Emma Ramsey.
3
Winner Cornell CORNELL (3-4, 2-0)
2
Yale YALE (5-1, 1-1)
Winner
Cornell CORNELL
(3-4, 2-0)
3
Final
2
Yale YALE
(5-1, 1-1)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Cornell CORNELL 0 2 0 1 3
Yale YALE 0 1 0 1 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Sam Rubin

Five-Game Winning Streak Snapped as Cornell Edges No. 15 Yale 3-2

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A late goal by Cornell's Blake Wilks proved decisive as the Big Red edged the No. 15 Yale field hockey team 3-2 Saturday afternoon at Johnson Field. The Bulldogs saw their five-game winning streak come to an end.
 
Yale falls to 5-1 overall (1-1 Ivy League), while Cornell improves to 3-4 (2-0 Ivy League).
 
Summary
  • Cornell took a 1-0 lead with a penalty corner goal from Uma Kading 34 seconds into the second quarter.
  • The Big Red extended the lead to 2-0 with another penalty corner goal, this one at 25:04 from Chloe West.
  • Yale scored at 25:58, with first-year midfielder/forward Angelina Che shoveling the ball over to senior midfielder/forward Emma Ramsey for a backhander inside the post to get the Bulldogs within 2-1.
  • Cornell goalkeeper Martha Broderick stopped a point-blank penalty corner shot by junior forward/midfielder Chiara Picciafuoco midway through the third to keep the Big Red in the lead.
  • Junior midfielder Victoria Collee hit the far post with a penalty corner shot at 48:19.
  • With 10 minutes left, Broderick came out to deny Collee on a breakaway.
  • Yale tied the game at the 54:56 mark, as first-year forward Maddie Leathem got the ball to Ramsey in the circle and Ramsey knocked in her second goal of the game.
  • Cornell went ahead 3-2 with 2:41 to play. An aerial from Rebecca Block in Cornell's defensive zone found Kading at the other end of the field, and Kading crossed it to Blake Wilks for the go-ahead goal. 
  • Yale pulled sophomore goalkeeper Amelie Schwarzkopf with 2:31 left for an extra field player.
  • Yale had two corners in the final two minutes, but one shot by senior back Hettie Whittington was stopped by a kick save from Broderick and the other shot was blocked.
  • After a Yale foul in Cornell territory the Big Red used an aerial to get the ball deep into Yale territory, where the final seconds ticked off.
 
Notes
  • Yale had a 9-4 advantage in penalty corners and outshot Cornell 15-8. Broderick finished with six saves.
  • The game was played with a Nor'easter settling in throughout the area. Conditions were windy throughout, and heavy rain began falling in the fourth quarter.
  • Yale had allowed a total of three goals in five games this season prior to Saturday.
  • Yale wrapped up a stretch of six home games in 23 days to start the season. The Bulldogs are 7-2 in their last nine home games, dating back to last season.
 
Around the Ivy League
  • Columbia 3, Brown 0 (Friday)
  • Dartmouth 4, Penn 0 (Friday)
  • No. 10 Harvard 2, No. 8 Princeton 1 SO
 
Up Next
  • Yale's game at Hofstra that was originally scheduled for Sunday has been postponed to a date TBD. The Bulldogs face No. 8 Princeton next Friday at 5:00 p.m.
   
Print Friendly Version