GAME 5: Colgate (1-4, 0-0 Patriot) at Cornell (2-2, 0-1 Ivy)

Date & Time: Wednesday, March 9 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Schoellkopf Field - Ithaca, N.Y.
Twitter: @CUBigRedGameday | @CornellWLax
 

STORY LINES

• After a near-upset of No. 10 Princeton on the road this past weekend, the Cornell women's lacrosse team will attempt to put it all together when it steps out of conference play to face Central New York rival Colgate on Wednesday, March 9 at 5 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Andy Malnoske providing the play-by-play.
• The Big Red gave No. 10 Princeton all it could handle on Saturday, dropping a heartbreaking 13-12 contest to the Tiger in New Jersey with the home team scoring the game's final four goals.
• Graduate captain Katie McGahan made a career high 18 saves, including 13 in the middle two quarters as the Big Red turned a 6-2 deficit into a 12-9 lead.
• The Big Red is averaging 14.0 goals per game and have done so in a very balanced way, with eight different players averaging at least a point per game.
• Cornell dominated the draw against the Tigers, winning 21-of-29 re-starts with the 21 wins ranking second in a single game, one off the school record of 22 against Jacksonville in 2012.
• The Big Red will be attempting to avenge its 11-8 loss to the Raiders in 2020 that snapped a 20-game Cornell win streak in the series.
• The Raiders are coached by former Big Red first-team All-Ivy selection Kathy Taylor '84.
 

SERIES HISTORY VS. COLGATE

Overall: Cornell leads 33-15-1, first meeting in 1974
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell leads 18-7-1
Current Streak: Colgate, 1
Last Meeting: Colgate, 11-8 (3/3/2020 in Hamilton, N.Y.)
Graap vs. Colgate: 20-2 (10-1 at home)
Series Notes: Cornell had won 20 consecutive meetings between the programs before Colgate's 11-8 win during the 2020 season • five of those 20 wins came by a single goal • Cornell has scored double figure goals in 19 of the last 21 meetings • the two teams first met in 1974, a 7-4 Big Red victory in Ithaca • the Big Red is 28-5 all-time against current members of the Patriot League
 

A WIN OVER COLGATE WOULD

• make Cornell 34-15-1 all-time against Colgate.
• give Cornell a perfect 11-0 at home against the Raiders this century.
• improve the Big Red to 34-15-1 all-time against Colgate.
• make Cornell 52-24-2 vs. Patriot League opponents.
• be the 357th in program history (356-304-4 in 50 seasons, .539).
 

NEXT UP

• Cornell will play its first-ever contest against Connecticut when the two teams meet on Sunday, March 13 at 1 p.m. in Storrs, Conn.
• The Huskies are off to a 4-1 start this season and bring a three-game win streak into Wednesday's home contest vs. Manhattan.