GAME INFORMATION
GAME #5: Cornell vs. No. 18 Maine
GAME TIME: Friday, Sept. 14, at 1:30 p.m.
GAME SITE: Moulton Winder Field (Burlington, Vt.)
SERIES RECORD: Series tied, 3-3
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 3-2, Sept. 10, 2017 (Burlington, Vt.)
2018 RECORDS: Cornell (1-3, 0-0 Ivy); Maine (5-0, 0-0 America East)
LIVE STATS: None
LIVE VIDEO
 
GAME #6: Cornell at Vermont
GAME TIME: Sunday, Sept. 16, at 1:30 p.m.
GAME SITE: Moulton Winder Field (Burlington, Vt.)
SERIES RECORD: Series tied, 3-3
LAST MEETING: Cornell won, 1-0, Sept. 9, 2017 (Burlington, Vt.)
* 2018 RECORDS: Cornell (1-3, 0-0 Ivy); Vermont (1-4, 0-0 America East)
LIVE STATS: None
LIVE VIDEO 
 
* records prior to contests on Friday.
 
THE CATAMOUNT CLASSIC: The Big Red heads to Vermont this weekend to participate in the Catamount Classic, facing Maine on Friday, Sept. 14, before taking on Vermont on Sunday, Sept. 16. Both games are slated to start at 1:30 p.m., and will be live streamed at: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/vermont/.
 
THE SERIES WITH MAINE: The Big Red has won three consecutive meetings with the Black Bears to even the all-time series at 3-3.
* Maine earned a pair of 1-0 decisions in 2002 and 2006, before defeating Cornell, 2-0 in 2011.
* The Big Red earned its first win in the series with a 3-2 victory in 2014, before a 2-0 win in 2016 and a 3-2 victory a season ago.
* All six meetings in the series have been played at a neutral site. 
 
SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS: No. 18 Maine is off to an impressive 5-0 start, including consecutive 2-1 overtime victories over a pair of nationally ranked opponents – No. 19 Boston University and No. 24 Ohio State.  
* The offense is extremely well-balanced with five players registering at least two goals.
* Samanta Wagg and Libby Riedl have a team-high four goals apiece, while Casey Crowley leads Maine with three assists.
* Mia Borely has played every minute in goal for the Black Bears and has posted a .647 save percentage and a 1.19 goals-against average.

THE SERIES WITH VERMONT: Cornell has won the last three meetings with the Catamounts to even the record at 3-3.
* The Big Red dropped identical 2-0 decisions in back-to-back seasons in 2005 and 2006, and again in 2011
* Cornell's first win in the series came in 2015 (2-0).
 
SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS: Vermont is off to a 1-4 start after splitting a pair of games last weekend with a win 3-2 overtime at Dartmouth and a 3-1 loss to Fairfield.
* Landon Warren leads the team with three goals, while four other Catamounts have one goal apiece.
* Five Vermont players have registered one assist on the season.
* Sierra Espeland has played every minute in goal and has posted a .632 save percentage and a 2.79 goals-against average.
 
VS. THE AMERICA EAST: Cornell is 11-14 all-time against the current members of the America East, with three victories coming against Albany (3-6), Maine (3-3) and Vermont (3-3).
* The Big Red has also registered one win against Cal (1-1) and Stanford (1-2).
* Cornell is against Fairfield (0-1).
* The Big Red has never faced UC Davis, UMass-Lowell, New Hampshire or the University of the Pacific in field hockey.
 
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.
 
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 Division I Scholars 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.
 
CORNELL CAREER RECORD LIST:
Maddie Henry
* Ranks 14th in wins (11) … Needs two more to move into a tie with Karen Kuhn (1975-77) for 13th 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.
 
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.
 
10 WINS: Cornell has reached double-digit wins in each of the last six straight season.
 
KNOCK THREE TIMES: Since the start of the 2004 season, the Big Red is 82-5 in games in which it scores at least three goals, a mark that was raised when it defeated Rider, 3-1, on Sept. 9.
* 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 113-14 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 Donna 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 1-0 loss at No. 23 Rutgers on Sept. 7 continued the Big Red's trend of playing in one-goal games. Since the start of the 2006 season, the Big Red has won 107 games, with 54 coming in one-goal games (.509), including 14 in overtime. During that same span, Cornell has lost 81 games, with 45 of those coming by a single goal (.550), including 19 in overtime
 
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Big Red is 53-28 (.654) all-time on Marsha Dodson Field. Collectively, the team has outscored its opponents by a margin of 188-123 and has taken significantly more shots (1,383-833) than its opponents. The defense has been equally solid in the circle, allowing just 423 penalty corners (5.2 per game).
 
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 Big Red opens Ivy League play when it welcomes Penn to Marsha Dodson Field for Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 22 at noon.