The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/category/sports/page/2/)
“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.
After defeating Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in dominating fashion last weekend, the Red look poised to head into its next match ups against Brown and Yale this weekend with confidence at Lynah Rink. Currently, the Red is 4-0 at home but will have to prepare for a long stretch of road games heading into the Thanksgiving holiday.
Cornell fencing could not have hoped for a better start to its season, leaving its first official competition in over 18 months with a perfect 7-0 record.