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The Ithaca Journal Monday, November 16, 1998 Sports 5B. (I Tillotsoe tem tide in RedPs loss Opening win for women's Cornell Football hoops of the Ivy League with a 5-1 record, needing a victory for the Ivy title. Columbia 22, Cornell 1 0 com io 010 1 Columbia 0 6 7 922 First Quarter Cot fG McCombs 41, 6 55 Second Quarter G-fG Kravrtz 25. 10:37. Col FG Krave 22, 2:02.

Third Quarter Col Tillotson 70 fumble return (Kravte kick), 9:23. Fourth Quarter CdFGKravitZ 23, 13:28 Col Mack 46 run (pass tailed), 10:05. A 6,845. Cor Col First downs 17 16 Rushes-yards 30-9 42-227 Passing 233 109 Comp-Att-Int 25-43-2 11-22-1 Return Yards 26 101 Punts-Avg. 6-37 5-40 Fumbkssiost 3-2 3-2 Penalties-Yards 5-54 12-102 Time of Possession 29:59 30:01 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Cornell, Hams 17-53, Bush 5-8.

Columbia, Mack 14-96, Reese 10-70, Hayes 11-51, Blotaon 1-17. PASSINGCome. Hood 25-42-2-233. Moresco 0-1-04 Columbia. Childress 11-21-0-109.

Mack 0-1-1-0. RECEIVING Cornell, Splendono 7-85. Moresco 4-35. Bush 4-26. Columbia, Dawkms 3-26, Tillotson 2-24, Reese 2-9.

loss of 2, Hood sacked for 5) twice before they went forwards and had to punt. They moved the ball on their next possession, but at first-and-10 at the Lions' 35, junior back Justin Bush fumbled, Tillotson scooped it up and sped untouched down the Cornell sideline for the touchdown. "That changes the game quite a bit," Mangurian said. "Instead of having the lead and playing to make it a two-score lead, you're down and you're thinking differently." The Lions added a field goal after a 12-play drive that spanned the third and fourth quarters, and got another big play by turning a short-yardage situation into a long touchdown. On a third-and-1 at the Cornell 48, the Big Red collapsed at the line of scrimmage, but the Lions' line made a hole for Kirby Mack, who ran all the way to the end zone for the 22-10 lead.

On the possession following the Tillotson touchdown, Columbia gave Cornell another gift when tailback volleyball in regional final Johnathan Reese fumbled at the Lion 28 without being touched. But after two incompletions, a Hood pass to J.B. Moresco got nine yards to set up a fourth-and-1 at the Columbia 19. Trailing, 13-10, Mangurian chose not to call on junior kicker John McCombs, who had hit a 41-yard field goal in the second quarter on the same end of the field. Instead, Hood handed off to Bush, who was knocked back for a loss of one yard.

"I thought we'd make it," the coach said. "We're obviously not playing for a tie at this point in our season. We're playing to win every game." The loss dropped Cornell to 1-5 in the Ivy League. Cornell has won at least two Ivy League games since going 1-6 in 1977, Bob Blackman's first year in succeeding George Seifert as head coach. And the Big Red has the biggest of challenges in its season finale Saturday at Schoellkopf Field.

The Pennsylvania Quakers come to Ithaca alone at the top set a pool record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:28.03 after winning the 50 freestyle earlier in the meet Men's Wrestling ITHACA Ithaca's Tom Hall took first place in the 133 pound weight class on Saturday at the Ithaca College Invitational. The Bombers placed seventh in team competition (105 points) while Cortland took top honors with 148 points. Men's Swimming Ithaca 127, Bloomsburg 68 ITHACA Ithaca placed first in all 11 events as the Bombers topped Bloomsburg at the Hill Center Pool on Saturday. at 21. With 12:45 to play, it was a new ballgame.

But again, the Bengals responded, both offensive and defensively. Following a Carley punt through the end zone, Henry drove Buffalo State 80 yards in seven plays for the game-winning score. The first play of the drive was a 35-yard completion to Baker who else? which put the ball in Ithaca territory. Six plays later, Henry found Baker in the back of the end zone for their third touchdown of the day. Ithaca's last possession ended with Bengal John Williams' second interception of the game, at the Buffalo State 35-yard line with 37 seconds left.

For the fourth straight year, Ithaca had to listen to a Bengal celebration while they wondered what might have been. "I don't dwell on that, although I know people do," Welch said. "Yeah, we want to win the game as much as Buff State. The fact that it's four years in a row, I don't dwell on that, and I'm hoping our players don't." Given the fact that the loss cost Head, Saturday's game: Columbia 22, Cornell 10 Record: 4-5, 1-5 Ivy League Next game: Saturday vs. Pennsylvania, 1 p.m.

sacks of Hood for a loss of 52 yards. "Mike was under pressure," said first-year Cornell coach Pete Mangurian. "There's no questioa Up front, man-toman, we were under pressure." Cornell led 10-0 after one quarter and 10-6 halftime. But one never realty got the sense that the Big Red was in control. Early on, Columbia inflicted more damage on itself than Cornell did, committing 10 penalties in the first half for 87 negative yards.

On Cornell's first series of the second half, they went backwards (Harris beats IC latest national poll, advances to the national quarterfinals this weekend. Women's Cross Country CANTON Ithaca placed fifth overall (179 points) in the NCAA New York Regional Qualifier at St. Lawrence University on Saturday. Plattsburgh took top honors (73) while Cortland finished second with 77 points. Cara Devlin finished a team-best sixth overall (18:31) for the Bombers.

Men's Cross Country CANTON Ithaca's Ian Golden qualified for a trip to the NCAA Championship by taking fourth place (25:56) at the NCAA New York Regional Qualifier on Saturday at St. Lawrence. The Bombers took 11th place out the drives ended in interceptions by O'Donovan, and one resulted in a missed 24-yard field goal try by Scott Hutz. "We were driving the ball in the first half, but we just couldn't punch the ball into the end zone. It was frustrating," O'Donovan said.

Ithaca entered the game having scored at least one touchdown in 18 of the last 20 quarters. The Bombers battled difficult field position in the first half. Their first three possessions all started inside their 10-yard line, and their average first-half drive started at their on 12. "We had lousy field position," IC head coach Michael Welch said, "but that's the result of not doing the things we're capable of doing. I wasn't really pleased with the way we were per-, forming." Ithaca and Buffalo State realized the importance of the Bombers' possession to open the second half.

And when Buddenhagen took the second-half kickoff 54 yards to the Bengals' 41-yard line, Boyes had a feeling something was about to happen. "It was almost a self-fulfilling prophecy, because I told the guys at halftime that Ithaca's first series would be crucial for us," Boyes said. "And golly, don't they come out and return that thing, and a few plays later they're in the end zone." of 22 schools with 308 points in team competition while Cortland took top honors (52 points). Women's Swimming Ithaca 108, Bloomsburg 97 ITHACA Ithaca's Renee Hel- bok set pool records in the 100, 200 and 500-yard freestyle events as the Bombers topped Bloomsburg at the Hill Center Pool on Saturday for IC coach Paula Miller's 100th coaching victory. Jen Souder also Four plays later, O'Donovan found Buddenhagen streaking up the left sideline and floated a perfect strike to his senior wide receiver for a 26-yard touchdown strike just 1:33 into the third period.

Buffalo State responded with a nine-play, 67-yard scoring drive, capped by a one-yard plunge by tailback Dion Foendoe (15-50). The Bombers answered with a long drive of their own 15 plays, 76 yards, consuming over six minutes and culminating in a Carpenter two-yard run. The key play was a successful fourth-and-two conversion on the 12th play of the drive, giving Ithaca first-and-goal. The respective defenses held on the next two possessions, but Ithaca had the edge in field position and pinned the Bengals as a result of a 34-yard Tim Car-ley punt and a hustling special teams play by safety Brian Austin to keep the ball from bouncing into the end zone. From his own 1-yard line, Henry attempted a seconckiown pass to the right flat.

Pasquale was just trying to bat the ball down, but went one better. "It just hit me in the hands, I think I had stickum on the gloves or something," said Pasquale, who caught the ball and dove for the end zone, landing just short. Following an Ithaca illegal-procedure penalty, O'Donovan hit Rumbutis from six yards out to tie the game Ifliller By KEITH McSHEA Journal Staff NEW YORK Chris Tillotson didn't beat the Cornell football team all by himself Saturday it just seemed that way. The senior free safety had two catches for 24 yards, one rush for 17 yards, three punt returns, a kickoff return, seven tackles, four pass defenses, a forced rumble, two interceptions and most important of all a 70-yard fumble return for a touchdown to lead Columbia over Cornell, 22-10, Saturday. "I'm tired, but I'm happy to get our second win in a row I'm sure 111 sleep like a baby tonight," Tillotson said next to a locker room echoing with the champs of the State." Despite the Deion-like diversification of Tillotson's time, the Big Red's failure at the line of scrimmage was just as responsible for the defeat.

Cornell was outrushed, 227-9, and their ground game's figure included nine Cortland From Journal Staff Reports CORTLAND Top-seeded Cortland State ended the Ithaca College volleyball team's season Saturday, sweeping to a 15-12, 15-8, 15-4 victory in the NCAA Division III New York Regional Final. Spencer's Rebecca Helmetsie had a team-high 10 kills for the Bombers (18-20) who were seeded third in the tournament. Jen Salmon logged 20 assists and 12 digs while Heather Burgess had three blocks in the loss. Cortland (39-2), ranked fifth in the Bombers (Continued from Page 3B) early in the second quarter for a 73-yard touchdown play, one play after the Bengal defense stopped Ithaca on fourth-and-three. Ithaca cornerback Michael Miceli looked to have Baker blanketed, but Henry put the ball where only his fleet-footed receiver could get it Total elapsed time of the two scoring "drives" 28 seconds.

"There was nothing he (Miceli) could do about it," Sansone said. "I think every ball he threw today was perfect," senior cornerback Jeff Tremlett said. Ithaca quarterback Mike O'Dono-van completed 27 of 47 passes for 292 yards and a pair of second-half scoring tosses, to Matt Buddenhagen and fullback Mike Rumbutis. He also threw three interception, two in the first half in Bengal territory. Buddenhagen's 26-yard TD grab early in the third was his 11th of the season, tying the Ithaca record set in 1986 by George Mack.

Junior Ryan Carpenter rushed for a game-high 93 yards on 21 carries. Defensively, Sansone led the way with 11 tackles, and Rich Pasquale set up IC's final touchdown with an interception at the Bengals' 1-yard line. The Bombers moved the ball with some success in the first 30 minutes, but couldn't translate that movement into points on the scoreboard. Two of FREE Local Airtime 1st 90 days FREE Caller I.D. FREE Message Manager Voice Mail FREE Call Waiting FREE Call Forwarding tl When you sign up for cellular service from Cellular One.

Call to talk to a store near you win on yyiii ill Your Wireless Communication Store. FREE FREE Jt 1 From Journal Staff Reports ITHACA Freshman Breean Walas scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Cornell women's basketball te'am to a 75-64 victory over Army Saturday at Newman Arena, With the score tied at 57 with 4:50 remaining in the game, Walas scored eight consecutive points to give Cornell the lead for good. Jumana Salti, a senior center who transferred from BYU, had a double-double with 19 points and a game-high 13 rebounds for the Big Red while Deborah Stevens contributed with 11 points. Women's Hockey Princeton 3, Cornell 2 1 ITHACA Cornell (3-1) suffered its first loss of the season as Princeton (4-0) scored with 634 remaining in the game to win on Sunday at Lynah Rink. Dcwn 2-0, Pama Kemp put Cornell on the board in the second period before Colette Bpin tied tte game vi 10 minutes remaining the triirdpericid.

Jennifer Turner and Alison Stewart logged assists while Alanna Hayes had 20 saves for Cornell. On Saturday, freshmen Dianna Eell and Errin Perushek scored two goals apiece as Cornell blanked Yale, 6-0, at Lynah Rink. Patricia Kemp and Erica Olson ajso netted goals for the Big Red while senior Melissa Junkala had 23 saves for the shutout win. Yeomen's Cross Country j- BRONX Cornell placed second with 122 points in the NCAA Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Van Cortlandt Pjirk. Emily Germano was the top Big Red finisher taking fifth place Cornell's Kim Chat-man placed 13th Providence took top team honors with 70 points while Boston University Larissa Kleinmann took first overall with a time of 17:20.4.

fyjen's Wrestling ITHACA Cornell's Bob Green-leaf took the 197 pound championship while the Big Red placed third overall (124 points) at the Ivy Kick-off Classic Hall on Saturday. Harvard took top honors with 159.50 points with four Crimson wrestlers won individual championships. Three other Cornell wrestlers Sean Doyle (133 pounds), San Severin (165) and Joe Tucceri (174) reached the finals in their weight class before bowing out. Women's Volleyball Pennsylvania 3, Cornell 0 PROVIDENCE, R.I. Cornell ended its 1998 campaign with a lqss to Pennsylvania (10-15) in the second round of the Ivy League Tournament on Saturday.

Senior Laura Snow had a team-high 10 kills for the Big Red while Vanessa Richlin had a team-high 38 assists in the 15-13, 15-6, 15-11 loss. Men's Soccer Cornell 2, Columbia 0 NEW YORK, N.Y. Nathan Fuller and Lewis Vaughn logged goals for Cornell as the Big Red closed out its season with a shutout over Columbia (5-8-3) on Saturday. Stunned (Continued from Page 3B) week ago at Brockport, 21-18. Brockport finished the season with a record of 3-6.

If you look at the facts and the criteria for selecting playoff teams, Welch said, there's no reason why his Bombers shouldn't be in. "We've got to find out how something like this can happen," he said. "I don't even think there's a question that we have the edge (over CNJ)." One of the factors the committee takes into account is how a team is playing or at least whether they're winning or losing at playoff time. Ithaca lost its regular-season finale, while the College of New Jersey, Rowan and Buffalo State all won. Welch was asked whether his team would be in if, say, the St.

Lawrence game (a 60-0 victory) had been its season-finale and the Buffalo State loss had occurred in mid-season. no question," was his rply. .1 Tires Body Work Batteries Alignment Accessories A Parts Plus Three swimmers Michael Esper, Dave Balta and Ryan Spencer 1 won two races apiece for Ithaca. Men's Soccer FredoniaO, Ithaca 0(OT) FREDONIA Fredonia topped Ithaca 6-5 in penalty kicks after a scoreless overtime tie in the ECAC Northeast semi-final game at Fredonia on Saturday. Chris Lucci, Shaun Leska, Todd 1 McCormick, Matt Deskiewicz and Wade Wilkinson all scored on their penalty kicks for the Bombers.

Lucci had nine saves for the 1 Bombers (9-7-1) and ended the sea-; son with seven shutouts which is third on the all-time shutout list. Ithaca an NCAA playoff berth, some-! thing this year's seniors never experi-; enced, one has to wonder. Buffalo State 28, Ithaca 21 Buffalo State 6 8 7 728 Ithaca 0 0 14 721 First Quarter BS-Baker 76 pass from Henry (kick blocked), 14:44 Second Quarter BS Baker 73 pass from Henry (Baker pass), 1 2:36 Third Quarter Ith 8uddenhagen 26 pass from O'Donovan (Hutz kick), 13:27 BS-Foendoe 1 run (Round kick), 9:02 Ith Carpenter 2 run (Hutz kick), 2:56 Fourth Quarter Ith Rumbutis 6 pass from O'Donovan (Hutz kick), 12:45 BS Baker 7 pass from Henry (Round kick), 3:41 A 2,052. Bui Ith First downs Rushes-yards 17 25 39-82 37-146 356 292 Comp-Att-Int 16-22-1 27-47-3 Return Yards 20 6 i Punts-Avg. i FumWes-Lost 3-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-15 4-20 Time of Possession 27:03 32:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Buf, Foendoe 15-50.

Starks 12-40, Van-derlip 1-(minus 2), Henry 10-(minus 3), Baker 1-(minu8 3). Ith, Carpenter 21-93. Amorese 6-23, 0 Donovan 7-22, Dibble 2-10, Canada 1-(minus 2). PASSING Buf, Henry 16-22-1-356. Ith, O'Donovan 27-47-3-292.

RECEIVING Buf, Baker 10-257, Parris 3-32, Dana 2- 56, Casullo 1 -1 1 Ith. Ceesay 9-102. Bonser 7-72. Budden- hagen 5-75, Rumbutis 2-10, Carpenter 2-6, Erne 1-20, Dibble 1-7. Shop The Ithaca JOURNAL sleeted by random drawing and notified by Sam Peter and their families are not eligible innnrvn LJ LJ iariAaff You could watch for Santa in a HEW LA-Z-Boy recliner! You'll find your entry coupon in the Sam Peter advertisements in The wmSmf I Motorola Fthnrn Jnnrnol's snecial holidav St l'Sa-' 3UUU I I A 1 W.n sections.

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