ITHACA, N.Y. — After picking up its first win of 2024 this past weekend, the Cornell field hockey team brings momentum with it when it meets Dartmouth on Friday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. at Chase Field.  The Big Red will also head to Central New York foe Colgate on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. at Tyler's Field. Both contests will be broadcast on ESPN+.

GAME INFORMATION
Cornell at Dartmouth
DATE & TIME: Friday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m.
SITE: Chase Field – Hanover, N.H.
RECORDS: Cornell (1-5, 0-1 Ivy League), Dartmouth (1-4, 0-0 Ivy League)
SERIES RECORD: Dartmouth leads 22-21-1
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
STATS: DartmouthSports.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com
GAME NOTES: CornellBigRed.com

Cornell at Colgate
DATE & TIME: Sunday, Sept. 29 at 2 p.m.
SITE: Tyler's Field – Hamilton, N.Y.
RECORDS: Cornell (1-5, 0-1 Ivy League), Colgate (2-5, 0-1 Patriot League)
SERIES RECORD: Cornell leads 14-11
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
STATS: CornellBigRed.com
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CornellBigRed.com
GAME NOTES: CornellBigRed.com

STORYLINES
• Cornell exploded for four goals in this past Sunday's 4-1 victory over Bryant, rebounding from a 1-0 loss to Columbia on Friday in its Ivy opener.
• The Big Red's 1-5 start this season is deceiving — four losses coming to teams ranked in the NFHCA top 20 and four losses 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.
• Smith's team was playing its best hockey of the season over the final weeks of 2023, as the Big Red was 7-2 beginning in October with its lone losses coming in one-goal defeats to nationally-ranked Harvard and against perennial Ivy contender Princeton.
• A number of returners will be looking to step up after the graduation loss of two-time All-American Caroline Ramsey, the 2023 Ivy League and ECAC Offensive Player of the Year.

THE SERIES WITH DARTMOUTH
Overall: Dartmouth leads 22-21-1, first meeting in 1979
In Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth leads 13-8
Current Streak: Cornell, 10
Last Meeting: Cornell, 6-1 (9/22/2023 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Series Notes: Dartmouth holds a narrow 22-21-1 edge in the all-time series, though Cornell has won 10 straight with a perfect 4-0 mark since Andy Smith took over as the Big Red's head coach in 2019 … after the Big Green went 8-1-1 to begin the series, it went on an eight-game win streak from 1998-2005 … Dartmouth dominated over the next two decades by winning Cornell has scored at least three goals in nine of its past 10 contests against the Big Green … the 10-game Big Red win streak is the longest by either team in series history.

THE SERIES WITH COLGATE
Overall: Cornell leads 29-20-3, first meeting in 1974
In Hamilton, N.Y.: Cornell leads 14-11
Current Streak: Cornell, 7
Last Meeting: Cornell, 12-4 (10/3/2023 in Ithaca, N.Y.)
Series Notes: Cornell's 29-20-3 edge is bolstered by its current seven-game win streak that expands to 11-1 since 2012 … Colgate's last win over the Big Red came in 2017, a 1-0 victory in Hamilton, N.Y. … the Big Red  holds an 86-59-4 all-time record against current members of the Patriot League: America (1-3), Boston University (1-1), Bucknell (14-16-1), Holy Cross (7-5), Lafayette (7-13-2) and Lehigh (27-1-1) in addition to Colgate.

LAST TIME OUT: Cornell 4, Bryant 1 (Sept. 22, 2024)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Hightlights //  Gallery
• The Cornell field hockey team conceded early but answered quickly, picking up its first victory of 2024 with a 4-1 triumph over Bryant on Sept. 22 at Marsha Dodson Field. 
• Polly Parsons and Vivienne Mueller each had a goal and an assist as Cornell had four different goal scorers. 
• Julia Ramsey and Annabel Cheveley also tallied for the home team. 
• Martha Broderick made four saves in cage to earn the win. 
• The Big Red held a decisive 24-10 edge in shots to go along with a 7-5 edge advantage on penalty corners.
• After suffering four consecutive one-goal losses, Cornell might have been on its heels after the Bulldogs tallied 6:14 in when Alexa Sedicino followed her own shot and poked it into goal to make it 1-0. 
• By the end of the quarter, the Big Red would be in control.
• Maud Van Lierop (three saves, one goal) and Sara Desousa (two saves, three goals) split time for Bryant in goal.  

LAST TIME VS. DARTMOUTH: Cornell 6, Dartmouth 1 (Sept. 22, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights  //  Gallery
• Senior All-American Caroline Ramsey scored three goals and assisted on two others as the Cornell field hockey team moved to 2-0 in Ivy League play for the third consecutive season thanks to a 6-1 win over Dartmouth on Sept. 22, 2023 at Marsha Dodson Field. 
• Ramsey's eight points are tied for the third-most in a game in school history, one off the record of nine, with her three goals matching a career best and placing her sixth at Cornell. 
• Senior Claire Wolfe had three assists, while freshman Julia Ramsey, the nation's leader in assists entering the day, also notched three helpers. 
• Polly Parsons, Grace Leahy and Olivia Friedberg also scored goals as the Big Red offense combined for 21 points on the day, No. 6 at Cornell in a single game. 
• The Big Red's nine assists stand tied for second.
• Defensively, Martha Broderick had three saves, with Caroline Ramsey also making a defensive save in the back on a penalty corner. 

LAST TIME VS. COLGATE: Cornell 12, Colgate 4 (Oct. 3, 2023)  //  Recap  //  Box Score  //  Highlights  //  Gallery
• Senior Caroline Ramsey, sophomore Grace Leahy and freshman Ashley Plzak scored three goals apiece as the 20th-ranked Cornell field hockey team set a new Ivy League and school single-game record for goals and points in a 12-4 win over Colgate on Oct. 3, 2023 at Marsha Dodson Field. 
• Cornell tied the Ivy single-game record for goals (12) and established a new mark for points (34) in a game, Leahy and Plzak set career highs in goals and Ramsey added an assist for a seven-point game. 
• Princeton had scored 12 goals in a 1997 win vs. Columbia, while the previous mark for points was 31 by Princeton against Delaware in 2012 (10 goals, 11 assists). 
• In all, 11 different players registered at least one point as Cornell obliterated previous marks for goals (nine, done four times) and points (27 vs. Bryant in 2008).
• Martha Broderick picked up her seventh win of the season in goal, making one save. 
• The Big Red held a 39-8 edge in shots and a 14-5 advantage on penalty corners in the win.
• Ella Murphy had a goal and two assists to lead the Raiders, while goalkeeper Hayley Campbell made 10 saves over the final 45 minutes despite seeing an onslaught of 30 shots over that span. 

RECORD WATCH:
• Junior Grace Leahy's 16 career goals are tied for 16th in school history and is 11 shy of reaching the top 10 all-time at Cornell.
• Leahy's six game-winning goals is tied for 12th all-time and is 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 1.53 goals against average, sophomore Martha Broderick ranks sixth in school history, just behind fifth-place Kelly Clark '88 (1.41).
• Broderick's 13 career wins in goal is 15th all-time and needs four to reach the top 10.
• Head coach Andy Smith has earned 41 victories in five seasons, good for fourth in Cornell history and six 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 returns home to face Ivy League power Princeton on Friday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. at Marsha Dodson Field.
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+.
• The Big Red will look to snap a seven-game skid against the Tigers and chip away at Princeton's 37-6-3 lead in the all-time series.