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September 10, 2001

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Women Start Campaign on Right Foot With 3-0 Rout of Lafayette

By ryan | September 10, 2001

After a disappointing campaign in 2000, women’s soccer was looking for a quick start to this year’s season at Lafayette yesterday.

What it got was two goals in the season’s first six minutes and a solid 3-0 win against a tough Leopards squad.

The Red made a strong statement very early when senior Andrea Madison scored one minute and 40 seconds into the game. Junior Cailin Rice fed her teammate in the box, and Madison finished with a shot to the low left corner from 12 yards out.

The scoring continued and the momentum shifted for good at the 5:43 mark when sophomore Alicia Doolittle took a ball from co-captain Sarah Olsen, beat her defender, and tallied a goal in the right side of the net.

The offensive onslaught endured throughout the contest, as Cornell out-shot the scrambling Leopards, 15-9. Lafayette goalie Marissa Mullins was tested constantly and ended a tough day with seven saves.

The Red also won the battle in front of its own net as the defense held its ground and remained stingy from start to finish.

By keeping Lafayette’s shots on goal to single digits, the Red made it very hard for the hosts to get in the game at any point in either half.

Co-captain Julie DeMichele and senior Ellen Daly led the revamped Cornell defense to its impressive opening game shutout.

Freshmen goalkeeper Katie Thomas also showed much promise, stonewalling the Patriot League opponent’s efforts at getting back in the game. The contest was an important test for the first year netminder and Thomas responded with six big saves on the day.

Caitlin Ramsey added the exclamation point to a propitious first game, scoring the Red’s third goal midway through the second half.

Rice garnered her second assist in the game when Ramsey took a pass off her foot and beat the keeper to the low left corner of an opened net.

The Red now starts what some call a rebuilding year with increased expectations for this young squad and an encouraging 1-0 record.

Cornell says aloha to the humid Ithaca weather and heads southward to the Hawaii Invitational next weekend.

Archived article by Scott Jones

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By ryan September 11, 2001

There wasn’t much to do early last Saturday night. It was 6:45, the U.S. Open men’s semifinals held some allure (although Sampras was spanking Safin), next week’s class readings weren’t any more appealing, and nothing was going on for at least three hours — more likely four. Yet I had tentatively promised to stop by the men’s soccer game against Colgate. Rather than subjecting myself to complete boredom, I decided to try my luck with the game. I took my student ID and walked up to Berman Field, thereby guaranteeing that I would be casually late and sure to find at least one of The Sun’s men’s soccer beat writers. When I reached the field it was 7:18, and there was 33:47 left in the first half. Not only could I not find any of the beat writers, I couldn’t even find a seat! After walking the length of the bleachers and half way back, I finally recognized a familiar face. As I maneuvered to where my friends were sitting, they even had to scootch over so I could get both cheeks on the bench. Eventually I had to move down a row to avoid asphyxiation. How did this happen? Yes, Cornell has a pretty decent soccer team; yes, it was a nice day; yes, it was a convenient time. But I had gone to games in the past under similar conditions, when claustrophobics could have attended without any fear and where you only scootched over if you spilled your drink. But never had I previously witnessed the raucous atmosphere —
F. Hockey Trounces Albany

By ryan September 11, 2001

According to head coach Michelle Tambroni, “This was a revenge game.” With last year’s bitter 4-2 road loss still fresh in the minds of many upperclassmen, the Cornell field hockey team exploded for six goals yesterday at Schoellkopf Field to defeat Albany 6-1 in the 2001 home opener and improve its record to 2-1. The Red was paced by junior Sarah Rosenbaum, who led the way with a hat trick and an assist. The young team wasted no time early in the game, with sophomore Carissa Mirasol scoring at the 2:20 mark by taking a pass from classmate Lindsay Grace. Just less than three minutes later, Grace scored the second goal on a beautiful penalty corner to give the Red an early 2-0 lead. Senior co-captain Ashleigh Snelson directed the original hit to Rosenbaum, who passed to Grace for the open-net goal. From then on, it was all Rosenbaum, as she scored the next three Cornell goals. Her third goal came on an assist from Snelson at the 49:57 mark to complete the hat trick. Her dominance was mirrored by the rest of the team, as Cornell outshot Albany 21-7 and controlled the field throughout the game. Albany’s Amy Hammer scored with the clock reading 0:00 just before halftime, beating sophomore goaltender Kaitlin Tierney, for the Danes’ lone goal, bringing the score to 4-1. This was as close as Albany would get. After Rosenbaum completed the hat trick, Tambroni got many of the reserves playing time, including several of the freshmen on the roster. Rookie Jamie Woolsey opened many eyes in the crowd with electrifying play. Junior Samantha Ade rounded out the scoring at the 62:36 mark on an assist from Woolsey for her first career goal. After the game, Snelson reflected on the impressive win. “We needed a game like this to give us some confidence, this game is huge right now for us,” she said. Speaking of Rosenbaum, Snelson commented, “Everyone feeds off of her energy.” Rosenbaum herself had words following her impressive performance. “I came out to play today, the whole team came out ready to play,” she said. She noted the team’s goal is to “beat teams that beat us [last year].” Interestingly enough, this was a new position for Rosenbaum, who has just become a striker. Tambroni spoke of the team’s depth and its dominant play altogether. Speaking of Rosenbaum, Tambroni said, “Before the game, she said, ‘I want my hat trick today,’ and I said, OK, that’s fine.” Tambroni also added words of caution, acknowledging, “We have to be more aggressive on defense.” This game could be an important stepping stone for the Red, looking to turn it around from a sub .500 season last year. With solid goaltending and impressive depth, it hopes to be a force this year. An important test will come on Sunday, when Cornell hosts Kent State (2-2), which is coming off a 19-4 season and has made the NCAA tournament three consecutive years. Archived article by Matt Nassr