ITHACA, N.Y. – The Big Red men's soccer team closes out its non-conference schedule with a trip to nearby Colgate on Tuesday night looking to complete the school's first unbeaten non-Ivy run since 1983. The Raiders won't go down quietly, though, and should put up a fight against a regional rival that defeated them 1-0 last season.

MATCH INFORMATION
MATCH #11: No. 16 Cornell at Colgate
MATCH TIME: Tuesday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m.
MATCH SITE: Van Doren Field (Hamilton, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 53-23-6
LAST MEETING: Cornell won 1-0 on Oct. 11, 2011
2012 RECORDS: Cornell (10-0), Colgate (3-4-5)
LIVE STATS: Colgate Live Stats
LIVE VIDEO: Colgate Video

ABOUT THE BIG RED
The undefeated and untied season is still alive for Cornell after a 3-1 victory at Harvard on Saturday that was closer than the score would indicate. Tied at halftime thanks to a goal by Stephen Reisert, the Big Red got second-half goals by Patrick Slogic and Conor Goepel to get the win. The game was a tight 2-1 affair until Tyler Regan stole the ball from Harvard and found Goepel for the insurance tally. Rick Pflasterer made a season-high five saves in that game. Cornell reached double digit victories with the win for the first time since 1999.

HEAD COACH JARO ZAWISLAN
Now in his fourth year with the Big Red program, Jaro Zawislan has unquestionably put his stamp on the team. With a stifling defense and an aggressive offense, Zawislan has transformed what was a 1-15 team before his arrival into an 8-2-6 team in 2011 and a potential contender for the Ivy League title in 2012. Zawislan, a native of Poland, holds a 28-16-15 record during his time in Ithaca. He played soccer for four years at Clemson and then spent time professionally in the United States and Poland.

ABOUT COLGATE
The Raiders, based in Hamilton, are 3-4-5 on the year but are undefeated in Patriot League play at 1-0-2. After winning its season opener 3-2 against Binghamton, Colgate had a rough start to its season, not winning again for more than a month. Now, though, the Raiders have not lost since a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Wofford on Sept. 14, tying or winning its last five contests. Colgate is led by Mike Reidy's six goals on the year. No other player on the roster has more than two. The Raiders get solid goalkeeping from either Grant Reed (2.02 goals against average) or Liam Stapleton (0.94).
Colgate is coached by Erik Ronning, a Raider alum who is now in his eighth year with the team.

THE SERIES WITH COLGATE
Colgate and Cornell have been playing against each other for many, many years as the series goes back to 1921. Since 1946, the local rivals have played every year except 1962 and 1989. The Big Red holds a sizeable 53-23-6 advantage lifetime against the Raiders. That margin includes last year's 1-0 victory in Ithaca, a game that seemed destined to be tied until Daniel Haber struck with less than nine minutes to go on a bad clear by Colgate keeper Grant Reed. The Big Red has now won three consecutive contests in the series, with Colgate's most recent win coming in 2008.

A WIN AGAINST COLGATE WOULD…
…increase the season total to 11 victories for the first time since 1999…start the season 11-0-0 for the first time in program history…tie the 1995 team's school record for consecutive victories (11)…increase its own school record for consecutive games with a goal to 27…be Cornell's fourth straight win over the Raiders… finish non-conference play unbeaten for the first time since 1983…finish non-conference play unbeaten AND untied for the first time since 1965.

OFFENSIVE SEASON
The Big Red is up to 29 goals on the year, a number that surpassed 2011's total of 25 goals last week. Cornell has not scored this many goals in a season since the 2000 campaign when it totaled 31 goals. The Big Red would equal that mark with two more goals on the year. The school record for goals in a year belongs to the 1972 squad's 43. The Big Red would need to average 2.33 goals per game to reach that total by the end of the regular season.

LAST WEEK IN THE IVY LEAGUE
Cornell was again the highest-scoring team in the Ivy League last week with its three goals against Harvard. Elsewhere around the Ancient Eight, Columbia defeated Penn 1-0, Dartmouth knocked off Yale 1-0 and Princeton and Brown played to a 1-1 draw. Cornell currently stands in first place in the league with six points, two ahead of Brown and Princeton.

COMEBACK KIDS
Cornell has trailed four times this season, all by 1-0 deficits in the first half. All four times, though, the Big Red has managed to come from behind for the victory. Down 1-0 at halftime against Wofford on Sept. 16, Cornell went on to win 2-1. Trailing 1-0 at halftime against Saint Joseph's on Sept. 22, the Big Red scored twice in four minutes to open the second half and eventually win 3-2. Behind 1-0 just 21 seconds into the Hartwick game on Sept. 25, Cornell came back for a 4-1 victory. Finally, against Penn on Sept. 29, Cornell was down 1-0 and scored three consecutive goals in 10 minutes on its way to a 3-2 victory.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Through six weeks of the season, Cornell has had the Ivy League Player of the Week four times. Daniel Haber earned the honor after weeks one, two and four. More recently, Tyler Regan picked up Player of the Week honors after week five.

NATIONALLY RANKED
After reaching double digit wins and no losses, Cornell continues to move up national rankings in every poll. The Big Red is now No. 16 in the NSCAA Coaches' Poll, up from No. 18 last week. This is the Big Red's highest ranking since 1996, when it was as high as No. 15 during the year. Soccer America has Cornell the country's No. 16 team one week after it was No. 22. Cornell jumped five spots in College Soccer News' rankings, up to No. 18 from No. 23. SoccerTimes.com has Cornell in the rankings again as well, moving up to No. 19 from its No. 23 place last week. And for the first time all season, the Big Red is now in Top Drawer Soccer's projected 48 teams for the NCAA Tournament at No. 30.

AMONG THE UNBLEMISHED
Cornell is one of just two teams remaining in the country that have not lost or tied a game yet. Besides the Big Red, Marquette is still unblemished at 11-0-0.

MULTI-GOAL GAMES
Before the 2012 season, no Cornell player had scored more than one goal in a game since 2008. This year, junior Daniel Haber already has five multi-goal games. He scored twice at Loyola Marymount on Sept. 2, three times against Buffalo on Sept. 9, two times at Binghamton last Wednesday, twice against Saint Joseph's on Sept. 22 and twice against Hartwick on Sept. 25. His 14 goals on the year have already bested his 2011 total by four.

RECORD BROKEN
With Peter Chodas' goal at Binghamton, the Big Red officially broke a Cornell record that stood for 41 seasons. The 1970 and 1971 teams had combined for 21 consecutive contests with a goal. Chodas' score, though, made 22 straight games for the Big Red with a goal dating back to the 2011 season opener. The record can move to 27 on Saturday.

NATIONAL STATISTICS
Cornell continues to rank high up in the country in multiple statistical categories as of Monday. Cornell moved up from fourth to second in the nation in scoring offense (2.9 goals per game). Cornell is also fourth in total goals (29), 34th in goals against average (0.80), eighth in total assists (26) and fourth in total points (84).
Individually, Daniel Haber remains on top of the nation in points per game (3.3), though he dropped this week from first to second in goals per game (1.40), total goals (14) and total points (33) as of Monday's stats. Nico Nissl and Tyler Regan are also tied for 11th in the country with six assists each. Goalie Rick Pflasterer has the 37th-best goals against average (0.812) in the country.

CAREER NUMBERS WATCH
On Saturday:
• Patrick Slogic and Stephen Reisert scored their fifth career goals.
• Nico Nissl played in his 50th game and Tyler Regan played his 2,000th minute.
• Rick Pflasterer picked up his 23rd win.
Coming soon:
• Daniel Haber is four goals away (28) from a fourth-place tie in team history for career goals, and his next goal will be his 25th. He is six points away from a tie for fifth all-time in points (65), and his next point will be his 60th. His next assist will put him eighth all-time in team history (12).
• Atticus DeProspo needs 57 more minutes to reach 2,000 for his career.
• Conor Goepel is two goals away from 10 and two points shy of 20.
• Zach Zagorski is one save shy of 10.

UP NEXT
Ivy League play returns to Ithaca as the Big Red take on visiting Yale at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The game will be Cornell's “Break the Berman Record” game on Alumni Weekend where the team tries to eclipse last season's attendance mark of 983.