Wildcats Break Tigers' Defense, But Fall Short 3-1

Sunday, September 10

Princeton, N.J.

11 AM

University of New Hampshire

4-3

Princeton University

6-0

New Hampshire

Princeton

Photo by: Joey Walker

9/10/2017 1:44:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

PRINCETON, N.J. – Senior Brooke Murphy (Monson, Mass.) tallied her fifth goal of the season, and the first goal scored on Princeton all season, but the Tigers held on to remain undefeated, defeating the Wildcats 3-1 on Sunday afternoon.

UP NEXT:

UNH finishes their five game road trip as they visit Army West Point on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. The Wildcats return home on Sunday for their first home ams since August, facing Northeastern at 2 p.m at Bremner Field.

GAME INFO:
Date: Sunday, September 10, 2017
Location: Myslik Field (Princeton, N.J.)
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Score: UNH 1, Princeton 3
Records: UNH (4-3-0); Princeton (6-0-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Princeton held position for most of the first half, and tallied their first goal early in the half on a corner kick headed into the back of the net. It was Princeton's third corner kick of the half.
Murphy's goal tied the game in the beginning of the second half as she stole the pass away from a Princeton defender and fired a shot from nearly 40 yards out.
Princeton bounced back from allowing their first goal of the season by scoring a goal in the 70th minute and another in the 77th. Both were a result of strong possession inside the UNH 20.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Princeton came into this contest with a 5-0-0 record and a 0.00 goals allowed average. Murphy's goal was the first allowed by the Tigers all year.
Princeton outshot UNH 15-7 overall, 7-3 in shots on goal.
UNH only had one corner kick in the game, coming in the first half.
An aggressive first half saw eight fouls committed, to only three in the second half.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

The marks the second meeting between the Tigers and the Wildcats. The Tigers hold a 2-0-0 advantage over UNH after the victory.
Murphy's fifth goal of the season is the 38th of her career, which now ties the all-time UNH record set by Diane McLoughlin in 1990.
Murphy is also two points away from tying the all-time UNH record set by Chiara Best in 2004, when she tallied 88 career points.

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