WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's soccer team closes out non-conference play as it travels to Princeton on Sunday, Sept. 22. Kickoff between the Tribe and the Tigers is set for 1 p.m.
Hear from head coach
Julie Shackford as she discusses the Tribe's matches last week, her return back to Princeton and what she expects to see from the Tigers on Sunday. The video feature is available through the above link, or by clicking
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Sunday's contest will be streamed on
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Scouting the Tribe
William & Mary looks to get back to the win column as it closes non-conference play against Princeton on Sunday afternoon. The Tribe fell to now No. 1 Virginia and Old Dominion last weekend. Sophomore
Renee Kohler leads the Tribe with six points (two goals and two assists). Meanwhile, six different players – Kohler, redshirt senior
Sarah Segan, redshirt junior
Lauren Kelly, junior
Courtney Miles, and
Alex Kuhnle, as well as freshman
Kayleigh Shackford – have all scored goals this season. In goal, both senior
Katelyn Briguglio and sophomore
Maisy Fling have each started two games this season, and played in three games. Briguglio owns a 2.72 goals-against-average with 25 saves, and two shutouts. Fling has started three times and appeared in four games, with a 2.96 goals-against-average, and eight saves.
Scouting the Tigers
Princeton heads into the Sunday's contest with a 2-3-2 record as it plays a pair of home games this weekend. The Tigers are coming a 2-2 double-overtime draw against Monmouth to start their weekend on Thursday night. Courtney O'Brien scored a pair of goals on Thursday night to catapult herself to the team lead in points with four goals and eight points. Grace Sherman is right behind her with three goals and six points, while Mariss Hart has one goal, three assists, and five points. Natalie Grossi has played every minute in goal this season for Princeton. She has a 1.48 goals-against-average, with 29 saves, and three shutouts.
Series History vs. Princeton
W&M and Princeton meet for the 10th time in series history that dates back to 1991 on Sunday afternoon. The Tribe leads the all-time series 6-2-1, but it will be the first meeting in the series since 2015. In the last meeting, the Tigers took home a 2-1 victory in overtime in New Jersey.
What's Ahead
W&M opens CAA play with a split weekend next week. The Tribe travels to defending regular season champion James Madison on Thursday, Sept. 26, before playing host to Towson on Sunday, Sept. 29. Kickoffs are set for 7 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.
Heading Back to Princeton
W&M head coach
Julie Shackford is the winningest head coach in Princeton women's soccer, and makes her first trip back to New Jersey on the opposing sideline. She won 203 games and guided the Tigers to the 2004 College Cup Semifinals. Furthermore, she helped Princeton to six Ivy League titles and eight berths into the NCAA tournament. Shackford coached seven Ivy League Players of the Year, 40 First-Team All-Ivy League selections and three United Soccer Coaches (formerly National Soccer Coaches Association of America) All-Americans.
Kohler Getting Going
Sophomore
Renee Kohler has been getting into the attack over the last six games and has six points over those contests. She recorded two assists at Liberty before goals against High Point and No. 4 Virginia. She has already surpassed her point output from last season when she had a goal, one assist, and five points.
Weekly Awards
Senior Katelyn Brigulio won the Tribe's first weekly award of the season when she was named the CAA's Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 9. It was the second-time the senior has won the award, and was honored after making eight saves, and conceding only one goal in 200 minutes of action against High Point and Fairleigh Dickinson.
Balanced Attack
After having 11 goal scorers in the 2018 season, the Tribe is off to a similar start in 2019. The Tribe has had six –
Alex Kuhnle,
Renee Kohler,
Sarah Segan,
Kayleigh Shackford, and
Courtney Miles,
Lauren Kelly – different goal scorers this season.
Second Half Success
A season ago, W&M made its living on scoring goals in the second half of games (13 of 18). In 2019, that trend seems to be the same as the Green and Gold scored six of its eight markers in the game's last 45 minutes.
Experienced Lineup
W&M returns nine starters from last year's team, as well as a handful of starters that made spot starts and played valuable minutes last season. The Tribe also returns 72.2-percent of its goal-scoring, 85.7-percent of its assists, 76-percent of its points, and 88-percent of its minutes played in goal from a season ago.
Segan Tabbed to Preseason All-CAA Team
Redshirt senior
Sarah Segan was named to the Preseason All-CAA Soccer Team. Segan is the Tribe's returning leading scorer and coming off of a First-Team All-CAA selection in 2018. She finished last year with six goals, four assists, and 16 points starting 16 of the Tribe's 17 matches. For her career, Segan has appeared in 50 matches with 48 starts, scoring 24 goals, 10 assists, and 58 points. The Fogelsville, Pa. native has earned four all-conference postseason honors as she has been named to the All-CAA First-Team, All-CAA Second-Team twice, and picked up an all-rookie nod after her freshman season.
Bleeding Green and Gold
Three of W&M's freshmen are following in their mother's footsteps as members of the Tribe women's soccer program.
Kayleigh Shackford whose mom, Julie, played from 1984-87 and is the current head coach,
Jillian O'Toole whose mom, Nancy, played for the Tribe from 1984-87, and
Zoe Doughty whose mom, Margaret League, played 1992-96. The family connections don't stop with Tribe women's soccer. Sophomore
Addie Puskar parents and grandparents, and six other uncles, aunts, or cousins that attended W&M. Freshman
Emily Crocco's father, Gary, was a two-sport athlete (football and baseball) for the Tribe, while her uncles Dave and Steve Wiley, were on the football team, and her aunts, Jennifer (Volgenau) Wiley and Sofia (Cedergreen) Wiley were women's soccer players. Senior
Hannah Keith's father, Barry, is a member of the class of '92, freshman
Caroline Monahan's aunt is a member of the class of 1983, redshirt junior
Lauren Kelly's brother, Colin, was a member of the class of 2016, and
Mariana Hershner's uncle, Ron, is a member of the class of 1971.
New Kids on the Block
W&M welcomes eight true freshmen and a transfer to their roster for the 2019 season.
Laurel Hagen,
Emily Crocco,
Kayleigh Shackford,
Jillian O'Toole,
Madeleine Hayes,
Sophie Geslao,
Zoe Doughty, and
Shelby Hachtel are all true freshman, while sophomore
Hannah Potter joins the Tribe as a transfer from Kentucky.
Setting the Slate
W&M will play an 18-game schedule in the 2019 season. The 18-game slate features five games against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams and seven home games at Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly Field.
