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Junior forward Ben Berard recorded both of Cornell’s goals, striking in the second period and in overtime to lead the Red in a big upset of top-ranked Quinnipiac.
Junior forward Matt Stienburg became the third different Cornell player to record a hat trick this season after junior forward Ben Berard and senior forward Max Andreev.
Cornell raced out to a 13-0 lead, but a 34-6 scoring stretch for Columbia put the game out of reach for the Red.
“It hasn’t hit that this is going to be last week,” said fifth-year quarterback Richie Kenney. “I’m sure those feelings will set in more Saturday.”
The Red could not replicate its upset from two years prior, falling to Dartmouth in its seventh loss of the season.
Cornell raced out to a 2-0 lead, but the Crimson responded with three unanswered goals to steal the win, 3-2.
Early turnovers by Cornell and resulting touchdowns off those turnovers allowed Princeton to race out to a 21-0 lead by the early part of the second quarter.
“We’re expecting big things from them,” said senior captain Brenden Locke. “Obviously, we lost a lot of key guys, but we have the next-man-up mentality, and I think those guys are going to fill in nicely. They have showed up and bought into culture. There’s been no messing around with them.”
After dropping its first four games, Cornell’s offense finally exploded, propelling the team to its first win of the season.
“We know who we are, and we know where we came from,” said senior running back Devon Brewer. “If anything, I’d say we’re more fired up now than we’ve ever been.”