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Princeton University Athletics
Tuesday, October 25
Princeton, NJ
7:00 PM
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Rookie Emily Hilliard and the Tigers will host Bucknell Tuesday.
Photo by: Noel Valero
Bucknell to Visit Roberts Stadium Tuesday
October 23, 2016 | Women's Soccer
Princeton (9-4-1, 1-3-1 Ivy) vs. Bucknell (13-1-1, 7-1 Patriot), Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Free Admission | Live Stats | Live Video (ILDN) | Facility Info
The Tigers will face a tough test Tuesday from Bucknell, which lost for the first time all season this past Saturday against Lehigh and ranks first in the nation in points per game (8.67) and goals per game (3.00).Â
RPI:Â A new RPI came out Monday, and Princeton stayed put at 37th, top in the Ivy by 17 spots over Harvard at 54th. Bucknell fell three spots to 58th.Â
Challenging stretch:Â Six of Princeton's final eight opponents of the regular season are among the nation's top 25 in goals-against average through last Thursday's games, including Brown (sixth, 0.403), Columbia (10th, 0.515), Dartmouth (11th, 0.540), Bucknell (15th, 0.587), Penn (17th, 0.591) and Lehigh (23rd, 0.664).Â
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:Â Despite Princeton returning 10 starters from last year, the Class of 2020 has made its mark. Abby Givens, Tomi Kennedy, Emily Hilliard, Olivia Sheppard and Natalie Grossi have all started games, Givens (three) and Kennedy (two) have scored goals, Grossi and Givens have been named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week, and Sheppard was 52nd on Top Drawer Soccer's midseason national top 100 freshmen list.
Weekly honors:Â Princeton took three of the first four Ivy League Player of the Week honors, with Tyler Lussi winning two and Mimi Asom one, and two of the first six rookie honors, with Natalie Grossi and Abby Givens winning one each.
Stat rankings: Through Sunday's games, Tyler Lussi was No. 5 in the nation in shots on goal per game at 2.69 and 11th in shots per game at 4.92.
Strong start:Â At 23 wins, Sean Driscoll is already Princeton's fourth-winningest women's soccer coach, behind Tom Griffith (36, 1985-89), Bob Malekoff (52, 1980-84) and Julie Shackford (203, 1995-2014). He is the second-fastest coach to 23 wins, behind only Malekoff, who won 23 of his first 26 games.
Common foes:Â Princeton and Bucknell have had two common opponents. Princeton defeated Monmouth 2-1 on the road in overtime on Sept. 11, and the Bison won 3-1 in Lewisburg on Aug. 19. Princeton beat Lehigh 1-0 on Oct. 4 in Bethlehem and Lehigh beat Bucknell 3-2 in Lewisburg last Saturday.
Series history:Â Princeton and Bucknell haven't faced each other since 2008, and the Tigers have won six of the seven all-time meetings. The teams played annually from 1995-99, with Princeton winning all five times. Bucknell won the resumption of the series in Lewisburg in 2007, and Princeton won 3-0 at Roberts Stadium in 2008. Princeton is 4-0 all-time against the Bison in Princeton.
On Bucknell:Â Through Sunday's games, only Alabama State (49) and Furman (45, tied) had scored as many or more goals as Bucknell, which has now scored 45 times across its 15 games. The Bison opened the season with a four-game winning streak before a 1-1 tie against Rider on Sept. 4. Since then, Bucknell had won nine in a row before a 3-2 home loss to Lehigh this past Saturday. In that game against the Mountain Hawks, Lehigh got out to a 3-0 lead by the 33rd minute, and Bucknell scored twice in the second half, pulling within one goal in the 84th minute before coming up short of finding the equalizer. Bucknell outshot the Mountain Hawks 23-9 overall and 7-6 on goal. Kelly Cook, a former assistant coach at Dartmouth, is in her second season guiding the Bison, who have made the NCAA tournament twice, in 2001 and 2005, meeting Penn State in the first round each time.
The Tigers will face a tough test Tuesday from Bucknell, which lost for the first time all season this past Saturday against Lehigh and ranks first in the nation in points per game (8.67) and goals per game (3.00).Â
RPI:Â A new RPI came out Monday, and Princeton stayed put at 37th, top in the Ivy by 17 spots over Harvard at 54th. Bucknell fell three spots to 58th.Â
Challenging stretch:Â Six of Princeton's final eight opponents of the regular season are among the nation's top 25 in goals-against average through last Thursday's games, including Brown (sixth, 0.403), Columbia (10th, 0.515), Dartmouth (11th, 0.540), Bucknell (15th, 0.587), Penn (17th, 0.591) and Lehigh (23rd, 0.664).Â
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:Â Despite Princeton returning 10 starters from last year, the Class of 2020 has made its mark. Abby Givens, Tomi Kennedy, Emily Hilliard, Olivia Sheppard and Natalie Grossi have all started games, Givens (three) and Kennedy (two) have scored goals, Grossi and Givens have been named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week, and Sheppard was 52nd on Top Drawer Soccer's midseason national top 100 freshmen list.
Weekly honors:Â Princeton took three of the first four Ivy League Player of the Week honors, with Tyler Lussi winning two and Mimi Asom one, and two of the first six rookie honors, with Natalie Grossi and Abby Givens winning one each.
Stat rankings: Through Sunday's games, Tyler Lussi was No. 5 in the nation in shots on goal per game at 2.69 and 11th in shots per game at 4.92.
Strong start:Â At 23 wins, Sean Driscoll is already Princeton's fourth-winningest women's soccer coach, behind Tom Griffith (36, 1985-89), Bob Malekoff (52, 1980-84) and Julie Shackford (203, 1995-2014). He is the second-fastest coach to 23 wins, behind only Malekoff, who won 23 of his first 26 games.
Common foes:Â Princeton and Bucknell have had two common opponents. Princeton defeated Monmouth 2-1 on the road in overtime on Sept. 11, and the Bison won 3-1 in Lewisburg on Aug. 19. Princeton beat Lehigh 1-0 on Oct. 4 in Bethlehem and Lehigh beat Bucknell 3-2 in Lewisburg last Saturday.
Series history:Â Princeton and Bucknell haven't faced each other since 2008, and the Tigers have won six of the seven all-time meetings. The teams played annually from 1995-99, with Princeton winning all five times. Bucknell won the resumption of the series in Lewisburg in 2007, and Princeton won 3-0 at Roberts Stadium in 2008. Princeton is 4-0 all-time against the Bison in Princeton.
On Bucknell:Â Through Sunday's games, only Alabama State (49) and Furman (45, tied) had scored as many or more goals as Bucknell, which has now scored 45 times across its 15 games. The Bison opened the season with a four-game winning streak before a 1-1 tie against Rider on Sept. 4. Since then, Bucknell had won nine in a row before a 3-2 home loss to Lehigh this past Saturday. In that game against the Mountain Hawks, Lehigh got out to a 3-0 lead by the 33rd minute, and Bucknell scored twice in the second half, pulling within one goal in the 84th minute before coming up short of finding the equalizer. Bucknell outshot the Mountain Hawks 23-9 overall and 7-6 on goal. Kelly Cook, a former assistant coach at Dartmouth, is in her second season guiding the Bison, who have made the NCAA tournament twice, in 2001 and 2005, meeting Penn State in the first round each time.
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