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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Franck Onambele scored his second goal of the season in the first half to give Cornell the early lead, but Vermont scored twice to take a 2-1 win from the Big Red on Sunday to close out the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Nike Classic in Burlington, Vt. Cornell falls to 1-2-1 on the year with the loss while Vermont improves to 4-1 on the year.

Sophomore goalkeeper Rick Pflasterer picked up seven saves in the loss, earning a spot on the all-tournament team for his efforts on the weekend. Also being named to the all-tournament team were junior Jimmy Lannon and freshman Ben Williams.

The Big Red took a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute when Onambele got a pass from Craig Dimbleby after a pileup in front of the Vermont goal and poked the ball into the net past Vermont goalkeeper David Ramada for the early lead. That lead lasted just six minutes as Yannick Lewis scored an equalizing goal off a corner kick to knot the game at one.

With the game tied at the break, it was the Catamounts who struck first in the second half. Connor O'Brien tipped home a shot struck by Patrick Alonis that found its way past Pflasterer as Vermont took the lead and held on the rest of the way for the victory.

Cornell returns to action on Thursday with a 7 p.m. contest against St. Joseph's at Berman Field in Ithaca.