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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
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Lussi Hits 40, Asom Hits 10, Women's Soccer Takes First in the Ivy
October 24, 2015 | Women's Soccer
 (12-3, 5-0) |
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Oct. 24, 2015 • 1:30 p.m. Jordan Field • Cambridge, Mass. |
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 (7-7-1, 4-1) |
| Box Score • Highlights |
| Goals |
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5:33 • Mimi Asom scored, assisted by Katie Pratt-Thompson Princeton 1, Harvard 0 |
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12:20 • Harvard's Rachel Garcia scored, assisted by Margaret Purce Princeton 1, Harvard 1 |
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56:11 • Tyler Lussi scored, assisted by Mimi Asom Princeton 2, Harvard 1 |
| Game Summary |
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A tense battle between two teams fighting for first place in the Ivy League went Princeton's way, as a Tyler Lussi goal in the 57th minute reclaimed the lead for Princeton and the Tigers held on the rest of the way. The game is important not only because it puts the Tigers three points in front of Harvard with two games to play, but Princeton also now owns the first tiebreaker with Harvard for the Ivy's NCAA bid, should that come into play. Cornell's 3-2 overtime loss at Brown made it a two-team race for the Ivy title, with Princeton (5-0) at 15 points and Harvard (4-1) at 12. Should the Tigers beat Cornell next Saturday at Roberts Stadium, Princeton would clinch not only a share of the Ivy title but also the league's automatic NCAA bid, thanks to the tiebreaker of the head-to-head win over Harvard. Mimi Asom had Princeton's first goal in the sixth minute, the fastest goal scored on the Crimson this year, when she took a long pass out of the backfield from Katie Pratt-Thompson, got past her Harvard defender and fired just inside the right post for the 1-0 lead. Though the Crimson tied it less than seven minutes later on a Rachel Garcia goal when Princeton couldn't clear it off a rebound, Tyler Lussi took a crossing pass from Mimi Asom in the 57th minute and arced it into the top left corner of the goal, putting the Tigers ahead 2-1. |
| Game Notes |
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• Junior Tyler Lussi scored her 12th goal of the season and 40th of her career, making her just the third player in program history to score 40 goals. Linda DeBoer '86 had 41 in her career, and program record holder Esmeralda Negron '05 had 47 in her career. • Freshman Mimi Asom's 10th goal of the season made her just the third freshman in program history to accomplish that number, putting her alongside teammate Tyler Lussi's 10 from two years ago and the 12 that Linda DeBoer '86 had in 1982. • Princeton ended Harvard's 21-game home Ivy unbeaten streak, in which the Crimson were 19-0-2. The Tigers were the last Ivy team to beat Harvard at home, back in 2009. • Princeton travels to its three furthest Ivy League opponents, Brown, Harvard and Dartmouth, every odd-numbered year, and this year is just the second time the Tigers have gone 3-0 in those games. Princeton previously accomplished the feat in 2001 and has made the three trips in the same season 18 times. • The season's 12th win ties coach Sean Driscoll's personal best as an NCAA head coach, set with Manhattan in 2006. • Princeton's 10-game win streak is its longest since winning 12 in a row in 2012. Princeton has scored 2+ goals in every game of the current win streak, its longest such streak since scoring 2+ in every game of the 12-game win streak in 2012. • Princeton has outscored its opponents 30-8 during the 10-game winning streak. |
| Next Game |
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Princeton vs. Cornell Sat., Oct. 31, 1 p.m. Roberts Stadium |