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Princeton Hosts Arizona To Open Women's Soccer Invitational
September 06, 2005 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 6, 2005
The Princeton women's soccer makes it return to the site of its glorious run to the 2004 NCAA tournament Final Four when it hosts the Princeton Invitational this weekend at Lourie-Love Field. Princeton begins the event when its hosts Arizona (Thursday, 5 p.m.) in a game to be televised nationally on ESPNU.
The full schedule sees Princeton (0-2) open with Arizona (1-1-1) Thursday followed at 7:30 by Loyola Marymount (0-2-2) and Penn (1-0). The event concludes Saturday when Princeton takes on Loyola Marymount at 11 a.m., followed by Penn and Arizona at 1:30.
Princeton enters the tournament having won a school-record 19 straight home games, including four straight last November en route to the Final Four. The last time Princeton played on Lourie-Love Field was against Washington in the quarterfinals, a 3-1 Princeton win witnessed by a facility-record 2,504 fans.
The Tigers are 0-2 after losses to UCLA and Miami in Miami last weekend.
Princeton (0-2) vs. Arizona (1-1-1)
Hey strangers - Princeton and Arizona have never met in women's soccer.
Conference call - Princeton's game against Arizona will mark the fourth time in its last five games that it will be playing against a Pac-10 school, dating to the NCAA quarterfinal win over Washington last year. Since then, Princeton has also played UCLA twice (NCAA semifinals, season-opener this year).
November madness - Princeton is one of 17 teams in Division I to have played in the NCAA tournament each of the last six years.
She's back - Diana Matheson, a first-team All-America last year as a freshman, missed Princeton's two games in Florida to compete with the Canadian national team.
No place like home - Princeton has won a school record 19 straight home games.
Fresh faces - Princeton started two freshmen - Aarti Jain and Taylor Numann - and used five freshmen in its two games last weekend. For starters - Princeton had four players (Meredith Wall, Melissa Whitley, Aarti Jain, Taylor Numann) start for the first time in their careers last weekend and a fifth player (Lisa Chinn) who had one career start prior to last week.
Pomp and circumstance - Princeton graduated 10 seniors from last year's Final Four team, including all-time leading scorer Esmeralda Negron, a first-team All-America. The 10 graduates included four four-year starters, a three-year starter and a two-year starter.
The whammy - Princeton is 0-2 for the first time since 1999, when Princeton finished 12-5-1 and earned its first NCAA tournament berth under Julie Shackford.
More whammy - Princeton has not been 0-3 to start a season since 1992.
Half and half - Princeton and its first two opponents are even at 0-0 in the first half; Princeton has been outscored by a combined 4-0 in the second half.
Bankin' on Behncke - Emily Behncke has 25 career goals, tied for fourth all-time at Princeton; she needs one to tie for third.
More Behncke - Emily Behncke is currenlty third all-time in career points at Princeton with 60, trailing only Esmeralda Negron '05 (112) and Linda DeBoer '86 (94).
More and Maura - Maura Gallagher ranks fourth all-time in assists at Princeton with 14, six shy of the school record.
Net results - Princeton has used two different goalkeepers in its first two games (Madeleine Jackson vs. UCLA; Maren Dale vs. Miami).
Okay, smart guys - Maija Garnaas has been a District II Academic All-America each of the last two years; Romy Trigg-Smith was a District II Academic All-America and an Academic All-Ivy League selection a year ago.
Coach speak - Julie Shackford was named the Division I Coach of the Year last year by both the NSCAA and SoccerBuzz.