St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Set To Battle Princeton On ESPNU
10/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 13, 2009
QUEENS, N.Y. - The St. John's men's soccer team (3-2-6) travels to New Jersey on Wednesday to battle Princeton in a game that will be televised nationally on ESPNU. The Red Storm and Tigers will kick off at 6 p.m. at Roberts Stadium. Justin Kutcher will handle the play-by-play, while Cat Whitehill, a defender on the U.S. Women's National Team, will provide the color analysis. Live stats will also be available at www.goprincetontigers.com.
Stat Of the Week
+48: St. John's advantage in corner kicks this year. The Red Storm has earned 85 corner kicks, while allowing just 35. The squad leads the BIG EAST in both total corners and average per game (7.55).
Inside The Series With Princeton
- This will be only the fourth meeting in an all-time series that began in 1995.
- The series is even at 1-1-1, including a 1-0-0 record at Princeton.
- After playing in 1995, a 1-0 Princeton win, the teams did not meet again until in 2006, a 1-0 St. John's win.
- The teams played to a 1-1 draw in 2007 at Belson Stadium.
Scouting The Tigers
- Princeton is 4-5-1 on the year, including a 0-2-0 mark in Ivy League play.
- The squad is coming off of a 4-2 defeat against then-No. 19 Brown.
- The Tigers are 0-5-1 since opening the season with four-straight wins.
- Josh Walburn paces the offense with six goals and three game-winners.
- Matt Sanner adds three goals, while Antoine Hoppenot has two goals.
- Sean Lynch is 4-5-1 with two shutouts and a 1.53 goals against average.
St. John's On TV
- The Red Storm is 3-2-0 on TV in the past two seasons, including a 1-1-0 mark on ESPNU.
- The Red Storm clinched the BIG EAST Red Division regular season title with a 2-0 win against Cincinnati on the Fox Soccer Channel.
- St. John's then had a pair of games televised on the CBS College Sports Network, a 2-0 win against DePaul in the BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals and a 1-0 double overtime loss to USF in the BIG EAST Tournament Finals.
- The Red Storm was defeated 1-0 by Maryland in double overtime in the 2008 College Cup Semifinals on ESPNU.
- St. John's defeated Rutgers, 1-0, in the 2007 season on ESPNU.
Hoffer Notches Game-Winner For First-Career Goal
- In a 2-0 win against Rutgers, junior Kyle Hoffer scored his first-career goal in a Red Storm uniform.
- The game-winning goal gave St. John's a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute and came on assists from Joel Gustafsson and Sverre Wegge Gundhus.
- The 2007 SUNYAC Rookie of Year, Hoffer tallied eight goals and five assists as a freshman at SUNY Oneonta before to transferring to St. John's.
Terra Remains Perfect On PKs
- Tadeu Terra took St. John's first penalty kick of the season and converted it for an insurance goal in a 2-0 win against Rutgers on Oct. 7.
- For Terra, who has tied a career-high with three goals this season, it was his fourth-career penalty kick goal.
- The junior is 4-for-4 in his career from the PK spot, going 2-for-2 in 2006 and 1-for-1 in 2008.
