MOUNT VERNON – Cornell's women's soccer team battled conference foe Grinnell to a 1-1 tie after a tightly contested match Tuesday.
 
The Rams found themselves down 1-0 until the 85^th minute of the match. Sydney Hancox played a through ball for Sanne Croes and she finished off the move placing the ball past the Pioneer goalkeeper to even the score and send the match to overtime.
 
Grinnell (2-8-1 overall, 1-1-1 MWC) scored the opening goal of the evening just before the 30-minute mark.
 
Cornell (6-5-1 overall, 1-0-1 MWC) attempted nine shots to Grinnell's six in the contest.  Kylie Hard led the Rams with four shots. Sam O'Brien had two shots. Elissafe Moreno, Amelia Brown and Croes had one shot each.
 
Elise Thomason-Larsen played all 110 minutes in goal for Cornell. She recorded three saves.
 
Cornell travels to Valparaiso, Indiana to take on Division 1's Valparaiso this Saturday at 7 p.m.