ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell field hockey team hits the road one more time before kicking off conference play with a trip to Ann Arbor Michigan to face off against ranked opponents Penn State and Michigan.

Game Information

Cornell vs. #6 Penn State
SITE: Phyllis Ocker Field – Ann Arbor, Mi.
DATE and TIME: Saturday, September 17 @ 3PM
RECORDS: Cornell (2-1, 0-0 Ivy League), Penn State (4-1, 0-0 Big Ten)
SERIES RECORD: Penn State leads, 1-0
STATS: mgoblue.com
 
Cornell at #7 Michigan
SITE: Phyllis Ocker Field – Ann Arbor, Mi.
DATE and TIME: Sunday, September 18 @ 2PM
RECORDS: Cornell (2-1, 0-0 Ivy League), Michigan (3-2, 0-0 Big Ten)
SERIES RECORD: Michigan leads, 1-0
BROADCAST: Big Ten +
STATS: mgoblue.com
 

About the Big Red

• The Big Red opened the 2022 campaign with a 2-1 victory over Colgate at Tyler's Field on Wednesday, September 7.
 
• Cornell followed up the season opener with a second 2-1 win over Wagner, and a 2-1 loss at UAlbany, who scored off a penalty stroke with under two minutes remaining in the match.
 
• Cornell is coming off an 8-9 season in 2021, including a 3-4 record in the Ivy League.

• Cornell finished third and fifth in the last two seasons, following a last place finish in 2018.

• The Big Red return 14 letter winners from the 2021 campaign, including Caroline Ramsey, who tallied the most goals and points in a single season in Cornell history with 18 and 40, respectively.
 

Ivy League Preseason Poll

• Cornell was picked to fourth in the 2022 Ivy League field hockey preseason poll with 76 points.

• Harvard was picked to finish top of the league with 122 points and 10 first place votes. Princeton was slated at second with 118 points and the remain six first places. Penn was picked to finish third with 88 points

• Yale (71 points), Brown (42) and Columbia (34) were picked fifth through seventh, respectively, while Dartmouth rounded out the poll with 21 points.
 

Head Coach Andy Smith

• The 2022 season marks Smith's fourth season with the Big Red. It marks his third season as the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Smith joined Cornell in May of 2019, and immediate got to work. In 2018, the team finished last in the Ivy League, earning just one conference win. Since Smith took over, he has guided the Big Red to an 18-16 record, including a third-place finish in the Ivy, with at 4-3 record in 2019.
 

Cornell's 2022 Leadership

• Smith named seniors Bridget Mahoney and Caroline Ramsey, and fifth-year Avery Smith as the captains of the 2022 squad.

• Caroline Ramsey and Avery Smith both are returning as captains after helping lead the 2021 team. Mahoney is in her first season as captain for the Big Red.
 

Worldwide

• Cornell has found talent across the globe to fill the roster. Players come from 11 different states/provinces.

• New Jersey is the most represented state with eight players.

• Pennsylvania boasts six student-athletes, followed closely by Connecticut with four, the New York with three. Texas is home to two, and Michigan and Rhode Island round out the continental U.S. with one a piece.
 
• Globally, Cornell welcomes athletes from Ontario and British Columbia, Canada, in addition to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
 

vs. Penn State:

• Friday's match between the Big Red and the Nittany Lions will be just the second all-time meeting between the two schools. Penn State won the first meeting in a 2-0 contest in 2012.
• Penn State went 14-6 in the 2021 season, going 6-2 in the Big Ten.
• The Nittany Lions earned a spot at the 2021 NCAA Field Hockey tournament, where they lost in the first round to Syracuse.
• Penn State opens its season at 4-1, including a 6-2 victory over UAlbany. The sole loss is to Louisville, who is currently ranked fourth in the nation.
 

At Michigan:

• Sunday's match between the Big Red and the Wolverines will also second meeting between the two schools. A #1 Michigan team edged out a 3-2 win over the Big Red in 2021.
• Michigan went 16-5 in the 2021 season, going 5-3 in the Big Ten. The Wolverines went on to lose in the second round of the 2021 NCAA tournament against Ivy opponent Harvard.
• The Wolverines opens its season at 3-2, including a win over #20 Wake Forest. The loses come from a #2 North Carolina and a #5 Louisville.
 

Up Next

• The Big Red return home to open conference play with a Friday, September 23 match up against Dartmouth. The match will kick off at 4 p.m. Cornell will also face Colgate at home on Sunday, September 25 with a start time of 2 p.m.