ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell women's lacrosse team clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament and honored its seniors with a 16-13 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red will enter the postseason with an 8-7 (4-3 Ivy) record, while the Big Green close their campaign at 3-12 (1-6 Ivy).

Katie Castiello had two goals and four assists to lead a Big Red offense that had three players register hat tricks - Amanda Cramer scored four times and both Sophie Alois and Josie Vogel had three goals. Alois also was credited with an assist and Cramer posted a team-best four draw wins. Grace Faircloth caused two turnovers and won four ground balls to lead the defense, while Katie McGahan made four saves and won three ground balls between the pipes.

Katina Christensen had three goals and two assists to lead Dartmouth, while Lucy Murray (three goals, one assist) and Jev Ward (three goals) each had hat tricks. Isabella Godsick earned six draw control victories, with both Katia Christensen and Maggie O'Gorman winning five. In goal, Gisele Todd made eight saves.

The Big Red scored first and never trailed, though it couldn't pull away from the feisty Big Green squad. Cornell held advantages in shots (32-25) and ground balls (17-13), though Dartmouth was able to win more possessions with a 21-13 edge in draws. The home team was perfect on 13 clear attempts while forcing Dartmouth into turnovers six times on failed clears.
 

A pair of four-goal Big Red runs, one that bridged the first and second and the other that split the second and third quarters, allowed the home team to surge past Dartmouth. Cornell never let Dartmouth back within the three-goal deficit when the game ended.

Cornell clinched its 17th winning Ivy League mark in the past 21 seasons - the Big Red had never accomplished it even once in its first 20 seasons. With its 16 goals, Cornell's season total increased to 206 - two shy of joining the top five in school history. It also moved to third in single season draw controls (211), moving within 11 of matching the school record set in 2017.

Cornell, the No. 3 seed, will face Ivy League runner-up in the first semifinal on Friday, May 6 at 4 p.m. at Princeton's Class of 1952 Field.