GAME INFORMATION
GAME #10: Cornell at Yale
GAME TIME: Saturday, Oct. 6, at 12:00 p.m.
GAME SITE: Johnson Field (New Haven, Conn.)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 21-17-1
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 2-1, Oct. 8, 2016 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
2017 RECORDS: Cornell (6-3, 0-2 Ivy); Yale (5-4, 0-2 Ivy)
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THE STORY LINE: The Big Red field hockey team seek its first Ivy League win of the season when it travels to Yale to face the Bulldogs on Johnson Field on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 12:00. Cornell has won three straight against the Bulldogs, but the series has been incredibly close over the years, with 17 of the last 21 meetings being decided by a single goal. In addition to being shown on the Ivy League Networkd, the contest will be simulcast on ESPN3.
 
THE SERIES WITH YALE: The series with the Bulldogs began in 1979, the first official season of Ivy League play, with a 3-0 Yale victory. The Bulldogs went on to enjoy an eight-game unbeaten streak before Cornell earned a 2-1 overtime victory in 1987. Despite not winning a contest until the 1987 season, the Big Red still holds a 21-17-1 advantage in the all-time series. In recent years, the series has been extremely competitive with 17 of the last 21 meetings being decided by one goal ... Coach Hornibrook is 8-5 vs. Yale.
 
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS: After playing in three consecutive one-goal games, including a pair of Ivy loses to No. 16 Harvard (1-2) and No. 16 Princeton (2-3), Yale's offense exploded for a 7-1 victory over Lehigh last weekend to improve to 5-4 on the year (0-2 Ivy). Senior Carol Middough leads the team in goals (11) and points (23), numbers bolstered by a four-goal performance vs. the Mountain Hawks. The Bulldogs other main scoring threats have been freshman Imogen Davies (3-3—9) and sophomore Bridget Condie (3-2—8).  In goal, freshman Sydney Terroso has played all 644 minutes for Yale. On the year, she has averaged 7.4 saves per game and posted a .788 save percentage to go along with a 1.96 goals-against average.
 
LAST TIME VS. YALE: Head coach Donna Hornibrook earned the 115th win of her career with Cornell, tying Shelby (Pontz) Bowman to become the winningest coach in the history of the Big Red field hockey program. The win came in dramatic fashion as Cornell came back to defeat Yale, 2-1, at Marsha Dodson Field to earn its first Ivy League win of the season. Cornell dominated the contest, holding a 19-10 advantage in shots and an incredible 13-3 edge in penalty corners, but Yale got solid play from goalie Emilie Katz (10 saves) to stay in the contest. Yale earned just two penalty corners in the first half, but converted one in the 15th minute off the stick of Bridget Condie for the early 1-0 lead. With time winding down in the first half, Mayers stole the ball deep in Yale's defensive end, pulled Katz off her line, and then rolled back to the center of the circle before sending a reverse-stick shot in to the net.  Cornell took the lead for good at the 57:26 mark on a penalty stroke by Kirsten Pienaar, the first goal of her collegiate career. The Bulldogs responded to the Cornell goal by pulling Katz for an extra offensive player and took six of its 10 total shots in the final nine minutes of the contest, but Cornell goalie Kelly Johnson was up to the task, making four saves during that span. Johnson finished the game with six stops to earn the win.
 
THE HEAD COACH: Cornell head coach Donna Hornibrook is in her 14th season at Cornell (125-98, .561) ... 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 296-145-10 (.667) 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 296 victories to her credit.  To date, she has 125 wins with Cornell, 111 at Houghton, and 60 at New Brunswick.
 
RPI RANKINGS: Cornel is ranked 25th in the second RPI of the season, one of four Ivy League teams in the top 25, joining Princeton (11), Harvard (12), and Penn (24). As a conference, the Ancient Eight has the third most teams in the top 25, behind only the ACC (seven) and Big Ten (five).
 
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. 
 
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Big Red is 50-27 (.649) all-time on Marsha Dodson Field. Collectively, the team has outscored its opponents by a margin of 176-117 and has taken significantly more shots (1,321-791) than its opponents. The defense has been equally solid in the circle, allowing just 402 penalty corners (5.2 per game).
 
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. 
 
NCAA RANKINGS (TEAM):
* 5th – Save Percentage (.827)
* 7th – Shutouts Per Game (0.44)
* 6th – Goals Against Average (1.00)
* 19th – Win Percentage (.667)
 
NCAA RANKINGS (INDIVIDUAL):
Maddie Henry
* 1st – Save Percentage (.848)
* 3rd – Goals Against Average (0.78)
* 22nd – Win Percentage (.667)
 
Isabel Josephs
* 61st – Assists Per Game (.44)
 
Katie Carlson
* 61st – Assists Per Game (.44)
 
Sam McILwrick
* 147th – Goals Per Game (.33)
 
CAREER RECORD WATCH:
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.
 
Krysten Mayers
* Ranks second in goals (38) … Needs two more to match Linda Miller's (1980-83) school record.
* Ranks fifth in points (89) … Needs two more to move into a tie with Hannah Balleza (2010-13) in fourth place and five more to match the school record set by Catie DeStio (2007-10).
* Ranks third in game-winning goals (10) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Linda Miller (1980-83) in second place.
* Ranks 17th in assists (13) … Needs one more to move into a four-way tie for 13th place.
 
Katie Carlson
* Ranks 12th in points (51) … Needs seven 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 13th in assists (14) … Needs one more to move into a four-way tie for ninth 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.
 
Maddie Henry
* Ranks 16th in wins (8) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Shannon Prescott (2005-07) for 15th 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.
 
ONE-GOAL GAMES: 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: 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 79-4 in games in which it scores at least three goals, a mark that was raised when it defeated No. 24 Maine (3-2) on Sept. 10.
 
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 108-14 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 win over Lock Haven on Oct. 1 continued the Big Red's trend of playing in one-goal games. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Big Red has won 102 games, with 51 coming in one-goal games (.500), including 13 in overtime. During that same span, Cornell has lost 75 games, with 45 of those coming by a single goal (.600), including 18 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 has a busy weekend on tap, beginning with a home game against Harvard on Saturday, Oct. 14 at noon, before it travels to instate rival Colgate the following day for a contest at 1 p.m.