Box Score

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell senior Abbi Horn registered a career-high three goals as the Big Red field hockey team defeated Georgetown, 4-0, this afternoon at Marsha Dodson Field. Horn's three goals is the best single-game performance by a Cornell player since Gina Testa tallied four scores at Rutgers on Oct. 31, 2004.

 

Eva Olesky set up Horn's first goal of the day, just 7:39 into the contest, when she took the ball down the left side of the field and slotted a pass back towards the goal, where Horn tipped it past Georgetown goalie Deirdre Crovo.

 

Cornell capitalized again just over five minutes later when it was awarded a penalty corner. Belen Martinez's original shot was saved, but Horn collected the rebound and calmly sent the ball into the back of the net for her second tally of the day.

 

The Big Red stretched its lead to 3-0 at the 17:29 mark when Kate Thompson carried the ball down the left side of the goal before sending it back to the center of the field, where Katie Kirnan drove it into the cage for her first collegiate goal.

 

Less than two minutes later, Cornell goalie Melanie Jue helped to preserve the Big Red's three-goal advantage with two solid saves to send the game into halftime with a score of 3-0.

 

Horn capped off her day in the 42nd minute when Kirnan came up with a Georgetown turnover near midfield and sent a long pass up field to her teammate. Horn drove down the left side, cut back, beat her defender and slipped the ball past Crovo to give the Big Red the 4-0 victory.

 

Cornell held the 26-5 advantage in shots and held a 12-4 edge in penalty corners.

 

Jue stopped three shots in 57:13 before Alex Botte came on in relief to earn her first collegiate minutes in goal. Crovo registered nine saves in the loss.

 

The Big Red will return to the road next weekend as it travels to Columbia and Fairfield on Saturday, Sept. 27 and Sunday, Sept. 28, respectively. Both contests are slated to begin at 1 p.m.