ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell field hockey team brings giant momentum into its biggest weekend of the season so far when it meets a pair of 2022 conference champions and NCAA Tournament teams when it visits preseason top 20 foe Princeton before returning home for a Patriot League tussle with Lehigh. The Big Red will attempt to snap a five-game skid against the Tigers when the teams square off on Friday, Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. at Bedford Field, then will try to keep alive a 24-game win streak against the Mountain Hawks on Sunday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. at Marsha Dodson Field.

GAME INFORMATION
Cornell at Princeton
DATE & TIME: Friday, Sept. 29 at 4 p.m.
SITE: Bedford Field – Princeton, N.J. (turf)
RECORDS: Princeton (3-5, 1-0 Ivy League), Cornell (5-2, 2-0 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Princeton leads 35-6-3
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: GoPrincetonTigers.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com

GAME INFORMATION
Lehigh at Cornell
DATE & TIME: Sunday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m.
SITE: Marsha Dodson Field – Ithaca, N.Y. (turf)
RECORDS: Lehigh (7-2, 1-0 Patriot League), Cornell (5-2, 2-0 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 26-1-1
BROADCAST: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com

STORYLINES
• Cornell brings a four-game win streak into the weekend's matchups and will attempt to go 3-0 in Ivy League play for the first time since 2014 when it meets the Tigers on Friday.
• All-American Caroline Ramsey, the reigning Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, paces the team and ranks second nationally with 13 goals in seven contests.
• After setting the school record for career goals (44), Ramsey enters the weekend two points shy of matching the school scoring record and three from not only owning it herself, but becoming the first Cornellian to score 100 career points.
• Sophomore Grace Leahy, the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week last weekend, has scored five goals in her last four contests.
• Freshman Julia Ramsey has a goal and 12 assists for 14 points, with each of her national-best assist mark coming as an inserter on her sister Caroline's penalty corner goals.
Julia Ramsey and senior Claire Wolfe (nine assists) rank 1-2 in Division I assists, while Cornell tops the charts as a team (4.29).
• Since dropping a shootout decision to UAlbany on Sept. 10, freshman goalkeeper Martha Broderick is 4-0 in goal with a 0.80 goals against average and an .800 save percentage.

THE SERIES WITH PRINCETON
Overall: Princeton leads 35-6-3, first meeting in 1978
In Princeton, N.J.: Princeton leads 19-2-1
Current Streak: Princeton, 5
Last Meeting: Princeton, 2-1 (10/15/2022 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Smith vs. Princeton: 0-3 (0-2 on the road)
Series Notes: Princeton's 35-6-3 edge is bolstered by its current five-game win streak that expands to 13-1 since 2008 … the Big Red's last win over the Tigers in New Jersey came in 2007, a 4-3 victory that included a rally from a 2-0 halftime deficit to snap Princeton's 16-game win streak in the series … Cornell's last win overall against the Tigers came in 2016, a 3-2 decision in double overtime.

THE SERIES WITH LEHIGH
Overall: Cornell leads 26-1-1, first meeting in 1991
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell leads 13-0-1
Current Streak: Cornell, 24
Last Meeting: Cornell, 4-0 (10/23/2019 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Smith vs. Lehigh: 1-0
Series Notes: Lehigh leads the all-time series 26-1-1, including winning 24 consecutive meetings … Cornell has never lost at home against the Mountain Hawks, going 13-0-1 … Lehigh's on loss in the series came in 1993, a 2-1 Mountain Hawk victory in Bethlehem, Pa. ... over the past seven meetings between the teams, Cornell has outscored its opponent 29-0 dating back to 2013 … the Big Red  holds an 83-59-4 all-time record against current members of the Patriot League: America (1-3), Boston University (0-1), Bucknell (14-16-1), Colgate (28-20-3), Holy Cross (7-5) and Lafayette (7-13-2) in addition to Lehigh.

A WIN OVER PRINCETON WOULD
• up Cornell's record to 6-2 on the season.
• make the Big Red 3-0 in Ivy play for the first time since 2014 and sixth time in school history.
• snap Princeton's win streak in the series at five contests.
• extend its win streak to five games overall.
• make Cornell field hockey 359-379-36 all-time since 1972.

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 8, Sacred Heart 0 (Sept. 24, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights
• Senior Caroline Ramsey is well on her way to smashing Cornell scoring records. With many more days like Sunday, Ramsey's records may be around for awhile.
• The senior All-American used a single-game record four goals to set the school's all-time goals mark (44) in an 8-0 victory over Sacred Heart at Yale's Johnson Field.
• Ramsey scored three goals on penalty corners in the game's first 8:08 to stake Cornell out to a lead it would never surrender, including matching and setting the goals record.
• She ended the day having surpassed Krysten Mayers '18 mark of 42.
• She also upped her career scoring total to 97 points, just two off Mayers' record and three from becoming the first Big Red player to surpass 100 points.
• Her 10th career game-winning goal jumped her into fourth place all-time, and she already stands atop the list for defensive saves (15).
• Ramsey's four goals matched a single game mark set previously on five occasions, while the team's eight goals ranks third, one off the record of nine.
• In all, the Big Red registered 24 points for fifth, one more than the 23 points it scored 48 hours earlier in a win over Dartmouth.
• The Big Red dominated throughout, outshooting the Pioneers 24-3, including 24-1 over the first three quarters.
• The Big Red's two goalkeepers, Martha Broderick (39 minutes) and Jane McNally (21 minutes) did not face a shot on goal in picking up the shared shutout.
• Cornell also won nine penalty corners to five for Sacred Heart.
• Along with Ramsey's big day, four other Big Red players scored goals (Hanke Govaert, Grace Leahy, Vivienne Mueller and Polly Parsons).
• Both Julia Ramsey and Claire Wolfe were credited with three assists each, with Rease Coleman also registering one helper.  

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. 

THE SCORE
• Senior Caroline Ramsey's 13 goals through seven games has already surpassed her 2022 season total of eight.
• She is on pace to surpass her single season mark of 18 from the 2021 season.
• Her 1.86 goals per game ranks second nationally, behind on Iowa's Dionne van Aalsum (2.33).
• Freshman Julia Ramsey is averaging 2.0 points per game, good for No. 4 on the school's single-season list.
• Julia Ramsey (1.71) and senior Claire Wolfe (1.29) rank 1-2 in the nation in assists per game.
• Julia Ramsey's 12 assists matches the school's freshman record originally set by Isabel Siergiej in 2015.
• The Big Red sits atop the national rankings in assists per game as a team (4.29).
• Sophomore Grace Leahy has scored in four consecutive contests, posting five goals over that span to match her freshman season total.
• Cornell has scored multiple goals in seven consecutive games for the first time since it had eight such games to close out the 2018 campaign (two games) and begin the 2019 season (six games).
• As a team, the Big Red is second nationally in points per game (11.43), fifth in goals per game (3.31) and sixth in scoring margin (1.98).

IVY HONORS
• Three different Cornell players have earned Ivy League Player of the Week accolades 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.
• 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).
• The Big Red is 2-1 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 three shootouts, Cornell is 6-for-15 and opponents are 4-for-15 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).
• Ramsey enters the weekend with 97 points, two shy of the career record at Cornell and three from becoming the first player in school history to reach 100 points.
• With 44 goals, Ramsey has already surpassed Krysten Mayers '18 who held a Big Red record of 42 scores.
• With her 15 career defensive saves, 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.

UP NEXT
• Cornell remains home for a midweek contest against Colgate on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 4 p.m. at Marsha Dodson Field.
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• The Big Red leads the all-time series 28-20-3 and has won six straight and 10 of the past 11 meetings between the programs.