March 7, 2008 - 1:00am
By Matthew Manacher
This weekend Cornell will travel to the city of brotherly love, cheesesteaks, hot pretzels with mustard and Rocky Balboa to compete against three of Philly’s big five perennial roundball powerhouses. But, fortunately, this weekend, the roundball is baseball, not basketball. So, put away the smelling salts and take a collective sigh of relief, because La Salle, Temple and Villanova are not nearly the same threat on the baseball diamond as they are on the basketball court.
Today, the baseball team will open up on the road with a doubleheader against La Salle in the first round of the Villanova Classic. Aptly named the Explorers, La Salle (0-9, 0-0 Atlantic-10) is still searching for its first victory of the season.