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No. 18 Princeton Field Hockey Draws No. 7 Maryland in NCAA First Round
November 09, 2015 | Field Hockey
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| Gametimes | Saturday, Nov. 14 - 2 p.m. l JS Coyne Stadium |
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| Last Meeting | Sept. 22, 2015 - Maryland 3, Princeton 0 (Box/Recap) |
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PRINCETON, N.J. – With a 2-1 overtime victory over Penn on Saturday afternoon, the 18th-ranked Princeton University field hockey team punched its ticket to the 2015 NCAA Championships.
Claiming the Ivy title outright by virtue of its victory over the Quakers, the Tigers secured the league's automatic NCAA bid. Drawing Maryland in first round action, Princeton will make its 20th NCAA Tournament appearance. Game time is set for 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Top-seeded Syracuse, which will face the winner of Kent State and the University of Massachusetts, will host the regional site, with the quarterfinals featuring the winner of Orange's first round match-up and Maryland/Princeton on Sunday, Nov. 15.
LAST TIME OUT
• Princeton (10-6, 7-0 Ivy) claimed the outright Ivy title with a 2-1 overtime victory over Penn on Saturday afternoon.
• Staking the Tigers to an early lead, Maddie Copeland netted the game's first goal at 6:54. The Quakers' Selena Garzio tied the game at 66:55 before Ryan McCarthy came up with the game winner just 2:35 into the first overtime session.
• Princeton finished with an 8-7 shot advantage and a 7-5 edge in penalty corners.
TOP OF THE CLASS
• With Saturday's victory over Penn, Princeton secured the Ivy League's automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
• Winning its 11th-straight (24th overall) conference crown, the Tigers will make their 20th NCAA appearance.
• Princeton's perfect 7-0 season is the 14th in program history since the seven-game format debuted in 1997.
• The Tigers have now won or earned a share of the Ivy League title in 21 of the last 22 seasons.
• Under 13-year head coach Kristen Holmes-Winn, the Tigers are 86-5 against league opponents, with their only losses coming to Dartmouth (2004, 2007), Cornell (2007), Penn (2004), and Columbia (2014).
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Princeton is making its 20th NCAA Tournament appearance.
• The Tigers are 27-19 all-time in NCAA championship play.
• Winning the program's lone national championship in 2012, the Orange and Black have advanced to the national quarterfinals on 13 occasions and have made four trips to the national semifinals.
• Princeton is 12-6 in NCAA first round action.
POSTSEASON AWARDS
• Princeton claimed three of the Ivy League's four major postseason awards. Maddie Copeland was named the conference's Offensive Player of the Year while Sophia Tornetta was tabbed the Rookie of the Year. Kristen Holmes-Winn was named the league's Coach of the Year.
• Seven Tigers earned a spot on the All-Ivy team. Copeland and Tornetta joined Elise Wong on the first team, while Teresa Benvenuti, Cat Caro, and Ryan McCarthy secured a place on the second team. Anya Gersoff earned recognition as an honorable mention selection.
• Copeland is the third Tiger to be tabbed the Offensive Player of the Year since the award's induction in 2011, joining Kathleen Sharkey (2012) and Michelle Cesan (2013).
• Wong and Tornetta's selection to the first team marked the first time one Ivy program put a pair of freshmen on its top all-conference squad since 2009, when Princeton's Cesan and Julia Reinprecht were honored.
BALANCING ACT
• 12 different players have record a point for Princeton this season, including six Tigers who have collected at least 10.
• Maddie Copeland leads the way with 34 points on 16 goals and two assists and has scored in each of her last four outings.
• Sophia Tornetta is second on the team in scoring with 19 points on five goals and nine assists.
• Ryan McCarthy has collected seven goals and four assists in 16 appearances.
• Dishing out three assists in her last two games, Teresa Benvenuti has amassed a team-high 11 helpers. Earlier this season Benvenuti tied a single-game program record with four assists against Dartmouth (Sept. 27).
• Cat Caro (4G, 4A) and Nicole Catalino (6G) each have 12 points on the season.
• Princeton's freshmen have combined for 54 of the team's 144 points.
• The Tigers have collectively earned eight Ivy Weekly Awards, led by Copeland's three Player of the Week honors:
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)
Nov. 3 – Maddie Copeland (Player of the Week)
IN THE RANKINGS
• As of Monday, Nov. 9, Princeton sits 18th in the NFHCA Coaches Poll and 10th in the NCAA RPI rankings.
• Princeton currently ranks 12th in the nation in points per game (9.0), 13th in assists per game (2.75), 14th in scoring average (3.07), 15th in goals per game (3.13), 25th in scoring margin (0.86), and 26th in defensive saves (6).
• Maddie Copeland currently ranks fifth in the country in goals per game (1.00) and seventh in points per contest (2.13).
• Teresa Benvenuti ranks 14th in the nation in assists per game (0.69).
SERIES HISTORY: MARYLAND
• Maryland leads the all-time series, 21-6-1.
• Posting a 4-2-1 record over the first seven meetings beginning in 1981 (W, 2-0), Princeton lost 13-straight to the Terrapins from 1999-2009.
• Snapping the skid in 2010 (W, 4-2), Princeton took three of the next four match-ups against Maryland.
• The Tigers' last win over the Terrapins came in the 2012 National Semifinal, 3-2 (ot).
• Maryland has prevailed in each of the last five meetings, including this year's regular season showdown on Sept. 22, 3-0.
• Dropping last season's NCAA first round match-up against Maryland (L, 5-2), Princeton is 2-4 all-time against the Terrapins in tournament play.
ROAD TO THE TOURNAMENT: MARYLAND
• No. 7 Maryland (19-3) punched its NCAA Tournament ticket with a 5-1 victory over Michigan in the Big Ten championship game.
• Starting the year 2-3 following three-consecutive, one-goal losses to Boston College, Duke, and Albany, Maryland has rattled off 17-straight victories.
• Maryland is making its 21st-consecutive (27th overall) NCAA appearance and carries a 56-19 (0.747) championship record into this year's tournament.
• Welma Luus led the Terrapins in the Big Ten Tournament with a record seven goals during a three-game stretch.
• Netting four goals in the championship match, Luus was named the Tournament's MVP with senior Anna Dessoye also making the All-Big Ten Tournament team.
LAST MEETING
• Maryland earned a 3-0 victory over Princeton on Sept. 22 in College Park, Md.
• Emma Rissinger netted a pair of goals in the 17th and 23rd minutes before Lein Holsboer capped off the scoring at 59:06.
• The Terrapins racked up a 24-5 shot advantage and a 9-3 edge in penalty corners.
• Anya Gersoff finished with 11 saves while Sarah Holliday made one stop.
• Maryland downed Princeton in last year's NCAA First Round game, 5-1.
SCOUTING MARYLAND
• Winners of 17 straight, the Terrapins carry a 19-3 overall record into NCAA Tournament play.
• Missy Meharg was named the Big Ten's Coach of the Year while Sarah Sprink was tabbed the conference's Player of the Year. Linnea Gonzales was voted the Freshman of the Year.
• Sprink and Anna Dessoye were unanimous selections to the All-Big Ten first team, while Welma Luus and Gonzales earned a spot on the second team.
• Luus currently leads the team with 43 points on 20 goals and three assists, while Dessoye has 34 points on eight goals and 18 helpers.
• Sarah Sprink (10G, 6A) has 26 points, while Gonzales (10G, 3A) and Lein Holsboer (6G, 11A) each have 23 points.
• Emma Rissinger has 21 points on the season on five goals and 11 assists while Carrie Hanks has 10 points (3G, 4A).
• Sarah Holliday has logged 1093:42 minutes in net, posting a 13-0 record with a 1.02 goals-against-average and 0.754 save percentage.