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PREVIEW: Men’s Lacrosse Prepares to Host Ivy League Tournament, Face Yale in Semifinal Round
Last year, the Red saw its postseason cut short in the first game of the Ivy League Tournament. This year, it enters the semifinal not only as first in the Ivy League, but first in the country. With its victory over Dartmouth last weekend, the Red earned the status of first seed and host of the conference tournament. Play kicks off Friday, when Cornell faces No. 4 Yale in the first semifinal, a match which will be followed by the second semifinal between No. 2 Princeton and No. 3 Harvard. “Every team’s different year after year, but within the league, I think all these teams are pretty well understood,” said…
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PREVIEW: No. 1 Men’s Lacrosse to Face No. 10 Harvard for Final Top-10 Matchup of the Season
With just two games left in the regular season, men’s lacrosse remains at the top of the polls. Though it’s looking good for the Red’s postseason prospects, there’s no time to sit back and relax. This Saturday, Cornell (10-1, 4-0 Ivy) travels to Cambridge, Massachusetts to play No. 10 Harvard (9-2, 3-1 Ivy), a powerhouse in its own right. The Crimson’s only loss in the Ivy League this season came against No. 2 Princeton on March 22, and since then Harvard has taken four straight games, all by a margin of at least five goals. The offensive trio of Sam King, Jack Speidell and Teddy Malone have all contributed over…
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Eyes Without A Face: The Paradox of a Masked Artist
Sleep Token’s latest single, “Caramel,” currently sits comfortably in the UK’s Official Charts Top 10. Slightly below Ed Sheeran’s “Azizam” but just a couple positions above Sabrina Carpenter’s “Busy Woman,” it rests there as if this were its natural habitat — as if an alternative metal band nestled beside Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” were the most ordinary presence in the world. Sleep Token has been making a splash far beyond Europe. With Billboard highlighting them in the Hot 100, and Spotify noting “Caramel” as the top global debut on April 6, the band has been taking the music market by storm, claiming global visibility that most obscure masked bands between…
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‘If You Don’t Win, You’re Done’: No. 3 Women’s Hockey Set To Face Union In ECAC Quarterfinals
Regular season champions No. 3 women’s hockey enters the ECAC playoffs with two conference losses. One loss came against then-No. 5 Colgate in a hard-fought battle at Lynah Rink among two of the top teams in the ECAC. The other? A 3-2 loss to Union, the Garnet Chargers’ first victory at Lynah Rink and second win over Cornell in program history. This weekend, the two teams will face off in Ithaca for a second, third and possibly fourth time this season. For both teams, the stakes are high. Union (13-21-1, 5-11-1 ECAC) is coming off its first playoff win in program history and needs to continue winning to keep its…