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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Faces UCLA in NCAA Women's Soccer Final Four
November 30, 2004 | Women's Soccer
Nov. 30, 2004
UCLA, Notre Dame and Santa Clara - three of the teams in this weekend's NCAA women's soccer College Cup - have combined for 17 Final Four appearances prior to this season. The fourth team - Princeton - is where no Ivy League women's soccer team has gone before. The seventh-seeded Tigers will take on 14th-seeded UCLA Friday in the opening game of the semifinal doubleheader in Cary, N.C. (2, ESPN2), followed by fourth-seeded Notre Dame and 16th-seeded Santa Clara. The winners meet Sunday at 1 for the NCAA championship.
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PRINCETON vs. UCLA
NCAA Tournament • National Semifinal
The site SAS Soccer Park • Cary, N.C.
The date Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 • 2 p.m.
The seeds Princeton: No. 7/UCLA: No. 14
The records Princeton: 19-2 /UCLA: 17-6
The coaches Princeton: Julie Shackford (10th season at Princeton, 117-51-10); UCLA: Jillian Ellis (sixth season at UCLA, 109-24-5)
The series UCLA leads 1-0
Last meeting UCLA defeated Princeton 2-0 • Oct. 7, 2001 • Los Angeles, Calif.
Section I
Our Coach And Their Coach
Did you know? ... UCLA coach Jillian Ellis is the godmother of Princeton coach Julie Shackford's daughter Cameron.
Old friends - Princeton coach Julie Shackford and UCLA coach Jillian Ellis first met in 1982, when Ellis came from Britain and joined Shackford's Northern Virginia club team, the Braddock Road Bluebelles, who won the 1984 national club championship.
From the same Tribe - Princeton coach Julie Shackford and UCLA coach Jillian Ellis attended college together at William & Mary, where both were All-Americas. Shackford and Ellis played in four NCAA tournaments together and are both members of the William & Mary athletic Hall of Fame.
Did he really say that? - "Julie and Jillian are two delightful young women, and I couldn't be prouder of them. I'll be at the game with light blue on one arm and orange and black on the other." - William & Mary coach John Daly, who coached Shackford and Ellis in college.
Did she really say that? - "She's my best friend. I talk to her every week. When I have recruits in my office, I tell them that long after I've forgotten the scores of the games or any details from on the field, I have this amazing friend for the rest of my life." - UCLA coach Jillian Ellis on Princeton coach Julie Shackford.
Section II
Princeton vs. UCLA
Did you know? ... Princeton and UCLA will be playing in two NCAA Final Four events this weekend, in women's soccer in North Carolina and men's water polo at Stanford.
Nice to see you again - Princeton and UCLA have met once previously, in Los Angeles in 2001. UCLA won the game 2-0.
Something in common - Princeton and UCLA have two common opponents, Washington and Texas A&M. UCLA defeated A&M 1-0 and Washington 5-1 during the regular season; Princeton defeated A&M 2-1 during the regular season and Washington 3-1 in the NCAA quarterfinals last weekend.
Geography lesson - Of Princeton's 28 players, 21 are from east of the Mississippi River. Of UCLA's 28 players, 24 are from west of the Mississippi River.
November madness - Princeton has outscored its four NCAA tournament opponents by a combined 11-1; UCLA has outscored its four NCAA tournament opponents by a combined 7-0. Section III
The Postseason
Did you know? ... Princeton is one of 17 teams to have played in the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament each of the last six years. UCLA, Santa Clara and Notre Dame, the other teams in the College Cup Final Four, are three of the other 16 teams to do so.
No place like home - Princeton is 6-2 all-time in NCAA tournament home games and 0-5 in NCAA tournament games away from home. All four of Princeton's 2004 NCAA tournament games have been at home.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has outshot its four NCAA tournament opponents 89-19.
D plus - Princeton has allowed one goal in 373:10 of the NCAA tournament.
History lesson - Princeton is making its sixth straight NCAA tournament appearance. Prior to that, Princeton played in the first two NCAA tournaments in 1982 and 1983 and then did not reach the tournament for 16 years.
More history - Princeton's best previous finish in an NCAA tournament was the 1982 quarterfinal round, when the Tigers won one game in the then-12 team tournament.
New kids in town - Princeton has never been in the NCAA women's soccer Final Four; the other three Final Four teams have combined for 17 Final Four appearances.
More new kids - Princeton's appearance in the NCAA Final Four is the first ever by an Ivy League school in women's soccer.
Eye of the Tiger - Princeton's women's soccer and men's water polo teams bring to four the number of Princeton teams that have reached the NCAA Final Four in the calendar year of 2004. The men's and women's lacrosse teams played in the Final Four in the spring.
In case it comes to that - Princeton has never been involved in an NCAA tournament game that has gone to penalty kicks.
Working overtime - Princeton is 2-1 this season in overtime, having defeated Harvard and Villanova (NCAA second round) and lost to Colgate.
More overtime - Maura Gallagher became the first Princeton women's soccer player ever to score an overtime goal in an NCAA tournament game with her goal at 103:10 against Villanova in the second round.
Last overtime - Esmeralda Negron has scored four career overtime goals.
Special K - Kristina Fontanez had one regular-season goal; she has two in the NCAA tournament. Section IV
The Season
Did you know? ... Princeton's women's soccer team spent 11 days in Germany in August, playing four games and touring the country.
Sounding like a broken record - Princeton's 19 wins are not only the most ever in school history but also the most ever by any Ivy League team in a season.
Strength of schedule - Princeton has played 21 games, of which 10 have been against teams that qualified for the NCAA tournament. Princeton is 8-2 in those 10 games.
Point, counterpoint - Princeton has outscored its opponents 58-9 for the season.
Goal oriented - Princeton has set a school record with 58 goals this season; the previous record of 57 was set in 1980, the first season of varsity women's soccer at Princeton.
On the defensive - Princeton has allowed nine goals in 1928:42 this season, an average of one goal every 214.3 minutes.
More defensive - Princeton has 12 shutouts on the season, one off the school record set in 2000.
A league of their own - Princeton had its first-ever perfect Ivy League season (7-0-0).
More league - Princeton has won four Ivy League championships in the last five years.
I'm honored - Princeton's Esmeralda Negron has been the Ivy League Player of the Year each of the last two years.
More 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 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.
More smart guys - Romy Trigg-Smith and Brea Griffiths were named Academic All-Ivy League.
On the road again - Princeton, winner of 19 straight home games (four in the NCAA tournament), lost its last game away from Princeton (Oct. 31 at Colgate). Section V
By The Numbers ... Princeton Women's Soccer 2004
0 losses in the Ivy League; Princeton's 7-0-0 Ivy record was its first perfect league record in program history
.000 all-time winning percentage in NCAA tournament games away from home; Princeton is 6-2 all-time in home NCAA tournament games and 0-5 all-time in NCAA tournament games away from home
1 Final Four appearances for Princeton, the first Ivy League school to reach the national semifinals
2 NCAA tournament goals by Kristina Fontanez; she had one during the 17-game regular season
2 number of sports in which Elizabeth Pillion has advanced to the Final Four; she has played in three women's lacrosse Final Fours (with two championships) and will now play in the women's soccer Final Four
3.15 average grade-point average of the 20 upperclassmen on the 2004 Princeton women's soccer team
3.69 grade-point average of Maija Garnaas, molecular biology major and two-time District II Academic All-America
4 Princeton teams to have reached the NCAA Final Four in the calendar year 2004: men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, men's water polo
4 Canadians on the roster; three (Diana Matheson, Brea Griffiths, Janine Willis) are starters, and one (Rochelle Willis) had started every game her first three years before a knee injury slowed her for most of this year
4.5 shoe size of Diana Matheson
5 wins over Big East schools (two against Villanova, one each against Boston College, Rutgers and Syracuse) Princeton has this season
6 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances by Princeton
7 Princeton's NCAA tournament seed
9 2004 NCAA tournament points by both Emily Behncke and Esmeralda Negron
10 seniors, the largest class Julie Shackford has had as head coach at Princeton
12 shutouts, one off the school single-season record
13 goals by Emily Behncke, which would have tied the school single-season record were it not for Esmeralda Negron
18 NCAA tournament games Elizabeth Pillion has played in; she is 11-1 in lacrosse and 4-2 in soccer
19 consecutive home wins, a school record dating to 2003
19 wins, a school and Ivy League single-season record
20 goals by Esmeralda Negron, the most ever in one season by any Princeton soccer player, male or female
22 years since Princeton had the Ivy League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same year; Esmeralda Negron (Player) and Diana Matheson (Rookie) won the awards this year after Lynette Prescott (Player) and Linda DeBoer (Rookie) won them in 1982, the first year the league gave out the two awards
24 goals in the Ivy League season, the most by any team in league history
43 points scored by Princeton in 43-41 win over then-defending champion UCLA in the opening round of the 1996 NCAA men's basketball tournament
58 goals, the most in school history
89 shots in four NCAA tournament games; Princeton's opponents have 19
98:23 number of minutes (of 1,928:42 played) that Princeton has trailed this season
100 win plateau Julie Shackford reached with Princeton's 1-0 win over Villanova in the second game of the season; Shackford became the fifth coach in league history - and first woman - the reach the 100-win mark
103:10 time of Maura Gallagher's goal against Villanova in the second round; it is the only overtime NCAA tournament goal in school history
112 career points by Esmeralda Negron, the most by any male or female soccer player in Princeton history
468 miles from Princeton, N.J., to Cary, N.C., making Princeton the closest geographically of the four schools in the Final Four
817:03 minutes played in goal by Madeleine Jackson
989:19 minutes played in goal by Emily Vogelzang
1984 year that Princeton head coach Julie Shackford and UCLA head coach Jillian Ellis won club national championship as part of the Braddock Road Bluebelles
1988 year that Princeton head coach Julie Shackford and UCLA head coach Jillian Ellis graduated from William & Mary after both earned All-America honors in soccer and played in four NCAA tournaments together
2,504 attendance at the Washington quarterfinal game, the largest crowd in Princeton women's soccer history
#22 Emily Behncke Class Junior Position Forward High School Hampton Roads Academy Hometown Williamsburg, Va.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Emily Behncke's 13 goals and 31 points this season would have tied the school records had Esmeralda Negron not beaten both.
What can you say about ... Emily Behncke • a first-team All-Ivy selection for second straight year • second-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region • second on team in goals with 13 • has four NCAA tournament goals on 13 NCAA tournament shots (.308) • 13 goals and 31 points this season would have tied existing school records prior to this year • had a goal and assist in 3-1 quarterfinal win over Washington • scored both goals against BC in Sweet 16 1:34 apart late in second half • scored two goals against BC, 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 tied for fourth in career goals at Princeton with 25; needs one to tie for third • is third all-time in career points at Princeton with 60, trailing Linda DeBoer '85 (94) and Esmeralda Negron '04 (112) • 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 13 5 31 70 .186 Total 25 10 60 193 .130
#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 21 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 6 .000 Total 0 0 0 6 .000
#16 Christina Costantino Class Sophomore Position Defense High School Lake Braddock Hometown Burke, Va.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Christina Costantino has started all 21 games this season.
What can you say about ... Christina Costantino • started every game on defense • named goprincetontigers.com Athlete of the Week after Princeton's shutouts of Central Connecticut and Villanova in first two rounds • 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 19 games • 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 13, including the four NCAA tournament games • scored third goal in quarterfinal win over Washington • had a goal and assist against CCSU in first round • had a goal against Hartford • also has five 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 3 5 11 39 .077 Total 17 8 42 123 .138
#15 Maura Gallagher Class Junior Position Midfield/Forward High School Mt. St. Mary Hometown Cranford, N.J.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Maura Gallagher became the first Princeton women's soccer player to score an overtime goal in an NCAA tournament game with her goal against Villanova in the second round.
What can you say about ... Maura Gallagher • played in every game, starting 18 • is fourth all-time in assists at Princeton with 14 • has four 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 4 4 12 41 .100 Total 11 14 36 89 .124
#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 2004 1 1 3 10 .100 Total 1 3 5 16 .063
#4 Brea Griffiths Class Senior Position Defense High School Nelson Hometown Burlington, Ont.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Brea Griffiths is an Academic All-Ivy League selection.
What can you say about ... Brea Griffiths • tri-captain for the second straight year • started every game for the second straight year • has started 70 of 72 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 9 .111 Total 3 3 9 43 .070
#18 Madeleine Jackson Class Junior Position Goalkeeper High School Dos Pueblos Hometown Goleta, Calif.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Madeleine Jackson's 0.33 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 817:03 • has not allowed a goal in NCAA wins over CCSU and Boston College • stopped a breakaway with 13 minutes remaining in scoreless game against BC; Princeton scored within four minutes after that • has seven 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 817:03 3 15 0.33 .833 Total 1600:23 12 26 0.67 .684
#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 as freshman • first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region • one of 12 finalists for SoccerBuzz Freshman of the Year • three-time Ivy Rookie of the Week • assisted on Emily Behncke's goal to open scoring against Washington in quarterfinals • assisted on Emily Behncke's first goal against BC • scored 4:43 into season-opening win over Texas A&M • 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 7 21 74 .095
#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 1 1 6 .000 Totals 1 3 5 22 .045
#23 Esmeralda Negron Class Senior Position Forward High School Northern Valley - Old Tappan Hometown Harrington Park, N.J.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Esmeralda Negron owns the Princeton records for goals in a season (20), goals in a career (47), points in a season (52), points in a career (112) and assists in a season (12).
What can you say about ... Esmeralda Negron • 2002, 2003, 2004 first-team All-Ivy League selection • 2003, 2004 first-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region • 2003 third-team All-America • 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 • has scored more goals and has more points than any other soccer player, male or female, in Princeton history • has 52 points this season; only five other players in program history have even had 52 points in their careers • led Ivy League in goals, assists and points in league games and all games • had a goal and assist in quarterfinal win over Washington • had two goals and two assists against CCSU • 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 • has 12 assists after having six for her career prior to this season • is second all-time at Princeton in assists (18) • 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 20 12 52 88 .227 Total 47 18 112 246 .191
#5 Elizabeth Pillion Class Senior Position Defense High School Episcopal Hometown Villanova, Pa.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Elizabeth Pillion, a first-team All-America in lacrosse last spring, is playing in her fourth Final Four (three in lacrosse, one in soccer).
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 and been runner-up once • has played in 18 NCAA tournament games between soccer and lacrosse with a cumulative record of 15-3
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 10 .200 Total 4 3 11 22 .182
#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 • had a goal against CCSU • has taken seven shots in four NCAA tournament games after taking five shots in 17 regular season games • played every minute of first 16 games • has played every minute of 31 of 37 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, 2004 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 2 2 6 12 .167 Total 2 3 7 18 .111
#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 989:19, allowing six goals and making 33 saves • has a 0.55 goals-against average • has four shutouts • shut out Villanova in second round of NCAA tournament
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 989:19 6 33 0.55 .846 Total 1801:22 17 62 0.85 .785
#9 Janine Willis Class Senior Position Midfield High School Markham District Hometown Unionville, Ont.
DID YOU KNOW? ... Janine Willis is a Princeton tri-captain.
What can you say about ... Janine Willis • second-team All-Ivy selection each of last two years • played in 19 games, starting last 16 • missed 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 20 .050 Total 5 7 17 70 .071
#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 13 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 11 .000 Total 3 9 15 61 .049