ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell women's soccer team wraps up the non-league portion of its schedule with a visit from regional rival Colgate at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Game Information:

Colgate at Cornell
SITE: Berman Field — Ithaca, N.Y. (natural surface)
RECORDS: Cornell 4-5-1, 0-3 Ivy League;
                    Colgate 1-8-3, 0-3-2 Patriot League
SERIES RECORD: Colgate leads, 21-15-4
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
•  Cornell game notes

Red Redux:

•  Cornell had a pair of quality chances in the first half against league-leading Harvard, but both chances sailed over the crossbar before the Crimson expanded its lead in the second half for a 3-0 victory at Berman Field.
•  The Big Red became the first Ivy League team since 2015 to hang a pair of goals on Penn, but the defending league champions rallied for three unanswered goals and a 4-2 victory on Oct. 5 at Rhodes Field in Philadelphia.
•  Both Big Red goals against the Quakers came early in the second half, including an own goal on a long cross from freshman forward Liza Mariner just 23 seconds after halftime. Sophomore forward Evanthia Spyredes notched the second goal 2 minutes, 6 seconds later on a penalty kick drawn by freshman midfielder Ashley Durik.
•  Cornell has dropped below .500 for the first time this season and is now winless in its last six. The season's lone draw to date is within that stretch — a 1-1 tilt against Binghamton that also featured a Spyredes goal in the third minute on Sept. 18.
•  The Big Red started its Ivy League campaign with a 2-0 home loss to Columbia on Sept. 28. Cornell had a slight edge in possession time in an evenly-played first half before the Lions surged in the closing 45 for the victory.

About the Big Red

•  Cornell has already quadrupled its win total from last year, entering the game against Colgate at 4-5-1 (after going 1-13-1 in 2018). The Big Red started the season with four straight victories for the first time since 2005.
•  Sophomore forward Evanthia Spyredes has taken over the team scoring lead with five points on a pair of goals and an assist. Sophomore Jadyn Matthews and freshman Ashley Durik have four points on two goals apiece. Both of Durik's goals came in her collegiate debut on Aug. 30 against Iona. Matthews tallied the other goal against Iona before later netting the winner in a 1-0 triumph at Bucknell.
•  Senior forward Kennedy Yearby remains Cornell's active scoring leader with four goals and four assists for 12 points.
•  All three of Cornell's goalkeepers have played in multiple games to date. Freshman Nicole Shulman has found the most success with a 3-2 record with a 1.19 goals against average, .737 save percentage and one shutout.

Head Coach Dwight Hornibrook

•  Dwight Hornibrook is in his third season as the program's sixth head coach after serving as an assistant coach for five years.
•  Hornibrook had 17 years of head coaching experience with the men's soccer programs at Houghton and SUNY Cortland before joining the Cornell women's soccer team. He has helped the Big Red win 37 games over the last eight years and now has an overall record as a head coach of 189-142-35. 

National Duty

•  Sophomore Jadyn Matthews has international experience, having helped the Jamaica women's national soccer team qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. She appeared twice as a reserve in CONCACAF Women's Caribbean Zone final round games in 2018, though was not ultimately included on the World Cup roster.
•  Matthews became the second Cornell women's soccer to play for her senior national team, joining Rachel Nichols '14 after her tenure with The Philippines.
•  Freshman goalkeeper Nicole Shulman also has experience competing with the U17 and U19 Israeli national teams. Shulman just returned to Cornell after missing five games to compete with Israel at the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. 

A Call To Armbands

•  Seniors Karli Berry and Chrissy Mayer, and junior Naomi Jaffe are serving as the Big Red's tri-captains this season. It is the first time any of the trio has donned an armband in their collegiate careers. 
•  Jaffe is the first non-senior to serve as a captain for Cornell since Claire MacManus '15 during the 2013 season.
•  Cornell, which has six seniors, has more underclassmen on its roster than upperclassmen for a third straight year.

National Appeal

•  The Big Red has 14 different states and the District of Columbia represented on the team roster of 28. 
•  For a third straight year, the most represented state on the Big Red is California – which is called home by five players. The other states with multiple representatives are New Jersey (four), Florida (four), New York (two), Connecticut (two) and Virginia (two), plus there is one each from Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. 

About Colgate

•  The Raiders are 1-8-3 and winless in their last five after a 1-0 loss to Bucknell in a Patriot League game on Saturday. Their three games prior all went to overtime, including a 2-1 loss to Lafayette on Oct. 5 and a pair of draws against American (2-2 on Sept. 28) and Holy Cross (0-0 on Oct. 2).
•  Colgate's lone victory to date also came in overtime, when sophomore midfielder Emily Amano scored a golden goal in the 97th minute for a 2-1 victory over Vermont.
•  Sophomore defender Ruby Diodati leads the team in scoring with five points on a goal and three assists. Amano and junior midfielder Sage DiGiulio are tied for the team lead in goals with two apiece.
•  Senior Kelly Chiavaro has started all 12 games in goal, sporting a 1-8-3 record with a 1.48 goals against average and .734 save percentage.
•  Kathy Brawn is in her 29th season as the head coach at Colgate.

The Series vs. Colgate

•  The Raiders are on an eight-match unbeaten streak against the Big Red to take an 21-15-4 lead in the all-time series between the regional rivals. Colgate has won the last three games by an accumulative score of, 4-0, despite a total of 37 shot attempts from Cornell in those contests.
•  Colgate currently owns a shutout streak of 457 minutes, 29 seconds against the Big Red, dating back to a goal by Elizabeth Crowell '16 on Oct. 6, 2014.
•  Cornell's last victories against Colgate came in 2009 and 2010, both by final scores of 2-0.

Up Next

•  Cornell returns to Ivy League play for the rest of the season, starting with a visit to Yale at 1 p.m. Saturday before returning home for a Senior Day matchup against Brown at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.