CM: Lana Kanno+Hattie Hatton+Maddie Kim, Abby Reiner
OM: Eliza Durbin+Nathalie Maffei, Nicole Bogdanos
F: Caitlin Evers
Georgetown
Our previous experience with Georgetown in the 2013 Regional Tournament resulted in a 2:1 win for us. This Georgetown team was rough - we suffered two concussions!
We were on extremely short, wet grass, which made the ball move very quickly and bounce unpredictably. They put immediate high pressure on us.
After their corner and their shot wide, they snuck the ball away from us near our goal for a shot from left to right into our goal in the 5th minute. Then Addie saved their shot for a corner three minutes later and again right after that.
Eliza earned a corner taken by Liv before Addie made another save in the 21st minute. Addie caught a Georgetown corner kick before Eliza’s corner kick and Georgetown’s free kick from midfield just before the break.
Liv earned and took free kick from our third early in the second half before Addie made another save in the 44th minute. Rachel earned and took free kick from our third and a free kick from midfield before Georgetown sent a shot over our cross-bar.
Addie made another save in the 53rd minute and Chloe blocked a shot for a Georgetown corner. Then Addie made another save for a corner before they scored on a shot from left to right in the 69th minute for their second goal.
Nicole had her shot go wide and another shot saved before she earned and took a corner kick in the last minute.
Shots 2:10 Saves 6:1
3 Georgetown corner, shot wide
5 Georgetown scramble near our goalpost shot from left to right -> 0:1
8 Georgetown shot saved by Addie for a corner
9 Georgetown shot saved by Addie
14 Eliza earned a corner taken by Liv
21 Georgetown shot saved by Addie
32 Georgetown corner kick caught by Addie
39 Eliza corner
40 Georgetown free kick from midfield
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43 Liv earned and took free kick from our third
44 Georgetown shot saved by Addie
46 Rachel earned and took free kick from our third
48 Rachel free kick from midfield
52 Georgetown shot over
53 Georgetown shot saved by Addie
54 Chloe blocked a shot for a Georgetown corner
68 Georgetown shot saved by Addie for a corner
69 Georgetown shot from left to right -> 0:2
74 Nicole shot wide, another shot saved
79 Nicole earned and took a corner kick
Cornell
After a short break for lunch, we got back to Stony Brook for our 3:30pm game with Cornell. The thermometer on the van dashboard said 85F, and we were scheduled for the turf field, which makes high temperatures seem even higher.
Our last experience with Cornell was at the Ivy Tournament hosted by Yale in April of 2022, when we beat them 1:0. They were a very vocal (noisy?) team we overheard during our first game when they played RIT.
A lucky exchange for Cornell by our goal in the 3rd minute gave them their first goal, but Sara got a good chance soon after with shot that was saved. Cornell sent a shot wide before Erika blocked a shot of theirs for a corner - Addie saved their ensuing shot.
Eliza had her shot go wide after Cornell’s corner; then in the 12th minute Cornell’s shot from right to lower-left gave them their second goal.
Sara earned free kick from midfield taken by Erika before Rachel earned free kick from our third. Nicole had her shot saved before Sara earned free kick in their third taken by Lana, whose shot was saved. Then Sara took a free kick from their third.
Liv had her shot saved in the 24th minute before Molly took a free kick from midfield. Addie saved three shots before Lana subbed in for her when her hip became painful after a sideways dive.
Cornell got their third goal in the 38th minute by shooting from right to upper-left of our goal. Erika took a free kick in their third, but her shot was saved just before the break.
Nicole earned a free kick from midfield early in the second half that was taken by Rachel before Rachel had her shot go wide. Cornell sent a shot over our cross-bar before scoring their fourth goal with a shot from left to lower-right off the upright in the 51st minute. They also had a free kick from midfield.
Chloe’s shot in the 56th minute went wide before Rachel earned a free kick in our third taken by Lana. Lana saved a Cornell shot before they sent two shots wide
Chloe earned a free kick in our third taken by Lana before Cornell scored from a cross from the left side for a tap-in. Sara’s free kick in their third was promising, but our header went wide.
Shots 9:14 Saves 5:4
3 Lucky exchange by our goal -> 0:1
5 Sara shot saved
7 Cornell shot wide
10 Erika blocked a shot for a corner, Addie save
Cornell corner
11 Eliza shot wide
12 Cornell from right to lower-left -> 0:2
15 Sara earned free kick from midfield taken by Erika
16 Rachel earned free kick from our third
21 Nicole shot saved
22 Sara earned free kick in their third taken by Lana, shot saved
23 Sara free kick from their third
24 Liv shot saved
26 Molly free kick midfield
31 Cornell three shots saved by Addie
Lana subbed in for Addie
38 Cornell from right to upper-left -> 0:3
40 Erika free kick in their third, shot saved
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42 Nicole earned a free kick from midfield taken by Rachel
47 Rachel shot wide
50 Cornell shot over
51 Cornell shot from left to lower-right off the upright -> 0:4
53 Cornell free kick from midfield
56 Chloe shot wide
60 Rachel earned a free kick in our third taken by Lana
66 Cornell shot saved by Lana
68 Cornell shot wide
69 Cornell shot wide
70 Chloe earned a free kick in our third taken by Lana
71 Cornell cross from left for a tap-in -> 0:5
79 Sara free kick their third, header wide
RIT
We experienced a big drop in temperature to 50sF/10C with drizzle for our 9:30am Sunday game with RIT on a another bumpy field with very short grass that made ball-control challenging. Their uniforms showed orange and white emblazoned with “Tigers” - so Princeton are not the only Tigers.
In light of our two previous game results and being down to one sub, we could have already felt defeated, but we acted to the contrary!
Sara sent RIT an immediate message by making the game’s first shot that went wide before Rachel took a free kick from midfield, earned and took free kick from our third and had her shot go wide. It seemed from the sidelines that we were believing in ourselves and playing better than ever!
Lana shut down an RIT attempt in the 15th minute before RIT from maybe 20m sent a high-arching shot into the upper-right corner of our goal.
Lana made a big save in the 20th minute before Nathalie had her shot saved for a corner that was taken by Sara. Eliza took two more corner kicks due to their clearances, and a few minutes later Sara’s header was saved.
RIT sent a shot over our cross-bar before Chloe blocked a shot for an RIT corner. They had another corner kick with another shot Lana saved, followed soon after by two more shots she saved. Then they sent a shot wide, took another corner kick and had another shot go wide before Nathalie earned a corner taken by Erika at the end of the half.
During the break there were many suggestions from our players about how to proceed, and we were fired up - staying very positive!
Rachel took a free kick in their third before RIT sent a shot wide. Lana made another save before Eliza cross earned and took a corner kick.
Lana made four more saves in quick succession before Nicole showed her high quality getting near their goal for a shot they saved in the 56th minute. Lana made yet another save after RIT’s corner kick.
Nicole gave us the equalizer with her shot from right to left in the 63rd minute, and she followed that up with a shot that was saved.
Lana came up with another save in the 70th minute before Sara made a shot reminiscent of her goal versus Brown last spring from the right side of the field into the upper-left corner of their goal for the game-winner.
Lana made her 13th save of the game in the last minute of the game after RIT took free kick in our third. RIT must have been shocked with that result, having out-shot us, but it was our quality, resilience and positivity that helped us get a much-deserved win!
Shots 7:20 Saves 13:2
2 Sara shot wide
9 Rachel free kick from midfield
11 Rachel earned and took free kick from our third
12 Rachel shot wide
15 Lana shut down an RIT attempt
17 RIT shot upper-right -> 0:1
20 RIT shot saved by Lana
21 Nathalie shot saved for a corner taken by Sara
Eliza took two more corner kicks
23 Sara header saved
25 RIT shot over
26 Chloe blocked a shot for an RIT corner
29 RIT corner, shot saved by Lana
30 RIT two shots saved by Lana
32 RIT shot wide, RIT corner
36 RIT shot wide
38 Nathalie earned a corner taken by Erika
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46 Rachel free kick their third
48 RIT shot wide
49 RIT shot saved by Lana
50 Eliza cross earned and took a corner
51 RIT two shot saved by Lana
54 RIT two shots saved by Lana
56 Nicole shot saved
61 RIT corner, shot saved by Lana
63 Nicole shot from right to left -> 1:1
65 Nicole shot saved
70 RIT shot saved
76 Sara shot from right to upper-left -> 2:1
79 RIT free kick in our third, shot saved by Lana
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