ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell field hockey team will celebrate its nine seniors on Sunday, but before it gets there will try and set up a de facto Ivy League championship game on Friday. Two meaningful contests stand in the way of one epic showdown starting when No. 17 Cornell visits Brown in its Ivy road finale on Friday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m., then hosts Boston University in its final non-conference game on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m.  Both contests will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
#17 Cornell at Brown
DATE & TIME: Friday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m.
SITE: Goldberger Family Field – Providence, R.I. (turf)
RECORDS: Cornell (10-3, 4-1 Ivy League), Brown (5-7, 1-4 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 24-17-2
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: BrownBears.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com

GAME INFORMATION
Boston University at #17 Cornell
DATE & TIME: Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m.
SITE: Marsha Dodson Field – Ithaca, N.Y. (turf)
RECORDS: Boston University (7-6), Cornell (10-3)
SERIES RECORD: Boston University leads 1-0-0
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com

STORYLINES
• Friday's contest with Brown will give red-hot Cornell a chance to tie the school record for wins in a season and position itself for a home contest against No. 11 Harvard with a conference title and opportunity to host the inaugural Ivy League Tournament on the line next weekend.
• Sunday will allow Cornell to celebrate its accomplished Senior Class of Charlotte Calvert, Sofia Escalona, Elizabeth and Olivia Friedberg, Lexie Hausheer, Antonia Packard, Caroline Ramsey, Claire Vaughn and Claire Wolfe.
• That group has set Big Red records, compiled a 28-19 overall record (38-26 mark for fifth-year seniors) and finished in the top half of the Ivy League standings three times.
• Ranked 17^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.
• Caroline Ramsey already owns school records for single-game goals (4); season goals (20), points (46) and defensive saves (11 in 2022); and career goals (51), points (116) and defensive saves (17).
• The four-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week is a first-team All-America and Ivy League Player of the Year nominee.
• Freshman goalkeeper Martha Broderick leads a stingy defense that has buckled down since surrendering four goals in a 12-4 win over Colgate.
• The two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week is 3-0 with a 0.31 goals against average and two shutouts in victories over Yale (3-0), Penn (2-0) and No. 13 Syracuse (2-1, 2OT).
• The Big Red as a team has set season records in goals (50), assists (51), points (151) and is a weekend sweep from a program record for wins (currently 11, done four times previously).
• Cornell has outscored its Ivy foes 16-5 in its 4-1 conference start.

THE SERIES WITH BROWN
Overall: Cornell leads 24-17-2, first meeting in 1979
In Providence, R.I.: Series tied 11-11
Current Streak: Cornell, 3
Last Meeting: Cornell, 1-0 (10/21/2022 in Providence, R.I.)
Smith vs. Brown: 3-0 (1-0 on the road)
Series Notes: Cornell has won three straight contests between the teams, eight of the past nine and 14 of the past 16 … the Big Red has won three of the past four meetings in Providence … the last two contests between the teams have been decided by a single goal, including last season's 1-0 Big Red road win.

THE SERIES WITH BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Overall: Boston University leads 1-0-0, first meeting in 1987
In Ithaca, N.Y.: First meeting
Current Streak: Boston University, 1
Last Meeting: Boston University, 1-0 (9/18/1987 in Boston, Mass.)
Smith vs. Boston University: First meeting
Series Notes: This will be the second meeting between the Big Red and the Terriers in field hockey ... the Big Red holds an 85-59-4 all-time record against current members of the Patriot League: America (1-3), Bucknell (14-16-1), Colgate (29-20-3), Holy Cross (7-5), Lafayette (7-13-2) and Lehigh (27-1-1) in addition to Boston University.

A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD
• up Cornell's record to 11-3 on the season (5-1 Ivy League).
• tie the school's single season record for wins (11), accomplished four times previously (2008, 10, 14, 15).
• extend its win streak to six games, its longest win streak since claiming eight straight victories spanning the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
• push its win streak at Marsha Dodson Field to eight games, extending the program's longest successful stretch at the facility.
• set up an Ivy championship matchup with Harvard on Oct. 28 at Marsha Dodson Field to host the inaugural Ivy League Tournament.
• push its lead in the all-time series to 25-17-2.
• add to its win streak over the Bears, pushing to four straight victories.
• give Andy Smith a 38-26 record as head coach of the Big Red (16-11 Ivy League).
• give Cornell a 10-1 record in its past 11 contests.
• make Cornell field hockey 364-379-36 all-time since 1972.

LAST TIME OUT: #18 Cornell 2, #13 Syracuse 1 (2OT) (Oct. 15, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights
• Sophomore Grace Leahy lifted a shot over Syracuse goalkeeper Abby Neitch after a rebound from a Caroline Ramsey penalty corner attempt in double overtime, lifting No. 18 Cornell over the 13th-ranked Orange 2-1 at Marsha Dodson Field.
• The win was the Big Red's fifth straight in improving to 10-3.
• Leahy's game-winning goal was only possible because of the brilliant play of freshman goalkeeper Martha Broderick, who made five saves, including two on penalty strokes from Orange All-American Eefke van den Nieuwenhof, who entered the day perfect on seven career attempts.
• The freshman's second save on a stroke came with just over 70 seconds left in regulation and allowed the game to get to overtime in the first place.
• Broderick entered the contest with consecutive shutouts, though she didn't need to make a save for the clean sheets.
• The freshman made her collegiate debut earlier in the season against the Orange, making a career-high 10 stops.

RECORD WATCH
• Senior Caroline Ramsey's 20 goals has already surpassed her own single-season record set in 2021.
• Ramsey's six game-winning goals is one more than Alyssa DePaola (2005) and Claire Jones (2019) for most in a season at Cornell.
• With 15 assists, Julia Ramsey is second in season assists, four behind Bridget Mahoney's 2021 record. Claire Wolfe isn't far behind with 12.
• Cornell has broken single season team records for goals (50), assists (51) and points (151) through 13 contests.
• 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 14 career scores, just one shy of joining Cornell's top 20.

THE SCORE
• Cornell has scored multiple goals in 13 consecutive games for the first time in program history.
• Senior Caroline Ramsey's 20 goals through 13 games has already more than doubled her 2022 season total of eight and has surpassed her previous single-season record of 18 set in 2021.
• Ramsey enters the weekend looking to build on her school record 115 points.
• With 51 career goals, Ramsey has already surpassed Krysten Mayers '18 who held a Big Red record of 42 scores.
• Ramsey has six game-winning goals this fall, surpassing the single-season school record (Alyssa DePaoloa in 2005, Claire Jones in 2019) and now has 12 for her career, matching Catie DeStio's 12 (2007-10).
• With a total of 15 assists through 13 games, freshman Julia Ramsey is already 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).
Caroline Ramsey and Grace Leahy have combined for 66 points this season, one shy of the 67 tallied by Cari Hills (36) and Emily Robb (31) in 1995 as the highest scoring duo in school history.

IVY HONORS
• Three different Cornell players have earned Ivy League Player of the Week accolades a total of seven 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.
Award No. 4 came on Oct. 16 after scoring five points in Cornell's 2-0 week that included wins over first-place Penn and nationally-ranked Syracuse.
• 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.
• Picking up her first honor, 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.
• Broderick was later honored on Oct. 16 after going 2-0 with a 0.46 goals against average and an .833 save percentage in wins over Ivy leader Penn and No. 13 Syracuse.

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 19 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
• The Big Red will conclude the regular season when it faces first-place and 11^th-ranked Harvard on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. at Marsha Dodson Field.
• With a Big Red win over Brown and a Harvard triumph over Penn, the contest will determine the Ivy League title and who hosts the inaugural conference tournament.
• Harvard has won six straight meetings between the teams, including a 2-1 overtime contest last season in Cambridge, Mass.
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+.