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HISTORY: Cornell Upsets Temple to Reach the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for the First Time Ever
March 19th, 2010JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –– In 19 of the past 21 NCAA tournaments, a 12 seed has upset a 5 seed in the first round. Today, that trend continued –– and it was all thanks to the Cornell men’s basketball team. The Red made history on Friday afternoon, upsetting No. 5 Temple, 78-65, at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena to become the first team in school history to advance to the second round of March Madness –– and the first Ivy League squad to do so since Princeton in 1998. Read More
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Sports Update 3-19-10: Cornell Leads Temple, 37-29, at the Half in First Round NCAA Tournament Action
March 19th, 2010The men's basketball team leads the fifth-seeded Temple Owls, 37-29, at halftime. Senior guard Louis Dale leads both teams with 11 points, while senior forward Ryan Wittman and senior center Jeff Foote are tied for second with nine apiece. Cornell is shooting just 2-for-7 from 3-point range, but is connecting on 68.4 percent overall and is 9-for-10 from the charity stripe. Read More
C.U. Hockey Prepares For Do-or-Die Tournament Playoffs
March 18th, 2010Advancing to its third straight ECAC Hockey tournament, the No. 7 men’s hockey team is heading to Albany to face Brown today, at 4 p.m., in the league’s semifinals. Based on the results of today’s match-up, Cornell will face either Union or St. Read More
Women’s Hockey To Play in First-Ever Frozen Four Against Top Seed Mercyhurst
March 18th, 2010History continues to be made for the women’s hockey team as it enters its first ever NCAA Division I Frozen Four. The first match will take place tonight at 5 p.m. on neutral ice in Minneapolis, Minn. as Cornell takes on the No. Read More
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Softball Kicks Off Road Series
March 18th, 2010Last weekend, the softball team took two out of five games in Fairfax, Va. Mother Nature took the remaining three. The weather shouldn’t be a factor this week though, as the Red heads south to the sunshine state to face Rider, Army, Augustana, Bethune-Cookman, Stetson, Ohio State, Central Florida and Southern Florida. For those of you like me who plan to be asleep for most of Spring Break, consider this: the softball team will be playing 13 games in the span of eight days. Read More
Men's Lacrosse Opens Ivy Play Against Yale
March 18th, 2010With Spring Break here, the men’s lacrosse team is just beginning conference play, as it plays host to Yale in its first Ivy League game of the season. Looking past last weekend’s loss to University of Virginia, Cornell (4-1) is hoping to dominate conference play early this season. Read More
Women Laxers Look to Build Undefeated Ivy Record
March 18th, 2010Although Spring Break is just around the corner, the women’s lacrosse team stops for nothing. Under head coach Jenny Graap, the Red will take on the Harvard crimson tomorrow at 12 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass. The last time these two teams met was last spring, when Harvard won, 11-7, at Cornell. Read More
Cornell Players Share A Few Laughs During Thursday's Media Day at NCAA Tournament
March 18th, 2010Funny, guys ...
Senior tri-captain/center Jeff Foote left many reporters scratching their heads following today’s player press conference. When asked about how the team balances basketball with the academic rigors of Cornell, Foote responded by talking about yesterday’s bus ride to the hotel and police escorts –– adding that tomorrow’s matchup with No. 5 Temple is “anyone’s game” and that he’s “really looking forward to it.” Read More
Men's Rowing Ready to Kick-Off Season
March 18th, 2010With the weather brightening up, the men’s heavyweight and lightweight rowing teams are all set to have their first races next week at Ithaca College next Saturday, March 27th. The heavyweight team will compete in the I.C. Round Robin, starting at 8:30 a.m., and the lightweight team will be in the I.C. Invitational at 9:00 a.m. Read More
Women's Rowing Starts 2010 Campaign on Road
March 18th, 2010“The inlet looks like a bomb went off because its water level is really low. It looks like a barren wasteland. It’s not a happy place,” said junior Erica Crump of the not so lovely Ithaca waters at this time of year.
Judging from Crump’s description there is plenty of logic behind why the women rowers will be headed to South Carolina for spring break. Read More