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GAME INFORMATION
Game #14: No. 10 Vanderbilt at No. 20 Cornell
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 21 at 2:30 p.m.
Site: Schoellkopf Field, Ithaca, N.Y.
2009 Records: Vanderbilt (9-4, 2-2 ALC); Cornell (8-5, 3-3 Ivy)
Series Record: Series tied 5-5
Last Meeting: Vanderbilt won 15-6, March 17, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn.
Live Stats: available at www.CornellBigRed.com
Live Video: available at www.CornellBigRed.com

HEAD COACH JENNY GRAAP '86
Cornell head coach Jenny Graap is in her 12th season at Cornell (117-68, .632) and 16th overall (138-112, .552) as a head coach ... directed the Big Red to the 2002 Final Four, earning IWLCA National Coach of the Year and Inside Lacrosse magazine's North Coach of the Year ... Inside Lacrosse ad IWLCA Northeast regional coach of the Year in 2006 after leading Cornell to share of first Ivy League title ... Graap is the fifth head women's lacrosse coach at Cornell and has posted the second-highest win total and has a school-record winning percentage.

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THE STORY LINE VS. VANDERBILT: The Cornell women's lacrosse team will look to knock off a top 10 team and guarantee itself a winning season in front of its home fans when the Big Red battles No. 10 Vanderbilt on Tuesday, April 21 at 2:30 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field. Live video of the game will be available as part of the RedCast subscription service, while live stats will also be available at www.CornellBigRed.com.

Cornell has won three of its last four games, allowing opponents just 7.3 goals per game despite playing two contests against teams ranked among the top 10 in scoring (Syracuse and New Hampshire). The challenge will be just as great when the Big Red faces a Vanderbilt team that is averaging 15.8 goals per game and has hit double figures in all 13 contests with six games scoring at least 18 times. The Commodores have won seven of their last eight contests.

Cornell and Vanderbilt will be meeting for the 11th time that has been split down the middle, 5-5. The Commodores have won consecutive contests between the teams, outscoring the Big Red 31-16 in those games. The Commodores took out the Big Red 15-6 a season ago in Nashville, Tenn.

SCOUTING VANDERBILT: Vanderbilt is 9-4 and 2-2 in the American Lacrosse Conference and will be looking to solidify its NCAA tournament credentials with a win over the Big Red. The high-scoring Commodores have reached double figures in scoring in each of its 13 contests this year with six games with at least 18 goals. Vandy has won seven of its last eight contests. Utilizing a balanced scoring attack, the Commodores have five players with better than 30 points and another three with more than 19, led by Sarah Downing's 43 goals and 21 assists (64 points). Ally Carey has been a stat-stuffer from her midfield position, registering 40 draws, winning 21 ground balls and causing 13 turnovers while scoring 44 points (26 goals, 18 assists). In goal, Natalie Wills (10.48 goals against average, .522 save percentage) and Rachel Woolfor (15.19 GAA, .325 save percentage) have each played significant minutes this season. Cathy Swezey, in her 12th year as head coach, has a 101-91 record and directed the 2004 team to a spot in the Final Four.

THE SERIES: Cornell and Vanderbilt have split 10 career games, with the Commodores taking the last two meetings to knot the series at 5-5. Last year, Vanderbilt recorded a resounding 15-6 victory over the Big Red in Nashville during Cornell's annual Spring Break trip. The Commodores took the last meeting at Schoellkopf by a 16-10 margin during the 2007 campaign.

LAST TIME VS. THE COMMODORES: Cornell scored two early goals, but No. 10 Vanderbilt then took control by outscoring the Big Red 7-3 over the final 27 minutes of the first half en route to a 15-6 victory on March 17, 2008. Katherine Simmons had three goals to lead the Big Red, while Courtney Farrell had a goal and an assist. Cornell was able to get strong efforts in goal, as Renee Hughes and Kristen Reese combined for 12 saves, with Reese making six stops and allowing six goals in the final 27:38. Charlotte Schmidlapp had a team-high three draw controls and Tissy O'Connor had three ground balls and two caused turnovers in spearheading the defense. Leading the Commodore offense was Margie Curran (three goals, two assists) who led five starters with multi-goal efforts. In the cage, Brooke Shinaberry stopped nine shots and allowed all six goals in picking up the victory.

KEEPING THE BALL ROLLING: Cornell needs to win one of its final three games to guarantee the Big Red its ninth winning record in 12 seasons under head coach Jenny Graap. Prior to her arrival, Cornell lacrosse had just 11 winning seasons in the first 26 years of the program.

WINNING IVY SEASON: Cornell needs to win its Ancient Eight contest on Saturday at home against Harvard to close out the campaign with a winning conference record. The Big Red has finished above .500 in league play seven times in the last nine years after never posting more than three conference victories prior to head coach Jenny Graap taking over in 1998.

REESE EARNS DIVISION I DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (APRIL 14): Kristen Reese was named the Division I Defense Player of the Week by womenslacrosse.com today after leading the Big Red to victories over No. 19 New Hampshire and Brown. Reese posted a 6.00 goals against average, a .647 save percentage and chipped in seven ground balls and three caused turnovers. She ended the week with 22 saves and just 12 goals allowed. Reese was a rock in goal in a 5-3 win at No. 19 New Hampshire, making 13 saves and allowing just three goals while winning four ground balls and causing a pair of turnovers in the finest game of her collegiate career. She responded by making all nine of her saves in the decisive second half of a 12-9 Ancient Eight victory over Brown.

REESE NAMED IVY LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (MARCH 9): Reese was outstanding in the Big Red's 13-10 win at Hofstra, collecting a career-high 14 saves to stone a Pride offense averaging nearly 14 goals per outing. Reese made saves on Hofstra's first three shots to set the tone and made seven saves in each half to help the Big Red remain unbeaten.

LAFFERTY NAMED IVY LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (MARCH 2): Senior co-captain Deirdre Lafferty spearheaded a defense that surrendered a 6.47 goals against average in opening the season a perfect 2-0, earning her first Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors in the process. Lafferty posted seven caused turnovers and won four ground balls while helping Cornell clear the ball successfully 87 percent of the time in wins over defending Patriot League champion Colgate and unbeaten Rutgers (27-of-31).

McKIE EARNS SPOT ON HAUDENASAUNEE WORLD CUP TEAM: Freshman Mia McKie has earned a position on the Haudenasaunee Nation's team that will compete in the FIL Women's World Cup in Prague from June 17-27. McKie was a five-year varsity letter winner and three-year captain at Niagara-Wheatfield HS and earned the 2007 Tewaaraton Foundation Award for the Outstanding Native High School Player.

LAFFERTY, WIEGAND NAMED TEAM CAPTAINS: Seniors Deirdre Lafferty and Jessica Wiegand have been elected captains of the women's lacrosse team for the 2009 season. The duo will provide senior leadership to a young team that features 13 freshmen and 19 total underclassmen.

ANNUAL DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT HELPS FIGHT AGAINST MS: On December 7, 2008, the Cornell women's lacrosse team hosted the Fourth Annual Dodgeball Tournament to benefit Multiple Sclerosis. The event was held in Cornell's indoor turf facility, the Ramin Room, and was a fun stress-reliever during fall semester study days. The tournament was a great success again this year, with 41 teams participating, representing many of the varsity athletic programs.

IVY LEAGUE TO ADD POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT IN 2010: Ivy League Executive Director Jeff Orleans announced in January that the Ivy League will begin four-team tournaments in spring 2010 to determine the Ivy League's automatic qualifying institutions to the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Lacrosse Championships. The winners of the Ivy League championship will continue to be determined by results of the League's round-robin competitions. Each tournament will include the top four teams in Ivy League regular season round-robin competition and will be hosted by the round-robin winner. The men's tournament will be the season's last weekend (Friday-Sunday, May 7-9, 2010) and the women's tournament will be the preceding weekend (April 30-May 2).

NEXT UP: Cornell will close out its Ivy League schedule when it meets Harvard on Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.