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Princeton University Athletics
Ivy Women's Soccer Race Enters Final Two Games as Columbia Comes to Lourie-Love Field
October 31, 2005 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 31, 2005
Now we're even
With Princeton's 4-1 win over Cornell on Saturday, the Tigers pulled to an even 6-6-2 record overall, 3-2-0 in the Ivy League. The team tries to climb higher in the standings and move to the positive side of .500 Tuesday against Columbia.
A one-sided record
Princeton and Columbia have played 20 times, meeting every year since 1985, with Princeton coming away victorious 15 times against three losses and two ties.
An early advantage
Princeton won the first seven meetings between the two schools and was unbeaten in the first nine from 1985-1993, the only non-win a 1-1 tie in 1992. During that span, Princeton outscored Columbia 32-1.
Blue period
Between 1994 and `98, Columbia won three of the five meetings with one tie.
Lucky number seven?
If Princeton wins Tuesday, it would be the seventh straight win in the series since 1999. In that span, the Tigers have outscored Columbia 10-0.
Four the good of the cause
When four goals have been scored in any Princeton game this year, it's been the Orange and Black and it's been a victory. The trend started Sept. 27 against La Salle, a 4-0 win. It continued with a 4-0 win over Rider on Oct. 19, also at Lourie-Love Field. On Saturday, it happened again but for the first time in a league game with Princeton topping Cornell, 4-1.
Last time at Lourie-Love
The Tigers are playing their last regular-season game at Lourie-Love Field Tuesday. This season, Princeton was 4-2-0 overall on Old Nassau and 1-1-0 in the Ivy League at home.
Hats off to her
Emily Behncke scored three goals against Cornell on Saturday to become the first Tiger this year to earn a `hat trick' and first since Esmeralda Negron against Penn last year to do so. It was the first-career three-goal game for Behncke, the third-leading scorer in school history.
A look at the Lions
Seven players have scored multiple goals for Columbia this year with senior Jana Whiting leading that category with five. Junior Meghan Hurlbut is tied for the points lead with Whiting and has three goals and five assists for 11 points. The Lions enter tonight having won five of their last six with the most recent triumph being a 2-1 win over Ivy leader Yale on Friday.
The Penn game
Princeton's final game of the regular season is on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Penn. The contest is the middle of three Princeton-Penn battles that day, with the football teams kicking off at noon and the men's soccer teams playing following the women's game.
Not bad company
Emily Behncke continues the final year of her successful Princeton career. She has 12 goals and two assists this season, giving her 86 career points, third all-time (Esmeralda Negron 112, Linda DeBoer 94) and 37 goals, also third all-time (Negron 47, DeBoer 41).
Ivy League standings
(conference records only)
School Record Points Max. Pts. Dartmouth 4-1-0 12 18 Yale 3-1-1 10 16 Columbia 3-2-0 9 15 Princeton 3-2-0 9 15 Penn 2-2-2 8 11 Harvard 1-2-2 5 11 Brown 1-3-2 5 8 Cornell 1-4-1 4 7
A more detailed map
The win over Cornell and Columbia's win over Yale on Friday helped keep Princeton's hopes for an outright Ivy League title and a seventh straight NCAA Tournament appearance alive. Much more still needs to happen, though, to make that postseason berth a reality.
The Yale-Dartmouth game Wednesday will help clear that picture. Presuming that Princeton wins its last two games and ends up with 15 points, here are the possibilities depending on that game:
If Yale wins: The Bulldogs must tie or lose to Brown on Saturday to end up with 14 points.
If Dartmouth wins: The Big Green must lose to Cornell on Sunday to end up with 15 points, giving Princeton the automatic berth by virtue of its 2-0 win at Dartmouth on Oct. 2.
In a tie: Yale would be eliminated with a maximum of 14 points. Dartmouth would need to tie or lose to Cornell to end up with either 13 or 14 points.