Five Tigers Score as Women's Soccer Team Completes Weekend Sweep

Sunday, August 27

Princeton, N.J.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

2-0-0, 0-0-0

La Salle

1-3-0, 0-0-0

La Salle

Princeton

Lily Bryant had a goal and two assists Sunday.

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Five Tigers Score as Women's Soccer Team Completes Weekend Sweep

August 27, 2023 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Five Tigers split five goals as the Princeton women's soccer team finished an opening-weekend sweep Sunday with a 5-0 win over La Salle at Roberts Stadium.

The shutout followed Friday's 3-0 win over Monmouth, giving Princeton back-to-back shutouts to start the season for the first time since 2018.

Princeton outshot La Salle 26-3 overall and 10-0 on goal as netminder Tyler McCamey went the first 60 minutes before rookie Cecilia Cerone made her collegiate debut for the final 30 minutes.

Princeton broke through for its first goal in the 25th minute when Pietra Tordin scored her team-best third goal of the weekend, taking a pass forward from rookie Kayla Wong.

20' left, 1st half | Princeton 1, La Salle 0

PIETRA SCORE-DIN!

Knock, knock, knockin' on the door today and would not be denied!

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— Princeton WSoccer (@PrincetonWSoc) August 27, 2023

The lead became 2-0 less than four minutes later when Lexi Hiltunen headed in a crossing pass from Drew Coomans in the 29th minute.

16' left, 1st half | Princeton 2, La Salle 0

Hiltunen Heads it Home!

Four minutes after Pietra Tordin's goal, Lexi gets us a 2-0 lead!

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— Princeton WSoccer (@PrincetonWSoc) August 27, 2023

Princeton took that 2-0 lead into halftime, but it wasn't long into the second half before the Tigers added to it. Almost four minutes were gone after the break when Tordin flicked a pass to a charging Lily Bryant for the finish.

41' left, 2nd half | Princeton 3, La Salle 0

Right back at it!

Lily Bryant finishes the give-and-go with Pietra Tordin, and we're up three!

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— Princeton WSoccer (@PrincetonWSoc) August 27, 2023

Not five minutes after that, Kate Toomey pushed the lead to 4-0 when Tordin sent a pass forward for Toomey to put away.

37' left, 2nd half | Princeton 4, La Salle 0

Kate Toomey gets her first of the year, and it's 4-0 Tigers!

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— Princeton WSoccer (@PrincetonWSoc) August 27, 2023

Wong had Princeton's final goal, drawing a penalty kick in the 86th minute and burying it to make it 5-0.

4' left, 2nd half | Princeton 5, La Salle 0

Kayla Wong is fouled in the 18 and nails the PK!

A goal in each of her first two games as a Tiger!

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— Princeton WSoccer (@PrincetonWSoc) August 27, 2023

Five goals was Princeton's largest margin of victory since a 6-1 win over Bucknell on Sept. 28, 2021, and it's the team's largest win by shutout since a 6-0 win over Howard on Aug. 28, 2015. Wong is the first Tiger rookie to score a goal in each of her first two collegiate games since Tyler Lussi '17 in 2013.

Princeton will look to keep the strong start going when it hosts Rutgers Thursday at 7 p.m. at Roberts Stadium.