NCAAs Notebook: Men’s Hockey Faces Boston University in Regional Final
No. 16 Men’s hockey is slated to face No. 8 Boston University in the NCAA Tournament regional final at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
No. 16 Men’s hockey is slated to face No. 8 Boston University in the NCAA Tournament regional final at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
“I think for a team like ourselves, you're always going to be the lower seed. But at the same time, the goal is not to make the NCAA [tournament — the goal is to win the NCAA championship.”
16 teams will battle for a national champions. Cornell is one of them.
No. 16 Men’s hockey is slated to face No. 1 Michigan State in the NCAA tournament regional semifinal at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
“I was done last year,” Schafer said. “I was ready to retire. I thought it was awesome that we won a championship. … I had another year left in me.”
The Red also celebrated the selection of four gymnasts for GEC honors which are awards given to gymnasts in the conference based on their performance in the regular season. Beers earned four different selections this year — including three consecutive first-team honors on vault. Beers ended the season ranked fourth overall in the all-around category in the conference.
“This year is exciting because I believe our team is strong enough to compete for a championship relay win, which would be our first Penn Relays title since the ’50s,” Tisinger said.
“The scoreboard resets, all the numbers come off. You have to quickly turn the switch and focus on game two,” head coach Julie Farlow ’97 said.
Cornell baseball traveled to Yale University to play a three games series starting Saturday and ending Sunday. The Red were able to overall best the Bulldogs, winning the series 2-1.
While the Red (6-1, 2-0 Ivy) took a 19-14 victory over Yale on Saturday, each of the three teams polled above Cornell last week were upset.
“I'm very grateful for this season,” Schafer said. “And it's not over.”
In the team’s first road conference match, Kirst netted nine goals to break his own single-game high, previously set at seven on March 2, 2024 against Ohio State.
"I thought we showed our mettle and something we took a lot of pride in all year long is battling through games to come back. We just couldn’t get it done in the third.”
"Our team — they just believed.”
“If there is a Cornell person in the audience right now just stop lying — it is a very bad look for you,” Ashurst said, referring to the impacts on PFAS. “PFAS are toxins and they are literally killing the human and animal life cycles.”
With a win, the Red would advance to Sunday’s national championship game.