By JOEL COOPER

The Cornell womens lacrosse team bounced back from a tough weekend against the University of Albany, beating local rivals Colgate, 11-5, Wednesday evening. The Red (2-1) was coming off the back of a close result against Albany last Saturday, where a last minute goal for the Great Danes gave Albany the 12-11 victory.

Such a close loss was understandably a disappointment for Cornell who, according to sophomore midfielder Amie Dickson, lacked intensity and aggression in the second half, allowing Albany back in the game. However, the Red was determined to step up its game and make the changes needed to bring home the win against Colgate.

We were not happy about our loss against Albany, especially with the lack of energy in the second half, but it fired us up to come out strong against Colgate for our first win on Schoellkopf, Dickson said. We really wanted to play a full 60 minutes with the same amount of effort from the start to the end of the game.

Cornell showed its intensity from the start against Colgate who, after attacking the Reds goal for over six minutes, was stripped of possession and quickly brought down to its defensive end of the field. Cornell then got on the scoreboard after senior attacker Lindsay Toppe notched a Red goal. Colgate continued to pose a threat in the first half, winning four draw controls, however, the Raiders were no match for a powerful Cornell defense.

After Colgate eventually broke through to level the score, the Reds attack got back into action, scoring four in a row to build a commanding lead, after having 12 shots on goal in the first half compared to Colgates 3.

At halftime, Cornell led, 5-2, and once the break was over it wasted no time, scoring the first two goals of the break. The game then tightened up once more, with the teams trading goals back and forwards until the Red went on the run again, netting three, two from sophomore attacker Catherine Ellis.

Cornells defense continued to play hard, only allowing one goal in the last 21 minutes and getting 10 turnovers for the night. The final score finished, 11-5, to the Red, with Dickson recording a career high six points thanks to three goals and three assists. Toppe finished with two goals and junior attacker Emily Tripodi and Ellis both netted two as well.

According to head coach Jenny Graap, Cornell was able to dominate Colgate a team that had averaged 12 goals per game before its competition against the Red because of its increased intensity and work rate.

Overall, the coaches felt the energy and the effort was consistent over 60 minutes which was a point of emphasis going into the game, Graap said. Our defensive unit was really solid tonight and Dickson really stepped up with four draw controls and six points on the attacking end.

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WOMENS LACROSSE | Red Notches Win Against Colgate Wednesday

Mary Encinias looks at a photo display of her mother at St. Mary Parish in Elyria on Thursday. STEVE MANHEIM/CHRONICLE

For more than 30 years, Gertrude Wirscham did something many today would regard as foolhardy or downright dangerous.

Following the death of her husband John in 1964, Wirscham opened her 12th Street home in Elyria to people who came in as total strangers without a roof over their heads but who left knowing they had been cared for and about by a woman who believed in the basic goodness of others.

Over the years, she gave shelter, food and friendship to more than 100 homeless youths and adults.

She was never afraid of anyone, said Mary Encinias, Wirschams youngest daughter. She always said Love has no room for fear, perfect love casts out all fear.

Gertrude Wirscham, shown above, was a founder of the St. Mary Parish Hot Meals program.

Wirscham died Sunday at age 97 at the Elyria Wesleyan Village after a short illness.

Encinias joined family members and dozens of others in remembering Wirscham and her lifes work during a luncheon in the St. Mary Parish Hall following her funeral Thursday.

Born in Carlisle Township and raised in Elyria, Wirschams lifelong mission to devote herself to others was driven in part by the deep faith she developed in response to episodes in her life, such as the frightening intolerance she experienced as a girl when a cross was burned in the front yard of the familys farm some nine miles from St. Mary after a Catholic woman applied for a teaching post at the church school.

Her father was a member of the churchs school board who supported the teaching candidate despite the intimidation of the burning cross, which the family suspected was placed there by Ku Klux Klan members who had broadened their anti-black agenda to include Catholics, Jews and foreigners.

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Red blazer-clad crusader kept an open house, heart