Box Score ITHACA, N.Y. – The Big Red field hockey team managed to hold Kathleen Sharkey, the national point-scoring leader, to just one goal on the afternoon, but the rest of the Tigers rallied and No. 2 Princeton pulled away in the second half to defeat Cornell, 5-0, at Marsha Dodson Field. The Big Red returns to action tomorrow when it plays host to Holy Cross at 1 p.m.

Cornell (7-8, 3-3 Ivy) was kept in the game by the outstanding play of junior goalie Carolyn Horner, who made 13 stops, five of which were spectacular saves in one-on-one situations.

Princeton (14-1, 6-0) was incredibly efficient in the offensive end, putting 18 of their 25 shots on goal, as they outshot the Big Red, 25-5. They also held the significant 9-2 advantage on penalty corners.  

The Tigers took a 2-0 lead into the intermission, with both goals coming off penalty corners, with Sharkey scoring the first goal in the eighth minute when she took a pass from Michelle Cesan at the top of the circle and blasted a reverse-stick shot past Horner. Sydney Kirby made it a 2-0 game at the 24:04 mark when she received the direct pass from Princeton's inserter, Julia Reinprecht, and just beat Horner, who got a foot on the ball, but couldn't make the save.

Cornell had a series of penalty corners late in the half, but couldn't convert, at Teresa Benvenuti tallied a defensive save on a Marisa Seirgiej shot.

Horner made five first half saves, including a brilliant one-on-one stop on Sharkey in the closing seconds of the period, to keep the Big Red in striking distance.

Julia Boyle started the game in cage for Princeton, but did not register a save in the first 35 minutes.

Midway through the second period, Horner continued to impress with a pair of point-blank saves on Molly Goodman, who had managed to get in behind the defense and was in a one-on-one situation.

In the 53rd minute, Julia Reinprecht found herself unmarked on the near post and redirected a penalty corner shot by Cesan into the goal to make it a 3-0 game, but moments later, Horner made another great save to spark the home team.

With less than five minutes to play, Taylor Standiford had several chances but Christina Maida, who came in for the second half, made three saves to keep the clean slate.

Princeton tacked on two late goals, with the first coming from Maddie Copeland, who banged a shot off the crossbar in the 67th minute, while the final tally was registered with 36 seconds to play by Stephanie Goldberg, who benefited from a scrum in front of the net as she collected a loose ball and beat Horner to the corner.