ITHACA, N.Y. — Junior midfielder Brooke Brown scored her first collegiate goal as the Cornell women's soccer team (2-0-2) extended its unbeaten streak to four matches with a 1-1 draw against Kent State (2-1-2) on Sunday afternoon at Berman Field.

Freshman goalkeeper Samantha Qureshey matched her season high with four saves, helping the Big Red remain unbeaten through its first four matches for the 10th time in program history — and the first since 2023, when Cornell also opened with a 2-0-2 record.

"I thought it was a physical, competitive match. We're disappointed in the result, but we're happy with how much we created in the attacking half of the field," Cornell women's soccer head coach Rob Ferguson said. "When we moved the ball quickly, added players, kept looking for extra passes, we broke them down, and that's when we got in and created chances. For long enough spells today, we were very successful offensively and did it the way we wanted to do it, but it goes back to putting the ball in the net."

Kent State's Josie Morgan opened the scoring in the 10th minute, slipping between two Cornell defenders on the left side of the penalty area before slotting a right-footed shot inside the near post.

After conceding early, Cornell dictated the rest of the half, outshooting Kent State 9-2 with a 6-2 edge in shots on goal. Kent State goalkeeper Leah Shaffer kept the Golden Flashes in front with six first-half saves, including a stop on freshman forward Andrea Wilson from close range a few minutes after Morgan's opening tally.

Qureshey helped keep Cornell's deficit at just one with two saves within a minute, highlighted by her stop on Maya Justice's shot on goal in the 35th minute from the right elbow of the goal area.



Cornell found its equalizer in the 63rd minute as a Kent State defender attempted to pass the ball back to Shaffer, but Brown pounced on the loose ball and lofted it into the open net.



Cornell was able to generate a couple of scoring chances late to take the lead, but Shaffer stood tall in helping preserving the draw.

MATCH NOTES
• Sunday marked the first-ever meeting between Cornell and Kent State in women's soccer.

• Cornell has a 2-0-1 home record to start the season, marking the 12th time the Big Red has gone unbeaten in its first three home matches, and the first since 2023 (1-0-2).

BEST THREE-MATCH STARTS AT HOME
Cornell Program History
• 1986 (3-0-0)
• 1991 (3-0-0)
• 2005 (3-0-0)
• 2007 (3-0-0)
• 2019 (3-0-0)
• 1984 (2-0-1)
• 1987 (2-0-1)
• 1994 (2-0-1)
• 2004 (2-0-1)
• 2015 (2-0-1)
• 2025 (2-0-1)

• Cornell's 2-0-1 homestand was the program's 10th unbeaten single-season homestand of at least three matches, its first since 2013 when it defeated three in-state opponents: Marist, UAlbany, and Binghamton.

UNBEATEN SINGLE-SEASON HOMESTANDS OF 3+ MATCHES
Cornell Program History
• 4-0-0 (Sept. 11, 2005 – Sept. 23, 2005)
• 3-0-0 (Sept. 20, 1986 – Sept. 27, 1986)
• 3-0-0 (Sept. 14, 1991 – Sept. 17, 1991)
• 3-0-0 (Nov. 2, 1996 – Nov. 7, 1996)
• 3-0-0 (Sept. 14, 2007 – Sept. 21, 2007)
• 3-0-0 (Sept. 13, 2013 – Sept. 18, 2013)
• 2-0-1 (Sept. 28, 1991 – Oct. 6, 1991)
• 2-0-1 (Sept. 30, 1995 – Oct. 7, 1995)
• 2-0-1 (Oct. 8, 2003 – Oct. 15, 2003)
• 2-0-1 (Aug. 24, 2025 – Aug. 31, 2025)

• The Big Red has conceded just two goals in the first four matches, the fewest allowed through four contests since 2019 (one goal). It is the eighth time it has allowed two goals or fewer in its first four matches, also previously done in 1990, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2014, and 2015.

FEWEST GOALS CONCEDED THROUGH FIRST FOUR MATCHES
Cornell Program History
• 0, 2015
• 1, 1990
• 1, 1992
• 1, 2004
• 1, 2019
• 2, 2001
• 2, 2014
• 2, 2025

• Sophomore midfielder Ivy Tolbert started her first collegiate match on Sunday, clocking 51 minutes of playing time.

NEXT UP
Cornell opens a three-match road swing Thursday, Sept. 4, at Delaware (5-0-1). Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
Delaware claimed a 1-0 victory over UMBC on Sunday behind Lilli Lubic's third goal of the year. Goalkeeper Sophia Hall made three saves to record her third clean sheet of the season.
 
Maggie Groh leads Delaware with three assists and nine points, and is tied with Lubic for the team lead in goals with three. Brooke Vogel, Adiat Olaogun-Dickson, and Taisiya Reid are close behind with two goals each.

The matchup will be the second-ever meeting between the schools. Delaware won the inaugural contest in Ithaca, 2-1, on Sept. 3, 2010.