It’s hard for athletes past their prime to stay involved in team sports. Many athletes’ careers gradually come to an end sometime during high school. Sometimes, between the last day of practice and that end of the season celebration, someone breaks the bad news: you probably won’t be playing this game anymore, possibly for the rest of your life. Some students — like Cornell seniors Abbi Horn, Eva Olesky, Belen Martinez and Stephanie Brownstein — didn’t worry about that because they had been recruited by a Division 1 program and would get a minimum of four more years of field hockey.

The fat lady hasn’t sung yet for the field hockey team. Tomorrow’s game on Marsha Dodson field will be the last of the season and is make or break for the Red in terms of the Ivy League final rankings. After a tough loss to Princeton last week, the Red face third-ranked Dartmouth with a possible Cornell championship is on the line.

The field hockey team came up short of clinching at least a share of the Ivy League title and the league’s spot in an NCAA tournament play-in game on Saturday, falling 4-0 to Princeton before a standing room-only crowd at Marsha Dodson Field.

The field hockey team remained undefeated in Ivy play on Saturday with a 4-2 victory over Brown on Warner Roof in Providence, R.I. In a season where the Red is challenging many school marks, the team tied the Cornell record for overall wins and Ivy League wins, moving to 10-4 overall and 5-0 in the conference. Brown, on the other hand, drops to 3-11 overall and 0-5 in league play.

After defeating Harvard in a close 1-0 match in Cambridge, Mass., field hockey’s Belen Martinez was named to the NFHCA Senior All Star team, and the team continues to hold on to an undefeated Ivy record. Tomorrow, the Red is traveling to Providence, R.I., to take on Brown. Ivy play is typically tight, but Brown hasn’t won an Ivy game and is 3-10 overall.

The field hockey team extended its win streak to five this past Saturday, notching a win at Harvard, 1-0. The team continues to hold an undefeated Ivy League record of 4-0, and is now past the toughest of their competition in the Ivy league.

The field hockey team has won four games in a row and the victory march continues to Cambridge, Mass., this weekend against Harvard. The two teams will meet on Jordan Field at noon tomorrow for what should be one of the season’s best matches. The Red is currently undefeated in the Ivy League at 3-0 and sharing the top spot with perennial field hockey powerhouse No. 12 Princeton.

The field hockey team tied a school record for goals in one game en route to a 9-0 home victory over the Bryant University Bulldogs on Saturday at Marsha Dodson Field. The win improves Cornell to 8-4 overall this season, including four straight victories and seven of the Red’s last eight contests.

The Red ended Colgate’s five match winning streak, 6-4 on Thursday night. This was the first time that the Red beat Colgate in three years.

Field hockey is heading out for a midweek road trip to Hamilton, N.Y., for a match against Colgate. The match will begin tonight at 7 p.m. This out-of-conference match comes after a solid showing for the Red this weekend — defeating Yale 2-1 in an overtime victory and a shutout win over Lehigh. The Red is looking to continue its two-game win streak, and pick up their first victory on its opponent’s turf.