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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Soaring AU Eagles In Women's Soccer
October 12, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 12, 2004
Princeton's women's soccer team looks to add to the school record it set Saturday when it hosts American tonight (7). Princeton broke the 14-year-old school record for longest home winning streak when it won its 11th straight with its win over Brown Saturday. To continue that streak, Princeton will have to knock off a team that is 10-2-1.
No place like home - Princeton's win over Brown Saturday was its 11 straight at home, which established a new school record. The old record of 10 was set from 1989-90.
League leaders - Princeton leads the Ivy League in goals, assists, points, shots, wins, scoring defense and shutouts.
More leaders - Esmeralda Negron leads the Ivy League in goals per game, assists, assists per game, points and points per game.
Nine ball - Princeton has won at least nine of its first 10 games for the fourth time in program history. The other years were 1980, 1981 and 2002. D plus - Princeton has allowed fewer goals (three) than any other team in Division I women's soccer. Can you spare a dime? - Maura Gallagher's assist against Brown Saturday was the 13th of her career, tying her for fourth-best all-time at Princeton: 20 Kathleen A. Kobler, 1987-90 17 Kerry L. Shaw, 1981-84 14 Lynette A. Prescott, 1981-84 13 Maura K. Gallagher, 2002-present Krista L. Ariss, 1999-2002
More dimes - Esmeralda Negron leads the Ivy League with five assists. She had five assists for her first three years combined.
Chasing Linda - Esmeralda Negron ranks second all-time at Princeton in goals and points: Points In A Career 94 Linda S. DeBoer, 1982-85 (41G, 12A) 76 Esmeralda A. Negron, 2001-present (33G, 10A) Goals In A Career 41 Linda S. DeBoer, 1982-85 33 Esmeralda A. Negron, 2001-present
Fly like an Eagle - Princeton and American are meeting for the fourth time. Princeton has won each of the first three meetings in the series, defeating AU 3-0 in 2000, 3-1 in 2001 and 4-1 in 2003.
More Eagles - Princeton defeated American 4-1 in the first game of the 2003 season. Esmeralda Negron, Maura Gallagher and Meghan Farrell all had goals in the game.
Aw, shoot - Princeton outshot Brown 22-2 Saturday afternoon.
More shoot - Princeton has outshot its opponents 159-65 through 10 games.