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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.
Second half heroics help Yale defeat Cornell
Ithaca, NY - Led by the two tries apiece from center Ryan Vandersloot and flanker Phil Contstaninou, Yale came back from a 17-0 first half deficit to defeat Cornell 24-22.
Three minutes into the game Paulo Reis scored the first of his three tries to give Cornell a 5-0 lead. Yale had field position advantage for the next 12 minutes, but from a scrum 30 meters out, Cornell’s #8 picked up and linked with wing Pierce Jansen who scored in the corner, 10-0.
Cornell extended its lead to 17-0 when Paulo Reis scored his second try and Beno Sorensen converted.
Dartmouth Sweats Out Season Opener ... Overcomes Heat, Physical Defense to Win Contest at Penn
Dartmouth Match Report
Philadelphia, PA – The weather was unseasonably hot this Saturday as the Big Green rolled in to Fairmont Park in Philidelphia for their fall opener against the University of Pennsylvania. The team had risen early on Saturday morning to make the long journey down from Hanover; however, after shaking off their bus legs, the Dartmouth ruggers came out firing in their first match of the fall Ivy League season.
James McGinn scores 3 tries for Brown in 39-19 win over Princeton
Princeton, NJ - Led by the 19 points of Sam Rabb (T, 2P, 4C) and two tries from James McGinn, Brown fought its way to a 17-12 halftime lead over host Princeton, and then pulled away to record a 39-19 win.
Brown went out to a 10-0 first half lead on a penalty kick by Sam Rabb and a try by James McGinn that Rabb converted.
A Princeton try brought the score to 10-5, but Sam Rabb’s try and conversion extended Brown’s lead to 17-5.
Showing no quit, Princeton reduced Brown’s halftime lead to 17-12 with a converted try.
Cornell Rugby Alumni Weekend
The Alumni will take on the 1st XV ... then the 2nd XV as Faded Red young and old roll into Ithaca for a weekend of fun.
Ithaca, NY
Hosted by Cornell's Faded Red
Faded Red Z-side wins two, read more >>
Friday 9/10
Arrival. Informal social gathering and family time
