ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell women's soccer team plays its final road match of the 2022 season when the Big Red takes on Brown at Stevenson-Pincince Field in Providence, R.I.

Game Information

SITE: Stevenson-Pincince Field – Providence, R.I. (artificial surface)
TIME: Saturday, Oct. 22 – 5 p.m.
RECORDS: Cornell (2-6-5, 0-2-2 Ivy), Brown (9-2-2, 3-0-1 Ivy)
SERIES RECORD: Brown leads, 27-7-5
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: BrownBears.com

Last Time Out

• Cornell and Yale played to a scoreless draw at Berman Field on Saturday afternoon on the Big Red's senior day, where nine players were honored in a pregame ceremony.

• Seniors Nicole Shulman, Annika DeStefano, and Kendall Patten all earned the start for the Big Red, touching the ball once before being substituted out.

• Along with Shulman, DeStefano and Patten, Sydney Waiters, Ashley Durik, Emily St. John, Aidan Julia Reineman, Isabella DeLew, and Sara DeGraw were all honored prior to the match.

• Sophomore Erica Fox made two saves after replacing Shulman in goal, factoring in the shutout for the second time this season.

• Junior Reagan Pauwels had a team-high two shots on goal for Cornell, who outshot the Bulldogs, 10-3, and had a 5-2 advantage in shots on target. Reineman, DeGraw, and freshman Tanum Nelson also had a shot on Yale's goalkeeper.

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 nine of the Big Red's 13 games this season, posting a 1-3-3 record with a 1.83 goals-against average and a .656 save percentage.
 
• 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 44 games. 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 44 matches played with Ferguson on the coaching staff. While Ferguson has been head coach, Cornell has scored in 17 of the 29 games played, good for a .586 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).

Nobody Wins

• With last Saturday's match with Yale ending in a scoreless draw, Cornell has now set its single-season program record draws in a season with five. The previous record was set in 2015 when the Big Red posted a 9-4-4 overall mark.
 
• Four of Cornell's last seven matches, and five of its last nine, have resulted in draws. Of the five draws this season, three have been by 1-1 scores.

Scouting the Bears

• Brown enters today's match with a 9-2-2 overall record and a 3-0-1 mark in Ivy League play. The lone blemish in Ivy play came last weekend when the Bears drew with league-leading Harvard, 1-1.
 
• The Bears are coming off a resounding 11-0 win over Stonehill on Tuesday. Brown netted five goals in the first half before scoring six times in the second half. Claire Myers and Courtney Cummings each recorded hat tricks, while Kira Maguire (two goals, one assist), Laryssa Hamblen (three assists), Lucinda Anderson (goal, assist), and Karlie Schlosser (one goal, two assists) all factored in more than one goal.
 
• Brown's 11 goals are tied for the third-most by a Division I program this season. The programs with higher goal totals were Gardner-Webb (21 goals vs. Allen on Sept. 16) and Stony Brook (12 vs. Hampton on Sept. 25) had more than the Bears.
 
• Brown boasts a potent offense, featuring the fifth-highest scoring offense in the country (2.92 goals per game), sixth-most points per game (8.38), and the ninth-most assists per match (2.54).
 
• Ava Seelenfreund is one of the more accurate players in the country, as her .659 shooting accuracy ranks sixth nationally and her 2.25 shots on goal per game also is sixth among Division I players.
 
• Brittany Raphino has a team-high eight goals and 19 points to lead the Bears offense. Seelenfreund is second with 15 points (seven goals, one assist) and Maguire also has a double-digit point total (five goals, three assists — 13 points).
 
• Clare Gagne has started in seven of her eight appearances this season, logging a 4-1-1 record with a 0.86 goals-against average and a .684 save percentage. Bella Schopp is also 4-1-1 on the year with a 0.82 goals-against average and stopping .810 of the shots she has faced.

Series vs. Brown

• Brown controls the series lead, 27-7-5, which includes a 12-5-2 record at home and a 15-2-3 mark in Ithaca.
 
• Cornell enters this afternoon's contest on a 12-game winless streak to the Bears, which includes losing each of the last nine matches. The Big Red is seeking for its first victory over Brown since a Oct. 26, 2008, in a 2-0 victory in Providence.

Looking Ahead

• Cornell returns to Berman Field for its final two games of the season. The Big Red's penultimate match will be next Saturday, Oct. 28, when Cornell welcomes Princeton to Berman Field. First touch is slated for 1 p.m. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.