Sports

Tyler, Reeves Make Impact

Patrick Blakemore  —  Feb 21, 2007

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Freshman duo provides spark coming off bench

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Star freshmen Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale have become household names for many men’s basketball fans, as the two have experienced transcendent rookie campaigns, already firmly etching their names in the record books. However, a lesser-known duo of rookies — Alex Tyler and Geoff Reeves — has recently established itself as an indispensable part of the Red’s current surge.

Roneker Boosts M. Track Weight Unit

Harrison D. Sanford  —  Feb 21, 2007

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Walk-on exceeds all expectations, sets example for teammates

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In a typical year, sophomore Erik Roneker would not have gotten a chance to make the men’s track team. Usually filled with top-tier talent, the men’s weight unit often finds it difficult to make space for walk-ons, especially those who were not standouts in high school.

W. Basketball Relies On Youth Movement

Scott Reich  —  Feb 21, 2007

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As a freshman almost exactly one year ago, forward Shannan Scarselletta made quite a precocious prediction about the future of the women's basketball team.

“We are a very young team,” Scarselletta said. “We will win an Ivy League championship in the next four years. We have everything we need to do it.”

Red Sends Fencers to Denver

Tracie Hatch  —  Feb 20, 2007

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Taking a short break from team competitions, freshman Tasha Hall and classmates Katherine Thompson and Sallie Dietrich headed to Denver, Colo. to compete individually in the Junior Olympic National Championships over this past weekend. Hall, who placed within the top-16 at nationals last year and third at the Montreal Junior World Cup, finished ninth out of 158 competitors in the Junior Division. Thompson, who placed 41st at last year’s Junior Olympics, placed 50th and Dietrich, who won the Heartland Circuit last year, finished in 72nd place.

If You Serve It, They Will Come

Scott Reich  —  Feb 20, 2007

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Most likely, you missed the best sporting event on campus Friday night. In fact, almost 99 percent of campus missed it.

Yes, the men’s hockey team did beat Quinnipiac 2-0 in probably its most important win of the season thus far, but the game I’m talking about did not take place at Lynah Rink.

Savoie Hits East Hill

Allie Perez  —  Feb 20, 2007

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Matt Savoie was in for a shock when he arrived in the East Hill this year. Hailing from predominantly flat Peoria in central Illinois, he had also spent much of his life on the smooth ice of the rink as a mainstay of American figure skating. But no athletic preparation could have prepared him for the slopes of Ithaca.

Varsity Teams Call Alumni in Annual Phonathon

Leigha Kemmett  —  Feb 20, 2007

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Cornell athletes wrapped up their annual phonathons last week. Over 5,000 alumni, parents, and friends of athletic programs were contacted by Cornell athletes.

Each night for the past six weeks, Cornell athletes have manned phones in Ives 111 to solicit donations for their teams and connect with friends of their programs. Over 3,000 alumni pledged specific amounts of money to a team, including graduates as young as the class from 2006.

Wrestling Wins Fifth Consecutive Ivy Title

Tim Kuhls  —  Feb 19, 2007

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The wrestling team made room for another Ivy League banner inside the Friedman Wrestling Center this past weekend, as it captured its fifth straight Ivy title after sweeping Harvard and Brown by scores of 34-9 and 28-10, respectively.

Track Receives Three MVPs in Heps Tune-Up

Zack Slabotsky  —  Feb 19, 2007

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In the final weekend before the Heps Indoor championships, the Red competed in an event to honor Marc Deneault ’01. The Marc Deneault Invitational, held in Barton Hall, honors former Red sprinter Deneault, who was victim to a fatal car accident seven years ago. Marc’s immediate family was in attendance, including his twin brother Richard Deneault ’01, who presented Meet MVP awards to three members of the Red.

M. Basketball Beats Princeton, Loses to Penn

Olivia Dwyer  —  Feb 19, 2007

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Red narrowly misses upset try

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PHILADELPHIA — To those at home watching ESPN’s bottom line, Penn’s 83-71 win over Cornell on Saturday night appeared to be a familiar story, in which the Quakers easily handled the Red as they had many times before. But the 6,656 spectators in the Palestra saw something very different, as Cornell nearly unseated the first-place team in the Ivy League.

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