BUFFALO, N.Y. — Junior forward Maddie Leroy scored late in the first half and fellow junior goalkeeper Erica Fox made four stops in her season debut as the Cornell women's soccer team played to a 1-1 draw with Buffalo at UB Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Leroy's goal was her team-leading second of the season for the Big Red (2-0-2), who extended its unbeaten streak to six games with the draw.

Buffalo posted its fifth consecutive non-losing result as Katie Krohn recorded her third goal in her last two matches for the Bulls (3-1-2).

"Similar to our other draw, we're happy with lots of things. I think it's a good result on paper, but we're disappointed we didn't win it," Cornell women's soccer head coach Rob Ferguson said. "I thought we had enough moments, and the bigger moments, to win it. It was a great game of soccer. I'm very happy with what the players put into it."

Fox made three of her four saves in the contest over the opening 20 minutes. The highlight of Fox's saves came in the 20th minute when she made a stop while in a prone position in front of the goal, robbing Olivia Bizzoni of a go-ahead goal.

Junior Reinna Gabriel recorded Cornell's first shot attempt of the match in the 26th minute, but Buffalo's keeper Lexie Thompson made the first of her five saves on the day.

Cornell registered the first goal of the match in the 41st minute following a free kick on the edge of the 18-yard box. Reagan Pauwels attempted the shot and Thompson made an diving  save to her left, but Leroy pounced on a loose ball near the right post to put the Big Red ahead.

Buffalo leveled the contest at 1-all in the 58th minute as Krohn capitalized on an open net as Fox attempted to pick up a loose ball within the 18-yard box.

Sophie Weeter (64th minute) and Ava Laden (75th minute) logged the final two shots on goal in the contest, but Thompson saved both attempts.

MATCH NOTES
• Cornell and Buffalo met for the 10th time in program history on Sunday. The Big Red is now 3-4-3 all-time against the Bulls, which includes an 2-1-3 mark over the previous six meetings.

• The six-game unbeaten streak for Cornell is the eighth instance in program history, and the first since a 12-match streak (9-0-3) that spanned the 2014 and 2015 campaigns.

• Along with its six-game unbeaten streak, the Big Red is unbeaten over its last seven non-conference contests (3-0-4).

• Cornell's 2-0-2 record so far is the program's best four-match start to open a season since 2019 when it went 4-0-0. It is the ninth time in program history in which Cornell has gone unbeaten over its first four matches (1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2019, 2023).

• Fox had her career-long shutout streak of 227:37 snapped after conceding the Bulls' goal in the 58th minute.

UP NEXT
Cornell returns to action on Wednesday when the Big Red welcomes its Central New York rival Binghamton to Berman Field for a 7 p.m. kickoff. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.