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Last year was big for Cornell winter sports. The Women’s Hockey team won the ECAC Champion-ships, Kyle Dake placed first and Nahshon Gar-rett third at the NCAA Championships, leading the Wrestling team to a fifth place finish, and the Cor-nell Gymnastics team recorded its highest average team score ever. While some teams excelled, others faltered. Nonetheless, with the 2012-2013 season behind them, the Cornell winter sports teams are gearing up for a new season. This preview highlights the major goals, games and driving factors for the teams as they aim for glory. While the temperature will drop this winter in Ithaca, the Hockey, Basketball, Wrestling, Gymnastics, Squash, Fencing, Swimming and Diving teams are sure to heat up the 2013-2014 season.

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PhotographersMen’s Basketball Celeste Cirillo-PennWomen’s Basketball Kate Schole Fencing Celeste Cirillo-PennWrestling Celeste Cirillo-PennGymnastics Glenn MathewsSquash Kate ScholeDiving Kate ScholeSwimming Annelise RaymondWomen’s Hockey Celeste Cirillo-PennMen’s Hockey Celeste Cirillo-Penn

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Will the Big Red Men’s Basketball team be able to rise above its opponents this season? Despite their literal lack of height, which senior point guard Dominick Scelfo identifies as one of the team’s major disadvantages, the boys are confident going into the 2013-2014 season.

Focus is set on improving individual conditioning as well as team coherence. Last year saw the loss of a few key players due to injuries, which resulted in losing six straight games to end the season.

To avoid repeating history, the strength and conditioning coach plans to increase injury prevention and lifting.

Although the Ivy League Conference does not start until January, the challenge begins Nov. 8 with the home opener at Syracuse. The Orangemen made it to the final four in the previous season — but Scelfo seemed unfazed.

“We just have to be able to go down the stretch of

the game,” he said. Consistency will be key

for the team, as they face other tough competitors.

Another highly anticipated game is scheduled for Nov. 15 when Cornell heads to Kentucky to face the defending national champs, the Louisville Cardinals.

Back-to-back games against Columbia University (in New York City on Jan. 18 and at home in Ithaca the following week) kick off the Ivy League Conference. Fourteen games running through the beginning of March will make up the conference, ending in the awarding of the Ivy League title.

An Ithaca winter lies between now and the playoffs. But the boys plan to heat up the court all season long.

“You have to be the hungrier team,” said Scelfo.

The men plan to show that hunger this season as they aim for an Ivy League title and NCAA tournament birth.

MEN'S BASKETBALLAllie Clement

(Left) Dominick Scelfo; (Middle) Dwight Tarwater; (Right) Jake Matthews

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After a disappointing season last year, placing No. 5 in the league, the Women’s Basketball team looks to come out on top in the 2013-2014 season.

“For this team, a big goal would be to finish one, two, or three in the league and also finish above 0.500,” senior forward Allyson DiMagno said. “That would be the first time in my four years that we would finish above 0.500 so that would be a pretty big thing for the senior class.”

Although the Big Red lost four significant seniors, the women expect that the addition of five freshmen as well as a transfer will help them achieve their goals.

“I think it’s going to be a matter of doing the little things on and off the court,” DiMagno said. “Playing hard no matter what the score is, rebounding, talking

on defense. If we do all those little things I think everything else will come together in the grand scheme of the game.”

DiMagno also thinks they can learn from last season’s mistakes, which will help them be successful this time around.

“Just because you lose a game in the Ivy League doesn’t mean your season’s over,” DiMagno said. “I think last year our emphasis was so strong on winning the Ivy title that we lost focus and perspective that we could lose a game and still finish really well in the league.”

With those aspects in mind, DiMagno looks forward to the start of the new season in hopes that the team comes out strong and ready to win.

WOMEN'S B-BALLZoe Forster

Allyson DiMagno

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The Fencing team at Cornell is one of the top programs in the country, creating a physically demanding atmosphere where each individual is expected to perform her best. While some teams crack under the pressure, the Cornell Fencing squad has a unique chemistry and team bond that sets it apart from any other team in previous years.

“We are by far the most cohesive team that I have ever seen,” team captain, Christine McIntosh said. “We definitely are supportive of each other at tournaments and outside of tournaments. We form our own kind of family here.”

The women participate in a variety of team building activities such as attending sports games together, hosting team dinners and volunteering for community service. These activities help create a supportive environment where teammates are constantly cheering for each other.

“The cheering gives me a second wind if I need it,” McIntosh said. “If I’m behind in the score and I hear my teammates cheering behind me that’s kind of the extra push that I need to go and do something outside my comfort zone.”

One of the main priorities to keep this team chemistry in balance is to ensure that the individual goal does not surpass the team goal. With this in mind, the team hopes to build off last year’s record.

“Every year we want to do better than the year before. We finished fifth last year, and we want to get even higher than that this year.”

The team begins its pursuit of this goal on Oct. 26 at Temple University.

FENCINGZoe Forster

WRESTLING

(Right) Team captain, Christine McIntosh

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On March 23, 2013 a Cornell wrestler made history at the NCAA Championships. That wrestler was Kyle Dake. After winning the NCAAs the previous three years, Dake became the first wrestler to ever win four consecutive NCAA Championship titles in four different weight classes. In doing so, Dake made a huge impact on the collegiate wrestling community and the wrestling program at Cornell.

“You see someone like that, you have someone like that on your team, you verse him every day, you wrestle him every day, it kind of sets a standard,” redshirt junior, Chris Villalonga said. “You want to have that same competitive kind of drive, and you want to be as good as he is and… emulate his kind of training and mindset, so that you can hopefully have the kind of success that he does.”

Dake filled a large role for the team both on and off the mat. With Dake’s graduation, the team must now overcome that loss.

“It was great having him [Dake] on the team,” senior captain, Mike Nevinger said. “It’s going to be hard to replace him not only just performance wise and scoring, but he was a great leader on the team, always helping guys out.”

Nevertheless, the men feel they have what it takes to not only win individually at NCAAs, but also to win the NCAA championships as a team for the first time in school history.

“Kyle Dake is who he is, but Cornell Wrestling is a separate entity and program, where we are still running the same principles that we have been running before I got here – before he

even got here,” Villalonga said. “Even though Kyle is gone, older guys step up. We’ve been with Kyle. We know what it takes, and we still have our own driving forces to aspire to achieve our own goals.”

Nevinger believes that the leadership skills he has learned from previous wrestlers will be one of those driving forces.

“We’ve had a great team forever really,” Nevinger said. “It’s been great being underneath a lot of these older guys who are just great captains, great wrestlers and great leaders. They have definitely shown me the way – how to handle a team and how to motivate them and help them do their best.”

The team also has a strong returning group of wrestlers including two-time All-American, Nevinger who took fifth in his weight class at the NCAAs last season, Villalonga, a two-time NCAA qualifier and Nahshon Garrett, who as a freshman, finished third in his weight class at the NCAA tournament. With these and other returners and the addition of a talented group of freshmen, many of whom have had experience nationally and overseas, the team has the talent to win.

“We still have quite a few guys… and we actually have a lot of incoming freshmen who I think can step up in a big way and fill those gaps,” Nevinger said.

However, with a lot of newcomers, the mentality of the team will be crucial to achieving the goals of winning the Ivy League, EIWA and the National Championships.

“It’s just having that mental attitude and just really making a purpose while you are there,” Villalonga said. “Not just going through the motions, but really getting something out of it.”

With this mentality, the team is excited to begin its pursuit of an NCAA Championship title.

“I know that these young guys are extremely driven and very hungry – that they want to make some noise coming right in,” Villalonga said. “Hopefully it will lead to something that we haven’t done before, where Cornell can make its own history. Kyle made his and now we can make ours by winning our first national title. That’s something that I’m really looking forward to this year.”

WRESTLINGCeleste Cirillo-Penn

(Left) Nahshon Garrett; (Right) Mike Nevinger

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The Cornell Gymnastics team is gearing up for its season. With four talented freshman, a new choreographer, and their best season score average ever last year, the girls are showing promise.

“Our four new freshman and Grace, our new choreographer, have all brought a great new energy to the team that has everyone refreshed and excited for competition,” senior, Elise Kerner said.

The Co-Captains, Kerner and Lexi Schupp, already have a plan to kick-start the team for competition.

“[We] started off with working really hard in the gym from the first day of practice,” Kerner said. “Now that everyone is beginning to get their skills down we want to work on practicing performing under pressure”.

In addition, Schupp emphasized the importance of preparing the team early in the season.

“For us, winning begins with getting the team

prepared early in pre-season so that every one of us will build the confidence and consistency that it takes to perform our best,” Schupp said.

Last year the team had its highest RQS (average total score per meet) in history. Schupp sees this team high score as yet another opportunity for “records that can continue to be broken,” as the team aims towards more championship titles this year.

“Ivies is one meet that is particularly on our radar,” Schupp said.

The team has not won the championship in three years and is looking to reclaim that title. The other two meets to look out for are ECAC’s and USAG Nationals, where the team is also aiming to bring home titles.

All in all, there is great excitement and anticipation for this season. The Gymnastics team cannot wait to get out on the floor for the Big Red this coming January.

GYMNASTICSSophia Scazzero

(Left) Elise Kerner; (Right) Lexi Schupp

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The Cornell Squash teams have ambitious goals for this season. With the Men’s team ranking No.8 nationally and the Women’s team No.6 last year, both are hoping for top finishes this season.

A big challenge for the players will be finding a balance between training and schoolwork, a challenge that brought the men’s team down last year at Nationals.

“Squash isn’t necessarily about playing four or five hours a day at just half pace, you have to go 90 or 100 percent, maybe for an hour or an hour and a half, and that will keep you steadily improving until the season starts,” senior, Bryan Keating said.

In pre-season, Cornell Squash players have been cross-training with Fun Fridays, where each week they do something different.

“We played beach volleyball,” junior, Danielle Letourneau said. “One week we did themed mixed squash doubles with the guys’ team, and we are doing Thai boxing tomorrow.”

After the season starts, and the squads become comfortable, practices will become much more focused.

“It can be pretty daunting as

a freshman, joining the squash program, having all these experienced players and not really knowing where you fit in… so I think Fun Fridays… are a good way to get the new guys settled in,” Keating said.

For those who do not know much about squash, it is a skill that takes a lot of practice. Well-trained players move gracefully around the court, a result of years of training.

“The better you move, the easier you make it look,” Keating said. “It’s kind of like dance steps once you’ve got it down.”

The Men’s and Women’s Squash teams aim to perfect those skills as they try to achieve their goals this season.

“I’m excited to lead this team to Nationals, to a Top Eight finish, or even hopefully get in the Final Four, which would be a fantastic success,” Keating said. Additionally, the teams hope that fans come out this season, and show some support as they take on their opponents, including Columbia on Dec. 7 at the Belkin Squash Courts.

“Hope you guys come out to matches!” Letourneau said.

SQUASHAnnelise Raymond

(Left) Bryan Keating; (Right) Danielle Letournea

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Cornell Diving has had much success over the years. Last season, Phillip Truong became the most decorated diver in Cornell history and Manita Herlitz-Ferguson garnered a multitude of first place victories. Other members of the team have also stepped up, providing valuable points at meets.

While the team has had great results, there is one element that is even more important in defining the squad – its philosophy.

“An important philosophy that we have tried to really nurture during my tenure here, is that our divers form an especially tight bond,” head coach, Veronica Ribot-Canales said. “I also like to foster the qualities of good manners and respect.”

The divers believe that a combination of hard work, commitment, respect and especially a bond between team members allows them to succeed in meets.

“The divers are really close,” a senior on the women’s team, Herlitz-Ferguson said. “We are always pushing each other to be our best...When we get to meets that definitely shows.”

Truong, a senior on the men’s squad, agrees.“It’s not always easy to keep pressure away.

But because we are so tightly knit, it is natural for us to look after each other,” Truong said. “We are just raised that way as athletes from the beginning – sportsmanship, respect, just carrying on what we learned as younger athletes.”

In addition, the team members have increased the intensity of their practices in an attempt to improve their performance in the Ivy League Championships and qualify divers to the NCAA Zone Qualifying Meet.

“We are lifting in the weight room three times a week this year, which is more than we ever have before, and practicing hard every day,” Herlitz-Ferguson said.

With this increased training and philosophical groundwork the team is positive about the upcoming season.

“I’m really looking forward to this season,” Truong said. “As a team, we get stronger year after year, so I am excited to see what this season holds.”

DIVINGCeleste Cirillo-Penn

(Left) Phillip Truong; (Right) Manita Herlitz-Ferguson

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Swimming is a difficult sport, no doubt about it; the early morning practices, the intensive sets and the close intervals make it challenging. Despite these challenges and disappointing records last year, the Men’s and Women’s Swim teams are optimistic about the coming season.

The year has only just begun, but Men’s swimmer, Harry Harpham, has already seen an improvement.

“We have very good camaraderie this year,” Harpham said. “In and out of practice you can feel like the team is really together.”

One aspect that makes the Swim team unique is that the Men’s and Women’s teams practice together. Women’s swimmer, Kim Jerome views this aspect as a positive.

“It creates bonds that other teams may not have if they practice separately,” Jerome said.

Team effort is a vital component for the squads. In addition to relays, all the swimmers compete in individual

races, and their individual scores are then entered into a total team score.

However, the team bond is not the only crucial element. The swimmers believe that the characteristics needed to succeed are passion, determination and hard work.

“We are a team that is about work ethic,” Harpham said. “Everybody is working hard every day to beat you. You just have to work even harder so that when you get there you have the upper hand.”

According to Jerome, passion for swimming makes all the hard work and difficulties worth it.

“Yes, practices are tough, and yes we do wake up at 5:30am to go jump in a cold pool, and people ask why we do this… but I think it all comes down to how much we care about this team, our love for the sport and how our team values each and every teammate both in and outside the pool.”

The teams start their seasons with scrimmages against University of Buffalo on Oct. 25.

SWIMMINGVictoria Sadosky

Harry Harpham

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The Cornell Women’s Ice Hockey team has been known to heat up the ice at Lynah Rink. In the 2013-2014 season, the women are looking to keep up their red-hot winning streak, perhaps more than ever.

After winning both the Ivy League and the ECAC Championships in the 2012-2013 season, but falling just short of the NCAA crown after a 4-3 loss to Mercyhurst in the Quarterfinals, it is no surprise that the team’s four seniors—Jessica Campbell, Hayleigh Cudmore, Alyssa Gagliardi, and Lauren Slebodnick— are motivated to make their final year playing for the Big Red count in a major way.

“We’d like to win everything,” Gagliardi, a defensemen, admitted.

Ambitious? Perhaps. But definitely not unlikely. Nationally ranked No.6 in the first edition of the 2013-2014 USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll, the Big Red has already started preparing for what the team hopes to be an incredible season of victories.

To get ready for the upcoming season, the team has begun off-ice training four to five days a week. However, the seniors know

that athletic training is not quite enough to secure the legendary NCAA title.

“We try to keep the team together as much as possible,” Campbell said. “The sooner we get close, the better it’s going to be for us moving forward.”

Daily lunches at Trillium help the team—which has 14 underclassmen this season—come together and stay connected.

Cudmore called it “a bonding experience every weekday.”

Re-establishing the team dynamic is particularly important this year, as the team has lost one of its star players, Brianne Jenner, to the Canadian Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team.

Although Jenner’s talents will be missed, “it just gives people the opportunity to step into different roles,” Gagliardi said.

In addition to seeing some new players on the ice, the team is also eager to see some new fans come and experience the excitement of a winning team. Although the Lynah Faithful are always present—clad in red with newspapers in hand, of course—for the iconic Men’s Ice

Hockey games, the Women’s team has not seen quite the same level of support.

But rest assured, a women’s hockey game has just as much Big Red talent and spirit as a men’s game.

“There’s still that same excitement and buzz around it,” Cudmore explained.

The 2013-2014 season will kick off on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Lynah Rink with a contest against Northeastern. For each person that attends, $1 will be donated to

United Way of Tompkins County.Show your support and your

school spirit, and “come watch us play!” Cudmore urged. “We appreciate every person.”

Until the season starts, though, expect the Big Red to keep on practicing and dreaming of earning that celebrated NCAA Championship.

“We’ve been so close every year,” Slebodnick explained. “It would be nice to just finish it off where we’ve been striving every year.”

WOMEN'S HOCKEYDani Kellner

(From Left to Right) Hayleigh Cudmore, Lauren Slebodnick, Jessica Campbell, and Alyssa Gagliardi

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Double overtime, fans on their feet, and just like that, the Big Red was sent packing in the Quarterfinals of the ECAC tournament.

After a devastating loss to Quinnipiac and the consequential end to last season, the Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey team is coming back stronger and more determined to win the ECAC title this season.

“Our biggest goal is to win an ECAC title because we haven’t done it since we’ve been here,” senior forward, Rodger Craig said. “People come to Cornell to win and we expect to win. We had a let down last year, but I think everyone is really hungry for it this year.”

The Big Red has won 12 ECAC tournament championships, and with the addition of ten new players, the men are hopeful that they can win it this year.

“We are determined not to have the same year, so the hard work and determination are there,” senior forward, Dustin Mowrey said. “Even

the freshmen coming in are starting to feel the sting that we had last year, and they are realizing that we are looking at a big year this year.”

The team believes having a hardworking culture in the rink will allow for productive and dynamic practices.

When asked about the key to a successful season, Mowrey answered, “I think just determination and sticking with it, and knowing that if we do everything as hard as we can, good things will happen.”

The men have a positive outlook as they approach the upcoming season. They want to make the Lynah Faithful proud when they take to the ice.

“We know that the fans expect a lot from us,” Craig said. “They expect us to win. They expect a fun, hard-hitting game so that’s a little bit of pressure, but mostly it is such a treat to play here at Cornell. We have the best fans.”

With the fans behind the team, the Big Red has the drive to reclaim its glory.

MEN'S HOCKEYRachel Honigman

(Left) Dustin Mowrey; (Right) Rodger Craig

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HOME GAME SCHEDULEMen's Basketball

11/10/13 @ time TBA Loyola University11/13/13 @ 7:00pm Binghamton University

11/22/13 @ 7:00pm Siena College11/25/13 @ 7:00pm Radford University

12/07/13 @ 4:00pm St. Francis University (PA.)01/11/14 @ 2:00pm Oberlin College

01/25/14 @ time TBA Columbia University02/14/14 @ 7:00pm Dartmouth College02/15/14 @ 7:00pm Harvard University

02/21/14 @ 7:00pm Yale University02/22/14 @ 7:00pm Brown University

03/07/14 @ 7:00pm Princeton University03/08/14 @ 7:00pm University of Pennsylvania

Women's Basketball11/08/13 @ 7:00pm Colgate University11/23/13 @ 1:00pm Bucknell University11/26/13 @ 7:00pm Loyola University

12/04/13 @ 7:00pm Binghamton University12/07/13 @ 1:00pm St. Francis College (NY)

12/30/13 @ 7:00pm Drexel University01/02/14 @ 7:00pm University of Vermont01/25/14 @ time TBA Columbia University

01/31/14 @ 7:00pm Brown University02/01/14 @ 6:00pm Yale University

02/07/14 @ 7:00pm University of Pennsylvania02/08/14 @ 6:00 pm Princeton University02/28/14 @ 7:00pm Harvard University03/01/14 @ 6:00pm Dartmouth College

Fencing04/26/14 All Day – Alumni, Parents and Friends Tour-

nament

Wrestling11/23/13 @ 7:00pm Binghamton University

11/24/13 All Day – New York State Intercollegiate Championships

01/12/14 @ 2:00pm Lehigh University01/18/14 @ 2:00pm Harvard University

01/25/14 @ 2:00pm Brown University01/26/14 @ 2:00pm Rutgers University

02/08/14 @ 1:00pm Columbia University02/22/14 @ 1:00pm Hofstra University

Gymnastics02/08/14 @ 1:00pm – Big Red Invitational03/01/14 @ 1:00pm Rutgers University

03/15/14 @ 1:00pm West Chester University of Penn-sylvania

Squash (Men's/Women's)11/24/13 @ 11:00am the University of Western On-

tario (M)12/07/13 @ 11:00am Columbia University (M/W)01/31/14 @ 2:00pm Franklin & Marshall College

(M/W)01/31/14 @ 7:00pm United States Naval Academy (M)

02/01/14 @ 12:00pm Harvard University (M/W)02/02/14 @ 12:00pm Dartmouth College (M/W)

02/07/14 @ 5:00pm University of Pennsylvania (M/W)02/07/14 @ 8:00pm Hobart College (M)

02/07/14 @ 8:00pm William Smith College (W)

Diving (Men's/Women's)11/09/13 @ 11:00am Boston College (M/W)

11/22/13 @ 7:00pm Princeton/University of Pennsyl-vania (M/W)

01/11/14 @ 11:15am Colgate University (M/W)02/01/14 @ 1:00pm Brown University (M/W)

Swimming (Men's/Women's)11/09/13 @ 1:00pm Boston College (M/W)

11/23/13 @ 11:00 am Princeton University/University of Pennsylvania (M)

11/23/13 @ 2:00pm Princeton University/University of Pennsylvania (W)

01/11/14 @ 1:00pm Colgate University (M/W)02/01/14 @ 1:00pm Brown University (M/W)

Women's Hockey10/19/13 @ 2:00pm Northeastern University10/20/13 @ 2:00pm Northeastern University

10/25/13 @ 4:00pm Clarkson University10/26/13 @ 3:00pm St. Lawrence University

11/08/13 @ 7:00pm Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute11/09/13 @ 4:00pm Union College11/29/13 @ 7:00pm Boston College11/30/13 @ 4:00pm Boston College

01/17/14 @ 7:00pm Dartmouth College01/18/14 @ 4:00pm Harvard University

01/31/14 @ 7:00pm Yale University02/01/14 @ 4:00pm Brown University02/08/14 @ 4:00pm Colgate University

02/21/14 @ 7:00pm Quinnipiac University2/22/14 @ 4:00pm Princeton University

Men's Hockey10/19/13 @ 7:00pm York University

11/01/13 @ 7:00pm Princeton University11/02/13 @ 7:00pm Quinnipiac University

11/22/13 @ 7:00pm Brown University11/23/13 @ 7:00pm Yale University

11/26/13 @ 7:00pm Niagara University12/07/13 @ 7:00pm Colgate University

01/03/14 @ 7:00pm Minor Hockey League AllStars01/10/14 @ 7:00pm University of Massachusetts

01/24/14 @ 7:00pm St. Lawrence University01/25/14 @ 7:00pm Clarkson University

02/14/14 @ 7:00pm Union College02/15/14 @ 7:00pm Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

02/28/14 @ 7:00pm Dartmouth College03/01/14 @ 7:00pm Harvard University

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QUICKFACTSHOME GAME SCHEDULE

Men's Basketball

Important Games:CU vs. Syracuse – 11/08/13 CU vs. Louisville – 11/15/13

CU vs. Harvard – 2/15/14Team Goals:

Win Ivy League title Make it to the NCAA tournament

Players to Watch: Devin Cherry Shonn Miller

Dwight TarwaterKeys to Success:

Rebounding and defense

Women's Basketball

Important Games:Every Ivy League game

Team Goals: Win Ivy League title and improve their

record from last yearPlayers to Watch: Allyson DiMagnoStephanie LongShelby Lyman

Keys to Success:Playing consistent and smart basket-

ball for 40 minutes

Fencing

Important Matches: Ivy League ChampionshipsRegional Championships

NCAA ChampionshipsTeam Goals:

Win Ivy LeagueClimb up in the conference rankings Beat at least 3 Ivy League opponents

Players to Watch:Entire foil squad

Anastasia Turin (saber)Victoria Wines (epee)

Keys to Success:Hard Work

BeliefExecution in tough competitions

Wrestling

Important Matches: Grapple at the Garden – 12/01/13

CU vs. Lehigh – 1/24/14CU vs. UPenn – 2/1/14

Team Goals: Win Ivy and EIWA Championships Earn a top 5 finish in the nation

Players to Watch: Nahshon Garrett

Mark GreyMike NevingerChris Villalonga

Keys to Success:Staying healthy

Having young players mature quickly

Gymnastics

Important Meets:CU vs. Penn State/Illinois/Southeast

Missouri – 1/18/14Ivy Classic – 2/23/14

CU vs. Rutgers – 3/1/14ECAC Championships – 3/22/14

Team Goals: To hit routines consistently

Have a new high NCAA season averageTake home the 4th Ivy title in 7 years

Players to Watch: Alicia Bair

Melanie JorgensenLexi Schupp

Keys to Success:Total team effort

Squash

Important Matches:Matches against the top 12 teams

Team Goals: Win: Move up the rankings

Players to Watch:Aditya JagtapBryan Keating

Danielle LetourneauJessenia PachecoKeys to Success:Staying healthy

Diving

Important Meets:CU vs. Princeton and UPenn –11/23/13

CU vs. Yale – 1/7/14Team Goals:

The Ivy League Championship finals Qualify for NCAA Zone qualifying meet

Players to Watch: Tommy Hallowell

Phillip TruongBianca Herlitz-FergusonManita Herlitz-Ferguson

Keys to Success:Strength gains in the weightroom

Improving the degree of difficulty in divers’ repertoire

Swimming

Important Meets:Ivy League Championships – 2/20/14 –

2/22/14 CU Dual meets against Harvard and

Dartmouth – 11/16/13CU vs. Princeton and UPenn –11/23/13

Team Goals: Aim for more victories

Players to Watch: Ben Catanese

Harry HarphamVictor LuoDylan Sali

Taylor Wilson Meredith Drummond

Jenna ImmorminoKim Jerome

Keys to Success:Maintaining focus and energy

Being on their game every single race

Women's Hockey

Important Games:Home opener vs. Northeastern

10/19/13 and 10/20/13CU vs. Boston College – 11/28-29/13CU vs. Harvard/Dartmouth – 1/17/14

and 1/18/14Team Goals:

Win the Ivy League, ECAC Regular sea-son title, ECAC championship

tournament, the NCAA ChampionshipsPlayers to Watch:Jessica Campbell

Hayleigh CudmoreAlyssa Gagliardi

Lauren SlebodnickKeys to Success:

Playing a smart and simple game

Men's Hockey

Important Games:CU vs. University of Nebraska at Omaha – 10/25/13 and 10/26/13

Madison Square Garden (CU vs. Bos-ton University) – 11/30/13

Team Goals: Win the ECAC titlePlayers to Watch:

Rodger CraigBrian Ferlin

Andy IlesJoel Lowry

John McCarronDustin Mowrey

Joakim RyanReece Willcox

Keys to Success:Hard work and determination