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Aslaug Gunnlaugsdottir Scores a Goal and Celebrates with her team
Phil Tor
0
Cornell CORN (2-7-4, 1-3-0)
5
Winner Harvard HARV (5-2-5, 1-2-1)
Cornell CORN
(2-7-4, 1-3-0)
0
Final
5
Harvard HARV
(5-2-5, 1-2-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Cornell CORN 0 0 0
Harvard HARV 3 2 5

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Women’s Soccer Scores Five Goals in Victory Over Cornell

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard Crimson women's soccer team bounced back in a big way this afternoon, picking up its first Ivy League win of the season with a 5-0 win over Cornell. The Crimson (5-2-5, 1-2-1 Ivy) had five different goal scorers lead the way in a rout of the Big Red (2-7-4, 1-3-0) at Jordan Field. With the win, Harvard jumps right back into the mix for an Ivy League Tournament spot heading into the final three matches of the 2024 regular season.
 
Áslaug Gunnlaugsdóttir continued her run of excellence, tallying a career best five points with a goal – the eventual game-winner – and three assists while Jade Rose, August Hunter and Erin Gordon joined Rhiannon Stewart on the backline to help shut out the Big Red.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Harvard made its way back to Jordan Field this afternoon looking to bounce back and earn a win on its home turf in the 43rd matchup in series history against Cornell.
  • The Crimson brought the pressure early, maintaining possession to create several quality chances deep in the attacking third. Cornell was quick on the counter and fired off three early shots, all of which were cleaned up by Rhiannon Stewart and the defense.
  • Gunnlaugsdóttir was first to the net for the Crimson as the senior fired off two shots on net in the first 15 minutes but was denied by the Big Red defense. At the 19' minute mark after a Big Red foul deep in their defending third, Gunnlaugsdóttir stepped up to take the free kick. The Iceland native took a shot off the spot and rattled it in off the far post to score Harvard's first goal of the game.
  • Just three minutes later, Anna Rayhill sprung another Harvard attack with a great run up the sideline. Rayhill put a perfect cross into the box that was redirected by Gunnlaugsdóttir right onto the foot of Josefine Hasbo who put her shot into the back of net to double the Crimson lead.
  • Less than two minutes later, Audrey Francois netted the dagger and Harvard's third goal in just over four minutes. Francois slammed home the goal after Gunnlaugsdóttir put a perfect lob cross into the box.
  • Rayhill and Gunnlaugsdóttir each recorded one more shot on goal in the first half but could not find the twine as the Crimson went into the halftime break with a commanding 3-0 lead.
  • The second half started off slow as Cornell stacked the midfield to put the press on the Crimson defense. Harvard controlled possession on the backline and in the midfield, looking to break through the Big Red defense. Cornell had two shot opportunities fail after one shot sailed just high and the other was saved by the goalkeeper Stewart.
  • Harvard finally broke through at the 65' mark, getting its fourth goal of the game from Nicola Golen. Golen chipped a shot just under the cross bar and into the back of the net after a great feed from Hasbo, who received a pass after a long run from Rose.
  • 77' into the action, Harvard got its fifth and final tally of the contest from Írena Héðinsdóttir Gonzalez. The goal was set up off a corner kick from Gunnlaugsdóttir, who threaded in a ball that was flicked by Jade Rose and collected by Gonzalez just outside the box. Gonzalez used her left foot to float a shot over the Cornell keeper's head.
  • Harvard would hold onto the lead in the remaining minutes to pick up a decisive 5-0 victory over Cornell.
 

HARVARD HIGHLIGHTS

  • Áslaug Gunnlaugsdóttir recorded a career high five points with a goal and three assists.
  • Jade Rose tallied two assists in the match.
  • Josefine Hasbo scored a goal and added an assist to pick up three points.
  • Audrey Francois scored a goal and now owns three career goals against Cornell.
  • Írena Héðinsdóttir Gonzalez scored her first career goal in the contest.
  • Nicola Golen logged her first goal of the season.
  • Anna Rayhill registered an assist in the match.
  • Rhiannon Stewart made three saves and recorded her fifth shutout of the season.
 

UP NEXT

Harvard will travel down to New Jersey next weekend to take on the Princeton Tigers in what will be a key matchup for the team's Ivy League Tournament hopes. The Crimson and the Tigers are scheduled to clash next Saturday (Oct. 19) at 1:00 PM at Myslik Field and on ESPN+.
 
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