ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell field hockey team will begin a stretch of three games in four days when it visits Yale on Friday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. before returning home to meet Bucknell on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. The contests will both be broadcast on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
Cornell at Yale
DATE & TIME: Friday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m.
SITE: Johnson Field – New Haven, Conn.
RECORDS: Yale (6-4, 1-2 Ivy League), Cornell (3-6, 1-2 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 25-19-1
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
STATS: YaleBulldogs.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com
GAME NOTES: CornellBigRed.com

Bucknell at Cornell
DATE & TIME: Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m.
SITE: Marsha Dodson Field – Ithaca, N.Y.
RECORDS: Bucknell (5-6, 2-1 Patriot League), Cornell (3-6, 1-2 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Bucknell leads 16-14-1
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com
GAME NOTES: CornellBigRed.com

STORYLINES
• The Big Red will meet Yale while jockeying for position in the Ivy League Tournament race, with both teams looking to even their conference record at 2-2.
• Seven of the past eight meetings between the Big Red and the Bulldogs have been decided by a single goal, with the lone exception a 3-0 Cornell win last fall in Ithaca.
• The winner of the contest will be no worse than fourth in the Ivy standings coming out of the weekend.
• Cornell will also celebrate Senior Day on Sunday at Marsha Dodson Field and will honor its seven seniors — Eliabeth Friedberg, Olivia Friedberg, Antonia Packard, Sarah Rogalski, Claire Vaughn, Gabby Volpe and Claire Wolfe.
• The offense has been very balanced all season with nine players that have tallied four or more points and 13 with at least one point.
• The Big Red's 3-6 start this season is a bit deceiving — five losses have come against teams ranked in the NFHCA top 20 and four 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 SERIES WITH YALE
Overall: Cornell leads 25-19-1, first meeting in 1979
In New Haven, Conn.: Yale leads 11-9-1
Current Streak: Cornell, 2
Last Meeting: Cornell, 3-0 (10/7/2023 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Smith vs. Yale: 3-1 (1-1 on the road)
Series Notes: Cornell's 25-19-1 edge is bolstered by its current 7-2 Big Red advantage since 2014 … seven of the past eight meetings have been decided by a single goal … Yale went 7-0-1 in the first eight meetings between the teams.

THE SERIES WITH BUCKNELL
Overall: Bucknell leads 16-14-1, first meeting in 1974
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell leads 11-4-1
Current Streak: Cornell, 3 games
Last Meeting: Cornell, 3-0 (10/2/2022 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Smith vs. Bucknell: 3-0 (2-0 at home)
Series Notes: Bucknell leads the all-time series 16-14-1, though Cornell has won three straight overall and four consecutive between the programs in Ithaca ... the Big Red  holds an 87-59-4 all-time record against current members of the Patriot League: America (1-3), Boston University (1-1), Colgate (30-20-3), Holy Cross (7-5), Lafayette (7-13-2) and Lehigh (27-1-1) in addition to Bucknell.

LAST TIME OUT: #14 Princeton 3, Cornell 1 (Oct. 4, 2024)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights
• Sophomore Ashley Plzak scored a fourth quarter goal and classmate Martha Broderick made six saves in goal for Cornell, but No. 14 Princeton remained unbeaten in Ivy League play with a 3-1 victory over the Big Red at Marsha Dodson Field. 
• Beth Yeager had a goal and an assist and Talia Schenck found the back of the net twice for the Tigers, who held a 17-3 edge in shots and a 10-2 advantage on corners. 
• Ottillie Sykes was credited with an assist and Robyn Thompson made one save in the victory. 
• The visitors scored single goals in the second, third and fourth periods to claim 
• The Big Red tested Princeton early with a penalty corner shot from Georgia Kelly that was kicked away by Thompson, while Broderick was able to save the only shot that got to her in the first 15 minutes. 

LAST TIME VS. YALE: Cornell 3, Yale 0 (Oct. 7, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights //  Gallery
• The Cornell field hockey team continued its hot streak, improving to 3-1 in Ivy League play with a 3-0 shutout of Yale at Marsha Dodson Field on Oct. 7, 2023.
• In a driving rain storm, Cornell dominated form start to finish, holding a 21-3 edge in shots and not surrendering a shot on goal until the final minutes.
• Senior Caroline Ramsey tied her own single-season goal scoring record (18) and surpassed the season points mark (41) in the process. 
• Sophomore Grace Leahy got the scoring started with her ninth tally of the season during a penalty corner on a nifty feed from Hanke Govaert, with Sarah Rogalski finding the back of the cage late in the first half on a pass from Rease Coleman to add some insurance entering the second half. 
• Martha Broderick made a single save to record the shutout.

LAST TIME VS. BUCKNELL: Cornell 3, Bucknell 0 (Oct. 2, 2022)  //  Recap  //  Box Score
• The Big Red scored two goals in the first 10 minutes and never looked back, earning a 3-0 shutout of Bucknell on Oct. 2, 2022 at Marsha Dodson Field. 
• Olivia Friedberg's goal just 1:25 into the match proved to be the game winner with Grace Leahy providing the first of her two assists on the day.
• Caroline Ramsey and Isabella Palde both tallied goals to pace the Big Red offense, while Aerin Park made one save in goal to pick up the shutout.
• Cornell held an 11-3 edge in shots, though the Bison had a 5-3 advantage in penalty corners won.
• Avery Smith and Claire Wolfe were credited with assists on Ramsey's penalty corner goal.

RECORD WATCH:
• Junior Grace Leahy's 18 career goals are 14th in school history and are nine shy of reaching the top 10 all-time at Cornell.
• Leahy's six game-winning goals are tied for 12th all-time and one shy of joining the top 10.
• 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 18 and needs four to also join the top five.
• With her 1.51 goals against average, sophomore Martha Broderick ranks sixth in school history, just behind fifth-place Kelly Clark '88 (1.41).
• Broderick's 15 career wins in goal rank 14th all-time and needs two to reach the top 10.
• Head coach Andy Smith has earned 43 victories in five seasons, good for fourth in Cornell history and four 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 will play its third game in four days when it welcomes La Salle to Marsha Dodson Field on Tuesday, Oct, 15 at 2 p.m.
• The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• This will be the first meeting between the two programs in field hockey.
• It will be the Big Red's first matchup with an Atlantic 10 school since defeating Lock Haven 2-1 on Oct. 16, 2022.