Women's Lacrosse
Women’s Lacrosse Narrowly Loses to Brown, Looking to Clinch Spot in Ivy League Tournament During Dartmouth Game
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Women’s lacrosse lost a tight contest against Brown this past Saturday, 12-11.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/womens-lacrosse/page/2/)
The Cornell women’s lacrosse was officially recoginized by the University as a varsity sport in 1972. They are currently coached by Jenny Graap ’86, who has led the team to one Ivy League Title, one NCAA Final Four appearance and has coached 80 all-ivy selections.
Women’s lacrosse lost a tight contest against Brown this past Saturday, 12-11.
With only two more Ivy games before the Ivy League tournament from May 6 to 8, the Red currently ranks in third place in the conference standings.
“We tried to learn our lessons and move on from the Jacksonville loss quickly so we could be prepared to bring out [our] best against Penn.”
Women’s lacrosse had a bounce-back weekend, handling Columbia with ease, 23-8.
“Coming off our first home game win from Colgate felt really good,” said senior defender Ciara Frawley. “Both sides of the ball dominated and it was truly a team win. We went into the fourth quarter with confidence and it allowed us to play loosely.”
The Red could not hold onto a late lead, allowing four unanswered goals to lose, 13-12.
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The Red (14-4) won its first NCAA tournament game since 2002 on Friday, playing under the bright lights in Schoellkopf in front of a rowdy home Cornell crowd. The team advances to the quarterfinals Sunday.
On Sunday, the Red earned a victory over rival No. 12 Penn to win the tournament and bring the Ivy League Tournament trophy to Ithaca for the first time in Cornell Athletics history. On Friday, the Red defeated Princeton in overtime to advance to the championship game.
It was a closely contested game, and several times it appeared as though the Red would finally take the lead. However, on Saturday the No. 18 Cornell women’s lacrosse team (11-4, 5-2 Ivy) dropped its last game of the regular season in a heartbreaking 10-6 loss to No. 14 University of Pennsylvania (12-3, 6-1 Ivy). With the win, Penn claimed a share of the regular season Ivy League title with Princeton as well as a top seeding and hosting rights for the Ivy League tournament.