CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Coming off its momentous win over Princeton to take sole possession of first place in the Ivy League, No. 11 Harvard field hockey (13-1, 5-0 Ivy) heads to Cornell (7-6, 3-2 Ivy) for tomorrow (Oct. 30) for a 12 p.m. contest.
With a win, Harvard would clinch its third Ivy League title in the last five seasons (Harvard won the Ivy League in 2016, 2018). Harvard has won eight straight games, matching its second-longest winning streak in school history.
On Saturday against the Tigers, Senior captain
Hannah Pearce scored a second quarter goal to tie the game, and Harvard, which dominated stretches of the second half and overtime, was able to earn the win in the penalty shootout, scoring three times.
In the shootout, Greenwood, Tarrant, and
Isa Gooijer all scored for the Crimson, with Gooijer's goal clinching the win after Shahbo blocked away all three Princeton shot attempts.
Junior goalkeeper
Ellie Shahbo made four saves in regulation, and three stops in the shootout to help Harvard earn the big win.
For their efforts, both Pearce (Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week) and Shahbo (Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week) earned Ivy League weekly honors.
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What to Know
- Harvard leads the nation with a 0.41 goals-against average, having allowed just six goals in regulation all season in 14 contests. Junior goalkeeper Ellie Shahbo (11-1) is also tops in the country with a .865 save percentage.
- Senior captain Hannah Pearce leads the team with 22 points (10 goals, two assists) and is fourth in the Ivy League with an average of 1.57 points per game. Pearce has points in six straight games (five goals, two assists).
- Harvard leads the Ivy League in scoring margin (1.90) and is second in the Ivy League in penalty corners per game (6.50).
- Cornell won its last game against Brown, a 4-3 OT win, and has been one of the top teams in the Ivy League this season. The Big Red is led by Bridget Mahoney, who is tops in the nation with 16 assists on the year.
- Harvard and Cornell will meet for the 47th time in field hockey with the Crimson owning a 29-13-4 record in the series. The Crimson has won the last four meetings including a 2-0 victory on Oct. 19, 2019 the last time the two teams met in Ithaca.
