GAME INFORMATION
GAME #12: Cornell at Yale
DATE: Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
SITE: New Haven, Conn. - Reese Stadium (3,000)
2009 RECORDS: Cornell - 5-3-3 (0-0-2 Ivy League); Yale - 3-5-3 (0-2-0 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Yale leads, 43-22-15
LAST MEETING: Yale won, 3-0, on Oct. 18, 2008, in Ithaca, N.Y.
LIVE STATS: http://livestats.prestosports.com/yale/

Coming off a 3-1 win over in-state rival Colgate on Tuesday, the Cornell men's soccer team returns to Ivy League play on Saturday when it heads to New Haven, Conn., for a 7 p.m. contest against Yale. Both teams will be seeking their first league win of the season, with the Big Red drawing twice and Yale falling in its first two Ivy League games.

HEAD COACH JARO ZAWISLAN
Jaro Zawislan is in his first season directing the Cornell men's soccer program, becoming the 11th head coach in Cornell history. Zawislan, who spent the last seven seasons as an assistant coach at Syracuse, made his collegiate head coaching debut against the Orange, a 2-1 Cornell loss, but picked up his first career win two days later at Hartwick. His coaching career also includes stops at Stanford and Creighton following a decorated playing career at Clemson. A 1993 graduate of Clemson, Zawislan played professionally in both the United States and his native Poland before turning to coaching. He is assisted by Joe Schneck, in his fourth season with the Big Red.

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell got goals from Chase Aaronson, J.J. Bain and Jimmy Lannon as the Big Red took a 3-1 victory over in-state rival Colgate on Tuesday night at Berman Field. The Big Red, now 5-3-3 on the year, got five saves from junior goalkeeper Scott Brody for his eighth career victory and fifth of the year. Senior Matt Bouraee leads the Big Red offense with 10 points on two goals and a team-best six assists, while sophomore Chase Aaronson has a team-best three goals on the year. Brody has seen nearly all the time in the Cornell goal this season, posting a 1.29 goals-against average and a .789 save percentage with two shutouts.

ABOUT YALE
The Bulldogs earned a 1-1 draw with Providence on Wednesday in their last action, but have dropped both of their Ivy League games to date, falling to Dartmouth, 2-1, on Oct. 10 and by a 1-0 score to Harvard on Oct. 3. The Yale offense has scored 15 goals on the year, with five of those coming from Scott Armbrust, who shares the team lead in points with Brad Rose at 10 each. Rose leads the team with four assists to go with his three goals. In goal, Travis Chulick has a 1.23 goals-against average and a .764 save percentage, seeing time in all but one match for the Bulldogs.

THE SERIES WITH YALE
Yale leads the all-time series between the two schools, 43-22-15, though the two teams have gone 1-1-1 over the last three meetings. Yale took last year's game by a 3-0 contest after a 1-1 draw the last time the two teams met in New Haven in 2007. Cornell's last win came in 2006, a 2-1 victory in Ithaca.

ON TRACK
Cornell sophomore Chase Aaronson has made a huge impact in his first season with the Big Red men's soccer team. The Palm Springs, Calif., came to Cornell to run on the track and field team, but was added to the men's soccer roster in the preseason. Aaronson, a sprinter on the track team, has used his speed to his advantage, scoring a team-best three goals this season to lead all Cornell players.

SHARING THE WEALTH
With the Big Red collecting five wins this season, five different players have recorded a game-winning goal. Matt Bouraee, Chase Aaronson, Scott Caldwell, Kyle Parsons and J.J. Bain each have tallied one game-winner this season. For his career, Bouraee ranks tied for eighth all-time at Cornell with four game-winners.

BALANCING ACT
Cornell has benefitted from a very balanced offensive attack this season, as 12 different players have recorded at least one point. Additionally, nine different players have accounted for the 15 goals scored this year by the Big Red.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman Ben Kenyon was named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Week on Monday for his play in the Big Red's tie with Harvard. Kenyon opened up the match by scoring his first career goal in the 10th minute, then helped the Big Red defense shut down the league's leading scorer in Harvard's Andre Akpan. Akpan was held scoreless in the match despite recording seven shots. Kenyon is the first Cornell player to earn league recognition this season.

BRODY'S BEEN BUSY
Cornell goalkeeper Scott Brody leads the Ivy League in saves, posting 56 saves through the Big Red's first 11 games. The next closest save total entering the week was shared by Columbia's Alexander Aurrichio and Yale's Travis Chulick, who have both posted 36 saves in nine games.

MUST-SEE CU
With the Ivy League boasting a number of outstanding teams and players, including three teams ranked among the top 25 in the nation in last week's NSCAA poll, it's a bit surprising to see the Big Red ranking third among all Ivy League teams in average attendance. Cornell trails Dartmouth and Brown, averaging 811 and 628 people per match, respectively. On the road, Cornell is clearly the most-watched team, averaging 978 spectators in the four contests away from Ithaca. Cornell is the only school among the eight Ivy League teams to average more than 700 spectators per road game.

DUCK DUCK GOOSE-EGG
A year ago, Cornell couldn't avoid the shutout, as the Big Red was blanked 11 times - this season, that number stands at just one after being shut out against Binghamton on Sept. 23.

HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES!
Just halfway through the 2009 season, the Big Red has already scored more goals than throughout the entire 2008 campaign. Cornell has scored 15 goals this season, easily surpassing the eight scored all of last season when the BIg Red was shut out 11 times.

CLIMBING THE LIST
Senior Matt Bouraee is quickly approaching the all-time top-10 list for career points, as the Manasquan, N.J., native is just three points shy of tying Chris Agoliati for 10th place. Bouraee entered the season with 32 career points and has added 10 so far this year. Bouraee's 42 points currently have him ranked in a tie for 13th all-time at Cornell. Meanwhile, his 16 career goals have him ranked tied with Agoliati for 12th all-time, four goals shy of moving into the top 10.

THE WINNER
With the Big Red's win over Colgate on Tuesday, Scott Brody has cracked the all-time top 10 for career wins with eight. Brody now is tied with David Weed and Hugh O'Gorman for ninth place all-time, and would move into a tie for eighth place with Luca Cerretani with his next victory.

COMEBACK KIDS
Twice already this season, the Big Red rallied late to get a positive result. On Sept. 11 at Canisius, the Big Red fell behind in the 75th minute, only to tie the game six minutes later to force overtime. Two days later, Cornell rallied from another second half deficit to first tie, then go ahead against St. Bonaventure for the second victory of the year.

SECOND HALF TEAM
The Big Red has excelled in the second half of games this season, scoring 10 of the 15 goals after halftime. Three times this season, the Big Red has scored a goal in the final 10 minutes of the game to give the Big Red a needed result. The trend began on Sept. 7 at Hartwick when Kyle Parsons scored with just under eight minutes left for the 1-0 victory. Four days later, Matt Bouraee scored his first goal of the season in the 81st minute to give the Big Red a 1-1 tie at Canisius. Then, on Sept. 13 against St. Bonaventure, Scott Caldwell scored his first goal of the year with five and a half minutes left for a 2-1 win over the Bonnies.

LOVING HARTWICK
Junior goalkeeper Scott Brody likely couldn't be blamed if he wanted to play Hartwick every week. In two career games against the Hawks, Brody has a pair of shutouts against Hartwick. The first came in his first career start as a freshman in 2007, with the second coming on Sept. 7 in Oneonta. Brody added his third career clean sheet on Sept. 20 against Fairleigh Dickinson.

FOR STARTERS
Cornell is 33-23-8 in season openers dating back to the 1946 season. The 2009 season marked the third time that Cornell opened a season against Syracuse, with Cornell now holding a 2-1 lead against the Orange in season openers.

FOREIGN INFLUENCE
Five different countries are represented on the 2009 Cornell men's soccer roster, with the United States (24), Canada (2), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (1) and China (1) claiming team members.

NATIONAL APPEAL
Among the 24 players on the Cornell roster from the United States, the Big Red has drawn heavily from New York and New Jersey to fill out the roster. The Garden State leads all states with seven players calling New Jersey home, while six players reside in New York. Illinois, Ohio and Massachusetts each have two players, while Arizona, California, Connecticut, Indiana and Michigan have a single player on the Cornell roster.

UP NEXT
Cornell closes out the nonconference portion of the season with a Tuesday contest against Lafayette at 7 p.m. at Berman Field.