Karrie Moore enters her eighth season as an assistant coach in 2015-16 with a primary emphasis on working with the defense and goalkeepers. She joined the Cornell coaching staff in January 2009 after two seasons at Colgate.
In 2015, Renee Poullot started all but one game in goal for the Big Red, which advanced to the Ivy League quarterfinals where it fell in a tight contest to Moore’s alma mater, Penn. Poullot finished the season with an 8.78 goals-against average and 107 saves, including a season-high 11 saves against perennial power Syracuse. Under Moore’s tutelage, she posted a 9-7 record and .437 save percentage, while the Cornell defense allowed just 8.88 goals per game.
The 2014 season saw the Big Red’s goaltending duties shared between junior Carly Gniewek and freshman Poullott. Both keepers had solid years in the crease, with Gniewek starting six games and seeing action in 11. She finished the season with a 9.93 goals-against average, allowing 77 goals. She also had 60 saves for a .438 save percent. Poullott started 10 of the 12 games she played in, not allowing more than eight goals in seven of those games. She finished the season with a 9.55 goals-against average while making 60 saves for a .423 save percent.
Cornell had another strong defensive season in 2013, as Kate Ivory was named to the All-Ivy First Team and also named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year. On the goaltending side, the Big Red got a solid season from two goaltenders as Courtney Gallagher began and ended the year as Cornell's top goalie. She had a career-best 13 saves against top-seeded Penn in the Ivy League Tournament. Sophomore Carly Gniewek emerged in the middle of the season as an excellent option for Cornell, making a career-best 14 saves against No. 5 Syracuse and also recording 10 saves at Yale as Cornell clinched a spot in the Ivy Tournament.
The defense was stellar in 2012, allowing just 10.13 goals per game. Senior defender Cacki Helmer was named to the All-Ivy First Team, and the goaltenders combined for 12 more saves and five more wins than 2011. Freshman Carly Gniewek was particularly impressive in her first year, leading Cornell goalies with a .538 save percentage and an 8.85 goals against average.
Midfielder Kate Ivory and Helmer each earned All-Ivy honors in 2011, with Helmer repeating on the squad. The Big Red topped two nationally ranked teams during the season, with junior goalkeeper Kyla Dambach stopping eight shots in a 9-6 win over then-No. 2 Florida. The win was the highest ranked opponent Cornell had ever toppled.
With three-year starter Kristen Reese suffering injuries throughout the 2010 season, Moore helped Kyla Dambach, who had played just 92 minutes as a rookie, develop into a player who helped the Big Red place third in the Ivy League with a win at No. 17 Princeton, helping the Big Red snap a 22-game losing skid. Defender Tissy O'Connor was a first-team All-Ivy and second-team all-region pick, while Helmer was an honorable mention All-Ivy selection.
In her first year on East Hill, Moore mentored Reese, a two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week who also garnered national Defensive Player of the Week honors once during the season. The second-year starter closed her junior campaign 11th in school history in career saves (191). The Big Red went 9-7 with wins over three nationally ranked squads.
Moore had similar responsibilities in her two seasons with the Raiders, helping the team to a Patriot League title and a spot in the 2008 NCAA tournament. She assisted in the development of 10 All-Patriot League players in her two seasons with trips to the Patriot League tournament both years. Moore also served as recruiting coordinator and had a role in all the day-to-day operations of the program.
A four-year letter winner at Penn, Moore was the Quakers’ starting goalkeeper as a senior, registering an 8-3 record. She finished the 2006 campaign among the Ancient Eight leaders in goals-against average (7.23) and save percentage (.478) the same year that Cornell won a share of its first Ivy League title in program history. Penn finished the campaign 10-6 overall. The 2006 graduate earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Updated August 11, 2015
