GAME 4: Cornell (2-1, 0-0 Ivy) at #10 Princeton (2-0, 0-0 Ivy)

Date & Time: Saturday, March 5 - 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium - Princeton, N.J.
Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday | @CornellWLax
 

STORY LINES

• The Cornell women's lacrosse team will have a chance to open its 2022 Ivy League campaign with a bang when it meets preseason conference favorite Princeton on Saturday, March 5 at 1 p.m. at Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium.
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• Cornell will be attempting to bounce back after suffering its first loss of the season, a 20-11 decision at the hands of Penn State this past Saturday at Schoellkopf Field.
• The Nittany Lions broke open a one-goal game at the break, outscoring the Big Red 11-3 after halftime.
• Goalkeeper Katie McGahan, one of two graduate student captains for the Big Red, is averaging 12.29 goals against and sports a .492 save percentage.
• She enters the weekend fifth on the school's saves list  (320) and fourth in career wins (20).
• The offense is averaging 14.3 goals per game this season.
• Sophomore Maggie Pons leads a balanced offensive attack for the Big Red, posting a team-high four assists and 10 points.
• Seven different Cornell players have at least three goals and five players have recorded between six and 10 points.
• The Big Red dominated the draw during 2020's COVID-shortened season, winning 60 percent of the starts, but is winning just 43 percent of the draws so far this year.
 

SERIES HISTORY VS. PRINCETON

Overall: Princeton leads 41-5, first meeting in 1980
In Ithaca, N.Y.: 1-20
Current Streak: Princeton, 6
Last Meeting: Princeton, 11-6 (5/3/2019 in New York, N.Y.)
Graap vs. Princeton: 3-25 (2-12 on the road)
Series Notes: The two teams first met in 1980 with Princeton leading the series 41-5 • the two squads haven't met on the field since 2019 when the squads met in the regular season and the Ivy League Tournament • Princeton won both contests, part of a six-game win streak against the Big Red • Cornell last beat Princeton in 2016 (10-9 OT) in the opening round of the Ivy League tournament en route to its first league title • four of Cornell's five wins all-time in the series came on the road or at neutral sites.
 

A WIN OVER PRINCETON WOULD

• make Cornell 6-41 all-time against Princeton.
• be the sixth time in the past seven seasons the Big Red has won its Ivy League opener.
• improve its record in Ivy openers to 25-17.
• snap a six-game losing skid by the Big Red against the Tigers.
• be the 357th in program history (356-310-4 in 50 seasons, .534).
 

CAREER MILESTONES

• Graduate student Katie McGahan enters the week fifth in career saves at Cornell with 320, just 43 out of entering the top four.
• McGahan in also fourth in career wins (20) and can move as high as third with three more victories.
• Senior Genevieve DeWinter is two goals shy of her 25th career score.
• Junior Annie Thomas is two draw wins shy of 50.
• Senior Shannon Brazier is nine draw controls from 50 for her career.
 

NEXT UP

• Cornell welcomes Central New York rival Colgate to Schoellkopf Field on Wednesday, March 9 at 5 p.m.
•  The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
• Though the Big Red has a 33-15-1 lead in the all-time series, the Raiders snapped a 20-game losing skid the last time the two teams met,11-8 on March 3, 2020 in Hamilton.