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Volleyball Veterans Step Up
September 13th, 2006With the loss of key players like Whitney Fair ’06 and Rachel Adomat ’06 to graduation, the volleyball team begins this year’s campaign with hopes of developing new breakout players. Senior Alex Dyer and junior co-captain Amy Gordon are among two of the volleyball team’s potential breakout stars. Read More
Former Captain Returns as Coach
September 12th, 2006Her teammates used to call her L. Rob — now they call her coach. Lyndsay Robinson ’06 is back on the women’s lacrosse team playing a different position. The former two-time team captain will fill the role of assistant coach for the upcoming 2007 season. Read More
Zigante Takes Helm of Women’s Soccer
September 12th, 2006After four years as an assistant coach with the Red, Gretchen Zigante is ready to leave her own mark on the program. This season, Zigante will lead the women’s soccer team as its interim head coach, a job she relishes. “I feel comfortable in the role,” Zigante said. “It is a great challenge, and something that is very, very enjoyable to do.” Read More
Sprint Football Looks for QB
September 12th, 2006Much like a general leading his troops into battle, so does the quarterback maneuver his teammates and mercilessly lead the attack on the football field. Read More
Sprint Football Looks for QB
September 12th, 2006Much like a general leading his troops into battle, so does the quarterback maneuver his teammates and mercilessly lead the attack on the football field. Read More
Moving Past 'Team Sports'
September 12th, 2006Sometimes I wonder why anyone should care about team sports at all. Maybe sports don’t matter that much, in fact, maybe they matter very little. Is it truly important which team wins the Super Bowl this year — does it change the world in any important way? Read More
Foes’ Films Help F. Hockey Team in Early Games
September 12th, 2006While Netflix has a library of over 65,000 movies and a three-DVD rental package costing just $17.99 a month, the field hockey team would be more than happy with just getting game tapes of their opponents more than a day in advance of the match. Breaking down film is time honored tradition in many sports, and but tape-exchange requirements are new to the Ivy League this year. Read More
W. Tennis Impresses at Home Invitational
September 11th, 2006The women’s tennis team showed flashes of dominance in its first outing of the 2006-07 season, winning two titles as it hosted the annual Cornell Fall Invitational this past weekend. Hosting Army, Buffalo, Colgate, Lehigh, Marist and Niagara at the Reis Tennis Center, the Red “had representation in every flight,” according to head coach Laura Glitz. Read More
M. Soccer Splits, Posts First Victory of Season
September 11th, 2006It was a tale of two different teams this weekend for the men’s soccer squad, as Cornell was smothered by Vermont 3-1 on Friday, but managed to rebound yesterday with a gritty 1-0 shutout of New Hampshire — its first victory of the 2006 campaign. Read More
Field Hockey Tops Lions
September 11th, 2006Sophomore Alyssa DePaola showed why she was a first-team All-Ivy selection last year, as the forward’s two goals lifted the field hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Columbia this past Saturday in New York City. Read More