Top-10 Battle Awaits No. 9 Women's Lacrosse With Visit From No. 8 UVA

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PRINCETON – Home Sweet Home!

A top-10 battle awaits No. 9 Princeton as No. 8 Virginia visits Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium on Saturday in the home opener for the Tigers.

No. 6 Princeton at Temple
Saturday, February 22 | 1 p.m.
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The Series With Virginia
An evenly-matched all-time series sees Virginia own a slight 20-18 edge as the teams convene for the 39th time. The two teams have split the last four meetings, with Princeton winning in 2016 and 2017 before UVA claimed the last two.

Last year, the Cavaliers scored the game's final five goals to break a 9-9 tie and pick up a 14-9 victory in Charlottesville. Kyla Sears has two goals for Princeton.

Tigers Take Season Opener At Temple
It wasn't pretty, but Princeton snagged a win to open 2020 with a 16-14 victory at Temple last weekend. Trailing by one with under 9:00 to play, Princeton scored four of the game's final five goals to gut out the win. Kyla Sears had seven points, scoring four times and adding three assists. Freshman Kari Buonnano had four goals and an assist in her collegiate debut.

Newcomers Make Noise
Of Princeton's 16 goals in the opener at Temple, nine came off the sticks of players making their collegiate debuts. In addition to Buonnano's four goals, fellow freshman Grace Tauckus had two. Sophomore Kate Mulham had a hat trick after missing all of 2019 with an injury. The newcomers made an impact all over the field as freshman Katherine McIntire won three draw controls.

Firing Home The Freebies
The difference in the win over the Owls was performance on free position attempts. Princeton was 7-for-11 on eight-meter shots while Temple was 1-for-8.

Climbing The Ranks
A talented group on the field and deep postseason runs each season have multiple Tigers in range of making serious moves up the Princeton Record Book:

Tess D'Orsi
No. 6 all-time in goals (144); 17 away from tying for No. 5
No. 10 all-time in points (187); 13 away from tying for No. 9

Kyla Sears
No. 7 all-time in assists (62); 6 away from tying for No. 6
No. 11 all-time in points (185); 2 away from tying for No. 10

Sam Fish
No. 9 all-time in saves (349); 84 away from tying for No. 8

Back For More
Princeton opens 2020 looking to pick up where it left off last season. All the Tigers did in 2019 was win the Ivy League regular season championship for the sixth consecutive season and follow that up with its third straight Ivy League Tournament title. The Tigers would go on to reach the NCAA Quarterfinals for the third time in the last five seasons.

Watch Them
Three Tigers were named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List ahead of the 2020 season. Tess D'Orsi, Sam Fish and Kyla Sears are among the 50 players under consideration for national player of the year, all three on the Watch List for the second year in a row.

Preseason Pick
Princeton was chosen No. 1 in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll for the fourth year in a row. The Tigers gathered 13 of the 16 first-place votes, finishing clear of Penn which was selected No. 2.

All-American Aspirations
Three Tigers were chosen Preseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse. Defender Marge Donovan was selected as a second-team All-American by ILWomen heading into the season, joined by third-team honorees Kyla Sears and Sam Fish.

Leaders Of The Ambush
Three Tigers have been selected to lead their group as captains this season – seniors Annie Cory, Tess D'Orsi and Katie Reilly.

Welcome, Tigers!
Nine players have joined the Princeton Women's Lacrosse program as members of the Class of 2023. The group covers all positional needs with two attackers, a midfielder, five defenders and a goalkeeper.

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