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Women's Soccer Team Travels To No. 18 UConn, Boston University
September 15, 2005 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 15, 2005
With games against No. 6 UCLA and No. 22 Arizona under its belt, the Princeton women's soccer team heads to New England for a pair of games this weekend, beginning Friday night (7) at No. 18 Connecticut and continuing Sunday (1) at Boston University.
Princeton, 1-3 after defeating Loyola Marymount Sunday afternoon for its first win, has played UConn six times in the past and Boston University five times in the past, but the two series are radically different. Each previous Princeton-UConn game was played between 1980 and 1988, when the current Princeton freshmen were one-year-old. The entire Princeton-BU series, on the other hand, has been played since 1997.
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History lesson - Princeton is 1-5 all-time against UConn and 4-0-1 all-time against Boston University.
More history - Princeton's lone win over UConn was a 2-1 win in 1980 in the second varsity women's soccer game in school history.
Strength of schedule - UConn, ranked 18th this week, will be the third opponent ranked in this week's NSCAA Top 25 that Princeton will have faced in its first five games. Princeton has already played No. 6 UCLA and No. 22 Arizona.
Conference call - Princeton was 5-0 against the Big East a year ago, including wins over Villanova and Boston College (no longer a member) in the NCAA tournament.
November madness - Princeton is one of 17 teams in Division I to have played in each of the last six NCAA tournaments; UConn is one of the other 16.
Half and half - Of the 10 goals scored in Princeton's first four games, nine have come after halftime.
Banking on Behncke - Emily Behncke has either scored or assisted on every Princeton goal this season.
More Behncke - Emily Behncke ranks third all-time at Princeton in goals scored (27) and points scored (65) in a career, behind only Esmeralda Negron '05 (47G, 112 P) and Linda DeBoer '86 (41G, 94P). More on Maura - Maura Gallagher ranks fourth all-time at Princeton in assists with 15; she trails the all-time leader, Kathleen Kobler '91, by five.
D plus - Diana Matheson, a first-team All-America last year as a freshman, returned to the lineup last week after missing the first two games to compete with the Canadian national team. Matheson had an assist in her first game back and then scored the game-winning goal in overtime against Loyola Marymount.
Injury update - Christina Costantino, who started every game a year ago on defense, will miss the 2005 season with a torn ACL.
Taylor made - Taylor Numann, a freshman who has started each of the first four games this season, is the only current Princeton player to have started every game of her career.
Coming attractions - Princeton hosts Yale in its Ivy League opener on Sept 24 at 7 p.m. The game can be seen on CSTV.