Terranova's goal propels Cornell past W. Soccer

Tomorrow's game in Princeton will be Penn's last chanceTomorrow's game in Princeton will be Penn's last chanceto get Ivy win No. 2. In one of the closest matches of the year, the Penn women's soccer team was shut out yesterday, 1-0, by Cornell at the Big Red's Robison Alumni Field. It was the fourth time this season that that the Quakers were blanked. The game was actually rescheduled from two weeks ago when local flooding made the surface of the field unplayable. The Quakers (5-9-2, 1-5 Ivy League) played the Big Red closer than they have in recent years. Penn has dropped its last five to Cornell. After a strong showing in Tuesday's win over Delaware, Penn coach Patrick Baker must be bitterly disappointed in failing to improve on the previous school best 1-5-1 Ivy record. A win over Cornell (8-8, 2-4) would have given the Quakers the school record second Ivy win of the season. It was a match for possession in midfield. The Quakers were under pressure for a majority of the first half, as sophomores midfielder Ashton Chen and last year's Ivy Rookie of the Year runner-up, Genna Terranova at center forward, led the Big Red in attack. Amy Jodoin would record six of her seven total saves in the initial half, but not before Terranova would break away down the right before scoring the only goal of the match in the 29th minute from the right corner of the goal box. The second half would belong primarily to the Quakers, although Penn's striking sorority, Andrea and Jill Callaghan, were limited to only two shots at goal. Central midfielder Jackie Flood, recently rediscovering her typically aggressive and attacking style of play, led the team with four shots on goal, all long-range efforts from distances she has proved dangerous from earlier this season. Before yesterday, Cornell had been struggled through most of the season after their "worst start in 10 years," according to Big Red coach Randy May. After their loss to Harvard in mid-October, bringing their Ivy record to 0-3 and their overall record to 3-6, the injury-plagued Big Red hit rock bottom. But a recent revival of fortunes began after a close 3-2 overtime loss to nationally ranked Penn State week. Following their 2-1 win over Brown, it seems the Quakers have fallen victim to a healthy and confident team in the midst of what May hoped would be "a strong finish." With the loss, the Quakers now currently occupy the bottom of the Ivy League standings at eighth place. The Quakers' last game of the season comes tomorrow against Princeton at Laurie-Love Field, but there will certainly be no love lost between these two teams. At the last home match versus Delaware, the athletic department handed out flyers along with the typical match roster detailing treasured soccer memories from all six seniors. Five of the six singled out Penn's 2-0 home win against Princeton (5-8-2, 1-3-2) in 1993 (their only win ever against the Tigers) when they were all freshmen. The Quakers will most definitely break out the long-sleeved uniforms as the match will kick off under the lights at 7 p.m., as temperatures are expected to drop to around freezing. The match will also serve, as if any one still needed reminding, as the last chance this year for the team to best the record for most Ivy wins in a season. Hopefully, the bad weather the Quakers have experienced on the road this season will stay away for the perennially important Princeton match.