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Princeton University Athletics
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The Princeton women's soccer Class of 2017.
Penn Set to Visit Saturday on Senior Night
November 01, 2016 | Women's Soccer
Princeton (10-4-2, 2-3-1 Ivy) vs. Penn (9-3-3, 2-2-2 Ivy), Saturday, 7 p.m.: Free Admission | Live Stats | Live Video (ILDN) | Facility Info
The Tigers will welcome Penn to Roberts Stadium for a 7 p.m. game Saturday on a night the program will recognize its seven seniors prior to the game.
RPI:Â A new RPI came out Monday, and Princeton jumped six spots to 31st, tops in the Ivy by 16 spots over Harvard. Penn stands 140th. Princeton's standing is encouraging for its NCAA hopes, as the top 44 RPI teams heading into last year's tournament made the field. Princeton was 34th heading into last year's tournament and hosted Boston College in the first round, but the Tigers had the league's automatic bid last year.
Ivy race: The battle to be Princeton's successor as the 2016 Ivy League champion comes down to one game in Cambridge Saturday at 1 p.m. The team that wins that Columbia-Harvard game will be the solo Ivy League champion, and a tie will give the Crimson the title.Â
Series vs. Penn: Princeton hasn't beaten Penn since 2012, when the Tigers went 7-0-0 in the Ivy. Princeton was trying to do that again last year, entering the regular-season finale at Penn at 6-0-0. But, the Tigers and Quakers battled to a 0-0 tie, and Princeton had to settle for a 6-0-1 Ivy record. Penn has been Princeton's last Ivy game every year since 2008 and annually since 1993 with the exceptions of 2001, 2002 and 2007.
Princeton still leads the all-time series 17-10-3. No current Quaker has scored against the Tigers, and Tyler Lussi has three goals against Penn, including two in 2013 and one in 2014. Beth Stella also scored a goal in 2014 against Penn.
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 Monday's games, including Brown (7th, 0.434), Bucknell (12th, 0.569), Penn (13th, 0.571), Lehigh (16th, 0.627), Columbia (19th, 0.636) and Dartmouth (23rd, 0.686).
Records: Already the owner of Princeton's career goals record (53) and points record (122), 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 (three) 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: 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. The Tigers added another Monday after Asom was recognized for scoring four goals on the week, including the game-tying goal against Bucknell (1-1 tie) and her first career hat trick in the 6-1 win over Cornell.
Stat rankings: Through Monday's games, Tyler Lussi was No. 7 in the nation in shots on goal per game at 2.60 and No. 7 in shots per game at 5.00.
Strong start:Â At 24-8-3, 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 Penn had no common non-conference opponents this season, and with this being the last Ivy game, the Tigers and Quakers have already faced the rest of the league. The differing results Princeton and Penn had against league teams include Dartmouth (Princeton win, Penn tie), Yale (Penn win, Princeton tie), and Brown (Penn tie, Princeton loss).
On Penn:Â Penn, which is unbeaten in its last five games (3-0-2), has outscored its opponents 30-9 this season, led by six goals from rookie Emma Loving. Eight players have scored at least two goals for the team this season. Kitty Qu (9-2-3, 0.48 GAA) has played 1,300 of the team's 1,419 minutes in goal this season. Entering Tuesday's games, Penn ranked in the top 10 percent in the nation (top 33) in GAA (13th, 0.571) and shutout percentage (28th, 0.533). Qu's GAA ranked 13th in the nation.
The Tigers will welcome Penn to Roberts Stadium for a 7 p.m. game Saturday on a night the program will recognize its seven seniors prior to the game.
RPI:Â A new RPI came out Monday, and Princeton jumped six spots to 31st, tops in the Ivy by 16 spots over Harvard. Penn stands 140th. Princeton's standing is encouraging for its NCAA hopes, as the top 44 RPI teams heading into last year's tournament made the field. Princeton was 34th heading into last year's tournament and hosted Boston College in the first round, but the Tigers had the league's automatic bid last year.
Ivy race: The battle to be Princeton's successor as the 2016 Ivy League champion comes down to one game in Cambridge Saturday at 1 p.m. The team that wins that Columbia-Harvard game will be the solo Ivy League champion, and a tie will give the Crimson the title.Â
Series vs. Penn: Princeton hasn't beaten Penn since 2012, when the Tigers went 7-0-0 in the Ivy. Princeton was trying to do that again last year, entering the regular-season finale at Penn at 6-0-0. But, the Tigers and Quakers battled to a 0-0 tie, and Princeton had to settle for a 6-0-1 Ivy record. Penn has been Princeton's last Ivy game every year since 2008 and annually since 1993 with the exceptions of 2001, 2002 and 2007.
Princeton still leads the all-time series 17-10-3. No current Quaker has scored against the Tigers, and Tyler Lussi has three goals against Penn, including two in 2013 and one in 2014. Beth Stella also scored a goal in 2014 against Penn.
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 Monday's games, including Brown (7th, 0.434), Bucknell (12th, 0.569), Penn (13th, 0.571), Lehigh (16th, 0.627), Columbia (19th, 0.636) and Dartmouth (23rd, 0.686).
Records: Already the owner of Princeton's career goals record (53) and points record (122), 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 (three) 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: 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. The Tigers added another Monday after Asom was recognized for scoring four goals on the week, including the game-tying goal against Bucknell (1-1 tie) and her first career hat trick in the 6-1 win over Cornell.
Stat rankings: Through Monday's games, Tyler Lussi was No. 7 in the nation in shots on goal per game at 2.60 and No. 7 in shots per game at 5.00.
Strong start:Â At 24-8-3, 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 Penn had no common non-conference opponents this season, and with this being the last Ivy game, the Tigers and Quakers have already faced the rest of the league. The differing results Princeton and Penn had against league teams include Dartmouth (Princeton win, Penn tie), Yale (Penn win, Princeton tie), and Brown (Penn tie, Princeton loss).
On Penn:Â Penn, which is unbeaten in its last five games (3-0-2), has outscored its opponents 30-9 this season, led by six goals from rookie Emma Loving. Eight players have scored at least two goals for the team this season. Kitty Qu (9-2-3, 0.48 GAA) has played 1,300 of the team's 1,419 minutes in goal this season. Entering Tuesday's games, Penn ranked in the top 10 percent in the nation (top 33) in GAA (13th, 0.571) and shutout percentage (28th, 0.533). Qu's GAA ranked 13th in the nation.
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