No. 11 Women's Lacrosse Hosts No. 20 Temple Saturday

No. 11 Princeton (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) vs No. 22 Temple (3-0, 0-0 AAC)
Game Time: 12 p.m.
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THE ALL-TIME SERIES
The Tigers are 24-9 all-time against Temple in the series, winning 16 of the last 17 games between the two teams. Princeton enters this match with wins in the last five contests, including a 16-14 win the last time the two teams met in 2020.

736 DAYS
Saturday's game will be the first home game for the Tigers since a 12-10 loss to Virginia on Feb. 22, 2020 -- a span of 736 days. Princeton's last win at Class of 1952 Stadium was a 17-13 win over Loyola in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament on May 12, 2019 -- 1,022 days ago.

TIGERS OPEN WITH WIN AT #11 VIRGINIA
Princeton's first game since March 8, 2020 was a resounding 17-11 win at No. 11 Virginia. The Tigers never trailed in the game, receiving points from 11 different players. Kari Buonanno had four goals, while Grace Tauckus had three goals and an assist. Freshman McKenzie Blake had a hat trick in her debut, adding four ground balls. Princeton played the final 26:57 without All-American senior Kyla Sears following her second yellow card -- Princeton's young guns would rally and turn a three-goal lead at the time into a five-goal win.

SAM'S BIG START GAINS NATIONAL ATTENTION
Goalie Sam Fish made 15 saves in the win at UVA, one off her career high. Her work resulted in IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week and Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors.

ONE FINAL SAIL
Head coach Chris Sailer embarks on her final season as head coach ot the Tigers after announcing her retirement in November. Already a member of the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Sailer was announced for induction into the IWLCA Hall of Fame this past week. The winningest coach in program history, Sailer is No. 5 among active head coaches across all Divisions of women's lacrosse with 419 wins. She was won three NCAA championships during her time with the Tigers, and is a 15-time Ivy League champion.

PRESEASON PICK
For the fifth season in a row, Princeton has been chosen as the preseason No. 1 in the Ivy League Preseason Poll. The Tigers were a unanimous top choice, receiving all 18 first place votes.

THE WATCH
Marge Donovan and Kyla Sears were two of the 50 women named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List ahead of the 2022 season Sears has now been named to the Tewaaraton Watch List in each of her four seasons, for Donovan this is her third selection.

ALL-AMERICAN AMERICANS
Sears and Donovan have also has red, white and blue running through their veins in addition to our Orange & Black. This fall, they represented the United States at the Super Sixes event at US Lacrosse headquarters in Maryland. Ahead of this season, they both were named Preseason All-Americans by both US Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse.

SEARS' CATALOG
Senior Kyla Sears enters the season with an impressive collection of stats and records. Her 209 points currently rank No. 6 all-time by a Tiger -- 78 away from the top spot. She enters this weekend with 141 career goals -- two shy of tying for No. 9 all-time by a Tiger and three away from equaling the No. 6 mark. Her 68 assists are tied for No. 6 all-time by a Princeton player -- 23 away from the top spot.

ATOP THE ACTIVE LEADERS
Kyla Sears has totaled 209 points in 45 career games, averaging 4.64 points-per-game which currently ranks No. 4 among active Division I players. Her 1.51 assists-per-game rank No. 10 among active DI players.

MARGE IS MARCHING UP THE CHARTS
Marge Donovan's 107 career draw controls entering the weekend rank No. 8 all-time by a Tiger. She is two away from tying Theresa Sherry for No. 7.

FISH IS CATCHING ON
Goalkeeper Sam Fish has 400 saves over her 43 appearances, ranking No. 9 all-time in saves by a Princeton goalie.

BUONANNO IS BUENO
Sophomore Kari Buonanno registered 18 points (14g, 4 a) over her five games in 2020 and was on pace for a 70+ point season which would have been among the best single season in program history. She returned to the field last weekend with four goals at Virginia.

GRACE ON FIRE
Sophomore Grace Tauckus had 17 goals in five games as a freshman in 2020, averaging 3.4 goals-per-game. Her pace was also in range of a Top-10 single-season mark for the Princeton program. In her 2022 debut at Virginia, she had 3g, 1a.

RUNNING IT BACK
Of Princeton 75 goals scored over five games in 2020, players who accounted for 85% of that scoring return for the Tigers this season. In addition to Sears, Tauckus and Buonanno the Tigers return big contributions from Kate Mulham (6 goals, 2 assists), Maria Pansini (3g, 3a) and Gaby Hamburger (0g, 5a).

D-UNIT
Princeton's defense is an experienced group. Marge Donovan, Mary Murphy and Olivia Pugh each started all five games in 2020 and enter this year with a combined 131 games played among them. They have also collectively posted 103 caused turnovers and 192 ground balls.

WELCOME TO THE PARTY!
The Tigers received some impressive debut performances from players in their first collegiate games last weekend at Virginia. McKenzie Blake (3g, 4gb, 2 ct) and Sophie Whiteway (1g, 1a, 4 dc) each had notable first games, while Nina Montes and Ellie Mueller each scored in their debuts.

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