MOUNT VERNON – Cornell's men used a big three-goal second half to claim a key 4-1 Midwest Conference win over Grinnell Wednesday evening.
 
The win saw Cornell extend its unbeaten streak to six matches.
 
Grinnell (4-6 overall, 1-2 MWC) opened the scoring within the first four minutes of the match and was held there by the Ram defense.
 
Cornell (10-2 overall, 3-0 MWC) evened the score at the 36-minute mark. Owen Smith played a long through ball to Zach Miller and he made no mistake blasting the ball off the crossbar and in from short range.
 
The second half was all Cornell. Just after the 64-minute mark, Greg Pappadakis was fouled in the box and earned a penalty kick. George Archer stepped up and converted his third PK in the last two matches. Five minutes later, Andrew Lopez and Zach Miller led a swift counter attack for the Rams which saw Miller feed Lopez to make the score 3-1.
 
The fourth and final goal was scored with just over five minutes left in regulation. Archer intercepted a pass in the attacking third and easily converted past the Pioneer goalkeeper.

Archer ranks second in the MWC with nine goals on the season, six in the last three matches. Only Grinnell's Jasper Yang has more goals, with 10. 
 
Will Bickel started the match in goal and recorded five saves in his 87 minutes of action. Jeremy Spina subbed in for the last three minutes and made one save.
 
The Pioneers attempted 13 shots to 11 for the Rams. Archer paced the attack with four shots. Cian McNamara, Lopez and Miller all recorded two shots in the match. Vance Wicker rounded out the shot attempts with one.