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March 2, 2001

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Men's Lacrosse Opens Season

By ryan | March 2, 2001

Since the men’s lacrosse team last left the playing field nearly 10 months ago, it’s undergone a radical facelift.

Once driven by its offense, the graduation of seniors Sean Steinwald ’00 and Chris Packard ’00 —

Softball Goes 3-3 At Dixie Tourney

By ryan March 5, 2001

Opening up its season, the Cornell softball team traveled down to Virginia Beach for the Dixie Championship. Although the team got off to a very slow start on Friday, going 0-2, it came back to win the consolation championship with a 3-1 record on Saturday. Seniors Nicole Zitarelli and Charlotte Brombach were all-tournament selections. The Red opened up the tournament with a 2-0 loss to powerhouse Virginia Tech. In this contest, Zitarelli struck out six batters and allowed only six hits. Virginia Tech’s only score came from Megan Wiley on a two-run double. This loss was followed up by an 8-2 loss to Akron later Friday night. Freshman Kate Varde began her Cornell career quickly nailing a two-run homer in the fourth inning of the Akron game to tie the score. However, the Zips scored six unanswered runs and easily took the game. On the mound, freshman Sarah Sterman allowed seven runs over four innings. In relief, Zitarelli allowed one run, while Jamie Hamilton pitched a scoreless 1.2 innings to end the game. Saturday, the Red came back from its 0-2 record to post a 3-1 record, defeating Elon, Marist and Delaware in the final. Its sole loss came to Radford by a score of 3-1. In the 4-0 shutout of Delaware, Zitarelli allowed three hits and no walks to win the game. Offensively, senior Allison Batten and Varde each had one RBI in the third inning, while Erin Sweeney drove in Kristen Hricenak in the fourth. The final run came from Brombach, who scored on a wild pitch. The Red will return to the road next weekend as they travel to Drexel on Saturday at 1 p.m. en route to St. Joseph’s on Sunday at 12 p.m.Archived article by Kristen Haunss
Fencing Performs at IFAs

By ryan March 5, 2001

Last weekend, women’s fencing captured eighth place overall at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association championships held at Harvard University. At the end of an arduous competition, the Red finished a respectable nineth and 14th in the foil and sabre standings, respectively. However, the best performance of the weekend was achieved in the epee event, in which the Red secured second place. Stephanie Glaser was the team’s top epee performer in the first day at the championships. She placed first in her qualifying group with a 10-3 record and finished positive18 in touches for the day. Other notable performances in the epee competition include Patricia Blumenauer, who finished third in her qualifying group with a 10-3 record. Roopa Rangi finished seventh in her group with a 7-6 record but had a negative 2 rating. In the sabre competition, Kata Mihaly led the Big Red with a 4-9 record and a negative 10 rating. Elinor Granzow was also 4-9 for the day, but ended at negative 13. Lily Nierenberg finished the competition with a 2-11 record and a -28 rating. In the foil competition, Ellyn Rajfer and Tara Hatami were both 6-7 for the day with -4 ratings. Women’s fencing’s 2000-2001 season concludes Sunday, Mar. 11, at the Northeast Regional championships at Boston College. Archived article by Kris Rajan