PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Cornell junior Marisa Siergiej continued her outstanding season with a pair of goals, including the game-winner just 1:52 in to the game, to lead the Big Red field hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Brown this afternoon at Goldberger Field in Providence, R.I.  With the win, Cornell remains atop the Ivy League standings, tied with Princeton, with a record of 9-4 overall and 4-1 in the conference, while the Bears slip to 9-5 overall (1-4 Ivy).
 
Cornell held the 13-7 advantage in shots and a slim 6-5 edge in penalty corners as freshman goalie Kelly Johnson made three saves for her second solo shutout of the season.  Brown goalkeeper Shannon McSweeney, who entered the contest leading the Ivy League with a .761 save percentage, stopped just four of the Big Red's seven shots on goal.


The Big Red wasted no time getting on the board just 1:52 in the contest when the team earned a penalty stroke and Siergiej drove it home to the right side of the net. With time winding down in the first half, freshman Sam McILwrick had an outstanding chance to extend the Cornell lead, but Brown defender Anna Masini batted a sure goal out of mid-air to send the teams into the break with the score at 1-0.
 
Just under seven minutes into the second stanza Siergiej registered her 13th goal of the season, putting her just one shy of the school record for goals in a single season with three games to play. The goal came off a penalty corner with the assist credited to Taylor Standiford and Ann DiPastina.  
 
Katy Weeks gave Cornell a late insurance goal at the 53:58 mark as she capitalized off a Brown turnover and fired a low shot into the right corner to push the Big Red's lead to 3-0.
 
Cornell is back in action tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 26, when it faces No. 20 Maine in its final non-conference game of the season at the University of Albany's  Alumni Turf at 2 p.m.