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September 15, 2000

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Golf Heads to Bucknell Invitational

By ryan | September 15, 2000

This weekend, the golf team is traveling to Pennsylvania for the Bucknell invitational. The field at this week’s tournament will include a number of Ivy-League teams, and the Red is hoping to make an impact.

Last week at the Cornell/Colgate tournament, which was played at Ithaca’s Robert Trent Jones course, the team was hardly Woodsian. It finished in ninth place, well behind champion Binghamton. The highest placing golfer, David Nyack, tied for 22nd place, 15 strokes off the lead. Coroner Brown, the second highest placing Cornell golfer, finished in 26th place, 16 strokes off the pace.

After a week of practicing on the greens, the team is looking forward to building on its solid start.

— Josh Mendelsohn

Archived article by Compets

Dedicated Hundreds Wait For Hockey Season Tickets

By ryan September 18, 2000

The Lynah Faithful saw action for the first time this year over the weekend, as students waited in line at the fieldhouse for tickets to men’s hockey home games this year. The athletic department was hoping the new line system would encourage the most excited, rabid fans to get the best tickets. Students were supposed to start lining up for tickets at 2 p.m. on Saturday, but the first in line were there long before the afternoon start time. Andrew Gilman ’04 and his group were in line before dawn on Saturday morning. “We figured we would start [shifts] at 4 a.m.,” Gilman said. However, Gilman’s group was not the only one there before 2 p.m.; by noon they were joined by roughly 125 others. This caused some grumblings among the late-comers, since the ticket office had stated that it would break up any line forming before 2 p.m. The conclusion of the queue will occur today this afternoon, as those near the front of the line will pick up their tickets shortly before 5 p.m.. “The goal of the entire operation was to let the best hockey fans get tickets,” Brian Duprey, the Assistant Ticket Officer manager, said. Gilman agreed, claiming that the system benefited the better fans, regardless of their seniority. “We are all freshmen, and that’s sort of the benefit of the new system — it doesn’t favor seniors; it’s an egalitarian system. You need to show up, and you get [tickets] if you are the earliest,” he said. Brett Ownes ’03 also felt the system promoted the better fans getting tickets, as compared to lottery system used for the past few years. “I think the fans are going to be pretty intense, which is good,” Owens said. Once students received their line numbers, they were allowed to wait in the Ramin Room of the athletic fieldhouse. Because each person in line was allowed to hold up to four line numbers, most students rotated in and out of the line with friends, While in line, students found a myriad of ways to keep busy. Sleeping, studying, playing catch with a football or kicking a soccer ball around were all popular activities. One person brought a television and a Sega DreamCast to pass the time. The athletic department also sponsored various events to make the atmosphere more enjoyable for all. The men’s and women’s hockey teams arrived around 8:30 on Saturday night to spend time with their fans and put on a little clinic. Fans were also able to take shots on goalies Ian Burt ’01, Chris Gartman ’03 and Matt Underhill ’02. The Hot Truck also made an appearance on Saturday, while the Big Red pep band arrived yesterday afternoon. Finding creative ways to pass time was crucial, because people were forced to stay in line at all times due to random line checks. If a number was not in line at the time of the check, the holder of that number lost his or her spot. However, the athletic department anticipated students’ desire to leave the line last night for the Guster concert and closed the line early last night. “I think the students have been very cooperative [while in line],” said Anita Brenner, associate director of athletics. “Some were pleased to be there and some seemed really upset by the process. A lot of people regretted the time commitment.” Brenner said the random checks were to implemented to ensure that no one cut into the line during the waiting period. “Past experience told us that students would show up several days in advance, so we wanted to limit that time and give them a warm dry place to wait it out,” Brenner said. The decision to go to the queue system stems from a lack of enthusiasm in the stands over the past few years. In the past few years, up to 40 people were not picking up the tickets they had received in the lottery. “The lottery system sold all the tickets, but something was missing,” Brenner said. “We’d like to recapture some tradition and some spirit that has been missing.” — Gary Schueller contributed to this articleArchived article by J.V. Anderton
Field Hockey Notches First Win at Columbia

By ryan September 18, 2000

After dropping your first two regular season games and you’re facing the number one ranked team in your conference, what is the best thing you can do? Win, of course. After losing to Southwest Missouri and perennial powerhouse Kent State in a round robin competition last weekend, the Cornell field hockey team was looking for its first win as it traveled down to New York City to take on Columbia this past Saturday. In a bad case of deja vu, the Red once again found itself deciding the game in overtime, for the third year in a row. Proving that history does repeat itself, the Red left New York victorious, defeating the Lions by a score of 3-2. Cornell entered the game with a 4-0 record against the Lions and appeared to carry a slight edge. However, in its best start in years, Columbia entered the game with a 3-0 record and the number one ranking in the Ivy League. In the first half, the Red did something it had been unable to do last weekend: find the back of the cage. Wasting no time, freshman Carissa Marisol proved that the youth of Cornell could outpower the youth of Columbia by scoring 4:47 into the game off a rebound of a corner taken by sophomore Anna Starkey. Starkey herself would not be denied this weekend, scoring just before the close of the first half at 30:53 off a double assist from senior co-captain Kate McMahon and sophomore Sarah Nordstrom. The Red entered the half with a 2-0 lead, but the advantage would not hold, with Columbia outshooting Cornell 9-0 after intermission. It was Columbia player Sarah Campbell who first beat senior goalkeeper Maureen Sullivan twenty minutes into the second half. Teammate Melissa Macomber followed up with a goal of her own with just three minutes remaining to send the game into extra time. Not wasting any time, Starkey once again found the back of the net, this time just a minute and a half into the OT, ending the game and giving the Red its first win of the season. Defensively, the Red dominated in the first half, although it lost some focus and was unable to deal with the Lions’ unending offensive outbursts in the second half. However, Sarah Nordstrom, having the job of marking superstar sophomore Florence Battalina shined. “She frustrated her early on, and [Battalina] was not threatening after the first half. Sarah did a wonderful job,” head coach Michelle Tambroni acknowledged. Overall, the Red was ecstatic to open conference play with a win. “It was great to pick up our first Ivy win. We were very excited,” commented McMahon. Cornell, however, now has the job of continuing its winning streak as it finishes its road trip at Colgate on Wednesday. The Red Raiders are 1-6 on the year, with their sole win coming against Lehigh this past weekend.Archived article by Kristen Haunss