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Wall Street Journal
27-05-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
The Ivy League School That Just Toppled a Lacrosse Powerhouse
'Incredible feeling,' CJ Kirst said. It was more than an hour after Cornell defeated Maryland 13-10 to win its first men's lacrosse championship in 48 years, and the star of the game still hadn't found his way back to the locker room.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Catch up with CJ Kirst after Cornell's National Championship win
FOXBOROUGH, MA (WSYR) — The NCAA all-time leading scorer is now a national champion. CJ Kirst racked up seven points (6 goals and an assist) in the Big Red's 13-10 win over Maryland in the National Championship. Sports Director Steve Infanti talked with the star following the win. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
‘There will be noise': Cornell lacrosse fans celebrate fourth national championship title
ITHACA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — It was a busy Monday afternoon at the Cornell Store, as students, graduates and their families were loading up on merch before the big game. 'I feel like this year's team is very special. 16 seniors, they've been there before, and CJ Kirst is playing on a phenomenal level,' said store manager JT Tompkins. 'It feels like this is the year.' But it wasn't busy enough for Tompkins to miss the game. He wanted nothing more than for CJ Kirst to go out on top. Dog dies in Cicero house fire, no people hurt 'There will be noise': Cornell lacrosse fans celebrate fourth national championship title Cornell takes home National Championship with 13-10 win over Maryland Village of Manlius transformed with patriotic cheer OSU researcher: $700K grant canceled when DOGE misunderstood use of 'climate' 'He would help out any way he could, especially these last couple of games,' Tompkins said. 'He's just got it, you can tell. His brothers come to the games, his family, and they're all in the PLL. It's a legacy waiting to be.' At the Ithaca Ale House, the bar is packed as these Big Red fans are taking in the game for Memorial Day. 'Lacrosse is a little special. It's my favorite sport. It's not football, hockey, basketball or baseball. I just love lacrosse and for them to win it, wow,' said fan Brad Gates. John Cressey graduated from Cornell in 1992. He recently moved back to the area and began following the Big Red's run to the finals. 'I'm psyched for them. It's very unusual for an Ivy League school to get that far, especially against Maryland, which is a great lacrosse school,' Cressey said. Now with the win in the books, it's time to celebrate. 'The lacrosse community is kind of small, but they are fanatical. There will be noise,' Gates said. 'I think Cornelians are more excited than Ithacans about it, but it is a great accomplishment, so who wouldn't be excited about it?' Cressey said. This is Cornell's fourth lacrosse national championship. The Big Red also won in 1971, 1976, and 1977. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cornell takes home National Championship with 13-10 win over Maryland
FOXBOROUGH, MA (WSYR) — The Big Red push past Maryland in the National Championship, 13-10, to take home the program's first title since 1977. A slow start for both teams in the first quarter, Ryan Waldman put the Big Red up first about four minutes into the game. Maryland responds with a goal from Bryce Ford with just under eight minutes remaining in the quarter. With just over a minute to play in the first quarter, Brian Luzzi pushed Cornell ahead 2-1 scoring his ninth goal of the season. The second quarter was a lot of the same back and forth. The Terrapins went up and Ryan Goldstein answered right back to keep Cornell in the lead with 13 minutes remaining in the half. He would strike again with five minutes remaining to give them the two goal lead as the Big Red went up 5-3. With just under two minutes to play, CJ Kirst would notch his first goal in the last two games, pushing them ahead 6-4. The Terps would cut the Big Red's lead to one heading into halftime. Kirst turned on the jets in the second half. He put up back-to-back goals to pull Cornell away by three with six minutes remaining in the third quarter. Ryan Goldstein putting up his third goal of the day with 13 minutes left in the game to push Cornell ahead 10-7. Maryland not going anywhere in the final frame, they score two straight goals to make it a one-goal game. CJ Kirst notching his fifth goal of the game with under seven minutes to go pushes them ahead by two. He would push them ahead 13-10 for the win. CJ Kirst and Ryan Goldstein combined for 11 points to push the Big Red past the Terrapins. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Maryland falls to Cornell, 13-10, in NCAA lacrosse championship game
The Maryland Terrapins' spectacular season ended with a 13-10 loss to Cornell in the NCAA lacrosse championship game on Monday in Foxborough, Mass. Maryland (14-4), the No. 2 seed, fell short of winning its first national title since 2022. The Terps have also played for the national championship four out of the past five seasons. Eric Spanos, Braden Erksa and Zach Whittier each netted two goals for the Terps, while Bryce Ford, Daniel Kelly, Jack Schultz, and Elijah Stobaugh all chipped in a goal. CJ Kirst scored six goals, Ryan Goldstein added four, and Cornell ended a 48-year drought and claimed its fourth national championship. Kirst scored the final goal into an empty net with 50 seconds to go. It was his 82nd of the season, allowing the NCAA's all-time leading scorer (247) to tie the single-season record of 82. "We knew if (No.) 15 got going we were going home with hardware and by god if he didn't find it and find it in a big way," Cornell coach Connor Buczek said. "He pulls the best out of everyone around him." A game, a matchup of the teams from the first NCAA championship, the Big Red won 12-6 in 1971, was tight throughout. Second-seeded Maryland (14-4) never led, but top-seeded Cornell (18-1) never led by more than three. Kirst, who was scoreless for the first time in his career in the semifinals, didn't connect until inside the two-minute mark of the first half, which ended with the Big Red on top 6-5. "Just playing off my teammates," Kirst said. "Semifinal game game I didn't have my best performance but man did my teammates step up. That's what this year's been all about. ... And Ryan Goldstein didn't have too bad of day too, huh?" Maryland, now 4-14 in title games, went down 10-7 early in the fourth quarter, but the Terps scored consecutive goals for the first time. Erksa and Stobaugh made it a one-goal game with 9:23 to play. Two unforced turnovers at midfield led to Kirst and Goldstein goals to regain the three-goal lead at 12-9 with 4:08 left.
