Ivy Play Returns Saturday as Women's Soccer Hosts Columbia

Saturday, October 25

Princeton, N.J.

1:00 PM

Princeton University

Columbia

Summer Pierson, Drew Coomans, Pia Beaulieu, Ally Murphy, Caroline Kane and Kelsee Wozniak are the Princeton Women's Soccer Class of 2026.

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Ivy Play Returns Saturday as Women's Soccer Hosts Columbia

October 22, 2025 | Women's Soccer

After back-to-back Ivy League wins, the Princeton women's soccer team finds itself in a much more advantageous place than just two weeks ago, standing in the top half of the Ivy League and with a plausible path to the Ivy title if the Tigers can keep it going.

vs. Columbia, Saturday, 1 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Stats | Team Yearbook | Senior Day & Fan Appreciation Day | Free Admission

Senior Day: Saturday will be Senior Day for the six-member Princeton women's soccer Class of 2026. The class, which includes Pia Beaulieu, Drew Coomans, Caroline Kane, Ally Murphy, Summer Pierson and Kelsee Wozniak, has helped the program to 37 wins overall, 14 in Ivy League play, back-to-back NCAA tournaments, and the 2024 Ivy League title and 2024 Ivy League Tournament title.

The Ivy: At 1-2 just two weeks ago, the Tigers were on the outside looking in at the Ivy League Tournament. This week, Princeton is in third place, one point back of both Harvard and this week's opponent, Columbia. If the Tigers can win their last two games against Columbia and at Brown, no small feat against two of the other teams in the top half of the league this week, and see Harvard do no better than a win and a tie over its last two games, Princeton would finish with 15 points and no other team could do better than 14 points, giving the Ivy title and hosting duties for the Ivy League Tournament to the Tigers for the second straight year. Harvard closes by hosting Penn this weekend and going to Columbia next weekend.

On Princeton: The Tigers (5-5-3, 3-2-0), who started 0-2-3 and hadn't won back-to-back games this season until getting the win at Dartmouth last Saturday, could be heating up just in time. A pair of rookies, Maddie Recupero and Julia Johnson, scored their first career goals in the win at Dartmouth last Saturday, becoming the ninth and 10th Tigers to score this season. Sophomore Dylan Jovanovic became the 11th Tiger to score this season when she added her first career goal on Tuesday against Lehigh. Alexandra Barry, who scored her third against Lehigh on Tuesday, noe leads the team with three goals on the season. Isabella Garces, Sarah Houston and Recupero, each of whom scored against Lehigh, stand alongside Zoe Markesini, who has been out due to injury since the Aug. 31 game against Syracuse, with two goals apiece. Along with Jovanovic, Johnson, Nina Cantor, Ally Murphy, Pia Beaulieu and Drew Coomans have scored a goal apiece. Cecilia Cerone (2-3-2, 1.39 GAA, .658 sv%) has played 843 minutes in goal and Sydney Romano (3-2-1, 0.83 GAA, .833 sv%) has played 327 minutes, with Romano and Cerone splitting halves in each of the last three games.

On Columbia: The Lions (5-5-3, 3-1-1) will be coming to Roberts Stadium off of last weekend's 3-0 home win over Yale and on a two-game unbeaten run since a 1-0 loss at Dartmouth on Oct. 4, including a 2-2 tie against Penn in between. Seven Lions have scored a goal this season with Maia Tabion, Maia Beltran and Gabby Chan co-leading the team with three apiece. Samantha Mahoney has played most of the minutes in goal, all except for an Aug. 31 game at Loyola Marymount when Cameron Lane went the full 90 in her hometown. Mahoney is 5-4-3 with a 1.17 GAA and a .611 save percentage.

The series: Against Columbia, Princeton leads the all-time series 24-9-6. In the Sean Driscoll era, since 2015, it's been close to even, with Princeton leading 4-3-2. Each of the last six games has ended with a one or a zero on the board for each team, with Princeton leading 3-1-2 over that stretch. No current player has played in goal or scored against the other team. Last year's game saw Princeton score a 64th-minute goal off the foot of Pietra Tordin, now with the NWSL's Portland Thorns, in a game that Princeton had to have to win the Ivy title and host the Ivy tournament in what was the 2024 regular-season finale. The Ivy champs completed the double, hosting and winning the Ivy tournament.

Outshoot 'em: In 177 games under Sean Driscoll, Princeton has outshot its opponent in overall shots 135 times and has equaled its opponent in total shots three times, getting outshot 39 times, or in just more than once every five games (22.0 percent).

Preseason polls: Princeton was picked first and Columbia fourth in the Ivy preseason poll. The Tigers had eight athletic All-Ivy honorees last year but took a huge hit with losses to graduation and the pros. Pietra Tordin, who chose to forgo her senior season to turn pro with the NWSL's Portland Thorns, was the Ivy Offensive Player of the Year in 2024, and Lily Bryant, Heather MacNab and Tyler McCamey all graduated and went on to the pro ranks, with Bryant at FC Porto in Portugal, MacNab with the NWSL's North Carolina Courage, and McCamey with the NWSL's KC Current. On the second team, Ryann Brown is using a graduate season at North Carolina and Kate Toomey graduated, leaving Zoe Markesini and Drew Coomans as the only returning 2024 All-Ivy honorees for the Tigers. Markesini has missed time since leaving the Aug. 31 game against Syracuse due to injury. Columbia had five All-Ivy honorees in 2024, including the Ivy Defensive Player of the Year in backliner Courtney Ruedt. Of the five, only senior forward/midfielder Maia Tabion is back. Princeton saw one of the graduated four, Nata Ramirez, earlier this year with Ramirez playing a graduate year at Rutgers and former teammate Sophia Cavaliere doing the same at USC.

Tigers in the NWSL: Princeton has six players currently on NWSL rosters. Pietra Tordin, who turned pro following her junior season last school year, has already twice been named the NWSL Rookie of the Month, doing so in June and adding the second in August. Through the weekend, Tordin had played in 24 games for the Portland Thorns, starting nine on the season overall, including five of the team's last seven games, and scoring four goals on the season. Tyler Lussi '17 started 12 straight games for the North Carolina Courage's from June through Oct. 4, scoring both of her season's goals in that span. Aria Nagai '24 started and logged 86 minutes in last weekend's game against the Seattle Reign and has played in nine of the last 11 games, and Madison Curry '24 started her 17th straight game and 23rd on the season last weekend for the Seattle Reign against Nagai's Utah Royals. Heather MacNab '25 made her pro debut for the North Carolina Courage on Sept. 13 against Angel City FC, and Tyler McCamey '25 was signed to the KC Current on Sept. 5. Along with the NWSL six, Lily Bryant '25 is playing in Portugal for FC Porto, making her pro debut on Sept. 13.

The staff: Head coach Sean Driscoll is in his 11th year with Princeton and 10th competitive season (team did not compete in 2020), and has the most Ivy League Coach/Coaching Staff of the Year honors since the award began in 2014, with four (2015, 2017, 2018, 2024). He's Princeton's second-winningest coach, with 112 wins (Julie Shackford, 203 wins, 1995-2014), and with his 40 wins at Manhattan (2005-09) added in, Driscoll has 152 career victories, having hit 150 on Oct. 11 vs. Cornell. Associate Head Coach Mike Poller has been with Driscoll for the entire Tiger tenure, and assistant coach Chris Duggan is in his fourth season with the program. Under Driscoll, Princeton has won four Ivy League titles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2024) and has made six NCAA tournaments (2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024), making the second round in 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2023 and the quarterfinals in 2017.

Individual notes:

0 • Sydney Romano • So • GK
• Made her career debut in relief at Loyola (Md.) on Aug. 24 and has played in seven games, starting the last three in playing shutout first halves against Cornell, Dartmouth and Lehigh
• Has allowed three goals this season, one at Loyola and two at Army, to hold an 0.83 GAA and an .833 save percentage in 327 minutes

1 • Cecilia Cerone • Jr. • GK
• Following the graduation of Tyler McCamey '25 (now with NWSL's KC Current), has already seen almost four times as much time between the posts (843 min) as she had over her first two seasons (222 min)
• Has played in all 13 games this season, going the full 90 six times, and splitting halves with Sydney Romano in six others while leaving the Miami game on Sept. 4 after 33 minutes due to injury
• Holds a 1.27 GAA this season with a .651 save percentage
• Psychology major

2 • Anna Chau • Fr. • M/D
• Played in each of the first seven games of her rookie season and made six starts, including in her collegiate debut Aug. 22 against Rutgers
• Has missed time due to injury since the Sept. 14 game at Army West Point
• Averages 67.6 minutes per game this season

4 • Caroline Kane • Sr. • D
• Has played in 11 games this season, the second-most games played in a season in her career, behind only the 13 games she played as a rookie in 2022
• A backliner, has one career point, an assist against Bucknell in 2022
• Averages 62.4 minutes per game this season and has gone the full 90 four times, including in each of the last two games, vs. Cornell and at Dartmouth
• Majoring in psychology and interned in the summer of 2025 with Major League Baseball's mental health and safety programs

5 • Drew Coomans • Sr. • F
• Two-time second-team All-Ivy Leaguer (2023, 2024)
• Has started all 13 games this season and 18 straight dating back to last season; has played in 66 games and started 49 in her collegiate career
• On Oct. 11 vs. Cornell, scored her sixth career goal, with her previous five coming between her sophomore and junior seasons
• Averages 80.5 minutes per game this season
• Economics major
• Spent two weeks in summer 2025 training with the NWSL's Portland Thorns

6 • Zoe Markesini • Jr. • D
• Co-captain this season
• Second-team All-Ivy League 2024
• Played in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia and 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India for Canada, serving as a team captain with the U-17 team, starting all seven games between the two tournaments, and scoring a goal against France in the 2024 group stage opener as Canada made the round of 16
• Left the Aug. 31 game against Syracuse due to injury and has not played since
• Has played 36 games and started 30 during her collegiate career
• Scored her first two collegiate goals over Princeton's first two games this season, earning Ivy Defensive Player of the Week honors on Aug. 25
• Averages 78.8 minutes per game this season
• Majoring in psychology

7 • Grace Rossner • So. • M/F
• Has appeared in eight games over her first two seasons, all as a reserve
• Played a season-high 44 minutes on Oct. 21 vs. Lehigh, bringing her to 88 minutes on the season along with appearances against Rutgers (Aug. 22), Ohio State (Aug. 28) and Harvard (Sept. 27)

8 • Aditi Singh • Jr. • F
• Joined the team this season
• From West Windsor, N.J., just a few miles from campus
• Has played in two games, going 22 minutes against Ohio State (Aug. 28) and 29 minutes against Lehigh (Oct. 21)
• Majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering

9 • Rebecca Sherry • Jr. • F
• Made her career debut this season and has played in seven games
• Averages 21 minutes per game this season
• Student in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

10 • Dylan Jovanovic • So. • F
• Has played in all 13 games this season and started 12, surpassing her total of games started from last season as a rookie (seven)
• Has scored her first six career points this season and had her first career goal Oct. 21 vs. Lehigh, adding to four assists on the season
• Has surpassed her total of minutes played from last season, having played 930 this season and 688 last season
• Has already taken more total shots this season (28) than last season (18) and is closing in on her number of shots on goal this season (seven) from last season (nine)
• 28 total shots this season stand second on the team
• Averages 71.5 minutes per game this season

11 • Maddie Recupero • Fr. • M
• Scored her first career goal to get Princeton on the board at Dartmouth (Oct. 18) and added another in the next game against Lehigh (Oct. 21)
• Has played in 10 games this season and has started four, against Ohio State (Aug. 28), Harvard (Sept. 27), Yale (Oct. 4) and Lehigh (Oct. 21)
• Averages 47 minutes per game this season and had a career-high 78 minutes Oct. 4 at Yale

13 • Sarah Houston • Fr. • F/M
• Scored her first career goal Sept. 14 at Army West Point and added another on Oct. 21 against Lehigh
• First career start came in the Army game and has played in 11 games this season
• Averages 31.6 minutes per game this season
• Sister, Erin, is a senior on Auburn's women's soccer team

14 • Nina Cantor • Fr. • F
• Has played in all 13 games this season and has started six
• Averages 55 minutes per game this season while playing between 41 and 69 minutes in every game
• Had her first career point on Aug. 28 with an assist against Ohio State and first career goal on Sept. 4 at Miami, adding an assist against Lehigh (Oct. 21) for her four points this season
• Leads the team in shots overall, with 30, and is second in shots on goal, with nine

17 • Sophia Kurisu • So. • M
• Made her season debut on Oct. 21 vs. Lehigh, playing 48 minutes as a reserve
• Played in 12 games last season, all off the bench while taking two shots, one on goal, and averaging 16.6 minutes per game

18 • Brooke Dawahare • So. • M
• Played in all 19 games last season and had 17 starts
• With 1,240 minutes played last season, was the team's returning leader in minutes played from last season, and with Alexandra Barry and Isabella Garces, co-led the returners with four goals scored last season
• Started each of the first three games this season before leaving the Aug. 28 game against Ohio State due to injury and has not played since
• Played 73 minutes in the opener against Rutgers and all 90 against Loyola the next time out before playing 28 minutes in the early exit against OSU

20 • Aubrey Crisostomo • Fr. • F/M
• Has played in nine games this season and has started three games, all in October
• Averages 40.5 minutes per game and went all 90 for the first time in her career on Oct. 11 vs. Cornell
• Had her first career point with an assist against Ohio State on Aug. 28

21 • Julia Johnson • Fr. • D
• Has played in 12 games this season and has made 10 starts, including starts in each of the last 10 games entering the Columbia game
• Scored her first career goal at Dartmouth (Oct. 18)
• Averages 76.7 minutes per game this season and has played the full 90 in nine straight games entering the Columbia game
• Shares a high school alma mater with head coach Sean Driscoll, Greens Farms Academy in Westport, Conn.
• Has a strong familial connection to Princeton, with both parents, Sydney and Jennifer, both in the Class of 1997, and brother Jalen in the Class of 2026
• Father Sydney was a two-time Ivy League champion hoopster at Princeton (1996, 1997) and was part of the 1996 team that upset UCLA in the first round of the NCAA tournament before winning Ivy Player of the Year honors in 1997; Sydney returned to coach the team from 2007-11, winning the 2011 Ivy title, and began as head coach of the WNBA's Washington Mystics in 2025

22 • Esmé Rudell • Jr. • M/D
• Has surpassed her 2024 total of minutes played (364), having played 507 minutes this season; had 433 career minutes entering the season
• Averages 50.7 minutes per game this season but has not played since Oct. 4 vs. Yale due to injury
• Majoring in politics
• Father, Kirk, is in the Princeton soccer Class of 1991 and co-produced soccer documentaries including Soccertown, USA (2019) about Kearny, N.J., and Voice of the Game (2022), about Manfred Schellscheidt, and co-hosts a soccer podcast, An American Game.

23 • Summer Pierson • Sr. • M/D
• Has played in six games this season
• Averages 29.7 minutes per game this season
• Career highs of seven games played, three games started, and 240 minutes played all came last season
• First and so far only career points came on a goal against Drexel on Sept. 12, 2024
• Majoring in art and archaeology

24 • Pia Beaulieu • Sr. • M
• Has played in nine games this season and has started seven after missing early-season games due to injury
• Has surpassed her previous career high in minutes played (544 last season) with 630 minutes played this season
• Has scored a goal (Sept. 4 at Miami) and added an assist (Oct. 21 vs. Lehigh) after notching her first two career goals and first three assists last season
• Averages 70 minutes per game this season and went the full 90 for the first time this season against Yale (Oct. 4)
• Student in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

25 • Kelsee Wozniak • Sr. • D
• Has started all 13 games this season and has played the full 90 in nine games
• Career-high three goals and three assists came as a rookie in 2022
• Has surpassed her previous career high in minutes played (1,004 last season), having played 1,079 this season
• Career-high 13 starts this season after nine as a rookie and a junior
• Averages 83 minutes per game this season and has played no fewer than 52
• Politics major

27 • Alexandra Barry • So. • F
• Was the team's leading returning scorer from 2024, totaling 13 points on four goals and five assists
• Played in all 19 games last season and made seven starts
• Has three goals this season, against Ohio State (Aug. 28), Cornell (Oct. 11) and Lehigh (Oct. 21)
• Has nine starts this season, surpassing her seven starts last season as a rookie, and is closing in on her 2024 minutes total of 680, having played 676
• Has taken 24 total shots this season and 10 on goal, leading the team in shots on goal, after 27 total shots last season and 11 on goal
• Averages 52 minutes per game this season

28 • Kayla Wong • Jr. • M
• Has started all 13 games this season after playing in 18 of 19 and starting 17 last season
• Career-high three goals came last season and career-high five assists, on the way to a career-high nine points, came as a rookie in 2023
• Career-high 28 total shots and 12 shots on goal came last season; has 15 total shots and seven shots on goal this season
• Averages 76.7 minutes per game this season
• Economics major

30 • Isabella Garces • Jr. • F
• Made her season debut Sept. 14 at Army West Point after missing early-season games due to injury; scored the goal in the team's 1-0 win at Penn on Sept. 19 and added another Oct. 21 vs. Lehigh
• Has played in seven games this season and averages 35.7 minutes per game
• Played in a career-high 15 games last season and started two games; has equaled the start total with two this season
• Career-high 421 minutes, 23 total shots and seven shots on goal came last season
• Co-led this year's returners with four goals last season
• Student in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

36 • Ally Murphy • Sr. • F
• Co-captain this season
• Has played in 12 games this season and has started nine
• Scored on a penalty kick against Villanova on Sept. 11 for her second career goal; first came on Oct. 5, 2024 against Brown
• With 548 minutes played this season, has surpassed her career high of 363 set in 2022
• Averages 45.7 minutes per game this season
• Student in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

51 • Carson Proctor • Fr. • GK
• Has not yet played

Looking ahead: Princeton will head to Brown next Saturday for the regular-season finale.