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March 4, 2004

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Domo Arigato, Mr. Proboto

By wpengine | March 4, 2004

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Polo Hosts Toronto Squads

By wpengine March 5, 2004

The Cornell women’s polo team is definitely not used to being the underdog heading into its matches. Having completed its regular season undefeated against collegiate opponents, the Red is now the favorite to win its fifth consecutive national title. However, prior to making their gallop towards the championship, the women will arguably assume just that role as they face their greatest challenge of the year, the Toronto Polo Club, tomorrow night at Oxley. No matter how strong the Cornell team has been the past few years, Toronto has always been able to find its Achilles’ heel, becoming the only team to consistently beat the Red over the past few years. “They are a pretty good force,” described head coach David Eldredge ’81 about his upcoming opponent. “It will be quite a challenge for the [Cornell] women.” Coming off a back and forth game and a 13-12 victory against its chief rival at Virginia, the Red will be using the next couple of weeks to prepare for the upcoming national tournament. Specifically, the women will first be focusing on maintaining their consistent high level of play that they have displayed throughout the season. “We felt like we were in a flat zone. We didn’t want to peak to early,” Eldredge said about his team’s consistent play over the last several weeks. “There was no doubt in [his players’] heads that they were not going to win the past few games.” Yet, with the tournament just two weeks away, the team will also now begin to concentrate on building up to its highest level of play. “We’ve set this weekend up as the one when we start getting up that hill heading towards our peak,” Eldredge said. “We’re now trying to get up for nationals.” Already, the coach has observed this change in his players, which makes him unconcerned about any prospect of a lull in their play before they make the title run. “I’m not worried about a flat spot,” Eldredge commented. “At practice on Tuesday I could see a difference in attitude and the way they walk … they’re a little more intense and focused. They’ve got a little more life to their step.” The men’s team will also face the Toronto club this evening. Though this game should not be as great a test for the Cornell men as the women will experience, the club team will still put up some good competition. “It should be a challenge, but without the high tension that we had last week at Virginia,” Eldredge said . “I’m looking forward to it.” Like the women, the men will also have the top seed heading into the national tournament and will use the next two games to perfect their play. Specifically, the team has been working on its communication and consistency. “We’re focusing on getting Nick [Grew] totally into the fold and getting him more consistent with the way he played last game,” Eldredge said. The coach also praised senior Senter Johnson for becoming more consistent throughout the season. Johnson scored on each of his five penalty shot opportunities at Virginia last week. “We’re trying to put together four good chukkers all at once and to continue to maintain that into nationals,” Eldredge concluded.Archived article by Scott Reich
W. Basketball Wraps Up Season

By wpengine March 5, 2004

And then there were two. Last weekend, the five senior starters on the women’s basketball team (9-16, 4-8 Ivy) put together a stellar performance against Princeton to close out their careers on the East Hill with a 71-61 win over the Tigers. This weekend, Cornell travels to New Haven and Providence, where these seniors will finish off their Ivy League careers on the road in two heated conference match-ups. The first of the two final games will be Cornell vs. Yale (6-19, 3-9). The Elis have been consistently at the bottom of the conference standings all season long, but have had a few surprisingly good performances, including wins over fourth place Harvard and second place Dartmouth. The last time Cornell met Yale, the Red was trailing 32-27 after the Elis had controlled the first half. The Elis shot 46 percent from field goal range and 36 percent from behind the three-point arc. In addition, Yale’s ability to get scoring from a wide range of players off the bench hurt Cornell throughout the game. However, the Red made one of its classic comebacks in the second half, scoring 43 points to take a 70-63 win. Tomorrow, the Red will head to Providence to face Brown (13-12, 9-3), who, in contrast to Yale, has consistently been near the top of the Ivy League standings all season long. The last time these two teams met, the Red endured dominating performances by Brown guard Tanara Golston, who put up 17 points and six rebounds, and forward Nyema Mitchell, who scored 15 points in addition to collecting five blocks and seven rebounds. The Bears won that game, 69-56. The Red also suffered early in the first half in that contest, giving up 43 points by the time the halftime buzzer sounded. So, in addition to failing to contain Golston and Mitchell, arguably Brown’s two biggest threats, the Red was unable to play team defense on the whole, particularly in the first half. For Cornell’s five starting seniors, this will be their last chance to prove themselves against two familiar foes. The Red meets Yale at 7:00 p.m. tonight and Brown at the same time tomorrow. Archived article by Michael Pandolfini