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Cornell’s women’s basketball team played as a confident No. 6 seed Tuesday night and secured the program’s first postseason win since 2000 with a 79-64 pasting of third-seeded Dubuque in the first round of the Iowa Conference Tournament at Stoltz Sports Center. The Rams (10-14) led by as many as 19 points in the first [...]

Coach Shanda Ness’ 2012 Cornell softball team takes on a new look, but seeks the same results following a record-setting campaign. Last year’s lineup loaded with experience and heavy hitters paved the way to a historical 25-14 spring in which the Rams reached the Iowa Conference Tournament and made their program debut in the regional [...]

Cornell freshman point guard Rikki Mulloy has been named Iowa Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 19. Mulloy made a triumphant return to the lineup Saturday, scoring a career-high 29 points in leading the Rams to a 76-62 home win over Buena Vista in the regular-season finale. With the [...]

Cornell head coach Mike Duroe expects the competition to be fierce when matches get underway Friday morning for the 60th running of the Iowa Conference Wrestling Championships held at Coe College in Cedar Rapids. Wrestlers from nine schools will battle it out for 35 individual berths to the NCAA Division III Championships March 9-10 at [...]

The Cornell men’s basketball team went out with a fight, taking Iowa Conference runner-up Buena Vista down to the final minutes before falling 75-64 in Saturday’s season finale at the Small Multi-Sport Center. The Rams made a late push, trimming a 16-point deficit to 65-61 on an Alex Miller 3-pointer with 2:40 remaining. Buena Vista [...]

Cornell’s women’s basketball team is headed back to the postseason. The Rams left no doubt Saturday afternoon with a 76-62 home win over Buena Vista on Senior Day at the Small Multi-Sport Center. Cornell canned a season-high 12 3-point goals and freshman point guard Rikki Mulloy went off for a career-high 29 points in a [...]

Cornell junior Justin Bradfield enjoyed a perfect 4-0 day as the Rams opened Iowa Conference dual competition Saturday with a split against Wartburg and Luther in the Small Multi-Sport Center Arena. The Rams (3-4 overall, 1-1 IIAC) cruised to a convincing 8-1 victory over Wartburg in the opener. Cornell was competitive in a 7-2 setback [...]

The Cornell men’s and women’s cross country teams and senior runner Ben Jacobs have earned 2011 Division III All-Academic awards by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Rams were among 187 women’s programs to receive the USTFCCA academic team accolade. Cornell was one of 141 teams recognized on [...]

Cornell and Coe renew a wrestling rivalry for the final time as Iowa Conference foes in a dual meet between top-10 teams Friday night at the Small Multi-Sport Center. The meet begins at 7 p.m. Cornell (11-3 overall, 6-1 IIAC) entered the week ranked No. 6 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Poll. [...]

Rikki Mulloy popped in 20 points and fellow freshman Taylor Dicus was one rebound shy of collecting her second consecutive double-double as Cornell earned a 62-55 Iowa Conference road win Saturday over Central in Pella. The Rams, who fell 69-63 at home to Wartburg Wednesday, moved to 8-11 overall and 6-6 in league play. Cornell [...]

Cornell won the men’s 4×800 relay and senior Ben Jacobs notched a victory in the 3000-meter run at the non-scored Hilltop Invitational, held Friday and Saturday in the Small Multi-Sport Center Arena. Jacobs captured the 3000 title in a personal-best time of 8 minutes, 53.82 seconds, the second-best mark in the Iowa Conference this season. [...]

It was a rough offensive week for the Cornell men’s basketball team, which endured sub-30.0 percent shooting games in a pair of Iowa Conference losses. The Rams were held to a season-low point total in a 52-39 home loss Wednesday to Wartburg. Cornell went on the road Saturday and dropped an 83-50 decision to Central. [...]

Cornell junior Camille Marie-Lidd has been named to the 2011-12 Capital One Academic All-District First Team for women’s basketball, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Marie-Lidd, of Marion, was honored on the NCAA Division III top unit in District 8. The six-player first team included three other Iowa Conference selections in [...]

Cornell’s sixth-ranked wrestling team swept its side of the Iowa Conference Duals for the fourth consecutive year with four resounding wins Saturday at Kuyper Athletic Complex. The Rams recorded victories over Buena Vista (36-12), 11th-ranked Luther (26-12), Loras (31-7) and host Central (34-6). That made it 16 straight dual wins in the event for Cornell, [...]

Cornell had five players score in double figures, but couldn’t make the run it needed in the second half of a 76-68 Iowa Conference loss to Loras Saturday at the Small Multi-Sport Center. The Rams (3-16 overall, 1-9 IIAC) committed a season-low four turnovers and limited Loras’ top scorer Tim Kelly to four points. The [...]

Cornell couldn’t get its shots to drop against a surging Loras squad Saturday afternoon in a 58-44 Iowa Conference home loss at the Small Multi-Sport Center. The Rams were held to 26.4 percent shooting and outscored 38-16 in points in the paint. Cornell struggled to convert against Loras’ pressure defense and 6-foot-3 post Melissa Herrmann, [...]

Cornell junior Camille Marie-Lidd scored her 1,000th career point and the Rams climbed back over the .500 mark in Iowa Conference play with a 65-50 road win Saturday over Luther. Marie-Lidd recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in leading the Rams to their first win in Decorah since 2003. Her 1,000th point [...]

The Cornell men’s and women’s teams won’t stray too far from home this indoor track and field season. In fact, the Rams compete outside their own arena only twice over the next two months. The 2012 schedule brings forth three home meets and a pair of close in-state events leading up to March. It all [...]

Cornell senior Timothy Hood has been named the Iowa Conference Wrestler of the Week for the period ending Jan. 15. Hood captured the 125-pound title at Saturday’s Cornell Matman Invitational, in which he was named Most Outstanding Wrestler. The third-seeded Hood went 4-0 in a deep weight class that featured five nationally-ranked individuals. The eighth-ranked [...]

In a meet featuring 10 nationally-ranked teams and 28 rated wrestlers, Cornell College crowned the most individual champions and scored the second-most team points before its home fans at the Matman Invitational Saturday in the arena of the Small Multi-Sport Center. Seniors Timothy Hood (125 pounds), Tigue Snider (133) and Joe Hambleton (165) all went [...]