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Men's Soccer Heads to Philadelphia to Face St. Joseph's on Saturday

9/20/2013 10:02:00 AM

ITHACA, N.Y. – After sweeping a three-game home stand, Cornell men's soccer will look to continue its unbeaten streak as the Big Red hits the road to take on St. Joseph's Saturday Sept. 21 at 5 p.m. in Philadelphia, Pa.

GAME INFORMATION
GAME #6: Cornell at St. Joseph's
DATE & TIME: Saturday, Sept. 21, 5 p.m.
SITE: Sweeney Field (Philadelphia, Pa.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 3-0-0
LAST MEETING: Sept. 22, 2012 - Cornell won 3-2
2013 RECORDS: Cornell (4-0-1), St. Joseph's (1-2-3)
LIVE STATS | IVY LEAGUE DIGITAL NETWORK
 
ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell continued to thrive under pressure on Wednesday, earning its third come-from behind victory of the season against Binghamton and improving to 4-0-1. The team will play three more non-conference contests over the next two weeks before traveling to Penn on Oct. 5 for the first game of its Ivy League schedule.
 
HEAD COACH JARO ZAWISLAN
After taking over a program that was 1-15 the season before his appointment as head coach, Jaro Zawislan has steadily improved men's soccer at Cornell; transforming an eight-place team into Ivy League Champions and coaching the Big Red to the program's best season in nearly two decades. Zawislan, a native of Poland, now holds a 37-18-17 record after Wednesday's win against Binghamton. He played soccer for four years at Clemson and then spent time professionally in the United States and Poland.
 
ABOUT ST. JOSEPH'S
The Hawks enter Saturday's game with a 1-2-3 record in 2013, having battled to draws with Loyola Maryland, Hofstra and Wofford.  St. Joseph's lone win came against Temple at home last weekend. The Hawks most recent game resulted in a 4-1 loss to Siena on Wednesday. The team is led by Tim Lazorko's two goals and two assists for six points. Lazorko also has a team-high 22 shots.
 
THE SERIES
Cornell and St. Joseph's first met in 2010 and have met every season since. The Big Red is 3-0 during that stretch with the most recent win coming in the form of a 3-2 come-from-behind win on Berman Field. Conor Goepel scored the game-winning goal in the last matchup. Goepel already has two game-winners this season.
 
A WIN AGAINST THE HAWKS WOULD…
 …extend the Big Red's unbeaten streak against regular season non-conference opponents to 22 games, as Cornell is currently 18-0-4 in those contests.
 
#IVYDIGITAL
Saturday's game against St. Joseph's will be the first Cornell men's soccer game to be broadcast on the new Ivy League Digital Network. The link to purchase the game will be accessible in the minutes leading up to the scheduled start time. To purchase an Ivy League Digital Network pass go to http://www.ivyleaguedigitalnetwork.com/packages and select the package of your choice. Purchasing a school day pass will allow you to view Big Red men's soccer on Saturday and test out the network for only $9.95.
 
CORE FOUR
Each of the four starting defenders for the Big Red recorded at least one point in Wednesday's win over Binghamton. Seniors Jake Kirsch and Jake Rinow scored the goals, with Patrick Slogic assisting on both. Junior Peter Chodas earned an assist on Kirsch's goal.

BACK TO BACK TO BACK
The Big Red opened the 2013 season with three straight overtime games; the last time a Cornell men's soccer team played in three straight games needing more than 90 minutes was in September 2006 against Buffalo, Boston University and Columbia.  

SENIOR LEADERSHIP
For the second season in a row the Big Red has three captains, as Jake Rinow, Patrick Slogic and Benjamin Williams have assumed the role for their senior seasons. Slogic is coming off a First Team All-Ivy season in 2012 and was named to the MAC Hermann watch list and as a contender for the Senior CLASS Award in the weeks prior to the 2013 season.
 
FRESH FACES
Cornell added 13 newcomers to the roster for the 2013 campaign, many of whom will challenge the veteran players for playing time throughout the year. Goalkeeper Evan King, midfielder Madison Heck and midfield/forward hybrid Sebastian Scales all come to East Hill from Eastside FC in Washington State.
 
AIN'T THAT AMERICA
Nearly all of the players on this season's roster hail from one of 12 states, as California, New York and Washington each claim claiming four players. The Big Red has three players from New Jersey, two from both Colorado and Indiana and one from Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan and Nebraska. Freshman JJ Black hails from Cambridge, England.  
 
UP NEXT
The Big Red will host Lafayette on Tuesday Sept. 24 for a 7 p.m. game against the Leopards.  
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