Women's Soccer Welcomes Princeton for Home Opener Sunday

Sunday, August 26

Boston, MA

4 PM

Boston University

Princeton

Women's Soccer Welcomes Princeton for Home Opener Sunday

August 24, 2018 | Women's Soccer

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Women's Soccer (0-3) vs. No. 14 Princeton (0-0)
Date & Time	Sunday, Aug. 26 \| 4 p.m.
Venue	Nickerson Field \| Boston, Mass.
Live Stats	GoTerriers.com
Watch	Patriot League Network
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierWSOC
Promotion	High School Soccer Day

BOSTON - The Boston University women's soccer team will take Nickerson Field for the first time this season as it welcomes No. 14 Princeton on Sunday, Aug. 26 for a 4 p.m. kickoff.

Last Time Out

BU fell in a heartbreak Thursday at Hofstra, 2-1, in double overtime.
Royce Light put the Terriers on the board in the 65th minute, though Hofstra tied the game up with 20 seconds left.
After a scoreless first overtime, the Pride netted the golden goal just over a minute into the second frame of extra time.

Preseason Predictions

BU landed a league-high four student-athletes on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team in Julianna Chen, McKenna Doyle, Anna Heilferty and Dorrie Varley-Barrett.
Heilferty headlined the quartet as she was named the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, becoming the first sophomore to earn the honor since Army's Kim An in 2011.
As a team, the Terriers were predicted to finish second overall among Patriot League foes, and earned six first-place votes.

Leading The Way

Libby Closson, Pietra Sweeney and Dorrie Varley-Barrett will serve as tri-captains this season.
Closson has started every game on the backline for the past two seasons and helped guide the defense to 10 shutouts and was named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team.
Sweeney has also been a key figure on the defense for the past three seasons and started in 20 of 21 matches in 2017.
A two-time All-Patriot League selection, Varley-Barrett has started in 57 of 63 games played and was named to the All-Patriot League Second Team in 2017.

Return of The Attack

The Terriers return their top two point scorers in McKenna Doyle and Anna Heilferty.
Heilferty, the reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Year, tied for the team lead in points (13) and goals (5) last season.
Doyle ranked fourth in goals (3) and tied for fourth in points (8).

The Last Line

BU boasted one of the top defenses in the league, posting nine shutouts, including seven against Patriot League opponents.
The Terriers limited opponents to just .86 goals per game and posted a .44 goals against average in conference play.
Amanda Fay led the league with a .560 goals against average, allowing just eight goals over 15 games in net.

At the Helm

Head coach Nancy Feldman is in her 24th season in guiding the Terriers and her 31st season as a head women's soccer coach at the collegiate level.
Feldman has posted a 297-146-44 (.655) mark during her tenure at BU and owns a 389-164-53 (.685) career record.
In NCAA history, she ranks No. 19 all-time in career wins.
Under Feldman's watch, the Terriers have won 12 conference regular season and postseason titles and have made 13 NCAA appearances.

Red, White and Blue

Anna Heilferty earned a spot on the U.S. U-18 National Team in February and competed at the U-19 La Manga 12 Nations Tournament before taking the pitch for a pair of games against Switzerland's U-19 team in March.
For both tours, Heilferty was the lone player from a non-power five conference to represent the U-18 WNT.

Scouting the Tigers

Ranked No. 14 in the nation, Princeton is coming off a 16-3-1 season that ended in the NCAA Quarterfinals, its best postseason run since 2004.
Princeton returns 84 percent of its goal scorers from last season, led by sophomore Abby Givens, who led the team in goals (12) and points (30).
Mimi Asom followed with 10 goals and 23 points, while Courtney O'Brien notched nine scorers and 21 points.
Sophomore Natalie Grossi returns in net after setting a program record with 11 shutouts last season.
Head coach Sean Driscoll is in his fourth season with the Tigers and has registered two Ivy League titles and four NCAA Tournament victories.

The Series

Princeton holds the all-time series lead, 5-2-2, and took the last matchup 2-1 in 2008.
Three of the first six contests ended in a double-overtime draw.

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