GAME INFORMATION
GAME #5: Cornell vs. No. 14 Stanford
GAME TIME: Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 1:00 p.m.
GAME SITE:  Marsha Dodson Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: Stanford leads, 1-2
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 4-1, Sept. 13, 2002 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2016 RECORDS: Cornell (3-1, 0-0 Ivy); Stanford (1-2, 0-0 America East)
LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/fhockey/  
LIVE VIDEO: http://bit.ly/2cDrTL9
 
* Parking on the Cornell campus is restricted on weekdays prior to 5 p.m. Visitors arriving for the Cornell vs. Stanford field hockey game will need to visit a Parking Information booth, as all lots around central campus require permits until that time. There are also several metered lots on campus that can be utilized. 
 
THE MATCHUP: After three consecutive road games, the Big Red field hockey team returns to the cozy confines of Marsha Dodson Field for its toughest test to date, as it welcomes No. 14 Stanford for a rare midday game on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. The teams last faced each other exactly 14 years ago when Cornell defeated the Cardinal, 4-1, on Sept. 13, 2002, on Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y.
 
THE SERIES WITH STANFORD: Cornell and Stanford have played just three times, with the first meeting coming in 1991, a 5-1 win for the Cardinal in Palo Alto. Stanford made it two in a row with a 2-1 home win in 2000, but Cornell earned a 4-1 victory the next season in Ithaca.
 
SCOUTING THE CARDINAL: No. 14 Stanford enters the game with a deceptive 1-4 record on the year. All four losses have come against nationally ranked opponents, with three coming by just one goal, and the fourth was a two-goal loss at No. 1 Syracuse on Sunday. Jessica Welch leads the team with three goals and six points, while Kristina Bassi and Marissa Cicione have added two goals apiece. In goal, Kelsey Bing has played nearly every minute and has posted a 2.22 goals-against average while saving .688 percent of the shots she's faced.
 
LAST TIME VS. STANFORD: The Big Red made the most of its chances on Sept. 13, 2002, scoring three goals off penalty corners in the second half to break a 1-1 tie and post a 4-1 season-opening victory over Stanford. Sophomore Stephanie Maher tallied the first two goals of her career, including the game-winner, and senior captain Sarah Nordstrom earned three assists. Just minutes after coming into the contest in the first half, senior Annie O'Rourke took a pass from junior Lindsay Grace and placed it to the left corner of the goal past Cardinal goaltender Emily Zander from 10 yards out to give Cornell a 1-0 lead. After Big Red goaltender Kaitlin Tierney stopped a penalty stoke by Tysie Sawyer with just over five minutes remaining before the half, the Cardinal continued to put on the pressure and were rewarded with a game-tying score by Amrit Chima. After being outshot in the first half 7-2, the Big Red were able to get the ball into the Stanford zone and create chances in the second stanza. Nearly ten minutes after the second half began, the Big Red scored what would be the game-winner on a perfectly executed penalty corner. Junior Carissa Mirasol sent the ball to Nordstrom, who set up Maher's first goal of the contest. The Cornell offense would strike again to increase the lead to two goals just under eight minutes later, as the Mirasol-Nordstrom-Maher combination worked to perfection off another corner. On Cornell's fourth goal of the afternoon, Nordstrom earned her third assist of the day by setting up junior Kimmy Gardner on a corner with 9:16 remaining in the contest. Tierney had an outstanding day in goal, saving all but one of the 12 shots she faced. Zander and Ana Kralovec combined to make three saves for Stanford.
 
VS. THE AMERICA EAST: Cornell is 7-13 all-time against the current members of the America East, with three victories coming against Albany (3-6), two against Maine (2-3) and one each against Cal (1-1), and Stanford (1-2). The Big Red is winless against Fairfield (0-1) and Vermont (0-3), but has never faced UC Davis, UMass-Lowell, New Hampshire or the University of the Pacific in field hockey … Coach Hornibrook is 2-11 all-time against the America East.
 
A WIN OVER STANFORD WOULD:
* Give junior goalkeeper Kelly Johnson the school record for career wins with 20.
* Be the first over a national ranked opponent since defeating No. 20 Maine on Oct. 26, 2014.
* Even Cornell's record to 2-2 vs. Stanford.
* Improve Cornell to 43-22 all-time on Marsha Dodson Field.
* Give head coach Donna Hornibrook 113 career wins with Cornell, just three shy of becoming the winningest coach in Big Red field hockey history.
 
THE HEAD COACH: Cornell head coach Donna Hornibrook is in her 13th season at Cornell (112-89, .557) ... 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 280-135-10 (.671) 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 needs just one victory in goal to set a new school record with 20 career wins. She is currently tied for the top spot with Alex Botte '12, Kaitlin Tierney '04 and Yanaka Bernal '91.
* Luisa Schulte-Bockum currently ranks second overall in Cornell history with nine defensive saves, needing just three more to break the school record, held by Amy Galebach (1997-2000).
* Kelly Johnson ranks fourth in Cornell history for career shutouts (7) and needs one more to move into a second place tie with Carolyn Horner '14 and Karen Kuhm '78.
* Krysten Mayers ranks ninth in Cornell history for career goals (26), needing one more to move into a tie with Kelley Boutin (1996-99) in eighth place.
* Krysten Mayers ranks ninth overall for career points (59), needing two more to pass Kelley Boutin (1996-99) in eighth place.
* Katy Weeks it tied with Lindsay Grace (2000-03) in 14th place overall with 44 career points and needs just three more to surpass Belen Martinez (2005-08) in 13th place.
 
RANKED OPPONENTS: The Big Red's schedule features three teams that are ranked in the latest NFHCA Division I Poll – No. 1 Syracuse, No. 14 Stanford, and No. 16 Princeton … 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 42-22 all-time on Marsha Dodson Field. Collectively, the team has outscored its opponents by a margin of 150-100 and has taken significantly more shots (1,122-653) than its opponents. The defense has been equally solid in the circle, allowing just 347 penalty corners (5.4 per game).
 
TEAM NCAA RANKINGS: The Big Red entered the week ranked in the nation's top 25 in …
* Goals Against Average – 12th (1.25)
* Goals Per Game – 16th (3.25)
* Points Per Game – 20th (8.50)
* Scoring Average – 17th (3.25)
* Scoring Margin – 12th (2.00)
* Shutouts per game – 2nd (0.50)
* Winning Percentage – 16th (.750)
 
INDIVIDUAL NCAA RANKINGS:
* Kelly Johnson ranks 16th in goals-against average (1.32).
* Krysten Mayers ranks 26h in assists per game (0.75).
* Katie Carlson ranks 48th in goals per game (0.75).
* Kate Fitzpatrick ranks 48th in goals per game (0.75).
* Katie Carlson ranks 55th in points per game (1.75).
* Krysten Mayers ranks 55th in points per game (1.75).
 
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 (.634) and 17th for career wins (223), rankings that would be higher if the NCAA counted her 60-8-6 record at Canada's New Brunswick.
 
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 72-of-76 games in which it scores at least three goals, a mark that was raised when it defeated Lehigh (4-0) on Sept. 4.
 
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 97-14 record in games in which they have scored first. Conversely, the team has won only 15 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. 7, 2015 as Cornell overcame an early 1-0 deficit to defeat Dartmouth, 5-4, in overtime.
 
CLOSE CALLS: Cornell's 2-1 victory over Ohio University on Sept. 9 continued the Big Red's trend of playing in one-goal games. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Big Red has lost 66 games, with 40 of those coming by a single goal, including 18 in overtime. During that same span, Cornell has won 91 games, with 44 coming in one-goal games, 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 hits the road for a game at Lock Haven on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.