No. 17 Princeton Opens Ivy Play at Dartmouth, Battles No. 24 BU This Weekend

Saturday, September 23

Hanover, N.H.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

Dartmouth

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

No. 17 Princeton Opens Ivy Play at Dartmouth, Battles No. 24 BU This Weekend

September 21, 2017 | Field Hockey

Week 4 Game Notes: Dartmouth/No. 24 Boston University
Gametimes	Saturday, Sept. 23 - 12 p.m. l Chase AstroTurf Field
	Sunday, Sept. 24 - 2 p.m. l New Balance Field
Game Coverage	Dartmouth - Live Stats/Ivy League Network Boston - Live Stats / Patriot League Network
Twitter	@PUTigers l @DartmouthSports l @BUAthletics
All-Time Series	Princeton leads Dartmouth, 28-7-2 l Princeton leads Boston, 9-3
Last Meeting	Sept. 24, 2016 - No. 13 Princeton 4, Dartmouth 0 (Recap)
	Oct. 16, 2005 - No. 19 Boston 2, Princeton 1 (OT) - Recap
No. 17 Princeton	Roster l Schedule l 2016 Stats l @TigerFH
Dartmouth	Roster l Schedule l Stats l@DartmouthFH
No. 24 Boston University	Roster l Schedule l Stats l@TerrierFH
Related Links	Tigers No. 17 in Latest NFHCA Coaches' Poll No. 17 Tigers drop No. 10 Maryland, 2-1

Hanover, N.H. – Fresh off a victory over No. 10 Maryland, the No. 17 Princeton Tigers head on the road this weekend to begin Ivy League play at Dartmouth (Sat., 12 p.m.) before a trip at the No. 24 Boston University Terriers (Sun., 2 p.m.).

What's Going On?

Behind a season-best seven saves from Grace Baylis and tallies from Ryan McCarthy and Clara Roth, Princeton took down No. 10 Maryland, 2-1, at the Maryland Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex on Tuesday evening.
The Tigers made the most of the first scoring threat as McCarthy ripped a hard shot just inside the circle into the back of the cage. She leads the team with four goals this season and 18 in the last two years.
In front, 2-1, Baylis made perhaps her most impressive save of the season as she sprawled out and used her blocker again as Maryland was awarded corner with 4:24 to go in the meeting.

Series History: Dartmouth

Princeton is 28-7-1 vs. Dartmouth all-time. The Tigers have won the last five meetings and has lost just twice to the Big Green since 1989.
Dartmouth opened the series history with a 5-2-2 record against Princeton.
The Tigers have not lost in Hanover since 2011, winning the last two contests. Prior to that, the Big Green last won at home against Princeton in 1984. Princeton is 13-4-1 on the road against Dartmouth.

Last Meeting: Dartmouth – Sept. 24, 2016

The Tigers took 33 shots and forced Dartmouth's goalie Emma Plumb to make 15 saves in the 4-0 Princeton victory.
Cat Caro '17 had two goals and was one of 13 players to take a shot.
Jane Donio-Enscoe had her first tally of the season and took six shots on goal to lead Princeton.
Carlotta von Gierke registered her first career points with three assists.

Scouting Dartmouth:

Dartmouth is 2-4 on the season with victories over Rider and Bryant.
The Big Green's one common opponent so far with Princeton is Delaware. Dartmouth fell 9-1 to the Blue Hens.
Katie Spanos leads the team with five assists and 11 points. She is tied with Gemma Bautista for the team-high in goals (three).
10 different Big Green have scored this season.

Series History: Boston University

Princeton is 9-3 all-time vs. Boston University. The two teams last met in 2005.
The Tigers won seven of the first eight matchups against Boston.
The two squads have split the last four contests.
Princeton is 3-2 in Boston, last winning in 2003.

Last Meeting: Boston – Oct. 16, 2005

Holly Wiles scored four minutes into overtime to lift 19th-ranked Boston University to a 2-1 overtime win over Princeton. The Tigers' Paige Schmidt scored her team-leading eighth goal of the season in the loss.
Schmidt began the scoring in the game when her blast off a penalty corner beat BU goalkeeper Erin Prediger 15 minutes into the game. Senior Hillary Schmidt assisted on the goal.

Scouting Boston University:

The Terriers are 4-3 on the season and are currently on three-game losing streak.
Boston has defeated Bryant, New Hampshire, Ball State and Miami of Ohio.
Miya Denison and Ailsa Connolly leads the Terriers with three goals each.
Boston has split goalie duties between Kathleen Keegan and Millie Baker. The two have combined to post a 2.14 GAA and 25 saves.

Taking On All Challenges:

The Tigers battle nine 2016 NCAA Tournament teams along with the other three squads from the Final Four on its 2017 schedule.
The Tigers have 10 nationally ranked teams on their schedule.
Seven of the team's first eight games come against ranked opponents. The first weekend for Princeton without a top-25 opponent comes Oct. 14-15 when it travels to Brown and Northeastern.
No. 1 UConn (Oct. 8) is the last ranked squad to appear at Bedford Field.

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.