No. 14 Princeton Downs Northeastern, 3-0

Sunday, October 15

Boston, Mass.

1:00 PM

Princeton University

(8-6)

Northeastern

(7-8)

Princeton

Northeastern

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

October 15, 2017 | Field Hockey

Box Score

BOSTON, Mass. – The No. 14 Princeton Tigers earned a weekend sweep with a 3-0 victory over the Northeastern Huskies at Dedham Field on Sunday afternoon.

Princeton wasted little time getting on the scoreboard as Ryan McCarthy registered her team-leading 12th goal of the season. Clara Roth inserted a corner that Julianna Tornetta stopped for McCarthy and the senior captain whipped the shot into the back of the cage in the third minute.

Elise Wong looked to add on for Princeton, but her deflection in the circle was just off the mark at the 18:51 mark. The Tigers had two more attempts denied within the next minute and a half.

The Tigers kept peppering Northeastern, sending four more shots on the cage during a five-minute span, but couldn't get one through.

Northeastern's Rachel Campbell came up with a defensive save with under a minute remaining to keep the score at 1-0. The home squad earned a corner as the clock expired, but both its attempts were blocked. The Tigers had a 9-3 shot advantage in the first 35 minutes.

Sophia Tornetta came close to expanding the Tigers' advantage right as the second half got underway as she had one shot stopped and another hit the post. Finally, Wong corralled a rebound and touched it through for her first tally of the year.

In the 49th minute, Roth dribbled along the baseline and sent a pass towards MaryKate Neff in front and Neff took care of the rest.

After taking a 3-0 lead, Princeton held Northeastern to just two shots over the final 16 minutes of game action. During that span, the Tigers had nine shots. Princeton finished with a 23-5 shot lead in the contest.

The Tigers (8-6 overall) continues on the road at No. 13 Harvard next Saturday (12 p.m.). Princeton and Harvard are both 4-0 in the Ivy League. The Crimson took home the Ivy title last season.