Men’s Basketball Outlasts Colgate in Double-Overtime Thriller
The Red scraped past Colgate, 95-94, a one-point survival that sent students spilling into the aisles, pounding the bleachers and screaming themselves hoarse as the final buzzer sounded.
The Red scraped past Colgate, 95-94, a one-point survival that sent students spilling into the aisles, pounding the bleachers and screaming themselves hoarse as the final buzzer sounded.
The win caps off Cornell’s four-game homestand, which the Red controlled handily — outscoring opponents 17-5 en route to 12 crucial ECAC Hockey points.
The Red jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and never looked back, outshooting the Engineers 34-17 in a dominant 4-1 victory.
Women’s hockey hasn’t scored during five-on-five play in 20 days.
“We use the term all the time: hungry dog gets fed,” Jones said. “If you lay back and you're not hungry, you'll lose an edge. We have to come back with the same intensity and the same mindset to close out this homestand.”
Cornell dominated Lafayette to earn a spot in the second round at the University of Connecticut.
A win against long-time rival Columbia (1-8, 0-6 Ivy) presents the Red (4-5, 3-3 Ivy) with the opportunity to end the season with a bang.
“It's a tough league, and it's tough to win on the road, so you want to win at home,” Jones said. “And the old adage is that winning at home and splitting the road puts you in a really good place. … It’s gonna be a challenge this weekend, for sure.”
The men were able to split the meet, taking down Dartmouth and losing to Harvard. The women’s team fell in both contests.
Cornell disarmed Army’s attack on Tuesday night, pulling away late behind a barrage of threes and a major spark from its bench to claim an 86–73 win in its home opener.
This weekend, the Red clinched a top-two seed in the Ivy League Volleyball Tournament for the first time since 2018.
While the men fell short of their stated goal of qualification to nationals, finishing ninth, the women exceeded expectations.
The Red opened its season with a challenging 64–38 loss to Bryant and returned to the road to take on the University of Pittsburgh four days later.
With eight games played and eight games won, the Red has seen unprecedented successes, scoring 404 points across the season and proving itself to be an elite collegiate rugby team.
Dryden’s legacy runs deeper than his prowess in goal. Dryden’s teammates, friends and family members gathered as Cornell faced Brown to honor the memory of not just a standout athlete, but a stand-up man.
Though it didn't receive an auto-bid and first round bye, the Red now looks to the first round of the NCAA Tournament on home turf.