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No. 20 Field Hockey Hits the Road for Games Against Harvard, No. 2 UConn
October 22, 2015 | Field Hockey
| Game Notes: Harvard/No. 2 UConn |
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| Gametimes | Saturday, Oct. 24 - 12 p.m. l Harvard Field Hockey Stadium |
| Sunday, Oct. 25 - 2:30 p.m. l George J. Sherman Family-Sports Complex | |
| Game Coverage | Harvard: Live Stats/Webcast |
| UConn: Live Stats/Webcast | |
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| All-Time Series |
Princeton leads Harvard, 38-5-2 l UConn leads Princeton, 14-8 |
| Last Meeting | Oct. 25, 2014 - Princeton 1, Harvard 0 (Box/Recap) |
| Oct. 26, 2014 - UConn 4, Princeton 3 (Box/Recap) | |
| Princeton | Roster l Schedule l Stats l @TigerFH |
| Harvard |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @HarvardFH |
| UConn |
Roster l Schedule l Stats l @UConnFHockey |
| Related Links | Donio-Enscoe Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week |
THE WEEK THAT WAS
• The Tigers split a pair of games last weekend, upending Ivy League rival Brown (W, 4-2) before falling to No. 1 Syracuse (L, 4-2).
• Trailing 1-0 against Brown, the Tigers netted a pair of goals just 1:45 apart to regain control. Jane Donio-Enscoe assisted on Elizabeth George's first goal at 12:53 before putting back a rebound at 14:38. With the game knotted at 2-2, Maddie Copeland scored a go-ahead goal just before the intermission before George put away her second of the day at the 60:53 mark of the second half to make it 4-2.
• The Tigers finished with a 19-8 shot advantage with an 11-3 edge in penalty corners.
• Anya Gersoff made two saves in the win.
• Staking the Tigers to a halftime lead of against No. 1 Syracuse, Donio-Enscoe broke a scoreless deadlock at 31:52. Following a pair of Orange goals at 46:54 and 51:45, Ryan McCarthy pulled the Tigers even at 55:08. Keeping its unblemished record intact, Syracuse answered with two goals down the stretch to seal its 15th-consecutive win.
• The Orange finished with a 17-11 shot advantage with a 6-2 edge in penalty corners.
• Gersoff recorded six saves in the loss.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO
• The Tigers picked up their seventh Ivy League weekly award of the season with Jane Donio-Enscoe taking home Rookie of the Week accolades on Oct. 20.
• Helping Princeton to a 1-1 week, Donio-Enscoe collected five points on two goals and a helper.
• Having a hand in the Tigers' first two goals against Brown, Donio-Enscoe broke a scoreless deadlock late in the first half against No. 1 Syracuse to give Princeton a 1-0 lead at the intermission.
• In 11 appearances, Donio-Enscoe has picked up two goals and two assists.
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)
Oct. 20 – Jane Donio-Enscoe (Rookie of the Week)
SHARING THE WEALTH
• 12 different players have recorded a point for the Tigers this season with six players amassing double-digit points.
• Maddie Copeland leads the way with 22 points on 10 goals and two helpers, while freshman Sophia Tornetta has 15 points (5G, 5A).
• Ryan McCarthy has collected five goals and three assists, while Nicole Catalino has six goals. Teresa Benvenuti has two goals and a team-high eight assists, while Cat Caro has four goals and three helpers.
• Princeton's freshmen have accounted for 47 of the team's 116 points this season.
IN THE RANKINGS
• The Tigers are currently slotted 14th in the NCAA's RPI rankings and 20th in the NFHCA Coaches Poll.
• Princeton is ranked 10th in the nation in assists per game (2.83), 11th in goals per game (3.42), points per game (9.67), and scoring average (3.35), 17th in defensive saves (6), 23rd in scoring margin (0.90), 27th in shutouts per game (0.17), and 30th in penalty corners per game (6.50).
• Teresa Benvenuti is 12th in the nation in assists per game (0.67), while Maddie Copeland ranks 15th in goals per game (0.83) and 22nd in points per contest (1.83).
• Anya Gersoff is 27th nationally in saves per game (5.33) and fifth in the conference in save percentage (0.681).
SERIES HISTORY: HARVARD
• Princeton is 38-5-2 all-time against Harvard with a 19-3-2 road record.
• The Tigers won each of the first five meetings between the programs including the inaugural showdown in 1972, 2-0.
• After battling to a 3-3 tie in 1977, Harvard earned its first-ever win over Princeton the following season, 1-0.
• The Tigers have won each of the last 21 meetings dating back to 1994, including last year's match-up in Princeton, 1-0.
• The Crimson's last victory over the Tigers came in 1993, 2-1 (2ot).
LAST MEETING: HARVARD
• Cat Caro netted the game's only goal in Princeton's 1-0 victory over Harvard last season.
• Princeton finished with a 14-5 shot advantage with a 5-1 edge in penalty corners.
• Anya Gersoff made three saves in the victory, while Issy Davies had five stops.
SCOUTING HARVARD
• Dropping a pair of games to Cornell (L, 1-0) and New Hampshire (L, 3-1) last weekend, the Crimson carry a 7-5 (2-2 Ivy) record into Saturday's showdown against Princeton.
• Marissa Balleza leads the team with 24 points on 10 goals and four assists, while Elizabeth Jacobson has collected 20 points (8G, 4A) in 12 appearances. Freshman Kathleen Young has also made an impact with three goals and a pair of helpers.
• Issy Davies has seen the majority of time in net, posting a 1.82 goals-against-average and 0.677 save percentage in 805:45 minutes.
SERIES HISTORY: UCONN
• UConn holds 14-8 edge over Princeton in the all-time series.
• The Huskies took the first-ever meeting in 1997, 3-1, with the Tigers prevailing the following season, 3-2.
• Going 1-6 against UConn from 2003-08, the Tigers won the 2009 meeting, 3-1.
• Dropping the next three showdowns, Princeton earned a 4-1 decision over the Huskies in 2012 before dropping each of the last two match-ups in 2013 and 2014 by scores of 1-0 and 4-3, respectively.
LAST MEETING: UCONN
• Princeton dropped a 4-3 decision to UConn at Bedford Field last season.
• Hailey Reeves netted the game's first goal at 29:29 before McKenzie Townsend pulled UConn even at 30:23. Maddie Copeland put Princeton right back on top with 16 seconds left in the first half, but a pair of UConn goals within the first four minutes of the second gave the Huskies their first lead. Teresa Benvenuti knotted things at 3-3 at 45:35 before Charlotte Veitner put UConn up for good at 51:53.
• The Huskies finished with a 15-6 shot advantage and a 7-2 edge in penalty corners.
• Anya Gersoff had seven saves in the loss, while Nina Klein made one stop for UConn.
SCOUTING UCONN
• The nation's second-ranked team, two-time defending national champion UConn carries an unblemished 15-0 mark into the weekend.
• Last weekend, the Huskies shutout Old Dominion (W, 1-0) and Boston University (W, 5-0) to extend its consecutive shutout streak to seven games dating back to Sept. 25.
• UConn is averaging 6.13 goals per game, while holding opponents to 0.33 goals per outing.
• Charlotte Veitner leads the team with 67 points on 28 goals and 11 assists. Casey Umstead has 29 points (12G, 5A), while Roisin Upton has 28 points (9G, 10A). Anna Middendorf has 22 points on eight goals and six assists.
• Nina Klein has logged 1022:12 minutes in net, posting a 0.889 save percentage and 0.27 GAA.