GAME 2: Cornell (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) at Binghamton (0-2, 0-0 America East)

Date & Time: Tuesday, Feb. 22 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Bearcats Sports Complex - Vestal, N.Y.
Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday | @CornellWLax
 

STORY LINES

• The Cornell women's lacrosse team will attempt to start 2-0 for a second straight season when it visits Binghamton for a midweek non-conference contest on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. at the Bearcats Sports Complex.
• On the heels of its season-opening 14-9 win at Villanova, the Big Red will attempt to stretch its win streak to three games spanning 716 days.
• Sophie Ward scored four goals, Katie Castiello tallied three with an assist sprinkled in and six were multiple point scorers in Cornell's highest season-opening goal total since netting 18 vs. Villanova in 2017.
• Senior Karina Schulze forced three turnovers in front of graduate student Katie McGahan, who made nine saves in picking up her 19th career win in goal (No. 4 all-time).
• Head coach Jenny Graap's 25th team at her alma mater – the rare experienced, but youthful, group - is ready to make noise nationally and contend for a spot at the Ivy League Tournament, a conference title and an NCAA appearance.
• Finishing in the top four has been nearly automatic over the years for the Big Red, earning a spot in the Ivy Tournament eight times in 10 seasons. 
• The 2020 Big Red had opened the season 4-2 and with a 2-0 Ivy League record prior to COVID-19 canceling the remainder of the campaign, followed by 2021 being erased due to the worldwide pandemic. 
 

SERIES HISTORY VS. BINGHAMTON

Overall: Cornell leads 8-0, first meeting in 2012
In Vestal, N.Y.: 4-0
Current Streak: Cornell, 8
Last Meeting: Cornell, 23-5 (3/27/2019 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Graap vs. Binghamton: 8-0 (4-0 on the road)
Series Notes: The Big Red leads the all-time series 8-0 and has averaged 17.5 goals per game in those contests • Cornell is 4-0 all-time at Binghamton • the closest contest between the team came in 2013, a 17-11 Big Red victory at Schoellkopf Field • over the last six meetings, Cornell has outscored the Bearcats by 13.2 goals per game on average • the Big Red holds a 17-13 edge all-time against teams that comprise the America East Conference.
 

A WIN OVER BINGHAMTON WOULD

• make Cornell 9-0 all-time against the Bearcats.
• give the Big Red a 2-0 record to begin a second straight season.
• extend its win streak to three games dating back to 2020.
• push Cornell's record to 18-13 all-time against current members of the America East conference.
• be the 356th in program history (355-309-4 in 50 seasons, .534).
 

NEXT UP

• Cornell will play in front of the home fans for the first time since 2020 when it meets No. 25 Penn State on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. on Schoellkopf Field.
• Penn State leads the all-time series 9-3 and has won four straight meetings.
• The Big Red's last win in the series was a 10-7 victory on April 13, 2016 in University Park, Pa.