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No. 3 Princeton Heads To No. 17 Harvard As Regular Season Winds Down
April 22, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse
No. 3 PRINCETON (9-2, 3-1 Ivy League) vs. HARVARD (7-3, 2-2 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 23, 2022 • 1 pm
Jordan Field • Cambridge, Mass.
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The Ivy League season has reached its final two weekends, and the postseason picture – both the Ivy League and NCAA tournaments – will start to become clearer. In a league where six teams are currently ranked and all six have a legitimate shot at the NCAA tournament, every game is huge. The Princeton-Harvard game is no different.
Princeton vs. Harvard
Five Storylines
The Ivy League tournament
With two weekends and six Ivy League games remaining, no team has clinched a spot in the league tournament and only one team (Dartmouth) has been eliminated. That will all start to change this weekend.
At the very least, Princeton will be in the Ivy tournament with a win in either of its last two games. Princeton can actually clinch a spot in the tournament around halftime of its game against Harvard if Cornell defeats Brown (that game starts at noon in Ithaca), regardless of anything else that happens.
Of the six teams who are still alive for Ivy tournament spots, five of them – Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Yale and Brown – would be in just by winning out, without needing any help from anyone else. The host site cannot be determined after this weekend's games.
The Ivy League championship
No matter what happens this weekend, the winner of next weekend's Princeton-Cornell game is assured of at least a share of the Ivy League championship. Should Princeton or Cornell win its game this weekend while the other loses its game, then the team that wins would be assured of at least a share of the championship.
The only way there can be an outright Ivy League champion this season is if Princeton or Cornell gets to 5-1, since there cannot be an outright champ at 4-2 and every team in the league other than Princeton and Cornell already has two losses.
There are still five teams – Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Penn and Yale – who could get at least a share of the league title, and all five are still mathematically alive to be the host team for the league tournament.
Defense
Princeton and Harvard rank 1-2 in the Ivy League in scoring defense. The Tigers are first, allowing 10.55 per game, followed by the Crimson with 10.69.
One of the main reasons the teams are so strong defensively is their ability to cause turnovers. Princeton ranks second in Division I in caused turnovers per game, with 10.91 per game. Harvard ranks third in the country in caused turnovers per game, with 10.60. Boston University leads Division I with 12.0 per game.
Harvard also ranks fourth in the country in opponent clearing percentage.
Rankings
Princeton is ranked second in the RPI and third in the USILA coaches' poll, Inside Lacrosse media poll and USA Lacrosse Magazine poll. Harvard is ranked 17th in all three polls and 15th in the RPI.
The Ivy League has six teams in the top 17 in the three major polls. There are also five Ivy teams in the top nine of the RPI.
Princeton has wins over teams ranked No. 3 (Georgetown), No. 4 (Penn), No. 5 (Rutgers), No. 9 (Brown) and No. 14 (Boston University), going by RPI. Princeton has also lost to No. 1 Maryland and No. 6 Yale.
Midfield scoring
Princeton has four midfielders who have scored 16 or more goals: Jake Stevens (19), Alexander Vardaro (18), Sam English (18), Christian Ronda (16). The last time Princeton had four middies with at least 15 goals in a full season was 1990: John Kenny (20), Mark Ames (19), Torr Marro (18), Ed Calkins (15).
Other notes
* This will be the 86th meeting in a series that dates to 1882 and that Princeton leads 61-23-1. This will be Princeton's first game against Harvard coach Gerry Byrne.
* Princeton set a program record with 18 caused turnovers in the win over Dartmouth. It was the fourth time this year Princeton has had at least 15 in a game; the program single-game record prior to this year was 15.
* Princeton averages 46.6 shots per game. The last time Princeton averaged more for a full season was 1982, when the Tigers averaged 47.3.
* Princeton goalie Erik Peters was named as one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award. The senior is one of three goalies on the list, along with Owen McElroy of Georgetown and C.J. Kirst of Rutgers.
* Princeton has had five different players named to the USILA Team of the Week this season: George Baughan, Chris Brown, Beau Pederson (this past week), Erik Peters, Andrew Song.
* Princeton is ranked in the top 10 in Division I in all of the following: ground balls per game (second), caused turnovers per game (second), scoring offense (third), scoring margin (fourth), shooting percentage (fifth), man-up offense (sixth), points per game (seventh).
* Princeton is 14-2 in its last 15 games and 18-3 in its last 21 games.
* Princeton had eight players honored as Inside Lacrosse mid-season All-Americans: Jake Stevens (second team), Andrew Song (third team) and honorable mention selections George Baughan, Chris Brown, Sam Engish, Ben Finlay, Erik Peters and Alexander Vardaro.
What can you say about …
Jamie Atkinson • Sr., M, No. 25
* one of five senior captains (also George Baughan, Chris Brown, Erik Peters, Andrew Song)
* had a career-high three goals against Marist
* missed the first four games due to injury before returning to play against Rutgers
Tommy Barnds • So., A, No. 21
* has five goals and two assists
* had a goal during Princeton's 6-0 run to take control against Brown in the third quarter
* had a goal against Penn
* had a goal against Maryland
* made his first three career starts after having moved from middie to attack and has now moved back to middie
Michael Bath • Fr., LSM, No. 88
* has played LSM and on the face-off wings
* had first career goal in the Binghamton game
* has two caused turnovers and seven ground balls
George Baughan • Sr., D, No. 17
* 2020 Inside Lacrosse first-team All-American
* unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection and honorable mention All-American in 2019
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* Tewaaraton Award watchlist
* named to USILA Team of the Week after having four caused turnovers and 11 ground balls in wins over Marist and Boston University; also shut out BU's Louis Perfetto, who had a point in all 27 games of his career prior to that
* has 13 caused turnovers
* had an assist, a caused turnover and four ground balls against Yale
* missed the Georgetown and Rutgers games due to injury
* returned to play against Penn and had two caused turnovers
Pace Billings • So., D/LSM, No. 3
* started on close defense for first seven games after being an LSM through the fall; moved back to LSM against Brown
* has nine caused turnovers
* had first career assist against Georgetown
* held Georgetown's Conor Morin without a goal or assist
* missed the Rutgers game due to injury
* returned from injury with a CT against Penn
* had two caused turnovers against Dartmouth and Marist
Chris Brown • Sr., A, No. 6
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has at least one point in all 43 games in his career
* had a 35-game streak with at least one goal to start his career, which was the longest streak to start a career and second longest overall in program history (next longest streak to start a career was 14 games)
* has 26 goals (second on the team) and 30 assists and 56 points (both leading the team)
* is the sixth Princeton player to have at least 25 goals and 30 assists in a season (Michael Sowers, Mike MacDonald, Jon Hess, David Tickner and Tom Schreiber are the others)
* is eighth in Division I in assists per game and 12th in points per game
* had six goals and three assists, including the game-winning goal, in a 21-20 overtime win over Penn; six goals and nine points were career highs
* named USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Player of the Week and to the USILA Team of the Week after the Penn game
* had seven assists against Boston University
* is one of two players in program history (Michael Sowers is the other) with one career game with at least six goals and another career game with at least seven assists
* had two goals and three assists against Brown
* had back-to-back seven-point games to start the season, with 3G, 4A against Monmouth and 4G, 3A against Binghamton
* had 2G, 3A against Dartmouth; both goals came in the fourth quarter when Princeton turned a 10-9 deficit into a 12-10 win
* had 3G, 1A against Rutgers
* had 2G, 1A against Maryland
* had two goals and four assists against Marist
Career points
10. Wick Sollers (174)
11. Ryan Ambler (168)
12. Justin Tortolani (164)
13. David Tickner/Chris Brown (163)
Career goals
13. Kip Orban (101)
14. Peter Trombino (98)
15. Gerald Ronon/Scott Conklin (97)
17. Chris Brown (96)
Career assists
14. Zach Currier/Robert Kent (69)
16. Chris Brown (67)
Sean Cameron • Fr., M, No. 11
* second-line midfielder
* had a goal against Penn
* had first career two-goal game against Marist
* had his first career goal in win over Binghamton
Luke Crimmins • Sr., SSDM, No. 31
* converted to SSDM just two weeks before season started
* has five caused turnovers and 23 ground balls
* had his best career game with a goal, two caused turnovers and five ground balls against Georgetown
* had a goal against Boston University
* had three ground balls against Rutgers and Brown
* had two goals on two shots against Binghamton
Sam English • Jr., M, No. 15
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has 18 goals and 13 assists after moving from SSDM to a first-line midfielder
* third on the team in points and fourth in goals and assists
* scored Princeton's first goal of a game five different times
* had three goals and two assists against Dartmouth
* had two goals and two assists against Penn
* had three goals and an assist against Georgetown
* had a career-high four goals against Maryland
* had two goals and an assist against Marist
* had five points (2G, 3A) against Binghamton
Ben Finlay • Jr., D, No. 10
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has started every game of his career
* has 14 caused turnovers to tie for team lead
* had a caused turnover and four ground balls against Maryland
* had four caused turnovers against Georgetown
* had two caused turnovers against Yale
Joseph Juengerkes • So., SSDM, No. 13
* has seen considerable time as an SSDM
* has a caused turnover and two ground balls
Coulter Mackesy • Fr., M, No. 91
* began the year as a middie and made first career start on attack against Georgetown
* has 15 goals and 13 assists; needs two assists to join Michael Sowers, Ryan Boyle and Chris Brown as the only Princeton freshmen ever with at least 15 goals and 15 assists
* is tied for 11th with Ryan Ambler in points by a freshman, trailing Tom Schreiber by one and Mike MacDonald by two
* had two goals and two assists in the first four games; has 11 goals and 10 assists in the last six
* had four goals and two assists in second career start, against Rutgers, to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors
* had three goals and an assist against Boston University
* had three assists against Marist
Freshman point scorers
8. Dave Huebeck 32
9. Mike MacDonald 30
10. Tom Schreiber 29
11. Ryan Ambler 28/Coulter Mackesy
Colin Mulshine • Fr., D, No. 43
* Princeton is 6-0 in the games he's started (Georgetown, Rutgers, Brown, Marist, Boston University, Dartmouth)
* team has allowed 8.7 goals per game in his five starts and 12.8 in the five he didn't start
* helped hold the Hoya attack to two goals on 13 shots
* had two caused turnovers against Rutgers and Brown
* has six caused turnovers and 12 ground balls
Beau Pederson • Jr., SSDM, No. 23
* Princeton's top shortstick D middie
* had three caused turnovers and four ground balls in the win over Dartmouth to earn USILA Team of the Week honors
* had a goal against Boston University
* had a goal against Binghamton
* had an assist against Maryland and Penn
* had a caused turnover and three ground balls against Georgetown
* had an assist, caused turnover and two ground balls against Yale
* has five caused turnovers and 16 ground balls
* converted O middie who had 10 goals as a freshman
Erik Peters • Sr., G, No. 9
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has a 10.62 goals-against average and .578 save percentage
* one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award
* has at least 14 saves in five of 11 games
* is seventh in the country in save percentage and 11th in the country in saves per game
* made 57 saves in his three-game stretch against Maryland, Georgetown, Rutgers
* had a career-high 21 saves against Rutgers to earn Ivy Player of the Week award for second straight week; also named to the USILA Team of the Week after the Rutgers game
* had 17 saves while allowing eight goals against Georgetown to earn Ivy Player of the Week honors; made 10 saves in the second half and six in the fourth quarter
* made 19 saves against Maryland
* made 15 saves in 12-10 win over Dartmouth
* had 14 saves and seven goals-against in win over Boston University
* Princeton's starting goalie since midway through the 2019 season
Cathal Roberts • Jr., D, No. 26
* can play close D or LSM
* caused turnover at midfield led to key second-quarter goal against Georgetown
* has four caused turnovers and five ground balls
Christian Ronda • Jr, M, No. 12
* has 16 goals and two assists as a starting middie
* played in one career game prior to this season without taking a shot
* had two goals against Penn
* had two goals against Rutgers
* had four goals against Marist
* had five goals against Monmouth in his first start
Tyler Sandoval • So., FO, No. 35
* has won 135 of 254 face-offs (.531)
* leads team with 58 ground balls
* won 19 of 31 face-offs against Rutgers
* was 18 for 28 with 11 ground balls against Yale
* won three straight fourth-quarter face-offs against Dartmouth; all three led to Princeton goals as the Tigers went from down 10-9 to up 12-10
* scored a goal against Brown five seconds after a Bears' goal; it's the fastest a Princeton player has ever scored a goal following an opponent's goal
* was 17 for 36 against Penn but won the face-off to start the overtime
* had an assist against Binghamton
* missed the Maryland game in the Covid protocol
Alex Slusher • Jr., A, No. 5
* leads team with 36 goals and is second with 39 points
* is 10th in Division I in goals per game (second in the Ivy League)
* is the third Princeton player ever to reach 40 career goals in 15 or fewer games (Bill Chaires did so in 14 in 1973 and Michael Sowers did it in 15 in 2017)
* has at least two goals in 10 games and at least three goals in six
* had a career-high six goals against Brown to earn Ivy League Player of the Week honors
* had five of Princeton's 10 goals against Georgetown
* had four goals and two assists against Rutgers
* had three goals against Penn and Dartmouth
* also had five goals against Monmouth
* has moved to attack from being a starting midfielder in 2020
* member of the U.S. U-21 team for the upcoming World Championships in Ireland
Andrew Song • Sr., LSM, No. 32
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season third-team All-American
* fourth-year starting LSM
* also plays on face-off wings
* named to USILA Team of the Week after a four-caused turnover, three-ground ball performance against Georgetown
* has 14 caused turnovers, tied for the team lead, and 26 ground balls, most by a Princeton longstick
* had there caused turnovers and three ground balls against Dartmouth
* had two caused turnovers and five ground balls against Penn, including a ground ball on the overtime face-off
* played for China in the 2018 World Championships
Jacob Stoebner • Jr., D, No. 28
* veteran defender who has been either a starter or key reserve
* started against Rutgers and had a caused turnover and three ground balls
* had three ground balls against Georgetown
* has two caused turnovers and six ground balls
Jake Stevens • Jr., M, No. 14
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season second-team All-American
* do-it-all midfielder who plays offense, defense and face-off wings
* has 19 goals and one assist
* second on team with 50 ground balls
* had two goals against Yale, the third-straight game with two goals
* had two goals, one assist and seven ground balls against Penn
* had two goals and three ground balls against Rutgers
* had two goals and with five ground balls against both Boston University and Brown
* had a goal and five ground balls against Georgetown
* had three goals against Monmouth and four goals against Binghamton
* had seven ground balls against Marist
Alexander Vardaro • Jr., M, No. 19
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* only starting midfielder from 2020 who is starting in midfield this year
* has 18 goals and 11 assists
* tied career high with four goals against Yale and also had two assists for career-high six points
* had three goals and two assists against Brown
* had three goals and two assists against Penn
* had two goals against Maryland
* had two assists against Georgetown
* team's second-leading career scorer (41-18-59)
Jack-Henry Vara • Sr., FO, No. 47
* returned from the Covid protocol to take all 29 face-offs against Maryland
Marquez White • So., SSDM, No. 24
* running as a first-line SSDM
* had caused turnover against Georgetown
Saturday, April 23, 2022 • 1 pm
Jordan Field • Cambridge, Mass.
ESPN+
In-game Twitter updates (@tigerlacrosse)
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Live Stats
Probable Princeton starters
Career highs
Career scoring/pronunciations
The Ivy League season has reached its final two weekends, and the postseason picture – both the Ivy League and NCAA tournaments – will start to become clearer. In a league where six teams are currently ranked and all six have a legitimate shot at the NCAA tournament, every game is huge. The Princeton-Harvard game is no different.
Princeton vs. Harvard
Five Storylines
The Ivy League tournament
With two weekends and six Ivy League games remaining, no team has clinched a spot in the league tournament and only one team (Dartmouth) has been eliminated. That will all start to change this weekend.
At the very least, Princeton will be in the Ivy tournament with a win in either of its last two games. Princeton can actually clinch a spot in the tournament around halftime of its game against Harvard if Cornell defeats Brown (that game starts at noon in Ithaca), regardless of anything else that happens.
Of the six teams who are still alive for Ivy tournament spots, five of them – Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Yale and Brown – would be in just by winning out, without needing any help from anyone else. The host site cannot be determined after this weekend's games.
The Ivy League championship
No matter what happens this weekend, the winner of next weekend's Princeton-Cornell game is assured of at least a share of the Ivy League championship. Should Princeton or Cornell win its game this weekend while the other loses its game, then the team that wins would be assured of at least a share of the championship.
The only way there can be an outright Ivy League champion this season is if Princeton or Cornell gets to 5-1, since there cannot be an outright champ at 4-2 and every team in the league other than Princeton and Cornell already has two losses.
There are still five teams – Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, Penn and Yale – who could get at least a share of the league title, and all five are still mathematically alive to be the host team for the league tournament.
Defense
Princeton and Harvard rank 1-2 in the Ivy League in scoring defense. The Tigers are first, allowing 10.55 per game, followed by the Crimson with 10.69.
One of the main reasons the teams are so strong defensively is their ability to cause turnovers. Princeton ranks second in Division I in caused turnovers per game, with 10.91 per game. Harvard ranks third in the country in caused turnovers per game, with 10.60. Boston University leads Division I with 12.0 per game.
Harvard also ranks fourth in the country in opponent clearing percentage.
Rankings
Princeton is ranked second in the RPI and third in the USILA coaches' poll, Inside Lacrosse media poll and USA Lacrosse Magazine poll. Harvard is ranked 17th in all three polls and 15th in the RPI.
The Ivy League has six teams in the top 17 in the three major polls. There are also five Ivy teams in the top nine of the RPI.
Princeton has wins over teams ranked No. 3 (Georgetown), No. 4 (Penn), No. 5 (Rutgers), No. 9 (Brown) and No. 14 (Boston University), going by RPI. Princeton has also lost to No. 1 Maryland and No. 6 Yale.
Midfield scoring
Princeton has four midfielders who have scored 16 or more goals: Jake Stevens (19), Alexander Vardaro (18), Sam English (18), Christian Ronda (16). The last time Princeton had four middies with at least 15 goals in a full season was 1990: John Kenny (20), Mark Ames (19), Torr Marro (18), Ed Calkins (15).
Other notes
* This will be the 86th meeting in a series that dates to 1882 and that Princeton leads 61-23-1. This will be Princeton's first game against Harvard coach Gerry Byrne.
* Princeton set a program record with 18 caused turnovers in the win over Dartmouth. It was the fourth time this year Princeton has had at least 15 in a game; the program single-game record prior to this year was 15.
* Princeton averages 46.6 shots per game. The last time Princeton averaged more for a full season was 1982, when the Tigers averaged 47.3.
* Princeton goalie Erik Peters was named as one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award. The senior is one of three goalies on the list, along with Owen McElroy of Georgetown and C.J. Kirst of Rutgers.
* Princeton has had five different players named to the USILA Team of the Week this season: George Baughan, Chris Brown, Beau Pederson (this past week), Erik Peters, Andrew Song.
* Princeton is ranked in the top 10 in Division I in all of the following: ground balls per game (second), caused turnovers per game (second), scoring offense (third), scoring margin (fourth), shooting percentage (fifth), man-up offense (sixth), points per game (seventh).
* Princeton is 14-2 in its last 15 games and 18-3 in its last 21 games.
* Princeton had eight players honored as Inside Lacrosse mid-season All-Americans: Jake Stevens (second team), Andrew Song (third team) and honorable mention selections George Baughan, Chris Brown, Sam Engish, Ben Finlay, Erik Peters and Alexander Vardaro.
What can you say about …
Jamie Atkinson • Sr., M, No. 25
* one of five senior captains (also George Baughan, Chris Brown, Erik Peters, Andrew Song)
* had a career-high three goals against Marist
* missed the first four games due to injury before returning to play against Rutgers
Tommy Barnds • So., A, No. 21
* has five goals and two assists
* had a goal during Princeton's 6-0 run to take control against Brown in the third quarter
* had a goal against Penn
* had a goal against Maryland
* made his first three career starts after having moved from middie to attack and has now moved back to middie
Michael Bath • Fr., LSM, No. 88
* has played LSM and on the face-off wings
* had first career goal in the Binghamton game
* has two caused turnovers and seven ground balls
George Baughan • Sr., D, No. 17
* 2020 Inside Lacrosse first-team All-American
* unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection and honorable mention All-American in 2019
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* Tewaaraton Award watchlist
* named to USILA Team of the Week after having four caused turnovers and 11 ground balls in wins over Marist and Boston University; also shut out BU's Louis Perfetto, who had a point in all 27 games of his career prior to that
* has 13 caused turnovers
* had an assist, a caused turnover and four ground balls against Yale
* missed the Georgetown and Rutgers games due to injury
* returned to play against Penn and had two caused turnovers
Pace Billings • So., D/LSM, No. 3
* started on close defense for first seven games after being an LSM through the fall; moved back to LSM against Brown
* has nine caused turnovers
* had first career assist against Georgetown
* held Georgetown's Conor Morin without a goal or assist
* missed the Rutgers game due to injury
* returned from injury with a CT against Penn
* had two caused turnovers against Dartmouth and Marist
Chris Brown • Sr., A, No. 6
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has at least one point in all 43 games in his career
* had a 35-game streak with at least one goal to start his career, which was the longest streak to start a career and second longest overall in program history (next longest streak to start a career was 14 games)
* has 26 goals (second on the team) and 30 assists and 56 points (both leading the team)
* is the sixth Princeton player to have at least 25 goals and 30 assists in a season (Michael Sowers, Mike MacDonald, Jon Hess, David Tickner and Tom Schreiber are the others)
* is eighth in Division I in assists per game and 12th in points per game
* had six goals and three assists, including the game-winning goal, in a 21-20 overtime win over Penn; six goals and nine points were career highs
* named USA Lacrosse Magazine Division I Player of the Week and to the USILA Team of the Week after the Penn game
* had seven assists against Boston University
* is one of two players in program history (Michael Sowers is the other) with one career game with at least six goals and another career game with at least seven assists
* had two goals and three assists against Brown
* had back-to-back seven-point games to start the season, with 3G, 4A against Monmouth and 4G, 3A against Binghamton
* had 2G, 3A against Dartmouth; both goals came in the fourth quarter when Princeton turned a 10-9 deficit into a 12-10 win
* had 3G, 1A against Rutgers
* had 2G, 1A against Maryland
* had two goals and four assists against Marist
Career points
10. Wick Sollers (174)
11. Ryan Ambler (168)
12. Justin Tortolani (164)
13. David Tickner/Chris Brown (163)
Career goals
13. Kip Orban (101)
14. Peter Trombino (98)
15. Gerald Ronon/Scott Conklin (97)
17. Chris Brown (96)
Career assists
14. Zach Currier/Robert Kent (69)
16. Chris Brown (67)
Sean Cameron • Fr., M, No. 11
* second-line midfielder
* had a goal against Penn
* had first career two-goal game against Marist
* had his first career goal in win over Binghamton
Luke Crimmins • Sr., SSDM, No. 31
* converted to SSDM just two weeks before season started
* has five caused turnovers and 23 ground balls
* had his best career game with a goal, two caused turnovers and five ground balls against Georgetown
* had a goal against Boston University
* had three ground balls against Rutgers and Brown
* had two goals on two shots against Binghamton
Sam English • Jr., M, No. 15
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has 18 goals and 13 assists after moving from SSDM to a first-line midfielder
* third on the team in points and fourth in goals and assists
* scored Princeton's first goal of a game five different times
* had three goals and two assists against Dartmouth
* had two goals and two assists against Penn
* had three goals and an assist against Georgetown
* had a career-high four goals against Maryland
* had two goals and an assist against Marist
* had five points (2G, 3A) against Binghamton
Ben Finlay • Jr., D, No. 10
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has started every game of his career
* has 14 caused turnovers to tie for team lead
* had a caused turnover and four ground balls against Maryland
* had four caused turnovers against Georgetown
* had two caused turnovers against Yale
Joseph Juengerkes • So., SSDM, No. 13
* has seen considerable time as an SSDM
* has a caused turnover and two ground balls
Coulter Mackesy • Fr., M, No. 91
* began the year as a middie and made first career start on attack against Georgetown
* has 15 goals and 13 assists; needs two assists to join Michael Sowers, Ryan Boyle and Chris Brown as the only Princeton freshmen ever with at least 15 goals and 15 assists
* is tied for 11th with Ryan Ambler in points by a freshman, trailing Tom Schreiber by one and Mike MacDonald by two
* had two goals and two assists in the first four games; has 11 goals and 10 assists in the last six
* had four goals and two assists in second career start, against Rutgers, to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors
* had three goals and an assist against Boston University
* had three assists against Marist
Freshman point scorers
8. Dave Huebeck 32
9. Mike MacDonald 30
10. Tom Schreiber 29
11. Ryan Ambler 28/Coulter Mackesy
Colin Mulshine • Fr., D, No. 43
* Princeton is 6-0 in the games he's started (Georgetown, Rutgers, Brown, Marist, Boston University, Dartmouth)
* team has allowed 8.7 goals per game in his five starts and 12.8 in the five he didn't start
* helped hold the Hoya attack to two goals on 13 shots
* had two caused turnovers against Rutgers and Brown
* has six caused turnovers and 12 ground balls
Beau Pederson • Jr., SSDM, No. 23
* Princeton's top shortstick D middie
* had three caused turnovers and four ground balls in the win over Dartmouth to earn USILA Team of the Week honors
* had a goal against Boston University
* had a goal against Binghamton
* had an assist against Maryland and Penn
* had a caused turnover and three ground balls against Georgetown
* had an assist, caused turnover and two ground balls against Yale
* has five caused turnovers and 16 ground balls
* converted O middie who had 10 goals as a freshman
Erik Peters • Sr., G, No. 9
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* has a 10.62 goals-against average and .578 save percentage
* one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award
* has at least 14 saves in five of 11 games
* is seventh in the country in save percentage and 11th in the country in saves per game
* made 57 saves in his three-game stretch against Maryland, Georgetown, Rutgers
* had a career-high 21 saves against Rutgers to earn Ivy Player of the Week award for second straight week; also named to the USILA Team of the Week after the Rutgers game
* had 17 saves while allowing eight goals against Georgetown to earn Ivy Player of the Week honors; made 10 saves in the second half and six in the fourth quarter
* made 19 saves against Maryland
* made 15 saves in 12-10 win over Dartmouth
* had 14 saves and seven goals-against in win over Boston University
* Princeton's starting goalie since midway through the 2019 season
Cathal Roberts • Jr., D, No. 26
* can play close D or LSM
* caused turnover at midfield led to key second-quarter goal against Georgetown
* has four caused turnovers and five ground balls
Christian Ronda • Jr, M, No. 12
* has 16 goals and two assists as a starting middie
* played in one career game prior to this season without taking a shot
* had two goals against Penn
* had two goals against Rutgers
* had four goals against Marist
* had five goals against Monmouth in his first start
Tyler Sandoval • So., FO, No. 35
* has won 135 of 254 face-offs (.531)
* leads team with 58 ground balls
* won 19 of 31 face-offs against Rutgers
* was 18 for 28 with 11 ground balls against Yale
* won three straight fourth-quarter face-offs against Dartmouth; all three led to Princeton goals as the Tigers went from down 10-9 to up 12-10
* scored a goal against Brown five seconds after a Bears' goal; it's the fastest a Princeton player has ever scored a goal following an opponent's goal
* was 17 for 36 against Penn but won the face-off to start the overtime
* had an assist against Binghamton
* missed the Maryland game in the Covid protocol
Alex Slusher • Jr., A, No. 5
* leads team with 36 goals and is second with 39 points
* is 10th in Division I in goals per game (second in the Ivy League)
* is the third Princeton player ever to reach 40 career goals in 15 or fewer games (Bill Chaires did so in 14 in 1973 and Michael Sowers did it in 15 in 2017)
* has at least two goals in 10 games and at least three goals in six
* had a career-high six goals against Brown to earn Ivy League Player of the Week honors
* had five of Princeton's 10 goals against Georgetown
* had four goals and two assists against Rutgers
* had three goals against Penn and Dartmouth
* also had five goals against Monmouth
* has moved to attack from being a starting midfielder in 2020
* member of the U.S. U-21 team for the upcoming World Championships in Ireland
Andrew Song • Sr., LSM, No. 32
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season third-team All-American
* fourth-year starting LSM
* also plays on face-off wings
* named to USILA Team of the Week after a four-caused turnover, three-ground ball performance against Georgetown
* has 14 caused turnovers, tied for the team lead, and 26 ground balls, most by a Princeton longstick
* had there caused turnovers and three ground balls against Dartmouth
* had two caused turnovers and five ground balls against Penn, including a ground ball on the overtime face-off
* played for China in the 2018 World Championships
Jacob Stoebner • Jr., D, No. 28
* veteran defender who has been either a starter or key reserve
* started against Rutgers and had a caused turnover and three ground balls
* had three ground balls against Georgetown
* has two caused turnovers and six ground balls
Jake Stevens • Jr., M, No. 14
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season second-team All-American
* do-it-all midfielder who plays offense, defense and face-off wings
* has 19 goals and one assist
* second on team with 50 ground balls
* had two goals against Yale, the third-straight game with two goals
* had two goals, one assist and seven ground balls against Penn
* had two goals and three ground balls against Rutgers
* had two goals and with five ground balls against both Boston University and Brown
* had a goal and five ground balls against Georgetown
* had three goals against Monmouth and four goals against Binghamton
* had seven ground balls against Marist
Alexander Vardaro • Jr., M, No. 19
* 2022 Inside Lacrosse mid-season honorable mention All-American
* only starting midfielder from 2020 who is starting in midfield this year
* has 18 goals and 11 assists
* tied career high with four goals against Yale and also had two assists for career-high six points
* had three goals and two assists against Brown
* had three goals and two assists against Penn
* had two goals against Maryland
* had two assists against Georgetown
* team's second-leading career scorer (41-18-59)
Jack-Henry Vara • Sr., FO, No. 47
* returned from the Covid protocol to take all 29 face-offs against Maryland
Marquez White • So., SSDM, No. 24
* running as a first-line SSDM
* had caused turnover against Georgetown
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