GAME 8: Cornell (4-3, 1-1 Ivy) at Harvard (3-3, 1-0 Ivy)

Date & Time: Saturday, March 26 - 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Jordan Field - Cambridge, Mass.
Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday | @CornellWLax
 

STORY LINES

• The Cornell women's lacrosse team hopes that its defense travels when it attempts to claim its second straight Ivy win as it travels to Harvard on Saturday, March 26 at 1 p.m. at Jordan Field.
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• Cornell's defense has been the difference in its success, surrendering 17.7 goals in three defeats vs. just 6.8 in its four victories.
• Eight different players are averaging at least a point per game, giving Cornell a balanced, but explosive, offense averaging 15.6 goals per game and reaching double digits in all seven contests.
• Amanda Cramer (19-3-22), Katie Castiello (13-8-21), Shannon Brazier (10-3-13), Genevieve DeWinter (11-2-13), Sophie Ward (12-0-12), Josie Vogel (10-1-11) and Maggie Pons (6-4-10) have all reached double figures in scoring.
• Senior goalkeeper Katie McGahan (4-3, 11.78 GAA, .488 save percentage) is averaging 9.0 saves per game.
• Over its past four contests, Cornell is averaging 18.3 draw controls per game and has put up three of the top 10 single-game marks in school history while winning 59 percent of the draws.
• The Big Red has dominated the series for nearly a quarter-century, going 18-5 in its last 23 meetings with the Crimson.
 

SERIES HISTORY VS. HARVARD

Overall: Harvard leads 24-18, first meeting in 1980
In Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard leads 13-8
Current Streak: Cornell, 2
Last Meeting: Cornell, 9-8 (2/29/2020 in Cambridge, Mass.)
Graap vs. Harvard: 18-6 (8-4 on the road)
Series Notes: Cornell has won six of the last seven meetings and is 18-5 in the last 23 matchups after Harvard won the first 19 meetings between the programs • the two teams first met in 1980, an 18-3 Crimson victory • the Big Red's first-ever win against Harvard came in 1999, a 10-9 overtime victory in Ithaca
 

A WIN OVER HARVARD WOULD

• make Cornell 5-3 on the season.
• push its Ivy League mark to 2-1.
• be the Big Red's third win in its last four contests.
• snap a two-game road losing streak.
• improve Cornell's record against the Crimson to 24-19.
• be the third straight against Harvard, its seventh win in the last eight meetings and would give Cornell a 19-5 mark in the last 24 meetings. 
• be the 359th in program history (358-305-4 in 50 seasons, .540).
 

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

• Graduate student Katie McGahan enters the weekend with 352 saves, just 11 from matching Maggie Fava '06 for fourth all-time at Cornel (363).
• McGahan in also fourth in career wins (2) and can move as high as third with one more victory.
• In its last four games, Cornell has posted three of the top 10 single-game totals for draw controls — the 22 at UConn ranks No. 1 all-time, while the 21 at Princeton is No. 2 and 19 vs. Columbia sits ninth.
• In just 13 games, Thomas has 75 draw controls — a mark that already ranks in the top 20 in school history and 15 from joining the top 20.
• Dating back to 2020, Cornell has scored in double figures in eight consecutive games  — the longest streak since posting 11 straight games with at least 10 goals spanning the 2018-19 seasons.
• Currently at 15.6 goals per game, the Big Red is outpacing its current school record (14.2 in 2012).
• Six different Cornell players have scored at least 10 goals this season
 

NEXT UP

• The Cornell women's lacrosse team will step out of conference play to face UAlbany on Tuesday, March 29 at Schoellkopf Field beginning at 6 p.m.
• Albany holds a 3-2 lead in the all-time series, with three of the games being decided by two goals or fewer.
• Cornell is 0-2 all-time vs. the Great Danes in Ithaca.