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| | | |  | | | Cornell | 16 | | Umbc | 4 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Andrew Collins
Billy Fort
Jp Schalk
Justin Redd
Ben Spoonhower
Sean Greenhalgh
Jd Nelson
Scott Lee
Brandon Hall
Galen Beers
Frank Sands
Ian Rosenberger
| (4, 3)
(2, 2)
(1, 3)
(2, 1)
(2, 0)
(2, 0)
(0, 1)
(0, 1)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
| Josh Gerber
Joey Kestermann
Adam Shiley
Scott Steele
| (1, 1)
(1, 1)
(1, 1)
(1, 0)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Justin Cynar
Kyle Miller
| 7 (0.636)
1 (1.000)
| Tim Flanagan
Kevin Cepelak
| 16 (0.615)
0 (0.000)
| | | | Current Record : (2-1) | Current Record : (1-2) | | | | Team Page For 2002 | Team Page For 2002 | | | | | | The Game Story: | ITHACA, N.Y. Sophomore Andrew Collins (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) recorded a
career-best seven points on four goals and three assists while eight other
teammates scored goals as the No. 14 Cornell men^Òs lacrosse team routed
UMBC 16-4 in the 2002 home opener, which was played in front of 1,223
people Saturday at Schoellkopf Field. The victory improves Cornell to 2-1
on the season, while the Retrievers fall to 1-2.
The contest was a much different story than last season^Òs 6-5 win for the
Retrievers in Baltimore. Cornell jumped out to a 4-0 lead early, with
freshman Sean Greenhalgh (St. Catherines, Ont.) leading the way with two
goals. The rookie has a team-high nine goals three games into the season,
but a minor concussion suffered late in the first quarter forced other
players to supply the offense. The final goal of the first quarter was an
extra-man goal by sophomore Ben Spoonhower (Webster, N.Y.), his first of
two goals on the man-up. Cornell was 3-for-4 on the advantage, a clear
improvement from an 0-for-7 performance last season against UMBC. Collins
scored the team^Òs other extra-man goal.
Ahead 6-2 at halftime, Cornell pulled away with a 4-2 advantage in the
third quarter. After Collins opened with his extra-man score, UMBC^Òs Josh
Gerber made it 7-3 with a score on a pass from Joey Kestermann. Cornell ran
off the next three goals, beginning with an unassisted tally from senior
Billy Fort (Bethesda, Md.). Fort, who scored twice in the game, has four
goals against UMBC over the last two years. Spoonhower and Collins followed
with scores before Kestermann ended the third quarter with a goal.
The final 15 minutes were all Cornell, as five players combined for six
goals and the Big Red defense pitched a shutout. Freshman Justin Redd
(Towson, Md.) scored twice, while Collins, junior J.P. Schalk (Jamesville,
N.Y.), senior Galen Beers (Darlington, Md.) and junior Frank Sands (West
Babylon, N.Y.) scored once.
The sizable lead allowed Cornell coach Jeff Tambroni to go deep into his
bench, The Big Red played 30 people, including the debut of freshman
goaltender Kyle Miller (Orangeville, Ont.). Following a strong seven-save
performance from first-team preseason All-America selection Justin Cynar
(Massapequa, N.Y.), Miller played the final few minutes and made his first
collegiate save.
Cornell dominated in all statistical categories. It won 15-of-23 faceoffs,
outshot the Retrievers 46-21 and earned a 49-22 advantage in ground balls.
Senior Josh Heller (Milton, Mass.) led the way with eight groundballs,
while senior Addison Sollog (Lynbrook, N.Y.) and junior Ryan McClay
(Mahopac, N.Y.) each had seven. Those three players were each preseason
All-America selections.
^ÓTo me, groundballs is an effort stat,^Ô Tambroni said after the game. ^ÓWe
asked the guys to invest themselves into this team. The commitment was
there, but we asked them to give their heart and soul. Now we will try to
stay on an even keel. We didn^Òt want to be too low after the Georgetown
loss or the close win at Colgate. We don^Òt want to be too high after the
win over UMBC.^Ô
Cornell will stay home to face Canisius College Tuesday at Schoellkopf
Field at 5 p.m. Cornell is 2-0 against Canisius, with the last win being a
23-2 rout in 1998.
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