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September 12, 2002

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End the Trend?

By wpengine | September 12, 2002

Thank God for Napster. It was beautiful, it was free, it was kind of illegal, and it was nixed a long time ago. Fueled by the bristling speed of college Ethernet and the insatiable hunger of music listeners everywhere, Napster redefined the way we now understand the dissemination of music. Napster created a new paradigm of distribution that realized the dreams of millions of music listeners then freely able to access, share, and download from a music library which spanned the hard drives of the globe, while the program also realized the worst nightmares of the record companies by undermining their ability to extract revenue from the spread of music and left the artists somewhere in the insurmountable area of gray between these two extremes without compensation.

Soccer Squads Hit the Road

By wpengine September 13, 2002

After a modest start to last year’s season, the men’s soccer team pieced together a six-game unbeaten streak to put itself in contention for a spot in the NCAA tournament. Despite its late success and No. 22 national ranking, the selection committee passed on the team. Throughout the long offseason, head coach Bryan Scales and company have had the chance to use the disappointment as motivation for this year’s campaign. Cornell will face perhaps its most formidable challenge in its opening match as it seeks early success. No. 5 Notre Dame will play host to the Red tonight in what promises to be a mightily contested game. The Irish have experienced a national resurgence since highly regarded Bobby Clark assumed the reins of the program. After enjoying great success at Stanford and Dartmouth, Clark has engineered a solid recruiting effort that makes Notre Dame one of the strongest teams in the country. “They have lots of team speed and very high work rate,” Scales said of the Irish. “They are one of those teams that is very difficult to play against.” The ability to generate offense remains one of the largest question marks surrounding the Red, which should have its hands full with the swarming, high-pressure defense that the Irish employ. Cornell’s scoring potential was greatly weakened by the graduation of Ted Papadopoulos ’02. Scales remains confident that a highly touted recruiting class, coupled with his returnees, will provide a capable scoring punch. He called this year’s squad one of the deepest in recent memory. “I would put our group up against anyone,” he said. Scales expects Notre Dame midfielder Chad Riley to be particularly difficult to contain. Riley is one of the most prolific scorers on the Irish roster. Cornell will face Bradley in its second game of the three-day Mike Berticelli Memorial tournament. The Braves are one of the up-and-coming programs in the Midwest. They enter tomorrow’s contest with an unblemished 3-0-1 mark and feature highly touted All-American candidate Hamid Mehreiosovei. Scales is likely to start at least two of his freshmen this weekend. Andrew George and Brian Pink headline a talent-laden rookie class. George will start at the forward position, while Pink will get the call in the backfield. Anchoring Cornell’s stingy defense is likely All-American senior Doug Allan. Allan was spectacular for the Red last season and is expected to be an integral part of the Cornell efforts to ascend the national rankings this year. After a long preseason, Scales says his troops are ready to commence their campaign. “They are ready to play a game now. They are tired of kicking each other.”Archived article by Gary Schueller
Spikers Open With Crowne Plaza Classic

By wpengine September 13, 2002

The volleyball team will look to get off to a good start this weekend as it opens its season at the Crowne Plaza Classic tourney hosted by Robert Morris. The new season holds much promise for the Red. Last season Cornell finished 17-9 overall, claiming third place in the Ivy League. The squad this year returns four starters from that team and has added six recruits in its quest to capture the Ivy title that has eluded the Red since 1993 and earn a NCAA tournament berth. Third-year head coach Christie Jackson commented, “Blending the talent of the new and the experience of the old, we could have a special season in 2002.” The Red will face off against four other teams in a round robin setup: Binghamton (1-6, 0-0 A. East); Howard (2-7, 1-0 MEAC); Providence (0-7, 0-0 Big East); Robert Morris (4-4, 0-0 NEC). Cornell will first face off against Binghamton on Friday at 2 p.m.. Binghamton is off to a rough start this season after coming on strong towards the end of last season, their first in Division I as an independent. The Bearcats have already participated in two tournaments, dropping three matches at the Maryland tournament and two out of three at the Illinois-Chicago tournament. They will look towards a trio of sophomores Jennifer Smith, Michelle Heck, and Anne Crocus to guide them in the tournament. Howard also has had trouble early in the season, posting a 2-7 record though it is 1-0 in the MEAC. Juniors Jerri Hayes and Dawn Thomas, who combined to average nearly five kills per game in 2001, will lead it. Providence is another team that has had trouble early on, starting the season 0-7 by being swept in tournaments at Saint Louis and Stony Brook. Its offense has particularly struggled with the huge void that All-Big East outside hitter Sarah Katinger left. It is hitting only .065 as a team. Robert Morris has been streaky, winning its first two and last two but dropping four in a row in between those matches. This is a dangerous team though that returns all six starters from its team last year that reached the NCAA tournament. It is a preseason favorite to win the NEC this year and will likely be Cornell’s strongest competition in the tournament. The Red will look to All-Ivy outside hitters senior Angela Barbera and junior Debbie Quibell to provide much of its offense. Barbera posted 2.80 kills and 2.24 digs per game last year. Quibell, a first-team all-conference pick a season ago, led the squad in kills for the second straight year. They will be joined in the middle by the junior blocker tandem of Jamie Lugo and Ashley Stover, who both finished among the league’s top 10 in blocks. In addition, the Red will see the return of junior setter and co-captain Rachel Rice. An all-conference player two years ago, Rice missed most of last season with a variety of injuries. Her return should make Cornell even more dangerous to opponents. She will be joined by senior captain and defensive specialist Mary Margaret Moore in the backcourt. The Red hopes to build momentum from this tournament and take it into the rest of the season. Along with the treacherous 14-game conference slate, the squad will compete in two other tournaments, including a tournament at Georgia Tech next week and its own Big Red Invitational.Archived article by Chris Callanan