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February 22, 2001

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Test Spins

By ryan | February 22, 2001

On its seventh installment, Cafe Del Mar — a hot spot on the Spanish island of Ibiza —

Tumblers Set for Ivy Classic

By ryan February 23, 2001

This season marks the 25h Anniversary of the Ivy League Women’s Gymnastic Championship. Only problem for the women’s gymnastic teams of Brown, Cornell, Pennsylvania and Yale is that the sport no longer qualifies for an Ancient Eight title because a sport must have five Ivy schools competing to have a league title. It may be the only women’s sport in the conference which has been stripped of a championship once it had one. But do not think that makes this weekend’s Ivy Classic at Yale any less important to the four schools competing. “It’s always big,” Cornell head coach Paul Beckwith said. “I don’t know how they can say the winner of this is not the Ivy champion.” On top of the gymnastic action, Beckwith said there is a banquet held for the competitors, and even though it is not an official Ivy championship, the teams treat it as one. As it is an important meet, the Red will have to overcome the injuries on the squad. After a laundry list of injuries to start the season, Beckwith’s squad will now have to deal with the restricted services of Abby Vedder, who can now only compete on the uneven bars. However, Beckwith remains very optimistic about his team’s chances this weekend. “Everybody has had a meet [where they scored] lower than us, and everyone has had a meet [where they scored] higher than us,” the coach said. When analyzing the teams in the meet, Beckwith spots Yale as the favorite, since it defeated Penn earlier this season. The Quakers defeated the Red in a head-to-head match earlier this year. Brown is something of an unknown coming into the event, since it has not competed in the past two weekends. “I think it is going to boil down to who has the best day and who is healthy,” he said. Archived article by J.V. Anderton
W. Hockey to Play Pair at St. Lawrence

By ryan February 23, 2001

With four games remaining, the Big Red women’s ice hockey team (6-13-1 ECAC, 9-15-1 overall) is in a must-win situation to keep its playoff hopes alive. The squad travels to Canton, NY to face St. Lawrence (14-4-2 ECAC, 18-6-3 overall) on Saturday and Sunday. Currently, the Saints are ranked third in the ECAC, while the Red sits in the eleventh hole. Cornell must win its last four games in order to have any chance at earning the eighth playoff spot. Right now, Niagara currently holds that last playoff opening with 20 points. The Red, with 13 points, needs four wins and eight points in order to leapfrog Princeton, Maine, and Niagara. Of course, this is assuming losses by all three of those teams, so the outlook for the Red is grim. St. Lawrence enters the weeend on a roll, having won four of its five last contests, but the Saints are far from invincible. Just last weekend, before the Black Bears of Maine appeared in Lynah Rink, they upset St. Lawrence on its own rink. The Big Red needs the same type of result, only two times over. Although Cornell was not the victor, last weekend’s matches against UNH and Maine proved that the Red can skate with anyone. There were some costly mistakes, but both games ended with only a one-goal differential, and the team played very well. By not gaining any points last weekend, the Red has dug itself a hole, but being in a must-win situation ought to provide an extra spark of motivation for back-to-back games against a difficult opponent. The Red recently received one bit of good news from the injury front. After sitting out for two weekends with a concussion, junior defenseman Eva Nahorniak will return to the ice against the Saints. Her presence will certainly help the squad, which has been plagued with injuries all season. Archived article by Kelli Larsen