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American Ahead in D.C. for Women's Soccer Tuesday
October 05, 2008 | Women's Soccer
Princeton (6-1-1) at
American (3-8-1)
Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m.
Reeves Athletic Complex ? American
Coaches: Princeton ? Julie Shackford
(14th season/William & Mary '88); American ? David Bucciero
(First season/James Madison '95)
Series vs. American: Princeton
leads 5-0-0
Streaking teams: Princeton will try to keep its four-game winning streak and six-game unbeaten streak going, while American will look to snap its six-game skid. The Tigers will also try to extend their 400-minute shutout streak, while American will try to break a longer stretch without a goal of its own.
Virginia is for lovers... and soccer coaches: Both of Tuesday's head coaches ? Princeton's Julie Shackford and American's David Bucciero ? are from Northern Virginia and played their college soccer at Virginia public universities. Shackford played at William & Mary, while Bucciero played at James Madison.
Alma maters: Princeton junior Vicki Anagnostopoulos and American assistant coach Valerie Rauenzahn are graduates of Our Lady of Good Counsel in suburban Washington, D.C., while Princeton senior and American freshman Gabrielle Barbato attended East Brunswick (N.J.) High.
Local connections: American has two players from high schools just a few miles from the Princeton campus in junior Kelly McLaughlin (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro South) and freshman Allison Slattery (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery).
Patriot-ic Tigers: Princeton
will face four Patriot League opponents this season. The Tigers defeated
Colgate on Sept. 23 and will face American, Lehigh and Bucknell in October.
Series vs. American: Princeton is 5-0 all-time against American with all five meetings coming since 2000. In Washington, Princeton is 2-0, winning in 2003 and the last meeting overall in 2006.
Tigers vs. D.C.: Princeton is 12-1 all-time against the two Division I schools it has faced from Washington, D.C., including 5-0 against American and 7-1 against George Washington. The Tigers have never faced Georgetown or Howard.