Ivy Tourney Title, NCAA Bid at Stake Sunday as Women's Soccer Hosts Dartmouth

Sunday, November 9

Princeton, N.J.

1:00 PM

Princeton University

Dartmouth (Ivy Final)

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Ivy Tourney Title, NCAA Bid at Stake Sunday as Women's Soccer Hosts Dartmouth

November 07, 2025 | Women's Soccer

Winners of six in a row since a 1-2 Ivy League start, the Princeton women's soccer team has brought itself to within one win of pulling the double again and representing the Ivy League in the NCAA tournament.

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Where we are: In one month, the Princeton women's soccer team has gone from being on the outside looking in at even being a part of the Ivy League Tournament to winning the Ivy League title, hosting the Ivy League Tournament, and now being within one win of the NCAAs. During the six-game winning streak, which included closing 4-0 in the Ivy to win the title before affirming the regular-season finale win over Brown with Thursday's Ivy semifinal win, Princeton has outscored opponents 16-2 and has seen nine players contribute to those 16 goals with Alexandra Barry scoring four.

What's different: In the 2-5-3 start, Princeton scored 0.8 goals per game, allowed 1.5, scored on 4.5 percent of its shots while taking 17.6 shots per game, made 68.1 percent of saves, had 10 assists in 10 games, and drew nine yellow cards. In the 6-0 run since, Princeton has scored 2.67 goals per game, has allowed 0.33 goals per game, scored on 22.5 percent of its shots while taking 11.8 per game, made 89.5 percent of its saves, notched 17 assists over the six games, and was booked for a yellow card only twice. For the Tigers, 32.4 percent of their shots were on goal over the first 10 games and 42.3 were on goal since. For the opponents, 48 percent of shots were on goal over the first 10 games and 30.6 percent were on goal in the six games since.

Individually, Alexandra Barry, who scored twice in the regular-season finale against Brown, has had four goals and three assists over the last six games after one goal and one assist over the first 10. Sophomore classmate Dylan Jovanovic has two goals and three assists over the last six after three assists over the first 10. Rookie Maddie Recupero has two goals and two assists over the last six after no points over the first 10, and senior Drew Coomans has a goal and three assists over the last six games after one assist over the first 10 games. Between the posts, Sydney Romano had a 1.41 GAA and a .769 save percentage while allowing three goals in 191 minutes over the first 10 games. Since, in 262 minutes, Romano has a 0.34 GAA and an .833 save percentage while allowing one goal. Cecilia Cerone played 708 minutes and allowed 12 goals over the first 10 games for a 1.52 GAA and a .636 save percentage. Since, Cerone has allowed one goal in 278 minutes for an 0.32 GAA and a .923 save percentage.

Recently vs. Dartmouth: It's been 885:20 since Princeton allowed a goal to Dartmouth. The last Big Green goal came in the 43rd minute of a 3-2 overtime win over Dartmouth in Hanover in 2015. In Princeton, it's been 454:18 since Dartmouth's last goal against the Tigers, which came in a 2-2 in 2014 at the previous Roberts Stadium. The Tigers have outscored Dartmouth 6-0 in the two games at the current Roberts, in 2022 and 2024. Princeton has won the last six overall against the Big Green and have gone 9-0-2 since the Tigers' last loss in the series, in 2013. At home, Princeton has won the last two since a 2018 tie and have gone 6-0-2 since last losing at home to Dartmouth in 2006. In this year's 2-0 Tiger win in Hanover, it was a pair of rookies with the goals as Maddie Recupero and Julia Johnson scored, supporting Sydney Romano and Cecilia Cerone splitting the shutout in net with Romano making three saves and Cerone two. Their opposite, Ola Goebel, made three saves in going the full 90.

Ivy League Tournament history: Princeton is one of three teams to have made all three Ivy League Tournaments, along with Columbia and Brown, and has the highest average seed, 1.67, after a third in 2023 and back-to-back top seeds. After Harvard won in 2023 at Brown, Princeton is looking to win its second straight title after defeating Harvard 3-1 in the semis and Brown 2-0 in the final last year at Roberts Stadium to become the first team to sweep the Ivy and Ivy Tournament titles. The higher-seeded team is now 6-2 in the six Ivy tournament games, with a lower-seeded team winning one semifinal each year and the higher-seeded team winning the final. This year is the first year that the higher-seeded team won both semifinals. With its win on Thursday, Princeton became the first team to make multiple Ivy Tournament finals as it looks to become the first team to win multiple tournament titles. The single-game, tournament and career goal records belong to Harvard alum Josefine Hasbo, who now plays up the road in Harrison for the NWSL's Gotham FC, after Hasbo scored a hat trick in the 2023 final and a goal in the 2023 semi against Princeton to set the single-game (three), tournament (four) and career (four) scoring records. Drew Coomans, the 2024 ILT Most Outstanding Player, is the lone active Tiger to have earned ILT All-Tournament Team honors.

Historical notes on the Tigers' run: Princeton became the first two-loss team to win the Ivy League since round-robin league play began in 1982. Princeton's 15 points were the second-fewest to win the league, ahead of only the 14 with which Penn won the league in 2010 on a 4-1-2 record. The Ivy began awarding three points for a win in 2005 after two for a win prior to that, but even under the current formula, Princeton's 15 points were the second-fewest since the league had eight teams playing women's soccer beginning in 1991. Though the Ivy League title is Princeton's 12th, it's the first time that Princeton has won back-to-back titles outright. Coupled with the Tiger men's team also winning outright, it's the first time that both Tiger soccer teams won the outright title in the same year.

Outshoot 'em: In 180 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 42 times, or in just more than once every five games (23.3 percent).

Tigers in the NWSL: Princeton has six players currently on NWSL rosters:
• Pietra Tordin, Portland Thorns: Tordin played in 24 games during the regular season and made nine starts, scoring four goals. Portland is headed to this weekend's NWSL quarterfinals as the third seed.
• Tyler Lussi '17, North Carolina Courage: Lussi played in 21 games and made 14 starts, scoring two goals. North Carolina just missed out on the playoffs, one point back of the eighth and final spot.
• Aria Nagai '24, Utah Royals: Nagai played in 11 games and made seven starts, including the last three games. Utah finished 12th in the standings.
• Madison Curry '24, Seattle Reign: Curry started 24 games and played in all 26 for Seattle, which will be the fifth seed in this weekend's quarterfinals.
• Heather MacNab '25, North Carolina Courage: MacNab saw time in two September games for the Courage after signing with the team on Sept. 5.
• Tyler McCamey '25, KC Current: McCamey signed with the Current on Sept. 5. McCamey did not see game time after signing, but the Current are the No. 1 seed in the NWSL playoffs.
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 115 wins (Julie Shackford, 203 wins, 1995-2014), and with his 40 wins at Manhattan (2005-09) added in, Driscoll has 155 career victories. 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 five Ivy League titles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025) 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 10 games, starting the last six in playing shutout first halves against Cornell, Dartmouth, Lehigh, Columbia and Brown (ILT)
• Has allowed four goals this season, one each at Loyola and Brown (regular season) and two at Army, to hold an 0.79 GAA and an .789 save percentage in 454 minutes

1 • Cecilia Cerone • Jr. • GK
• Following the graduation of Tyler McCamey '25 (now with NWSL's KC Current), has already seen more than four times as much time between the posts (986 min) as she had over her first two seasons (222 min)
• Has played in all 16 games this season, going the full 90 six times, and splitting halves with Sydney Romano in eight others while leaving the Miami game on Sept. 4 after 33 minutes due to injury and entering the Brown game for Romano after 38 minutes due to injury
• Holds a 1.19 GAA this season with a .717 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 14 games this season, a career high in games played in a season, surpassing her rookie year in 2022 (13)
• A backliner, earned her second career point, an assist, against Columbia on Oct. 25
• Averages 68.3 minutes per game this season and has gone the full 90 seven times, including in each of the last five games against Ivy teams, vs. Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia and both against Brown
• 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
• 2025 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year & first-team All-Ivy League
• Two-time second-team All-Ivy Leaguer (2023, 2024)
• Has started all 16 games this season and 21 straight dating back to last season; has played in 69 games and started 52 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 82.3 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 nine games over her first two seasons, all as a reserve
• Played a season-high 44 minutes on Oct. 21 vs. Lehigh and has played 90 minutes on the season along with appearances against Rutgers (Aug. 22), Ohio State (Aug. 28), Harvard (Sept. 27) and Brown (Nov. 6)

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 nine games
• Averages 17.6 minutes per game this season
• Student in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

10 • Dylan Jovanovic • So. • F
• 2025 second-team All-Ivy League
• Has played in all 16 games this season and started 15, more than doubling her total of games started from last season as a rookie (seven)
• Has scored her first 10 career points this season and has had her first career goals in recent weeks, Oct. 21 vs. Lehigh and Oct. 25 vs. Columbia, adding to six assists on the season
• Earned Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 27 after the goals against Lehigh and Columbia
• Has surpassed her total of minutes played from last season, having played 1153 this season and 688 last season
• Has already taken more total shots this season (31) than last season (18) and is closing in on her number of shots on goal this season (eight) from last season (nine)
• 31 total shots this season stand second on the team
• Averages 72.1 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 13 games this season and has started seven, including the last four, against Lehigh (Oct. 21), Columbia (Oct. 25) and both against Brown (Nov. 1 & 6)
• Averages 53.4 minutes per game this season

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 14 games this season
• Averages 30.8 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 16 games this season and has started eight
• Averages 57.4 minutes per game this season while playing between 41 and 75 minutes in every game, hitting her career high with 75 minutes at Brown (Nov. 1)
• Has two goals and two points this season, getting points in back-to-back games for the first time with an assist vs. Lehigh (Oct. 21) and a goal against Columbia (Oct. 25)
• Leads the team in shots overall, with 34, and on goal, with 13

17 • Sophia Kurisu • So. • M
• Has played in three games, with 48 minutes against Lehigh (Oct. 21), two against Columbia (Oct. 25) and seven against Brown (ILT, Nov. 6)
• 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 12 games this season and has started three games, all in October
• Averages 35.7 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 15 games this season and has made 13 starts, including starts in each of the last 12 games entering the Ivy League Tournament final
• Scored her first career goal at Dartmouth (Oct. 18) on the way to Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors (Oct. 20)
• Averages 79.3 minutes per game this season and has played the full 90 in 12 straight games entering the Ivy League Tournament final
• 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 eight games this season
• Averages 22.6 minutes per game this season
• Surpassed her career high with eight games played this season; last season, played in seven games, started a career-high three games and played 240 minutes
• 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
• 2025 second-team All-Ivy League
• Has played in 12 games this season and has started 10 after missing early-season games due to injury
• Has surpassed her previous career high in minutes played (544 last season) with 898 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 74.8 minutes per game this season and went the full 90 for the third time this season against Brown (Nov. 1)
• Student in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

25 • Kelsee Wozniak • Sr. • D
• 2025 second-team All-Ivy League
• Has started all 16 games this season and has played the full 90 in 11 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 a team-high 1,347 this season
• Career-high 16 starts this season after nine as a rookie and a junior
• Averages 84.2 minutes per game this season and has played no fewer than 52
• Politics major

27 • Alexandra Barry • So. • F
• 2025 first-team All-Ivy League
• 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
• Leads the team with five goals this season, four of which have come since Oct. 11, and scored both of the team's goals in the Ivy title-clinching win at Brown (Nov. 1), leading to Ivy Offensive Player of the Week honors (Nov. 3)
• Has 12 starts this season, including in the last seven games, and has surpassed her seven starts last season as a rookie and her 2024 minutes total of 680, having played 852 (53.3 mpg average)
• Has taken 30 total shots this season and 12 on goal, standing second on the team in shots on goal, after 27 total shots last season and 11 on goal

28 • Kayla Wong • Jr. • M
• Has started all 16 games this season after playing in 18 of 19 and starting 17 last season
• Scored the first two goals in the team's 3-0 win over Brown in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal
• 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 18 total shots and nine shots on goal this season
• Averages 79.1 minutes per game this season
• Economics major and 2025 Academic All-Ivy League

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 10 games this season and averages 34.4 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 13 games this season and has started 10, but has not played since Oct. 25 due to injury
• Scored on a penalty kick against Villanova on Sept. 11 for her second career goal; first came on Oct. 5, 2024 against Brown
• With 582 minutes played this season, surpassed her career high of 363 set in 2022
• Averages 44.8 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: The winner of the Ivy League Tournament will hear its name called in the NCAA selection show, set for Monday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.