GAME INFORMATION
GAME #14: Cornell at Brown
GAME TIME: Friday, Oct. 21 at 4 p.m.
GAME SITE: Goldberger Family Field (Providence, R.I.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 19-16-2
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 6-1, Oct. 24, 2015 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2016 RECORDS: Cornell (6-7, 1-3 Ivy); Brown (6-6, 2-2 Ivy)
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GAME #15: Cornell vs. Rider
GAME TIME: Sunday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m.
GAME SITE: Marsha Dodson Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 2-1
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 4-0, Oct. 18, 1997 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
* 2016 RECORDS: Cornell (6-7, 1-3 Ivy); Rider (8-7, 2-2 MAAC)
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* records prior to Thursday, Oct. 20
 
THE MATCHUP: The Big Red field hockey team has a busy weekend on tap, as it travels to Brown on Friday, Oct. 21, before returning home to play host to Rider in its non-conference finale on Sunday, Oct. 23. The game with the Bears is slated for 4 p.m., while the contest with the Broncs will get underway at Marsha Dodson Field at 1 p.m. Brown has dropped four consecutive games, including a 2-1 loss in overtime to Providence on Tuesday night to slip to 6-6 overall and 2-2 in the Ivy League, while Rider enters a Thursday night game vs. LIU Brooklyn with a record of 8-7 overall and 2-2 in the MAAC. Both games can be viewed live on the Ivy League Digital Network.
 
THE SERIES WITH BROWN: The Big Red had a six-game winning streak against the Bears snapped in the 2012 season when Brown won 4-3 in double overtime, but Cornell rebounded with wins in each of the past three outings to regain the 19-16-2 lead in the all-time series  ... Head coach Donna Hornibrook is 9-3 vs. the Bears.
 
SCOUTING THE BEARS: Brown has dropped four consecutive games, including a 2-1 loss in overtime to Providence on Tuesday night to slip to 6-6 overall and 2-2 in the Ivy League. Seniors Jaclyn Torres and Lucy Green lead the team with five and four goals, respectively, while five Bears have a team-high two assists apiece. In goal, sophomore Katie Hammaker has made all 12 starts and has posted a 1.97 goals-against average and .750 save percentage.  
 
LAST TIME VS. BROWN: The Big Red scored five second half goals to blow open what had been a 1-1 game at the half to upend Brown, 6-1, on Oct. 24, 2015 at Marsha Dodson Field. Cornell's six goals came from five different players, and Taylor Standiford finished with two assists to break Cari Hills' school record of 33 career assists. Isabel Siergiej had a career-day, finishing with two goals and two assist, while Sam McILwrick finished with one goal and one assist. Standiford was the only other Big Red player to register multiple points. Katie Carlson, Krysten Mayers and Katy Weeks each tallied one goal, and Marisa Siergiej handed out one assist. Brown's lone goal was scored on one of its three penalty corner chances of the game, as Alexis Miller converted, with assists going to Anna Masini and Emily Arciero. The goal came in the 29th minute and tied the contest at 1-1 just before the half. Standiford broke the school record on the Big Red's fourth goal when she and McILwrick teamed up for a little give-and-go, with Standiford slotting the pass to McILwrick near the top of the circle. McILwrick carried just over the line and ripped a low shot into the corner of the goal. The second half was a stark contrast to the first half, which had been evenly played with Cornell holding the slim 6-2 advantage in shots, while the Bears had the 2-1 edge in penalty corners.  Over the final 35 minutes the home team turned up the offensive pressure and outshot Brown 12-2 and outcornered the visitors 6-1. For the game, Cornell held the edge in shots (18-4), shots on goal (10-1), and penalty corners (7-3). The Bears' goalie Katie Hammaker finished with three saves and received a defensive save from Katarina Angus, while Cornell's Kelly Johnson did not register a save.
 
THE SERIES WITH RIDER: Cornell and the Broncs played in three consecutive seasons, but have not met since the 1997 season. The Big Red won big in 1995 (3-0) and 1997 (4-0) with Rider taking a one-goal win in 1996 (1-0).
 
SCOUTING THE BRONCS: Rider enters a Thursday night game vs. LIU Brooklyn with a record of 8-7 overall and 2-2 in the MAAC. The team's offense, which has taken triple the shots of its opponents (308-95), is led by Daane Koch's 10 goals and 25 points, while Carlota Alsina has a team-high seven assists. Defensively, the Broncs have started three different freshman goalies, with Voirry Baker getting the nod in seven contests, while Grace Huff and Emily Gilligan have started four apiece. Baker has posted a 2.72 goals-against average, but has stopped just .444 percent of the shots she has faced. Huff leads the trio with the best GAA (2.16) and save percentage (.588), while Gilligan has started each of the last three contests and owns a 2.47 GAA and a .500 save percentage. All three goalies have at least one shutout.
 
LAST TIME VS. RIDER: The Big Red offense was red-hot with a 4-0 victory over Rider on Oct. 18, 1997. Cornell spent most of the game in the Borncs' half of the field as senior co-captain Cari Hills notched two goals and junior netminder Kristi Bullard earned her third shutout of the season with four saves. The Big Red gained the lead less than three minutes into the game when senior midfielder Faith Harrison converted on a penalty stroke. Hills then added both of her goals late in the first half to send Cornell into the intermission with a 3-0 lead. The first of her tallies was assisted on by Jamie Marciniec. Rider's starting goalie Caren Apicelli made 10 saves and allowed three goals in 50:55 of action and just moments after being relieved by Tanya Nagyhetenyi, Cornell sophomore Kelley Boutin capped the scoring with an unassisted goal. Nagyhetenyi finished with one save.
 
VS. THE MAAC: The Big Red is 12-2 all-time vs. the current members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, thanks mostly to a 6-0 lead against Siena. The Big Red also holds a winning record against Bryant (1-0), Monmouth (2-1), Rider (2-1), and Sacred Heart (1-0), but has never faced Quinnipiac.
 
THE HEAD COACH: Cornell head coach Donna Hornibrook is in her 13th season at Cornell (115-95, .548) ... She is the winningest coach in Big Red field hockey history, tied with Shelby (Pontz) Bowman, who registered 115 wins over 19 years … Hornibrook became the sixth coach in Cornell field hockey history in January 2004 ... She has a 281-137-10 (.668) record as a head coach, including a 111-39-4 mark at Houghton and a 60-8-6 record at New Brunswick.
 
CAREER RECORD WATCH:
Kelly Johnson
* Has set the Cornell record for wins (22), surpassing Alex Botte '12, Kaitlin Tierney '04 and Yanaka Bernal '91, who all previously held the record with 19 career wins.
* Ranks fourth in shutouts (7) … Needs one more to move into a second place tie with Carolyn Horner '14 and Karen Kuhm '78.
Luisa Schulte-Bockum
*Ranks second in defensive saves (10) … Needs just two more to break the school record, held by Amy Galebach (1997-2000).
Krysten Mayers
* Ranks seventh in goals (28) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Emily Robb (1995-98) in sixth place.
* Ranks eighth in points (66) … Needs two more to pass Joanne Powell (1976-79) in seventh place.
* Ranks eighth in game-winning goals (7) … Needs one more to move into a four-way tie for fifth place. 
Katy Weeks
* Ranks 11th in goals (19) … Needs seven more to break into the top 10.
* Ranks 12th in assists (14) … Needs one more to move into a five-way tie for eighth place.
* Ranks 11th in points (52) … Needs seven more to surpass Beth Paciello (1985-88) in 10th place.
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: Freshman Kirsten Pienaar was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Oct. 10. It was the first weekly honor of the season for Cornell and the first Rookie of the Week award won by a Big Red player since Isabel Siergiej on Oct. 27, 2015. Pienaar won the honor after registering her first collegiate goal vs. Yale, scoring the game-winner on a penalty stroke.
 
RANKED OPPONENTS: The Big Red's schedule features four teams that are ranked in the latest NFHCA Division I Poll – No. 3 Syracuse, No. 11 Princeton, No. 18 Stanford and No. 20 Harvard … Cornell's last victory over a ranked opponent came when it 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.
 
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE (A NEW) HOME: The Big Red is 44-25 all-time on Marsha Dodson Field. Collectively, the team has outscored its opponents by a margin of 155-108 and has taken significantly more shots (1,193-721) than its opponents. The defense has been equally solid in the circle, allowing just 371 penalty corners (5.4 per game).
 
TEAM NCAA RANKINGS: The Big Red entered the week ranked in the nation's top 25 in …
* Shutouts per game – 19th (0.23)
 
INDIVIDUAL NCAA RANKINGS:
* Kelly Johnson ranks 34th in goals-against average (1.99).
* Krysten Mayers ranks 65th in assists per game (0.46).
* Katie Carlson ranks 78th in goals per game (0.54).
 
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 17th overall for winning percentage (.626) and 19th for career wins (226), rankings that would be higher if the NCAA counted her 60-8-6 record at Canada's New Brunswick.
 
BALANCED ATTACK: Of the 15 field players on the roster that have seen action this season, 12 have registered at least one point.
 
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 is 74-4 in games in which it scores at least three goals, a mark that was raised when it defeated Vermont (4-1) on Sept. 25.
 
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 99-14 record in games in which they have scored first. Conversely, the team has won only 16 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 Oct. 8, 2016 as Cornell overcame an early 1-0 deficit to defeat Yale, 2-1.
 
CLOSE CALLS: Cornell's 1-0 win over Yale on Oct. 8 continued the Big Red's trend of playing in one-goal games. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Big Red has lost 72 games, with 43 of those coming by a single goal (.606), including 18 in overtime. During that same span, Cornell has won 94 games, with 45 coming in one-goal games (.479), including 12 in overtime.
 
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: Senior Katy Weeks and junior Sam McILwrick have been selected as team captains for the 2016 season.
 
RETURNING REGIONAL ALL-AMERICANS: Cornell returns a pair of Mideast Region All-American second-team selections to the roster in senior Katy Weeks and junior Krysten Mayers.
 
BIG RED INTERNATIONAL: Juniors Sam McILwrick and Krysten Mayers were selected to represent Canada and Barbados, respectively, as members of those nation's Under-21 teams that participated at the 2016 Pan American Junior Championship.
 
10 WINS: Cornell has won at least 10 games in eight of Coach Hornibrooks' 12 seasons. She is the only field hockey coach in Big Red history to lead the team to a single 10-win season.
 
RECAPPING 2015: For the first time in program history, the Big Red closed a campaign with a top 20 RPI and a top 20 strength of schedule (SOS), finishing at 19th overall in both categories. Cornell finished the 2015 season with a record of 11-6 overall and a mark of 5-2 in the Ivy League, good for second place in the conference standings. Of its six losses, four came to nationally ranked teams that made the NCAA tournament field, including three that finished in the top 10 of the RPI. Additionally, the Big Red's 11 wins tied the school record for victories in a season, previously set three times (2008, 2010, 2014), and the team set new school standards for points (147), goals (50) and assists (57).
 
UP NEXT: Cornell is back in action next weekend when it plays host to No. 11 Princeton at Marsha Dodson Field on Saturday, Oct. 29 at noon.