No. 22 Blue Hens Edged by No. 18 Princeton

Friday, September 17

Newark, DE

6:00 p.m.

University of Delaware

(2-5)

Princeton University

(1-3)

PRIN

Delaware

Photo by: Mark Campbell

9/17/2021 9:59:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score Photo Gallery (MC)

NEWARK, Del. - The No. 22 Delaware field hockey team (2-5) was edged, 3-2, by No. 18 Princeton in a back-and-forth game Friday night.

The Tigers got on the board early with a goal by Sammy Popper in the first quarter.

Sophomore Julia Duffhuis tied the game in the second quarter, netting her fourth goal of the season. She scored on a penalty corner with assists from Ashlyn Carr and Genevieve Johnson. Duffhuis currently leads the Blue Hens with nine points on four goals and one assist. Carr leads Delaware with six assists.

Delaware took a 2-1 lead in the third period with a goal from Emma Gladstein, her first of the season. She received a long pass outside the striking circle from Kiki Oudshoorn and hit the back of the net on a 1-v-1 with the goalkeeper from 15 yards out on the right side.

Princeton knotted the game once again with a goal by Beth Yeager to end the third. Claire Donovan secured the win for the Tigers, scoring with just seven minutes remaining in the game.

Goalkeeper Lizzie Gaebel had six saves for the Blue Hens. Princeton led in shots (13-3) and corners (7-2).

Delaware hosts No. 10 Rutgers Sunday at 1 p.m. for their second game of the weekend.

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THOUGHTS FROM COACH VAN DE KERKHOF
"Today we saw a Delaware team with two personalities. One personality allows us to enjoy a solid performance, where we play strong team defense and create an attack allowing us to score. The other personality is that we don't play simple, struggle to work as a team and lack consistency in discipline. We are working with the team to find ways to extend our quality performance as a team, coach ourselves and our teammates up a bit more and to dig deeper when the going gets tough. We are doing a lot of good things and will focus on those as we continue our season journey together." -- Head Coach Rolf van de Kerkhof