Front Row: Pete Nicholson, Don Miller, Steve Raab, Steve Drexler, David Twyman.
Second Row: Steve Ciabattoni, Andy Schrauth, Nick Finamore, Matt Butcher, Rob Ord, Glenn Powder.
Third Row: Coach David Webb, Coach Dave Collum, Tom Tarney, Andy Baur, Owen McGettrick, Carl Whittaker, Coach Eugene Madsen, Coach Dale Lawrence.
The 1981-82 Big Red
Under first-year head coach Deitre Collins-Parker, the Big Red finished with an overall record of 17-9 and a 10-4 mark in Ivy League play. That record was good for a four-way tie for the league title, Cornell’s first since 1995. The team fell just two points short in game five of the Ivy League playoff final which determined the league’s automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. Along the way, the Big Red set numerous team and individual records. The nine straight matches won between Sept. 17 and Oct. 18 are tied for the second-longest streak since the NCAA went to the best-of-five game format in 1989. Hidden within that run is the school’s longest string of consecutive games won (22) over that same span.
