"He's one of the best of all time," Brendan Staub (Garden City) said of CJ Kirst. "So when he settles into a game, it makes everyone else feel a lot more comfortable and gives us the confidence we need.

Cornell is one win away from its first national championship in 48 years. The Big Red will try to win its fourth national title on Memorial Day in the Division I men’s lacrosse

Penn State certainly was not a huge favorite to make it to this point, having lost in the Big Ten Semifinals to the Maryland Terrapins. However, the Nittany Lions picked things up in the national tournament, beating Colgate and Notre Dame to get to the semifinals for the third time in program history, and the second time in three seasons.