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Not only did the men's soccer team defeat Yale for the first time since 2015, but the women's soccer team also beat Yale, 1-0, scoring just 58 seconds into the game. It was the women's soccer team's first Ivy road victory since 2015. We may have lost the football game to Yale, but at least the soccer and field hockey teams all beat the Yalies this weekend.

This was a sweet win for Cornell coach Smith. It was Cornell's first win over Yale since 2015, covering Smith's entire tenure at Cornell.

Harvard just released the remaining tickets for Lynah East this morning. Apparently, they weren't able to sell out the rink forcing fans to buy tickets to other games as well. Tickets are $50 a pop! Harvard has to make up the federal funding it lost.

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Quote from: chimpfoodBig 3-0 bounce back win over western Michigan. Looked really good today.

Not sure why Cornell didn't post the highlights from the game since it was in Ithaca and on ESPN+. First goal was a nice volley off a set piece, second and third were great counterattacking passes into space followed by clean finishes after nice runs right at the box. WMU defense probably got an earful during film review over the latter pair.

I found the highlights on the Cornell Athletics YouTube channel.

The NY Times published its obituary on Dryden today. I loved the anecdote about how pissed off Phil Esposito was after Dryden stoned him during the Stanley Cup finals.

According to an article in the Sun, the ECAC women's semifinals and finals will now be held in Lake Placid.

The Columbia student newspaper has an article about how a group of alums want to upgrade the men's lacrosse program from the club level to the Division I level. However, it appears there are a lot of obstacles in the way, including Title IX regulations about having an equal number of male and female athletes. Since Columbia already has a women's lacrosse team, it would have to figure out another way to add a men's team sport with dozens of athletes. Of course, the current administration may do away with Title IX in its pursuit of eliminating anything that is linked to DEI.
In the meantime, the club lacrosse team shares a practice field with the women's ultimate frisbee team. "We're splitting the field for practices with girls' frisbee, and because of that it's always a safety hazard for them. It's also hindering on us."

Column paying tribute to Yale's Allain in CT Hearst Newspapers. According to what Allain said in column, it was his choice to retire, but he'd been preparing to do so after this season. But over the summer had his doubts, and was reflecting on how he didn't like how angry he had been at times last season when things weren't going well at practice. The article said the AD met with him on Aug. 7 and asked him to return for one more season. His retirement was announced the next day.
No mention of new sound system playing a role in his decision.

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Great article-fabulous opportunity
I know who I would recommend but I think her hands are full with law school
Sorry - for those not on X, Jane wrote a great article and they're looking for after she graduates

Jane has done a great job covering the hockey team the past few seasons. She's given Cornell hockey the best coverage it's had in the Sun in years. She's done so while also being a member of the Cornell field hockey team. She's been a backup goalie and has hardly played over her first three years. Kudos to her for putting in all the time even though she has mostly sat on the sidelines.

Harvard has put its Cornell Flex Pass tickets on sale. To get a ticket for Cornell game in this pass, you also have to purchase tickets to at least two other games.
Since four of us want to attend, I priced a package just out of curiosity, picking the Stonehill game since I figured that would be the cheapest, and the Colgate game. It would cost me $366 for the four tickets to the three games. Since the Cornell game is the only game I'll be going to, and I doubt they'll be much resale value to the other two games, that comes out to approximately $90 apiece for the Cornell tickets, almost as pricey as MSG! I'll wait and take my chances on the secondary market.
I suppose I could buy tickets to the games against BU and Michigan and figure there will be a resale market for those. But that's too much trouble.

Quote from: jts15Yale upgrading Ingalls.

https://yalebulldogs.com/news/2025/8/7/general-yale-athletics-unveils-3-million-upgrade-at-ingalls-rink.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawMB_S9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFob1BMU2NSZkxZTjg4enVrAR5vyNn6IoZPdSz0TwaL9j200rYnyXR07LNNoQ8TrSp_rsvMeKsN1lrQvaSpJA_aem_KS2k4Oym2FPSyuQ6sUmoew

Their sound system was terrible. This now means, though, that the piped-in music will be louder and played more often.
Too bad Cornell isn't doing anything about its useless video board in Lynah. They should just have it removed.

Cornell not getting much respect from the rest of the Ivy League, as evidenced by our being picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll.

It was announced earlier this week that he was healthy enough to play.

Penn will have a new coach next season.

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Quote from: 617BigRed10th anniversary of Red Hot Hockey officially confirmed:

https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/6/2/mens-ice-hockey-2025-red-hot-hockey-release.aspx

Buses from Ithaca to New York... buses from New York to Ithaca... how does the Cornell contingent usually get to Red Hot?

The Campus to Campus bus service has daily bus service between Cornell and New York City. You can walk to MSG from the Cornell Club drop-off site.