ITHACA, N.Y. – The Big Red pulled out an impressive 1-0 win against Princeton last week, but the road doesn't get any easier this week as Dartmouth comes to town for a battle of second-place Ivy League teams. Saturday's game – the last at home for the Big Red's three seniors – kicks off at 6 p.m.

MATCH INFORMATION
MATCH #15: No. 15 Cornell vs. Dartmouth
MATCH TIME: Saturday, Nov. 3, 6:00 p.m.
MATCH SITE: Berman Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: Dartmouth leads 34-26-5
LAST MEETING: Dartmouth won 3-1 on Nov. 5, 2011
2012 RECORDS | LEAGUE STANDING: Cornell (13-1, 4-1 Ivy | t-2nd), Dartmouth  (8-6, 4-1 Ivy | t-2nd)
LIVE STATS: Cornell Live Stats
LIVE AUDIO: RedCast

ABOUT THE BIG RED
The Big Red secured a very important league victory against Princeton on Saturday, defeating the visiting Tigers 1-0 on a second-half goal from Daniel Haber. Princeton entered the day one point behind Cornell in the league standings, and with a victory over a very good Princeton team Cornell stayed in second place in the league. The victory, coming one week after its first loss of the season to Brown, was also very important for league momentum entering the last two games of the year. Cornell remains in strong shape for an NCAA Tournament berth with a 13-1 record, and an Ivy League title is still in reach with some help.

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 31-17-15 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 DARTMOUTH
The Big Green, based in Hanover, N.H., has an 8-6 record on the season and is tied with Cornell for second in the Ivy League standings with a 4-1 record. Dartmouth, which had a midweek game against New Hampshire cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy, is coming off a 3-1 victory against Harvard last weekend. In its four Ivy League wins, the Big Green is averaging more than two goals per game. Alex Adelbau is the league's second-leading scorer with nine goals and three assists for 21 points. Two other players on the team have three goals. The Big Green's keeper, Noah Cohen, has a 1.30 goals against average and a .754 save percentage. The Big Green made the NCAA Tournament seven of the last eight years and five straight.
Dartmouth is coached by Jeff Cook who is now in his 12th year with the team.

THE SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH
The Big Green holds an eight-game advantage lifetime against Cornell with one of those eight extra wins coming last season by a 3-1 margin. With both teams trying to get into the NCAA Tournament, Dartmouth's Lucky Mkosana – who won the league's Player of the Year award – had the Big Green's third goal while Patrick Slogic scored for Cornell. In that game, starting goalkeeper Rick Pflasterer was injured in the fifth minute and missed the rest of the season. The Big Green is on a five-game winning streak against Cornell.

A WIN AGAINST DARTMOUTH WOULD…
…be the team's first over the Big Green since 2006…be the most total victories in a season (14) since the 1995 campaign (15)…give Cornell five conference victories for the first time since 1999.

SENIOR DAY
Saturday's game will be the last home contest for three Big Red seniors. Midfielder Nico Nissl, goalie Rick Pflasterer and forward Tyler Regan have all given their best efforts to the Big Red program during their time at Cornell, and they will look to end their college careers with their first berth in the NCAA Tournament.

TIGERS TAMED
The Big Red's victory against Princeton on Saturday was its first victory over the Tigers since 2006.

BERMAN BROKEN
Cornell saw a new program record on Oct. 13 as 1,121 fans came out to Berman Field watch its game against Yale. The previous attendance record, 983, was shattered by 138 people. The fans were rewarded with a 3-0 shutout victory against the Bulldogs.

DECISIVE VICTORIES
Cornell finished the 2011 season with six ties. Not only has the Big Red not had a tie game this season, but the team has not even been to overtime. Cornell's 13 victories have all come in regulation.

THREE GOALS IN SEVEN STRAIGHT
The win against Yale on Oct. 13 was Cornell's seventh consecutive game scoring at least three goals in game. Before this year, the Big Red had never scored three goals in more than five consecutive games. Cornell scored three goals in five straight games in 1980 and 1958.

AMAZING GOAL TOTAL
Junior forward Daniel Haber has scored 17 goals this season, a number that is better than Yale (8), Columbia (11), Harvard (12), and Princeton (15) have scored as a team. Haber is not a one-man show, though, as his 17 goals account for less than half of the Big Red's 36 on the year.

FLAWLESS NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
With its victory against Colgate on Oct. 9, the Big Red finished its non-conference slate with a perfect 9-0-0 record. The Big Red had not been undefeated in non-conference competition since the 1983 season when it went 6-0-2. Cornell had not gone unblemished in non-conference games since 1965, when the team was just 4-0-0. In 1957, Cornell was also 3-0-0 in non-Ivy games.

OFFENSIVE SEASON
The Big Red is up to 36 goals on the year, a number well above 2011's total of 25. Cornell has not scored this many goals in a season since the 1996 campaign when it totaled 37 goals. The Big Red would equal that mark with one 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 3.5 goals per game to reach that total by the end of the regular season.

The Big Red has also tallied 32 assists this year, a number that equals the 32 set in 1995 and 1996. The Big Red eclipsed 100 points on the season three weeks ago and is 11 shy of the program record (115) set in 1971.

LAST WEEK IN THE IVY LEAGUE
Besides Cornell's critical victory over Princeton, Dartmouth defeated Harvard 3-1 to remain in a tie for second place, Brown edged out Penn 1-0 to stay on top of the league and Columbia and Yale tied 1-1.

NATIONALLY RANKED
With the victory over the Tigers, the Big Red is mostly back on the upswing this week. After spending last week at No. 17 in the NSCAA Coaches' Poll, Cornell is up to No. 15 this week. The Big Red is once again in SoccerTimes.com's top 20 and No. 20, one place ahead of where it was last week. The team is back up to No. 11 after spending one week at No. 12 in College Soccer News' poll. And on Top Drawer Soccer, the Big Red jumped up one spot to No. 26 in the website's NCAA Tournament Projection. Cornell, though, dropped one spot from No. 21 to No. 22 in Soccer America's rankings.

NATIONAL STATISTICS
Cornell is still high up in the country in multiple statistical categories as of Monday. Cornell is the third-highest scoring team in the country (2.57 goals per game), just behind No. 1 Maryland (2.63). Cornell is also 11th in total goals (36), 26th in goals against average (0.79), 21st in total assists (32) and 14th in total points (104).

Individually, Daniel Haber remains on top of the nation in points per game (2.93). He is still second in the country in total points, goals per game and total goals. Nico Nissl is ninth in the nation with 0.57 assists per game, while Haber is right behind him in 18th with 0.5. Tyler Regan is 40th in that category with 0.43. Goalie Rick Pflasterer has the 27th-best goals against average (0.794) in the country.

CAREER NUMBERS WATCH
On Saturday:
• Daniel Haber moved to sole possession of fifth in team history with 67 points and  tied for second all-time in a single season.

Coming soon:
• Daniel Haber is one goal away (28) from a fourth-place tie in team history for career goals and a second-place tie for goals in a single season (18). His next point will put him in sole possession of second in team history for a single season, and he is two points shy of a three-way tie for third in team history over a career. He will be tied for fifth in team history with his next assist (14).
• Jake Kirsch will reach 1,000 career minutes with 72 more.
• Tyler Regan and Nico Nissl's next assist will be their 10th.

UP NEXT
Cornell ends its regular season with a trip to Columbia for a 7 p.m. game on Nov. 10.