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No. 19 Princeton Field Hockey Heads North to Face Brown, Syracuse
October 15, 2015 | Field Hockey
| Game Notes: Brown/Syracuse |
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| Gametimes | Saturday, Oct. 17 - 12 p.m. l Goldberger Family Field |
| Sunday, Oct. 18 - 3 p.m. l J.S. Coyne Stadium | |
| Game Coverage | Brown: Live Stats/Webcast |
| Syracuse: Live Stats/Webcast | |
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| All-Time Series |
Princeton leads Brown, 29-8-1 l Princeton leads Syracuse, 11-7 |
| Last Meeting | Oct. 18, 2014 - Princeton 4, Brown 0 (Box/Recap) |
| Oct. 5, 2014 - Syracuse 4, Princeton 3 (2ot) (Box/Recap) | |
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| Brown |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @BrownBearsFH |
| Syracuse |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @CuseFH |
| Related Links | Catalino Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week |
LAST TIME OUT
• Rallying from a late second-half deficit, the Tigers edged out Columbia in overtime last Friday, 4-3.
• Hailey Reeves opened the scoring in the 12th minute. With the contest knotted at 1-1, Sophia Tornetta briefly put Princeton back on top.
• Columbia answered with a couple of goals in the last minute of the first half to take a 3-2 lead into the intermission.
• With the Orange and Black still looking for the equalizer in the waning moments of regulation, Nicole Catalino tied it at 66:47. Just 1:38 into the first extra session, Catalino tapped in a Cat Caro feed to put the Tigers up for good.
• Princeton finished with a slight 12-11 shot advantage and an 8-7 edge in penalty corners.
• The Tigers' Anya Gersoff made a pair of stops in the win.
• The victory helped Princeton improve to 82-5 all-time against the Ivy League under head coach Kristen Holmes-Winn.
• The Tigers only losses to conference opponents in the Holmes-Winn era have come to Dartmouth (2004, 2011), Cornell (2007), Penn (2004), and Columbia (2014).
STEPPING UP
• With Princeton in jeopardy of dropping an Ivy League match-up against Columbia last Friday, freshman Nicole Catalino netted a pair of goals to help the Tigers pull out a comeback win.
• Trailing 3-2 in the 67th minute, Catalino got a stick on a Teresa Benvenuti shot off a penalty corner, redirecting the equalizer into the Lions' cage at 66:47.
• Just 1:38 into overtime, Catalino carved out space on the backpost before tapping in a Cat Caro feed to give Princeton the win.
• Catalino earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for her efforts.
• Through her first 10 appearances, Catalino sits second on the squad in goals (6) and third on the team in points (12).
• Catalino's Ivy honor is the sixth for Princeton this season.
Princeton's Ivy League Weekly Awards
Sept. 8 – Anya Gersoff (Co-Player of the Week)
Sept. 8 – Sophia Tornetta (Rookie of the Week)
Sept. 22 – Maddie Copeland (Player of the Week)
Sept. 29 – Sophia Tornetta (Rookie of the Week)
Oct. 6 – Maddie Copeland (Player of the Week)
Oct. 13 – Nicole Catalino (Rookie of the Week)
YOUTH MOVEMENT
• Sophia Tornetta, Elise Wong, and Nicole Catalino combined for eight of the Tigers' 14 points against Columbia, accounting for three of the four goals and an assist.
• Princeton's freshmen have combined for over a third (37) of the Tigers' 100 points this season.
• Sophia Tornetta ranks second on the team in points (15) with five goals and five assists.
• Nicole Catalino is second on the Tigers in goals (6) and third in points (12).
• Elise Wong is tied for second on the squad in assists (5).
• Elizabeth George has four points on a goal and two assists, while Jane Donio-Enscoe has a helper.
CLOSE CALLS
• With a 4-3 win over Columbia last weekend, Princeton snapped a streak of four-consecutive overtime losses.
• Entering last Friday's contest, the Tigers' last OT win came against Rider on Nov. 3, 2013, 2-1.
• Dating back to last season, the Tigers have played in 14 one-goal games, going 6-8 in those contests.
• Of those eight losses, five came to ranked opponents.
• Dropping last year's season opener to Duke (L, 1-0), Princeton also fell by a goal to two-time defending champion UConn (L, 4-3) and 2014 national runner-up Syracuse (L, 4-3 – 2ot).
• This season, the Tigers fell to both Virginia (L, 4-3 – ot) and Delaware (L, 4-3).
IN THE RANKINGS
• Princeton currently ranks eighth in the country in assists per game (3.00), 10th in goals (3.50) and points (10.0) per game, 11th in defensive saves (6) and scoring average (3.42), 24th in shutouts per game (0.20), and 29th in save percentage (0.721).
• Maddie Copeland is 10th in the country in goals per game (0.90) and 16th in points per contest (2.00).
• Teresa Benvenuti is fourth in the nation in assists per game (0.70).
• Anya Gersoff is 25th in Division I in saves per game (5.60) and third in the Ivy in save percentage (0.700).
SERIES HISTORY: BROWN
• Princeton is 29-8-1 all-time against Brown with an 11-7-1 road record.
• The Tigers won each of the first four meetings between the programs, including a 3-1 decision in the inaugural match-up.
• Brown earned its first-ever win over Princeton in 1983, 1-0 (ot).
• Princeton has won each of the last 15 meetings against Brown dating back to 2000, outscoring the Bears 81-9 during that span.
• Brown's last win over Princeton came at home in 1999, 2-1.
LAST MEETING: BROWN
• Princeton shut out Brown in last season's match-up at Bedford Field, 4-0.
• Up 2-0 at the intermission, the Orange and Black tacked on a pair of scores in the first 5:48 of the second half.
• Ryan McCarthy accounted for two of the Tigers' four scores.
• Princeton finished with a 23-7 shot advantage with each team earning four penalty corners.
SCOUTING BROWN
• Brown carries a 6-6 (1-2 Ivy) record into Saturday's showdown.
• 10 different players have recorded a point for the Bears this season, led by Hannah Rogers with 13 (5G, 3 A).
• Alexis Miller is second on the team points (10) thanks to five goals, while Ellie Seid has collected four goals and an assist.
• Katie Hammaker has logged all 854:13 minutes in net for Brown this season, posting a 2.37 goals-against-average and a 0.720 save percentage, good for second in the conference.
SERIES HISTORY: SYRACUSE
• Princeton holds an 11-7 all-time record against Syracuse.
• The Tigers won each of the first three meetings, including the inaugural showdown in 1988, 3-2.
• Syracuse recorded its first-ever win over Princeton in 1995, 2-1.
• After taking three-straight from the Orange in 2009-10, the Tigers have dropped each of the last four meetings, including last season's double overtime match-up, 4-3.
LAST MEETING: SYRACUSE
• The Tigers dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 double overtime decision to Syracuse last season.
• Annalena Ulbrich gave the Orange an early lead with a pair of first half goals. With the Tigers getting on the board in the final minute of the first period, Maddie Copeland netted a pair of goals at 35:31 and 39:40 to put Princeton on top.
• Lieke Visser pulled Syracuse even at 47:51 before Emma Russell put the Orange up for good with the game winner at 93:28.
• Syracuse finished with a 24-13 shot advantage and a 9-5 edge in penalty corners.
• Anya Gersoff posted 12 saves in the win, with Syracuse's Jess Jecko making five stops.
SCOUTING SYRACUSE
• The nation's top-ranked team, Syracuse carries an unblemished 13-0 record into the weekend.
• The Orange will host No. 7 Wake Forest on Saturday, Oct. 17 before welcoming Princeton to J.S. Coyne Field the following afternoon.
• Syracuse has outscored its opponents 53-11 this season, holding a 257-88 shot advantage with a 92-41 edge in penalty corners.
• 13 different players have recorded a point for Syracuse this season, with three players netting at least 20.
• Roos Weers leads the pack with 28 points on 11 goals and six assists, while Alma Fenne has 24 points on nine goals and six helpers. Emma Russell has 20 points (8G, 4A).
• Emma Lamison (7G, 2A) and Alyssa Manley (3G, 6A) have 16 and 12 points, respectively.
• Jess Jecko has logged the majority of time in net (893:28 mins.) posting a 13-0 record with a 0.86 GAA and 0.776 save percentage.