ITHACA, N.Y. – After renewing its rivalry with Dartmouth last season at the Windemere Cup, the No. 7 Cornell men's heavyweight rowing team will seek its second consecutive win over the No. 19 Big Green when it travels to Hanover, N.H. on Saturday, May 2. It will be a full day of racing on the Connecticut River, as the heavyweight competition will be sandwiched between races between the Cornell-Dartmouth women's and lightweight rowing programs.
 
THE SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH: Cornell took a 4-3 lead in the all-time series with Dartmouth when it swept the Big Green last year at the Windermere Cup in Seattle, Wash. That race renewed a rivalry that had been dormant for 19 years. The teams first met in 1951 with the Big Red earning the victory. Two years later, Cornell won through a Dartmouth disqualification, and the squads would not face each other again for 37 years. The Big Red ran its winning streak to three with a victory in 1990, but the Big Green evened the series at 3-3 by winning the next three meetings (1992, 1993, 1994) before the series took its most recent hiatus.  
 
UP NEXT: The Big Red will have a two week break before traveling to the 2014 EARC Sprints, held on Sunday, May 18 on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass
 
RACE SCHEDULE
8:45 a.m. – Fourth Varsity Eight
9:00 a.m. – Third Varsity Eight
9:15 a.m. – Second Varsity Eight
9:30 a.m. – Varsity Eight
 
TENTATIVE BOATINGS
Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Vikram Prasad
8: Mike Colella
7: Cuyler Hamilton
6: Chris Schang
5: John Sullivan
4: Greg Davis
3: Ian Boor
2: Mike Tarnapoll
1: Steve Markham
 
Second Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Emma Vergara
8: Kyle Good
7: Joe Copeland
6: Justin Stamp
5: Theo Pritz
4: Pierre Hills
3: Ryan Allen
2: Ned Benning
1: Jake Ross
 
Third Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Rachel Kelly
8: Nick Ridenour
7: Joel Cooper
6: Drew Gallagher
5: Ilia Savin
4: Alex Milde
3: Max Carter
2: Kris Hobbs
1: Christian DiGiacomo
 
Fourth Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Samara Shutkind
8: Nic Jedema
7: Andy Volosky
6: Lorenz Ruhl
5: Steve Woo              
4: Jason Crossley
3: Gabe Rodriguez
2: Alex Rhodes
1: Mark Hirschbeck
 
Manager: Chris Hill