GAME INFORMATION
GAME #14: Cornell at No. 14 Princeton
GAME TIME: Saturday, Oct. 28, at 12:00 p.m.
GAME SITE: Bedford Field (Princeton, N.J.)
SERIES RECORD: Princeton leads, 30-6-3
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 3-2 (2OT), Oct. 29, 2016 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2017 RECORDS: Cornell (8-5, 2-3 Ivy); Princeton (9-6, 5-0 Ivy)
LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/princeton/fhockey/
LIVE VIDEO: http://www.ivyleaguenetwork.com/  
 
GAME #15: Cornell vs. Lehigh
GAME TIME: Sunday, Oct. 29, at 1:00 p.m.
GAME SITE: Marsha Dodson Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 23-1-1
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 4-0, Sept. 4, 2016 (Bethlehem, Pa.)
* 2017 RECORDS: Cornell (8-5); Lehigh (4-12)
LIVE STATS: http://www.sidearmstats.com/cornell/fhockey   
LIVE VIDEO: http://www.ivyleaguenetwork.com/  
 
* records prior to contests played on Saturday afternoon.
 
THE STORY LINE: The Big Red field hockey team has a busy weekend on tap as it travels to New Jersey to face No. 14 Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 28 at noon, before returning to Ithaca to take on Lehigh in the final non-conference game of the season on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. The team will celebrate Senior Day prior to the game with the Mountain Hawks.
 
SENIOR DAY SALUTE: Prior to the game against the Mountain Hawks, the Big Red will honor its five seniors – Katie Carlson, Kelly Johnson, Isabel Josephs, Krysten Mayers, and Sam McILwrick.
 
THE SERIES WITH PRINCETON: The Tigers have dominated the series with Cornell from the get-go, winning the first five meetings, beginning with a 4-0 victory in 1978. The Big Red's best stretch in the series came from 1983-1990, as Cornell posted a 4-2-2 record, but a 2-1 overtime win by Princeton in 1991 began a 14-game unbeaten streak for the Tigers. The streak was snapped with a 4-3 Big Red victory at Princeton in 2007, but the Tigers went on to win the next eight outings, before the Big Red earned the 3-2 win in double overtime a year ago, to cut Princeton's lead in the series to 30-6-3 all-time.
 
SCOUTING THE TIGERS: No. 14 Princeton will celebrate its Senior Day on Saturday before its game with the Big Red. The Tigers are 9-6 overall and sit in first place in the Ivy League with a record of 5-0 after defeating No. 15 Harvard, 3-0, last weekend. All six of Princeton's losses have come to teams ranked in the top 10 of the NFHCA Coaches' Poll and the team has the 12th best RPI in the nation. Offensively, the Tigers are led by senior Ryan McCarthy's 12 goals, while freshman Julianna Tornetta has a team high 10 assists, ranking 16th in the nation with 0.67 assists per game. The team's defense is remarkably stingy, allowing just 7.3 shots per game and giving up a mere 3.3 penalty corners per contest. In goal, sophomore Grace Baylis has played every minute this season. She ranks third in the Ivy League in goals-against average (1.47), but sits eighth overall in saves per game (2.53) and save percentage (.633).
 
LAST TIME VS. PRINCETON: Krysten Mayers scored perhaps the most important goal of her career, tipping a shot by Katy Weeks in the 92nd minute to lift Cornell to a 3-2 victory over No. 13 Princeton in double-overtime on Oct. 29, 2016 at Marsha Dodson Field. The goal was Mayers third of the day, giving the junior her second career hat-trick. The win was the first for Cornell over Princeton since 2007, it was also the first-ever overtime win by the Big Red vs. the Tigers, as the series is now tied in overtime 1-1-3. The victory was also the first for Cornell over a ranked opponent since the Big Red defeated No. 20 Maine on Oct. 26, 2014. Cornell looked as though it might put the game away early, as Mayers scored twice in the first 17 minutes of the contest to stake the Big Red a 2-0 lead. Her first goal of the day was assisted on by Katie Carlson, while her second was assisted by Weeks. Princeton stormed back with two goals in the final eight minutes of the first half, including one with just 17 seconds to go before the break, to send the teams into the intermission knotted at 2-2. The Tigers' goals game from Sophia Tornetta and Jane Donio-Enscoe. Despite numerous opportunities for both teams, neither could find the back of the net for the final 35 minutes of regulation, nor the first 15-minute overtime period. The game was remarkably even throughout, with Princeton holding the slim 16-12 edge in shots, but just an 8-7 edge in shots on goal. The Tigers also had a 7-6 advantage in penalty corners. In cage, Maddie Henry improved to 3-0 for her career with six saves, five of which came in the second half, while Princeton's Grace Baylis stopped four, including one in overtime, in the loss. For the Tigers, the loss was their first to an unranked team all season.
 
THE SERIES WITH LEHIGH: The series with Lehigh began in 1991, and Cornell is 23-1-1 all-time against the Mountain Hawks, with its lone loss coming during the 1993 campaign. The Big Red has won 21 straight in the series and head coach Donna Hornibrook is a perfect 12-0 vs. Lehigh.
 
SCOUTING THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS: Lehigh dropped a pair of games last weekend to No. 22 Boston University and Columbia to slip to 4-12 overall (1-4 Patriot League) heading into a Saturday afternoon contest at Colgate. The Mountain Hawk offense has struggled, averaging just 0.88 goals per game, and being shutout in seven contests. Of the team's 14 total goals, 11 have come from two players – Teresa Carotenuto (7) and Drew Pecora (4). Three different goalies have seen action for Lehigh, with Paige Innarella making 12 starts. She owns a 2.79 goals-against average and a .679 save percentage.
 
LAST TIME VS. LEHIGH: Krysten Mayers scored just 28 seconds into the contest vs. Lehigh and had a hand in three of the Big Red's four goals on the day, as Cornell downed the Mountain Hawks, 4-0, on Sept. 4, 2016 at the Ulrich Sports Complex in Bethlehem, Pa. Mayers finished the day with two goals and one assist, while Kate Fitzpatrick and Katie Carlson also scored for Cornell with Isabel Josephs adding an assist. In goal, Kelly Johnson made two saves in 56 minutes of action to earn her 17th career win before Maddie Henry saw her first collegiate action, playing the final 14 minutes of the game without facing a shot. Cornell outshot the Mountain Hawks, 14-3, and had a 4-1 edge in penalty corners. Lehigh goalie Julia Ward made four saves in the loss.
 
CORNELL VS. THE PATRIOT LEAGUE: The Big Red is 69-56-7 all-time vs. the current members of the Patriot League, thanks mostly to a 23-1-1 lead against Lehigh. The Big Red also holds a winning record against Colgate (22-20-3) and Holy Cross (7-5). Cornell has a losing record against American (0-2), Boston University (0-1), Bucknell (11-15-1), and Lafayette (6-12-2) … Cornell is 31-14 vs. the Patriot League during Coach Hornibrook's tenure.
 
THE HEAD COACH: Cornell head coach Donna Hornibrook is in her 14th season at Cornell (127-100, .559) ... She is the winningest coach in Big Red field hockey history, having passed 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 298-147-10 (.666) record as a head coach, including a 111-39-4 mark at Houghton and a 60-8-6 record at New Brunswick.
 
THE 300: Head Coach Donna Hornibrook is closing in on 300 career wins, with 298 victories to her credit.  To date, she has 127 wins with Cornell, 111 at Houghton, and 60 at New Brunswick.
 
SETTING THE STANDARD: With her game-winning goal in OT against Brown on Oct. 21, senior Krysten Mayers set the Cornell school records for points (96) and goals (41) in a career.  She eclipsed the points record, previously held by Catie De Stio (2007-10) and the goal record, originally set by with Linda Miller (1980-83). Miller's mark stood for 34 seasons and was set 13 years prior to Mayers being born in 1996.
 
SLIM MARGIN: The Big Red has had 11 games decided by a single goal so far this season, going 7-4 in the process.
* The 11 one-goal games are the most in a season under Coach Hornibrook, surpassing the previous high of 10, reached twice before (2007, 2012).
* The Cornell record for single-goal games in a season is 11, reached three times (1992, 1996, 2001), with the 1992 season also featuring two ties, as the Big Red went 4-7-2 during that stretch
 
NCAA RANKINGS (TEAM):
* 4th – Save Percentage (.809)
* 10th – Goals Against Average (1.30)
* 15th – Shutouts Per Game (0.31)
 
NCAA RANKINGS (INDIVIDUAL):
Maddie Henry
* 2nd – Save Percentage (.812)
* 10th – Goals Against Average (1.23)
Kirsten Pienaar
* 16th – Defensive Saves (3)
Krysten Mayers
* 97th – Goals Per Game (0.45)
* 90th – Points Per Game (1.18)
Katie Carlson
* 66th – Assists Per Game (0.46)
Sam McILwrick
* 129th – Goals Per Game (0.38)
Isabel Josephs
* 143rd – Assists Per Game (0.31)
 
CORNELL CAREER RECORD LIST:
Krysten Mayers
* Ranks first in goals (41).
* Ranks first in points (96).
* Ranks second in game-winning goals (11) … Needs one more to match Catie De Stio's (2007-10) school record.
* Ranks 14th in assists (14) … Needs one more to move into the top 10.
Kelly Johnson
* Has set the Cornell record for wins (24), 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.
* Ranks 14th in saves (134) … Needs 17 more to tie Lori Blutinger (2001-04) in 14th place.
Katie Carlson
* Ranks 12th in points (53) … Needs five more to move into a tie with Beth Paciello (1985-88) in 11th place and 10 more to move into the top 10.
* Ranks 12th in goals (18) … Needs four more to move into a tie with Katy Weeks (2013-16) in 11th place and eight more to move into the top 10.
* Ranks 13th in game-winning goals (5) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Abbi Horn (2005-08) and Kelly Boutin (1996-99) in 11th place and two more to move into the top 10.
* Ranks seventh in assists (17) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Katy Weeks (2013-16) in sixth place.
Sam McILwrick
* Ranks fifth in defensive saves (4) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Kimmy Gardner (2000-03) and Natalie Appleton (2006-09) in third place.
* Ranks 18th in points (40) … Needs four more to move into a tie with Lindsay Grace (2000-03) in 17th place.
* Ranks 18th in goals (15) … Needs one more to move into a four-way tie for 15th place.
Isabel Josephs
* Ranks 14th in assists (14) … Needs one more to move into the top 10.
Maddie Henry
* Ranks 15th in wins (10) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Kelly Clark (1983-85) for 14th place.
* Ranks 17th in shutouts (2) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Shannon Prescott (2005-07) for 16th place and two more to move into the top 10.
 
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Big Red is 51-28 (.646) all-time on Marsha Dodson Field. Collectively, the team has outscored its opponents by a margin of 181-122 and has taken significantly more shots (1,355-820) than its opponents. The defense has been equally solid in the circle, allowing just 413 penalty corners (5.2 per game).
 
THAT'S A FIRST: Freshman Grace Royer scored the first goal of her collegiate career against Yale on Oct. 7. The tally proved to be the game-winner against the Bulldogs.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kelly Johnson was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Sept. 11 after matching a career-high with 10 saves to help Cornell upset No. 24 Maine, 2-0, in a neutral site game.  Of Johnson's 10 saves, seven came in the final 31 minutes as the Big Red clung to the one-goal advantage.
 
SHUT OUT STREAK:
* When Penn scored in the 11th minute of its game against the Big Red, it snapped sophomore goalie Maddie Henry's shutout streak at 291:09.
* The 291:09 streak, which began during the final game of the 2016 season vs. Dartmouth, is the second longest in program history, behind only Sue Zieman, who went 349:30 over the final five games of the 1985 season without giving up a goal.
* During her streak, Zieman posted four straight shutouts, two of which went to double overtime, before allowing a goal at the 39:30 mark in a win over Cortland in the season finale. 
 
ONE-GOAL GAME STREAK: Cornell opened the 2017 campaign with five consecutive one-goal decisions, posting a 4-1 record in the process.
* Cornell has had five or more one-goal games in a row 11 times in field hockey history.
* Of those 11 instances, only four have taken place during Coach Hornibrook's tenure and in three of the four the Big Red has posted a winning record (2006: 1-5).
* Of the seven instances prior to Coach Hornibrook's arrival, the Big Red posted a winning record just once (1988: 3-2).
* The last time the Big Red had five straight games decided by a single goal came during the 2012 season (3-2).
* The longest streak of one-goal games in Cornell history was nine and it came during the 1992 season and included one tied contest. During that streak, the Big Red went 1-7-1.
 
THE UNDEFEATED: At the time of its first loss of the season to No. 24 Rutgers on Sept. 15, Cornell was one of just four undefeated field hockey teams remaining in the nation, joining UConn, Syracuse and Penn State.
 
WINNING WAYS: With the win over Maine on Sept. 10, Cornell tied the school record for consecutive victories (8), previously set during the 2008-2009 seasons.
 
STRONG START: With its four wins to open the season, Cornell got off to its best start (4-0) since the 2009 squad went 7-0.
 
KNOCK THREE TIMES: Under Coach Hornibrook, the Big Red is 80-5 in games in which it scores at least three goals, a mark that was lowered when it fell to No. 13 Harvard, 4-3, in overtime on Oct. 14.
 
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 110-14 record in games in which they have scored first. Conversely, the team has won only 17 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. 23, 2016 as Cornell overcame an early 1-0 deficit to defeat Rider, 3-1.
 
CLOSE CALLS: Cornell's 2-1 overtime win vs. Brown on Oct. 21 continued the Big Red's trend of playing in one-goal games. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Big Red has won 104 games, with 53 coming in one-goal games (.507), including 14 in overtime. During that same span, Cornell has lost 77 games, with 44 of those coming by a single goal (.571), including 19 in overtime
 
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: Seniors Katie Carlson, Isabel Josephs, and Sam McILwrick have been selected as team captains for the 2017 season. McILwrick served as co-captain during the 2016 season as well, making her just the ninth player in Big Red field hockey history to be named captain twice.
 
RETURNING REGIONAL ALL-AMERICANS: Cornell returns a pair of Mideast Region All-American second-team selections to the roster in seniors Krysten Mayers and Sam McILwrick.
 
BIG RED INTERNATIONAL: This past summer, Cornell sophomore Rose Gorski helped Team USA to a silver medals at the 2017 Maccabi Games.
 
10 WINS: Cornell finished the 2016 season with a 10-7 record, winning at least 10 games in nine of Coach Hornibrooks' 13 seasons. She is the only field hockey coach in Big Red history to lead the team to a single 10-win season.
 
RECAPPING 2016: Cornell finished the 2016 season on a four-game winning streak, including an upset of No. 13 Princeton, to post a 10-7 record overall and a mark of 4-3 in the Ivy League. The Big Red finished ranked third in the Ivy League, posting its fourth consecutive top-three finish and earned double-digit wins for the fourth straight season and the ninth time in head coach Donna Hornibrook's 13-year career. With the Big Red's win over Brown on Oct. 21, Hornibrook earned the 116th win of her career with Cornell, surpassing Shelby (Pontz) Bowman to become the winningest coach in the history of the Big Red field hockey program. Following the season, the trio of Katy Weeks '17, Krysten Mayers '18 and Sam McILwrick '18 were honored by the Ivy League and the NFHCA. Weeks was named All-Ivy for the fourth time of her illustrious career, taking home first-team honors, along with McILwrick, while Mayers was named to the second-team. Weeks went on to be named to the All-Mideast Region first-team, while both Mayers and McILwrick were named to the second team. 
 
UP NEXT: The Big Red will play its final game of the 2017 season when it travels to Dartmouth to take on the Big Green on Saturday, Nov. 4 at noon.