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Natalia Crofut

ITHACA, NY - Two goals in the waning minutes of the first half helped lift the Ivy League's Cornell to a 2-1 win against the University at Buffalo's women's soccer team in non-conference action on Sunday afternoon at Berman Field.

The Bulls (2-3-1 overall) got on the board first, as senior Natalia Crofut (East Aurora, NY/Iroquois) scored in her second straight game, getting a pass at the center of the field from freshman Jenessa Banwell (Toronto, Ontario/Birchmount Park) and firing into the left corner of the net in the seventh minute.

Crofut has a team-high seven points on three goals and one assist and is just three points away from becoming the first player since all-time leading scorer Paula Listrani (1997-2000) to score at least 10 points in all four of her seasons. Crofut is eighth in school history with both 52 points and 21 goals.

Down 1-0, Cornell (3-0 overall) went on the offensive in the 42nd minute, as Kara Ishikawa delivered a feed ahead to Caitlin Oliver for her first goal of the season. Mariye Wick rebounded a free kick shot from Kelly Bowen that hit the crossbar and deposited in the goal two minutes later to give Cornell the 2-1 lead heading into the half.

Buffalo took seven shots in the second half and forced Taylor Hendron to make three saves in the frame, but couldn't tie the score.

Anna-Lesa Calvert

Cornell took 25 shots, including nine from Oliver and seven from Shannon Fraser. Buffalo managed 13 shots.

Hendron made seven stops for Cornell and Buffalo keeper senior Anna-Lesa Calvert (Dallas, TX/Bryan Adams) stopped eight.

Buffalo ends its six-game long season opening road trek by finally opening its home slate Friday with a 7:00 pm game against Niagara at its new home field, UB Stadium.