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NO.
14 CORNELL EXPLODES FOR 10 GOALS IN THE FIRST
TO RECORD 18-7 VICTORY AGAINST COLGATE
March 7, 2001
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The No.14 Cornell University
men's lacrosse team exploded for 10 first quarter goals led by
a hat-trick from Scott Lee and two goals apiece from Drew
Schardt and Chris Morea to lead the Big Red to an 18-7 victory
against Colgate Wednesday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field.
The game was moved from its originally March 6th scheduled
date, due to the recent snowfall.
The win was Cornell's fourth straight against Colgate. The Big
Red took last year's meeting 12-8 in Hamilton, posted an
identical 12-8 win in Ithaca in 1999 and started the streak in
1998 with a 16-5 decision.
Cornell's David Key started the first quarter scoring
onslaught finding the net 33 seconds into the contest and then
Schardt added his first of four on the day at 1:52. Morea
added two in the first at 2:44 and 6:17 for the Big Red now
2-0 on the year. Scott Lee scored three of his four markers in
the game at 10:27 and then back-to-back goals at 11:36 and
12:27 of the first. Lee added three assists to finish the game
with seven points.
Cornell chased starting goalkeeper Chris Hettler who played
just over 21 minutes of action allowing nine goals and
recorded one save, while freshmen Jonathan Pico and Brendan
Spellman saw their first action of the year. Pico surrendered
seven goals and recorded two saves in 24 minutes and Spellman
played the fourth allowing two goals.
Nick Gerken scored the first of his three goals in the contest
to get the Red Raiders (0-3) on the board 32 seconds into the
second. The second was more evenly played with each team
registering two goals apiece.
The almost insurmountable lead was too much for Colgate to
overcome, but the Red Raiders did continue to battle and took
the fourth quarter 4-2 with two goals by Gerken, Parker
Gibson's second of the game and a marker by Obie Bate.
Cornell junior All-America goalkeeper Justin Cynar played
52:45 allowing four goals and recording nine saves, while
Adam Buttermore played the final 7:15 allowing three goals and
stopping one shot on goal.
Cornell travels to No. 11 Maryland-Baltimore County next on
Mar. 10 at 2 p.m., while the Red Raiders are off until
Tuesday, March 13 when they play the first of two games over
spring break in Boca Raton, Fla. vs. Yale at 1 p.m. and close out
the trip against Vermont on Saturday, March 17 at
7 p.m.
Cornell 18,
Colgate 7
Score by quarter:
Colgate 0-2-1-4=7
Cornell 10-2-4-2=18
Colgate Goals: Nick Gerken 3, Parker Gibson 2, Danny
Grady 1, Obie Bate 1
Cornell Goals: Drew Schardt 4, Scott Lee 4, David Key
2, J.P. Schalk 2, Galen Beers 2, Chris Morea 2, Doug Needham,
Ben Spoonhower
Colgate Assists: Daniel Hatton 2
Cornell Assists: David Key 3, Scott Lee 3, Frank Sands
2, Addison Sollog, Drew Schardt, Ben Spoonhower
Shots on goal: Colgate 29, Cornell 33
SAVES:
CORNELL
Justin Cynar (52:45) 4 GA-9 saves, Adam Buttermore (7:15)
3GA-1save
COLGATE
Chris Hettler (21:17) 9GA-1save, Jonathan Pico (23:43)
7GA-2saves, Brendan Spellman (15:00) 2GA
Faceoffs: Colgate 11, Cornell 18
Groundballs: Colgate 26, Cornell 35
Penalties: Colgate 5/4:30; Cornell 6-4:30
Extra Man: Colgate 1/6; Cornell 4/5
Clears: Colgate 8/12; Cornell 17/19
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