The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/field-hockey/)
Cornell began its weekend with a matchup against No. 6 Penn State (6-1) on Saturday, before taking on No. 7 Michigan (4-3) on Sunday. Both games were hard fought, but the weekend ended in two scoreless losses for the Red.
“Aerin Park was unbelievable,” Head Coach Andy Smith said. “I think she had 13 saves on Sunday and I think that she kept us in the game and gave us a platform for us to go on and compete and we did. We tied the game up with five minutes to go.”
2021 was a season of missed opportunity for the Red. The team found itself in a number of close matchups, including multiple games in which it blew leads, that would have significantly changed its final record.
Field hockey looked to build on momentum this past weekend when they faced No. 10 ranked Harvard (14-1) and No. 12 ranked Syracuse (12-4). However, these two top 25 programs proved to be too tall a challenge for the Red, as it fell 3-1 against the Crimson on Saturday and 6-0 against the Orange on Sunday.
Up until the fourth quarter, it seemed as though this was the Red’s game to win, with the team outshooting the Bears 12-5. However the momentum changed completely in the final period, and the Bears proved they were not going down without a fight. The Bears scored two back-to-back goals by sophomore Imogen Govan and van Rootselaar, tying up the game at three apiece.
Over the past weekend, the Red barely fell to NCAA-ranked Princeton and American University in two tightly-contested games.
Cornell split a pair of contests over the fall break weekend.
Juniors Isabella Palde and Caroline Ramsey won Ivy League Player of the Week honors as Cornell swept weekend opponents to bring record to 6-3.
The Red had a successful road trip, beating Ivy League rival Dartmouth 3-1 and Lock Haven University 1-0.
“We created scoring opportunities that we should have taken care of, and quite honestly, we should have beaten Albany and we should have beaten Michigan,” said head coach Andy Smith.