Princeton Celebrates Seniors and 1994 NCAA Champion While Hosting Harvard

Harvard at No. 15 Princeton l Saturday, April 13 l 1 PM I Sherrerd Field
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It's going to be a busy Saturday for the Princeton women's lacrosse team.

The current seniors will be honored after the game. The 1994 NCAA championship team will be honored at halftime. And that's all in addition to the first of four games that will shape how the 2019 Ivy League season plays out for the Tigers.

Princeton and Harvard meet on Sherrerd Field to start Princeton's closing stretch of four Ivy League games in 15 days. It's also the final regular-season home game, which makes it Senior Day, not to mention a huge game for the league championship and tournament races.

Princeton vs. Harvard: Five Storylines

Senior Day
Princeton's Class of 2019 features seven players, all of whom have been serious contributors for at least two years and mostly for all four years. Between them, they have 366 games played, 279 goals, 110 assists, 204 caused turnovers and 302 draw controls.

The seven seniors are: Nonie Andersen, Alex Argo, Elizabeth George, Kathryn Hallett, Julia Haney, Izzy Mangan and Allie Rogers. They've also won the Ivy League championship each of their first three years, have made three straight NCAA tournament appearances and won two Ivy League tournaments.

The Team of 1994
Princeton has won three NCAA championships, with back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003 and the first in program history, back in 1994. This year marks the 25th anniversary of that first one.

Princeton's first Final Four was in 1989. The second was in 1992, when the Tigers lost in the semifinals. The following year, 1993, Princeton reached the championship game. In 1994 Princeton broke through to win it all.

The Tigers won their first 14 games before falling to Maryland in the final game of the regular season. Back then the women's NCAA tournament was a six-team event, with no automatic bids, and Princeton was the No. 2 seed, earning a bye into the semifinals.

Princeton knocked off Virginia 14-13 in overtime on Lisa Rebane's goal, assisted by Amory Rowe, and then avenged the loss to Maryland, winning the championship game 10-7.

Series history
This will be the 51st meeting between Princeton and Harvard, with the Tigers ahead 32-18. For four days, this will be tied for the most-played series Princeton has, until Princeton and Penn play Wednesday for the 52nd time.

The teams first met on May 4, 1974, and they have played at least once a year every year since.

Harvard won 11 straight games in the series between 1984-92, but Princeton would win in 1993 to start a 17-game streak of its own.

Princeton heads into this game having won seven straight, including 20-5 two years ago in Princeton and 20-15 last year in Cambridge. Kyla Sears had four goals and three assists in last year's game, while Elizabeth George had five goals and Allie Rogers and Kathryn Hallett had three each.

The league race
Princeton is 2-1 in the Ivy League with the game against Harvard to be followed by road games at Penn Wednesday night, Yale next Saturday and Cornell April 27.

Penn is the lone team unbeaten in the league at 3-0, which sets up a huge game for the Tigers Wednesday at Franklin Field if they can get past Harvard. Cornell, Dartmouth and Princeton all have one league loss.

Harvard is 1-3 in the league, with losses to Cornell, Dartmouth and Columbia and a win over Yale.

Record setter
Elizabeth George enters the game with 152 career draw controls, which is tied for the program's career record. Sarah Lloyd had 152 as well, from 2011-14.

George is third in the Ivy League and 49th in Division I with just short of five draw controls per game.

Other notes

* Princeton enters the game having played Wednesday night, defeating No. 10 Loyola 14-10. Elizabeth George had five goals in the game, while Kathryn Hallet had four.

* Princeton leads the Ivy League and ranks sixth nationally in team shooting percentage. The Tigers shoot .498, with 154 goals on 309 shots. Should Princeton make its first shot against Harvard, it would be at exactly 50 percent.

* Elizabeth George has reached the 50-point mark for a season for the first time in her career. A year ago she had 49, which was then her single-season best.

* Kyla Sears has 93 career goals in 30 career games.

* Marge Donovan continues to lead the team in caused turnovers (21) and ground balls (30). She is second in the league in caused turnovers per game and fourth in ground balls per game.

* Sam Fish leads the Ivy League in saves and saves per game and is second in save percentage.

* Princeton head coach Chris Sailer is a 1981 graduate of Harvard.

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