No. 18 Women’s Lax To Face No. 12 Penn In Ivy Championship

PHILADELPHIA — Junior Catherine Ellis scored in overtime to top second-seeded Princeton, 10-9, in Friday's Ivy League Semifinal to earn Cornell a berth to the tournament championship for the first in program history. The Big Red will take on top-seeded Penn, which also needed overtime to advance, Sunday morning at Franklin Field. The winner will earn the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP: No. 18 Cornell Big Red (No. 3 seed) vs. No. 12 Penn Quakers (No. 1 seed)
WHEN: May 8, 2016 — 11 a.m.
WHERE: Franklin Field
2016 RECORDS: Cornell 12-4, Penn 13-3
LIVE STATS: IvyLeagueSports.com
LIVE VIDEO: American Sports Network/Ivy League Digital Network

TELEVISION
All 2016 Ivy League Women's Lacrosse Tournament games will be broadcast live on the American Sports Network and the Ivy League Digital Network. A list of channels that will carry the ASN broadcast for Sunday's championship can be found here .

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available online here and will be available at the Franklin Field ticket office the day of the game.

Prices
Adults	$10
Children (14 & under)	$5
Ivy League Students*	FREE

*Ivy League students must pick up in person and present a valid university/college ID.

PARKING
Parking will be available at various lots surrounding Franklin Field. A map with relevant parking information can be found here.

SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow along on Twitter with Cornell (@CornellSports) and the Ivy League (@IvyAthletics) and with #IvyWLAX!

GAME NOTES
Cornell

ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell's win over Princeton was its first over the Tigers since the 2012 regular season. The Big Red's success in 2016 has been built on a solid defense—led by junior Catie Smith, who has set the single-season record for caused turnovers—and a balanced offense, which features seven players with more than 20 points. Seniors Olivia Mattyasovszky and Emily Tripodi share the team points lead with 31. In goal, junior Renee Poullott has been ranked in the top 10 nationally for goals-against average all season.

A WIN WOULD...

Be Cornell's first Ivy League Tournament Championship in program history
Earn Cornell an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
Snap Penn's 12-game win streak in the series
Mark just the second time a team other than Penn or Princeton won the tournament championship
Be head coach Jenny Graap's 200th career win

ABOUT NO. 12/10 PENN
The top-seeded Quakers had to work for their spot in the championship game, downing Harvard, 6-5, in double overtime after the Crimson had led for most of the game. Playmaker Nina Corcoran leads Penn, the Ivy League and the nation in assists on the season.

THE SERIES VS. PENN
Cornell and Penn just met last week at Schoellkopf Field, where the Quakers took a 10-6 win in the regular season finale to extend Penn's series win streak to 12 games and its all-time advantage to 29-15. The Quakers were responsible for Cornell's exit from the Ivy Tournament last season, serving the Big Red a heartbreaking 7-6 defeat in the semifinal.

EIGHT IS GREAT
Cornell posted its best start in program history, beating Binghamton on March 29 to post a season-opening record of 8-0, surpassing the 1987 squad's 7-0 mark.

100 (AND 150) CLUB
After setting a new school record for assists on March 9 at Colgate, senior co-captain Emily Tripodi reached another milestone, posting her 100th career helper in a 10-2 win over Brown on March 26. Then, with an assist against Syracuse on April 19, she became the 10th player in program history to reach 150 career points.

KEEP OUT
As of May 3, Cornell was tied for eighth nationally in scoring defense, allowing just 6.80 goals per game. Junior goalkeeper Renee Poullott ranked seventh nationally in goals-against average at 6.85.

BALANCED OFFENSE
Seventeen different players have contributed on the scoresheet for the Big Red, with 13 players posting multiple points. Fifteen of Cornell's 16 games have seen at least five different players score for the Big Red, with the team getting goals from at least eight different scorers on six of those occasions.

MILESTONE WATCH

Junior Catherine Ellis needs one more point for her 100th career point.
Junior Amie Dickson needs three points for her 100th career point.

HOT STREAKS

Sophomore Joey Coffy has scored at least one goal in 11 straight games (19-3–22).
Junior Amie Dickson is on a nine-game goal streak (19-3–22).

IVY WEEKLY HONORS

Junior goaltender Renee Poullott was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Feb. 29 after holding then-No. 19 Albany to just five goals in a 9-5 victory. Poullott made eight saves and posted a .615 save percentage in the win, while also tying a career-high with five ground balls and causing a turnover.
Junior defender Catie Smith was recognized as Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on March 14. Smith caused a career-high five turnovers in a 9-8 win at Colgate and picked up five ground balls. She added four more ground balls and another caused turnover in the 14-7 win over Columbia.
Smith earned the honor a second time on April 4 after setting a new career high with six caused turnovers at Binghamton before adding four ground balls and three caused turnovers at No. 1 Maryland.
Poullott earned the honor again on April 25 after posting 10-save performances against national powerhouse Syracuse and Ivy rival Harvard. She helped the team hold the Crimson to just three goals.

MATTYASOVSZKY MAKING HER MARK
Senior attacker Olivia Mattyasovszky has proven to be a force so far this season, scoring 28 goals in 16 games, including a five-goal outing in a win over Columbia. She has posted multiple goals six times this season. She set new career highs in goals and points just six games in and has nearly tripled her goal production from last season.

SMITH GETS STINGY
With two caused turnovers against Penn on April 30, junior Catie Smith set the single-season program record with 35 caused turnovers. She leads the Ivy League in the statistic and ranks 10th nationally in caused turnovers per game. She also leads the team with 33 ground balls. She posted a career-high six ground balls in the win over Yale and set a new career mark of six caused turnovers in the victory at Binghamton.

DAZZLING DICKSON
Since her return to the lineup, junior Amie Dickson has been, as predicted, a key contributor in the Big Red midfield. Dickson has points in each of her last nine games (19-3–22), including four-goal performances at No. 1 Maryland and at Harvard. She's also added 12 draw controls over that span.

REED ALL ABOUT IT
Sophomore Taylor Reed has been a powerhouse on both sides of the ball so far this season. Her 24 points are a career-high, she's already nearly tripled her assist total from last season and her 16 goals have also surpassed her career mark. In addition to her offensive prowess, she's picked up a 24 draw controls, caused 10 turnovers and scooped up 26 ground balls, all career highs.

ELLIS EXCELLING
Junior Catherine Ellis has continued to be an offensive dynamo this season, posting multiple points on occasions, including a season-high five points (2-3–5) against Dartmouth on April 9. She also recorded a hat trick and added an assist on March 23 against California and scored the game-winning goal in the Ivy Semifinal. She is one point away from recording her 100th career point.

COFFY IN THE CLUTCH
Sophomore midfielder Joey Coffy has helped provide an offensive spark this season, scoring Cornell's first goal of the game on five occasions. She also has a game-winner and posted a four-goal performance at Penn State.

FAMILY TIES
Freshmen Natalie Paletta and Sarah Phillips both have ties to the Cornell Athletics Department. Natalie's father, Steve Paletta, was a men's lacrosse Second-Team All-American, captained the Big Red to a national runner-up finish in 1987 and was named First-Team All-Ivy. Natalie's mother, Christine, was a member of the Cornell gymnastics team from 1986-88. Sarah's father, Andy Phillips, and uncle, J.D. Phillips, were teammates of Steve Paletta's. Sarah's grandfather, John Phillips, also played lacrosse at Cornell.

RECORDS WATCH

Senior co-captain Emily Tripodi is the new program record holder for career assists, recording two in a 9-8 win over Colgate on March 9 to better Courtney Farrell's record of 91 set in 2008. She now has 113.
Junior Amie Dickson is just one assist away from cracking the all-time top 10. Dickson currently sits tied for 10th with 40 assists.
Tripodi is now in sole possession of ninth all-time with 156 career points.
Dickson has taken over sixth all-time with 102 draw controls, while senior Maddie Kiep has moved into 13th with 81.
Junior Catie Smith is ninth all-time in caused turnovers with 58.
With the win over Penn State, junior goaltender Renee Poullott moved into sole possession of second all-time in career wins. She now has 26.
Poullott also currently ranks sixth for career saves with 266. She needs 10 to tie for fifth.