Bucknell to Visit Women's Soccer Team Tuesday During Homecoming Week

Tuesday, October 17

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

Bucknell

Princeton women's soccer players during the national anthem

The Tigers will host Bucknell Tuesday in the team's final regular-season non-conference game.

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Bucknell to Visit Women's Soccer Team Tuesday During Homecoming Week

October 15, 2023 | Women's Soccer

In what will be the team's final non-conference game of the regular season, the Princeton women's soccer team will host Bucknell on Tuesday night as Princeton's homecoming week continues.

vs. Bucknell, Tuesday, 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Stats | Fan Information | Game Program

Ivy standings: Brown leads the league at 5-0 (15 points) and with a five-point lead over Princeton and Harvard at 3-1-1 (10 points). The top four teams in the league will make the Ivy League Tournament, and the top team will host the Ivy League Tournament and win the Ivy League championship, while the tournament will be for the league's automatic NCAA tournament bid. Brown has the head-to-head tiebreaker over both Harvard and Princeton. Dartmouth is in the fourth spot at 2-1-2 (eight points) with Columbia three points back (five) at 1-2-2. Yale, Cornell and Penn each have two points with an 0-3-2 league record. Princeton can clinch an Ivy League tournament bid this weekend with a win over Dartmouth, or with a Columbia loss or tie against Yale.

NCAA RPI: Princeton was No. 8 of the 347 Division I teams in the NCAA's RPI released last Monday. All eight Ivy teams were in the top 200 with six in the top 100 and four in the top 30.

Talkin' about Tordin: Pietra Tordin has 10 goals this season and has scored six game-winning goals. The six game-winners put her alongside five other players around the country with the most game-winners in the nation. Tordin, who has already scored more goals this season than in her Ivy League Rookie of the Year season of 2022 (eight) has turned in the 22nd season in program history, which dates back to 1980, in which a player scored 10 or more goals. It's the 11th season in program history that has seen a sophomore or younger score 10-plus. Esmeralda Negron '05 holds the program's single-season goal record of 20, set in her senior season of 2004, and Tyler Lussi '17, who put in 18 in her sophomore season of 2014, has the most in a season for a sophomore or younger.

On offense: Princeton is averaging 2.31 goals a game so far this season, and at 30 goals, already eclipsed its goal total from all of last season (25). Princeton has seen 11 players score a goal this season, marking the second time in three seasons that Princeton has seen 10-plus goal scorers. In 2021, 14 Tigers scored a goal.

Between the posts: Junior Tyler McCamey has played most of the minutes in goal this season, accruing a 1.28 GAA while authoring four solo or combined shutouts this season. She earned Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 9 for shutting out Penn and then holding Yale to a goal with 10 saves between the two games in a 2-0 week.

Stat rankings: Princeton entered the week ranking 18th in the nation in assists per game at 2.46, 25th in points per game at 7.08, and 25th in total assists at 32, among top-30 rankings. Princeton's top-50 individual statistical rankings included Pietra Tordin's top-ranked six game-winning goals, 10th-ranked 1.92 points per game, 13th-ranked 0.77 goals per game, 15th-ranked 4.08 shots per game, 17th-ranked 2.00 shots on goal per game, 18th-ranked 25 total points, and 20th-ranked 10 total goals. Bucknell's top stat ranking was its 32nd-ranked 5.93 saves per game, paced by Jenna Hall's 14th-ranked 88 total saves and 17th-ranked 5.87 saves per game. Teresa Deda ranked 19th at 4.00 shots per game, 22nd in assists per game (0.54), and 25th with seven total assists. Henna Andican also ranked 19th at 4.00 shots per game as well as 22nd with 1.93 shots on goal per game, and Hall ranked 46th with six shutouts, among those with top-50 stat rankings.

Coach Driscoll: Sean Driscoll is in his eighth competitive season leading Princeton. A three-time Ivy Coach of the Year (2015, 2017, 2018), Driscoll has led Princeton to Ivy titles in 2015, 2017 and 2018, NCAA tournament bids in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2021, the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2015, 2017 and 2021, and the NCAA quarterfinals in 2017. Driscoll's 91 wins are second-most in program history behind predecessor Julie Shackford, who had 203 wins in 20 seasons from 1995-2014.

Series history: Princeton is 10-1-1 against the Bison all-time. The teams met annually from 1995-99 with Princeton winning all five times. When the series resumed in 2007, Bucknell got its lone win so far, a 4-1 win in Lewisburg, before Princeton won in 2008. The teams didn't play again until 2016, a 1-1 tie in Princeton, and the Tigers have won all four meetings since, in 2017 (away), 2018 (home), 2021 (home) and 2022 (away). The Tigers will put a 27-game unbeaten streak against Patriot League teams on the line, as Princeton hasn't lost to a Patriot League team since 2010 (American).

On Bucknell: Bucknell is 8-3-4 overall and 3-1-3 in the Patriot League, standing third in the league behind Loyola (Md.) (5-2) and Army West Point (4-2-1). The top six teams in the Patriot League make the league tournament with the top two teams getting semifinal byes. The Bison have a few players with Princeton-area ties, as senior Lea Tarzy and rookie Riley Hayes are alumnae of the Hun School in Princeton, and sophomore Jess Benattar attended Notre Dame High School, just down Route 206 from Princeton. Bucknell coach Kelly (Kuss) Cook started for Colgate in the 2004 game against Princeton that was the Tigers' last loss that year until the NCAA semifinals for a team that ended 19-3. Cook was an assistant coach at Dartmouth from 2010-14, and Princeton was an even 2-2-1 against the Big Green during that time. Ten players have scored a goal for the Bison this season, with junior Teresa Deda and sophomore Henna Andican co-leading the team with five goals apiece. Senior Jenna Hall has played every minute in goal this season and has a 1.20 GAA.

Up next: The Tigers will conclude their fall break week with their regular-season road finale, a trip to Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon.