The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/field-hockey/)
Cornell field hockey came up short against conference rival Harvard in what ultimately became an 8-0 landslide victory for the Crimson in which the Red could never get its offense going.
In what was a veritable battle of defenses, Yale needed only a single last minute goal to extend Cornell’s conference losing streak to three.
“The thing that’s really important is that we keep and optimistic view of what can happen in every game and that we work together and play together,” head coach Stephen Simpson said. “That’s what we have to do and if we do those things, we give ourselves a chance in every game we play.”
“Going forward, ultimately, we just need to convert on our opportunities. Everything is really there for us to be successful, but at the end of the day, we can’t get the outcomes we want unless we score goals.”
“We had some good attacks against Maine, but ultimately, we just had way too much trouble getting the ball out of our backfield to have a good outcome against a quality team.”
“For our team, a largely young group, to have a win early in our season is really important, so I’m really thankful for that.”
In 2017, Cornell started the season 4-0. The Red had no such luck this season, kicking off the year with two straight losses.
“The ultimate goal is to play well, win games and earn the Ivy League title. We might be a young team, but I really think we have the heart and fight to do so.”
Senior Krysten Mayers became the eighth Cornell field hockey player in history to earn All-Ivy honors four times.
The women won the same amount of games as 2016 but raised their win percentage given one less game played.