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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Boston University In Monday Evening Women's Soccer Game
October 12, 2003 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 12, 2003
Princeton, winner of at least seven of its first 10 games for the sixth straight season, hosts Boston University Monday evening (6 p.m., Lourie-Love Field). The Tigers, unbeaten at home this season, return to Ivy League action Friday night when they host Columbia.
Princeton vs. BU ...
History lesson - Princeton is 2-0-1 all-time against Boston University, having defeated the Terriers 2-1 last year and 1-0 in 2000 and having tied 1-1 in 1997.
Recent history - Princeton defeated Boston University 2-1 in overtime last year. Esmeralda Negron scored the game-winning goal.
The Bell tolls - Senior captain Liz Bell assisted on Kelly Sosa's goal in Princeton's 1-0 win over BU in 2000 as a freshman and assisted on Esmeralda Negron's overtime goal against BU last year. No place like home - Princeton is 4-0 at home this season.
Surging - Boston University enters tonight's game on an eight-game unbeaten streak (5-0-3).
Highly offensive - Princeton has scored 25 goals through 10 games this season. Princeton scored 28 goals in 17 games all of last season.
Reunions - Melissa Shulman, Boston University's leading scorer, was a high school teammate of Princeton's Amanda Ferranti at Walt Whitman High School on Long Island.
Working overtime - Freshman Meghan Farrell scored the game-winning goal in Princeton's 1-0 overtime win over Brown Saturday night.
Something in common, sort of - Dartmouth, who defeated Princeton 3-2 and tied BU 1-1, is the only common opponent to date between BU and Princeton. BU also tied Harvard, Princeton's opponent in two weeks. The Terriers also have a game at Stony Brook, whom Princeton did not play because the officials did not show up.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has outshot its opponents 189-87 through 10 games.
Just win, baby - Princeton has won at least seven of its first 10 games for the sixth straight year.
Young guns - Of Princeton's 25 goals, 23 have been scored by players who return next year.
More young - Of Princeton's 25 goals, 11 have been scored by freshmen or sophomores.
Big Three - Maura Gallagher, Esmeralda Negron and Emily Behncke have combined to score 16 of Princeton's 25 goals.
Sophomore jinx? - Emily Behncke has five goals, five assists and 15 points through 10 games; she had five goals, no assists and 10 points all of last year, when she was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
More jinx - Maura Gallagher has equalled her freshman totals of three goals, four assists and 10 points.
How sweet it Es - Esmeralda Negron is in eighth place all-time in goals scored at Princeton with 22. She needs one to move into a tie for fifth and four to move into a tie for second.
Coming attractions - Princeton is home Friday night against Columbia (7:30). The other Ivy League games this week are all Saturday: Dartmouth at Penn, Brown at Harvard and Cornell at Yale. Princeton is at Harvard the following Saturday.