MOUNT VERNON – Junior
Torii Greiskalns became Cornell's all-time leader for caused turnovers in Sunday's 16-4 men's lacrosse victory over Anderson (Ind.) at Van Metre Field at Ash Park.
Greiskalns achieved the feat with a career-best seven caused turnovers Sunday, boosting his career total to 92. He passed Tory Terbilcox (90 from 2015-18) for No. 1 on the program's all-time list.
The Rams posted their largest victory margin this season and climbed to 3-3 overall.
Coach
Lane Zierten's squad established a new single-game school record with 70 ground balls, breaking the previous mark of 69 in 2021.
Ash Hoelscher also had a big day for the Rams with 16 ground balls and 17 faceoff wins in 18 chances. Greiskalns collected 14 ground balls.
Luke Baldwin led Cornell's attack with five goals and one assist. First-year
Charley Kobets scored three times and assisted on five others.
Matt Norwood had three goals, followed by
Brandon Warnke with two.
The Rams accounted for 13 total assists in the game, including two each by
Caden Lynch and
Ryan Devine.
Winning goalie
Thomas Cook finished with seven saves in 47 minutes of work.
Cornell outscored Anderson (2-4) by a 12-3 margin in the second half, striking for six goals each in the third and fourth quarters.
Coming up – The Rams travel to play Clarke at 1 p.m. Saturday in Dubuque.