ITHACA, N.Y. - The Big Red field hockey team will look to continue its success against ranked teams as No. 14 Saint Joseph's travels to Marsha Dodson Field on Sunday, Sept. 15.
Game Information
No. 14 Saint Joseph's at Cornell
DATE: Sunday, Sept. 15
TIME: 12:00 PM
SITE: Dodson Field - Ithaca, N.Y. (AstroTurf)
RECORDS: Cornell 2-0, 0-0 Ivy League; Saint Joseph's 3-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10 Conference
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 2-0
STREAMING:
ESPN+
STATS:
CornellBigRed.com
Cornell game notes
St. Joseph's game notes (coming soon)
How to Watch
- This game is one of 13 out of 17 games on the Big Red's schedule to be broadcast on ESPN+, including all Cornell home games and all Ivy League road games.
- ESPN+ is currently only available to fans in the US for $4.99/month or $49.99/year. (https://plus.espn.com/). A similar international platform is the home for fans outside of the U.S., and will feature both live and archived games.
About the Big Red
- For just the third time in program history, Cornell posted a win against Syracuse for its season opener. Continuing its success, the Big Red earned a double-overtime win against Lock Haven to close its opening weekend 2-0.
- Sophomore forward Claire Jones opened the season with the first, and eventual game-winning goal against Syracuse. Jones earned a second game-winning goal when she scored in overtime against Lock Haven. In scoring two game-winning goals in one weekend, Jones was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week.
- Freshman defender Caroline Ramsey became the first of the class of 2023 to score a goal on the season. She totaled two goals throughout the weekend, one against Syracuse and the game-tying goal against Lock Haven.
- Senior midfielder Maddy Conklin assisted on the overtime goal against Lock Haven, in addition to scoring the first goal of the game.
- Three other Big Red athletes assisted goals this past weekend; freshman midfielder Bridget Mahoney, junior midfielder Taylor Gladd and junior forward Grace Royer all contributed to goals against Syracuse and Lock Haven.
- Senior midfielder Kirsten Pienaar made two defensive saves in game-changing moments against both Syracuse and Lock Haven.
- Totaling 17 wins in her career, senior goalie Maddie Henry's two wins over the weekend brought her up in Cornell's all time records. Henry is currently tied at eighth all-time with Carolyn Horner (2010-13) and Molly Kauffman (1994-96).
- After serving as the head coach of the field hockey team at the University of the Pacific, Smith was named the head coach of the Cornell field hockey team in May of 2019.
- Smith comes to East Hill after leading the Pacific Tigers to four regular season conference titles in six seasons. Smith also coached four student athletes to All-American honors, in addition to five athletes being selected to participate in FIH World level events.
- Smith brings a new staff of assistant coaches to Cornell this season. Laura Hurff and Johnny Orozco joined the Big Red staff as assistant coaches after successful stints in their respective USA National Teams. Taylor Dempsey joins the team as a volunteer assistant coach after a decorated playing career at the University of the Pacific.
National Appeal
- The Big Red has eight different states, as well as Canada and South Africa, represented on the team of 23.
- For the first year New Jersey ties Pennsylvania as the most represented state. Pennsylvania has been the most represented state since 2015. A total of 10 players call New Jersey or Pennsylvania home, five each. The other states with multiple representatives are New York (3) and Texas (2), plus one student-athletes from Connecticut, Maine, Maryland and Texas.
- There are three international student-athletes as well, two from British Columbia, Canada and one from South Africa.
- In addition to our athletes, we have two coaches from California (Hurff and Dempsey), one from Delaware (Orozco) and head coach Andy Smith hails from Doncaster, England.
About Saint Joseph's
- The Hawks opened the season with a 3-0 record for the second-straight time. Beginning the year with a 9-1 win at Hofstra St. Joseph's followed it with a 4-1 win against Drexel and a 2-1 win against No. 19 Rutgers. After being ranked #17 in the NFHCA Preseason Poll the Hawks were bumped up the #14 for the week one poll.
- Sophomore forward Tonya Botherway leads the team with three goals, all scored against Hofstra.
- Senior midfielder Kathrin Bentz ranks second in goals with two, in addition to assisting on two goals. The senior scored one goal at Hofstra and one against Drexel.
- Senior goalkeeper Victoria Kammerinke has stayed on the field for the entirety of all three games. Kammerinke has a save percentage of .727 with 8 saves on the season.
The Series vs St. Joseph's
- Cornell has won both games against St. Joseph's in program history.
- The Big Red last met the Hawks in 2013, for a 4-2 win in October.
- Their first meeting was in 2010 for a 3-2 Big Red win.
Up Next
- After a full week of rest the Big Red will return to Marsha Dodson Field for a 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23 match against Lafayette College.
