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No. 20 Men's Soccer Plays at Colgate on Tuesday
October 31, 2010 | Men's Soccer
No. 20 Princeton at Colgate
Gametime: Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.
2010 Records: Princeton (10-3-1, 5-0 Ivy League);
Colgate (7-4-5, 4-0-1 Patriot League)
Series Began: 2007
Series Record: Series tied 1-1
Last Meeting: Princeton won 3-0
Steak: Princeton won last game
PRINCETON (10/31/10) - The Princeton men's soccer team will play its final non-conference game of the 2010 season on Tuesday, Nov. 2 when it travels to Colgate for a 7 p.m. game.
The game will be webstreamed and fans can purchase a 24-hour subscription for $5.95, or watch live stats free of charge.
Despite last season's 3-0 Princeton victory the game should prove to be a defensive battle.
Both teams have strong goalkeeping with Princeton's Sean Lynch owning a 10-3-1 record with five shutouts. He has a 1.00 goals against average and an .806 save percentage making 58 saves on 72 shots. Colgate's Chris Miller has seven shutouts and has started all but two games this season. He has a 0.86 goals against average and a .772 save percentage making 44 saves on 57 shots.
Princeton is holding teams to 1.00 goals per game, while Colgate allows 0.88 per game. The Tigers do have the upperhand offensively with 2.07 goals per game to Colgate's 1.00 goals per game.
Both teams also have the tendinacy to score late. The Raiders have scored 10 of the their 14 regulation goals in the second half, while the Tigers have scored 20 of their 29 goals in the second half.
No. 20 Princeton is 10-3-1 overall and has won the last nine games including a 1-0 win at Cornell on Saturday. Junior Antoine Hoppenot and senior Antoine Hoppenot both have 18 points. Hoppenot has scored seven goals and four assists, while Walburn leads the team in assists with six and has scored six goals. Four of his six goals have been game-winning goals. Sophomore Matt Sanner has nine points on three goals and three assists, with all three goals being game winners. Sophomore Lester Nare has eight points and junior Manny Sardinha has seven points. Seven other Tigers have a point or more.
Colgate is 7-4-5 overall and 4-0-2 in the Patriot League. The team is 3-1-2 when playing at home but hasn't played a home game since Oct. 16 when it defeated Lafayette 2-0. The Raiders have played five double overtime games this season, including the last two games in ties to Bucknell and Navy.
Junior Matt Schuber is the team's leading scorer with four goals and two assists for 10 points. Steven Miller has four goals and one assist for nine points. Sophomore Shane Conlin has seven points and classmate Mike Reidy has six. Seven other players have a point or more. Junior goalkeeper Chris Miller has started 13 games in net and has a 0.86 goals against average and a .772 save percentage allowing 13 goals on 57 shots. He also has seven shutouts to his credit.
Princeton and Colgate have three common opponents, Lehigh, Cornell and Lafayette. Both teams are 2-1 against the three teams with Princeton losing to Lehigh and Colgate falling to Cornell. Princeton is 1-2 against teams from the Patriot League, falling to Lehigh and American in two of the first three games of the season before posting a 3-0 shutout over Lafayette in early October.
Princeton and Colgate are even in the series at 1-1. Princeton earned a 3-0 win last year on Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium, while Colgate won the first meeting 1-0 in 2007.
The Tigers dominated the box score, outshooting Colgate 24-6 and allowing just one shot on goal. Antoine Hoppenot put Princeton on the scoreboard in the 40th minute. Josh Walburn fed Colby Hahn on the right flank and Hahn sent a great ball up the field for a Hoppenot one-on-one opportunity that he was able to convert. Princeton continued to carry on offensively in the second and was able to get its second goal of the night off a free kick by Devin Muntz in the 64th minute when his free kick sailed into the back of the net. Brandon Busch sealed the Tigers' win at 81:01 when he beat goalkeeper Grant Reed one-on-one. Reed came off his line and was just outside of the six-meter box when he went down to stop Busch's shot. The ball brushed his hands and continued to roll towards the goal. The Raiders' defense suddenly jumped into action but by the time the two defenders got to the goal, the ball had trickled over the goal line. Reed finished the night with an impressive 11 saves, while Sean Lynch earned the win in net for the Tigers but did not face a shot. Junior Thomas Gasparini went in on relief for the final 7:21 and made one save.