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pstrongUpdated, 12:30 a.m./strong/p pRescue workers recovered the body of Matthew Zika '11, a student in the College of Engineering, from Fall Creek Gorge Friday afternoon, according to the University./p

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Riley Nash and Nick D'Agostino had a pair of goals and an assist each as the Cornell men's hockey team scored a 5-1 victory over Harvard in game one of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Friday night at Lynah Rink. Cornell can close out the series with a win over the Crimson in game two on Saturday night. Box Score

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Cornell women's ice hockey team made its first NCAA tournament appearance a memorable one, advancing to the Frozen Four with an impressive 6-2 win over fourth-seeded Harvard on Friday evening at the Bright Hockey Center. The Big Red improves to 20-8-6, while ending Harvard's season with a 20-8-5 mark. Box Score

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pDeputy Provost David Harris will take an extended leave from Cornell to serve in an appointed position in the Obama Administration, he confirmed to The Sun Friday. nbsp;/p

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Cornell baseball team will have to wait at least another day to open the 2010 season, as Friday's baseball season opener at Villanova has been postponed due to rain in Philadelphia, Pa. Cornell softball will also have to wait a day before beginning the Mason Cherry Blossom Classic, as its game with Niagara was also cancelled.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell head men's basketball coach Steve Donahue has been named the Sporting News Ivy League Coach of the Year and Ryan Wittman was the conference Player of the Year, while Donahue has also been named a finalist for two other coaching awards by CollegeInsider.com.

pRescue workers from the Ithaca Fire Department recovered the body ofnbsp;William Sinclairnbsp;’12, a student in the College of Engineering,nbsp;from Fall Creek Gorge near the Thurston Avenue Bridge around midday Thursday, according to the University./p /p

pFor select members of the women’s fencing team, the NCAA Regionals will be the last stepping stone before they reach the pinnacle of college fencing: the NCAA Championships. However, to reach the Championships at Harvard, the Red fencers must qualify individually at this Sunday’s Regionals at Brown. /p

pIf you’ve been outside the last few days, then you’ve definitely noticed that spring is here. The end of a dreadful winter is an especially welcome sight for the Cornell baseball team, which begins its season on the road at Villanova with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The Red then travels to St. Joseph’s for a Saturday afternoon matinee, and concludes its opening weekend against Temple in Philadelphia, Pa. on Sunday. /p pCornell takes the field for the 2010 season with hopes of improving upon last year’s Ivy League Championship Series appearance. /p

pAfter starting the season on an impressive four-game wining streak, the softball team will head to Fairfax, Va., this weekend to take part in the Mason Cherry Blossom Classic. /p p“I’m really excited for this weekend. I’m hoping that we win all five [games]. There’s a good chance of that happening,” said freshman left fielder Kristen Towne. /p

pIt’s win or lose for the men’s (11-4) and women’s (13-1) polo teams this weekend as they participate in the Northeast Regionals. This year, Cornell will host the competition at the Oxley Equestrian Center./p pThe men’s squad will face Kemptville tonight at 7:30 p.m. in a semifinal game, and the women’s side will match up tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. against the winner of Harvard vs. UMass./p

pFor a team that has been doubted since the beginning, the women’s hockey squad feels proud and accomplished of the automatic berth it received for the NCAA tournament. Though it may seem an unexpected feat for a team that hasn’t even made the top four of the ECAC in the past, the women on the roster knew better./p

pFamed poet Billy Collins had a packed auditorium in Rockefeller Hall last night sitting on his every word with a reading of Ballistics –– his latest poetry collection –– as well as some of his earlier works./p

pDespite Avatar’s Best Picture and Best Director loss to the Hurt Locker on Sunday, 3-D movies will dominate the future, according to Phil “Captain 3-D” McNally who lectured at the Cornell Cinema yesterday about the great technical strides made in stereoscopic cinematography./p

/p pstrongIt’s Never Sunny in Ithaca/strong/p

pspan style=font-style:italicThat pungent old man smell wafting across campus can only mean one thing — the Board of Trustees is in town. And if the volume of Frank Sinatra tunes blaring from the Statler Hotel is any indication, they’re here to party like it’s 2007. Financial crisis? What is this, 2009? That old drag is long gone — it’s a new decade, a new economic climate./span/p