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October 26, 2001

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Cross-Country Looks for Heps Bragging Rights

By wpengine | October 26, 2001

It’s time.

After nearly two months of races that haven’t counted for much of anything, when the cross-country teams line up today at the Heptagonal Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, they’ll have their eyes on the prize —

Sprints Fall to Penn, 41-3

By wpengine October 29, 2001

The Penn sprint football team (3-1, 1-1 CSFL) ensured there would be no fourth quarter thriller this time around, trouncing Cornell, 41-3. While the Red offense found a number of gears it hadn’t reached earlier in the season, it continued to make mistakes which sealed its fate. For the first time this season, Cornell (2-3, 1-2 CSFL) outgained its opponent in yards, 219-208, but time and again could not move from the red zone to the end zone. “We felt like we could beat that team,” sophomore Dean Coccaro said. “But as soon as we got off the bus, they jumped out in front, and that set the tone. After that, our intensity wasn’t the same.” After only one quarter, Mark Gannon carried the Quakers to a 21-0 lead on three short touchdown runs. He finished with 102 yards and four touchdowns. Penn capitalized on each one of the Red’s four turnovers. Four of its five scoring possessions started inside the Cornell 35-yard line. “We weren’t really ready to go,” junior defensive back Greg Drakos admitted. “We had an easy game against Princeton [a 27-6 win] and shortened practices this week. We didn’t take this game seriously enough.” Early in second quarter, Penn scored again on a 12-yard quarterback keeper. The Red finally got on the board late in the first half when freshman Chris Garnic kicked a 36-yard field goal, but in the third quarter, junior quarterback Charlie Tam fumbled the ball as he was hit, and the Penn defense recorded the team’s fifth touchdown of the night. “We were definitely able to move the ball, but we just kept stalling in the red zone,” Coccaro noted. “If our passing game would come around, we would be a force to be reckoned with.” Senior tri-captain Sunil Gupta recorded 52 yards through the air while Coccaro continued his impressive season with 124 yards on the ground. “Our offensive line is coming around and picking up its blocking assignments,” Coaccaro added. “And [senior] Brian Allen is a great fullback and a great blocker.” Cornell hopes to solve its scoring woes during practice this week, in preparation for its season finale against Army at Schoellkopf Field.Archived article by Sumeet Sarin
Women's Soccer Fall 1-0 in Final Minutes

By wpengine October 29, 2001

The Cornell women’s soccer team nearly spoiled Princeton’s unbeaten Ivy league mark this Saturday, only to watch the Tigers punch in a game-winning goal with 1:26 left. The final score in one of the Red’s finest efforts of the year was 1-0. A first half that saw the Red dominate at mid-field, frustrating Princeton’s offensive rhythm and allowing for a more potent Cornell attack, has characterized this season’s team. At the outset of the second half, the Tigers seemed to adjust to Cornell’s crowding of the middle third of the field and started getting off better shots, testing Cornell keeper freshman Katie Thomas incessantly. “[Katie] really kept us in the game,” said junior co-captain Sarah Olsen, “and the defense really played amazingly even when [Princeton] was attacking more.” While the Cornell defense was steadily falling back into a high pressure defensive set, the Tigers increased their own pressure on the other side of the ball. “It was great to watch us really come together in the second half,” said Thomas of Princeton’s second half onslaught. “We really wanted to be the ones to upset them, and it showed.” When the smoke had begun to clear with just a few minutes left Princeton had rattled off 29 unsuccessful shots in the game (to Cornell’s 10), and Thomas stopping 13 of them. However, with just under a minute and a half left in regulation, junior forward Krista Arniss capitalized on a moment of confusion in front of Cornell’s net and sailed a ball over Thomas’s head from 25 yards out. “[Thomas] got her hands on it,” said Olsen of the heart-breaking image, “but it just seemed to keep going.” Princeton had coaxed the Red into its own little game of Russian roulette and the 30th bullet turned out to be lethal. The Red now stands at 3-5-3 overall (1-3-1 Ivy) while Princeton ups its mark to 11-1-1 overall (5-0 Ivy). When asked how Saturday’s near upset has affected Cornell’s psyche Olsen was quick to comment, “We now know that if we can play this way, with this type of effort, we can win the remainder of our schedule.” Cornell’s next chance at victory comes tomorrow, when it heads to Bucknell for a 3 p.m. match. Archived article by Scott Jones