ITHACA, N.Y. — After picking up its first win of the 2023 campaign, the Cornell field hockey team will attempt to make it two in a row when it welcomes UAlbany to Marsha Dodson Field on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Bob Michaels and Rheanna DeCrow on the call.

MATCH INFORMATION
UAlbany at Cornell
SITE: Marsha Dodson Field – Ithaca, N.Y. (turf)
RECORDS: UAlbany (2-2, 0-0 America East), Cornell (1-1, 0-0 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: UAlbany leads 9-3
BROADCAST: ESPN+ (Bob Michaels, Rheanna DeCrow)
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com

STORYLINES
• Cornell will attempt to extend its home win streak to five when it meets UAlbany on Sunday in the Big Red's third contest in five days, all against teams in the NFHCA preseason top 20.
• The Big Red's four-game home win streak is tied for the program's longest since it won the final three games of 2016 and the first two of 2017 at Dodson Field.
• Cornell will also try to snap UAlbany's eight-game win streak in the series and pick up its first victory over the Great Danes since 2002.
• Coming off a 2-1 win over perennial power UConn in its home opener on Friday, the Big Red will attempt to break the .500 barrier for the first time in the young season.
• Senior All-American Caroline Ramsey has been in midseason form, scoring all four of the Big Red's goals on the season on set pieces, with her freshman sister Julia assisting on all four scores.
• Senior Claire Wolfe has been credited with three assists on the team's four scores.
• Freshman goalkeeper Martha Broderick is averaging 5.5 saves and a .688 save percentage in her first two collegiate contests, including posting 10 saves in the season opener at No. 7 Syracuse.
• The Big Red has converted on 4-of-5 penalty corners this season while opponents are 2-for-20 through two contests.

THE SERIES
Overall: UAlbany leads 9-3, first meeting in 1999
In Ithaca, N.Y.: UAlbany leads 3-2
Current Streak: UAlbany, 8
Last Meeting: UAlbany, 2-1 (9/11/2022 in Albany, N.Y.)
Smith vs. UAlbany: 0-3 (0-1 at home)
Series Notes: UConn holds a 9-3 edge in the series thanks to its eight consecutive victories in the series entering Sunday's contest ... four of the past five contests have been decided by a single goal ... the Big Red  holds a 13-22 all-time record against current members of the America East: Bryant (2-0), California (1-2), Maine (3-4), UMass Lowell (0-0), New Hampshire (0-0), Stanford (1-3), UC Davis (0-0) and Vermont (3-4) in addition to UAlbany.

A WIN OVER UALBANY WOULD
• push Cornell's record to 2-1 on the season.
• snap the Great Dane's eight-match win streak in the series.
• make the Big Red 2-0 at home this season and 19-8 at Dodson Field under head coach Andy Smith.
• extend its home win streak to five, its longest since the 2017 season.
• make Cornell field hockey 355-378-36 all-time since 1972.

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 2, UConn 1 (Sept. 8, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Gallery  //  Highlights
• Two games into the 2023 Cornell field hockey season, one thing is abundantly clear ... surrender a penalty corner to the Big Red at your own peril.
• Senior All-American Caroline Ramsey converted both penalty corners awarded to the Big Red in the second half to overcome UConn 2-1 on Friday afternoon at Marsha Dodson Field.
• Ramsey moved into fifth place on the school's career goal scoring list with her 34th and 35th, matching Hannah Balleza '14, to overcome an early deficit.
• She nearly as importantly made a first half defensive save that allowed the Big Red to stay within a goal until it could get into its offense.
• Freshman Julia Ramsey had two assists as the inserter on both goals, with senior Claire Wolfe the stopped to complete the operation on both score.
• In two games this season, Cornell has converted on 4-of-5 penalty corners with Caroline Ramsey on the scoring end of all four.
• The Big Red defense, meanwhile, held UConn off the board in its seven chances on the afternoon. 



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. 

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• The Big Red enters 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 contest with 77 points, 22 shy of the career record at Cornell and 23 from becoming the first player in school history to surpass 100 points.
• With 35 goals, Ramsey needs seven to match Krysten Mayers '18 with a Big Red record 42 scores.
• With her 14 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
• The Big Red opens Ivy League season when it visits Columbia on Friday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m.
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+.
• Cornell leads the all-time series 20-6 and has won three straight between the programs, including a 3-1 triumph in New York City last season on the strength of Hanke Govaert's first career goal.