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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
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Defending Home Turf At Last, Women's Soccer Tops Yale 3-0
September 26, 2015 | Women's Soccer
 (6-3, 1-0) |
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Sept. 26, 2015 • 4 p.m. Roberts Stadium • Princeton, N.J. |
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 (3-4-2, 0-1) |
| Box Score • Postgame Video with goals |
| Goals |
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62:00 • Natalie Larkin scored, assisted by Mimi Asom Princeton 1, Yale 0 |
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71:32 • Tyler Lussi scored, assisted by Jesse McDonough and Beth Stella Princeton 2, Yale 0 |
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89:24 • Tyler Lussi scored, assisted by Mimi Asom and Haley Chow Princeton 3, Yale 0 |
| Game Summary |
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Though it took more than a half to solve Yale, Princeton opened Ivy League play with three crucial points after a 3-0 win Saturday afternoon at Roberts Stadium. The win broke an eight-game losing streak for the home team in the series and was Princeton's first win over the Bulldogs in Princeton in 12 years. Natalie Larkin at last broke the scoreless tie at the beginning of the 63rd minute, when Mimi Asom chipped her the ball after it landed in the six-yard box following a Tyler Lussi try off the crossbar, and Princeton had the 1-0 lead. The Tigers doubled it nine minutes later when Jesse McDonough sent Lussi a cross that the junior buried for a 2-0 lead, and Lussi took another Asom pass in the final minute for the three-goal lead. |
| Game Notes |
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• Princeton beat Yale in Princeton for the first time since 2003. The home team in the series won for the first time since 2006. The three-goal margin was the first time Princeton had beaten Yale by more than one goal since 2004. The shutout was Princeton's second straight over the Bulldogs. • Tyler Lussi has joined Jen Hoy '13 in fourth place on Princeton's all-time scoring list, now with 36 career goals. Emily Behncke '06 is third with 39, two behind Linda DeBoer '86 at 41 and eight back of record holder Esmeralda Negron '05 with 47. • Princeton has taken the first three points in Ivy play now in three of the last four years. • Natalie Larkin became the third Tiger with as many as three goals this season, joining Mimi Asom (four) and Tyler Lussi (eight). • Junior Hannah Winner had her second shutout, both of the season and her career. |
| Next Game |
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Princeton at Dartmouth Sat., Oct. 3, 7 p.m. Hanover, N.H. |