MOUNT VERNON – Several school marks have been surpassed after a dominant offensive performance for Cornell men's lacrosse senior day, blowing past Monmouth College, 21-10.
Kyle Jussila spearheaded today's offensive effort, scoring a school record of eight goals in the game while adding four assists and eight ground balls. Jussila now officially owns school marks for points in a game (12), goals in a game (8), points in a season (74), and goals in a season (45).
With four today, Justin Howe officially has 32 caused turnovers this season, surpassing the previous record of 29 held by Tory Terbilcox ('17).
The Rams (7-9, 4-2 MLC) seniors came flying out the gate early, accounting for ten of Cornell's twelve goals in their one-sided first half.
Monmouth (6-7, 2-4 MLC) fought hard to keep pace late, but the Rams' 72 total shots were too difficult to keep up with.
John Linderman heard his name called plenty today, scoring four goals and picking up 3 ground balls to cap off a stellar senior day performance.
Demarius Pittman was another senior that played well today, continuing to show off his speed as he blazed past the Scots all day. Pittman scored one goal, an assist, and grabbed three ground balls.
Jackson Kinart and Ethan Kupka both added hat tricks to the score, while Kupka added five assists and Kinart picked up five ground balls.
The dominance didn't end offensively, as Torii Greiskalns and Luke Baldwin combined for seventeen ground balls and four points.
Evan Begner had an impressive day in the net, saving 15 shots and picking up eight ground balls as he secures win number seven on the season.
Today's win gives the Ram a bid to the MLC Tournament as the number three seed where they will head to Lake Forest College for their first round matchup on Wednesday, May 4.