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Princeton Has Five Named To All-Region Teams
November 26, 2018 | Field Hockey
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton Tigers had five players named to the 2018 Longstreth/NFHCA Division I All-Region Mid-Atlantic Teams, the organization announced today.
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Clara Roth, Julianna Tornetta and Elise Wong were picked to the Mid-Atlantic Region First Team. Maddie Bacskai and Sophia Tornetta earned second team honors. For Wong, it's her fourth straight season she has been selected as an all-region player, while Bacskai and Sophia Tornetta were nominated for a third time. Julianna Tornetta and Roth collected their second career all-region awards.
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Roth was the 2018 Ivy League Player of the Year, securing 13 goals and eight assists for 34 points. The sophomore scored a goal in 10 games and had three-multi-goal outings. She was second in the Ivy League in points and goals and was tied for third in assists. Tornetta was fourth in the conference in points (27), tied for sixth in helpers (seven).
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Princeton finished the season with the eighth lowest goals against average (1.17) in the country behind a strong defensive unit, highlighted by Wong, the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. The Tigers had six shutouts in 2018, five of which came in Ivy action. Princeton did not allow a goal for over 180 minutes of game time (Sept. 22-30) and just one in a four-game stretch (Sept. 22-Oct. 5). The Tigers did not give up a shot against Brown (Oct. 13) and allowed one attempt against Cornell (Oct. 27).
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Bacskai, the 2017 Ivy Defensive Player of the Year, was also part of that defensive unit, which held Harvard, the fourth best offense in Division I, to one goal and five shots in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Nov. 11. The first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Tigers held No. 13 Virginia to just one shot on goal in a victory.
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Sophia Tornetta posted seven goals and four assists, finishing with 18 points during her senior campaign. She was tied for 10th in the conference in tallies.
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Princeton finished 15-5 overall and reached the NCAA Final Four for the second time in three years. More than half of their victories (eight) came against ranked opponents, leading them to be named the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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Clara Roth, Julianna Tornetta and Elise Wong were picked to the Mid-Atlantic Region First Team. Maddie Bacskai and Sophia Tornetta earned second team honors. For Wong, it's her fourth straight season she has been selected as an all-region player, while Bacskai and Sophia Tornetta were nominated for a third time. Julianna Tornetta and Roth collected their second career all-region awards.
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Roth was the 2018 Ivy League Player of the Year, securing 13 goals and eight assists for 34 points. The sophomore scored a goal in 10 games and had three-multi-goal outings. She was second in the Ivy League in points and goals and was tied for third in assists. Tornetta was fourth in the conference in points (27), tied for sixth in helpers (seven).
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Princeton finished the season with the eighth lowest goals against average (1.17) in the country behind a strong defensive unit, highlighted by Wong, the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. The Tigers had six shutouts in 2018, five of which came in Ivy action. Princeton did not allow a goal for over 180 minutes of game time (Sept. 22-30) and just one in a four-game stretch (Sept. 22-Oct. 5). The Tigers did not give up a shot against Brown (Oct. 13) and allowed one attempt against Cornell (Oct. 27).
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Bacskai, the 2017 Ivy Defensive Player of the Year, was also part of that defensive unit, which held Harvard, the fourth best offense in Division I, to one goal and five shots in the NCAA Quarterfinals on Nov. 11. The first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Tigers held No. 13 Virginia to just one shot on goal in a victory.
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Sophia Tornetta posted seven goals and four assists, finishing with 18 points during her senior campaign. She was tied for 10th in the conference in tallies.
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Princeton finished 15-5 overall and reached the NCAA Final Four for the second time in three years. More than half of their victories (eight) came against ranked opponents, leading them to be named the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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