ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell field hockey team will close out its five-game home stand when it welcomes Ivy League leader Penn and nationally-ranked Syracuse this weekend at Marsha Dodson Field. The Big Red will play 4-0 Penn with a chance to position itself to compete for a conference title over the next three weeks when the two teams meet on Friday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m., then will attempt to avenge one of its three losses when it welcomes the 13th-ranked Orange to Ithaca on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. Both contests will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
Penn at #18 Cornell
DATE & TIME: Friday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m.
SITE: Marsha Dodson Field – Ithaca, N.Y. (turf)
RECORDS: Penn (6-6, 4-0 Ivy League), Cornell (8-3, 3-1 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Penn leads 30-13-2
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com

GAME INFORMATION
#13 Syracuse at #18 Cornell
DATE & TIME: Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m.
SITE: Marsha Dodson Field – Ithaca, N.Y. (turf)
RECORDS: Syracuse (9-3), Cornell (8-3)
SERIES RECORD: Syracuse leads 34-3-1
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com

STORYLINES
• Cornell will attempt to all but clinch a spot in the Ivy League Tournament with a win over first-place Penn, a result that would end the Quakers' seven-match win streak over the Big Red.
• A win would put the Big Red into a second-place tie in the Ivy League standings with two matches to play, and a first-place tie with a victory coupled with a Princeton triumph over Harvard.
• Ranked 18^th in the country in the latest national poll, the Big Red is slotted at its highest spot in the history of the NFHCA poll.
• The Big Red will also have a second chance against Syracuse after dropping a 4-2 decision against the Orange in its season opener.
• Caroline Ramsey scored the first two of her school record-tying 18 goals to stake the Big Red to a 2-0 lead before the Orange rallied for the victory.
• Ramsey already owns school records for single-game goals (4); season goals (18), points (41) and defensive saves (11 in 2022); and career goals (49), points (110) and defensive saves (16).
• The three-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week is a first-team All-America and Ivy League Player of the Year nominee

THE SERIES WITH PENN
Overall: Penn leads 30-13-2, first meeting in 1976
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Penn leads 13-8-1
Current Streak: Penn, 7
Last Meeting: Penn, 2-0 (10/7/2022 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Smith vs. Penn: 0-3 (0-1 at home)
Series Notes: Penn leads the all-time series 30-13-2 and is riding a seven-game win streak … Cornell's last triumph came in 2014, a 1-0 victory at Marsha Dodson Field behind a Marisa Siergiej score … the big Red won the first two meetings between the programs in 1976 and 1977 before the Quakers ran off an 11-0-2 clip into the 1990s … last fall, Penn used a pair of second-half goals to pull out a 2-0 win in Ithaca.

THE SERIES WITH SYRACUSE
Overall: Syracuse leads 34-3-1, first meeting in 1979
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Syracuse leads 16-1
Current Streak: Syracuse, 5
Last Meeting: Syracuse, 4-2 (9/6/2023 in Syracuse, N.Y.)
Smith vs. Syracuse: 1-5 (1-1 at home)
Series Notes: Syracuse leads the all-time series 34-3-1 and has won five straight meetings between the programs by a combined score of 19-3 ... the Big Red's last win came in 2019, a 2-1 triumph on Sept. 7 in head coach Andy Smith's first game on Cornell's sidelines ... the Big Red  holds a 5-41-1 all-time record against current members of the ACC: Boston College (0-4), Duke (0-0), Louisville (1-0), North Carolina (0-1), Virginia (1-2), and Wake Forest (0-0) in addition to Syracuse.

A WIN OVER PENN WOULD
• up Cornell's record to 9-3 on the season (4-1 Ivy League).
• guarantee the Big Red a winning Ivy League record for the second straight campaign.
• move the Big Red into second place in the Ivy standings (or tied for first coupled with a Princeton win over Harvard).
• narrow Penn's lead in the all-time series to 30-14-2.
• snap the Quakers seven-game win streak against the Big Red while handing them their first Ivy loss of the campaign.
• give Andy Smith a 37-26 record as head coach of the Big Red (15-11 Ivy League).
• give Cornell an 8-1 record in its past nine contests.
• make Cornell field hockey 362-379-36 all-time since 1972.

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 3, Yale 0 (Oct. 7, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights  //  Gallery
• The Cornell field hockey team continued its hot streak, improving to 3-1 in Ivy League play with a 3-0 shutout of Yale at Marsha Dodson Field.
• In a driving rain storm, Cornell dominated form start to finish, holding a 21-3 edge in shots and not surrendering a shot on goal until the final minutes.
• Senior Caroline Ramsey tied her own single-season goal scoring record (18) and surpassed the season points mark (41) in the process. 
• Sophomore Grace Leahy got the scoring started with her ninth tally of the season during a penalty corner on a nifty feed from Hanke Govaert, with Sarah Rogalski finding the back of the cage late in the first half on a pass from Rease Coleman to add some insurance entering the second half. 
• Martha Broderick made a single save to record the shutout.
• With 140 points on the season as a team, the Big Red now ranks second in a season, while its 46 goals stands third.
• The team's 48 assists is a new school record, surpassing the 47 posted in 2015 and again in 2021.

RECORD WATCH
• Senior Caroline Ramsey's 18 goals has tied her own single-season record set in 2021.
• Ramsey's five game-winning goals are tied with Alyssa DePaola (2005) and Claire Jones (2019) for most in a season at Cornell.
• With 14 assists, Julia Ramsey is second in season assists, five behind Bridget Mahoney's 2021 record. Claire Wolfe isn't far behind with 12.
• As a team, Cornell is second in a season with its 140 points, shy of the school record of 147 set in 2015.
• The team's 46 goals are four short of the 50 scored in 2015, while its 48 assists already stands as the record.
• Senior Claire Wolfe's 18 career assists rank seventh all-time at Cornell, three short of sixth and four from reaching the top five.
• Sophomore Grace Leahy has 13 career scores, just two shy of joining Cornell's top 20.

THE SCORE
• Cornell has scored multiple goals in 11 consecutive games for the first time since also going 11 consecutive contests during the 2010 season (8-3 over that span).
• Senior Caroline Ramsey's 18 goals through 11 games has already more than doubled her 2022 season total of eight and has tied her single-season record of 18 set in 2021.
• Ramsey enters the weekend looking to build on her school record 110 points.
• With 49 career goals, Ramsey has already surpassed Krysten Mayers '18 who held a Big Red record of 42 scores and is one shy of 50.
• Ramsey has five game-winning goals this fall, matching a single-season school record (Alyssa DePaoloa in 2005, Claire Jones in 2019) and now has 11 for her career, second to Catie DeStio's 12 (2007-10).
• With a total of 14 assists through 10 games, freshman Julia Ramsey is already tied for second in a single season and is making a run at Bridget Mahoney's 2021 record of 19.
• Cornell has four scorers with at least 14 points in the same season for the first time since 2015 (Krysten Mayers - 31, Marisa Siergiej - 23, Isabel Siergiej - 22, Katy Weeks - 21). Each ranks in the top 50 nationally in points per game.

IVY HONORS
• Three different Cornell players have earned Ivy League Player of the Week accolades a total of six times so far this season.
• Senior Caroline Ramsey was named Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 11 after tallying five goals with a key defensive save during a 1-2 weekend against NFHCA preseason top 20 opponents.
• She also captured the award on Sept. 25 after scoring seven goals with two assists for 16 points in wins over Dartmouth and Sacred Heart, earning her NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week.
• Her third award of the year came on Oct. 9 when she tallied four goals and an assist in wins over Colgate and Yale, becoming the school's single-season points leader (41) in the process.
• Sophomore Grace Leahy (Offensive) and Martha Broderick (Defensive) captured weekly honors on Sept. 18 after helping Cornell to a 2-0 weekend, including a victory at Columbia in its Ivy League opener.
• Leahy scored three goals during the Big Red's unbeaten week, including a pair of goals in the team's Ivy League-opening 3-1 win at Columbia and a goal in the final three minutes of regular to send its game vs. American to overtime before the Big Red won 2-1.
• Broderick was 2-0 with nine saves and a 0.90 goals against average over two contests, making seven saves against American, including five after halftime, in the double overtime victory.

PENALTY SHOOTOUT
• Cornell's 3-2 loss to UAlbany (shootout, 4-3) was its first in a penalty shootout since the rule was implemented in 2011.
• It was the Big Red's first game to pass through two overtimes since its 1-0 win over Columbia on Oct. 5, 2019 when the Big Red won 1-0 before  Maddie Henry stopped all five of the Lions' attempts (shootout, 1-0).
• Cornell then fell 3-2 (shootout, 2-1) at Princeton, marking the first time the Big Red has played two games to shootouts in a single season.
• The Big Red is 2-2 in penalty shootouts since it was implemented in 2011 with its first-ever contest a 5-4 win vs. Dartmouth in 2018 (shootout, 2-0).
• In four shootouts, Cornell is 7-for-22 and opponents are 6-for-22 overall after failing on their first 10 attempts.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• The Big Red entered the 2023 season picked to finish fourth in the Ivy League Preseason poll. 
• A finish of fourth or better would put the Big Red into the inaugural Ivy League Field Hockey Tournament in November.
• Eight members of Cornell's fall 2023 roster to be selected for either a senior national team or a junior selection camp, with Ramsey and Parsons (USA) and Friedberg and Leahy (Canada) joining Georgia Kelly (Ireland), Martha Broderick (Scotland), Annabel Cheveley (England) and Elizabeth Friedberg (Canada).
• With her 16 career defensive saves, Caroline Ramsey already owns the Cornell record.
• Ramsey, a two-time NFHCA first-team regional All-American is looking to become Cornell's first three-time first-teamer. She currently joins Karla Griffin, Carissa Mirasol and Marisa Siergiej as two-time picks.

FOUR NAMED TO NFHCA WATCHLIST
• Four members of the Cornell field hockey team have been named to the 2023 NFHCA Watchlist sponsored by Victory Sports Tours. 
• Senior All-American Caroline Ramsey joins junior Olivia Friedberg, sophomore Grace Leahy and freshman Polly Parsons are among 131 student-athletes named to the initial list.
• Ramsey, an NFHCA third-team All-American in 2022, is a two-time all-region selection and a member of the U.S. National Team. 
• Friedberg was a member of the Canadian women's indoor national team this past season. 
• Leahy was the team's third-leading scorer a season ago as a freshman with five goals and 12 points, with three of her tallies going as game winners. 
• One of just 10 first year players to be recognized, Parsons joins the Big Red after being selected to compete for a spot at the Team USA U-21 National Training Camp. 

UP NEXT
• Cornell will hit the road for the final time in the regular season when it visits Brown on Friday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. in Providence, R.I. 
• The Big Red returns home for Senior Day when it welcomes Boston University to Marsha Dodson Field on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m.
• Both contests will be broadcast on ESPN+.