ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell golf team will kick off its spring break with a head-to-head match against Dartmouth on Saturday, March 30 at 1 p.m. from the McArthur Golf Club in Hobe South, Florida. It will be the second straight spring that the Big Red will head down to the sunshine state to battle its Ivy League foe. 

LAST TIME OUT: BIG RED OPENS SPRING AT CARPETBAGGER CLASSIC
Cornell last hit the links nearly two weeks ago at the 2024 Carpetbagger Classic co-hosted by Binghamton and Colgate in Maryland, climbing one spot over the final 18 holes to finish 10th overall with a combined team score of 630. The Big Red had four golfers finish in the top 50, each carding a better score on movement day versus their first-round score. 

Junior Tismark Boham was the best Big Red golfer on the week, finishing tied for 28th with a combined 153 over 36 holes. His 75 on Sunday was also the lowest carded score of the six Cornell entries on the weekend. Viktor Stollinger was not that far behind with three birdies over the opening nine holes on Sunday to shave four strokes off his Saturday score to earn a tie for 41st (80-76-156) in his first spring event of his career for Cornell. Classmate Tyler Debusschere slid right behind Stollinger by knocking five strokes on Sunday to finish tied for 46th with a combined 157.

Char Russekoff was the final golfer inside the top 50, carding identical 79s over two rounds to earn a five-way tie for 49th. Jackson Debusschere scored a 161 to earn a tie for 60th, while Weston Warden was the last of the four Cornell golfers to have a better round on Sunday by eliminating five strokes on Sunday to finish with a combined score of 163.

INSIDER: DARTMOUTH
Saturday's dual match in Florida will be the fourth time the Big Red and the Big Green have seen each other this season, as they matched up at Cornell's Fall Invitational, Temple Invitational, and the Columbia Autumn Invitational. Cornell has been higher on the final leaderboard in its fall tournament and at Temple. 

Dartmouth has hit the links seven times over the fall and spring with three top-ten finishes. Its best placing came at the Autumn Invite hosted by the Lions, as the Big Green earned second overall with its fourth-lowest three-round score in program history (858). Two of its golfers finished under par in that tournament in senior Alex Gu (-3) and sophomore Aaron Zhang (-1). 

The Big Green last competed at the ECU Intercollegiate hosted by the Pirates on March 18-19, finishing in fifth place at the Brook Valley Country Club in Greenville, North Carolina. Tyler Brand (72-72-74-218) and Alex Gu (72-78-69-219) led the charge for the Big Green, finishing tied for sixth and eighth respectively. Eli Kimchie (82-71-79-232), Aaron Zhang (79-76-80-235), and Finlay Szafnauer (76-83-87-246) closed out the competitors for Dartmouth at the invite.

UP NEXT
Cornell will stay in Florida to train before flying back up to New Jersey for the Princeton Invitational hosted by the Tigers on Saturday, April 6 - Sunday, April 7 from the Springdale Golf Club.