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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Central Connecticut In NCAA Women's Soccer
November 11, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Nov. 11, 2004
The seventh-seeded Princeton women's soccer team hosts the opening rounds of the NCAA women's soccer tournament this weekend at Lourie-Love Field. Villanova and Yale play in the first game Friday (5), followed by the game between the Ivy champion Tigers and Northeast Conference champion Central Connecticut (7:30). The winners meet Sunday at 1.
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Princeton vs. Central Connecticut
The site Lourie-Love Field • Princeton, N.J.
The date Friday, Nov. 12, 2004 • 7:30 p.m.
The records Princeton: 15-2 oveall/7-0-0 Ivy League; CCSU: 11-9-1 overall/6-3 Northeast Conference (tournament champion)
The coaches Princeton: Julie Shackford (10th season at Princeton, 113-51-10); CCSU: Mick D'Arcy (fifth season at CCSU, 55-39-6)
The series first meeting
November madness - Princeton is making its sixth straight NCAA tournament appearance, making the Tigers one of 17 teams to have played in the Division I tournament each of the last six years.
Just win, baby - Princeton has already set a school record for wins in a season with 15.
No place like home - Princeton has won a school-record 15 straight home games.
More home - Princeton is 2-2 all-time in NCAA tournament games at home and 0-5 all-time in NCAA tournament games on the road.
Last home - Princeton last hosted the NCAA tournament in 2001, when the Tigers defeated Loyola and lost to Rutgers. Princeton also hosted a game in the 1982 NCAA tournament, defeating George Mason, and the 1983 NCAA tournament, losing to Boston College.
Nice to meet you - Princeton and Central Connecticut have never met.
Nice to meet you again - maybe - Princeton has defeated both of its potential second-round opponents, should it get past Central Connecticut. Princeton defeated Villanova 1-0 and Yale 3-0 in September.
Something in common - Princeton and CCSU have two common opponents. Both teams defeated Hartford by four goals (Princeton 4-0, CCSU 5-1), while Princeton defeated Yale 3-0 and CCSU lost to Yale 2-0.
Strength of schedule - Princeton is 4-2 against teams in the NCAA tournament field, with wins over Texas A&M, Villanova, Dartmouth and Harvard and losses to Wake Forest and Colgate.
A league of their own - Princeton went 7-0-0 in the Ivy League in 2004 for the first perfect Ivy record in program history.
More league - Princeton won its fourth Ivy League championship in the last five years.
Highly offensive - Princeton tied the Ivy League record for goals in a league season with 24 (set in 1994 by Brown).
More offensive - Princeton has scored 47 goals this season, the third-highest total in school history and the most in 23 seasons. Princeton scored 57 in 1980, the first year of varsity women's soccer at Princeton, and 53 in 1981.
Playing from ahead - Princeton has trailed for 98:23 of a total of 1555:32 minutes in 17 games this season.
Point, counterpoint - Princeton outscored its opponents 47-8 and outscored its Ivy opponents 24-3.
Century city - Julie Shackford became the fifth coach in Ivy women's soccer history - and the first woman - to reach the 100-win mark at a league school with Princeton's 1-0 win over Villanova on Sept. 10. Yale's Rudy Meredith became the sixth later in the season.
Coach speak - Princeton women's soccer, with Julie Shackford and prior to Julie Shackford:
Shackford (1995-present)/prior to Shackford (1980-1994)
Ivy titles 4/1
outright Ivy titles 2/0
NCAA tournaments 6/2
winning seasons 9/7
10-win seasons 7/4
wins per season 11.3/7.7
How I spent my summer vacation - Princeton took an 11-day tour of Germany in August, playing four games against German pro teams and touring the country.
We're honored - Princeton had both the Ivy League Player of the Year (Esmeralda Negron) and the Ivy League Rookie of the Year (Diana Matheson) for the first time since 1982, when Lynette Prescott was the first Ivy Player of the Year and Linda DeBoer was the first Ivy Rookie of the Year.
More honored - Princeton had four first-team All-Ivy League selections: Esmeralda Negron, Diana Matheson, Romy Trigg-Smith and Emily Behncke. Princeton also had two second-team selections (Elizabeth Pillion, Janine Willis) and one honorable mention selection (Brea Griffiths).
Okay, smart guys - Maija Garnaas was a first-team CoSIDA District II Academic All-America for the second straight year. Romy Trigg-Smith was a second-team selection.
Aw, shoot - Princeton outshot its opponents 335-112.
More shoot - Princeton outshot all 17 of its opponents.
For what it's worth - Princeton is 15-0 when it scores a goal and 0-2 when it does not.
Working overtime - Princeton is 1-1 in overtime this season, having defeated Harvard 2-1 and lost to Colgate 1-0.
On the one hand ... - Both of Princeton's losses were by one goal. All three of Princeton's losses in 2003 were by one goal, and two of Princeton's three losses in 2002 were by one goal.
... on the other hand - Princeton is 4-2 in one-goal games this season and 14-7 in one-goal games the last three years.
D plus - Princeton has allowed no goals or one goal in all 17 games this season and no goals or one goal in 65 of its last 70 games.
More D - Princeton has allowed eight goals in 1,555:32, an average of one goal every 194:26.
Polling place - Princeton has been ranked as high as eighth in the NSCAA coaches' poll; the 2004 season marks the first time Princeton has been ranked in the Top 10 nationally.
#22 Emily Behncke Class Junior Position Forward High School Hampton Roads Academy Hometown Williamsburg, Va.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Emily Behncke is a two-time first-team All-Ivy League selection.
What can you say about ... Emily Behncke • a first-team All-Ivy selection for second straight year • second on team in goals with nine • third on team with four assists • scored two goals against Vanderbilt, Dartmouth and Syracuse • had a goal and assist in 2-1 overtime win over Harvard; tied game with 41 seconds remaining in regulation • is ninth in career goals at Princeton with 21; needs two to move into tie for sixth and five to move into tie for third • is seventh all-time in career points at Princeton with 51; needs one to tie for sixth • 2002 second-team All-Ivy League selection and Ivy League Rookie of the Year • younger sister of former Princeton men's soccer standouts Griff and Matt; brother Matt won the 2002 Roper Trophy as Princeton's top senior sportsman
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2002 5 0 10 50 .100 2003 7 5 19 73 .096 2004 9 4 22 57 .158 Total 21 9 51 180 .117
#24 Catherine Byrd Class Senior Position Midfield/Defense High School Norfolk Academy Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Catherine Byrd had her first career point with an assist against Yale.
What can you say about ... Catherine Byrd • played in all 17 games • twin sister runs track at Princeton
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2001 0 0 0 0 .000 2002 0 0 0 0 .000 2003 0 0 0 0 .000 2004 0 1 1 5 .500 Total 0 0 0 0 .000
#16 Christina Costantino Class Sophomore Position Defense High School Lake Braddock Hometown Burke, Va.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Christina Costantino started all 17 games this season.
What can you say about ... Christina Costantino • started every game on defense • played in 12 games a freshman • attended same high school as Princeton head coach Julie Shackford
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2003 0 0 0 0 .000 2004 0 0 0 2 .000 Totals 0 0 0 2 .000
#8 Meghan Farrell Class Sophomore Position Midfield/Forward High School Wissihickon Hometown Blue Bell, Pa.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Meghan Farrell scored two goals off the bench in win over Dartmouth.
What can you say about ... Meghan Farrell • played in every game • started one game • scored twice against Dartmouth off the bench • was a two-time Ivy Rookie of the Week as a freshman
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2003 3 2 8 10 .300 2004 2 0 4 12 .167 Totals 5 2 12 22 .227
#19 Kristina Fontanez Class Senior Position Midfield/Forward High School Roy C. Ketcham Hometown Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Kristina Fontanez spent last summer doing research on the focal adhesion kinase protein.
What can you say about ... Kristina Fontanez • played in every game, starting 10 • had a goal against Hartford • also had three assists • has played in every game in her career
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2001 6 1 13 36 .167 2002 5 0 10 22 .227 2003 3 2 8 26 .115 2004 1 3 5 28 .036 Total 15 6 36 112 .134
#15 Maura Gallagher Class Junior Position Midfield/Forward High School Mt. St. Mary Hometown Cranford, N.J.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Maura Gallagher is fourth all-time at Princeton in assists (14).
What can you say about ... Maura Gallagher • played in every game, starting 14 • had three goals and four assists • had two goals in win over American • also had a goal against Yale • had an assist in last year's NCAA tournament • needs six assists to tie school record
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2002 3 4 10 20 .150 2003 4 6 14 28 .143 2004 3 4 10 32 .094 Total 10 14 34 80 .125
#26 Maija Garnaas Class Junior Position Midfield High School T.C. Williams Hometown Alexandria, Va.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Maija Garnaas was a first-team CoSIDA District II Academic All-America selection for the second straight season.
What can you say about ... Maija Garnaas • had her first career goal in win over American • also had an assist • a molecular biology major
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2002 0 1 1 3 .000 2003 0 1 1 3 .000 Total 0 2 2 6 .000
#4 Brea Griffiths Class Senior Position Defense High School Nelson Hometown Burlington, Ont.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Brea Griffiths is one of Princeton's tri-captains for the second straight season.
What can you say about ... Brea Griffiths • started every game for the second straight year • has started 66 of 68 games in career • honorable mention All-Ivy League • named Ivy League Player of the Week and to the SoccerAmerica Team of the Week after scoring goal against Yale and leading defense to shutouts of Yale and Hartford • had two assists along with goal • has three career goals, all on headers off corner kicks • 2002 second-team All-Ivy League selection
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2001 0 0 0 8 .000 2002 1 0 2 17 .059 2003 1 1 3 9 .111 2004 1 2 4 8 .125 Total 3 3 9 42 .071
#18 Madeleine Jackson Class Junior Position Goalkeeper High School Dos Pueblos Hometown Goleta, Calif.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Madeleine Jackson's 0.42 goals-against average is the lowest single-season goals-against average in Princeton history.
What can you say about ... Madeleine Jackson • shared the goalkeeper position with Emily Vogelzang • has allowed three goals in 63 7:03 • has five shutouts
Career Statistics Year Min GA S GAA S% 2002 33:20 0 1 .000 1.000 2003 720:00 9 10 1.12 .526 2004 637:03 3 14 0.42 .824 Total 1420:23 12 25 0.76 .676
#20 Diana Matheson Class Freshman Position Midfield High School Oakville, Ont. Hometown White Oaks
DID YOU KNOW? ... Diana Matheson is the 2004 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
What can you say about ... Diana Matheson • unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, the first Princeton freshman to earn first-team All-Ivy honors since Heather Deerin in 1999 • three-time Ivy Rookie of the Week • started every game • second on team with five assists • scored goal 4:43 into season-opening 2-1 win over Texas A&M • scored only goal in 1-0 win over Villanova • two goals and an assist in Ivy-clinching win at Cornell • deferred admission for a year to play with Canadian national team in World Cup and Olympic qualifying
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2004 7 5 19 61 .115
#10 Sylvia Morelli Class Senior Position Midfield High School St. Ignatius Hometown San Francisco, Calif. DID YOU KNOW? ... Sylvia Morelli is one of Princeton's tri-captains, along with Brea Griffiths and Janine Willis.
What can you say about ... Sylvia Morelli • started four games
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2001 1 1 3 7 .142 2002 DNP - knee injury 2003 0 1 1 9 .000 2004 0 0 0 4 .000 Totals 1 2 4 20 .050
#23 Esmeralda Negron Class Senior Position Forward High School Northern Valley - Old Tappan Hometown Harrington Park, N.J.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Esmeralda Negron has been the Ivy League Player of the Year each of the last two years, making her the third player in league history to be Ivy Player of the Year twice.
What can you say about ... Esmeralda Negron • 2002, 2003, 2004 first-team All-Ivy League selection • set Princeton records for goals in a season (17), goals in a career (44), points in a season (43) and points in a career (103) and tied school record for assists in a season (nine) • has scored more goals and has more points than any other soccer player, male or female, in Princeton history • led Ivy League in goals, assists and points in league games and all games • had three goals against Cornell and Penn eight days apart; Princeton had one three-goal game total in the 15 years prior to this season • had nine assists after having five for her career prior to this season • is third all-time at Princeton in assists (15) • was a three-time Ivy League Player of the Week • named to SoccerBuzz Elite Team of the Week twice • named to Soccer America Team of the Week twice
Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2001 6 1 13 48 .125 2002 8 1 17 45 .178 2003 13 4 30 65 .200 2004 17 9 43 71 .239 Total 44 15 103 229 .192
#5 Elizabeth Pillion Class Senior Position defense High School Episcopal Hometown Villanova, Pa.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Elizabeth Pillion was a first-team All-America in lacrosse last spring.
What can you say about ... Elizabeth Pillion • second-team All-Ivy League selection • started every game on defense • had goals against American and Brown • walked on to soccer team after not playing freshman year • has won two NCAA women's lacrosse championships in first two springs
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2001 did not play soccer 2002 0 0 0 1 .000 2003 2 2 6 11 .182 2004 2 1 5 8 .250 Total 4 3 11 20 .200
#13 Romy Trigg-Smith Class Junior Position Defense High School Punahou Hometown Kailua, Hawaii
DID YOU KNOW? ... Romy Trigg-Smith was a first-team All-Ivy League selection.
What can you say about ... Romy Trigg-Smith • played every minute of first 16 games before coming out for final five minutes of first half of regular-season finale • has played every minute of 30 of 33 games the last two years • was going to play midfield but returned to defense in the preseason when Rochelle Willis and Janine Willis were injured • had a goal and assist against Penn • named Ivy Player of the Week after Princeton's shutouts of Villanova and Vanderbilt; also named to SoccerBuzz Elite Team of the Week • CoSIDA District II second-team Academic All-America • 2003 Academic All-Ivy League
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2002 0 0 0 4 .000 2003 0 1 1 2 .000 2004 1 2 4 5 .200 Total 1 3 5 11 .091 #1 Emily Vogelzang Class Junior Position Goalkeeper High School Denver Christian Hometown Denver, Colo.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Emily Vogelzang stopped a breakaway in overtime against Harvard.
What can you say about ... Emily Vogelzang • split goalkeeper position with Madeleine Jackson • played 796:09, allowing five goals and making 28 saves • has a 0.57 goals-against average • had three shutouts
Career Statistics Year Min GA S GAA S% 2002 0:00 0 0 0.00 .000 2003 872:03 11 29 1.14 .725 2004 796:09 5 28 0.57 .848 Total 1608:13 16 57 0.90 .781
#9 Janine Willis Class Senior Position Midfield High School Markham District Hometown Unionville, Ont.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Janine Willis has played every minute of every game this season.
What can you say about ... Janine Willis • second-team All-Ivy selection each of last two years • played in 16 games, starting last 13 • misssed all of preseason and was slowed for much of year with leg injury suffered on trip to Germany • had a goal and two assists • played every minute of every game in 2003 • started all but one game first three years
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2001 4 1 9 32 .125 2002 0 3 3 10 .000 2003 0 1 1 8 .000 2004 1 2 4 14 .071 Total 5 7 17 64 .078
#6 Rochelle Willis Class Senior Position Defense High School Markham District Hometown Unionville, Ont.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Rochelle Willis missed most of the season with a knee injury suffered in preseason scrimmage.
What can you say about ... Rochelle Willis • played in nine games, starting none • started every game her first three years • first-team All-Ivy and All-Mid-Atlantic Region as junior
Career Statistics Year Goals Assists Points Shots Pct. 2001 2 4 8 24 .083 2002 0 2 2 16 .000 2003 1 3 5 10 .100 2004 0 0 0 7 .000 Total 3 9 15 57 .053