The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/category/sports/)
For Cornell women’s basketball, the pandemic has catapulted young players into leadership roles and created new opportunities for those who graduated in the midst of cancelled seasons. For guards Shannon Mulroy and Kate Samrac, they are certainly making the most out of these unexpected circumstances.
After beating Nazareth College last weekend for its fifth first-place finish of the season, Cornell equestrian sits atop its region after the fall season.
Cornell brought the Kelley-Harkness Cup back to Ithaca for a third consecutive time, defeating Boston University, 6-4, in the 8th edition of Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden.
“I was so excited to finally have a real season and settle into a routine here at Cornell,” said junior guard Olivia Snyder. “Even though we are a new group, I have full confidence in my teammates and our ability to win as a team.”
The Red squared off against two top 10 teams, falling to No. 6 Quinnipiac but rebounding to defeat No 10. Princeton.
Cornell defeated Stanford in Rob Koll’s return to Ithaca.
Following a five-point weekend, the Daily Sun sports team chose Matt Stienburg, Nate McDonald and Max Andreev as their three stars.
Students from various sports teams discuss the thrills and challenges of returning to regular practice and competition schedules this fall.
Cornell rode a 14 save shutout by Nate McDonald to a 3-0 victory over Yale.
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.
Brown took Cornell to overtime, but Matt Stienburg won it for Cornell 58 seconds into the extra period.
