Cortland Red Dragons men's lacrosse
{{Short description|NCAA Division III lacrosse team}}
{{Third-party|date=October 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox college lacrosse team
| name = Cortland Red Dragons
men's lacrosse
| image = Cortland_Red_Dragons_wordmark.svg
| founded = {{start date and age|1926}}
| university = State University of New York at Cortland
| conference = SUNYAC
| location = Cortland, NY
| coach = Lelan Rogers
| stadium = Stadium Complex Red Field
| capacity = 6,500
| nickname = Red Dragons
| pre_NCAA = 1973
| NCAA_champion = 1975, 2006, 2009
| NCAA_runner = 1980, 1981, 2007, 2008, 2012
| NCAA_semi = (9){{Cite web|url=https://www.cortlandreddragons.com/sports/2019/1/15/mens-lacrosse-postseason-results.aspx|title=Men's Lacrosse Postseason Results|website=SUNY Cortland Athletics|access-date=8 October 2023}} - 1972, 1974, 1978, 1985, 1986, 2003, 2010, 2013
| NCAA_quarter = (14) - 1976, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017
| NCAA_tourney = (36) - 1972, 1974-1978, 1984-1989, 1998, 2001-2019, 2021, 2022
| conf_champion = (29){{Cite journal|url=https://www.sunyacsports.com/sports/mlax/team_champions|title=MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM CHAMPIONS|access-date=8 October 2023|via=www.sunyacsports.com}} - 1978-1981, 1983-1987, 2000-2005, 2007, 2008, 2010-19, 2021, 2022
}}
The Cortland Red Dragons men's lacrosse team represents SUNY Cortland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III men's lacrosse. The Red Dragons compete in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) and play home games in the city of Cortland, NY. The team was recently coached by Steve Beville, who led the Red Dragons to a national title in 2009 and retired after the 2023 season. Coach Lelan Rogers, who guided the Red Dragons to a 76–17 record from 2001 to 2005, returned to Cortland as the head coach in the fall of 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cortlandreddragons.com/news/2023/9/7/cortland-selects-lelan-rogers-as-mens-lacrosse-head-coach.aspx|title=Cortland Selects Lelan Rogers as Men's Lacrosse Head Coach|website=SUNY Cortland Athletics|access-date=8 October 2023}} In addition to winning four national championships, Cortland has won a record 28 conference championships until 2022.{{cite web | title=Cortland Wins 2022 Men's Lacrosse Title | website=SUNYAC | date=5 May 2022 | url=https://www.sunyacsports.com/sports/mlax/2021-22/releases/20220505klwn9v | access-date=8 October 2023}}
History
=Early years=
The Red Dragons began playing men's lacrosse in 1926 under head coach W.P. Ashbrook.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cortlandreddragons.com/sports/2019/1/15/mens-lacrosse-coaching-records.aspx|title=Men's Lacrosse Coaching Records|website=SUNY Cortland Athletics|access-date=8 October 2023}} After the 1928 season, the team did not compete again until 1947, then under head coach Jack MacPhee, and has competed every year since.
=NCAA to USILA and back=
Cortland would achieve significant success under head coach Jack Emmer from 1970 to 1972, going 32-6 and reaching the semifinals of the second ever NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament in 1972. After beating Navy 9–8 in overtime of the quarterfinals, the team's season would end with a loss to the eventual and then first-time NCAA champion Virginia Cavaliers. The following season, Emmer would leave for Washington and Lee and be replaced by Chuck Winters. In Winters' first year as head coach, the team would compete in the USILA College Division Tournament and defeat Washington College of Maryland to win the first national championship in its lacrosse program's history. Following the 1973 victory, the NCAA would split into Divisions I and II, with the Dragons competing in the latter and winning their first and only Division II Championship in 1975. Winters would go 94-55 during his tenure and become the school's winningest coach, a distinction he would hold until surpassed by Steve Beville in 2012. Between 1978 and 1987, under Winters and his eventual replacement Jerry Casciani, the Red Dragons would win all but one (1982) SUNYAC Championship. During that time, the team would reach the NCAA Division III finals twice, in 1980 and 1981, both times losing to the Hobart Statesmen.
=Division III Success=
In 2006, under head coach and former Dragons All-American goalie Rich Barnes, the team would win its first NCAA championship since becoming a Division III competitor in 1980, beating the Salisbury Sea Gulls in overtime of the title game 13–12. The Red Dragons' victory ended Salisbury's 69-game winning streak.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-05-29-0605290081-story.html|title=Cortland halts 69-game Salisbury streak, wins title|date=29 May 2006|website=Baltimore Sun|access-date=8 October 2023}} Former Vermont Head Coach Steve Beville would replace Barnes the following year and help deliver the Red Dragons' second Division III Championship in 2009. Under Beville, the team would make the NCAA Tournament every year it was held until 2023. On July 19, 2023, it was announced that Steve Beville would retire as Red Dragons Head Coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cortlandreddragons.com/news/2023/7/19/mens-lacrosse-coach-steve-beville-announces-retirement.aspx|title=Men's Lacrosse Coach Steve Beville Announces Retirement|website=SUNY Cortland Athletics|access-date=8 October 2023}}
Season Results
The following is a list of Cortland's results by season as an NCAA program:
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead| |name= Jack Emmer |conference= Independent |startyear=1970 |endyear=1972 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1970 | name = Jack Emmer | overall = 7–3 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1971 | name = Jack Emmer | overall = 11–1 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1972 | name = Jack Emmer | overall = 14–2 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = NCAA Semifinals }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Jack Emmer | overall = 32-6 ({{Winning percentage|32|6}}) | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead| |name= Chuck Winters |conference= Independent |startyear=1973 |endyear=1977 |
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1973
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 13–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = USILA College Division Champions
| championship = national
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1974
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 8–3
| conference =
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| postseason = NCAA Division II Semifinals
| championship =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1975
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 10–4
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NCAA Division II Champions
| championship = national
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1976
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 5–6
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NCAA Division II Quarterfinals
| championship =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1977
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 8–5
| conference =
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| postseason = NCAA Division II Quarterfinals
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Chuck Winters
|conference= SUNYAC
|startyear=1978
|endyear=1983
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1978
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 9-4
| conference = 5-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II Semifinals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1979
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 6–10
| conference = 5-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II Quarterfinals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1980
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 9–5
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Finals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1981
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 11–5
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Finals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1982
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 7–6
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1983
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 8–5
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Chuck Winters
| overall = 94–55 ({{Winning percentage|94|45}})
| confrecord = 30-1 ({{Winning percentage|30|1}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Jerry Casciani
|conference= SUNYAC
|startyear=1984
|endyear=1987
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1984
| name = Jerry Casciani
| overall = 8–6
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1985
| name = Jerry Casciani
| overall = 10–5
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Semifinals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1986
| name = Jerry Casciani
| overall = 11–5
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Semifinals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1987
| name = Jerry Casciani
| overall = 9–7
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Jerry Casciani
|conference= Independent
|startyear=1988
|endyear=1990
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1988
| name = Jerry Casciani
| overall = 6–6
| conference =
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| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1989
| name = Jerry Casciani
| overall = 8–7
| conference =
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| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1990
| name = Jerry Casciani
| overall = 8-8
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Jerry Casciani
| overall = 60–44 ({{Winning percentage|22|21}})
| confrecord = 24-0 ({{Winning percentage|24|0}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Rick Young
|conference= Independent
|startyear=1991
|endyear=1991
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1991
| name = Rick Young
| overall = 7-8
| conference =
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| championship =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Rick Young
| overall = 7–8 ({{Winning percentage|7|8}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Mike Pounds
|conference= Independent
|startyear=1992
|endyear=1995
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1992
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 7-8
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = ECAC Upstate NY Playoffs
| championship =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1993
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 6-6
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1994
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 9-4
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1995
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 2-10
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Mike Pounds
|conference= Super Six
|startyear=1996
|endyear=1999
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1996
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 9-5
| conference = 3-2
| confstanding = T-2nd
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1997
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 4-10
| conference = 0-5
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
| championship =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1998
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 9-6
| conference = 3-2
| confstanding = T-2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division III First Round
| championship =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1999
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 7-7
| conference = 2-3
| confstanding = T-3rd
| postseason =
| championship =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Mike Pounds
|conference= SUNYAC
|startyear=2000
|endyear=2000
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2000
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 10-5
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Mike Pounds
| overall = 63–61 ({{Winning percentage|63|61}})
| confrecord = 14-12 ({{Winning percentage|14|12}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Lelan Rogers
|conference= SUNYAC
|startyear=2001
|endyear=2005
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2001
| name = Lelan Rogers
| overall = 11-6
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III First Round
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2002
| name = Lelan Rogers
| overall = 16-3
| conference = 7-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2003
| name = Lelan Rogers
| overall = 17-3
| conference = 7-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Semifinals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2004
| name = Lelan Rogers
| overall = 15-3
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2005
| name = Lelan Rogers
| overall = 17-2
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Lelan Rogers
| overall = 76–17 ({{Winning percentage|76|17}})
| confrecord = 32-0 ({{Winning percentage|32|0}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Rich Barnes
|conference= SUNYAC
|startyear=2006
|endyear=2006
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2006
| name = Rich Barnes
| overall = 18-3
| conference = 5-1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division III Champions
| championship = national
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Rich Barnes
| overall = 18–3 ({{Winning percentage|18|3}})
| confrecord = 5-1 ({{Winning percentage|5|1}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name= Steve Beville
|conference= SUNYAC
|startyear=2007
|endyear=2023
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2007
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 15-6
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Finals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2008
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 18-2
| conference = 7-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Finals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2009
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 19-2
| conference = 6-1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division III Champions
| championship = national
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2010
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 17-3
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Semifinals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2011
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 16-3
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2012
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 21-1
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Finals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2013
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 19-1
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Semifinals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2014
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 17-4
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2015
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 16-5
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2016
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 14-6
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Second Round
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2017
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 17-3
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinals
| championship = conference
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2018
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 12-7
| conference = 5-1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Second Round
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2019
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 14-5
| conference = 6-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Second Round
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2020
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 3-1
| conference = 0-0
| confstanding =
| postseason = No Postseason held
| championship =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2021
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 11-4
| conference = 5-1
| confstanding = T-1st (West)
| postseason = NCAA Division III Second Round
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2022
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 13-7
| conference = 7-0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division III Second Round
| championship = confboth
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 2023
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 13-5
| conference = 6-1
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
| championship =
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Steve Beville
| overall = 255–65 ({{Winning percentage|255|65}})
| confrecord = 96-4 ({{Winning percentage|96|4}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 605–259 ({{Winning percentage|605|259}})
}}
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