First Place Ivy League Showdown at Harvard For No. 14 Princeton Saturday

Saturday, October 21

Cambridge, Mass.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

Harvard

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

First Place Ivy League Showdown at Harvard For No. 14 Princeton Saturday

October 19, 2017 | Field Hockey

Week 8 Game Notes: No. 15 Harvard
Gametimes	Saturday, Oct. 21 - 12 p.m. l Berylson Field
Game Coverage	Live Stats / Ivy League Digital Network
Twitter	@PUTigers l @HarvardCrimson
All-Time Series	Princeton leads the all-time series, 39-6-2.
Last Meeting	Oct. 22, 2016 - No. 11 Princeton 3, No. 20 Harvard 2 (OT) (Recap)
No. 14 Princeton	Roster l Schedule l Stats l @TigerFH
No. 15 Harvard	Roster l Schedule l Stats l @HarvardFH
Related Links	Tigers No. 14 in NFHCA Coaches' Poll McCarthy Named To NFHCA Senior Game

PRINCETON, N.J. - A first-place Ivy League showdown between Harvard and Princeton, both 4-0 in the conference, will take place on Saturday in Cambridge, Mass. The game is scheduled for 12 p.m. and will be featured on the Ivy League Network.

What's Going On?

Princeton earned a 11-1 victory over Brown last Saturday. The Tigers' 11 goals are tied for the second most in a single-game in program history. The team's 28 points in the contest are the fifth highest in a single-game ever.
Three different players scored in the Tigers' 3-0 victory over Northeastern on Sunday.
Clara Roth led the team with eight points in Princeton's two games while Julianna Tornetta had seven points.
Princeton is No. 14 in the NFHCA Coaches' Poll and NCAA RPI rankings.

Series History: No. 15 Harvard:

The Tigers are 20-3-2 in Cambridge all-time.
Princeton's last loss on the road against Harvard was 1993.
Prior to last season, the Tigers had won 22 straight against the Crimson.

Last Meeting: No. 20 Harvard – Oct. 22, 2016:

Kathleen Young scored just one minute into overtime to give the Crimson a 3-2 victory over No. 11 Princeton at Bedford Field.
Harvard took a 2-0 lead in the first half. The Crimson held an 8-2 advantage in shot attempts.
The home squad finally got on the board with its first shot of the second half. Jane Donio-Enscoe dribbled along the left side of the field and passed to Cat Caro '16 in the circle. After a few dribbles, Caro slapped an attempt and Sophia Tornetta knocked it in by the Crimson's goalie Libby Manela to get the Tigers within one at the 25:53 mark.
Finally, as the clock ticked near six minutes to go, Princeton tied the contest off a corner. Tornetta inserted to Maddie Bacskai, who controlled the bouncing ball and knocked an attempt towards the cage. The scoring prowess of Caro came through as she deflected the ball through.

Scouting No. 15 Harvard:

Harvard is 10-3 on the season and 4-0 in the Ivy League. The Crimson has taken on four ranked opponents, but did not secure a victory.
Kathleen Young leads the team with 23 points on the season (10 goals and three assists)
The Crimson have six players with at least six goals.
Harvard is first in the Ivy League and fifth in the country with an average of 4.08 goals per game. The Crimson has scored five or more goals in six of 13 games this season.

The Year That Was:

The Tigers went 12-8 in 2016 and reached the NCAA Tournament for the ninth straight season, receiving the program's first at-large bid to the tournament.
One of the greatest moments in program history, Sophia Tornetta laced a laced a shot into the back of the cage as time expired to send the Tigers to the Final Four for the first time since 2012 with a 3-2 victory over No. 7 Virginia.
No. 8 Delaware ended Princeton's season in the national semifinals as Esmee Peet scored the game-winner with 1:30 remaining, giving the Blue Hens a 3-2 decision. Delaware would go on to win the national championship.
The Tigers had five players selected to the National Field Hockey Coaches' Association (NFHCA) Mid-Atlantic All-Region teams. Caro and Ryan McCarthy were picked for the all-region first team while Maddie Bacskai, Tornetta and Elise Wong were honored with second team accolades.
Caro topped off her fabulous senior season with a Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches' Association Division I All-America First Team accolade. She had a personal-high 18 goals and 47 points. She registered a point in 15 of the team's 19 games and finished the season eighth in the country in goals (.95) and 13th in points per game (2.26).

Stars and Stripes:

In January, Katie '13 and Julia '14 Reinprecht retired from the United States National Field Hockey team.
The two sisters retire as two-time Olympians, helping the U.S. to fifth place in the 2016 Rio Olympics. It was the team's highest finish since the 1996 summer games in Atlanta. They also won two gold medals at the Pan American Games (2011, 2015). Wrapping up their careers, Katie finished with 166 caps while Julia had 154 caps.
Kathleen Sharkey '13 helped the national squad to a bronze medal in the Pan American Cup in mid-August. She scored five times, leading the tournament in scoring.
Princeton continues to be well-represented with USA Field Hockey as four Tigers were named to the U.S. U-21 National Team and two more to the National Development Squad.
Maddie Bacskai, Julianna Tornetta, Sophia Tornetta and Elise Wong were picked to the U-21 squad while Cat Caro '17 and Ryan McCarthy were selected to the development team. Princeton's four representatives on the U-21 team are the most in the country.