HOUSTON, Texas - The Cornell women's polo team will have an opportunity to win the program's 14th national title and a familiar face stands in its way. For the fourth consecutive year, the Big Red will face Virginia in the title game after Cornell's 25-2 semifinal win over Cal Poly on Wednesday afternoon.
Cornell scored 12 unanswered goals after Cal Poly had tied the game at 1-1 as the Big Red cruised to its 31st appearance in the national finals. The trio of
Devin Cox,
Anna Winslow and
Kailey Eldredge scored four straight to end the first chukker up 5-1, a lead that would be built on in the second. Cox was replaced by
Emma Eldredge for the second as Cornell continued its scoring spree starting with a
Kailey Eldredge two-pointer that paced a 6-0 chuker advantage, giving the Big Red an 11-1 halftime advantage. Cox came back in and the Big Red ran the unanswered scoring streak to 12 before the Mustangs scored their second goal. By the end of three, Cornell was up 19-2. Cox and Winslow gave way to
Emma Eldredge and
Elena Wicker for the fourth as Cornell cruised home to the 25-2 victory.
Kailey Eldredge led all with 11 goals, Winslow tallied six, Cox had four,
Emma Eldredge scored two, Wicker had one goal and the Big Red was credited with one penalty goal.
The Virginia Cavaliers defeated SMU in the first game of the day to reach the finals. The two will match up on Saturday, April 12 at 9 a.m.
