this season, which gives Harvard the Ivy League lead with five 30+ point performers.
• Graham Stevens owns a .530 save percentage which ranks fourth in the Ivy League.
• Nathan Cobery ranks fourth nationally with a .500 shooting percentage.
• Harvard's offense has posted 13.42 goals per game, the 11th-best mark nationally.
• The Crimson offense is the sixth-most efficient unit nationally with a 34.0-percent rating this season.

 

By the Numbers

4 – Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-Americans for Harvard.
5 – Man-up goals for Andrew Perry in 2026, the most in the Ivy League.
5 – Or more opponent scoring droughts of 15 or more minutes for Harvard this season.
6 – Times Harvard has reached nine wins in the past 30 years.
6 - Games Teddy Malone has recorded a hat-trick this season
7 – NCAA RPI Ranking for Harvard men's lacrosse.
8 – Ivy League weekly awards for Harvard this season.
10 - Games the Crimson have scored 10 or more goals this season.
10 – Caused turnovers for SSDM Owen Guest this season, the 10th most in the nation by a short-stick.
31 – Ground balls for Nathan Cobery this season, the fifth-most for an attack nationally.
33 – Goals for Teddy Malone, the third most in the Ivy League.
49 - Shots against Princeton, the second most in a game this season.
50 – Shooting percentage for Nathan Cobery, the fourth best clip in the NCAA.
65 – Years since Harvard last posted at least nine wins in its first 10 games.
157 – Points for Teddy Malone, the 12th most in program history.
184 – Turnovers forced by the Harvard defense this season.
 

In the National Rankings

NCAA RPI – 7
USILA Coaches Poll – 10
Inside Lacrosse Media Poll – 10
USA Lacrosse Magazine Rankings – 8
Lacrosse Reference LaxELO – 14
NEILA Coaches Poll – 2
 

Scouting Cornell

• Cornell comes into the matchup ranked sixth nationally after posting a 9-3 record so far in 2026. The Big Red are also 4-1 in Ivy League play.
• This will be the seventh ranked matchup for Cornell this season. The team is 4-2 against ranked opponents this season.
• The only losses Cornell has taken this year have been to No. 3 Richmond (Feb. 28), No. 14 Penn St. (Mar. 7) and Yale (Mar. 28).
• Willem Firth leads the team in points with 62 and has posted 38 goals and 24 assists, which are both good for the team lead and best in the Ivy League.
• Jack Cascadden owns a .624 faceoff percentage and has grabbed 60 ground balls on the year.
• Luke Gilmartin is the Big Red's top pole, logging 10 caused turnovers on the year.
• The Big Red offense has poured in 13.08 goals per game this season, the 13th best mark in the NCAA.
• Cornell's man-up unit is hitting at the best clip in the NCAA with a 65.2-percent success rate.

 

Crimson vs. Big Red – Series History

• Harvard and Cornell have met 97 times in series history.
• The Crimson trails in the all-time series, 27-70.
• Harvard last defeated the then No. 4 Big Red in 2023 in a 10-8 showdown at Jordan Field.
• Last season the Crimson faced the then No. 1 Big Red team, the eventual Ivy League and National Champions. A record 4,000 fans came to Jordan Field for the game. Harvard trailed just 12-11 in the third quarter before a Cornell run led to a 20-12 win.  

 

Active Stat Leaders vs. Cornell

• Goals: Perry (7), Ip (4)
• Assists: Ip (4), Petersen (2)
• Points: Perry (8), Speidell (8)
• Ground Balls: Muller (5), Ip (3)
• Caused Turnovers: Muller (6)
• Faceoffs: Umansky (5), Henehan (5)
• Saves: Stevens (10)
• Goals Allowed: Stevens (20)

 

Lacrosse Reference Metrics

• Harvard is ranked 14th in the Lacrosse Reference LaxELO rankings.
• The Crimson owns the second most efficient offense in the nation, scoring on 37.0-percent of its possessions.
• It's cumulative efficiency of 39.7-percent ranks seventh in the NCAA.
• The team's cumulative shooting percentage of 38.2-percent is the third best in the nation.
• The team's strength of record – +0.75 expected wins – is the sixth-best mark nationally.
• Harvard has played the 10th hardest schedule in the nation.

 

At the Helm

The Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Lacrosse, Gerry Byrne, is in his seventh season at the helm of the program in 2025-26. The team has experienced success under Coach Byrne, posting a 41-27 record and a 14-15 mark in Ivy League action. Byrne has guided the Crimson to two NCAA Tournaments and has led the program to back-to-back Ivy League Tournaments in 2025 and 2026, the first time in program history the team will appear in consecutive conference championships. Most recently, Coach Byrne made history, becoming the first head coach to lead his team to a win over a No. 1 ranked team in program history.
 

Turn and Byrne

Jordan Field has become a safe haven for Harvard under Byrne in the past six seasons. The skipper has led his team to a 27-8 record in Cambridge since taking over in 2020. That mark also features a 21-2 record against unranked opponents in games held at Jordan Field. The last loss came against Colgate (an eventual NCAA Tournament team) last February. Harvard has also had success against ranked foes, posting three top-five wins at Jordan Field.
 

Ivy League Tournament Update

The Crimson are one of three teams who have locked up an Ivy League Tournament spot and enter the final weekend with a chance of being the second, third or fourth seeded team. The tournament location – that will be determined based on this weekend's results – is either going to be Princeton or Cornell and will see the top four teams in the Ivy League clash for the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. The tournament will kick off on Friday, May 1 with the semifinal round and conclude on Sunday, May 3, with the Championship game.
 

Staying Home

Senior midfielder Logan Ip recently became just the second Harvard player ever drafted into the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) after being selected in the third round of the 2026 draft by the Boston Cannons. One of the best midfielders in the nation, Ip was named an Inside Lacrosse First Team Midseason All-American earlier this year. The dual threat middy owns 17 goals and 14 assists this season and ranks 23^rd in the NCAA among midfielders with 2.73 points per game. Additionally, his 1.27 assists per game ranks 14^th among midfielders in the nation.
 

The Teddy Malone Show

Senior attackman, Teddy Malone, has been on fire in his senior season and currently leads the team with 45 points and 33 goals. The Delaware native had one of his best games of the season in the battle with Princeton (Apr. 18), scoring three goals and dishing out two assists to notch a game-high five points. Now with 157 career points, Malone is tied for the 12^th most in program history.
 
Malone passed the 100 career goals milestone in the matchup against Dartmouth (Mar. 20) to become just the 12th player in program history to score 100 goals. Now with 110 career tallies, Malone is in seventh place on the all-time scoring list.
 

Offensive Firepower

Picking up where it left off in 2025, Harvard's offense – led by the Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Neil Hutchinson – has continued to turn in impressive performances in 2026. The offense ranks inside the top 25 in the NCAA with a 34.6-percent shooting clip (3rd) and 12.25 goals per game (24th).
 

A Game of Runs

Harvard has shown its ability to pull away from its opponents this season by going on impressive scoring runs. Most notably in the game against Michigan (Mar. 7), Harvard used a 13-2 run in the final 40 minutes of the game to pull away and post a 17-7 victory. The streak featured two scoring runs of six goals. Harvard has posted 12 scoring runs of four or more goals this season.
 
Recently, in the contest against No. 20 BU (Mar. 24), Harvard used a five-goal run in the third quarter to take back the lead and fuel an eventual win. This past weekend against Brown, Harvard posted four straight fourth-quarter goals to comeback and defeat the Bears, 12-10. The Crimson allowed just one goal early in the final frame before standing tall defensively for the final 14-plus minutes.
 

Bullseye!

The second most accurate team in the nation, Harvard owns a shooting percentage of 34.6 on the season to rank third in the NCAA. Led by one of the most consistent shooters in the NCAA, Nathan Cobery (4th, 50.0-percent), Harvard has worn down opposing goaltenders with its ability to get shots on target. 61.4-percent of Harvard's shots have been on cage this season, one of the best marks in the country.
 
Harvard posted a 50-percent shooting percentage against Marquette (Feb. 28) with 19 goals on 38 shots. The clip was the highest in a game since the 2023 season when Harvard scored 23 goals on 43 shots against Providence. It was just the fourth time the team has eclipsed the 50-percent shooting clip in a game since 2010.
 

Spidey and His Amazing Friends

One of the most talented attackmen in the Ivy League, Jack Speidell is picking up where he left off in 2025. A dynamic playmaker, Speidell has shown off his ability as a distributor this season and is second on the team with 12 assists. A Team 91 LI alum, Speidell now owns 38 points on the year and recently eclipsed the 100 career points milestone. The St. Anthony's product produced a nine-point outburst against Marquette (Feb. 28) the highest total for a Crimson player since Sam King '25 reached the same total in the 2025 matchup against Marquette.
 

Up Next

The Crimson will head to either Princeton or Cornell for the 2026 Ivy League Tournament next weekend (May 1-3). Harvard has locked up one of the four spots in the field and will compete in its second consecutive tournament. The Crimson will either compete against Cornell or Yale in the semifinal round on Friday in a matchup that is reliant on this weekend's results.
 
More information on the Ivy League tournament matchups and location will be released after the final regular season games on Saturday.