By wpengine October 20, 2003
Freshman tailback Michael Fullowan continued his all-out assault on opposing defenses Friday night, as the sprint football team (2-2) trounced Princeton (0-4), 47-8, on Schoellkopf Field for its second victory of the year. Fullowan scored three touchdowns and combined with junior John Falzone for 204 yards of rushing to lead the Red offense. On the defensive end, senior co-captain Billy Mascaro recorded seven tackles and a fumble recovery, while freshmen Eli Northup, Timothy LaFrance, and LaRue Robinson each had an interception during the game. Cornell raced out to a 23-0 first half lead, as Fullowan scored all three of his touchdowns in succession. Junior placekicker Chris Garnic added to the lead late in the second quarter with a 37-yard field goal. Garnic holds the Red’s career record for field goals with 16. The Tigers scored its only points during the third quarter, when Matt Worley scored on a 57-yard run. Princeton quarterback Dennis Bakke completed a pass to Adam Farren for a two-point conversion to cut the Cornell lead to 23-8. However, the Red’s assault continued, as sophomore quarterback Alec Macauley found senior Henry Kim for a 12-yard touchdown reception later in the third quarter. Before the period was over, Falzone scored the first of his two touchdowns of the game to give Cornell a 40-8 lead going into the fourth quarter. Falzone completed the damage in the fourth quarter with his second touchdown of the game. In all, the Red compiled 338 yards of total offense while holding Princeton to just 203. With its second win this season against the Tigers, Cornell improved to 2-2 on the year, equaling its win total from 2002. Cornell’s 47 points were also five more than the total number of points scored in all of 2002. This is the second time this season the Red has accomplished this feat. The other time was also against Princeton, in a 46-18 win Sept. 26 in Princeton. The Red returns to action Friday with another CSFL game, as the team takes on Penn at Franklin Field. Up next for Princeton is Navy. The Midshipmen beat the Red, 45-14, on Oct. 10.Archived article by Owen Bochner
By wpengine October 20, 2003
Three days into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional, three Cornellians remain alive, and will hope to take advantage of homecourt when the quarterfinals begin tomorrow. Sixteenth-seeded senior Zach Gallin is the lone Red representative still alive in the main singles draw after yesterday’s play. He won both of his matches yesterday, defeating Columbia’s Rohan Saika, 7-6(5), 7-6(7), in the third round, before rolling over Binghamton’s Dan Hanegby, 6-0, 6-3, in the round of 16. “Zach had a really tough match this morning,” said Cornell head coach Barry Schoonmaker. “He played well enough on the big points to get through, though. In the second match, he played great.” On the doubles side, the third-ranked doubles team of Josh Raff and Nic Brunner dispatched the Boston College pair of Justin Slattery and Chris McCoy, 8-6, in yesterday’s third round match. The pair will play No. 5 Penn State pair Barry and Scatliffe in the quarterfinals this morning at 9:30 a.m. Elsewhere in the doubles draw yesterday, Gallin and senior Scott Spencer fell in a tough proset, 9-8 (5), to No. 8 Brown team Goddard and Pasanen. “Zach and Scott played a heartbreaking, tough match today,” Schoonmaker said. Other day three highlights included two upsets in the main singles draw. No. 13 Reed Hagmann of Colgate continued his impressive run of the weekend, ousting No. 1 Andreas Laulund of Virginia Tech in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6(1). In addition, Virginia Tech’s 17th-seeded Angel Diankov beat No. 12 Nick Goldberg of Brown, 6-4, 7-5. Overall, the tournament has not been much of a success for Cornell’s entrants. Out of six players in the singles draw, only Gallin advanced past the second round. “We definitely didn’t play our best this weekend,” admitted Schoonmaker, who anticipates a change of fortune once the spring season begins. “It’s the most demanding schedule we’ve had since I’ve been here.” The ITA regional tournament will conclude with the championship matches tomorrow. The winning doubles team and the singles finalists will advance to the ITA national championship, to be held next month. For Schoonmaker and the Red, though, the end of this week’s event will represent a major source of relief. “[Hosting this tournament] is more work that I ever imagined,” Schoonmaker said. “On the other hand, it’s such a great opportunity to bring all these awesome players up to Cornell. It shows we’re really serious about tennis here.”Archived article by Owen Bochner