ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men's polo team won its 18th Northeast Regional title in school history with a 13-11 victory over Connecticut on Sunday afternoon at Oxley Equestrian Center. The Big Red won its ninth consecutive regional crown in improving to 14-4.

The Big Red opened the weekend with an easy 31-3 victory over Skidmore on Friday evening. Seniors David Dunstan and Steven True started with Branden Van Loon and put the Big Red up 9-1 after the first chukker. The Big Red never looked back as Max Constant, Connor Pardell and Justin Schick all rotated in during the rout. Van Loon and Pardell tallied seven goals each, with Dunstan scoring five times.Schick and Constant each added two, True scored three points and the ponies were credited with a goal.

In Sunday's championship, Cornell controlled most of the action throughout the first, but could not seem to find the goal. After one it was all tied at 2-2. The Big Red seemed to find its groove at the beginning of the second as it rattled off four straight goals. Rough roads were ahead as the UConn team fought hard and got back to 6-4 Cornell going into the half. The third found UConn still scrapping as they managed to tie it up at 8-8 heading into the fourth. The home team had its opportunities, but just could not seem to find the goal. This pattern continued onto the fourth as the Huskies finally took the lead and were ahead 11-9 with about 2:30 left in the game. Constant got the rally started by tallying a penalty three to start of a four-goal run that put the game away for the Big Red and gave them the title and a spot in the national tournament. Constant tallied six goals, Van Loon had five and Pardell had two. Constant was voted top men's player and Van Loon earned third all-tournament honors.