ITHACA, N.Y. — A win streak, a conference title, the opportunity to host the Ivy League's inaugural tournament, a chance to strengthen its NCAA Tournament resume – Cornell field hockey has plenty of motivation when it meets No. 9 Harvard in its regular season finale on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 12 p.m. Cornell and Harvard are two of the hottest squads in college field hockey, with both bringing in seven-game win streaks – tied for the fourth-longest in Division I entering the weekend.  Harvard has already clinched at least a share of the Ivy title with its 6-0 league start. The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
#9 Harvard at #17 Cornell
DATE & TIME: Saturday, Oct. 28 at 12 p.m.
SITE: Marsha Dodson Field – Ithaca, N.Y.
RECORDS: Harvard (12-3, 6-0 Ivy League), Cornell (12-3, 5-1 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Harvard leads 31-13-4
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com

STORYLINES
• Ranked 17th in the country in the latest national poll, the Big Red is slotted at its highest spot in the history of the NFHCA poll.
• Cornell enters the weekend leading the nation in goals (3.80), assists (4.07) and points per game (11.67), as well as scoring average (3.55) and scoring margin (2.36).
• The Big Red additionally paces the Ivy League in penalty corners per game (7.20) and is tied with Harvard in winning percentage (.800).
• Senior All-American Caroline Ramsey, the nation's leader in points and goals per game, already owns school records for single-game goals (4); season goals (24), points (54) and defensive saves (11 in 2022); and career goals (55), points (123) and defensive saves (19).
• The four-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week is a first-team All-America and Ivy League Player of the Year candidate.
• Freshman goalkeeper Martha Broderick leads a stingy defense that has buckled down since surrendering four goals in a 12-4 win over Colgate.
• The three-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week is 5-0 with a 0.20 goals against average, a .929 save percentage and four shutouts in victories over Yale (3-0), Penn (2-0), No. 13 Syracuse (2-1, 2OT), Brown (1-0) and Boston University (6-0).
• Additionally, sophomore Grace Leahy stands second in the Ancient Eight in goals (0.73) to rank 22^nd in the country, while Julia Ramsey (1.20) leads the nation in assists with teammate Claire Wolfe (0.93) third in the country.
• The Big Red as a team has set season records for goals (57), assists (61), points (175) and wins (12).
• Cornell has outscored its Ivy foes 17-5 in its 5-1 conference start.
• The Big Red's current seven-game win streak is the most in a single season since winning seven in a row in 2014.
• Cornell is 2-2 in its past four games against teams ranked in the top 15 nationally with wins over then-No. 4 Louisville in 2022 (2-0) and then-No. 13 Syracuse (2-1, 2OT) this season. Both those wins happened at Marsha Dodson Field.

THE SERIES WITH HARVARD
Overall: Harvard leads 31-13-4, first meeting in 1976
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Harvard leads 13-8-1
Current Streak: Harvard, 6
Last Meeting: Harvard, 2-1 (OT) (10/29/2022 in Cambridge, Mass.)
Smith vs. Harvard: 0-3 (0-2 at home)
Series Notes: the Crimson have won six straight in the series, with two coming in overtime, including last fall … Cornell's last win in the series came in 2015, a 1-0 victory on the strength of a Krysten Mayers score in the 47^th minute … prior to the current Harvard win streak, the Big Red had won 3-of-4 meetings … the Big Red and the Crimson were part of a four-way tie for the Ivy title in 1991 at .667 … Cornell won the regular season meeting between the teams that year, 2-0.

A WIN OVER HARVARD WOULD
• up Cornell's record to 13-3 on the season (6-1 Ivy League).
• give the Big Red a share of its first Ivy League title since 1991 when it finished in a four-way tie (with Brown, Harvard and Princeton).
• make Cornell the host of the inaugural Ivy League Field Hockey tournament as the No. 1 seed.
• increase its school record season wins total to 13.
• give Cornell a 12-1 record in its past 13 contests.
• extend its win streak to eight games, matching the longest since a stretch spanning the 2016 and 2017 seasons. It's seven-game streak is the longest in a single season.
• push its win streak at Marsha Dodson Field to nine games, extending the program's longest successful stretch at the facility.
• narrow Harvard's lead in the all-time series to 31-14-4.
• snap the Crimson's six-game win streak against the Big Red and its seven-game streak overall.
• give Andy Smith a 40-26 record as head coach of the Big Red (17-11 Ivy League).
• make Cornell field hockey 366-379-36 all-time since 1972.

LAST TIME OUT: #17 Cornell 6, Boston University 0 (Oct. 22, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights
• The Cornell field hockey team celebrated its seniors on the field, then ensured this class will always be remembered as the group that spearheaded the winningest season in Big Red history with a 6-0 triumph over Boston University at Marsha Dodson Field.
• The Big Red's seventh consecutive win was its 12th overall (12-3).
• Senior Caroline Ramsey continued to rewrite the Cornell record book with a three-goal performance in the win, while younger sister Julia assisted on three scores to up her NCAA-leading total to 18 on the year. 
• Grace Leahy notched her 11th goal of the campaign, with both Rease Coleman and Hanke Govaert also finding the back of the cage in the victory.
• Coleman added an assist, joining seniors Antonia Packard, Claire Wolfe and Elizabeth Friedberg, as well as junior Sarah Rogalski, in tallying a helper in the contest. 
• Martha Broderick made two saves in goal over nearly 55 minutes before giving way to senior Lexie Hausheer to complete the clean sheet.
• Cornell held a 14-4 edge in shots and a 10-2 advantage in corners in the victory, its first-ever over the Terriers.
• Cornell improved to 9-1 on the season at home with eight consecutive wins on Marsha Dodson Field, a facility record.

RECORD WATCH
• Senior Caroline Ramsey's 24 goals has already surpassed her own single-season record set in 2021.
• Ramsey's eight game-winning goals is one more than Alyssa DePaola (2005) and Claire Jones (2019) for most in a season at Cornell.
• With 18 assists, Julia Ramsey is second in season assists, one behind Bridget Mahoney's 2021 record. Claire Wolfe isn't far behind with 14. The duo ranks first and third nationally in assists per game.
• Cornell has broken single season team records for goals (57), assists (61) and points (175).
• Senior Claire Wolfe's 20 career assists rank seventh all-time at Cornell, one short of sixth and two from reaching the top five.
• Sophomore Grace Leahy has 16 career scores, tied for 16^th most by a Big Red player.

THE SCORE
• Cornell's 12 goals against Colgate in a 12-4 win earlier this year was an Ivy League single-game record and is the most by a Division I team this year, as were its 10 assists and 34 points.
• Senior Caroline Ramsey's 24 goals has tripled 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 123 points.
• With 55 career goals, Ramsey has already surpassed Krysten Mayers '18 who held a Big Red record of 42 scores.
• Ramsey has eight game-winning goals this fall, surpassing the single-season school record of five (Alyssa DePaoloa in 2005, Claire Jones in 2019) and now has 14 for her career, passing Catie DeStio's 12 (2007-10).
• With a total of 18 assists, freshman Julia Ramsey is already second in a single season and is just one shy of Bridget Mahoney's 2021 record of 19.
• Cornell has five scorers with at least 14 points in the same season for the first time in program history.
• Caroline Ramsey and either Grace Leahy or Julia Ramsey have combined for 76 points this season, nine more than the 67 tallied by Cari Hills (36) and Emily Robb (31) in 1995 to become 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. 
• 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 compete in the Ivy League Tournament from November 3-5 at a site to be determined by this contest.
• Cornell would host at Marsha Dodson Field with a win, while the Crimson would welcome the Big Red to town and hold sole possession of the Ivy title with a victory.
• With a loss, the Big Red would be either the No. 2 or No. 3 seed, depending on results of other Ivy contests.
• The tournament will be broadcast on ESPN+.