Princeton University Athletics
Friday, September 16
Princeton, N.J.
4:00 PM
Princeton University
(3-2)
3
vs
1
Delaware
(1-6)
1
2
3
4
F
Delaware
0
0
0
1
1
Princeton
0
0
1
2
3
Team Stats
DEL
PRIN
Goals
1
3
Shots
13
6
Shots on Goal
6
5
Saves
2
5
Corners
6
0
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Scoring Plays
Popper, Sammy (4)
Assisted By: Dempsey, Ava
GOAL by PRIN Popper, Sammy (FIRST GOAL), Assist by Dempsey, Ava, goal number 4 for season.
44:07
OUDSHOORN, Kiki (2)
GOAL by DEL OUDSHOORN, Kiki, goal number 2 for season.
49:19
Schenck, Talia (1)
Assisted By: McCarthy, Ali
GOAL by PRIN Schenck, Talia, Assist by McCarthy, Ali, goal number 1 for season.
52:36
Donovan, Claire (2)
Assisted By: Yeager, Beth
GOAL by PRIN Donovan, Claire, Assist by Yeager, Beth, goal number 2 for season.
56:37
Game Leaders
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast
Thompson Stands Tall Again, Schenck Scores Game-Winner In 3-1 Win Over Delaware
September 16, 2022 | Field Hockey
Penalty corner for Delaware. And again. And again. And again. And once more. In all, there were five of them in a row in the third quarter, all while the score between the Blue Hens and Princeton was zeroes both ways.
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Robyn Thompson in goal and the defense in front of her held the visitors off each time. When that barrage was over, Delaware had outshot Princeton by nearly four to one and had nothing to show for it. Then the Princeton offense came alive.
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Shut out for the first 44:07 of the game and reliant on another spectacular effort from Thompson, No. 8 Princeton scored three times in the final 15:53 to top Delaware 3-1. The Tigers, now 3-2 after winning their last three, will host No. 1 Northwestern, the defending NCAA champion, Sunday at noon. Northwestern improved to 7-0 with a 4-3 win over Penn Friday afternoon.
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On a day when Princeton managed only six shots and never got a penalty corner of its own, the offense became very opportunistic when it needed to most. The first goal of the game came when freshman defender Helena Große played the ball down the side to another freshman, Ava Dempsey, who curled into the circle and fed it across to Sammy Popper, who knocked it into the top of the cage with 53 seconds left in the third quarter.
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It took Delaware less than five minutes in the fourth quarter to tie it, as Kiki Oudshoorn blasted one into the top corner, about the only place that Thompson couldn't chase it down. Before that, Thompson, the reigning Ivy Defensive Player of the Week, made five saves, none of which was easy. Were it not for her, Delaware would have had a commanding lead.
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With the score tied again, it was another Princeton freshman who untied it, this time Talia Schenck, one of the leading goal scorers in U.S. high school history from nearby Lawrence High. Schenck was on the receiving end of a feed from Ali McCarthy, who took the ball when Zoe Shephard brought it into the circle, and when Schenck's shot splashed off the back of the cage, it was 2-1 Tigers with 7:43 left.
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Claire Donovan then sealed it with another goal with 3:23 to play, assisted by Beth Yeager.
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Princeton was outshot 13-6. Delaware had a disallowed third-quarter goal that would have put the Blue Hens up 1-0 but was negated when the officials called a dangerous play and then upheld it after watching the replay.
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Robyn Thompson in goal and the defense in front of her held the visitors off each time. When that barrage was over, Delaware had outshot Princeton by nearly four to one and had nothing to show for it. Then the Princeton offense came alive.
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Shut out for the first 44:07 of the game and reliant on another spectacular effort from Thompson, No. 8 Princeton scored three times in the final 15:53 to top Delaware 3-1. The Tigers, now 3-2 after winning their last three, will host No. 1 Northwestern, the defending NCAA champion, Sunday at noon. Northwestern improved to 7-0 with a 4-3 win over Penn Friday afternoon.
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On a day when Princeton managed only six shots and never got a penalty corner of its own, the offense became very opportunistic when it needed to most. The first goal of the game came when freshman defender Helena Große played the ball down the side to another freshman, Ava Dempsey, who curled into the circle and fed it across to Sammy Popper, who knocked it into the top of the cage with 53 seconds left in the third quarter.
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It took Delaware less than five minutes in the fourth quarter to tie it, as Kiki Oudshoorn blasted one into the top corner, about the only place that Thompson couldn't chase it down. Before that, Thompson, the reigning Ivy Defensive Player of the Week, made five saves, none of which was easy. Were it not for her, Delaware would have had a commanding lead.
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With the score tied again, it was another Princeton freshman who untied it, this time Talia Schenck, one of the leading goal scorers in U.S. high school history from nearby Lawrence High. Schenck was on the receiving end of a feed from Ali McCarthy, who took the ball when Zoe Shephard brought it into the circle, and when Schenck's shot splashed off the back of the cage, it was 2-1 Tigers with 7:43 left.
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Claire Donovan then sealed it with another goal with 3:23 to play, assisted by Beth Yeager.
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Princeton was outshot 13-6. Delaware had a disallowed third-quarter goal that would have put the Blue Hens up 1-0 but was negated when the officials called a dangerous play and then upheld it after watching the replay.
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