ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell men's soccer team takes to the road for the first time in almost two weeks, heading to Philadelphia for a night game against St. Joseph's. The Big Red and Hawks get started at 7:30 p.m.

MATCH INFORMATION
MATCH #7: Cornell at St. Joseph's
MATCH TIME: Friday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.
MATCH SITE: Finnesey Field (Philadelphia)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 1-0
LAST MEETING: Cornell won 3-1 on Sept. 17, 2010
2011 RECORDS: Cornell (3-1-2); St. Joseph's (1-3)
LIVE STATS: GameTracker
LIVE VIDEO: St. Joseph's video (subscription required)

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell continues to ride a hot streak unseen since 2007, as it has won three games in a row for the first time since the start of that season. The Big Red handled neighboring Binghamton 4-0 on East Hill on night, getting goals from four different players and recording its third consecutive shutout. Cornell is on a five-game unbeaten run.

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 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 ST. JOSEPH'S
The Hawks, based in Philadelphia, enter Friday's home game with a 1-3 mark on the season. In their last game, on Sept. 16 against Bucknell, they fell 1-0. The team has not scored a goal since Sept. 4 and has just three on the season. Jake Nelson is St. Joseph's big threat on offense with one goal and two assists this season. Coach Don D'Ambra, a 1994 graduate of St. Joseph's, is in his second year coaching his Hawks. St. Joseph's plays its conference soccer in the Atlantic 10.

THE SERIES WITH ST. JOSEPH'S
Cornell and St. Joseph's have met just once, with the Big Red claiming a 3-1 win last season. Seniors Jimmy Lannon and Chase Aaronson each scored in the game. Cornell holds a 9-8-1 lifetime mark against Atlantic 10 teams, and St. Joseph's is 4-23-1 facing Ivy League competition.

TOUGH STRETCH
Cornell is in the middle of its most crowded period of the season, playing five games in 11 days and holding a 3-0 mark through it so far. After the fifth game, Monday-night's match against St. Bonaventure, the Big Red plays just one game per week the rest of the season except for the second week of October.

SPREADING THE LOVE
Of the 29 players on Cornell's roster, 25 have seen playing time in the first six games and 19 different players have started. Of the 19 starters, only six have started all six games: Patrick Slogic, Jake Rinow, Peter Chodas, Jimmy Lannon, Benjamin Williams and Rick Pflasterer.

A WIN WOULD…
Give Cornell its first four-game winning streak since the last two games of the 2006 season and first three of 2007…give the Big Red its first six-game unbeaten streak since the last six games of the 2001 season…put the Big Red three games over .500 for the first time since Sept. 23, 2007…bring Jaro Zawislan within one win of a .500 career mark.

TAKING THEIR SHOTS
Cornell continues to dramatically outshoot its opponents, more than doubling their combined efforts with a 119-50 edge. Cornell also holds a 51-24 edge in shots on goal. That number puts the Big Red second in the Ivy League behind Penn's 121. Sophomore Daniel Haber leads the team with 24 shots – good for third in the Ivy League – 11 shots on goal, two goals and three assists for a team-high seven points.

PUT THEM IN A CORNER
 The Big Red is getting plenty of practice at corner kicks so far this season, with 43 reps in its six games compared to the competition's 20. 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 Wednesday. The team has more corner kicks than any Ivy League school.

THROWING OFF OPPONENTS
Jimmy Lannon continues to be dangerous with long throw-ins into the penalty area. Lannon's throw in the season opener against Niagara lead to a goal by Slogic, and Lannon earned an assist from a throw-in on Conor Goepel's game-winning goal against Hofstra on Sunday.

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, the league announced on Monday. Goepel, a midfielder from Chatham, N.J., has played in all six games for the Big Red this year, starting in three. He has racked up five shots, including two on goal, and looks to be a promising contributor to Cornell soccer for years to come.

MINDING THE NET
Rick Pflasterer had a terrific 2010 campaign, and he's off to a fast start in 2011. Cornell's team goals against average is best among the Ancient Eight teams, and Pflasterer earned clean sheets in his last three outings. He has played all but nine minutes for the Big Red this year. He earned Defensive MVP honors in the CU Inaria Classic last weekend, and his 0.79 goals against average is second in the Ivy League.

BEATING UP BINGHAMTON
In the Big Red's most recent game, Binghamton came to Ithaca and left after allowing four goals. Slogic, Reisert, Tyler Regan and Matt Kagie scored the goals, with Reisert picking up an assist and Haber getting two. Cornell scored two goals in each half and played stingy defense in outshooting the Bearcats 24-5.

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 now seen playing time this year, with goalkeeper Zach Zagorski and midfielder Matt Leach earning their first minutes in the Binghamton game.

UP NEXT
The Big Red stays on the road with a Monday-afternoon game against St. Bonaventure at 3:30 p.m. Ivy League play starts next week with another road trip to Philadelphia to take on Penn on Friday at 7 p.m.