GAME INFORMATION
GAME #7: #7/7 Cornell Big Red at Yale Bulldogs
TIME: 1 p.m.
DATE: Saturday, March 25, 2017
PLACE: Reese Stadium — New Haven, Conn.
LIVE VIDEO: Ivy League Digital Network
LIVE STATS: YaleBulldogs.com
RECORDS: Cornell 5-1 (2-0 Ivy), Yale 5-3 (1-1 Ivy)
GAME NOTES: Cornell

About the Big Red
• Cornell is coming off of an 11-10 upset of then-ranked #4/5 USC on Sunday.
• The Big Red jumped out to 5-1 lead midway through the first half - and held a 9-4 lead just five minutes into the second half - but had to fend off a Trojan comeback; junior Taylor Reed put a stop to four-unanswered USC goals with a free-position conversion and game-winning goal with 1:52 to play.
• The Big Red moved to 2-0 in Ancient Eight play on March 11 with a 14-11 come-from-behind win over Columbia thanks to five goals from senior Catherine Ellis and five assists from senior Amie Dickson.
• Cornell traveled to Penn on March 4 and came away with a 10-4 win over the then-ranked #10/13 Quakers; the team used a scoring run of four goals to close out the first half with a 6-4 lead and then scored the only four goals of the second half to take the game.

About the Bulldogs
• Yale overcame a four-goal, second half deficit against Brown on Saturday, using six unanswered goals to steal the game, 12-10, and move to 1-1 in conference play.
• The Bulldogs had seven different goal scorers and totaled nine saves in goal.
• Yale comes into the game with an overall record of 5-3 (and a two-game winning streak). 
• Hope Hanley leads the league –and Yale – in both points (41) and assists (23) while Tess McEvoy leads the team and league in goals (25) and is second overall in both in points (35).
• In the crease, Sydney Marks has played in seven games and holds a .427 save percentage and 10.03 goals against average while Allie Carrigan has seen time in four games and maintains an 8.98 goals against average and a .457 save percentage. 

The Series with the Bulldogs
• In last year's Ivy League opener on Schoellkopf Field, the Big Red came away with a 10-6 win over the Bulldogs.
• That win was Cornell's ninth-straight over Yale and evened up the all-time series at 19-19.

A Win Would…
• Give Cornell a 3-0 Ivy League record.
• Move the Big Red's overall record to 6-1.
• Bump Cornell's all-time series lead to 20-19.
• Move Cornell's record away from Schoellkopf Field to 5-0, which would be the second-best road start in program history.

About Head Coach Jenny Graap '86
• Now in her 20th season directing the Cornell women's lacrosse program in 2017, Jenny Graap amassed a 180-120 record in her first 19 seasons as the head coach of the Big Red, with her 200th overall career win coming in the form of a 11-10 win over Penn in the 2016 Ivy League Tournament Championship. 
• Graap began her head coaching career at George Mason, taking over the program in its first sponsored season in 1994 and amassing a 21-44 record over four seasons.
• Cornell has made the Ivy League tournament each of the last five seasons and six of the seven years that the tournament has been held. 
•  Graap guided the Big Red to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in 2001 and 2002 – reaching the semifinals in the latter year – and also brought the team to the tournament in 2006 and 2016. 
• Since she returned to her alma mater in 1997, Graap has led the team to postseason play nine times and has won at least 10 games eight times as well.

Taking Down the Trojans
• Cornell's 11-10 win over the then-ranked #4/5 USC Trojans on Sunday marked the program's first over a team ranked in the top five of the polls since a 9-6 upset of #2 Florida in the final game of the 2011 season.
• The win helped Cornell jump up four spots in both national polls, as the Big Red moved from 11th to seventh with the win.
• Senior goalkeeper Renee Poullott made 10 saves – including six in the second half – to help secure the upset of a USC squad that entered the game averaging 14.83 goals per game. 

Defensive Dominance
• Cornell is giving up just 7.67 goals per game, the fifth best mark in the nation.
• The team held then #10/13 Penn scoreless in the second half on March 4, marking the first time since 2011 that the Big Red held a team without a goal in a half. 
• The Big Red held Colgate scoreless for over 30 minutes of play in its 13-6 win on March 7.
• On March 19 against USC, the Big Red limited a Trojan offense that had been averaging 14.83 goals per game to 10 scores. 
• Cornell went the first four games of the season without allowing an opponent to score more than nine goals, something the program hadn't done since 2008.

Renee Says No
• Goalkeeper Renee Poullott made a season-high 10 saves in Cornell's 11-10 win over USC on March 19.
• It was the seventh time in her career that Poulott made at least 10 saves in a game – and the performance earned her the fifth Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week award of her career.
• The senior currently sits second in the nation and first in the Ivy League with a 7.30 goals against average.
• Her .500 save percentage is tied for 13th in the nation.

Assists by Amie
• After recording four assists in the first three games of the season, Amie Dickson has registered 12 helpers in the last three.
• The senior had five assists in the Big Red's comeback win at Columbia on March 11, which tied a career-high, and added four more in Cornell's 11-10 upset of USC on March 19.
• Dickson has moved into a tie for fifth all-time in program history with 60 career assists and needs eight more to break into the top three.

Hot Streak
• Senior tri-captain Catherine Ellis has a 10 game goal streak dating back to the 2016 season.
• Ellis has scored 22 goals and assisted on six others in those nine games.
• The senior sits just two goals away from her 100th career goal. 

Balanced Offense
• In each of the first six games of the season, Cornell has had at least six different goal scorers.
• Nine different players scored in the season-opening win over Villanova.
• Against Columbia and Colgate, seven different players found the back of the net while eight and nine players, respectively, recorded at least one point.
• The Big Red got goals from six different players in games against Penn State, Penn, and USC.
• Through Cornell's first six games, 10 different players have contributed on the scoresheet for the Big Red.

Record Book Update
• Senior Renee Poullott is fourth all-time in program history with 329 career saves.
• Senior Amie Dickson is tied for fifth all-time with 60 assists and needs eight more to move into the top three.
• Dickson currently sits third all-time with 117 career draw controls, 24 behind Jaimee Reynolds in second with 141. 
• Senior Catie Smith is third all-time with 77 career caused turnovers.

Milestone Watch
• Junior Joey Coffy needs just five more points to hit 50 for her career.
• Senior Amie Dickson needs six more goals to hit 75 for her career and is eight draw controls away from 125.
• Senior Catherine Ellis sits just two goals away from 100 for her career and is just five ground balls away from 50.
• Senior Kristy Gilbert needs seven more points and ground balls to hit 75 and 50, respectively, for her career in each category.
• Senior goalkeeper Renee Poullott needs two more starts to hit 50 for her career.
• Junior Taylor Reed is just six goals away from her 50th career tally. 

Ivy Honors
• Goalkeeper Renee Poullott was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on March 20.
• The senior made 10 saves and picked up two ground balls in Cornell's 11-10 win over then ranked #4/5 USC on March 19.
• It was the fifth career Ivy League weekly honor for Poulott.
• Senior defender Catie Smith was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on March 6.
• The tri-captain had four caused turnovers, two ground balls and two draw controls in helping the Big Red defense hold Penn scoreless in the second half of Cornell's 10-4 win on March 4. 
• It was the third career Ivy League weekly honor for Smith.

Smith Named to Tewaaraton Watch List
• Senior tri-captain Catie Smith was named to the 2017 Tewaaraton Award women's watch list on Feb. 28.
• The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States.
• The list includes the top players across all three NCAA divisions.
• Smith, a defender, leads the Big Red in ground balls (12) through two games and has caused seven turnovers.
• In 2016, she set the single-season program record with 41 caused turnovers.

Preseason All-Americans
• The Big Red had four players named to the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American list.
• Senior tri-captain and defender Catie Smith was named to the second team.
• Junior midfielders Joey Coffy and Taylor Reed and senior goalkeeper Renee Poullott were all named honorable mention Preseason All-Americans.

Meet the Captains
• Seniors Catherine Ellis, Kristy Gilbert and Catie Smith will be serving as Cornell's captains for the 2017 season.
• Ellis was second on the team in scoring last year (22g, 12a), notched the memorable overtime-winner against Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal and was named to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team.
• Gilbert – a key component of the Big Red midfield who excels on both sides of the ball – appeared in all 19 contests last year and started 18 of them while putting up 24 points (18g, 6a). 
• Smith, a 2016 First-Team All-Ivy selection and Third-Team IWLCA All-American, set a new single-season program record and led the Ivy League with 41 caused turnovers last season.

Up Next
• Cornell will once again hit the road next weekend, traveling down to Rutgers on Saturday, April 1 for a non-conference matchup with the Scarlet Knights.
• Assistant Coach Bill Olin is a 2010 graduate of Rutgers and was a four-year starting goalkeeper for the Scarlet Knights.