As senior Yianni Diakomihalis got off the mat after winning his fourth national championship last weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it was clear he’d been in that position before. Unlike many of the day’s other champions who excitedly celebrated their victories, Diakomihalis simply shook his opponent’s hand, thanked the referee and walked off the mat, before hugging his teammates and coaches.

While this lack of celebration was a demonstration of Diakomihalis’s experience, it downplayed the significan...

The Big Red were close to the top in a variety of other statistics, landing second in the nation in terms of fast break points per game with 15.93, largely as a result of focusing so heavily on going for takeaways, with their 9.7 steals per game ranking fifth in the country. This huge volume of transition layups and three-pointers landed Cornell thirteenth in the country in effective field goal percentage, an advanced stat aiming to reward teams for taking—and making—high quality shots, and nint...

Men’s soccer (3-2-1, 0-0-1 Ivy) began its home season last week with a win against No. 7 Syracuse (4-1-3, 1-0-2 ACC) on Tuesday before traveling to Cambridge to take on Harvard (1-2-4, 0-0-1 Ivy) on Saturday.

Going into the game against Syracuse, Cornell had revenge on its mind. Last season, the Orange ended the Red’s run in the NCAA tournament, en route to a national championship, in a game that Cornell dominated for long periods. This year, the Red looked to convert that degree of control ove...

When sophomore Nathan Mao gutted out a second straight set tiebreaker to clinch the match victory over No. 53 Princeton (13-12, 0-3 Ivy), it capped off an up-and-down weekend for No. 36 Cornell men’s tennis (14-4 1-1 Ivy). After losing a heartbreaker to No. 50 Penn (10-8, 2-1 Ivy), the Red bounced back significantly against the Tigers.

Friday’s contest against Penn started out as most Cornell matches have this year — with a loss in doubles. The Red had found some success by shaking up the lineu...