WINTER 2014

Celebrating 150 Years of Cornell Sports

1970: UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPION TEAM CELEBRATES A WIN

2014: CORNELL CELEBRATES A GOAL

n Wrestling Off to a Strong Start n Basketball Teams on the Rise MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Eight of the top 10 scorers are back in the lineup this season. • The team is looking to defend its championship. • The four non-league home games are against western teams Omaha-Nebraska and Denver. • Four seasoned seniors are back in All-Ivy first- team defenseman Joakim Ryan, and forwards John McCarron, Cole Bardreau and Joel Lowry. • Freshman forwards Jared Fiegl and Dwyer Tschantz were NHL seventh-round draftees.

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NOTES: Three players, Ryan, McCarron and Lowry, turned down professional contracts to return for their senior years…Andy Iles ’14, who played 118 games between the pipes for the Big Red, must be replaced and early-season competitors are sophomore Mitch Gillam and freshman Hayden Stewart.

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29-0 PUT ON ICE FOREVER “There was never any doubt they would be national champs,” said the late at the 1969-70 men’s hockey team postseason banquet. “In my mind, and in theirs, and it started in October. Not cockiness, just desire and determination.” The ’70 Big Red hockey team certainly displayed all of the above, as it took on 29 opponents that season without suffering a defeat. It was the greatest single-season record in U.S. collegiate hockey history, and still is. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the team’s amazing season. At the season-ending banquet the late Dale Corson, Cornell’s president at the time, told the team, “You have done more for Cornell than anything I can imagine.” How did they do it? Hard work certainly was a key, a trademark of Harkness- coached teams. In the last four games of the season, the ECAC and the NCAA championships, the team rallied twice to come from behind and capture the prize. After winning its fourth consecutive ECAC championship at the Boston Garden in March 1970 with a 6-5 triumph over Harvard and a 3-2 victory over Clarkson, the Big Red set it sights on winning a national title. Cornell lost in the 1969 championship game, dropping a tough 4-3 contest to the University of Denver. The scene for the NCAAs was the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid, and the Big Red’s first opponent was Wisconsin, which was making its first appearance in the tournament. The Badgers took a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal in the first period, but Cornell tied the game in the third period on a tally by forward Garth Ryan. The game- winner came with 8:59 remaining, as wing Bill Duthie lifted the puck into the net to give the Big Red a 2-1 victory. Old foe, Clarkson, was waiting for the Big Red after losing four straight to the Ivy Leaguers. As it had done all season long, Cornell used its ferocious forechecking and effective backchecking against the Golden Knights. Over 1,000 Big Red Faithful packed the overflowing 2,200-seat rink. They were startled, as Clarkson scored just 20 seconds into the game. Once again, the Big Red was down, but never out. About four minutes later, wing Larry Fullan tied the game at 1-1. The Red then went ahead on a power-play goal by Garth Ryan. Clarkson knotted the game with a two-man advantage power-play tally. The two teams traded goals in the second period for a 3-3 deadlock. All-American and tournament MVP Dan Lodboa, a defenseman, then took over. He scored a natural hat trick in the first 12 minutes of the final period before Clarkson’s final goal for a 6-4 Big Red victory and its second national championship in four years. Named to the all-tournament team were Lodboa, senior tri-captain John Hughes and senior defenseman Steve Giuliani. One of the most incorrectly answered Cornell athletics trivia questions is the following: “Who was the goaltender for the Big Red when it won the 1970 national championship?” Most people answer with NHL Hall of Famer ’69. The correct answer is junior Brian Cropper, who put up 1.86 g.a.a. and 29-0 numbers enroute to the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame. After the season, Coach Harkness left Ithaca to become the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. His contribution to the Cornell sports history is far-reaching, headlined by the 1969-70 hockey team—one of the greatest Big Red teams of all-time. 3 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. VISIT SHOP.CORNELLBIGRED.COM WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

REASONS TO • The first-semester schedule included BE EXCITED: NCAA powerhouses Boston College, Minnesota-Duluth, Mercyhurst and Clarkson. • The team will be out to defend its 2014 NOTES: Sophomore forward and ECAC tournament championship, and 2014 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Hanna compete in the NCAA tourney for the sixth Bunton, in tandem with senior forward Emily year in a row. Fulton, are being counted on to continue • Senior forward is back their potent offensive output…Seven after helping Team Canada win a gold Cornellians played in the 2014 Four Nations medal at the Winter Olympics in Sochi Cup in November, including current players last year. Two seasons ago, she was the Jenner and Saulnier. Rebecca Johnston ‘12, ECAC and Ivy League Player of the Year, Laura Fortino ‘13, ‘13, and is a three-year first-team performer in and Jessica Campbell ‘14 joined them on both leagues. the Team Canada squad. Current Big Red • Senior forward Jill Saulnier was a top-3 head coach Doug Derraugh is the head finalist for the 2014 Patty Kazmaier Award coach of Team Canada. Representing Team as the best player in NCAA Women’s USA was Alyssa Gagliardi ’14. Hockey. She was the NCAA’s leading CLICK HERE scorer in points per game (1.65) and TO GO TO second in goals per outing (0.82). WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

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REASONS TO NOTES: Eight wrestlers are picked to BE EXCITED: finish in the top eight nationally within their respective weight class…The team has won eight consecutive EIWA team titles, the longest • Cornell ranked as high as No. 2 in the streak in the 107-year-old conference…Cornell preseason rankings. has been the Ivy champion every year since 2003, the longest Ivy title winning streak by any • The squad returns three All-Americans: junior school in any sport within the Ancient Eight. Nahshon Garrett (125), sophomore Brian Realbuto (157), and sophomore Gabe Dean (184).

• In addition to the above, senior Chris Villalonga CLICK HERE (149), sophomore Dylan Palacio (165), and TO GO TO senior Jace Bennett (197) are pre-season All- MEN’S Americans. WRESTLING • Realbuto, Palacio and Dean are also Academic All-America. • There are seven great home events, including Oklahoma on Nov. 22 and Missouri on Jan. 10. • Cornell is one of 20 teams from last year’s NCAA championships who will compete at the 2014 Grapple at the Garden at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Dec. 21.

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REASONS TO BE EXCITED: CLICK HERE TO GO TO MEN’S • Fourteen lettermen return, including the senior BASKETBALL tandem of 6-7 forward Shonn Miller and 6-2 guard Galal Cancer, neither of whom suited up last year. Co-captain Miller (11.5 ppg., 6.8 rpg., 1.9 blpg.) was All-Ivy first team as a sophomore, but was injured the entire 2013- 14 campaign. He is one of the nation’s top defenders. Cancer was the team’s starting guard two years ago. • Six seniors are back together for the first time in two years. • In an extremely competitive Ivy League, every game will be exciting. • A tough non-league schedule includes Syracuse, South Carolina, Penn State, Miami and others.

NOTES: All-Ivy candidate, co-captain Devin Cherry (12.3 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 3.5 apg.), returns at guard, along with sophomores Robert Hatter (9.0 ppg., 2/1 apg.) and Darryl Smith (5.0 ppg. 2.3 rpg.)…6-9 sophomore center David Onuorah (3.1 ppg., 3.8 rpg.) showed the potential to be an impact player as a rookie, and senior big men 6-9 Deion Giddens (3.8 ppg., 3.1 rpg.), 6-9 Dave LaMore (1.7 ppg., 1.6 rpg.) and 6-7 Ned Tomic (3.5 ppg., 1.9 rpg.) will provide leadership on and off the court…Freshmen forwards 6-3 Wil Bathurst and 6-7 Jordan Abdur-Ra’oof, along with guards 6-2 Kyle Brown and 6-5 Pat Smith are all expected to see action…Men’s basketball was one of eight Cornell teams that received a perfect score of 1,000 in the APR this past year in NCAA Division I. The APR measures semester-by-semester records for each team member’s continuing eligibility, retention and progress toward graduation.

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• With just six letter winners returning, the team will have a different look than last year’s veteran group. The 2014-15 cagers will have a youthful new appearance and rotation. • Sophomore forward Nia Marshall, last year’s second-leading scorer (12.6 ppg.) and rebounder (5.6 rpg.), returns after being named Ivy League Rookie of the Week five times last season. • Expect to see two familiar faces as mainstays in the lineup, with sophomore point guard Kerri Moran (6.4 ppg., 3.5 apg.) joining Marshall to form this year’s core of players. Both garnered significant experience during their successful freshman seasons. • The schedule features a number of first-time opponents, including Hartford, Marshall, and Youngstown State, all on the home floor at .

NOTES: The 2014 team posted its best overall record since its Ivy League championship campaign, going 14-14 overall and finishing fifth in the Ivy League at 6-8. The Big Red was highly competitive in conference CLICK HERE play, with half of its losses coming by eight or TO GO TO WOMEN’S fewer points…Cornell, with a cumulative grade BASKETBALL point average of 3.420, led all Ivy League teams and ranked 20th nationally in the WBCA Academic Top 25 for the 2013-14 season.

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REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Cornell is the defending Heps and IC4A champion. • Last year’s team finished 14th at the NCAA championships out of 303 Division I schools. • Returning are Heps MVPs and All-Americans senior Stephen Mozia (shot put) and junior Max Hairston (hurdles), along with 37 other IC4A qualifiers. • Other returning Heps champions or school record- holders include: junior Bryan Rhodes (35# weight), sophomore Grant Sisserson (pole vault), sophomore Larry Gibson (400), and senior Cisco Olloqui (4x400). CLICK HERE NOTES: The Big Red has finished either first or TO GO TO second at the Heps every year since 2002…Sisserson MEN’S TRACK & tied the school record (17-4 ½) in the pole vault at the FIELD USATF Junior Championships, and that ties him for No. 6 all-time in Ivy League history… Sophomore Jordan Sherwood placed second (53.30) in the 400 intermediate hurdles at the Canadian Junior Championships…In 2014, the men’s team placed an Ivy League-high five student-athletes on the USTFCCCA All-Academic squad, and the Big Red was named an All-Academic team with its cumulative 3.03 GPA.

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REASONS TO • The burgeoning throwing group continues BE EXCITED: to improve with junior Camryn Goodman, sophomore Kali Belonga and freshmen Taylor Baker and Taylor Drayton. • Returners include three NCAA All-Americans, NOTES: eight NCAA Regional qualifiers, and four Key dates on the indoor schedule athletes who have previously won Heps titles. are a triangular meet in Boston with Harvard and Brown on Jan. 17, the Sykes-Sabock • The sprint-hurdles return three Heps Challenge at Penn State on Feb. 7, and the champions in seniors Zena Kolliesuah and Heps in Boston beginning Feb. 28. Katie Woodford, and junior DeeDee Akpaete, while sophomore Adrian Jones scored in both the 100 and 200 meters. • NCAA regional qualifiers, including senior All-American Elyse Wilkinson, tops at 800 meters, and junior distance stars Caroline CLICK HERE Kellner, Maggie Szpak and Claire DeVoe, lead TO GO TO middle distance/distance events. WOMEN’S TRACK & • The jumps are deep, led by junior Hillary FIELD Holmes in the long jump, triple jump and pentathlon; seniors Jennifer Markin and Eve Bishop in the pole vault; and junior high jumper Liz Crissy. 8 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. MEN’S SQUASH

REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Tri-captain Aditya Jagtap will lead the team from the No. 1 position. • Jagtap holds the leadership responsibility with juniors Gustav Runersjo and Graham Dietz, and they are expected to unite a very young team. • The preseason rankings have the Big Red in eighth place nationally, and the goal is to jump up to at least No. 6, where it finished last spring. • Five freshmen will add depth to the lineup and look to play in the top nine.

NOTES: Jagtap, playing at No. 2 last season, made both the All-Ivy and the Academic All-Ivy CLICK HERE teams…Six players who competed at last year’s TO GO TO MEN’S national team championships are back in action. SQUASH

WOMEN’S SQUASH

REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Twelve dedicated players are committed to the overall success of the team. • Team is ranked No. 6 nationally, setting the goal of being in the top five by the end of the season. • A challenging regular-season match schedule will prepare the team for the end-of-the-year championships. • The co-captains, Danielle Letourneau and Reut Odinak, have the experience and ability to draw out the best in the rest of the team. CLICK HERE • Five solid freshmen will add additional strength TO GO TO WOMEN’S and depth to the lineup. SQUASH NOTES: Letourneau, an All-American and All- Ivy player at No. 1, will represent Team Canada at the Women’s World Team Squash Championships in December. She is a three-time CSA All-America first-team member. 9 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. VISIT SHOP.CORNELLBIGRED.COM MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Strong leadership from the seniors, plus a talented group of freshmen, should make the Big Red a formidable foe this season. • Sophomore Dylan Sali is the team’s top returning scorer, and is the school record holder in the 100 backstroke (47.61) and 200 IM (1:47.20). • Senior captains Eric May (breast), Tim Satterthwaite (free) and Tommy Hallowell (dive) are looking to lead the team through the dual meet season and into the Ivy championship meet.

NOTES: Big years are expected from juniors Victor Luo (breast, IM) and Taylor CLICK HERE Adams (free) who have made significant gains TO GO TO over the summer, and are on track for strong MEN’S performances this winter…The freshman class SWIMMING was already impressive during the preseason & DIVING training, and has the potential to make an immediate impact towards the team’s success… Only three out of 10 dual meets are at home.

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REASONS TO NOTES: Sophomore Billy Murch Elliott BE EXCITED: finished ninth in the 400 individual medley at the Ivy meet last spring after setting a school record in the 200 IM (2:03.35). Her sister, • The team has a lot of momentum Currie, established new school marks in the and excitement coming out of last 500 (4:52.79) and 1,000 freestyle (10:07.09) season, breaking 11 records at the Ivy events in 2014…In diving, senior Bianca championships. It is working very hard to Herlitz-Ferguson will be counted upon for build success that can be sustained for dual meet points, and make her mark on both many years to come. diving boards at the Ivy championships. • The highlights of the season are always the Ivy League meets. With four meets in November, the team had opportunities to swim fast early. • Junior Jenna Immormino excelled at the Ivies last spring, finishing in the top 5 in CLICK HERE TO GO TO three events and scoring 78 individual WOMEN’S points. She was a member of four school SWIMMING & DIVING record-breaking relay teams. She hopes to build on these achievements this season.

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REASONS TO • The men are the favorites to repeat as BE EXCITED: champions in the Northeast Region and earn a bid to the National Championships in April. • The Regionals and Nationals will be held at • The team began the season with a 4-1 record, UConn, and the Big Red will benefit from losing only a 10-9 shootout at Virginia. being able to bring their own horses to these • Two of the three starters from last year return events. in senior captain Nick Stieg and sophomore NOTES: Cornell has won the Regional Ignacio Masias. Senior Hakan Karabey is championship 12 out of the last 14 years… looking to claim the third spot, but is being Coach Dave Eldredge ’81, in his 30th season, challenged by senior Alex Langlois and has a 409-171-8 record with the men. freshman Kamran Pirasteh.

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WOMEN’S POLO

REASONS TO • An appearance at the Nationals would BE EXCITED: be the seventh straight for the women’s team. • Playing on their own horses at Regionals • The Big Red riders have started strong and hopefully at the Nationals will be a this season, losing only to the University plus for the team. of Virginia thus far. NOTES: Coach David Eldredge ’81 • Junior captain Anna Winslow and senior is coaching the Cornell riders in his 30th Devin Cox are the returning starters from season. His record with the women is 2013-14, and are joined at the third spot 457-125-17. by sophomore Emma Eldredge. Junior Elena Wicker also figures for playing time.

• Tough Regional competition is expected CLICK HERE from UConn, one of the top three teams TO GO TO in the country, but the Big Red is looking WOMEN’S to repeat as champion. POLO

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REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The team is coming off great preseason training activities and working hard with the addition of a large and talented freshman class. • Team and individual goals were achieved last season, and everyone is looking to build on these previous achievements. • Some great individual performances are expected on the national level. • Foil continues to be the cornerstone of the team, but look for the saber squad to become a force this year as well. • Overall the team is a young, but talented one. CLICK HERE TO GO TO NOTES: At the 2014 NCAA Fencing WOMEN’S FENCING Championships last spring, current sophomore Victoria Wines placed 14th overall, and current junior Angelica Gangemi took 16th place. Last July, Wines was eighth overall to medal at the USA Fencing National Championships…Wines (epee) and Gangemi (foil) earned gold, and Olivia Weller (epee) took silver at the Temple Open this season.

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REASONS TO • The schedule is a challenging one with the BE EXCITED: usual Ivy competition, and additional meets vs. Penn State, UNH, Rutgers, Temple, Maryland, UNC, William & Mary and West Virginia. • The team is looking to win its fifth Ivy Classic • Facility upgrades include new bleachers title in the last 10 years, more crowns than any that free up more space for meets while other Ancient Eight school. seating 300, and a new scoring system and • Last year, the Big Red had its second-highest scoreboard. team scoring average in program history, and NOTES: this year’s group is looking to move into No. 1. Top returnees on vault are junior All-American Alicia Bair, classmate • This year’s freshman class has added great Sara Schupp, sophomores Alex Bourgeois depth to the roster, with eight new athletes. and Krystin Chiellini, and senior Sammy VanderPutten…Sophomore Elana Molotsky and junior captain Hannah Clark are the top returnees on bars…Leading the beam lineup are senior captain Maia Vernacchia, juniors Kaylie Cronin, Clark and senior Christie Wong… Floor is the deepest event with Chiellini, Cronin, Molotsky, VanderPutten and junior Julohn Teixeira leading the way…Don’t overlook the excellent freshmen who will infuse additional talent into the lineup. 12 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. BIG RED FOR LIFE: MARY JOHN MILLER ’77

Q: Why did you choose Cornell? For you, what Q: What motivated you to leave the job you had set it apart from other schools? for 26 years at T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.? I grew up in Ithaca and knew the campus and many people I had the opportunity to join the U.S. Treasury in the wake who worked at the University, including my father who of the financial crisis and work on recovery and reform taught history for almost 40 years. The size and diversity of initiatives that were enormously challenging and interesting. what Cornell offered were compelling. The chance to work in the public sector and on a national level was a way to put my experience to work for our Q: As a gymnast here, what events did you do? country and at a particularly important moment. My events were floor exercise and vaulting. I guess I liked Q: How did you feel about being on The New flinging myself in the air! I need to say that I think I was on the first women’s gymnastics team at Cornell in 1973. None Republic’s list of Washington’s most powerful, of us were recruited for gymnastics. It was a pretty bare least famous people? bones operation; I recall doing my floor exercise routine on The one thing you should never want to be in Washington the bare wood floor of . Mary John Miller ‘77 served as the is famous! U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Under Secretary for Domestic Q: What’s your favorite Big Red sports memory? Finance from 2012 through I would have to say competing in the East Coast Athletic September 2014, in which she was Conference. I believe I actually won a medal in floor responsible for developing and exercise, which was pretty exciting considering where I had coordinating Treasury’s policies started. and guidance in the areas of financial institutions, federal debt Q: How did your athletic experience influence financing, financial regulation, and your career success? capital markets. Previously, Miller served as Assistant Secretary of Participating in sports made me more disciplined and the Treasury for Financial Markets, organized. I think the skills I developed in managing my where she advised the Secretary time and juggling competing demands in college helped on broad matters of domestic me later in life. Perhaps even more important is learning Q: Since leaving the Department of the Treasury, finance, financial markets, the value of teamwork. Learning how to build and manage what are you doing/planning on doing? federal, state and local finance, teams is a key ingredient to career success. Nothing I have I’m taking some time off to get my bearings and think and federal government lending accomplished has been without the help of others. policies. Prior to joining Treasury, about next steps. There are so many interesting things Miller spent 26 years working for Q: Was it hard to give up gymnastics when you to do and consider. Right now I’m enjoying the holidays without worrying about conference calls, briefing books and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., where graduated, or were you ready to move on? she was the director of the Fixed meetings! Income Division and a member I may have stopped doing gymnastics, but I will always be What do you miss most about Cornell? of the firm’s Management a fan. I was lucky enough to go to one Olympics and watch Q: Committee. world class gymnastics competition. It made me appreciate The physical beauty of the campus (no matter how cold), the how far the sport has advanced since my day. A government major at Cornell, fun of watching a great athletic event, the anticipation of a new semester or school year. Miller, who grew up in Ithaca, Q: Did you pick up any other sport or athletic was a member letter winner on event after gymnastics? Q: Do you have any final advice for current the Big Red women’s gymnastics team and helped get the program By my senior year I was also involved in starting up a squash student-athletes? off the ground. Mary was club for women that was a lot of fun. Today I play tennis, run Take advantage of everything Cornell offers in terms of interviewed by Maia Vernacchia, a (slowly!) and even did a short triathlon with friends a year training, coaching and competing. You may never find that captain on the 2014-15 women’s ago. I will keep going in athletic endeavors as long as I can. level of support again. And don’t miss the opportunity to gymnastics team. coach young athletes yourself if you can – very satisfying.

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Men’s Hockey Men’s Squash After going winless in its first four games, Cornell won three The men’s squash team, ranked eighth in the country is 3-1, of four to enter the winter break with a 4-4 record. Cornell having defeated 15th-ranked Western Ontario (6-3), 14th- never trailed in a 4-1 victory over nationally ranked Denver to ranked Williams (9-0) and No. 17 George Washington (8-1). kick off a big non-league weekend series at Lynah Rink. Junior forward Christian Hilbrich scored twice and added an assist, and sophomore goaltender Mitch Gillam made 32 saves to earn ECAC Goalie of the Week for the second time in the last three Women’s Squash: weeks. The women’s squash team continued emphatic defense of its The Big Red faced Penn State in the second edition of The national ranking on Dec. 7, posting its fourth consecutive 9-0 Frozen Apple at famed Madison Square Garden. Cornell victory to start the season when it topped Columbia in the withstood an early barrage from the Nittany Lions and got teams’ Ivy League opener. The Big Red, which is ranked sixth stronger as the game went on to post a 3-1 victory. Junior by the College Squash Association, has not lost a single match forward John Knisley scored twice to lead the team. yet against No. 7 Stanford, No. 8 George Washington, No. 9 The Big Red is ranked third nationally in team defense (1.56 Columbia and No. 12 Williams. goals against per game) despite leaning heavily on three defensemen and two goalies with a combined three games of college hockey experience heading into the season. Men’s & Women’s Track Watch highlights of The Big Red men’s track and field team started their indoor the win over Denver season with the Greg Page Relays on Friday and Saturday in Barton Hall. Cornell produced six event wins, 10 IC4A qualifiers and nearly 20 top-five event finishes. Junior co-captain Max Hairston and sophomore Grant Sisserson won meet MVP honors for the men’s track and field categories, respectively. The women’s team won three events; Katie Woodford placed first in the 300, an all-freshman relay team won the distance Women’s Hockey medley; and the 4x400 relay unit won its event. Freshman Kate Gulbrandsen tied the school freshman record (and reached a The Big Red closed out the 2014 portion of its schedule with its tie for ninth best all-time in school history) with an ECAC- best week of the season. The team kicked off the week with a qualifying clearance of 5-7 in the high jump to place second. 1-1 tie against No. 7 Mercyhurst, before winning its final three games against Syracuse, No. 6 Clarkson and St. Lawrence— outscoring these opponents by an18-7 margin. With the huge four-point weekend on the road against Clarkson and St. Men’s Polo: Lawrence, Cornell heads into the break sitting just four points out of first place in a crowded top half of the conference. The Big Red entered the semester break with a 6-3 record after topping Yale 36-2 on Dec. 5. Cornell also owns three Senior Brianne Jenner exploded for 11 points to more than victories over Skidmore College and two over the University of double her point total for the year. The huge week pushed the Connecticut. senior captain near the top of the scoring charts in ECAC Hockey, as she is tied for first in points per game (2.20) and sits fourth overall in scoring (18 points) despite playing in Women’s Polo: only 11 contests this season. Cornell closed out the fall semester with a pair of wins to move Watch highlights of to 9-2 on the season, topping Yale 27-1 on Saturday and rallying the win over Syracuse for a 20-19 shootout win at Connecticut. The Red has two victories over UMass and Skidmore.

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Men’s Basketball Wrestling The Big Red finished the first semester’s portion of its Cornell moved to 4-0 on the season with three wins at the schedule by winning three in a row to climb climbed over the Journeymen/ASICS Northeast Duals. The Big Red topped .500 mark (5-4)— the latest in a season Cornell has posted Division II power Kutztown 43-4, No. 23 North Carolina a winning record since the 2012-13 campaign. The Red has State 20-13 and West Virginia 26-9. Stalwarts Nahshon been competitive all season; three of its four losses have come Garrett (125), Chris Villalonga (149) and Gabe Dean (184) by a total of eight points. The team is 3-0 at home for the first each went 3-0 at the Duals and combined for six bonus point time since 2008-09. The Big Red is limiting opponents to 37 wins, including three by Garrett. Despite missing four starters, percent shooting over its first eight games. the Cornell wrestling team was able to win four straight matches in the second half of the dual to knock off No. 21 The biggest difference from last year is the return of first- Oklahoma 21-13 on Nov. 22. team All-Ivy selection Shonn Miller, who missed the 2013-14 season with a shoulder injury. The 6-7 forward returned with At the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 5-6, a bang, recording 21 points and 13 rebounds in the upset of Villalonga captured his first title at the prestigious meet and George Mason and collecting 20 points, nine rebounds, two Garrett earned his assists, two blocks and two steals at Loyola (MD). His season second straight crown. averages of 13.3 ppg., 7.6 rpg., 1.8 bpg. and 1.0 spg. make him Cornell finished fifth as a an early contender for All-Ivy honors. team in the tournament. Watch highlights Watch highlights of the win over of the win over UMass-Lowell Oklahoma

Men’s Swimming Cornell continued its resurgence, knocking off Penn (168-132) and falling just short against Princeton (160-140) to end the Women’s Basketball: semester with a 3-2 record. The Red also defeated Dartmouth (213-87) and Binghamton University (171.25-125.5). The young Big Red squad is gaining experience and showing improvement during the non-league portion of it schedule. Cornell topped Bryant 66-64 on Dec. 6 to improve to 4-4. Of the team’s 14 players, 11 are underclassmen with just two seniors and one junior. No Women’s Swimming other team in the Ivy League The Big Red (3-2 overall, 2-2 Ivy League) won six events, has fewer upperclassmen. including a school-record swim from sophomore Currie Watch highlights of Murch Elliot in the 1000 free, as the team topped Penn 180- the win over Bryant 118 and dropped a 167-133 decision to Princeton. In the meet with Penn and Princeton, Murch Elliot won the 1000 and lowered her own school record in the event by nearly five full seconds.

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Freshman safety Nick Gesualdi was named the conference’s The Big Red recorded at least top rookie, joining three other Big Red players garnering 10 wins in the season for the League honors this season. Sophomore punter Chris Fraser, second time in the last three last season’s conference Rookie of the Year, was one of years, and posted its fourth consecutive winning season. seven unanimous first-team All-Ivy League picks and one The team tied last year’s mark with 11 goals allowed, of two non-seniors on each of the coaches’ ballots. Junior while it set a new program single-season record with 11 running back Luke Hagy captured second team honors and shutouts on the year. junior offensive lineman Zach Wilk joined Gesualdi as an The four captains of the 2014 Big Red earned All-Ivy honorable mention all-league pick. recognition. Right back Peter Chodas took home First- The Big Red showed a tremendous fighting spirit all Team All-Ivy honors, while midfielder Conor Goepel, season long. Cornell finished second in the conference center back Devin Morgan and keeper Zach Zagorski in the turnover/takeaway margin. That’s the highest took home Second Team recognition. Senior midfielder finish for a Big Red team in this category in the league Tyler Conway was named to the Capital One Academic since at least 2007. The defense finished atop the league All-America Third Team. The Class of 2015 secured the in number of takeaways and ranked fifth in total defense, second most wins (41) of any senior class in the 107-year the program’s best since 2007. The offense got better and history of the program. better as the season progressed, posting three consecutive 100-yard rushing performances for the first time since 2005. The Cornell offense finished third in the league in the fewest number of giveaways, an impressive stat given Women’s Soccer the number of newcomers who directed The Big Red won eight games overall, and two in the the offense at quarterback. Ivy League for the first time since 2002. The 1-0 victory Click to watch’s Coach Archer’s over Dartmouth was the team’s first triumph over the Big comments after the season finale Green since 1995. In addition, for the first time since with Penn. 2002, four Cornell players earned All-Ivy recognition. Senior midfielder Claire MacManus was named to the All-Ivy Second Team for a third consecutive season. Field Hockey Click to watch highlights of the victory over Penn in October. Cornell finished the season with an 11-5 record overall and secured a second-place finish in the Ivy League with a mark of 5-2. The 11 total wins tied a school record for victories in a single season, previously set in 2008 and Men’s Cross Country 2010. The squad also set a school record for points, points per game, goals, and assists in Cornell enjoyed its best showing at the Ivy League single-season. Heptagonal Chamapionships since 2007 with a second- place finish, and made an appearance in the national poll Junior Marisa Siergiej was (37th) for the first time in over a decade. named a first-team All-Mideast Region All-American, and was Freshman Dominic DeLuca finished fourth overall, marking a unanimous first-team All-Ivy the highest finish by a Big Red freshman male at the Heps selection. in several years. The top-five finish netted DeLuca first team All-Ivy honors. Junior Brian Eimstad moved from 32nd at the 3-mile mark all the way up to ninth place overall

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(24:44.8) to earn second Team All-Ivy honors. Senior David Melly also earned Fall All-Ivy Honors Second Team All-Ivy honors with a 13th-place finish (24:49.3). WON BY THE BIG RED

The Big Red finished in fifth place at the NCAA Northeast Regional MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Championships. Freshman Dominic DeLuca capped his excellent rookie season FIRST TEAM Dominic DeLuca, Fr. with a 19th-place finish, posting an overall time of 30:52.24 for the third-best time SECOND TEAM by a freshman at the event. Junior Brian Eimstad finished right on DeLuca’s heels Brian Eimstad, Jr. in 22nd place. Senior David Melly concluded his cross country career with another David Melly, Sr. All-Region performance. He finished in 24th place with a final WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY time of 31:00.61. FIRST TEAM Click to watch highlights of the team’s second-place finish Taylor Spillane, So. at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships SECOND TEAM Caroline Kellner, Jr.

FIELD HOCKEY FIRST TEAM Women’s Cross Country Marisa Siergiej, Jr. D SECOND TEAM Sam McILwrick, Fr. D Cornell finished ninth out of 40 schools at the NCAA Northeast Regional Katy Weeks, So. M Championships. The Big Red ran well at the hallowed Van Cortlandt Park HONORABLE MENTION course, posting two All-Region runners in junior tri-captain Caroline Kellner Ann DiPastina, Sr. M and sophomore standout Taylor Spillane. It was the sixth straight year in which Krysten Mayers, Fr. F Cornell recorded multiple All-Region honorees. FOOTBALL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR The Red finished fourth (108 points) at the Ivy League Heptagonals Nick Gesualdi, Fr. S Championships. Sophomore standout Taylor Spillane flew through the West FIRST TEAM Windsor Fields in 20:56.9 for a sixth-place finish and First-Team All-Ivy Honors. Chris Frazer, So. P Junior Caroline Kellner finished 10th on the day in 21:09.6 SECOND TEAM to garner her first career Second Team All-Ivy recognition. Luke Hagy, Jr. RB Click to watch highlights of the team’s performance HONORABLE MENTION at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships Nick Gesualdi, Fr. S Zach Wilk, Jr. OL

MEN’S SOCCER FIRST TEAM Sprint Football Peter Chodas, Sr. B SECOND TEAM Conor Goepel, Sr. M Cornell concluded the season on a strong positive note, handling Mansfield 38-21 at Devin Morgan, Sr. CB Schoellkopf Field. On October 10, the Red rolled past Princeton, 55-0 on the heels Zach Zagorski, Sr. GK of a 48-point first half for the highest scoring total in a half in the WOMEN’S SOCCER 75-year history of the program. SECOND TEAM Click to watch highlights of the team’s Claire MacManus, Sr. M season-ending victory over Mansfield HONORABLE MENTION Elizabeth Crowell, So. M Caroline Growney, Jr. F Charlotte Tate, J. D

VOLLEYBALL Volleyball DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Natasha Rowland, Sr. L Senior Natasha Rowland was the Ivy League SECOND TEAM Defensive Player Of The Year, the first-ever Natasha Rowland, Sr. L Big Red player to receive this award.

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KING ADDS ANOTHER WORLD ALUMNI ROWERS IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE Tracy Eisser ’12 led a trio of Cornellians participating in the World Max King ’02, one of America’s best and most versatile distance runners Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. Eisser, rowing in the No. 2 seat, for the past several years, won the IAAF-sanctioned IAU 100K World helped the USA team win a bronze medal in the women’s quad with a Championship on Nov. 21 in Doha, Qatar. King ran the 20-lap, 62.1-mile time of 6:12.030. Kyle Traub ’11 rowed bow for the USA lightweight course in 6 hours, 27 minutes, and 43 seconds for a new USA record. It men’s eight that finished fifth in 5:41.640. Alex Karwoski ’12 was the bow was his second world championship title, following a victory at the 2011 for the men’s double sculls that was second in the Final:FD with a time of World Mountain Running Championships. King’s efforts, combined with 6:25.560. two other runners, gave the United States the team 100K World title. CORNELL ARENA-SARACHAN LEAD WINNING REPRESENTED WELL IN MLS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM CWHL ALL-STAR GAME Head Coach Bruce Arena ’73 and Associate Head Coach Dave Sarachan Big Red Hall of Famer Digit ’76 led the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 2-1 extra time victory over the New Murphy ’83 coached the Red England Revolution to win the MLS Championship. For Arena, it was his team to a 3-2 victory in the first fifth MLS title, while it was the fourth for Sarachan. Both have been with Canadian Women’s Hockey the Galaxy for seven seasons. Both coaches are in the Cornell Athletic League All-Star Game held in Hall of Fame for their outstanding exploits on campus. Toronto on Dec. 13. Also on the Red squad were Rebecca Johnston ’12 and Alyssa Gagliardi ’14. Cornellians on the White team were captain Jess Campbell ’14, Lauriane Rougeau ’13 and Laura Fortino ’13. The Red team scored all three of its goals in the third period with Johnston recording the game-winner. COMPLIANCE

FOOD FOR THOUGHT...AND PERFORMANCE With the adoption of proposal 2013-31-B, institutions can now provide student-athletes with meals and snacks as a benefit incidental to overall participation in intercollegiate athletics. Prior to this proposal’s enactment, schools were generally limited to providing student-athletes with meals associated with competition plus fruit, nuts and bagels (but not cream cheese or AMY FOSTER spreads prior to March 2013) at any time. When asked about the rules change on ESPN radio, NCAA President Mark Associate AD for Emmert kept it simple and said “the NCAA has historically had all kinds of … dumb rules about food.” With this as the Compliance and framework, 2013-31-B was voted on last January and became effective this past August. Student Services Under the new rule, institutions have discretion to determine how to best meet the nutritional needs of their student-athletes. If schools so choose, they may provide their athletes with meals or snacks at any time during the academic year and during vacation periods when students are required to remain on-campus. Under Ivy rules, the provision of ongoing meals or subsidizing meals on a regular basis is considered impermissible athletically-related financial aid, but the new legislation has opened the door for Ivy institutions to provide occasional meals and snacks on a more liberal basis.

SO WHAT IS HAPPENING AT CORNELL?

We strive to provide our student-athletes with everything they need to perform their best and reach their potential. As a new, simple, research- based, cost-efficient first step to help with refueling needs, student-athletes receive chocolate milk after their strength workouts. Extensive research has shown chocolate milk to be a naturally ideal recovery beverage. Its macronutrients support recovery and repair while also delivering a desirable mineral content for rehydration. The is currently developing a specialized product that is fortified with double the protein content of typical chocolate milk. This product will provide even more post-workout benefit to our student-athletes. Beyond the chocolate milk program, our Coordinator of Sports Nutrition, Clint Wattenberg, is developing a more comprehensive, calculated plan to maximize performance through targeted fueling. Empirical evidence has shown that student-athletes across the country tend not to meet their daily caloric needs. Further, those who snack regularly are better able to meet their metabolic and training demands, thus improving health and overall performance. Clint is envisioning an accessible fueling station with supplemental snacks to help fulfill student-athlete caloric requirements, with a particular focus on pre- and post- workout nutritional needs. The fueling station, in combination with Clint’s education, will also provide an opportunity for student- athletes to learn how to independently support their own nutritional needs. As is often the case, new rules open up new ways to explore gaining a competitive edge. In this case, it is particularly exciting given the potential to truly help our student-athletes optimize their athletic and academic focus and performance, while simultaneously supporting their overall health and well-being, now and for the future. Compliance Corner articles in Spirit Magazine are meant to be educational, but cannot cover all scenarios or be all-inclusive. Articles should be used as a reminder of the extensive NCAA rules that bind intercollegiate athletics and those involved. It is important that you always contact Amy Foster, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Services, at 607-255-8874, or via email at [email protected], with specific questions or concerns. 18 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. Photo from the Cornell All-Athlete Extravaganza, an orientation event held in Newman Arena in late August and one of the rare occasions when all Big Red athletes are in the same place at the same time!

Dear Friends of the Big Red,

s the holiday season unfolds, I remember with appreciation the many loyal and generous alumni, parents and other benefactors who provide us with the moral and financial support that supplements our University subvention. Without question,A this assistance is the difference between operating a substandard NCAA Division I program and one in which our participants are afforded the opportunity to enjoy a positive experience, and for many, a championship one. On behalf of the nearly 1200 athletes and thousands of students who participate in our Outdoor Education (COE), intramural and recreational services programs, I extend heartfelt thanks and wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday with family and friends.

Sincerely, Andy

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WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY DAY EQUESTRIAN CONCLUDES Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 declared Nov. 15 “Cornell SUCCESSFUL FALL SCHEDULE Women’s Ice Hockey Day”. The team has a long-standing The equestrian team concluded its extremely successful run relationship with the United Way, and has participated in service through the fall portion of the schedule with a victory at projects around the community. The team has played an integral the second show held at Alfred University. The win further role in raising donations totaling more than $230,000. It also solidified the Big Red’s lead in the regional standings. Junior has a successful mentoring program called “Cub Club,” launched Meridith Meyer completed excellent runs in both open fences in 2010 in partnership with the Tompkins Girls Hockey and open flat to capture her third consecutive high point rider Association. At the Yale game, the team celebrated a ceremonial merit. Senior captain Georgiana de Rham finished first in open puck drop with members of the Cub Club. Senior team captain fences and second in open flat to capture reserve high point Brianne Jenner said, “Being involved in service for the Ithaca honors. Both riders have qualified for the regionals. community has always been very important to our team identity. We were thrilled to see so many fans (over 1,000) turn out for CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS NAME the Yale game to support both our team and the United Way.” MOST VALUABLE RUNNERS

MEN’S TENNIS DOES WELL AT At the completion of the fall season, sophomore Taylor Spillane USTA/ITA NORTHEAST REGIONALS and freshman Dominic DeLuca were named the outstanding The sophomore doubles team of Bernardo Casares Rosa and Chris runners on the women’s and men’s cross country teams, Vrabel knocked off the No. 2 seed to advance to the semifinals at respectively. Spillane and DeLuca both earned first team All- the USTA/ITA Northeast Regionals. Casares Rosa and Vrabel Ivy and All-Region honors. lost to a Harvard duo in the championship match, 6-4, 6-3. The Big Red had six entries in the singles main draw, and Casares Rosa ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT advanced to the round of 32, as did junior Stefan Vinti. ADOPTS 50 FAMILIES Andrea Dutcher, Senior Associate Director of Athletics and SPRINT FOOTBALL PLACES 16 Physical Education, coordinated the Salvation Army Adopt-A- ON CSFL ALL-LEAGUE TEAM Family program once again for the Athletics Department. Twenty- Sixteen Big Red sprint football players were listed on the three varsity teams participated in adopting 50 families for the Collegiate Sprint Football League’s first three teams at the end of holidays, with football sponsoring 12. Each child in the family the season. Named to the first team on offense were junior running was given three toys and two articles of clothing, while the entire back Benjamin Herrera and senior lineman Gregory Zalevsky. On family was provided with food for one main meal. In addition, the defense, first team honorees were defensive back Ryan Jackson families were given big boxes of generic food staples. Dutcher said, and sophomore linebacker Christopher D’Ambrosio. Jackson also “We had an unbelievable response from the teams and staff. The earned first team accolades as a punter, making him the only player 50 families included 69 adults and 123 children.” to receive recognition on both defense and special teams. Named to the league’s second team were senior wide receiver Jonathan MEN’S LACROSSE SELECTED Roth and freshman kick returner Karriem Royster. Ten other EIGHTH IN PRESEASON POLL players received league honorable mention. “Inside Lacrosse” has ranked the Big Red men’s lacrosse team No. 8 in its yearbook preseason poll. Denver is listed as No. 1. STEWART LEADS WOMAN’S Senior Connor Buczek, last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year TENNIS TEAM AT HARVARD and a first team pre-season All-American, was again accorded Freshman Lizzie Stewart finished in second place in A Flight pre-season All-America first team honors. Senior defenseman singles at the Harvard Invitational to finish out the fall season. Jordan Stevens, All-Ivy first team in 2014, was named to the Stewart was defeated by a Harvard player, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, in the pre-season All-America second team, and senior attackman finals. In doubles, Stewart teamed up with classmate Priyanka Matt Donovan, All-Ivy first team last spring, was named to the Shah for the Big Red’s only win before losing in the quarterfinals. pre-season All-America third unit.

MCILWRICK NAMED TO CANADIAN ZAGORSKI AND GOEPEL NAMED JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT SQUAD TO NSCAA ALL-EAST THIRD TEAM After having an outstanding fall with the Big Red field hockey The NSCAA All-Region teams were released recently, and team, freshman Sam McILwrick, has been named one of 39 named to the All-East third team were Big Red men’s soccer selections to the 2014 Canadian National Junior Team. A native players Zach Zagorski and Conor Goepel. Zagorski, a senior, of Coquitlam, B.C., McILwick will have the opportunity to compiled the best goaltender statistical record in the league compete for Canada throughout 2015 and into 2016, when the while earning All-Ivy second team honors. He had 10 shutouts Junior World Cup will be held. A second-team All-Ivy honoree, this past season. Goepel, also a senior, was the “go-to” guy for McILwrick was part of the Cornell defensive unit that set a scoring, leading the team with new career highs in goals (7) school record, allowing a mere 3.9 penalty corners. The defense and points (17). He led the Ivy League with five game-winning also allowed just eight shots per game the lowest total since 1983. goals, and received All-Ivy second team honors.

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