ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell women's polo team improved to 16-0 with a 19-10 win over Texas A&M on Friday evening at Oxley Equestrian Center. The Big Red jumped on the Central Region leaders early and never relinquished the lead, cruising to the victory.

Playing a hard hustling game, the Aggies are a tough physical matchup that put Cornell to the test.  The game opened up with the team of Ali Hoffman, Kailey Eldredge and Lizzie Wisner taking a lead they would never relinquish. It was 3-0 before the Aggies scored and the chukker ended with the Big Red up 4-2. In the second, Cornell increased the lead to 7-3 before the Aggies pushed their way back to 7-5 heading into the half. Jess Cross came in for the second half and Eldredge led the way in the third with five goals to stretch Cornell's lead to 14-7 heading into the fourth chukker. Cornell actually increased the lead to 10 goals in the fourth before A&M would add a late penalty shot to bring the final tally to 19-10. Eldredge led all scorers with nine goal, Wisner had six, Hoffman posted three and Cross scored once.