FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(March 7, 2000)
Contact: Jamie Joss at (315) 228-7566

CORNELL 12, AT COLGATE 8

Hamilton, N.Y. - Sean Steinwald and Scott Lee each tallied four goals and one assist to lead the No. 13-ranked Cornell University men’s lacrosse team to a 12-8 victory against Colgate University Tuesday afternoon.

Colgate jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with goals at the 13:37 and 11:29 marks of the first quarter. Ian Franke registered an unassisted goal and then Parker Gibson struck the net on a feed from Peter Watts.

Cornell evened the score at 2-2 after Lee’s first goal at 8:08 from Steinwald and then Lee scored a man-up goal at 6:46 of the first.

Brendan Sandel gave the Red Raiders a 3-2 lead at the end of the first on an assist from Matthew Cihon at 2:40 in the first.

Cornell’s Lee evened the game at 3-3 at the 8:36 mark of the second, but Brendan Sandel gave Colgate the lead under a minute later from Franke.

Trevor O’Reilly gave Colgate a two-goal advantage with a short-handed goal at 5:39 of the second. Lee cut the lead to 5-4 at halftime with his third goal at the 4:26 mark of the second.

The third quarter was all Cornell and all 1999 Honorable-Mention All-America Steinwald who registered three third-quarter goals. Steinwald opened the scoring in the third just nine seconds into the period when he stole a clearing attempt by goalie Paul Abrahimzadeh and then scored on the open net.

Chris Packard gave the Big Red their first lead of the game just 34 seconds later at 6-5. Steinwald scored two more goals at 11:31 and at 10:04 getting his own rebound and pounding it in to build an 8-5 advantage.

Colgate cut the lead to 9-8 after three quarters with goals by Franke, O’Reilly and Menton in the last 4:43 of the period.

Steinwald gave the Big Red a two-goal cushion with his fourth goal of the game at 14:13 in the fourth, while Ryan McClay and David Key closed out the scoring for the 12-8 final.

SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL Attendance: 352
Cornell (2-0) 2 2 5 3 12
Colgate (0-3) 3 2 3 0 8

TOTAL SHOTS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL
Cornell 11 7 12 7 37
Colgate 9 9 6 10 34

SOG 1 2 3 4 TOTAL
Cornell 5 6 9 4 24
Colgate 6 5 6 5 22

CLEARS 1 2 3 4 TOTAL
Cornell 2-4 3-5 2-3 4-4 11-16
Colgate 4-5 3-5 2-4 2-2 11-16

SAVES EXTRA MAN
Cornell: Justin Cynar 14 (8 GA) Cornell: 1-for-5
Colgate: Paul Abrahimzadeh 12 (12 GA) Colgate: 1-for-2

GROUNDBALLS FACE-OFFS
Cornell: 39 Cornell: 14 of 22
Colgate: 27 Colgate: 8 of 22


GOAL AND PENALTY SUMMARY CORNELL VS. COLGATE (Mar. 7, 2000)

Cornell 12 Colgate 8
Quarter Team Time Goal (Assist) Score
1 COL 13:37 Ian Franke (unassisted) H, 1-0
1 COL 11:29 Parker Gibson (Peter Watts) H, 2-0
1 COR 8:08 Scott Lee (David Key) V, 1-2
1 COL 7:17 Nate Morse (1:00 slashing)
1 COR 6:46 Scott Lee (Sean Steinwald) V, 2-2 (man-up)
1 COL 2:40 Brendan Sandel (Matthew Cihon) H, 3-2
2 COL 15:00 Danny Grady (1:00 illegal stick)
2 COR 8:36 Scott Lee (unassisted) V, 3-3
2 COL 7:56 Brendan Sandel (Ian Franke) H, 4-3
2 COL 6:28 Conor Tracy (1:00 slashing)
2 COL 5:39 Trevor O’Reilly (unassisted) H, 5-3 (short-handed)
2 COR 4:26 Scott Lee (unassisted) V, 4-5
3 COR 14:41 Sean Steinwald (unassisted) V, 5-5
(stole clear attempt by Abrahimzadeh and scored on empty-net)
3 COR 14:07 Chris Packard (unassisted) V, 6-5
(Cornell 1st lead of the game)
3 COR 11:31 Sean Steinwald (unassisted) V, 7-5
3 COR 10:04 Sean Steinwald (unassisted) V, 8-5
(shot got his own rebound and bounced in; 3rd goal of quarter)
3 COR 7:04 Josh Heller (1:00 illegal body check)
3 COL 6:18 Ian Franke (John Menton) H, 6-8 (man-up)
3 COR 4:43 Michael Egan (unassisted) V, 9-6
3 COL 2:45 Trevor O’Reilly (Brendan Sandel) H, 7-9
3 COR 2:45 Galen Beers (1:00 illegal body check)
3 COL 1:28 John Menton (Parker Gibson) H, 8-9 3 COL 0:14 Greg Sattler (1:00 slashing)
4 COR 14:13 Sean Steinwald (Scott Lee) V, 10-8
(Lee behind net left side found Steinwald in front to left of goalie)
4 COR 5:19 Ryan McClay (unassisted) V, 11-8
4 COR 2:19 David Key (Andrew Schardt) V, 12-8
4 COL 2:13 Trevor O’Reilly (:30 pushing)

Penalties in italics