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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Forwards Paige DeLoach and Meera Marhoefer scored goals, and the women's soccer team remains one of just two undefeated Division I teams in the country after a 2-1 victory over Wagner on Sunday afternoon at Wagner College Stadium.
 
Cornell (8-0-2), off to the best start in its 34-year program history, used 23 players in the game and sprinkled in a considerable amount of rest for some of its more weathered players following an Ivy League-opening victory over Columbia on Friday night.
 
The visitors took the lead in the 21st minute on DeLoach's third goal of the season, which came from spectacular individual effort. DeLoach dispossessed a central defender about 25 yards from goal, then faked out the same defender toward the top of the penalty area to set up a left-footed finish inside the far post from 12 yards. DeLoach is now tied for the team in goals with junior midfielder Elizabeth Crowell.
 
The Big Red doubled the lead in the 53rd minute on Marhoefer's fourth career goal. The play started on the left side of the field, when sophomore midfielder Meera Dheer eluded defenders and charged into the Wagner third before dishing off to Crowell. She started the ball across the field to freshman midfielder Carolyn Ruoff, whose pass send Marhoefer running into the top corner of the penalty area. She finished the play by cracking a shot from 12 yards off the crossbar, just inside the near post.
 
Wagner (1-8-1) then did what no opponent had mustered against Cornell to date — score a goal. A penalty kick was awarded for a foul toward the edge of the penalty area, and Peyton Beck converted in the 81st minute to cut the Big Red's lead in half. But junior goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney made three saves to earn the victory. Cornell's program-record shutout streak ended at 1,054 minutes, 19 seconds.
 
Cornell returns to Ivy League play at 7 p.m. Friday at Penn.