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The Lions defeat the visiting Tigers 22-12
The Lions of Columbia score three first half trys as Columbia goes on to defeat the Tigers 22-12. Princeton visits Columbia for a match under the lights at Baker Field.
Baker Field, Columbia University NY, NY - Led by the two tries of fullback Conor Russomano, Columbia defeated an outmanned Princeton side 22-12 in a match that the hosts dominated more than the score reveals.
Columbia over Cornell 29-0 at the half, final 41-12
Columbia scores 29 first half point to nil, then hung on to defeat Cornell 41-12. Derek Lipscomb scored the first three trys of the contest and Columbia never looked back. Tim Nesmith, then Bobby McMahon scored to round out the Lions first half try scoring. Tim Nesmith yet scored another try. Anogie Joseph-Erameh scored the last try of the match with Evan Platt converting.
Brown 36 - Cornell 5
Providence, RI - In a game where the hosts got tries from six different players, Brown defeated Cornell 36-5.
The first half was competitive but Brown had good field position throughout and went out to a 12-0 halftime lead on tries by Harrison and Karwaski and a conversion by Koelliker.
Brown added 24 second half points on tries by Levine-Spound, Zajaczkowski, McGinn, Travers and two Koelliker conversions.
Paulo Reis scored Cornell’s lone try with five minutes left in the match, 36-5.
Cornell defeats traveling Penn 46 - 24 for first Ivy win
Cornell scored seven tries to Penn's four to pick up it's first win of the Ivy League season. The win and bonus point put Cornell into fifth place and in position to make the playoffs.
Ithaca, NY - Cornell earned its first victory of the 2010 season with a 46-24 win over Penn on its home field in Ithaca.
Penn’s 24 points came on tries by Matt Deluca, John Colavita, Vladimir Beko and Jonny Chia. Chia converted two of Penn’s four tries.
Cornell 46
Tries: (6), Doerflinger
Conv: Mullery (4)
Pens: Mullery
Two Pete Davidson first half tries leads Princeton over Cornell
Ithaca, NY - Princeton traveled to Ithaca this past Saturday for a match against the Big Red of Cornell. Following an 0-2 start, Princeton recorded its first victory of the season with a 20-7 win over Cornell. With the loss, the Big Red fell to a disappointing 0-3 after three home matches.
Princeton went out to a 13-7 first half lead on two Pete Davidson tries and a penalty kick. Stephen Crook scored Cornell’s lone try and Beno Sorrenson converted.
Princeton increased its lead to 20-7 with a try by Zak Deschaine that was converted.
Harvard 51 - Cornell 10
Ithaca, NY - Led by two tries apiece from Rossi and Overall, Harvard bounced back from Saturday’s 19-9, first round loss to Columbia by beating Cornell 51-10 on Sunday.
Harvard went into halftime with a 15-0 lead and then added 36 second half points.
Cornell’s second half points came on a try and conversion by Benno Sorenson and a penalty goal by Mathew Mullery.
Harvard 51
Tries: J Rossi (2), J Overall (2), W Peck, D Renteln, S Pauzer, J Cummins
Conv: W Peck, M DeLacal, Y Michaels, J Sullivan
Pen: M DeLacal
2nd XV Cornell Men at Colgate
Many young guys, many ruggers getting there first taste of rugby. The end of the first half was a blowout with Colgate in control. Cornell came out and was led by our forwards pushing everyone around and great play with our scrum half getting the ball out to our backs. We ended up coming back from a 25 point deficit to prevail 32-29. Coach Steve Sables first victory in his first year as the B-Side coach.
Final Score: Cornell 2nd XV 32 - Colgate 29
Yale 21 - Columbia 10
Baker Field, New York, NY - In its second victory of the weekend, Yale went into halftime with a 14-10 lead over host Columbia and then added a converted try to post a 21-10 win.
Columbia, which had defeated Harvard on Saturday, got on the board first when center Evan Platt hit a penalty kick in the third minute, 3-0.
Yale had an opportunity to take the lead over heavily penalized Columbia but center Ryan Vandersloot was off the mark on makeable penalty kicks in the sixth and ninth minutes.
Columbia 19 - Harvard 9
New York, NY - The challenge facing coach Hayden James's Columbia team coming into 2010 was to sustain the level of performance it displayed following last spring’s tour of Italy and France. In particular, Columbia was looking for a better result than the 78-0 defeat it suffered the last time it played Harvard in Cambridge.
1st XV Cornell Men at Colgate
We had a very exciting week of practice and the intensity kept up in pre-game warm-ups.