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November 29, 2001

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On The Wire

By wpengine | November 29, 2001

Although most of us like to consider ourselves to be mature adults, there are numerous times when we readily revert back to childhood for our entertainment pleasures

W. Riders to Battle Skidmore

By wpengine November 30, 2001

The Cornell women’s polo team hosts Skidmore College tonight at Oxley Equestrian Center in a matchup of regional foes. The Red (8-1) returns to action following a two-week hiatus after its fourth straight victory in the annual Bill Field Invitational Tournament. Head coach David Eldredge ’81 anticipates a rather easy match against a relatively inexperienced Skidmore squad. “We’ll probably see a lot of the same things as in the Yale game,” he said of the team’s strategy against Skidmore. Eldredge expects that many of the bench players will see a lot of playing time, particularly in the second half. The men’s polo team was originally scheduled to play tomorrow night against the Thoroughbred men, but Skidmore was forced to forfeit the match due to several injuries to key players. Instead, the Cornell men (5-4) will play the Cornell women in an exhibition match. The women’s polo team, led by All-Americans senior Melissa Riggs and junior Taylor McLean, is a perennial powerhouse with aspirations to repeat as national champions. Senior captain Javier Alcover and sophomore standouts Jeff Markle and Senter Johnson lead the rebuilding men’s team. The all-Cornell affair should be an intriguing matchup between Red squads that have historically dominated the collegiate polo scene. Eldredge said, “Both the men and women are looking forward to the match.”Archived article by Owen Bochner
Fencing Travels to Yale and NIWFAs

By wpengine November 30, 2001

This weekend will be an important one for the fencing team as it hits the road for a contest against rival Yale tomorrow and competes in the NIWFA tournament at Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday. The contests this weekend will not mark the beginning of the season, as the squad did compete in the Temple Open on Nov. 3, but that tournament was largely diagnostic — an opportunity for head coach Al Peters and the team to assess its progress and build for the future. The meat of the season begins tomorrow. “It’s going to be an intense matchup,” sophomore saber squad member Michelle Melnick said of the Yale contest. “We’ve been preparing for it very hard. We’re excited, but confident.” Ivy League contests usually take on high emotional importance, and while the team will not be lacking for motivation tomorrow, it will need far more than that to defeat the Bulldogs. “Yale has three very good squads, and we have three very good squads,” Melnick notes. “So there isn’t just one squad or one player who has to play well this weekend, we all do.” While the Yale contest perhaps jumps out on the calendar, the NIWFA tournament on Sunday will also be a crucial test for the squad early in the season. The tournament boasts a collection of many strong teams. The Red will look to duplicate or surpass a strong performance from last year that saw them place three players in the finals. Archived article by Andrew Bernie