The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/shandhaliwal/page/3/)
Coming off a dominant 15-goal win at Dartmouth this past Saturday, the Red (4-4, 1-2 Ivy) now turn its attention to Harvard (5-5, 1-1 Ivy). The Crimson will come to Schoellkopf on Saturday.
The Cornell men’s lacrosse team continued Ivy League play over the break, losing to Penn the first weekend but picking up a win against Dartmouth this past Saturday. The Red (4-4, 1-2 Ivy) has five more games left in the regular season, including three more against Ivy opponents.
The Cornell men’s lacrosse team continues Ivy League play this weekend with a game against Penn, looking to regain positive momentum after the team’s loss to Yale last weekend. The loss marked the first time the Red had fallen to the Bulldogs since 1999.
The Cornell men’s lacrosse team dropped a match to No. 3 Yale this past Saturday, 15-9, worsening its record to 3-3 for the season. This is the first time the Bulldogs have defeated the Red in the regular season since 1999. “For most of the game, we were pretty sharp on offense and created opportunities,” said freshman attack Colton Rupp, who had a hat trick in the game to continue his stellar rookie campaign. “I think in the second half we got a little insistent and started turning the ball over a little too much and I think that made a difference there,” Rupp said.
The Cornell men’s lacrosse team improved to 2-2 with a win this past weekend, upsetting No. 17 Virginia in a 14-10 effort.
No. 17 Virginia (3-3, 0-1 ACC) is much better than what its record might indicate, and the Red (1-2, 0-0 Ivy) will have to come out fighting in order to be successful.
Just like in last year’s defeat, Cornell men’s lacrosse could not muster much offense against Albany’s goalie. Great Danes’ goalkeeper Blaze Riorden finished the game with 18 saves, limiting the Red to just eight goals. Cornell lost the game, 12-8, worsening its season record to 1-2. “It’s not like we weren’t getting opportunities,” said senior midfielder Ryan Matthews. “I think we could have finished more of our shots and taken advantage of more of those.”
Matthews had two goals in the match.
Last year, Albany blasted Cornell, embarrassing the Red at home. With hopes that that defeat is far in that past, Cornell will travel to Albany this weekend to take on the Greyhounds’ high-octane offense.
The Cornell men’s lacrosse team travelled down to West Palm Beach, Fla. this past weekend to play its annual match against Hobart. The Red came away with 10-8 victory in front of 2,000 fans to extend its winning streak against the Statesmen to 12 straight games. Freshman attack Colton Rupp had two of the Red’s 10 goals in the match. “Since we’re a very young team, it was great getting the win,” Rupp said.
East Coast winters can make it tough on a number of sports teams in the area. The Cornell men’s lacrosse team is no exception. Although temperatures are supposed to be quite high this weekend in Ithaca, there is no way to predict these odd changes in weather at the start of the season when teams create their schedules. The Red will take on Hobart this Saturday in West Palm Beach, Fla, marking the first time in the 137-year history of the Cornell-Hobart rivalry that the two teams will play outside of New York State.