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Women's Soccer Hosts Brown Saturday
October 05, 2006 | Women's Soccer
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Princeton women's soccer team (4-5-1, 0-2-0 Ivy) returns to the Ivy League schedule Saturday when it hosts Brown (5-3-3, 0-1-1) for a 4 p.m. kick. The game is the first of a men's-women's doubleheader with the men's game following at 7 p.m.
Watch this one on TV later
The Princeton-Brown doubleheader is being televised on a tape-delayed basis by Patriot 8, which can be seen in the local Princeton area and areas northwest. The tape will air Mon., Oct. 10 and Wed., Oct. 12, both nights at 9 p.m.
Last meeting
Brown played a significant role in Princeton's missing the postseason last year. Had the Tigers not lost a 2-1 decision last season, even a tie would have given Princeton 16 points and the Ivy automatic berth.
All-time series
After Brown dominated the series to the tune of a 13-4-3 record from Princeton's first varsity year in 1980 until 1997, the Tigers had won seven in a row until last year. Brown still leads the series 14-11-3. In Princeton, the Tigers have won four in a row over the Bears.
Successful coaches
Princeton's Julie Shackford and Brown's Phil Pincince have both won national Coach of the Year honors. Pincince won in 1984 and Shackford followed 2004.
Well-tenured
While Brown's Pincince is the longest-tenured coach in the Ivy League in his 29th season, Shackford stands tied for third in the league in tenure at her current school behind Columbia's Kevin McCarthy (13th season) and even with Yale's Rudy Meredith (12th season).
Wins, wins, wins
Shackford's 129 wins at Old Nassau are by far a record for the women's team. She's approaching the men's record too. Jimmy Reed, the men's coach from 1938-66, had 136 wins.
Hail fair Honeoye Falls-Lima
Princeton freshman Marci Pasenello will be seeing one of her recent former classmates against the Bears as rookie defender Paige Reidy is also a 2006 Honeoye Falls-Lima grad. The pair's hometown of Honeoye Falls, N.Y., is just south of Rochester.
Bears keep it local
The trip to Princeton is Brown's longest of the season to date, having not left New England. The Bears will have to travel down south again to play Penn Oct. 29.
On the Bears
Senior forward Kathryn Moos has six of Brown's 19 goals while five other players each have a pair. Rookie Brenna Hogue has played every minute in goal for Brown, accruing an 0.94 GAA.
The home slate
The Brown game is the midpoint of a seven-game home schedule at Lourie-Love Field. Princeton will be home again Wednesday against Bucknell before hosting two more Ivy rivals in Harvard and Penn in the coming weeks.
Ready, aim, fire!
Heading into the week, the top three shooters in the Ivy League in terms of shots per game were in Princeton or Brown uniforms. Tiger junior midfielder Diana Matheson was third at 3.40, while brown's Lindsay Cunningham was first at 4.44 and Moos was second at 4.11.
More Moos-Matheson
The Brown-Princeton pair were the top two point scorers in the league heading into the week with Moos' 13 ranking as the league's best and Matheson's 11 right behind. Matheson's 0.80 goals per game and 2.20 points per game ranked number one in the league. Matheson's three game-winning goals were also a league-best.
Looking for help?
Brown's Jill Mansfield led the Ivy League in assists and assists per game heading into the week with six overall and 0.67 per contest.
Bison on the horizon
In what will be Princeton's penultimate midweek non-league game before heading to American Oct. 17, the Tigers host Bucknell (7-3-1) at 7 p.m. next Wed., Oct. 11. The Tigers have never lost to the Bison in five meetings from 1995-99, including 3-0 in home meetings.