ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell women's soccer team returns to Berman Field on Saturday, squaring off against Yale on Senior Day. First touch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Game Information
SITE: Berman Field – Ithaca, N.Y. (natural surface)
TIME: Saturday, Oct. 15 – 1 p.m.
RECORDS: Yale (5-5-2, 1-1-0 Ivy), Cornell (2-6-4, 0-2-1 Ivy)
SERIES RECORD: Yale leads, 21-17-1
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
Senior Day Festivities
• Cornell will honor nine of its players during Senior Day festivities on Saturday. Being honored will be
Sara DeGraw,
Isabella DeLew,
Annika DeStefano,
Ashley Durik,
Kendall Patten,
Aidan Julia Reineman,
Nicole Shulman,
Emily St. John, and
Sydney Waiters.
About the Big Red
• Junior forward
Laken Gallman continues to lead the Big Red in goals (four) and points (eight). Senior forward
Ashley Durik has the second-most points with six, on the power of two goals and two assists.
• Senior goalkeeper
Nicole Shulman has started eight of the Big Red's 12 games this season, posting a 1-3-3 record with a 1.83 goals-against average and a .656 save percentage.
• Cornell has scored 11 goals over its 12 games played so far this season, good for an average of 0.92 goals per match. The average is the Big Red's highest since logging 13 goals in 16 games during the 2015 season (0.94).
• During head coach
Rob Ferguson's three years of competition on East Hill (one as an assistant in 2019 and the last two as head coach), the Big Red has scored 35 goals over 43 games (0.81 goals per match). The three-year total is the Big Red's highest since netting 49 goals between the 2014 and 2016 campaigns.
Finding the Back of the Net
• Since head coach
Rob Ferguson stepped foot on Cornell's campus, the Big Red have found the back of the net in 24 of the 43 matches played with Ferguson on the coaching staff. While Ferguson has been head coach, Cornell has scored in 17 of the 28 games played, good for a .607 percentage. That clip is the program's highest under a head coach since Patrick Farmer logged a .667 percentage during his five-year tenure with the Big Red between 2012-16.
• Ferguson has the fourth-highest percentage of goals scored under a Cornell women's soccer head coach, trailing Randy May (1982-99 — .681), Farmer (2012-16 — .667), and Berhane Andeberhan (2000-05 — .660).
Scouting the Bulldogs
• Yale enters this afternoon's contest with a 5-5-2 overall record and 1-1-0 mark in Ivy League play. The Bulldogs are coming off a 1-0 victory over its Nutmeg State rival Sacred Heart on Wednesday at Reese Stadium. Laila Booker scored in the 64th minute to aid Yale to the victory. Marisa Shorrock logged her second consecutive clean sheet for the Bulldogs, stopping two Pioneer shots.
• Ellie Rappole has a Yale-leading eight points (three goals, two assists). Booker is the only other Yale player to net multiple goals this season.
• Shorrock and Maya Bellomo have combined for six clean sheets this season. Bellomo has four, tying Dartmouth's Charlotte Cyr for the Ivy League lead.
• Yale is winless away from New Haven this season, posting a 0-5-1 road record. The Bulldogs are currently on a 15-game road winless streak (0-14-1), lasting having won a road match at Penn in a 1-0 victory on Oct. 26, 2019.
Series vs. Yale
• This afternoon will be the 40th all-time meeting between the Big Red and Bulldogs, dating back to 1982. Yale has a slight advantage in the series, posting a 21-17-1 record.
• Cornell is winless in its last four of Yale (0-3-1) and is seeking its first victory since Oct. 15, 2016, in Ithaca at Berman Field.
• On home turf, Cornell is 9-8-0 against Yale, despite only having two wins over its last six matches against the Bulldogs at Berman Field.
Looking Ahead
• Cornell will play its final road match of the 2022 season next Saturday when the Big Red travels to Providence, R.I., to take on Brown. First touch from Stevenson-Pincince Field is scheduled for 3 p.m. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.
