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Mikaela Symanovich and the Tigers will head to Columbia Saturday.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Pivotal Ivy League Match Ahead Saturday for Princeton
October 11, 2016 | Women's Soccer
Princeton (9-2-1, 1-1-1 Ivy) at Columbia (6-4-3, 3-0 Ivy), Saturday, 7 p.m.: Free Admission | Live Stats | Live Video (ILDN) | Facility Info
Three crucial points are on the table Saturday night for the Princeton women's soccer team when they head to Columbia. The Lions lead the Ivy at 3-0, with nine points, followed by Harvard with seven points, Brown with six and Princeton and Yale with four apiece. Harvard heads to Brown Saturday in another game that will help shape the top of the table.
RPI: Despite the Tigers having tripped up at home last week against Brown, 2-1, Princeton dropped just one spot to No. 29 in the Oct. 10 NCAA RPI, 28 spots ahead of the next Ivy team, Harvard at No. 57.
Best start: Princeton's 9-2-1 start is its best since 2008, when the Tigers were 9-1-2 through 12 games.
Challenging stretch: In a three-game, eight-day run that concluded with last Saturday's game against Brown, Princeton faced three of the top 25 teams in the nation in goals-against average through Monday's games in Dartmouth, Lehigh and the Bears. Brown led the nation through Monday's games in GAA at 0.257, and Princeton is one of only three teams on the season to score against the Bears. Columbia ranks 36th in the nation in GAA at 0.708.
Records: Already the owner of Princeton's career goals record (52) and points record (120), senior Tyler Lussi is also the Ivy's top goal scorer since 1988 and is seeking to become the league's top point scorer since that year. On the league's goal list, she now trails only Harvard's Kelly Landry (68) and Sue St. Louis (66) and Brown's Theresa Hirschauer (62), all of whom played in the 1980s. On the league's points list, she is behind Landry at 160, St. Louis at 148, Hirschauer at 131 and Penn's Katy Cross (2001-04) at 125.
Rookies: Despite having 10 starters available to return for Princeton, the freshman class has managed to make its mark, with Natalie Grossi starting each of the first 12 games in goal and earning Ivy League Rookie of the Week for Week 2 after two shutouts in her first four games. Abby Givens, who was the Ivy League Rookie of the Week for Week 6, has scored points in three of the last four games through the Brown game, and classmate Tomi Kennedy has scored this season as well. Olivia Sheppard, Emily Hilliard, Kennedy and Givens have joined Grossi in getting starts this season, and Sheppard was named the No. 52 rookie in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer on Oct. 10.
Weekly honors: Tyler Lussi has won two Ivy League Player of the Week honors and Mimi Asom won one, giving Princeton three winners in the league's first five weekends. Natalie Grossi earned Ivy Rookie of the Week honors after the season's second weekend, and Abby Givens did so on Oct. 3. Lussi's recognitions this year give her nine for her career, extending her Ivy League record. Lussi was also named the nation's No. 14-ranked player by Top Drawer Soccer on Oct. 11, the same ranking which had Asom as the No. 75-ranked player, and Olivia Sheppard was the No. 52-ranked rookie by that website.
Stat rankings: Through Monday's games, Tyler Lussi was No. 3 in the nation in shots on goal per game at 2.82 and No. 10 in the nation in shots per game at 4.91.
Strong start: Sean Driscoll, in his second season coaching the Tigers, has the second-best record through 31 games of any coach in program history, going 23-6-2. Only the program's first varsity coach, Bob Malekoff (1980-84), at 26-5, had a better record through 31 games. Driscoll is the first Tiger coach to lead the team to the NCAA tournament in his first year, which he did last season in a run that included a first-round home win over Boston College.
Common foes: Brown is the only team that Princeton and Columbia have each played so far this season. The Lions beat the Bears 1-0 on Oct. 1 in Providence, and Brown beat Princeton 2-1 last weekend at Roberts Stadium.
Series history: Princeton leads the all-time series with Columbia 21-6-4. Princeton won 3-1 last season at Roberts Stadium but lost 1-0 two years ago in Manhattan. Each team has two players who have scored goals against the other team, with Tyler Lussi and Mimi Asom scoring in last year's win for Princeton, Holly Neshat scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Columbia in 2014 and Natalie Ambrose scoring the Lions' only goal in last year's game. Allison Spencer has played in goal each of the last three years against Princeton, going 1-1-1.
On Columbia: As with Princeton's recent opponents, Columbia has been exceptionally tough to score on this season. The Lions will carry a shutout streak of 465:32 into Saturday night's game, having shut out five straight opponents since a 1-1 tie against Seton Hall on Sept. 18. Sophomore Emma Anderson has scored five of the team's 15 goals on the season and senior Allison Spencer has played 552 of the team's 1,254 minutes in goal with an 0.326 GAA, while Sophie Whitehouse has played 667 minutes in goal with an 0.945 GAA. Tracey Bartholomew is in her third season as the program's head coach and is looking to lead the team to its first NCAA tournament since 2006.
Three crucial points are on the table Saturday night for the Princeton women's soccer team when they head to Columbia. The Lions lead the Ivy at 3-0, with nine points, followed by Harvard with seven points, Brown with six and Princeton and Yale with four apiece. Harvard heads to Brown Saturday in another game that will help shape the top of the table.
RPI: Despite the Tigers having tripped up at home last week against Brown, 2-1, Princeton dropped just one spot to No. 29 in the Oct. 10 NCAA RPI, 28 spots ahead of the next Ivy team, Harvard at No. 57.
Best start: Princeton's 9-2-1 start is its best since 2008, when the Tigers were 9-1-2 through 12 games.
Challenging stretch: In a three-game, eight-day run that concluded with last Saturday's game against Brown, Princeton faced three of the top 25 teams in the nation in goals-against average through Monday's games in Dartmouth, Lehigh and the Bears. Brown led the nation through Monday's games in GAA at 0.257, and Princeton is one of only three teams on the season to score against the Bears. Columbia ranks 36th in the nation in GAA at 0.708.
Records: Already the owner of Princeton's career goals record (52) and points record (120), senior Tyler Lussi is also the Ivy's top goal scorer since 1988 and is seeking to become the league's top point scorer since that year. On the league's goal list, she now trails only Harvard's Kelly Landry (68) and Sue St. Louis (66) and Brown's Theresa Hirschauer (62), all of whom played in the 1980s. On the league's points list, she is behind Landry at 160, St. Louis at 148, Hirschauer at 131 and Penn's Katy Cross (2001-04) at 125.
Rookies: Despite having 10 starters available to return for Princeton, the freshman class has managed to make its mark, with Natalie Grossi starting each of the first 12 games in goal and earning Ivy League Rookie of the Week for Week 2 after two shutouts in her first four games. Abby Givens, who was the Ivy League Rookie of the Week for Week 6, has scored points in three of the last four games through the Brown game, and classmate Tomi Kennedy has scored this season as well. Olivia Sheppard, Emily Hilliard, Kennedy and Givens have joined Grossi in getting starts this season, and Sheppard was named the No. 52 rookie in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer on Oct. 10.
Weekly honors: Tyler Lussi has won two Ivy League Player of the Week honors and Mimi Asom won one, giving Princeton three winners in the league's first five weekends. Natalie Grossi earned Ivy Rookie of the Week honors after the season's second weekend, and Abby Givens did so on Oct. 3. Lussi's recognitions this year give her nine for her career, extending her Ivy League record. Lussi was also named the nation's No. 14-ranked player by Top Drawer Soccer on Oct. 11, the same ranking which had Asom as the No. 75-ranked player, and Olivia Sheppard was the No. 52-ranked rookie by that website.
Stat rankings: Through Monday's games, Tyler Lussi was No. 3 in the nation in shots on goal per game at 2.82 and No. 10 in the nation in shots per game at 4.91.
Strong start: Sean Driscoll, in his second season coaching the Tigers, has the second-best record through 31 games of any coach in program history, going 23-6-2. Only the program's first varsity coach, Bob Malekoff (1980-84), at 26-5, had a better record through 31 games. Driscoll is the first Tiger coach to lead the team to the NCAA tournament in his first year, which he did last season in a run that included a first-round home win over Boston College.
Common foes: Brown is the only team that Princeton and Columbia have each played so far this season. The Lions beat the Bears 1-0 on Oct. 1 in Providence, and Brown beat Princeton 2-1 last weekend at Roberts Stadium.
Series history: Princeton leads the all-time series with Columbia 21-6-4. Princeton won 3-1 last season at Roberts Stadium but lost 1-0 two years ago in Manhattan. Each team has two players who have scored goals against the other team, with Tyler Lussi and Mimi Asom scoring in last year's win for Princeton, Holly Neshat scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Columbia in 2014 and Natalie Ambrose scoring the Lions' only goal in last year's game. Allison Spencer has played in goal each of the last three years against Princeton, going 1-1-1.
On Columbia: As with Princeton's recent opponents, Columbia has been exceptionally tough to score on this season. The Lions will carry a shutout streak of 465:32 into Saturday night's game, having shut out five straight opponents since a 1-1 tie against Seton Hall on Sept. 18. Sophomore Emma Anderson has scored five of the team's 15 goals on the season and senior Allison Spencer has played 552 of the team's 1,254 minutes in goal with an 0.326 GAA, while Sophie Whitehouse has played 667 minutes in goal with an 0.945 GAA. Tracey Bartholomew is in her third season as the program's head coach and is looking to lead the team to its first NCAA tournament since 2006.
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