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PHILADELPHIA – Cornell women's lacrosse head coach Jenny Graap's 200^th career win was a memorable one: it came in the form of a thrilling 11-10 win over top-seeded Penn in the Ivy League Tournament Championship on Sunday afternoon at Franklin Field. The win marked the Big Red's first tournament championship in program history and earned Cornell an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the team's first appearance since 2006.

The Big Red will learn its first-round opponent during the NCAA Selection Show, which will be live at 9 p.m. Sunday night on NCAA.com.
 
Sophomore Taylor Reed was named Most Outstanding Player, finishing the tournament with five goals and an assist. Senior Olivia Mattyasovszky, sophomore Joey Coffy, and juniors Amie Dickson, Catherine Ellis and Renee Poullott were named to the All-Tournament Team.

In just the second Ivy Tournament Championship game won by a team other than Penn or Princeton, senior Maddie Kiep's career-high nine draw controls helped Cornell (13-4) storm out to a dominant 8-3 first-half lead. The Quakers (13-4) mounted a comeback in the second half, scoring five straight, but the Big Red held them off to escape with the win. Junior Amie Dickson led Cornell with two goals and two assists, while junior Catherine Ellis and sophomore Taylor Reed each finished with two goals and an assist. Nina Corcoran led Penn with two goals and three assists.

The win was sweet revenge for the Big Red, which was eliminated by Penn in a heartbreaking one-goal loss in last season's semifinal and dropped a 10-6 decision to the Quakers last weekend on Senior Day. In its sixth Ivy League Tournament berth in seven years, Cornell's overtime win over second-seeded Princeton on Friday was its first tournament win since the conference began sponsoring the tournament in 2010. The victory also snapped a 12-game losing streak to Penn.
 
The Quakers were awarded a free-position on their first possession, but junior goalkeeper Renee Poullott shut the door to keep the game scoreless. The Big Red got the ball back, and sophomore Taylor Reed opened the scoring at the other end, getting a point-blank shot past Penn goalkeeper Britt Brown.
 
Junior Kristy Gilbert doubled Cornell's lead 4:33 into the game, putting in a tough angle shot from the right side, but the Quakers pulled one back just over two minutes later, with Caroline Cummings making it a one-goal game.
 
Cornell won the resulting draw, and junior Amie Dickson took advantage, sending a blast into the top left corner with 22:42 left in the first half to put Cornell up 3-1. Senior Olivia Mattyasovszky then added another for the Big Red, catching a high pass from Reed in the center of the fan and firing home.
 
Catherine Dickinson cut the Quakers' deficit back to two with 19:17 left in the first half on a feed from national assist leader Nina Corcoran. Penn won its first draw of the day and created another scoring opportunity, but Poullott made a big stop and got Cornell the ball back. Sophomore Joey Coffy earned a free-position chance and buried it for a 5-2 Big Red lead.
 
Mattyasovszky netted her second of the day, getting a pass from junior Catherine Ellis and spinning past her defender to get off a low shot. The assist marked Ellis's 100^th career point.
 
Corcoran scored a goal of her own with 9:18 left in the half for Penn's third of the day, but Ellis responded 50 seconds later with a backhanded scoop shot past Brown to put Cornell ahead 7-3. Iris Williamson tried to cut into the Big Red's lead on a free-position shot, but Poullott was once again there to make the save. 
 
Reed capped first half scoring, netting her second of the day with one tick left to give Cornell an 8-3 advantage at the break. The Big Red finished the first half winning 10 of 11 draw controls.
 
Alex Condon got Penn on the board first in the second half, putting away a pass from Corcoran 1:34 in.
 
Ellis added her second of the day and 18^th of the season with 23:16 to go to push the Big Red's lead back to five. Senior Emily Tripodi then added her second of the tournament, putting away a pass from Dickson, marking Dickson's 100^th career point as well.
 
The Quakers then started a rally, tacking on five straight, including a man-up goal from Dickinson and one from each Condon, Williamson, Cummings and Corcoran, to bring the Quakers back within striking distance, with Cornell's lead standing at a single goal, 10-9, with under 12 minutes to play.  
 
Dickson halted the Penn scoring streak, one-timing a pass from Tripodi to push the Big Red's lead back to two with 7:38 to go, but the Quakers were quick to respond, with Condon tucking away a pass from Dickinson.
 
Penn was issued a yellow card with 2:15 left, giving Cornell the man-advantage at a critical moment in the game. The Quakers got the ball back with less than a minute left and generated a scoring chance, looking to tie, but Poullott made a huge save. Penn kept possession but got flagged with an offensive foul with five seconds left, allowing Cornell to heave the ball down the field and preserve the win.
 
With an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, Cornell will learn its first-round opponent and location in the NCAA Selection Show, which will be shown on NCAA.com at 9 p.m. Sunday. Stay tuned to Cornell Athletics social media for coverage of the Selection Show.
 
Most Outstanding Player
Taylor Reed, Cornell, M
 
All-Tournament Team
Nina Corcoran, Penn, A
Catherine Dickinson, Penn, A
Alex Condon, Penn, M
Caroline Cummings, Penn, A
Renee Poullott, Cornell, G
Catherine Ellis, Cornell, A
Olivia Mattyasovszky, Cornell, A
Joey Coffy, Cornell, M
Amie Dickson, Cornell, A
Olivia Hompe, Princeton, M
Audrey Todd, Harvard, M