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Cornell Women’s Basketball Finishes Season Fifth in Ivy League
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The Red were defeated by Yale and Brown on the road, failing to end their season on a high note. But the team is now motivated to work hard going into the offseason.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/oliviamattyasovsky/)
The Red were defeated by Yale and Brown on the road, failing to end their season on a high note. But the team is now motivated to work hard going into the offseason.
The Cornell women’s basketball team had a weekend of highs and lows as the team hosted Penn and Princeton for two very special nights. On Friday, the Red welcomed the Quakers, who entered the contest second in the league. The Quakers had previously beat the Red, 65-50, in the last meeting in Philadelphia.
One of the strengths of the Cornell women’s basketball team has been its team chemistry and balanced scoring. This Saturday however, the spotlight is on one player — guard Maddie Campbell. The team’s lone senior, Campbell, will play her last game in Newman Arena against the Princeton Tigers.
The women’s basketball team had another trip away from Ithaca this past weekend, traveling to Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday. The women have four games left in the regular season but this was the last time they faced either the Green or the Crimson. Going into the weekend Cornell was ranked third in the Ivy League, but after losing both contests — on Friday to Dartmouth, 60-52, and then on Saturday to Harvard, 68-63 — the Red left sitting in fifth place in the conference standings with a record of 5-5 against Ivy League opponents. “It was an interesting shift being on the road,” said junior forward Nicholle Aston. “But that doesn’t account for the poor result we had.
“Really, this upcoming weekend is big for us,” said senior guard Maddie Campbell. “We need to work on our rebounding and forward defense.”
Coming off a two-win weekend over Columbia, the Cornell women’s basketball team looks to keep the momentum going against Harvard and Dartmouth this coming weekend. The two wins over the Lions have Cornell perched atop the Ivy League standings alongside rival Yale.
Since students left for winter break, the men’s and women’s squash teams have played five matches, including three against Ivy League opponents. The men’s team went 1-4 over the break, winning against Brown and taking losses from Yale, Trinity, Columbia and St. Lawrence. Though the losses to Ivy League opponents were tough, the match against Trinity was the real test of the break. Trinity is currently ranked No.
After earning a hard fought win against Brown last weekend, Cornell volleyball traveled through New England this weekend to play Harvard and Dartmouth. On Friday in Cambridge, the Red didn’t have enough momentum to beat the Crimson and dropped the match, 3-0. The three set match ended 25-16, 25-9, 26-24. After an outstanding performance last weekend with a personal record for hits, freshman Carla Sganderlla remained consistent, adding five kills for the Red in only three sets. Junior Macey Wilson also led way, earning eight kills for a .333 kill percentage.