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Princeton University Athletics
No. 11 Princeton Travels To Columbia As Ivy Women's Soccer Race Reaches Halfway Point
October 15, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 15, 2004
As Week 4 of the Ivy League women's soccer race kicks off, Princeton finds itself tied with Penn at 3-0, one game ahead of Harvard and at least two games ahead of everyone else. The 11th-ranked Tigers are at Columbia Saturday morning (11).
Princeton (10-1, 3-0) at Columbia (5-5, 0-3) ...
Ivy update - Princeton and Penn are tied for the league lead at 3-0, followed by Harvard at 2-1, Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth at 1-2 and Columbia at 0-3. In addition to the Princeton-Columbia game, Harvard is at Brown and Yale is at Cornell Saturday and Penn is at Dartmouth Sunday.
The whammy - Princeton has not allowed a goal to Columbia since 1998; Princeton has shut Columbia out the last five years.
The other whammy - Princeton has defeated Columbia seven straight times.
Highly offensive - Princeton's 7-1 win over American Tuesday night marked its highest goal total since a 9-0 win over Lehigh in 1999 and second-highest total in 14 years.
More offensive - Maura Gallagher and Elizabeth Pillion scored goals 25 seconds apart early in the first half to spark the 7-1 win over American Tuesday night. Poll cats - Princeton is ranked 11th in this week's NSCAA coaches' poll.
More on Maura - Maura Gallagher had her second career two-goal game in Princetn's 7-1 win over American; Gallagher also scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Cornell two years ago.
Goal oriented - Princeton has outscored its opponents 29-4.
Streaking - Princeton has won six straight.
More streaking - Princeton has won a school-record 12 straight home games.
How sweet it Es - Esmeralda Negron tied the Princeton single-game record with three assists against American.
More Es - Esmeralda Negron has eight assists on the season, one short of the school single-season record of nine, set by Kathleen Kober in 1999.
Still more Es - Esmeralda Negron has 34 career goals, seven away from the school career record of 41, held by Linda DeBoer '85.
Last Es - Esmeralda Negron has 81 career points (34 goals, 13 assists), 13 away from Linda DeBoer's school record of 94.
Can you spare a dime? - Maura Gallagher and Esmeralda Negron are tied for fourth all-time in assists at Princeton with 13. They need one to tie Lynette Prescott '84 for third, four to tie Kerry Shaw '84 for second and seven to tie Kathleen Kobler '90 for first.
In the first place - Maija Garnaas and Amanda Ferranti both scored their first career goal in the win over American.
Thrills and Pills - Elizabeth Pillion has scored goals in each of the last two games after not scoring in the first nine.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has outshot its opponents 184-70.
Mad about Madeleine - Madeleine Jackson leads Division I with a 0.20 goals-against average. She also has four shutouts.
Minute-ia - Romy Trigg-Smith is the only Princeton player to have played every minute of every game.
Coming attractions - Princeton hosts Harvard next Saturday (Oct. 23); Princeton has never scored a goal at home against Harvard under Julie Shackford.