ITHACA, N.Y. – The streak has reached double digits. The Cornell men's soccer team continues to roll and is now unbeaten in its last 10 games. The Big Red travels to Yale this weekend looking to make it 11 and take sole possession of first place in the Ivy League.

MATCH INFORMATION
MATCH #12: Cornell at Yale
MATCH TIME: Saturday, Oct. 16, 1:00 p.m.
MATCH SITE: Reese Stadium (New Haven, Conn.)
SERIES RECORD: Yale leads 22-45-15
LAST MEETING: Yale won 1-0 on Oct. 16, 2010
2011 RECORDS: Cornell (7-1-3, 2-0 Ivy League); Yale (6-4-1, 2-0 Ivy Leage)
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ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell came into this season on a nine-year run without a winning season. That all changed when the Big Red knocked off Colgate midweek, clinching the first winning season for the program since 2001. Cornell has the best overall winning percentage (.773) of any Ivy League team and is tied for first place in the league with Yale. Cornell has not lost since its season opener on Sept. 2 against Niagara.

HEAD COACH JARO ZAWISLAN
The 2011 season is Jaro Zawislan's third at the helm of the Big Red. He racked up a 10-14-10 record in his first two seasons, improving a team that finished 1-15 in 2008 to 6-6-5 in 2009. He earned his first Cornell victory on Sept. 7, 2009 against Hartwick and his 10th on Oct. 12, 2010 at Colgate. Zawislan, a native of Poland, played soccer for four years at Clemson and then spent time professionally in the United States and Poland. His first college coaching job was at Creighton in 1999.

ABOUT YALE
The Bulldogs, based in New Haven, Conn., enter Tuesday's game with a 6-4-1 record and are on a two-game winning streak. The Bulldogs defeated Dartmouth 2-0 last weekend and are currently tied with the Big Red for the Ivy League lead. Peter Jacobson leads the team with four goals, and Brad Rose has three goals and five assists. Yale is ranked No. 8 in the NSCAA Northeast Regional Poll.
The Bulldogs are coached by Brian Tompkins, a graduate of Bingley Colelge in England, who is now in his 16th year heading the program.

THE SERIES WITH YALE
Cornell and Yale have met 82 times, with the Bulldogs holding a 45-22-15 edge. Since 1946, the local rivals have played every year except 1949. The Big Red fell 1-0 last season with Yale's Andy Shorten scoring in the first half.  The Bulldogs are on a three-game winning streak in the series, and Cornell has not won since 2006.

CELLAR DWELLERS NO MORE
Cornell and Yale finished the 2010 season ranked eighth and seventh in the Ivy League. This year, through two weekends of league play, they're No. 1 and No. 2.

A WIN WOULD…
...give Cornell its first victory against Yale since 2006…start the Ivy League season at 3-0 for the first time since 1985…give the Big Red its first 11-game unbeaten streak since Nov. 12, 1995…put the Big Red seven games over .500 for the first time since Nov. 23, 1996…boost Jaro Zawislan's career winning percentage to three games over .500 for the first time ever.

MOVIN' ON UP
The Big Red now sits at No. 5 in the NSCAA Northeast Regional poll one week after being in a two-way tie for sixth and two weeks after coming in at No. 8. Cornell is nationally ranked in the CollegeSoccerNews.com poll, coming in at No. 30 after only receiving votes last week.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Daniel Haber earned Ivy League Co-Player of the Week honors for the week of Sept. 18-25. He scored the game-winning goal against St. Joseph's on Sept. 23 and also earned two assists on Sept. 21 against Binghamton. Haber became the Red's first Player of the Week winner since midfielder Brian Kuritzky on Sept. 4, 2007. Haber leads the team with 39 shots, which is good for fourth in the Ivy League. He also tops the Big Red with 18 shots on goal, six goals, four assists, three game-winning goals and 16 points. He has also taken and converted the only penalty kick for Cornell this year.

TWO-TIME ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
For scoring the game-winning goal against Hofstra just four minutes into the contest, Goepel was named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Week for the week of Sept. 10-17. Goepel, a midfielder from Chatham, N.J., has played in all 11 games for the Big Red this year, starting in four. He has racked up nine shots, including four on goal, and has scored three times. Goepel looks to be a promising contributor to Cornell soccer for years to come.

PROLIFIC SCORERS
Conor Goepel's goal against St. Bonaventure on Sept. 26 was the team's 14th of the season. That total is one more than the offense's entire output from the 2010 campaign. The Big Red is on pace to more than double its number of goals from last year, and it currently has 19. Cornell has the second-most goals among the Ivy League squads and is two goals behind first-place Penn.

TOUGH STRETCH
Cornell wrapped up its most crowded period of the season after the St. Bonaventure game on Sept. 26, playing five games in 11 days and emerging with a 4-0-1 mark. The game against Colgate on Tuesday was the team's final midweek game of the year.

SPREADING THE LOVE
Of the 29 players on Cornell's roster, 25 have seen playing time in the first 10 games and 20 different players have started. Of the 20 starters, only six have started every game: Patrick Slogic, Jake Rinow, Peter Chodas, Jimmy Lannon, Ben Williams and Rick Pflasterer.

TAKING THEIR SHOTS
Cornell continues to dramatically outshoot its opponents, nearly doubling their combined efforts with a 187-95 edge. That number puts the Big Red second in the Ivy League behind Penn's 206. Cornell also holds a 78-35 edge in shots on goal.

PUT THEM IN A CORNER
The Big Red is getting plenty of practice at corner kicks so far this season, with 64 reps in its 11 games compared to the competition's 36. The team has converted one directly into a goal, with Stephen Reisert's bending kick landing on Patrick Slogic's head and going into the net against Binghamton on Sept. 21. The team has taken more corner kicks than any Ivy League school but Princeton.

THROWING OFF OPPONENTS
Jimmy Lannon continues to be dangerous with long throw-ins into the penalty area. Lannon's throw-in during the season opener against Niagara led to a goal by Slogic, and Lannon earned an assist from a throw-in on Conor Goepel's game-winning goal against Hofstra on Sept. 17. A Lannon throw-in also helped create Haber's game-winner against Penn. Lannon was named Offensive MVP of the CU Inaria Classic in mid-September. He is tied for the team lead with four assists and is vital in the central midfield.
 
DEFENSIVE MINDED
Cornell's back four, made up of Jake Rinow, Patrick Slogic, Kyle Parsons and Peter Chodas, have been a huge factor in the team's success this year. Cornell has given up just two goals in its last eight games and has allowed an Ivy League-low seven goals this season.

MINDING THE NET
Rick Pflasterer is backing up his terrific 2010 campaign with another great run in 2011. His overall goals against average of 0.61 is best in the Ivy League, and 16th-best in the country. His 0.50 GAA in conference games is second among the Ancient Eight. Pflasterer earned clean sheets in his last six of his last eight outings. The team had a streak of 501 minutes without allowing a goal until the 87th minute of the St. Bonaventure game, and Pflasterer has played all but nine minutes this year. He earned Defensive MVP honors in the CU Inaria Classic in mid-September.

BIG RED STUNS COLGATE
With just eight minutes remaining in a terrific defensive battle, Cornell received a bit of luck to score its game-winning goal. Colgate goalie Grant Reed played a low goal kick into his line of defenders. But instead of a Raiders player coming away with it, Haber made the first touch. He made two moves to the outside, and knowing he wouldn't be able to sustain a breakaway against three defenders, fired on goal from 25 yards out. The ball skidded past Reed, and Haber took a celebratory bow as his teammates mobbed him.

BRING IN THE YOUNG GUNS
The 2011 Cornell squad features 10 new players, including nine freshmen and one transfer. All together, the 10 newcomers make up more than one third of the 29-player roster. Justin Orden, who spent his freshman year at Wake Forest, is the lone transfer. All 10 have seen playing time this year, with goalkeeper Zach Zagorski and midfielder Matt Leach earning their first minutes in the Binghamton game.

UP NEXT
Cornell hits the midway point in its Ivy League schedule when Brown comes to town on Oct. 22. One week after that, it's back on the road to conference rival and defending Ivy League champion Princeton.