ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men's and women's polo teams topped regional rival Connecticut this past weejend at Oxley Equestrian Center, with the women topping the Huskies on Friday evening 17-13 and the men winning on Saturday evening 29-12.

The women had its second big test in two weeks with its toughest regional opponent, UConn, on the docket. Anna Winslow, Emma Eldredge and Elena Wicker took an early 3-0 lead in the first chukker. Connecticut fought back and the chukker ended with the Big Red up 4 2. The home team scored the first four goals of the second to pull out to an 8-2 lead, but the Huskies struck back with three straight to pull back to within 8-5. Cornell managed to increase its lead to 10-6 at the half.  Cornell opened the second half with four straight goals to make it 14-6, and Connecticut would never get back within the four goals at the final horn. Winslow tallied 11 goals, with Wicker, Eldredge and the horses each adding two apiece. 

The men started Nick Stieg  Hakan Karabey and Kamran Pirasteh, and that group scored eight goals before the Huskies got on the board. At the end of the first chukker, the home team led 9-2. Alex Langlois subbed in for Pirasteh in the second with much the same result as Cornell increased its lead to 16-5 by halftime. In the third, Karabey sat as Pirasteh re-entered, again Cornell upped its lead as it headed into the fourth ahead by a commanding 25-9 score. Stieg sat the fourth as the Big Red brought home the victory at 29-12 to push its record to 4-1 on the season. Pirasteh tallied 12 goals, Stieg notched 10, Langlois had 4 and Karabey scored 2 with one pony goal. The victory pushed Cornell to number one in their region with victories at home and away over their two top regional opponents.