For refusing to bow under the pressure as she has led women's soccer to within striking distance of the national championship, junior midfielder Emily Behncke (r.) is the Athlete of the Week.
Behncke is the team's second leading scorer on the season, with 13 goals and five assists. As Princeton has moved through the NCAA tournament, however, she has gone from good to great.
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Against Washington in the quarterfinal game on Friday she took just eight minutes to score the first goal of the match, also the first goal allowed by the Huskies in the tournament. An assist to senior forward Esmeralda Negron in the second half turned out to be the game winner, handing the Tigers their first ever Final Four berth.
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