Box Score SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Cornell goalie Carolyn Horner posted 11 saves and senior Elly Plappert scored in the 55th minute to send the game to overtime, but Lauren Brooks scored at the 79:12 mark to give No. 3 Syracuse a 3-2 overtime victory over the Big Red field hockey team this afternoon on Coyne Field.

With the loss, Cornell's fourth one-goal defeat of the season, the Big Red falls to 9-6 overall.

Syracuse (14-2) outsthot Cornell, 23-7, and earned nine penalty corners to the Big Red's three.

The Orange jump out to a 2-0 lead in the first half behind goals from Brooks and Serra Dengan. Brooks' goal came in the sixth minute of play when she tipped a shot by Karlee Farr and just over three minutes later Dengnan scored when she collected a rebound off a Horner save and scored.

Marisa Siergiej got the Big Red back into the contest when she converted a penalty corner shot at 20:19. Taylor Standiford and Hannah Balleza were credited with the assist.

Just over three minutes later, Siergirj helped keep Cornell in the contest with a defensive save.

The Big Red earned the equalizer after being awarded back-to-back penalty corners in the 53rd minute. Orange goalie Jess Jecko made consecutive saves before Katy Weeks collected a rebound and passed it across the circle to Plappert, who tipped the ball into the net.

Syracuse had two scoring chances in the waning moments of regulation, but Horner made a pair of save to send the game to overtime.

Cornell is back in action next weekend when it heads to Ivy League leading Princeton on Saturday, Nov. 2 at noon.