GAME INFORMATION
GAME #17: Cornell vs. Dartmouth
GAME TIME: Saturday, Nov. 3 at 11:30 a.m.
GAME SITE: Marsha Dodson Field (Ithaca, N.Y.)
SERIES RECORD: Dartmouth leads, 22-16-1
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 2-1, Nov. 4, 2017 (Hanover, N.H.)
* 2018 RECORDS: Cornell (4-12, 0-6 Ivy); Dartmouth (6-10, 2-4 Ivy)
LIVE STATS: https://bit.ly/2MDAB0m   
LIVE VIDEO: https://es.pn/2CRhlGG
 
THE WEEKEND: The Big Red field hockey team will conclude the 2018 season when it welcomes Dartmouth (6-10, 2-4 Ivy) to Marsha Dodson Field for an 11:30 a.m. contest on Saturday, Nov. 3. Cornell (4-12, 0-6 Ivy) will honor senior Gabby DePetro and look to extend its five-game winning streak against the Big Green. Live stats will be available at: https://bit.ly/2MDAB0m while the game will be streamed live on ESPN+ at: https://es.pn/2CRhlGG.
 
SENIOR DAY SALUTE: Saturday's contest is the final collegiate game for Cornell senior Gabby DePetro. An outstanding leader and a tireless worker whose commitment to fitness is second-to-none, DePetro has played in all but one game during her four-year career, with 38 starts to her credit. She enters the contest with 25 career points on seven goals and 11 assists. Nearly half of her goals (3) have been considered the game-winner, including last season's tally vs. Dartmouth in Hanover. During DePetro's time on East Hill she has helped the Big Red be a consistent contender in the Ivy League, with a second and third place conference finish to her credit. In addition to her strong play on the field, she is an excellent student who has been selected to the NFHCA National Academic Squad three times during her career.
 
THE COURAGE TO CONTINUE: Cornell senior co-captain Gabby DePetro wraps up her collegiate career on Saturday against the Big Green, a career that was nearly cut short due to anxiety and depression. Read more about her brave journey at: www.CornellBigRed.com/DePetro_feature.  
 
THE SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH: The Big Green holds a commanding lead in the series with Cornell, going 22-16-1 against the Big Red.
* The teams first met in 1979, a 0-0 tie, and Dartmouth won the next five meetings before Cornell snapped its losing streak in 1985 with a 1-0 victory.
* The series was fairly even from 1985 until 1998 when Dartmouth began an eight-game winning-streak against the Big Red.
* Cornell ended the Big Green's run in 2006 and won five straight, its most consecutive wins in the series, before falling in consecutive one-goal games (including one overtime contest) in 2011 and 2012.
* The Big Red has won five in a row in the series, matching a series high for Cornell.
 
SCOUTING THE BIG GREEN: Dartmouth (6-10, 2-4 Ivy) has lost two in a row, and six of its last eight, after falling to Harvard (6-1) and New Hampshire (5-1) last weekend.
* Katie Spanos leads the team and ranks 10th in the Ivy League with seven goals, while Katie Persin, Gracyn Campbell and Kira Koehler have four goals apiece.
* Lia Constantine leads the team with four assists, while Gemma Bautista, Carmen Braceras and Jessica Valvano have three assists apiece.
* Hailey Valerio has started all 16 games in goal and ranks second in the Ivy League in saves per game (7.56), but is seventh overall in save percentage (.696) and eighth overall in goals-against average (3.2).
 
IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS:
* Kirsten Pienaar ranks fourth in the nation in defensive saves on the year (6).
* Maddie Henry ranks 12th in the nation in saves per game (7.00).
* Maddie Henry ranks ninth in the nation in save percentage (.767).
 
DOUBLE-DIGIT SAVES: Maddie Henry has recorded six double-digit save outings in her time with the Big Red, the most by any Cornell goalie since Carolyn Horner stopped 10+ shots on nine occasions from 2011-13.
 
SHOW STOPPER: Maddie Henry has saved at least 80 percent of shots faced in 8-of-12 games so far this season, including each of the last three outings. 
* Henry has saved at least 80 percent in in 4-of-6 Ivy League contests.
 
CORNELL CAREER RECORD LIST:
Maddie Henry
* Ranks 13th in saves (191) … Needs 17 more to pass Alex Botte (2008-11) in 12th place.
* Ranks 13th in wins (14) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Kristi Bullard (1995-98) for 12th place.
* Ranks 16th in shutouts (3) … Needs one more to move into the top 10.
Kirsten Pienaar
* Ranks third in defensive saves (9) … Needs two more to move into a tie with Amy Galebach (1997-2000) in second place. 
* Ranks 13th in game-winning goals (5) … Needs one more to move into a tie with Kelly Boutin and Abbi Horn in 11th place.
 
SEASON MARKS: Kirsten Pienaar currently ranks third in Cornell history for defensive saves in a single season (6). She needs just one more to tie Amy Galebach, who made seven defensive saves during the 2000 campaign.
 
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Big Red is 55-32 (.632) all-time on Marsha Dodson Field. Collectively, the team has outscored its opponents by a margin of 215-177 and has taken significantly more shots (1,422-887) than its opponents. The defense has been equally solid in the circle, allowing just 472 penalty corners (5.4 per game).
 
FIRST POINTS: With new faces up and down the lineup, a pair of Big Red – Claire Jones (one goal) and Juliana Tardif (one assist) – registered their first career points in a 3-1 win vs. Rider.
* Taylor Gladd scored the first goal of her career in the Big Red's 2-0 win over Lehigh.
* Kristen Ferguson and Isabel Windham both scored their first career goals vs. Bryant, while Kate MacGillis and Julianne Mangano registered their first collegiate points with one assist apiece against the Bulldogs.
 
FRESH START: Laura Kubit saw her first collegiate minutes when she earned the start vs. Rider. The freshman goalie made two saves to earn the win.
 
RETURNING ALL-IVY: Cornell had four players named All-Ivy a year ago, with two returning for their junior seasons. Goalie Maddie Henry was named to the second-team, while midfielder Maddy Conklin was named honorable mention.
 
SMARTY PANTS: The Big Red placed 11 student-athletes on the 2017 ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad, including Taylor Gladd who was named a Division I Scholar of Distinction for having achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or higher through the first semester of the 2017-18 academic year.
* Cornell has had at least four players earn the honor in 12 of the past 14 seasons.
* In addition to the individual accolades, the squad earned the NFHCA Collegiate National Academic Team Award for the 10th time since 2004.       
 
FRESH FACE: Alesha Widdall, a seven-year member of the US Women's Field Hockey Senior National Team, has joined the Big Red staff as an assistant coach for the 2018 season.
* A member of the 2016 US Olympic training team, Widdall helped prepare the US squad that took fifth place overall at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
* In total, she has won seven medals with Team USA, including gold medals at the 2017 World League Semifinals, the 2014 Champions Challenge, and the 2013 World League Round 2.
 
KNOCK THREE TIMES: Since the start of the 2004 season, the Big Red is 84-5 in games in which it scores at least three goals, a mark that was raised when it defeated Bryant, 4-0, on Oct. 28.
* The last time Cornell scored three time came up short was a 4-3 overtime loss to No. 13 Harvard on Oct. 14, 2017.
 
EARLY LEADS: Scoring first has been a big part of the Big Red's success in recent years. Since the 2004 season, Cornell has posted an impressive 115-16 record in games in which they have scored first. Conversely, the team has won only 18 games in which they have had to come back from an early deficit to win. The first was Coach Donna Hornibrook's very first victory with the team, a 6-3 win over Lehigh in 2004, with the latest coming on Sept. 26, 2018 as Cornell overcame an early 1-0 deficit to defeat Colgate, 3-1.
 
CLOSE CALLS: Cornell's 2-1 double overtime loss to Lafayette on Oct. 22 continued the Big Red's trend of playing in one-goal games. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Big Red has won 110 games, with 54 coming in one-goal games (.490), including 14 in overtime. During that same span, Cornell has lost 89 games, with 49 of those coming by a single goal (.551), including 21 in overtime.
 
SHUT OUT STREAK:
* Last season, goalie Maddie Henry recorded the second-longest shutout streak in Cornell history, standing at 291:09.
* The 291:09 streak, which began during the final game of the 2016 season vs. Dartmouth and ended vs. Penn on Sept. 23, 2017, is second 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.
 
OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: Senior Gabby DePetro and junior Maddie Henry have been selected as team captains for the 2018 season.
 
RECAPPING 2017: Cornell finished the 2017 season with a 10-6 record, giving the program double-digit wins for the fifth straight season and the ninth time in Hornibrook's 14-year tenure. The 10th victory of the season at Dartmouth gave Coach Hornibrook her 300th win as a head coach and also tied the Class of 2018 with the Class of 2011 and 2017 as the winningest class in program history with 42 victories during their four-year career. The program saw several individual records fall in 2017, most notably Krysten Mayers '18 breaking the school's 34-year old career points record (99), as well as the school mark for career goals (42). Additionally, goalkeeper Kelly Johnson '18 closed her illustrious career as the Big Red's career wins leader (25). Following the season, Sam McILwrick '18 was named a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection. The senior back headlined four Big Red selections, as she was joined by Mayers and sophomore Maddie Henry on the second-team, while sophomore Maddy Conklin was named honorable mention. The four Ivy selections were the most for Cornell since having five honorees during the 2014 season. McIlwrick and Mayers went on to be named to the Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I All-Mideast Region team, with McILwrick earning first-team honors and Mayers being named to the second team.
 
UP NEXT: The game vs. Dartmouth concludes the 2018 season.