Cornell's men's soccer team completed an unbeaten Ivy League regular season with a 4-1 Senior Day victory over Columbia on Saturday at Berman Field in Ithaca, scoring three times before halftime.
The Big Red finished 11-3-1 overall and 6-0-1 in conference play while giving head coach John Smith his 100th career victory. Cornell enters the Ivy League Tournament as the No. 1 seed and will host No. 4 Harvard at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Berman Field.
Two quick goals restore Cornell's lead
Andrew Miles needed only 49 seconds to put Cornell ahead, finishing a feed from senior Adam Schaban for his fifth goal of the season.
Columbia pulled even at 32:12 when Luke Zielinski scored his third goal of the season, assisted by Stepan Kapranov and Jack McDaid. Cornell answered with two goals in a span of 2:04 to take control before the break.
Aidan Martin scored unassisted at 34:30 for his third goal of the season. Kasper Wollstein followed at 36:34, converting an assist from Christian Moore for his sixth goal and a 3-1 lead.
Lennon Harrington supplied the final goal on a penalty kick at 58:09. It was his fourth goal of the season and his second successful penalty kick in as many games.
Columbia finished its season 5-5-5 overall and 0-4-3 in the Ivy League.
Big Red holds a 25-9 edge in shots
Cornell outshot Columbia 12-2 in the first half and 25-9 overall. The Big Red put 11 shots on goal to the Lions' five and held a 7-5 advantage in corner kicks.
Wollstein led Cornell with six shots, including two on goal, in 43 minutes. Sergio Zapata put three of his four attempts on goal, while Schaban finished with three shots, two on goal, in addition to his opening-minute assist.
Reuben Clarson made three saves in just over 70 minutes in Cornell's goal. Senior Isaac Delgado played the final 19:56 and made one save. Columbia goalkeeper George Webb stopped seven shots, with six of those saves coming after halftime.
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Seniors celebrate as Smith reaches 100 wins
Cornell honored Schaban, Liam May, Balazs Feher, Connor Miller and Delgado before the match. All five played in their final regular-season home appearance.
Schaban started and played 65 minutes, May started and logged 87, and Miller started and played 71. Feher came off the bench for 10 minutes, while Delgado closed out the victory in goal.
Smith, already the program's all-time winningest coach, reached his 100th career win in the regular-season finale. His team now stays at Berman Field for Thursday's tournament semifinal against Harvard.
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