CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's soccer (7-2-1 1-0 Ivy) will play its first Ivy League home contest this Saturday, October 3 against Cornell (4-3-2, 1-0 Ivy). The match versus the Big Red is slated for 1:00 p.m. at Jordan Field.

Last Time Out

• On a stormy Saturday in New Jersey, Harvard picked up its first conference win of the season defeating Princeton 4-3.
• Harvard tallied the first two goals of the contest with Brooke Huleatt and Ólöf Kristinsdóttir scoring five minutes apart in the 22^nd and 27^th minutes.
• The Tigers responded, tallying two of their own goals to even the match heading into halftime.
• Harvard again scored two unanswered goals with Kristinsdóttir connecting for her second of the day in the 63^rd minute and Jasmine Leshnick adding to the Crimson's lead in the 75^th minute.
• Princeton scored in the 76^th minute but Harvard successfully fended off the Tigers to win 4-3 and extend its unbeaten streak to eight games.

Nationally Noticed

• Having not lost a game since the August 24, the Crimson has worked its way into the national rankings.
• Harvard is now ranked No. 24 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 and No. 25 in the Top Drawer Soccer Top 25.
• Additionally, the Crimson has climbed as high was No. 11 in the RPI rankings and currently sit at No. 16.

How we Stack up Nationally

• The Crimson is consistently controlling possession and creating opportunities to score.
• Harvard is leading the nation in corner kicks, averaging 9.30 per game.
• Additionally, the Crimson ranks seventh in shots on goal per game (9.00), 10^th in shots per game (18.60) and points per game (8.70), 12^th in assists per game (2.90) and scoring offense (2.90), and 17^th in total points (87).
• Individually, Brooke Huleatt ranks first in the nation for shots on goal per game (2.60), seventh in assists per game (0.70) and total assists (7), and 12^th in total points (21).
• Huleatt is one of two first-year's in the country to have accumulated at least 21 points this season. She is the only first-year in the nation to have at least seven goals and assists.
• Kristinsdóttir (13^th) and Huleatt (14^th) both rank in the top 15 for points pergame with 2.11 and 2.10 points per game, respectively.
• Kristinsdóttir also ranks 10^th in the nation for goals per game with an average of 0.89 goals per game.

Ivy Notes

• In the Ivy League Harvard ranks first in shots (18.9), points (8.6), goals (2.9), corners (9.1), and saves (3.5).
• The Crimson's attack has remained balanced as Brooke Huleatt, Molly Vana, Jasmine Leshnick, and Ólöf Kristinsdóttir all rank inside the top 10 for total shots, shots on goal, and total goals.
• Huleatt, Kristinsdóttir, Írena Héðinsdóttir Gonzalez, and Anna Rayhill all rank inside the top 10 in the conference for assists.
• Huleatt and Kristinsdóttir lead Harvard and the Ivy League in points with 21 and 19, respectively.

Start Fast

• The Crimson consistently get out to quick starts, scoring 17 of their 29 goals this season in the first half.
• Additionally, Harvard has scored seven total goals in the first 15 minutes of games.
• Against UMass, Ólöf Kristinsdóttir scored two goals in the first 13 minutes of play, making her the fastest player to score two goals in a single game since Midge Purce '17 did so in 2015 against Yale.

Non-Conference Notes

• After falling in the opening two contests of the season, Harvard did not suffer another defeat in the remaining seven non-conference games.
• The Crimson recorded its first win of the season with a 4-0 victory over Fairfield on August 27 at Jordan Field.
• Harvard then hit the road, recording a scoreless draw against Syracuse, defeating crosstown rival BU, and then putting up a historic 6-4 result in Tuscaloosa against No. 6 Alabama.
• Since its highest ranked win in program history, Harvard has won four straight matches, scoring 13 goals and conceding three to its opponents.

Scouting the Big Red

• The Big Red has won its last two contests by a score of 1-0 and holds a 4-3-2 overall record.
• Cornell's first Ivy League contest came against Yale last weekend where Emily Gibbons converted on the penalty kick in the first minute for the only goal of the game.
• The Big Red has conceded just eight goals in nine games including one in the last five games.
• Gibbons leads the Big Red with nine points this season on four goals and an assist.
• Four other Cornell student-athletes have found the back of the net this season.
• Despite ranking near the bottom of the Ivy League for points, goals, and assists, the Big Red makes up for it by being second in goals allowed with an average of less than one goal given up per game.

Next Up

Harvard will return to the road to face Dartmouth on Saturday, October 10 at 4:00 p.m. in Hanover, N.H.