GAME 10: Jacksonville (5-3, 0-0 Atlantic Sun) at Cornell (6-3, 2-1 Ivy)
Date & Time: Sunday, April 3 - 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Tierney Field - Sparks, Md.
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STORY LINES
• The Cornell women's lacrosse team will head south to face No. 23 Jacksonville in a neutral site game on Sunday, April 3 at 1 p.m. at USA Lacrosse's Tierney Field in Sparks, Md.
• Cornell will be in search of its first victory over a ranked opponent since 2017 when it meets the Dolphins.
• Ten different players are averaging at least a point per game, giving Cornell a balanced, but explosive, offense averaging 15.4 goals per game and reaching double digits in all nine contests.
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Amanda Cramer (21-5-26),
Katie Castiello (15-9-24),
Genevieve DeWinter (16-5-21),
Sophie Ward (19-0-19), and
Shannon Brazier (12-5-17) lead nine players that have reached double figures in scoring this season.
• Senior goalkeeper
Katie McGahan (6-3, 11.56 GAA, .476 save percentage) is averaging 8.8 saves per game.
• Cornell's defense has been the difference in its success, surrendering 17.7 goals in three defeats vs. just 8.5 in its six wins.
• Over its past six contests, Cornell is averaging 17.2 draw controls per game and has put up three of the top 10 single-game marks in school history while winning 55 percent of the draws.
• The Dolphins enter a Friday afternoon contest at Coastal Carolina with a 5-3 record.
• The teams have one opponent in common, with Jacksonville topping Harvard 21-8, while the Big Red squeaked by the Crimson 10-9 in double overtime.
SERIES HISTORY VS. JACKSONVILLE
Overall: Cornell leads 1-0, first meeting in 2012
In Sparks, Md.: First Meeting
Current Streak: Cornell, 1
Last Meeting: Cornell, 22-13 (3/20/2012 in Jacksonville, Fla.)
Graap vs. Jacksonville: 1-0 (0-0 at neutral site)
Series Notes: Cornell has won the only previous meeting, tying a school record for goals (22) and draw controls (22) in the contest • the Big Red was ranked 17th in that 2012 meeting and snapped Jacksonville's 12-game home win streak • this is the second meeting between Cornell and a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as the Big Red has never played Coastal Carolina, Delaware State, Kennesaw State, Liberty or Stetson.
A WIN OVER JACKSONVILLE WOULD
• make Cornell 7-3 on the season.
• be the Big Red's first victory over a ranked opponent since topping No. 15 Notre Dame 12-7 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 12, 2017.
• be the Big Red's fifth win in its last six contests.
• give Cornell a 2-0 all-time record against the Dolphins.
• make the Big Red 5-2 in non-conference play.
• be the 361st in program history (360-305-4 in 50 seasons, .541).
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• Graduate student
Katie McGahan enters the weekend with 368 saves, good for fourth all-time at Cornell.
• McGahan in also third in career wins (24).
• In its past six 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 15 career games, junior
Annie Thomas has 96 draw controls — a mark that already ranks 11th in school history and one from joining the top 10.
• Thomas has 56 draw controls in just nine games in 2022 to rank No. 4 all-time in a single season, just 12 shy of Sarah Hefner's 2014 record of 68.
• With 36 goals and 13 assists in her career, senior
Genevieve DeWinter is one point shy of reaching 50 for her career.
• Dating back to 2020, Cornell has scored in double figures in 10 consecutive games — the longest streak since posting 11 straight games with at least 10 goals spanning the 2018-19 seasons.
• Currently at 15.4 goals per game, the Big Red is outpacing its current school record (14.2 in 2012).
NEXT UP
• Cornell returns home for a key Ivy League battle with Penn on Saturday, April 9 at 12 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.
• The Quakers have a 31-17 lead in the all-time series and have won two in a row and 14 of the past 16 meetings.
• Penn has won six straight meetings between the teams at Schoellkopf.
