CORNELL NOTES: No. 17 Men’s Hockey Set to Open Second Half With Nebraska-Omaha
“I feel like when you're on the ice, you're kind of expressing yourself by the mask,” said freshman goaltender Alexis Cournoyer. “If you have a pretty cool mask, you know, [if] you look good, you play good.”
On Sunday, Ithaca College Athletics announced that the Bombers head coach Michael Toerper will depart from the program to accept The John B. and Ann M. Rogers '45 Defensive Coordinator of Cornell Football.
“I was always around the game,” DiGiulian said. “I was just born into it, so I was lucky to have all the resources.”
Men's swim won the meet, posting 2147.5 points, while the women's team finished in second place.
In a game defined by wild momentum swings, blistering scoring stretches and a raucous Southern crowd, Cornell built an eight-point second-half lead before Samford stormed back.
“I don’t think any team in our league is good enough to have those lapses. It was almost maybe too easy early on and maybe we were rolling too good, and that message — even though you try to get that across to them as a coach — doesn’t resonate until you start having these tough patches.”
With a third of the season through, The Sun recapped some statistics from the men’s basketball season so far.
“We didn't want to go in[to the break] with that sour taste in our mouth, because [of] last night. I thought we responded and showed the character we needed to show.”
“One of the things our team is learning is that there’s such a small room for margin of error."
Women’s hockey outshot Quinnipiac 34-18, had three power-play chances to the Bobcats one, and dominated play throughout the second half of the game. But faced with a red-hot goaltender, Cornell could not find a way to put the puck in the back of the net.
“We haven't looked young a lot this year. We looked young tonight.”
“Two of the best teams in the country coming into town this weekend, it will be a real test to see where we’re at right now,” Derraugh said.
“Tough buildings to play in, but you kind of want to get in those environments. It's a little bit more fun."
The men's and women's track events will no longer be open to unattached athletes to compete in, sparking controversy.
See all the action in photos by hockey beat photographer Grady Millones.
The weekend marked a new way for the Red to be inconsistent, but also demonstrated the team’s resilience. After five straight games away from Lynah Rink, the pieces are there for a return to the strong early season form for Cornell.