Cornell–Princeton lacrosse rivalry
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. The rivalry stems from the dominance of the two programs in the Ivy League where in the first 63 seasons Cornell has won 29 Ivy League Championships and Princeton has won 27 league titles. The next nearest team is Brown with ten titles 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 and 2015.
CornellBigRed.com describes the rivalry as "The marquee matchup in Ivy League lacrosse". Cornell claims three NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championships and four pre-NCAA era national championships. Princeton claims six NCAA championships and six pre-NCAA era national championships. The most recent Ivy League title for each school was 2015 when they finished the regular season tied with Brown with identical 4-2 records.
Although the two schools have a long rivalry, they did not oppose each other in postseason play until the quarterfinals of the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship at Hofstra University's Shuart Stadium. Cornell won 6-4. In 2010, Princeton defeated Cornell 10-9 in the inaugural Ivy League lacrosse championship tournament and received the league's automatic berth to the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Cornell would win the 2011 Ivy League tournament, defeating Harvard 15-6 in the final. Princeton would defeat Cornell in the semifinals of both the 2013 and 2015 tournaments but would fall to Yale in the championship game both times. Cornell would win the Ivy League tournament again in 2018 and therefore has two titles to Princeton's one although both trail Yale's five tournament championships.
The teams first met in 1922, with Princeton winning 11–1. With a record of 42-39-2 over 83 games, Princeton remains the only conference team with an all-time winning record against Cornell.
Rival Accomplishments
The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.| Team | Cornell Big Red | Princeton Tigers |
| Pre-NCAA National Titles | 4 | 6 |
| NCAA National Titles | 3 | 6 |
| NCAA Final Four Appearances | 13 | 10 |
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | 28 | 20 |
| NCAA Tournament Record | 33–25 | 30–14 |
| Conference Tournament Titles | 2 | 1 |
| Conference Championships | 29 | 27 |
| Tewaarton Award Recipients | 2 | 0 |
| Lt. Raymond Enners Award Recipients | 6 | 2 |
| Consensus First Team All-Americans | 55 | 78 |
| All-time Program Record | 773–485–27 | 721–502–18 |
| All-time Winning Percentage |