ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell and Princeton will meet this Sunday, May 4, after wins over Yale and Harvard in the semifinal matches Friday night at the 2025 Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Tournament. Cornell, who is the nation’s top team, cruised to a 21-14 win over Yale, while No. 2 seeded Princeton won 11-8 over Harvard on three-straight goals in the final 10 minutes. 
 
Cornell and Princeton are slated for a 1 p.m. (ET) start on ESPN2. 
 
Cornell 21 — Yale 14 
 
The nation’s top-ranked program, Cornell, advanced to the Ivy League Championship Final with a 21-14 win over fourth-seeded Yale on Friday, May 2. 
 
The Big Red held control for the majority of the match as they started off with a 6-2 lead. Yale, however, fought back and brought the deficit to just one (6-5) at the end of the first. Five-straight goals in the second increased Cornell’s lead to 12-6 at the 7:50 mark in the period. From there, Yale was able to cut it to just two (14-12) with just 5:15 left in the third, but Cornell responded and took control of the match throughout the remainder of the game. 
 
Six-straight Cornell goals gave them the lead they needed and closed it out with a seven-goal decision over the Bulldogs. 
 
Ryan Goldstein led Cornell with five goals, while Yale’s Max Krevsky had a team-high three. Cornell’s Wyatt Knust had 15 saves on 14 goals allowed and the Bulldogs’ Jared Paquette recorded 14 saves on 21 goals allowed in the loss. 
 
Princeton 11 — Harvard 8 
 
Second-seeded Princeton earned an 11-8 victory over three seed Harvard in the semifinal round of the Ivy League Championship off the balanced attack of Sean Cameron, Tucker Wade and Coulter Mackesy – who each had two goals. Harvard’s Jack Speidell led the way with a game-high three goals for the Crimson. 
 
Mackesy got the Tigers on the board near the 10-minute mark in the first. Harvard’s Owen Gaffney tied it up at 1-1 with a goal to end the first period. Both teams traded goals throughout the second, but Princeton held on to a 5-4 lead off a goal from Nate Kabiri. In the third, the match saw three ties and two lead changes, but held firm at 8-8 off a Speidell goal for Harvard. 
 
Finally, it was three-straight Princeton goals that won the match and helped them advance to the final over the span of the final 10 minutes. Ryan Croddick for Princeton recorded 12 saves on eight goals allowed in net for the recorded win, while Harvard’s Graham Stevens had a tournament-high 18 saves on 11 goals allowed.