ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell field hockey will close out its home season with the final contest played at Marsha Dodson Field when the Big Red hosts Brown on Friday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
Brown at Cornell
DATE & TIME: Friday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.
SITE: Marsha Dodson Field – Ithaca, N.Y.
RECORDS: Brown (7-6, 3-2 Ivy League), Cornell (5-8, 2-3 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 25-17-2
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com
GAME NOTES: CornellBigRed.com

STORYLINES
• The game will be the 130th on Dodson Field, with the Big Red posting an impressive 84-45 mark (.651) since opening in 2008.
• A win over the Bears would also keep the Big Red's hopes to qualify for the Ivy League Tournament alive entering the final weekend of the regular season.
• The contest is a matchup of two of the six teams mathematically alive for the final three spots in the conference tournament.
• Cornell enters the game with a modest two-game win streak and is 5-3 in its past eight contests after opening the season 0-5.
• The Big Red got a double overtime goal from Vivienne Mueller to capture a key 3-2 road win over Penn this past Saturday.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Martha Broderick made 10 saves to capture the win in goal, moving into the top 10 in school history with 17.
• That win came on the heels of Tuesday's 1-0 shutout of La Salle.
• Cornell held the Explorers without a shot and attempted 22 of its own on its way to one of the most dominant 1-0 victories you'll ever see.  
• The Big Red's 5-8 record this season is a bit deceiving — five losses have come against teams ranked in the NFHCA top 20 and five total have come by a single goal.
• Cornell entered the 2024 campaign with nine starters and 19 letter winners returning from one of the top teams in program history and has its eyes set on achieving even more.
• The 2023 Big Red set team records for goals (58), assists (62), points (178) and wins (12) a season ago and ranked among the national leaders in scoring defense as well.

THE SERIES WITH BROWN
Overall: Cornell leads 25-17-2, first meeting in 1979
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell leads 13-6-2
Current Streak: Cornell, 4
Last Meeting: Cornell, 1-0 (10/20/2023 in Providence, R.I.)
Smith vs. Brown: 4-0 (2-0 at home)
Series Notes: Cornell has won four straight contests between the teams, nine of the past 10 and 15 of the past 17 … the past three contests between the teams have been decided by a single goal, including a 1-0 Big Red victory last fall in Providence ... the Big Red holds a 13-6-2 edge at home and owns an eight-game win streak over the Bears in Ithaca.

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 3, Penn 2 - 2OT (Oct. 19, 2024)  //  Recap  //  Box Score
• The Cornell field hockey team kept its Ivy League Tournament hopes alive as Vivienne Mueller's overtime goal pushed the Big Red to a 3-2 overtime triumph over Penn at Ellen Vagelos Field. 
• Sophomore goalkeeper Martha Broderick made eight saves to collect the win for the Big Red, holding up despite seeing 14 shots to seven for Cornell. 
• The visitors took advantage of their opportunities, however, as Ashley Plzak and Georgia Kelly each scored first quarter goals to put the Big Red out in front early. 
• For Kelly, it was her first career score. 
• Plzak and Mueller added assists for three-point days, while both Grace Leahy and Julia Ramsey also were credited with helpers.
• Penn held a 12-4 edge in shots after a first quarter that saw the Big Red get out to a two-goal advantage. 
• Plzak shocked the road crowd by finding the back of the net just 19 seconds in on a feed from Leahy, while the lead doubled less than seven minutes later when Ramsey fed Kelly in the eighth minute.
• Livia Loozen and Julia Ryan evened the game with goals less than five minutes apart in the third and had the better of play, but Broderick was up to the task. 
• She stopped the only shots on goal in the fourth, in overtime and in the second extra session. 

LAST TIME VS. BROWN: Cornell 1, Brown 0 (Oct. 13, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights
• A Caroline Ramsey penalty corner goal and five critical saves from Martha Broderick allowed the Big Red to grind out a 1-0 win over Brown at Goldberger Family Field. 
• The All-American and three-year captain extended her single-season school record goal total to 21 and posted her seventh game-winning goal with her 25th-minute score. 
• Broderick continued her hot play with a third shutout in four games, making five stops, including three in short succession in the third quarter, to pick up her 11th win of the season between the pipes.
• Brown held the high-scoring Big Red at bay nearly all afternoon, holding a 10-9 edge in shots with both teams attempting four corners. 
• It was the Big Red's proficiency on set pieces, yet again, that proved to be the difference.

RECORD WATCH:
• Junior Grace Leahy's 19 career goals are 14th in school history and are eight shy of reaching the top 10 all-time at Cornell.
• Leahy's seven game-winning goals are tied for 10th all-time.
• Senior Claire Wolfe is seventh in school history in career assists and is just two shy of the top five, while sophomore Julia Ramsey is eighth with 19 and needs three to also join the top five.
• With her 1.63 goals against average, sophomore Martha Broderick ranks sixth in school history.
• The sophomore goalkeeper needs eight saves to reach the top 15 in school history, entering the week with 129.
• Broderick's 17 career wins in goal rank nine all-time and needs two to reach the top three.
• Head coach Andy Smith has earned 45 victories in five seasons, good for fourth in Cornell history and two shy of Michelle Tambroni  (1997-2003) with 47. 

TWO NAMED TO NFHCA WATCHLIST:
• Two members of the Cornell field hockey team have been named to the 2024 NFHCA Watchlist. 
• Sophomore goalkeeper Martha Broderick and junior midfielder Grace Leahy were among 29 Ivy League and 171 total players on the list.  
• Broderick captured second-team All-Ivy honors as a freshman in 2023. 
• A three-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week, she led the conference in goals against average (1.22) and ranked fifth in save percentage (.720), sitting 15th and 38th nationally. 
• Broderick set a school record with 12 wins in the cage.
• A second-team All-Ivy pick as a sophomore, Leahy was also an NFHCA All-Region second team pick in 2023. 
• She ranked third in the conference (and 20th nationally) in goals behind only teammate Caroline Ramsey '24 with her 11 tallies. 
• In 15 contests, all starts, Leahy registered 22 points and tallied three game-winning goals, including in victories over Yale and nationally-ranked Syracuse. 

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES:
• The Big Red entered the 2024 season picked to finish fourth in the Ivy League Preseason poll.
• Hannah Balleza '14 has been elected to the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame for induction on Sept. 28 as part of the Class of 2024. The four-time All-Ivy League pick and a two-time second-team NFHCA Mideast All-Region pick is one of 11 former Big Red greats to be inducted this fall and the 20th to be elected with field hockey connections.
• Caroline Ramsey '24 was among the final players that survied to the final cut for the U.S. national team that competed at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. 
• Eight members of Cornell's fall 2024 roster to be selected for either a senior national team or a junior selection camp in the past year, with Polly Parsons and Blake Wilks (USA) and Elizabeth and Olivia Friedberg and Grace Leahy (Canada) joining Georgia Kelly (Ireland), Martha Broderick (Scotland) and Annabel Cheveley (England).
• The Big Red coaching staff, led by head coach Andy Smith, was named the 2023 NFHCA Mideast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year after a majority vote of its regional colleagues. Smith, along with assistant coaches Gareth Terrett and Kellie Joyce, helped guide Cornell to a school-record 12 wins and a second-place finish in the Ivy League at 5-2.
• A total of 13 members of the Cornell field hockey team were named to the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad. It was the fifth consecutive season the Big Red produced at least a dozen members on the team. Given to student-athletes with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher through the fall semester of the current academic year, the baker's dozen was among 997 selections to the team. Six members of the Big Red team - Sofia Escalona, Lexie Hausheer, Antonia Packard, Caroline Ramsey, Claire Vaughn and Claire Wolfe - were among 181 players nationally to make the team for the fourth consecutive year. Joining Escalona, Hausheer, Packard, Ramsey, Vaughn and Wolfe are Martha Broderick, Sarah Burns, Annabel Cheveley, Georgia Kelly, Jane McNally, Emma Poplyk and Jenna Villeneuve.
• Three Cornell field hockey players were named to the NFHCA Division I Scholar of Distinction. Martha Broderick, Sarah Burns and Caroline Ramsey were among 260 undergraduate student-athletes nationwide that posted a 3.9 grade point average or better during the fall semester.
• Caroline Ramsey, the program's first two-time All-American, graduated following the 2023 with Cornell single-game records for goals (4), as well as season and career records for goals (55), game-winning goals (14), points (123), and defensive saves (19). 
• The three-year captain was named the 2023 NFHCA Mideast Regional Player of the Year and the Ivy League and ECAC Offensive Player of the Year. 
• As a senior, Ramsey ranked second nationally in goals (24) and points (54), both single-season school records, while leading the Big Red to a second-place finish in the Ancient Eight and a school-record 12 wins. 

UP NEXT:
• Cornell closes out Ivy League play when it visits No. 9 Harvard on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 12 p.m. at Berylson Field.
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• The Crimson leads the all-time series 32-13-4 and has won seven straight matchups between the teams, the last two by a single goal.