GAME INFORMATION
GAME #10: Cornell at Yale
GAME TIME: Saturday, Oct. 10 at 12:00 p.m.
GAME SITE: Johnson Field (New Haven, Conn.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 19-17-1
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 4-0, Oct. 4, 2014 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2015 RECORDS: Cornell (5-4, 1-1 Ivy); Yale (2-7, 0-2 Ivy)
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GAME #11: Cornell at Holy Cross
GAME TIME: Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1:00 p.m.
GAME SITE: Hart Turf Field (Worcester, Mass.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 6-5
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 2-1, Sept 21, 2014 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
* 2015 RECORDS: Cornell (5-4, 1-1 Ivy); Holy Cross (6-5, 1-1 Patriot)
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* records prior to Friday, Oct. 9
 
THE WEEKEND: The Big Red field hockey team hits the road this weekend to take on Yale on Saturday, Oct. 3 at noon before stepping out of conference for a contest at Holy Cross on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. Cornell (5-4, 1-1 Ivy) split a pair of games last weekend, defeating Columbia before falling to No. 2 Syracuse. The Bulldogs lost to a pair of nationally ranked teams last weekend (No. 20 Princeton and No. 1 UConn) to extend its losing streak to five-straight as they slip to 2-7 on the season (0-2 Ivy). The Crusaders enter a contest against No. 17 Boston University on Friday evening with a 6-5 record overall (1-1 Patriot League).
 
THE SERIES WITH YALE: The series with the Bulldogs began in 1979, the first official season of Ivy League play, with a 3-0 Yale victory. The Bulldogs went on to enjoy an eight-game unbeaten streak before Cornell earned a 2-1 overtime victory in 1987. Despite not winning a contest until the 1987 season, the Big Red still holds a 19-17-1 advantage in the all-time series. In recent years, the series has been extremely competitive with 15 of the last 19 meetings being decided by one goal ... Coach Hornibrook is 6-5 vs. Yale.
 
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS: Yale has lost five-straight, including Ivy League contests to Harvard and No. 20 Princeton, to fall to 2-7 overall and 0-2 in the conference. The team has struggled offensively, averaging just 0.90 goals per game, a mark that is exceeded by three individuals in the conference – Penn's Alexa Hoover (2.22 gpg), Cornell's Krysten Mayers (1.00 gpg.) and Princeton's Maddie Copeland (1.00 gpg.). Sophomore Carol Middough has five of Yale's eight total goals on the season, while Nicole Wells has a team-high two assists. In goal, junior Emilie Katz has every minute of every contest and has posted a 2.93 goals-against average to go along with a .783 save percentage.  
 
LAST TIME VS. YALE:  Playing its first game as a nationally ranked team, Cornell certainly looked the part in its 4-0 demolition of Yale on a rainy afternoon at Marsha Dodson Field. The victory stretched the Big Red's winning streak to seven games, the second longest stretch in program history, as it improved to 8-1 overall and 3-0 in the Ivy League. Cornell peppered the Bulldogs repeatedly throughout the contest, racking up an 18-3 shot advantage and a 13-0 penalty corner advantage in the lopsided victory. Junior keeper Elizabeth Schaeffler was called on to make just one save to post her first shut out of the season. The Big Red controlled play from the outset, snatching the early lead just under five minutes into the contest on a penalty corner. Freshman Sam McILwrick stroked a low howitzer that beat Yale keeper Heather Schlesier to the right corner of the net to notch the first collegiate goal of her Big Red career. Assists went to senior Ann DiPastina and junior Taylor Standiford. Cornell had numerous chances to extend its lead and finally broke through exactly at the half. The Big Red drew its sixth penalty corner as time expired and Siergiej fired a shot from the high slot, which was blocked. The ball caromed to freshman Krysten Mayers, who was able to get just enough on the shot to push it across the goal line. The halftime break and persistent rain did little to dampen the explosive Big Red attack. Siergiej finally got her well-earned goal in the 49th-minute on a penalty stroke that she blasted to the high glove side as the keeper sprawled the opposite direction. Cornell capped the scoring with a goal from the run of play in the 67th minute. Freshman Isabel Josephs worked her way into the circle and sent a perfect cross goal pass to junior forward Katie Garrity who converted her third goal of the season. 
 
THE SERIES WITH HOLY CROSS: The Big Red holds the slim 6-5 lead in the series with the Crusaders after a 2-1 victory a year ago. Holy Cross won the first ever meeting, 1-0 in 1995, but Cornell responded with back-to-back wins in 1995 and 1996. The Crusaders won the next four meetings before the Big Red ended the skid with a 1-0 victory in 2007. Cornell has currently won four in a row ... Coach Hornibrook is 4-0 vs. the Crusaders.
 
SCOUTING THE CRUSAIDERS: Holy Cross enters a Patriot League contest vs. No. 17 Boston University with a record of 6-5 overall and 1-1 in the conference. The Crusaders are a perfect 5-0 at home and four of its five losses have come by a single goal. Emily Loprete has a team-high seven goals, while Maureen Connolly leads Holy Crosse with 16 points on five goals and a team-best six assists. Lauren Ineson has also proved to be dangerous with 10 points on four goals and two assists. Megan Inch has started all 11 games in goal and has posted a 1.72 goals-against average to go along with a .694 save percentage.
 
LAST TIME VS. HOLY CROSS: The Big Red won its fourth consecutive game and improved to 5-1 on the season when it defeated Holy Cross, 2-1, on Sept. 21 on Marsha Dodson Field. Cornell scored a pair of goals in span of 3:37 and then held off a late surge by the Crusaders to earn the victory. Cornell carried the play throughout most of the game, but struggled to convert its chances until freshman Gabby DePetro scored in the 34th minute to put the home team up, 1-0. The play began with a penalty corner shot by Marisa Siergiej that was saved by Holy Cross goalie, Maya Langman, but the ball bounced to DePetro who one-timed it over the goalie for the score. Less than three minutes into the second half, Krysten Mayers scored on a tremendous individual effort to make it a 2-0 game at the 37:20 mark. Holy Cross had a tremendous opportunity to get on the board in the 55th minute when the visitors were awarded a penalty stroke, but the ball was pushed wide. The Crusaders finally scored at the 63:06 mark when Haley Makuh converted a penalty corner with Kaitlyn Murray and Colby Lohrey earning the assist. The visitors managed just one more shot in the final 6:54 of the contest but freshman goalie Kelly Johnson was up to the task, registering the final of her five saves on the day to earn the victory. Cornell held a 15-7 edge in shots and a 6-4 advantage in penalty corners, forcing Langman to make six saves, while Murray earned one defensive save to help her team. It is the fourth straight game that the Big Red has held its opponent to four or few penalty corners
 
VS. THE PATRIOT LEAGUE: The Big Red is 63-55-7 all-time vs. the current members of the Patriot League, thanks mostly to a 21-1-1 lead against Lehigh. The Big Red also holds a winning record against Colgate (21-19-3) and Holy Cross (6-5). Cornell holds a losing record against American (0-2), Boston University (0-1), Bucknell (10-15-1), and Lafayette (5-12-2) … Cornell is 25-13 vs. the Patriot League during Coach Hornibrook's tenure.
 
LIVE FROM NEW YORK: The Cornell Department of Athletics and Physical Education is proud to announce that this season it is offering live video streaming. All home games for the remainder of the season will be streamed live on the Ivy League Digital Network.
 
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE (A NEW) HOME: The Big Red is 38-22 all-time on Marsha Dodson Field. Collectively, the team has outscored its opponents by a margin of 131-99 and has taken significantly more shots (1,020-632) than its opponents. The defense has been equally solid in the circle, allowing just 336 penalty corners (5.6 per game).
 
THE HEAD COACH: Cornell head coach Donna Hornibrook is in her 12th season at Cornell (103-86, .545) ... She is the second winningest coach in Big Red field hockey history, behind only Shelby (Pontz) Bowman, who registered 115 wins over 19 year … Hornibrook became the sixth coach in Cornell field hockey history in January 2004 ... She has a 274-133-10 (.669) record as a head coach, including a 111-39-4 mark at Houghton and a 60-8-6 record at New Brunswick.
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: The Big Red has had two players named Ivy League Rookie of the Week so far this season … Kate Fitzpatrick was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week, as well as the ECAC Rookie of the Week on Sept. 15 after tallying one goal against Sacred Heart and one goal vs. Monmouth ... Isabel Siergiej took home both the Ivy League and the ECAC honor on Sept. 22 after scoring two goals on two shots vs. Vermont and being named to the Catamount Classic All-Tournament Team.
 
A NATIONAL PRESENCE: Cornell sophomores Kelly Johnson and Sam McILwrick have been selected to represent the United States and Canada, respectively, as members of their nation's U21 junior national teams that will compete in the Junior Pan American Games this spring.
 
RECORD SETTER: With her three defensive saves at No. 2 Syracuse on Oct. 4, Luisa Schulte-Bockum set the school record with seven defensive saves, tying the mark set by Amy Galebach during the 2000 season
 
TEAM NCAA RANKINGS: The Big Red ranks in the top 25 in the nation in …
* Shutouts per game – 3rd (0.44)
* Defensive saves – 6th (8)
* Goals Per Game – 24th (2.67)
* Scoring Average – 24th (2. 63)
 
INDIVIDUAL NCAA RANKINGS:
* Luisa Schulte-Bockum ranks second in defensive saves (7).
* Krysten Mayers ranks sixth in goals per game (1.00).
* Krysten Mayers ranks eighth in points per game (2.33).
* Isabel Siergiej ranks 27th in assists per game (0.56)
 
IVY LEAGUE RANKINGS:
* Krysten Mayers ranks second in the Ivy League in points (21).
* Krysten Mayers ranks second in the Ivy League in points per game (2.33).
* Krysten Mayers ranks second in the Ivy League in goals (9).
* Marisa Siergiej ranks eighth in the Ivy League in goals (5).
* Krysten Mayers ranks second in the Ivy League in goals per game (1.00).
* Marisa Siergiej ranks eighth in the Ivy League in goal per game (0.56).
* Isabel Siergiej ranks fourth in the Ivy League in assists (5).
* Taylor Standiford ranks seventh in the Ivy League in assists (4).
* Isabel Siergiej ranks fourth in the Ivy League in assists per game (0.56).
* Taylor Standiford ranks seventh in the Ivy League in assists per game (0.44).
* Katy Weeks ranks fourth in the Ivy League in game-winning goals (2).
* Luisa Schulte-Bockum ranks first in the Ivy League in defensive saves (7).
* Sam McILwrick ranks ninth in the Ivy League in defensive saves (1).
* Kelly Johnson and Mackenzie Gagliardi are tied for first in the Ivy League in shutout wins (2).
* Kelly Johnson ranks fifth in the Ivy League in goals-against average (2.45).
* Kelly Johnson ranks seventh in the Ivy League in save percentage (.643).
 
SINGLE SEASON RANKINGS
* Luisa Schulte-Bockum has already set the school record with seven defensive saves this season, tying the mark set by Amy Galebach during the 2000 season.
* Krysten Mayers currently ranks 20th overall on Cornell's single-season points list (21).
* Krysten Mayers currently ranks 20th overall on Cornell's single-season goals list (9).
 
CAREER RECORD WATCH:
* Marisa Siergiej currently sits in sixth place overall in Cornell history with 74 career points, needing 11 more to surpass Emily Robb (1995-98) and move into fifth place.
* Krysten Mayers ranks 14th overall for career points (42), needing just three more to pass Lindsay Grace (2000-03) in 13th place.
* Taylor Standiford is 16th overall for career points (37) and needs just two more to tie Alyssa DePaola (2005-07) in 15th place.
* Marisa Siergiej's 33 career goals is also good for fourth place all-time and she needs just two more to move into a tie for third place with Hannah Balleza (2010-13).
* Krysten Mayers ranks 10th in Cornell history for career goals (19), needing seven more to move into a tie with Beth Paciello (1985-88) in ninth place.
* Taylor Standiford sits in second place with 31 career assists and needs just three more to break Cari Hills (1994-97) school record.
* Marisa Siergiej has already set the school record for penalty strokes converted in a career (five).
* Marisa Siergiej is tied for third place in Cornell history with Beth Paciello with nine career game-winning goals. She needs just two more to move into a tie with Linda Miller (1980-83) in second place.
* Luisa Schulte-Bockum currently ranks second overall in Cornell history with eight defensive saves, needing just four more to break the school record, held by Amy Galebach (1997-2000).
 
RANKED OPPONENTS: The Big Red's schedule features four teams that are ranked in the latest NFHCA Division I Poll – No. 1 Syracuse, No. 6 Albany, No. 13 Delaware, and No. 19 Princeton … Cornell defeated No. 20 Maine on Oct. 26, 2014, giving the Big Red its first win over a ranked opponent since defeating No. 19 Syracuse, 3-2, on Oct. 25, 2007. 
 
SHUTOUT STREAK: The Big Red had shutout four straight opponents – Sacred Heart (9/11), Monmouth (9/13), Vermont (9/19) and Maine (9/20) – matching the school record for consecutive shutouts, set twice before. The last time Cornell had four straight clean sheets came over the 1990 and 1991 seasons, as the Big Red defeated Dartmouth (1-0), Colgate (1-0) and Brown (1-0, OT) to close the 1990 season before opening the 1991 campaign with a 5-0 win over CW Post. Cornell has had four straight shutouts in the same season just once before, blanking Brockport (3-0), Lafayette (0-0, 2OT), Colgate (1-0) and Princeton (0-0, 2OT) in 1985.
 
ONE OF THE BEST: Head coach Donna Hornibrook ranks among the best when it comes to winning. Among active Division I head coaches, she ranks 16th overall for winning percentage (.630) and 18th for career wins (214), rankings that would be higher if the NCAA counted her 60-8-6 record at Canada's New Brunswick.
 
CLOSE CALLS: Cornell's 3-2 overtime loss to Penn on Sept. 25 continued the Big Red's trend of playing in one-goal games. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Big Red has lost 64 games, with 39 of those coming by a single goal, including 18 in overtime. During that same span, Cornell has won 83 games, with 41 coming in one-goal games, including 11 in overtime.
 
EARLY LEADS: Scoring first has been a big part of the Big Red's success in recent years. Since Coach Hornibrook has taken over the program, Cornell has posted an impressive 88-14 record in games in which they have scored first. Conversely, the team has won only 14 games in which they have had to come back from an early deficit to win. The first was Coach Hornibrook's very first victory with the team, a 6-3 win over Lehigh in 2004, with the latest coming on Nov. 8, 2014 as Cornell overcame an early 1-0 deficit to defeat Dartmouth, 4-1.
 
KNOCK THREE TIMES: When the Big Red fell to Penn, 4-3, on Sept. 21, 2013 it marked only the fourth time in Coach Hornibrook's career with Cornell that the team scored three goals and lost the contest. Under Coach Hornibrook, the Big Red has won 66-of-70 in a game in which it scores at least three goals, a mark that was raised when it defeated Columbia (5-2) on Oct. 3, 2015.
 
10 WINS: Cornell has won at least 10 games in seven of Coach Hornibrooks' 11 seasons. She is the only field hockey coach in Big Red history to lead the team to a single 10-win season.
 
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: Seniors Taylor Standiford and Marisa Siergiej have been named team captains for the 2015 season. Standiford also served as team captain a year ago.
 
2014 SEASON RECORDS:
* A year ago, Cornell posted an 11-5 record overall, tying the school record for victories in a single season, previously set in 2008 and 2010.
* The squad set a school record for points (127), points per game (7.94), goals (45), and assists (37) in a single-season.
* Defensively, the team set a school record, allowing just 3.9 penalty corners per contest.
 
TICKLE THE ALL-IVY: Following the 2014 season, Marisa Siergiej was one of four unanimous first-team All-Ivy selections. In addition to Siergiej, freshman Sam McILwrick and sophomore Katy Weeks were named second-team All-Ivy, while both senior Ann DiPastina and freshman Krysten Mayers earned honorable mention.
 
EVERYBODY'S (REGIONAL) ALL-AMERICAN: A year ago, Marisa Siergiej become just the 12th player in Big Red history to be named first-team All-Mideast Region All-American.
 
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Cornell earned the first national ranking in program history on Sept. 30, 2014 coming in at No 19 in the 2014 Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll. The Big Red fell out of the poll the following week after a 1-0 loss to American, but may have managed to hold onto its No. 19 ranking if it weren't for the fact that Indiana upset No. 4 Duke on the same day to jump into the rankings at No. 18.
 
UP NEXT: The Big Red returns home for an Ivy League contest vs. Harvard on Marsha Dodson Field on Saturday, Oct. 17 at noon, before heading to the University of Albany to take on the No. 6 Great Danes on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m.