ITHACA, N.Y. —  The Cornell women's soccer team looks to extend its eight-match home unbeaten streak on Wednesday night when it welcomes Central New York rival Binghamton to Berman Field for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

MATCH INFORMATION
Binghamton at Cornell
SITE: Berman Field – Ithaca, N.Y. (natural surface)
RECORDS: Binghamton (1-4-2, 0-0-0 America East), Cornell (2-0-2, 0-0-0 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads, 6-5-4
BROADCAST: ESPN+
Stats: CornellBigRed.com

LAST TIME OUT
Junior forward Maddie Leroy scored her team-leading second goal of the season late in the first half as Cornell extended its unbeaten streak to six matches in a 1-1 draw with Buffalo on Sunday afternoon at UB Stadium.

Fellow junior goalkeeper Erica Fox made four saves — three of which came in the opening 20 minutes — in her season debut for the Big Red.

HOME, SWEET, HOME
After losing to Marist, 2-1, in its home opener last year, the Big Red is unbeaten over its last eight home matches, posting a 4-0-4 mark (.750 win percentage) during the span.

The Big Red's eight-match home unbeaten streak is tied for the second-longest in program history, with the 1995 squad posting a 6-0-2 mark over its final eight matches played at Robison Alumni Fields, adjacent to Cornell's current home pitch.

With a non-losing result to Binghamton on Wednesday, Cornell will match the program record for the longest home unbeaten streak initially set over the 1985 and 1986 seasons when the Big Red went 8-0-1 in contests played at Robison Alumni Fields.

NO 'L' IN UNBEATEN
After concluding the 2022 campaign with Ivy League victories over Princeton and Dartmouth, Cornell is currently unbeaten over its last six matches, posting a 4-0-2 mark during the stretch.

No Cornell team has registered seven non-losing results together since a 12-match streak that spanned the final match in 2014 and the first 11 matches of the 2015 campaign. During the 12-match stretch, the Big Red recorded a 9-0-3 record.

The Big Red's 12-match unbeaten streak during the 2014 and 2015 seasons currently ranks second in program history, only trailing a 13-match stretch that spanned the 1985 and 1986 seasons in which Cornell went 9-0-4.

With a win or tie on Wednesday against Binghamton, it would mark the seventh time in Cornell program history in which it has recorded an unbeaten streak of at least seven matches (1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90, 1991, 2004-05, 2014-15).

STARTING OFF STRONG
Cornell's 2-0-2 record is the best four-match start to a season for the Big Red since it was victorious in its first four contests in 2019. This season marks the 11th instance in program history in which Cornell has not lost in any of its first four contests.

With a non-losing result on Wednesday to Binghamton, it would be Cornell's best five-match start to a season since 2015, when it went 8-0-3 over its first 11 fixtures.

Cornell has gone unbeaten over its first five matches on six occasions, including the 1986, 1991, 1992, 2004, 2005, and 2015 campaigns.

ANCIENT EIGHT'S SUCCESS
Through matches completed on Sunday, the Ivy League has excelled on the pitch, posting a combined 28-7-9 record, leading to a Division I-leading .739 win percentage.

All eight members of the Ivy League have win percentages of at least .667, and seven programs currently have at least a .700 win percentage.

The Ivy League is one of three conferences with at least a .700 win percentage this season, joined by the Big Ten (.726) and the SEC (.721).

POKIGO TABBED DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
Junior defender Cecily Pokigo was named the Ivy League's Defender of the Week, the conference office announced on Sept. 5.

Pokigo, who played all 180 minutes in the contests against Marist and Syracuse, spearheaded Cornell's defense to a pair of clean sheets over the Red Foxes and Orange. The Big Red's staunch defense conceded just 11 shot attempts and three shots on goal over the two shutouts.

With the honor, Pokigo became Cornell's first non-attacking player to earn a Player of the Week honor since goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney shared the award on Sept. 14, 2015, with Dartmouth's Lucille Kozlov.

IVY LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL
Cornell was picked to finish sixth in the 2023 Ivy League women's soccer preseason poll, the conference office announced on Aug. 24.

Brown received 12 of 16 possible first-place votes, finishing with an Ivy League-best 123 points. Harvard recorded three first-place votes, placing second with 113 points. Yale was the only other school to receive a first-place vote, garnering 88 points and the last first-place vote.

Princeton (78 points) and Columbia (74 points) were picked fourth and fifth, respectively, and Cornell (35 points) was picked sixth. Dartmouth (33 points) and Penn (32 points) rounded out the poll.

ACROSS THE NATION
Cornell has no geographical recruiting base, as the Big Red has 16 states on this year's roster.

California has the most representatives on this year's roster, as five student-athletes reside in the Golden State. New York has the second-highest total with four. Colorado and Texas are right behind with three apiece. Illinois, Maryland, and New Jersey each have two representatives.

Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington are represented once on this year's roster.

SCOUTING BINGHAMTON
Binghamton enters Wednesday evening's match with a 1-4-2 overall record. The Bearcats' lone victory of the season came on Aug. 31 when it defeated Le Moyne, a newly-minted Division I program, at the Bearcats Sports Complex by a 3-0 score.

All six of the Bearcats' goals have come over its last four matches, including a pair of multi-goal outputs against Le Moyne and Wagner in a 2-2 tie on Sept. 3.

Lexi Vegoda has a team-leading five points (two goals, one assist), while Olivia McKnight, Lauren Clark, Emma Colling, and Paige Luke have also found the back of the net once for Binghamton this season.

Kaitlyn Williams has been Binghamton's go-to goalkeeper this season, as she has registered all of the Bearcats' decisions and has played all but 7:51 this season. Williams has a 1.45 goals-against average and a .706 save percentage.

BINGHAMTON'S LAST TIME OUT
Binghamton fell to Maryland, 1-0, in its last contest on Sunday. The Terrapins scored its lone tally in the 82nd minute on a penalty kick by Ava Morales after a handball inside the 18-yard box. Williams made four saves for the Bearcats in the setback. 

Maryland doubled Binghamton in shot attempts, 12-6, which included a 7-1 ledger in shots on goal. Emma Colling had the Bearcats' lone shot on target in the contest.

21 YEARS, 36 MILES, 15 MEETINGS
Cornell has a slight 6-5-4 advantage in the series over Binghamton, which dates back to the first meeting between the programs in the Bearcats' first year at the Division I level in 2001.

Two of the last three meetings between the two programs have resulted in draws, including last year's meeting at the Bearcats Sports Complex in Vestal.

The Big Red is looking for its first victory over Binghamton since Sept. 18, 2016, the last four consecutive wins over the Bearcats.

UP NEXT
Cornell will play its third match in seven days when it travels to suburban Philadelphia to face Villanova in a final tune-up for Ivy League play. First touch between the Big Red and Wildcats from the Higgins Soccer Complex is slated for 2 p.m. Game action will be broadcast live on FloSports.tv, which will require a subscription to watch.