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Women's Soccer Scores Early, Often in Win over James Madison
September 12, 2010 | Women's Soccer
In goal totals not seen for either team in six years, the Tigers pulled ahead early and added to it late for a 6-3 win over the Dukes on Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium.
Princeton's (3-1) six goals were its most since posting seven on Cornell in 2004, and the Dukes (3-3) hadn't surrendered six since the first round of that year's NCAA tournament against Virginia.
It was also Princeton's first win against James Madison in the short history of the series against the only university named for a Princeton alumnus who became the President of the United States. JMU defeated Princeton in the only other meetings in 1993 and 1996.
The names for the Tigers on offense were the usual ones. Caitlin Blosser added to her big week with a goal and two assists, while Jen Hoy surpassed her goal total from her freshman season of a year ago with a hat trick to give her four on the young campaign.
"Everything went really well," Hoy said. "We had a great rhythm going. I just took the shots and everything went right."
The Tigers were on-target as well, finding the net on all six shots on goal, while Princeton goalkeeper Kristin Watson stopped eight of James Madison's 11 shots on net.
Princeton has now won three straight, building momentum in a packed preseason before the Ivy League schedule begins Sept. 25 at Yale. Before then, Princeton has three more non-league contests with a visit from Long Island coming Friday.
"We just have a great thing going right now," Hoy said of the pre-Ivy run. "We're excited to get into it."
Princeton scored three goals in a 10-minute span before the midway point of the first half, with Stephanie Iantorno, Lauren Whatley and Blosser putting the Dukes in a 3-0 hole. All five of James Madison's games entering the day had been one-goal contests, and the Tigers hadn't seen a margin of more than two goals in nearly a year since beating Hartford by three goals last Sept. 23.
The Tigers got one more from Hoy in the first half, but the Dukes got on the board with less than four minutes before halftime, scoring the first goal against Watson this season.
The teams traded goals after the break, Princeton providing an answer both times James Madison tried to rally.
"It was starting to get crazy toward the end," Hoy said. "But we were able to put one or two away and we sort of stopped them."