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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Junior midfielder Elizabeth Crowell converted a rebound of her own penalty kick, and junior goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney made three saves to tie a program record with her 12th shutout of the season in a 1-0 victory over Yale on Saturday afternoon.

With the victory, Cornell (9-1-4, 2-1-1 Ivy League) is guaranteed of its best finish in the league since 1995. The Big Red went 5-0-2 en route to a second-place finish that season, and has won two Ancient Eight games in four seasons since. Cornell stays in third place with three league games to go, trailing twin 4-0 marks brandished by Princeton and Harvard.

Sophomore forward Paige DeLoach earned the penalty kick in the 27th minute. Junior defender Kailey Joyce started the play with a pass from midfield up the middle to DeLoach, who turned her defender from 40 yards out and ran into space before taking a shot from 20 yards which forced a diving save from Yale goalkeeper Rachel Ames. But DeLoach continued on toward the rebound inside the 6-yard box, drawing a foul from behind that led to Crowell's penalty kick.

Crowell's strike was saved in similar fashion by Ames, but it also led to another rebound. Crowell calmly finished with her left foot into the vacated side of the net before retreating defenders could arrive, giving the BIg Red its second goal of the season on a penalty kick rebound. She now leads the team with four goals and nine points.

Tierney, the nation's leader with a 0.20 goals against average, became just the second goalkeeper in program history to record 12 clean sheets in a single season (Melissa Gambrell was the other in 1987). Tierney also moved into a tie for fifth with her 19th career victory.