Cornell women’s soccer closed its season with a 2-0 loss to Dartmouth on Saturday evening at Berman Field in Ithaca, as goals from Stephanie Lathrop and Natasha Udebhulu secured the visitors’ first outright Ivy League regular-season title since 2003.
The Big Red finished 5-8-3 overall and 1-5-1 in Ivy play. Dartmouth improved to 11-3-2 and 5-2-0 in the league, earning the No. 1 seed for next week’s Ivy tournament after Columbia tied Harvard 2-2 and Princeton beat Brown 1-0.
## Dartmouth converts a rebound and adds a second-half goal
Cornell earned two corner kicks in the opening eight minutes, but its only shot on goal came in the 19th minute. Senior forward Alanna Colbert sent a low attempt toward the middle of the net that goalkeeper Ola Goebel stopped.
Dartmouth broke through in the 26th minute. Cornell goalkeeper Naomi Glassberg saved a low shot by Anna Leschly following a corner, but Lathrop put away the rebound at 25:11 for her third goal of the season.
Senior defender Kayla Ristianto shot wide left in the 41st minute, and Dartmouth took a 1-0 lead and a 5-2 advantage in shots into halftime.
Glassberg kept Cornell within a goal with three saves in a 28-second stretch beginning in the 59th minute, turning away Madison Rose, Maeve Theobald and Lathrop.
Udebhulu doubled Dartmouth’s lead at 68:54 with an unassisted goal, her third of the season. She scored less than 10 minutes after returning to the match as a substitute.
Cornell had three late attempts but could not put another shot on target. Ristianto missed wide in the 86th and 88th minutes, with a Colbert attempt in between.
Dartmouth finished ahead 10-6 in shots, 6-1 in shots on goal and 6-2 in corners. Glassberg made four saves while playing all 90 minutes. Goebel needed one save for her 10th shutout of the season. Ristianto led Cornell with three shots, followed by Colbert with two and Raya Leikin with one.
## Seniors close their Cornell careers
Glassberg, midfielder Emily Gibbons and Colbert each played the full match in their final collegiate appearance. Midfielder Ava Jung played 83 minutes, forward Brooke Brown played 60 and defender Isabel Chapman played 45. All six started on Senior Night.
“The team competed for everything today against a very good Dartmouth team,” Cornell coach Rob Ferguson said.
Ferguson said Cornell created chances when it passed well and played bravely in possession, adding that the team needed the confidence to do that more often under pressure.
“I’m proud of the commitment and intensity the team brought today,” Ferguson said. “I thought Ava covered every blade of grass and put her body on the line time and again.”
He also praised Gibbons and Chapman for competing against Dartmouth’s physical, athletic midfield.
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