The Advanced Camp is a competition based camp, structured in a team format for experienced lacrosse players ages 13-18. The camp will feature a game environment including practices and individual positional instruction as well as special sections for face-off men and goalies. The camp will also include a recruiting and academics counseling session to better inform you of the college recruiting process.

Each session will be run by the Cornell coaching staff and participation will give campers an exciting, in-depth, first-hand look at the collegiate lacrosse experience. All campers receive a FREE camp T-shirt and a Cornell Lacrosse jersey, by NIKE.

The close interaction of the Big Red Lacrosse Camps coaching staff, and its campers, is what makes this camp so unique.  Our staff looks forward to helping you become the best lacrosse player possible. The camp is held at the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York and features three sessions/day. All campers receive a FREE camp T-shirt and a Cornell Lacrosse jersey, by NIKE.

Team Discount: Teams of ten or more sending applications in together will receive a $10 discount per camper.

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FEATURING ONE OF THE FINEST COACHING STAFFS IN THE COUNTRY

Over the span of 11 seasons, one man has been a leading force in Cornell's return to national prominence in lacrosse. The progression forward is far from over, but head coach Jeff Tambroni is pleased with the journey. He served as an assistant coach with the Big Red from 1997 to 2000, before taking the reins as head coach.

Tambroni's time with Cornell has been filled with milestones and a resurgence of one of the greatest programs in the history of collegiate lacrosse. The 2007 FieldTurf/NCAA Division I Coach of the Year in men’s lacrosse, Tambroni finishes the 2008 campaign ranked fourth among active Division I coaches in winning percentage (.737) and hit the 80-win plateau with a 13-5 victory over Penn on March 29. He became the third head coach in Cornell men's lacrosse history to reach that mark, and he did it in his 107th career game, faster than all but the legendary Richie Moran, who defeated Rutgers, 14-6, in his eighth season (1976) to achieve a 80-14 record. The 2004 Ithaca Journal Male Coach of the Year and three-time national Coach of the Week, Tambroni has overseen seven consecutive seasons with nine or more wins on East Hill, including four campaigns in which the team achieved 11 victories, including the 2007 season in which Cornell finished with 15 wins.

During his head-coaching tenure, Tambroni's players have earned 31 first-team All-Ivy honors, including four Ivy League Player of the Year awards and two Rookie of the Year selections. He has also helped his players to earn a combined 34 All-America honors, including defender Ryan McClay `03, who was a four-time All-America selection and earned a spot on the first-team in 2002 and 2003. Under Tambroni's tutelage, Joe Boulukos '06 became the first Big Red player in nearly a decade to win one of the major USILA honors, earning a share of the Lt. Donald McLaughlin Jr. Award as the nation's top midfielder. In 2007, the Big Red swept the defensive honors given by the USILA, as Mitch Belisle '07 earned the Schmeisser Cup as the Outstanding Defenseman in Division I, while Matt McMonagle '07 won the Ensign C.M. Kelly, Jr. Award as the Outstanding Goaltender in Division I. That same season, sophomore Max Seibald was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy, becoming the first Cornell player to earn that distinction.

Tambroni also stresses excellence in the classroom, resulting in seven of his players earning ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District honors, including Tim DeBlois ’04 and Casey Stevenson '05, who were named to the 2004 and 2005 Academic All-America second-team, respectively, and Belisle and McMonagle, who earned Academic All-America first-team honors in 2007.

Over the past five seasons, Tambroni has led Cornell to the heights of Division I, boasting the second highest winning percentage of all Division I teams during that span (.781) and ranking fifth in number of victories (57). Likewise, the Big Red has not fallen out of the top 10 in either national poll in over three years, with the last occurrence happening on March 28, 2005 when Inside Lacrosse had the Big Red ranked 11th.

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Ben DeLuca
Cornell University Assistant Coach

Benton DeLuca was promoted to the top assistant position under Coach Jeff Tambroni in the summer of 2003 and just finished his sixth season as the Big Red's defensive coordinator. Since rejoining the coaching staff in 2002, DeLuca has helped the Big Red to four 11-win seasons, a pair of nine-win seasons, and four Ivy League titles. In 2004, he became the first Mario St. George Boiardi `04 Assistant Coach of Men's Lacrosse after the position was endowed.

DeLuca, a former captain and assistant coach at Cornell, returned to his alma mater in the summer of 2002 after working in the business sector in New York City for two years. His passion for Cornell and the lacrosse program are boundless, and his experience and knowledge are invaluable in the program's recruiting efforts. He assists Coach Tambroni in a great number of aspects on and off of the field and continues to build the Cornell defensive unit into one of the best in the country.

After donning the Carnelian red and white for three years under legendary coach Richie Moran, DeLuca became a captain his senior year under former head coach Dave Pietramala. A four-year letter winner on defense for the Big Red, he was voted as his team's outstanding senior athlete for his leadership and dedication on and off of the field. Subsequent to earning his bachelor of science degree in nutritional sciences and biochemistry in 1998, DeLuca joined the Cornell coaching staff as an assistant coach under Pietramala and current head coach Jeff Tambroni for the 1999 and 2000 seasons. During his first stint as an assistant coach, Cornell improved each year and DeLuca assisted in leading the Big Red to its first 10-win season in 13 years, including a hard-fought victory over upstate rival and eventual national champion Syracuse on Schoellkopf Field in 2000. Cornell earned a berth in the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championships that year; its first since his freshman campaign in 1995.

Contact coach DeLuca by email at: bad6@cornell.edu
or by phone at: 607-255-4718

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Kyle Georgalas  
Cornell University Assistant Coach

Kyle Georgalas, a former first-team All-Ivy and honorable mention All-America selection as a player at Cornell, was named an assistant coach upon his graduation in the summer of 2005, and just finished his third season on the bench for the Big Red.

In just his first year, Georgalas helped Cornell to its second-straight 11-win season and its fourth consecutive Ivy League championship.

As an assistant coach on Coach Jeff Tambroni's staff, Georgalas undertakes a myriad of responsibilities. On the field, Georgalas is in charge of face offs and substitutions, while assisting in all facets of the defensive unit. He also serves as recruiting coordinator for the staff as well as performing other administrative duties.

Georgalas headed up the Big Red defense in 2005 and served as a team captain during his final two seasons. During his senior campaign, Cornell held its opponents to fewer than eight goals per game, largely due to the fact the Georgalas held opposing attackers in check throughout the year. The team's most respected leader, Georgalas collected 37 ground balls as a senior, leading the Big Red's close defense unit in that department. He was selected to compete for the North team in the 64th annual North-South Classic, and was drafted by the New Jersey Pride in the fifth round of the 2005 Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft.

Contact coach Georgalas by email at: kag48@cornell.edu
or by phone at: 607-255-0040

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Many of the Cornell Big Red lacrosse players will assist with instructing and counseling both on and off the fields!

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Schedule
Registration will be held on the ground floor of Robert Purcell Community Center on the first day of camp. A camper orientation will be held following check in, after which camp counselors will take campers to the first instructional session. Refer to the appropriate camp itineraries (above) for exact times.

Team Discounts
If ten or more campers from the same school or club register together, there is a discount of $10 off of the fee. Applications must be mailed in as a group for the a team discount to apply.

Facilities
Our facilities include Scheollkopf Field (a 23,000 seat stadium with brand new firled turf), world-class dining halls, swimming pools, full-time training staff, indoor turf field and manicured grass game fields.

What to Bring
Please bring a mouth guard, stick(s), helmet, gloves, pads, athletic supporter, shoes (for grass and turf play) and a WATER BOTTLE.  Resident campers need linens, an alarm clock, towels and a pillow. Cornell’s residence halls are not equipped with air conditioning, therefore you may wish to bring a fan.

Transportation
We will pick up campers at the Ithaca Airport or bus station. You MUST contact us in writing with arrival mode date and time three weeks before the start of camp. There is a $25 round trip fee for this service. We do not offer pick up from the Syracuse, Binghamton or Elmira airports.

You can request more information from the Cornell Summer Sports School by phone at: