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M. Icers Host Canadians in Exhibition

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After the men’s hockey team took a strong U.S. Under-18 National Team to overtime last Saturday, finishing the game with the score knotted at 3, Lynah Rink will be the site of another preseason exhibition matchup tonight.
This week’s opponent is also a collection of elite skaters, but the University of Western Ontario crossed a national boundary to get to Ithaca.
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Tonight’s contest will be the Red’s second and final exhibition match before conference play begins in two weeks.

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Red Tops Preseason Basketball Polls

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The media have spoken — the league office released the 2008-09 preseason poll results Tuesday morning. Garnering 128 points off of 16 first-place votes, the men’s basketball team is the unanimous choice to win the Ivy League title for the second year in a row.
Perennial title contender Penn is the Red’s closest competition, with 110 points putting the Quakers in second place at the end of the season. Rounding out the men’s basketball media predictions are Yale, Harvard, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth and Princeton.

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Lineup Changes Prove Futile as M. Soccer Falls Late to Colgate

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Ithaca wasn’t the only place in New York where the wintry mix blues descended last night, as the men’s soccer team dropped a 2-0 contest to in-state rival Colgate amid cold, rainy weather in Hamilton, N.Y.
As the Red (1-11, 0-3 Ivy) kicked off a three-game road trip, the Raiders (8-4-2, 3-1 Patriot League) continued their two-game winning streak at home against long-time rival Cornell. Thanks to the weather, the style of play in last night’s matchup corresponded to the rivalry.

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Men’s icers tie Under-18 National Team after only one day of practice

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Saturday night, the stands at Lynah Rink filled up to see the men’s hockey team in action for the first time this year, as the Red played to a 3-3 tie against the U.S. National Under-18 Team. The exhibition was the earliest one scheduled by an Ivy League team.
Though the Red offense overmatched Team USA by a mile statistically — holding the shooting edge, 32-16 — the youngsters from across the country still managed to pace the scoring on Saturday. Cornell held the lead for only 31 seconds in the contest.

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Woes Continue as Men’s Soccer Falls to Penn St.

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With the men’s soccer team down 3-0 to visiting Penn St. in the final minutes of last night’s contest, someone in the bleachers yelled, “Make it happen!”
Sophomore midfielder Scott Caldwell followed instructions, booting a shot from the left side that made it past the Penn St. goalie just before the final buzzer. But it was too little, too late. The Red (1-9, 0-2 Ivy) had just given up two goals to the Nittany Lions (4-7-2, 1-2 Big Ten) in the last 10 minutes of the game, and a comeback was not in store for the home team.

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Men See Improvement from Last Year's Loss

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The more things change, the more they stay the same for the men’s soccer team. The squad fell to Harvard on Saturday, 2-0, at Ohiri Field in Cambridge, Mass. A year ago, the Red gave up three goals within an eight-minute span to fall to the Crimson, 4-1, on Oct. 6, 2007.
This time around, despite the graduation of much of last year’s Cornell starting lineup, the matchup was more competitive.
“A loss is a loss, and you can only be so positive about it,” said senior defender Dan McKallagat. “But we were much more competitive [with Harvard] this year than last year. Unlike last year, where really we were on our heels for the whole 90 minutes, there were stretches [on Saturday] where we looked like the better team … where we were able to control the ball.”

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New York, New York: Tennis Teams Head to City for Break

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While many Cornell students will be gallivanting around New York City during Fall Break, the tennis teams will be making a trip of their own to the city that never sleeps after two idle weeks.
While the men’s team heads to the Dick Savitt Tennis Center to compete in the Columbia Invitational, which runs from tomorrow through Sunday, the women’s team will be in Flushing, Queens, for the Women’s College Tennis Invitational.

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M. Soccer Expecting Pereira, Parsons to Fill Gaps in Lineup

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Both tall and lanky at around 6-0, their soccer backgrounds are based on technique more than physical play. Other than their jobs on the field — Pereira plays forward and Parsons is a defender — the roommates do almost everything together, with the routine of soccer and homework interrupted mainly with talk about… soccer.

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Take Me Home, I Don’t Remember

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There are three freshmen on the women’s soccer team — forward Brook Chang and midfielders Abigail Apistolas and Kelsey MacDonald — who don’t seem to have much in common when you first take a look at their playing styles.
“The three of them are very different players,” said head coach Danielle LaRoche. “Brook is an attacking minded player. She loves to go at defenders. She loves to take them one-to-one. She is a natural goal-scorer.”

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Sprint Football Takes On Perennial Rival Navy

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The sprint football team heads to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., this weekend for its highly anticipated CSFL opener tomorrow against defending league champion Navy.
Since 2004, either the Red or the Midshipmen have won the title every year.
After a 16-10 overtime win against Navy in 2006, the Red fell to the Midshipmen in last year’s Pride Bowl, 35-14. The loss in Union, N.J., ended an eight-game win streak for the Red.
The two teams are coming both coming off of wins — against different types of opponents, both squads relied on tough defense to grab solid wins.
Cornell steamrolled over first-year CSFL program Mansfield, 35-0. Mansfield only had possession for 21:06, and the Red defense only gave up 14 yards of total offense, including -58 rushing yards.