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Women's Soccer Closes Season at Yale with Shot at Ivy Title
11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University women's soccer closes out its 2017 season at Yale University on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Reese Stadium with the Bears remaining in the hunt for a share for the Ivy League title on the final weekend of the regular season.
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CHANCE AT IVY TITLE
Entering the final weekend of the regular season, Brown remains in contention for the Ivy League title alongside Columbia and Princeton. With 12 points, the Bears currently stand third in the Ivy standings while the Lions and Tigers are tied for first with 15 points. On Saturday, if Brown wins and Columbia and Princeton both lose, all three teams will share the Ivy title with the Lions earning the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Championship. Princeton plays at Penn at 4:00 p.m., and Columbia hosts Harvard at 5:00 p.m.
CHECKING THE HISTORY BOOKS
With 11 wins this year, Brown has tallied its most victories in a season since the team went 13-4-0 in 2000. The Bears have posted four shutouts in Ivy League play for the first time since 1992. Brown has now set a program single-season record with four overtime wins.
ETZEL EARNS IVY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior goalkeeper Christine Etzel (Madison, Conn.) earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors on Oct. 30 after the Bears shutout Penn in their home finale. Etzel made four saves in her fourth clean sheet in Ivy League play this fall as Brown beat the Quakers in overtime on Oct. 28, 1-0. She tallied her fifth clean sheet of the season overall.
ALL-TIME SERIES
Brown holds a 27-17-2 edge in the 46 all-time meetings with Yale. The Bears have won four of the last five fixtures between the two sides. Brown and Yale have met in the final Ivy League game every year since 2008 with the two teams tied 4-4-1 in those meetings. Last year, Brown won 1-0 behind a goal from Carly Gould '17 (Hampton Falls, N.H.) and a shutout from Christine Etzel '19 (Madison, Conn.).
QUADRUPLE DOUBLE
Four Brown women's soccer student-athletes have tallied 10 or more points this season, giving the Bears a quartet of double-figure scorers for the first time since 2006. This fall, senior Mikela Waldman (San Francisco, Calif.), freshman Star White (Norfolk, Va.), and juniors Celia Story (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) and Jennifer Caruso (Brockton, Mass.) have posted 20, 16, 15, and 10 points respectively. Waldman stands as Brown's first 20-point scorer since Kathryn Moos '07 led the team with 36 points on 15 goals and six assists in 2006.
IVY COVERED WINS
Brown has earned a quartet of 1-0 shutout victories in Ivy League play this season. The Bears opened conference play with a 1-0 win over Dartmouth in overtime on Sept. 24 as freshman forward Star White (Norfolk, Va.) netted the game-winning goal in the 92nd minute. Junior forward Jennifer Caruso (Brockton, Mass.) scored in the 54th minute to lead Brown to a 1-0 win over Harvard on Oct. 14, giving the Bears their first victory over the Crimson since 2010. In the team's 1-0 win at Cornell on Oct. 21, junior midfielder Celia Story (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) converted a penalty kick in the 82nd minute. White provided the heroics again vs. Penn, netting the game-winning goal in overtime.
DOUBLE-DIGIT VICTORIES
Brown has tallied 11 victories so far this season, giving the Bears their first 10-win campaign since 2013. In the twenty-first century, Brown has now posted double-figure wins in each of five seasons – 2017 (11-4-0), 2013 (10-6-1), 2011 (10-5-2), 2003 (10-4-2), and 2000 (13-4-0).
CORNER KICKS
Entering the week, Brown ranks third in the NCAA in corner kicks per game (7.60). The Bears have registered double-figure corner kicks in each of four matches this season. Brown also stands among national leaders in assists per game (18th, 2.13), points per game (55th, 5.23), shots per game (34th, 16.67), and shots on goal per game (30th, 7.73).
WALDMAN PUSHES CONFERENCE PACE
Senior forward Mikela Waldman (San Francisco, Calif.) ranks third in the Ivy League in points (20), seventh in goals (seven), first in assists (six), and first in game-winning goals (four). In the NCAA rankings, she stands 36th in game-winning goals (four). She scored the game-winnining goals in wins at Massachusetts (Sept. 14) and vs. Sacred Heart (Sept. 20) and posted two assists in a 2-0 win over CCSU (Sept. 17). Waldman netted her first career hat trick in a 4-0 win at Hartford on Aug. 31. She recorded her second game-winning goal of the season in a 2-1 win against Lafayette on Sept. 10. She netted a goal in the Bears' 3-2 (2OT) win at Rhode Island on Aug. 27 and scored in back-to-back games for the first time in her career with her hat trick against the Hawks in her next outing. Waldman has tallied seven goals and 20 points this season after posting five goals and 18 points over her first three seasons combined.
SHINING STAR
Freshman forward Star White (Norfolk, Va.) ranks eighth in the Ivy League and first among first-year student-athletes with 16 points. She leads the conference with six assists and has added five goals, including three game winners. She scored the overtime, game-winning goal in Ivy League games against both Dartmouth (Sept. 24) and Penn (Oct. 28). She netted her first career game-winning goal in a 2-1 win over CCSU (Sept. 17). She made an immediate impact in her collegiate debut, notching a goal and an assist in Brown's 2-1 (OT) victory over Maine. She brought new life to the Bears when she found the equalizer in the 82nd minute prior to assisting on the golden goal in the 98th minute. She scored her second collegiate goal vs. Providence on Sept. 7 and tallied one assist apiece against Hartford (Aug. 31), Lafayette (Sept. 10), Massachusetts (Sept. 14), Sacred Heart (Sept. 20), and Princeton (Oct. 7).
STORY TIME
Junior midfielder Celia Story (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) ranks ninth in the Ivy League with 15 points, fourth with five assists, and eighth with five goals. Story converted a penalty kick in the 82nd minute to lift Brown to a 1-0 win at Cornell (Oct. 21). She notched an assist on the game winner vs. both Dartmouth (Sept. 24) and Penn (Oct. 28.) She posted a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over CCSU (Sept. 17). She scored twice in the Bears' win over Rhode Island on Aug. 27, driving the game-winning penalty kick into the back of the net in the 104th minute, prior to netting a first-half goal in a 2-1 win vs. Lafayette on Sept. 10. Against the Rams, she scored two goals in a game for the second time in her career after accomplishing the feat in a 3-2 (2OT) win at Cornell on October 24, 2015.
CARUSO COMPILES POINTS
Junior forward Jennifer Caruso (Brockton, Mass.) ranks ninth in the Ivy League with four assists on the year. She scored her first career game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at Harvard on Oct. 14. Caruso netted a goal in the 10th minute against Princeton (Oct. 7) for her second career goal against the Tigers. She scored the second goal of her career at Vermont on Sept. 2, netting an equalizer in the 72nd minute. Caruso posted her first career multi-assist game with two helpers in a 4-0 win at Hartford on Aug. 31. She added an assist in a 2-1 win over Lafayette on Sept. 10 and in a 3-2 (2OT) victory over Rhode Island on Aug. 27. She has posted 10 points this year after recording four points over her first two seasons.
CARCHIO IN THE MIDFIELD
Sophomore midfielder Abby Carchio (Lakeville, Mass.) has tallied seven points on two goals and three assists on the season. Carchio totaled a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over Sacred Heart (Sept. 20). She scored her first goal of the year in a 4-0 win at Hartford on Aug. 31. Carchio tallied one assist apiece at Vermont on Sept. 2 and in a 2-1 win over Lafayette on Sept. 10. She has seven points in 2017 after compiling five points as a rookie.
ETZEL AS THE BACKSTOP
Junior goalkeeper Christine Etzel (Madison, Conn.) has tallied 11 wins thus far this season and now has 27 career wins, putting her in fourth place on Brown's career wins list. She has posted five shutouts this year, including four in Ivy play, and has 19 career clean sheets – third best at Brown all-time. For her career, she has 205 saves, making her the 10th goalie in program history with 200 or more saves. This fall, Etzel has recorded a 0.91 GAA and .811 save percentage and has now started 46 of Brown's last 47 games. Etzel returns in goal after earning 2016 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year honors. As a sophomore, she ranked second in the NCAA in save percentage (0.921), fourth in GAA (0.361), and 13th in shutouts (10) at the end of the regular season.
BONUS SOCCER
Brown has played in six overtime matches this season, notching a 4-2-0 record in those contests. The four overtime wins have set a single-season program record. The Bears have now notched two or more overtime wins in a season eight times. The club won back-to-back games in overtime to open a season for the first time in program history. The team has tallied consecutive overtime wins in two other seasons – 1993 and 2008.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
Yale enters the weekend with a 10-4-2 overall record, a 3-2-1 Ivy League mark, and an undefeated 5-0-2 record at home. The Bulldogs currently sit in fourth place in the Ivy League standings with 10 points – just two points behind the third-place Bears. Michelle Alozie leads the team and ranks second in the conference with 21 points on eight goals and five assists. Alyssa Fagel has seen the majority of time in goal, posting a 1.15 GAA and .788 save percentage with a 6-3-2 record.
CUMMINGS TAKES IVY ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Brown freshman defender Sydney Cummings (Millstone Township, N.J.) won Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors after the Bears shutout Harvard, 1-0, on Oct. 14, giving the Bears their first victory over the Crimson since 2010. The starting center back in the team's 3-5-2 formation, she has played every minute this season.
STAR POWER
Freshman forward Star White gained Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on Sept. 25 after scoring the overtime, game-winning goal in the Bears' Ivy opener vs. Dartmouth on Sept. 24. White recorded three points on a goal and an assist, including the game-winning goal vs. Dartmouth, to help lead Brown to a 2-0 week. In the 92nd minute against the Big Green, White netted her second game winner of the year to lift Brown to a 1-0 win. She notched an assist in a 2-1 win over Sacred Heart on Sept. 20.
WALDMAN WINS IVY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior Mikela Waldman (San Francisco, Calif.) won Ivy League Player of the Week accolades on Sept. 18. She tallied four points on a goal and two assists to help lead Brown to a 2-0 week. She scored the game-winning goal on her sixth goal of the year in a 2-0 win over Massachusetts on Sept. 14. She posted two assists – her third career two-assist game – in a 2-1 win over CCSU on Sept. 17.
KANTE EARNS IVY LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Freshman forward Zeinab Kante (Dallas, Texas) earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on Aug. 28 after scoring the game-winning goal in Brown's 2-1 overtime win against Maine on Aug. 25. In her collegiate debut, Kante recorded the game winner alongside an assist in the Bears' season-opening victory.
THE CAPTAINS
Senior center back Maclaine Lehan (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and junior goalkeeper Christine Etzel (Madison, Conn.) will serve Brown as captains this fall. Lehan will act as a captain for the Bears for the second straight season.
TICKETS!
Tickets for all Brown women's soccer games can be purchased online, by calling the Brown Athletics Ticket Office at (401) 863-2773, or by walking up to the box office located in the Pizzitola Sports Center, open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
