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Ivy Play Resumes as Men's Soccer Hosts Columbia Saturday
October 13, 2011 | Men's Soccer
Columbia at Princeton
Gametime: Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.
2011 Records: Princeton (3-7-1, 0-2 Ivy), Columbia (4-6-1, 1-1 Ivy)
Series Began: 1907
Series Record: Columbia leads 30-21-8
Series Streak: Princeton unbeaten in last 8
Last Meeting: Princeton won 3-2 (10/16/10)
LINKS: Live Video l Live Stats
SPECIAL EVENT: Princeton Soccer Joins Fights Against A-T
PRINCETON, N.J. (10/13/11) - Princeton resumes Ivy League play when it hosts Columbia this Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. It will be a doubleheader on Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium, as the women's team take on the Lions in the first match at 4 p.m.
The game will be Web streamed on GoPrincetonTigers.tv for subscribers, and live stats will be available free of charge.
Senior Manny Sardinha has organized a fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for A-T Children's Project, devoted to helping children with ataxia-telangiectasia. Click here for more information on Saturday's special event and how you can help.
Princeton defeated Lafayette on Tuesday, 2-1, to improve to 3-7-1 on the season. The Tigers however are seeking their first conference win after losses on the road to Dartmouth and Brown. Senior Antoine Hoppenot sits atop the scoring column with 13 points on four goals and a league-high five assists. Junior Matt Sanner has scored a team-best five goals, three of which are game winners. Freshman Cameron Porter adds seven points and junior Mark Linnville has five points. Junior Max Gallin has started all but one game in goal and has made 32 saves on 52 shots for a 1.89 goals against average and a .615 save percentage.
Saturday's game will be Columbia's first on the road since September 27. The Lions most recently fell to Penn 3-2 and beat Brown 2-1 in double overtime one week earlier to have a 1-1 Ivy League mark and a 4-6-1 overall record. Columbia is just 1-3-1 when playing on someone else's field. Will Stamatis leads the team in scoring with four goals, scoring three of the team's four game winners. Henning Sauerbier has six points on two goals and two assists. Francois Anderson and David Najem both have one goal and two assists apiece. Alexander Aurrichio has started in nine games in goal and has made 22 saves on 35 shots for a 1.43 GAA and a .629 save percentage.
Princeton is unbeaten in its last eight games with Columbia, 6-0-2, and has won the last four straight games. Columbia is Princeton's oldest opponent, as the series began in 1907 with the Lions holding a 30-21-8 edge in the 104-year series history.
Senior Josh Walburn scored the game-winning goal in the 82nd minute to lead Princeton to a dramatic 3-2 win over Columbia on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Columbia Soccer Stadium. Walburn scored the game winner off a free kick from 20 yards that sailed into the left corner netting.
Princeton had a 1-0 lead at halftime but Columbia scored twice within one minute to take a 2-1 lead in the 63rd minute. The Tigers scored the equalizer in the 77th minute.
Princeton took the lead in the 31st minute when junior Antoine Hoppenot scored on a Walburn feed inside the 18-yard box. Off a throw in, the ball came into the box to O'Neil who faked a shot and passed the ball off to Hoppenot. Columbia keeper Alexander Aurrichio came out to make the stop on O'Neil leaving Hoppenot open on the far post.
Columbia's Francois Anderson had a hand in both goals to help the Lions take the 2-1 lead. A cross by Anderson to Najem on the doorstep led to Columbia's first goal in the 62nd minute. Anderson scored in the 63rd minute when he fired a shot from 25 yards out far post past Lynch.
Senior defender Benjamin Burton tallied the equalizer in the 77th minute on a rebound from senior Brandon Busch. The ball was crossed in to Busch whose initial attempt was saved but the ball came back out and Burton was there to push the ball over the goal line.
Walburn would score the game winner five minutes later.
In the waning minutes Columbia would take four shots in desperation with Lynch making two saves on both shots on goal.
Lynch finished the game with six saves while Aurrichio made three stops for the Lions.