In a relentless effort, the Princeton women’s soccer stunned No. 10 Georgetown and scraped by with a 3-2 win thanks to clutch plays and two own goals. With no sign of last week’s loss to Penn State (3-0), Princeton came out hungry with six shots in the first half, a high-pressing mentality and wingers threading dangerous balls into the box. In a post-game interview, game-winning goal scorer Pietra Tordin harped on the team’s competitive mindset going up against the top-10 ranked opponent.
“We can compete with anybody and just because they have a ranked number doesn’t mean anything, we can compete with anybody,” Tordin said.
And compete they did. The scoring started in the 18th minute when a Princeton slotted ball into the six combined with a slashing run caused confusion in the Hoya box and resulted in a Georgetown own goal.
27′ left, 1st half | Princeton 1, #10 Georgetown 0
Hey, we’ll take it.
Tigers are up!
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— Princeton WSoccer (@PrincetonWSoc) September 14, 2023
A few minutes later, it happened again.
This time it was off a driven cross from Princeton’s left winger that found a Georgetown shin, sending a second own goal into the back of the net.
21′ left, 1st half | Princeton 2, #10 Georgetown 0
Well,…
