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Princeton University Athletics
No. 8 Princeton Goes For Ivy Title At Cornell
October 28, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 28, 2004
The Princeton women's soccer team won a share of the Ivy League championship in 2000 and 2001 and then won the program's first outright title in 2002. A year ago, the Tigers came up empty, settling for second in the league. This time around, eighth-ranked Princeton is in control of the league race, needing a win in either of its remaining Ivy games to earn the outright championship again. The first shot comes up in Ithaca Friday night (7), when Princeton plays at Cornell.
Princeton (13-1, 5-0) at Cornell (4-9-2, 1-4-0) ...
A league of their own - Princeton is in first place in the Ivy League women's soccer race at 5-0-0, a game and a half ahead of second place Penn (3-1-1) and two games ahead of Yale (3-2-0) and Harvard (3-2-0). Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia and Cornell have all been eliminated from the league race.
More league - Princeton would win the outright Ivy League championship with a win in either of its last two league games (at Cornell, home against Penn Nov. 6) OR a tie against Penn, regardless of what happens in this weekend's games (Princeton at Cornell, Brown at Penn). Still more league - Princeton could win an outright championship or a share of the Ivy League championship with at least 17 different scenarios involving the remaining two weekend's games.
Just win baby - Princeton needs one win in its remaining three regular season games to equal the school record for wins in a season with 14, set originally in 1980 (the first year of varsity women's soccer at Princeton) and equalled in 2001.
History lesson - Princeton has defeated Cornell eight straight years.
More history - Julie Shackford's only loss to Cornell as Princeton head coach came in 1995 in her first-ever Ivy League game with the Tigers.
Sizzling - Princeton has won nine straight games.
Polling place - Princeton is ranked eighth this week by the NSCAA; it is the highest ranking in school history.
More polling - Princeton is ranked sixth by Soccer Buzz and eighth by Soccer America.
Money in the Behncke - Emily Behncke has three goals and an assist in her last two games.
More Behncke - Emily Behncke's second goal against Syracuse was the 20th of her career.
Es good as it gets - Esmeralda Negron needs one point to tie the school single-season record of 31, set by Linda DeBoer in 1982.
More Es - Esmeralda Negron needs three goals to tie the school career record of 41, held by Linda DeBoer '85. Negron needs four points to tie DeBoer's school career record of 94.
Still more Es - Esmeralda Negron needs one assist to tie the school single season record and two goals to tie the school single-season record.
It's gorges - Maura Gallagher scored both goals in Princeton's 2-0 win over Cornell in the Tigers' last trip to Ithaca.
Highly offensive - Princeton has outscored its opponents 36-6.
No place like home - Princeton has won 13 straight home games.
No place like road - Princeton is playing its second road game since Sept. 26.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has outshot all 14 of its opponents.
More shoot - Princeton outshot Syracuse 34-2 in its last game.
Last shoot - Princeton has outshot its opponents 266-86.