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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Villanova In NCAA Women's Soccer Second Round
November 13, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Nov. 13, 2004
A year ago, it was Villanova who knocked Princeton out of the NCAA women's soccer tournament. Two months ago, Princeton defeated Villanova early in the regular season. Now, having warmed up and cleaned off the mud after their opening round wins Friday night, the two meet again Sunday afternoon (1), this time with a spot in the Sweet 16 on the line.
No. 7 Princeton (16-2) vs. Villanova (14-5-2)
The site - Lourie-Love Field, Princeton, N.J.
The date - Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004
What's at stake? - NCAA second round tournament game; winner advances to Sweet 16
On the one hand - Villanova defeated Princeton 2-1 in the opening round of the 2003 NCAA tournament last November. Princeton outshot Villanova 15-9 in the game and had 11 shots in the second half.
On the other hand - Princeton defeated Villanova 1-0 on Sept. 10 of this season on Diana Matheson's second-half goal in Princeton's second game of the season and Villanova's fifth. Princeton outshot Villanova 13-7 in the game, which gave Julie Shackford her 100th win as head coach at Princeton. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains - Princeton defeated Villanova 1-0 in the 2001 regular season, lost to Villanova 2-1 in the 2003 NCAA tournament and had a 2002 regular season game postponed by a massive rainstorm.
Sometimes you win AND it rains - Princeton and Villanova both won opening-round games Friday night in games played in heavy rain and temperatures in the mid-30s. Villanova defeated Yale 2-1 in the first game, and Princeton defeated Central Connecticut State University 5-0 in the second.
November madness - Princeton is one of 17 teams to have played in the Division I women's soccer tournament each of the last six years.
More madness - Princeton is making its sixth straight NCAA tournament apperance. The Tigers scored a combined four goals in their previous five NCAA games; they scored four in the first half and five in the first 48 minutes against Central Connecticut.
No place like home - Princeton has won a school-record 16 straight home games.
More home - Princeton is 3-2 all-time in NCAA tournament games at home and 0-5 all-time in NCAA tournament games on the road.
Quick strike - Esmeralda Negron and Emily Behncke scored two goals 28 seconds apart in the 11th minute of Friday night's 5-0 win over Central Connecticut State in the opening round.
Conference call - Princeton is 3-0 against the Big East this season, having defeated Villanova, Rutgers and Syracuse.
More conference - Villanova is 2-1 against the Ivy League this season, having lost to Princeton and defeated Penn and Yale.
A league of their own - Princeton went 7-0-0 and won its fourth Ivy League championship in five years.
More league - Princeton is the lone Ivy League team remaining the tournament, after Yale and Harvard fell in the first round.
Aw, shoot - Princeton outshot Central Connecticut 30-3 in the first round.
More shoot - Princeton has outshot all 18 opponents this season.
Just win, baby - Princeton has set a school record for wins in a season with 16.
Century city - Julie Shackford won her 100th game at Princeton with the 1-0 win over Villanova earlier this season. Shackford, who now has 114 wins at Princeton and 156 overall counting her 42 from Carnegie-Mellon, is one of six coaches - and the only woman - to have reached 100 wins at an Ivy school.
Es good as it gets - Esmeralda Negron had two goals and two assists in Princeton's opening round win over Central Connecticut.
More Es - Esmeralda Negron's two assists against CCSU gave her a school-record 11 for the season.
Still more Es - Esmeralda Negron has set all of the following school records this season: goals in a season (19), goals in a career (46), points in a season (49), points in a career (109), assists in a season (11). She is second all-time in assists at Princeton with 17, three away from the school record.
Last Es - Esmeralda Negron was named Ivy League Player of the Year this season and last season, making her one of three players in league history to be a two-time Player of the Year.
D plus - Romy Trigg-Smith, a first-team All-Ivy League defender, has scored a goal in each of the last two games (Penn, CCSU) after not having a goal in her three-year career prior to that.
Twin spin - Neither Rochelle Willis nor Janine Willis played in the first game between Princeton and Villanova this season due to injury. Janine (deep thigh bruise) returned to the starting lineup shortly after the Villanova game; Rochelle (knee) has been slowed all season.
We're honored - Princeton had the Ivy League Player of the Year (Esmeralda Negron) and Rookie of the Year (Diana Matheson), marking the second time Princeton has swept the awards (1982).
More honored - Princeton was had four first-team All-Ivy League selections (Esmeralda Negron, Romy Trigg-Smith, Emily Behncke, Diana Matheson), two second-team selections (Elizabeth Pillion, Janine Willis) and one honorable mention selection (Brea Griffiths).
Okay, smart guys - Maija Garnaas was a first-team District II CoSIDA Academic All-America for the second straight year. Romy Trigg-Smith was a second-team selection.
Money in the Behncke - Emily Behncke has 22 career goals (10 this season), ninth-best all-time at Princeton. She needs one to move into a four-way tie for sixth, two to tie for fifth, three to tie for fourth, four to tie for third and 19 to tie for second.
Highly offensive - Princeton has outscored its opponents 52-8.
More offensive - Princeton has scored 52 goals, the third-highest single-season total in school history and the most since 1981. The Tigers need one to tie the 1981 team for second and five to tie the 1980 team for first.
Special K - Kristina Fontanez had a goal and assist in the opening round win over CCSU.
Mad about Madeleine - Madeleine Jackson has a 0.37 goals-against average; the school record is 0.48, set by Dodie Colavecchio in 1985.
Net results - Princeton has alternated goalkeepers for the last two seasons between Madeleine Jackson and Emily Vogelzang.
Tournament tested - Elizabeth Pillion, a Villanova native, is playing in her sixth NCAA tournament, three each in lacrosse and soccer. Pillion, a first-team All-America in lacrosse, has won two NCAA lacrosse championships and played in the championship game three times.
How I spent my summer vacation - Princeton's women's soccer team took an 11-day trip to Germany in August, playing four games and touring the country.