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W. Soccer’s Stich Has Seen Team Evolve Since First Season With Red

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The women’s soccer team will play its final game of the season this Saturday when it takes on Dartmouth at home. This game is also Senior Day, an event in which fans and fellow teammates will recognize the lone senior on the Red’s roster — Whitney Stich — in her last collegiate match.
As one the team’s three captains, Stich leads the squad alongside junior Eva Dixon and sophomore Lena Russomagno. She is responsible for organizing and motivating the team, and helping the new freshmen to become more comfortable playing college soccer.

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Frustrated W. Soccer Team Falls to Princeton

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This Halloween weekend was rough for the women’s soccer squad, as Princeton gave no treats to Cornell, with Tigers’ freshman Alissa Boddie earning her first hat trick of her career.
The Cornell’s women’s soccer struggled in its matchup against Princeton, as it fell 4-0 on Saturday night at Berman Field. This loss sends the Red to 2-11-1 overall and 1-4 for Ivy League play, while the Tigers gained more momentum as they propelled to 11-2-2 for the season and 4-1-1 in Ivy League action.
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Red Goes for Two Straight Wins

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Trying to capitalize on the momentum and confidence earned in last weekend’s shutout against Brown, the women’s soccer team will use similar strategies and tactics this weekend. Cornell faces the Princeton tomorrow night at Berman Field, the Red’s second to last homegame. The Tigers are currently second in the Ivy League.
“The win against Brown has proven to us that any day of the week, we can beat any one of these teams,” said junior Elizabeth Scully, “and it has given us the boost of confidence we need going into these last two games.”
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W. Soccer Defense Continues to Improve

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For a midfield line, seeing its opponent’s attackers changing the momentum and bringing the ball straight at them can be daunting. The midfielders have to be confident that someone has their back. That someone is inevitably the defensive line.

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Women’s Soccer Nets First Ivy Win on R.I. Road Trip

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The women’s soccer team traveled to Rhode Island this weekend for a series of matches, losing to Bryant before picking up the squad’s first Ivy win of the year against Brown.
After suffering a disappointing loss to Bryant (4-9-3) on Friday afternoon, Cornell amped up its energy yesterday afternoon to defeat Ivy foe Brown (5-6-4, 1-3-1 Ivy) and run its record to 2-10-1 (1-4-0 Ivy) for the season.
“We went in with a confidence in our own game that we haven’t seen much of this season and we continued to play the best we could throughout the game,” said sophomore captain Lena Russomagno. “We just fed off the fact that we had two goals pretty early on and kept going strong. … Hopefully this momentum will carry through to our last two games.”

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W. Soccer Wary of Brown, Faces Bryant for First Time Ever

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The will Red travels out of state this weekend to play two games in Rhode Island. The team will take on Bryant today and Brown on Sunday.
The Red is not entirely sure what to expect in the matchup against Bryant (3-9-3, 0-0 Northeast Conference), as this game be the two teams’ first meeting. The Bulldogs just moved up to the Division I level this season and have played powerfully so far against other Ivy League competitors.

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Freshman Chang Provides Offensive Spark for Red

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Freshman forward Brook Chang has proved she is no stranger to the soccer field, consistently contributing to the offensive line in her first season playing with the Red.
During her opening collegiate performance in the Oakland University match, Chang showed her notable ball-handling skills and played an important role in the Red’s victory by scoring her first goal. Since that game, Chang has taken the lead in goal scoring, making her third in last weekend’s matchup against Yale. She is tied with sophomore forward Lena Russomagno as the highest point grabber on the team, with six this season.
Chang, a Clifton, Va., native, joined the team this season as a highly anticipated recruit with leadership experience, numerous accomplishments and an overall impressive soccer background.

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W. Soccer Gives Up Early Lead to Surging Bulldogs

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The women’s soccer team could not utilize its home field advantage on Saturday and fell to Yale, 3-1. While the Red (1-9-1, 0-4 Ivy) has been largely unsuccessful in Ivy play, the Bulldogs (7-5-1, 2-2) have been on the rise, winning their last two games.
In the first half, Yale wasted no time in setting up the ball and attempting to get an early lead. In the 17th minute, Bulldog sophomore Becky Brown passed a nice cross to the left side of the field, and freshman Miyuki Hino finished the play to score Yale’s first goal of the day.

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W. Soccer Welcomes Yale

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The women’s soccer team will take on Yale tomorrow on Berman Field in a game that will hopefully put the Red back on the right track.
Cornell (1-8-1, 0-3 Ivy) is coming off a five-game losing streak, and this game will provide another chance for the team to see some Ivy League action. In Cornell’s last meeting with Yale, (6-5-1, 1-2 Ivy), the Bulldogs took the win on their home field, defeating Cornell 5-0. The Bulldogs have won five of the last six games they played in Ithaca. Yet the Red edges out Yale in the all-time series record, 14-12.

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Red leans on rookie goalkeeper Murphy’s 11 saves against Ivy foe

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While on the road this weekend, the women’s soccer team fell to Harvard on Saturday, 3-0.
The Crimson, playing on its home turf, improved its record to 5-3-3 (2-1 Ivy League) with the win, while the loss dropped the Red’s record to 1-8-1 (0-3).
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Cornell got off to a rough start in the first half — the team had an own goal in the 10th minute. A Cornell defender was trying to clear the ball from the side of the box, but the ball deflected off another Red player and into the net.
This goal gave the Crimson a 1-0 lead and was the only goal in the first half.