ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell resumes Ivy League play on Saturday, Oct. 12 with a 4 p.m. match against Harvard. The Crimson arrive in Ithaca with an 0-6-1 record, having lost each of its last two matches. Saturday's match will be streamed live on
ESPN+.
Game Information
Cornell vs. Harvard
SITE: Berman Field
TIME: 4 p.m.
RECORDS: Cornell 6-3, 0-1 Ivy League;
Colgate 0-6-1, 0-1 Ivy League
SERIES RECORD: Harvard leads, 41-24-15
STREAMING:
ESPN+
STATS:
CornellBigRed.com
LAST TIME OUT
In a tightly contested contest, Cornell men's soccer defeated Colgate on Tuesday, Oct. 8 by a final tally of 1-0. Freshman
Griffin Garrard scored the first goal of his career in the 75th minute goal to bring victory for the Big Red at home.
Tuesday's win marks the sixth straight victory over the Raiders for Cornell, who now own a 31-8-6 all-time record over Colgate at home. It's Cornell's 60th overall victory over Colgate as the Big Red own a 60-23-7 advantage dating back to the series opener in 1921.
Cornell out-shot the Raiders, 11-3, overall and 3-1 in shots on goal. Senior goalkeeper
Ryan Shellow needed to make just one save en route to his fourth shutout of the season.
ABOUT THE BIG RED
Cornell owns a 6-3 overall record in 2019 with a spotless 3-0 mark at home and a 3-3 record on the road. The Big Red rank No. 14 nationally in shots per game with 15.89 and are ranked No. 38 in shots on goal with 6.11 per game. Cornell is searching for more goal scoring, ranking No. 84 in scoring with 1.56 goals per game.
Junior
Harry Fuller is the team leader in points (10) and goals (4), while also chipping in with two assists.Leading the team in assists is first year
Brandon Morales with three through his first eight collegiate matches. Cornell has distributed the goal scoring this season with eight different goal scorers. Senior
Ryan Bayne, senior
George Pedlow, junior
Tyler Bagley, sophomore
Emeka Eneli, freshman
Will Citron, freshman
Griffin Garrard, Fuller and Morales have done the scoring for Cornell.
In goal, senior
Ryan Shellow has started each of the last eight matches and possesses a 6-2 record to show for it. Shellow has a 1.09 goals against average and owns a .654 save percentage alongside four shutouts so far in 2019.
SERIES HISTORY AGAINST HARVARD
Harvard leads the overall series, 41-24-15 in a series that dates all the way back to 1907. The Crimson won the first ever match between the two sides, 5-1, in Cambridge, Mass. on Nov. 23, 1907. Cornell has defeated Harvard in each of the last two meetings by scores of 4-2 in 2018 and 1-0 in 2017. At home, Cornell leads the all-time series with Harvard, 15-14-10. Over the last decade the series is even at 4-4-2.
ABOUT THE CRIMSON
At 0-6-1, Harvard averages just 9.1 shots and .86 goals per game with opponents scoring 2.91 goals against them on average. Duncan Sutherland is the team's leading point-getter with two goals and one assist in four matches played. Sutherland did not play in the team's first three matches of the season, but made his debut in a 1-0 loss to Providence on Sep. 16. Alfred Perez is tied for the team-high in goals with two, while Willem Ebbinge has a team-high two assists.
Oskar Nilsson has started each of Harvard's last three games in goal with a 1.89 goals against average and a .795 save percentage to show for it.
UP NEXT
Cornell travels to New Haven, Conn. to face Yale at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18. Yale currently stands atop the Ivy League standings with a 6-0-2 overall record and have won six straight contests. The Bulldogs' opponents have combined for a 17-48-15 record in 2019, with Cornell being the only upcoming opponent with a record above .500. Yale is led in points by Miguel Yuste (5 goals, 2 assists) and Mark Winhoffer (2 goals, 8 assists) who have each tallied 12 points through eight matches. In total, six different Bulldogs have recorded two or more goals this season. Between the posts for Yale is Elian Haddock who boasts a 0.60 goal against average and a .808 save percentage.
