Team USA Slows Down Princeton Attack in Fall Exhibition

Oct. 20, 2001

Princeton, N.J. - Team USA picked up were it left off in World Cup competition with an 11-3 victory over Princeton in a women's lacrosse exhibition game on Saturday night at Class of 1952 Stadium.

Princeton, a Final Four team a year ago, found itself down 1-0 when Erin Elbe scored at the 3:14 mark. The Tigers tied the game with a Whitney Miller goal in the sixth minute. Team USA scored three more times before the half to lead 4-1 at the intermission.

Senior Lauren Simone scored off a Charlotte Kenworthy assist at 38:09 to make the score 6-2. Princeton's all-time leading points scorer, Crista Samaras '99, scored the next two goals for Team USA before senior Nina Carbone connected on Princeton's third goal of the night at 43:04.

Samaras led Team USA with four goals and an assist on the night. Team USA defeated Australia 14-8 to win its fourth consecutive World Cup title earlier this year. The World Cup team held its opponents scoreless for 101:20, outscoring the opposition by an average of 12 goals per game.

Princeton opens the 2002 season at the Class of 1952 Stadium with a Sunday, March 3 match-up against Georgetown. The Tigers will play 10 of 16 regular season games at home this coming season.

			1	2	Final
Team USA		4	7	  11
Princeton		1	2	   3

Scoring:
Team USA - Elbe (3:14)			0-1
Princeton - Miller (5:56)		1-1
Team USA - Samaras (10:04)		1-2
Team USA - Gallagher (20:08)		1-3
Team USA - Johnson (25:39)		1-4
Team USA - Elbe (31:48)			1-5
Team USA - Cooke (37:21)		1-6
Princeton - Simone (38:09)		2-6
Team USA - Samaras (41:23)		2-7
Team USA - Samaras (42:33)		2-8
Princeton - Carbone (43:04)		3-8
Team USA - Samaras (54:27)		3-9
Team USA - Kaiser (58:57)		3-10
Team USA - Johnson (59:36)		3-11

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