Saturday, April 30
Princeton, N.J.
12:00 PM
Princeton University
vs
Cornell
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Princeton Hosts Cornell On Senior Day As Wild Ivy Race Sorts Itself Out
April 29, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse
PRINCETON (9-3, 3-2 Ivy League) vs. CORNELL (10-3, 3-2 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 30, 2022 • noon
Sherrerd Field • Princeton, N.J.
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Should the last weekend of Ivy League men's lacrosse regular-season games go the way that the first weekend did, then Princeton will host the Ivy League tournament. On the other hand …
The final weekend of the regular season begins with a five-way tie for first at 3-2 between Princeton, Cornell, Harvard, Yale and Brown. Penn has finished its six Ivy games, with a record at 3-3. Only Dartmouth cannot reach the postseason, and any of the five teams tied for first can be the host.
The schedule for Saturday has Cornell at Princeton (noon), Dartmouth at Brown (1) and Harvard at Yale (2).
There's a lot at stake for both teams as Princeton and Cornell renew the league's best rivalry. In addition, the game will be preceded by a moment of silence in memory of Richie Moran, the legendary Big Red coach who passed away earlier this week.
Princeton vs. Cornell
Five Storylines
The Ivy League tournament
The 2022 Ivy League conference season began with three wins by the teams at home. Should the three teams at home win again, then Princeton would be hosting the Ivy League tournament.
Why is that? If that happens, Princeton, Yale and Brown would tie for the championship. The first tiebreaker is head-to-head; the teams are already 1-1 against each other. The next tiebreaker is how the teams did against the next team or teams in the standings; again, that does not break the tie. Then it would revert to goal-differential in the three games between the tied teams. Princeton would be plus-4 (an eight-goal win over Brown but teams can get a maximum of six goals in a game with a two-goal loss to Yale), followed by Brown at zero (plus six against Yale, minus six against Princeton and then Yale at minus-4 (plus two against Princeton, minus-six against Brown).
Should Brown beat Dartmouth, then the winner of the Princeton-Cornell game would reach the Ivy tournament and the other team would not.
A Cornell win over Princeton and a Dartmouth win over Brown would make Cornell the Ivy tournament host. Princeton would also reach the Ivy tournament in either of those scenarios; in fact, a Dartmouth win over Brown puts Princeton in the tournament.
The Ivy League championship
The Princeton-Cornell game could be called the Ivy League co-championship game, as could the Yale-Harvard game, since the winner of each of those games is assured a share of the Ivy League title. Brown gets a share of the championship with a win over Dartmouth.
There cannot be an outright Ivy champion this season, only a two-way or three-way tie for first.
Rankings
Princeton is ranked second in the RPI, fifth in the USILA coaches' poll and Nike/USA Lacrosse Magazine poll and seventh in the Inside Lacrosse media poll.
Going by the all-important RPI, Princeton has wins over No. 3 Georgetown, No. 4 Penn, No. 6 Rutgers, No. 8 Brown and No. 12 Boston University.
The Ivy League has six teams ranked in the top 11 of the RPI. Cornell is currently ranked ninth in the RPI. The odds that one or two Ivy teams who do not make the league tournament will make the NCAA tournament are very, very high.
Series history
Princeton has a 42-39-2 edge in a series that dates to 1922. There have been three one-goal games in the last four meetings between the two.
Princeton and Cornell have been by far the dominant programs when it comes to Ivy League championships. Cornell has won 29 in fact, more than any other school. Princeton is in second, with 27. Next up is Brown, with 10.
Scoring offense
Princeton and Cornell average 28.67 goals per game between them. Only once in the entire series history have the teams played a game with more than 28 goals scored, and that was an 18-17 Cornell win in 2017.
Princeton is averaging 15.667 goals per game. The program single-season record is also 15.667, set in 1996; that is the only season in which Princeton averaged at least 15 goals for a season.
The Tigers, with 188 goals in 12 games, need 12 goals to reach 200 goals in a season for the sixth time overall (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2017 are the others).
Other notes
* 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 7.3 shots per game. The last time had that many per game for a full season was 1982, when the Tigers also 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, Erik Peters, Andrew Song.
* Princeton is 14-3 in its last 16 games and 18-4 in its last 22 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 English, 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 15 caused turnovers, tying for the team lead
* leads the Ivy League with 1.5 caused turnovers per game
* has at least one caused turnover in every game he's played this season and in 14 straight games dating to the 2020 season
* had a goal and two caused turnovers against Harvard
* 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 11 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 Harvard, 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 44 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 28 goals (second on the team) and 33 assists and 61 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
* has at least five points in his last five games in and in eight of 12 games this season
* 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 two goals and three assists against Harvard
* 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
8. Chris Massey (192)
9. Dave Heubeck (182)
10. Wick Sollers (174)
11. Ryan Ambler (168)/Chris Brown (168)
Career goals
11. Gavin McBride (104)
12. Josh Sims (103)
13. Kip Orban (101)
14. Peter Trombino (98)/Chris Brown (98)
Career assists
12. Mile MacDonald (76)
13. Matt Striebel (74)
14. Chris Brown (70)
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 24 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 19 goals and 16 assists after moving from SSDM to a first-line midfielder
* should he get one more goal and four more assists, he would become the fourth Princeton middie in the last 30 years to reach at least 20 of each in a season (Zach Currier, Tom Schreiber three times and Rich Sgalardi are the other three)
* third on the team in points and second in 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 a goal and three assists against Harvard
* 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, third on the team
* 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 19 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 and one goal and two assists to join Sowers and Brown as the only Princeton freshmen with at 20 goals and 15 assists
* in eighth 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 four goals against Harvard
* had three goals and an assist against Boston University
* had three assists against Marist
Freshman point scorers
5. Mike Chanenchuk (36)
6. Peter Trombino (35)
7. Jake Froccaro (34)
8. Dave Huebeck (32)/Coulter Mackesy (32)
Colin Mulshine • Fr., D, No. 43
* has started seven games
* has seven caused turnovers and 13 ground balls
* helped hold the Hoya attack to two goals on 13 shots
* had two caused turnovers against Rutgers and Brown
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 eight caused turnovers and 21 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 11.37 goals-against average and .566 save percentage
* one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award
* has at least 14 saves in five of 11 games
* is 12th in the country in save percentage and 10th 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 17 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 153 of 289 face-offs (.529)
* leads team with 67 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 40 goals and is second with 46 points
* is eighth in Division I in goals per game
* 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 four goals against Harvard
* 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
Goals in a season
9. Mike MacDonald (43 in 2013)
10. Bill Chaires (42 in 1973)
11. Jesse Hubbard (41 in 1997), Sean Hartofilis (41 in 2003), Jason Doneger (41 in 2003), Michael Sowers (41 in 2017)
15. Alex Slusher (40 in 2022)
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 27 ground balls, most by a Princeton longstick
* had three 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 20 goals and one assist
* second on team with 54 ground balls
* one of two Princeton players since 1996 with at least 20 goals and 50 ground balls in a season (Zach Currier in 2017 was the other)
* 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 19 goals and 13 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 a goal and two assists against Harvard
* 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 an SSDM
* had first career goal against Harvard
* had caused turnover against Georgetown
Saturday, April 30, 2022 • noon
Sherrerd Field • Princeton, N.J.
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Should the last weekend of Ivy League men's lacrosse regular-season games go the way that the first weekend did, then Princeton will host the Ivy League tournament. On the other hand …
The final weekend of the regular season begins with a five-way tie for first at 3-2 between Princeton, Cornell, Harvard, Yale and Brown. Penn has finished its six Ivy games, with a record at 3-3. Only Dartmouth cannot reach the postseason, and any of the five teams tied for first can be the host.
The schedule for Saturday has Cornell at Princeton (noon), Dartmouth at Brown (1) and Harvard at Yale (2).
There's a lot at stake for both teams as Princeton and Cornell renew the league's best rivalry. In addition, the game will be preceded by a moment of silence in memory of Richie Moran, the legendary Big Red coach who passed away earlier this week.
Princeton vs. Cornell
Five Storylines
The Ivy League tournament
The 2022 Ivy League conference season began with three wins by the teams at home. Should the three teams at home win again, then Princeton would be hosting the Ivy League tournament.
Why is that? If that happens, Princeton, Yale and Brown would tie for the championship. The first tiebreaker is head-to-head; the teams are already 1-1 against each other. The next tiebreaker is how the teams did against the next team or teams in the standings; again, that does not break the tie. Then it would revert to goal-differential in the three games between the tied teams. Princeton would be plus-4 (an eight-goal win over Brown but teams can get a maximum of six goals in a game with a two-goal loss to Yale), followed by Brown at zero (plus six against Yale, minus six against Princeton and then Yale at minus-4 (plus two against Princeton, minus-six against Brown).
Should Brown beat Dartmouth, then the winner of the Princeton-Cornell game would reach the Ivy tournament and the other team would not.
A Cornell win over Princeton and a Dartmouth win over Brown would make Cornell the Ivy tournament host. Princeton would also reach the Ivy tournament in either of those scenarios; in fact, a Dartmouth win over Brown puts Princeton in the tournament.
The Ivy League championship
The Princeton-Cornell game could be called the Ivy League co-championship game, as could the Yale-Harvard game, since the winner of each of those games is assured a share of the Ivy League title. Brown gets a share of the championship with a win over Dartmouth.
There cannot be an outright Ivy champion this season, only a two-way or three-way tie for first.
Rankings
Princeton is ranked second in the RPI, fifth in the USILA coaches' poll and Nike/USA Lacrosse Magazine poll and seventh in the Inside Lacrosse media poll.
Going by the all-important RPI, Princeton has wins over No. 3 Georgetown, No. 4 Penn, No. 6 Rutgers, No. 8 Brown and No. 12 Boston University.
The Ivy League has six teams ranked in the top 11 of the RPI. Cornell is currently ranked ninth in the RPI. The odds that one or two Ivy teams who do not make the league tournament will make the NCAA tournament are very, very high.
Series history
Princeton has a 42-39-2 edge in a series that dates to 1922. There have been three one-goal games in the last four meetings between the two.
Princeton and Cornell have been by far the dominant programs when it comes to Ivy League championships. Cornell has won 29 in fact, more than any other school. Princeton is in second, with 27. Next up is Brown, with 10.
Scoring offense
Princeton and Cornell average 28.67 goals per game between them. Only once in the entire series history have the teams played a game with more than 28 goals scored, and that was an 18-17 Cornell win in 2017.
Princeton is averaging 15.667 goals per game. The program single-season record is also 15.667, set in 1996; that is the only season in which Princeton averaged at least 15 goals for a season.
The Tigers, with 188 goals in 12 games, need 12 goals to reach 200 goals in a season for the sixth time overall (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2017 are the others).
Other notes
* 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 7.3 shots per game. The last time had that many per game for a full season was 1982, when the Tigers also 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, Erik Peters, Andrew Song.
* Princeton is 14-3 in its last 16 games and 18-4 in its last 22 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 English, 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 15 caused turnovers, tying for the team lead
* leads the Ivy League with 1.5 caused turnovers per game
* has at least one caused turnover in every game he's played this season and in 14 straight games dating to the 2020 season
* had a goal and two caused turnovers against Harvard
* 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 11 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 Harvard, 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 44 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 28 goals (second on the team) and 33 assists and 61 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
* has at least five points in his last five games in and in eight of 12 games this season
* 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 two goals and three assists against Harvard
* 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
8. Chris Massey (192)
9. Dave Heubeck (182)
10. Wick Sollers (174)
11. Ryan Ambler (168)/Chris Brown (168)
Career goals
11. Gavin McBride (104)
12. Josh Sims (103)
13. Kip Orban (101)
14. Peter Trombino (98)/Chris Brown (98)
Career assists
12. Mile MacDonald (76)
13. Matt Striebel (74)
14. Chris Brown (70)
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 24 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 19 goals and 16 assists after moving from SSDM to a first-line midfielder
* should he get one more goal and four more assists, he would become the fourth Princeton middie in the last 30 years to reach at least 20 of each in a season (Zach Currier, Tom Schreiber three times and Rich Sgalardi are the other three)
* third on the team in points and second in 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 a goal and three assists against Harvard
* 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, third on the team
* 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 19 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 and one goal and two assists to join Sowers and Brown as the only Princeton freshmen with at 20 goals and 15 assists
* in eighth 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 four goals against Harvard
* had three goals and an assist against Boston University
* had three assists against Marist
Freshman point scorers
5. Mike Chanenchuk (36)
6. Peter Trombino (35)
7. Jake Froccaro (34)
8. Dave Huebeck (32)/Coulter Mackesy (32)
Colin Mulshine • Fr., D, No. 43
* has started seven games
* has seven caused turnovers and 13 ground balls
* helped hold the Hoya attack to two goals on 13 shots
* had two caused turnovers against Rutgers and Brown
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 eight caused turnovers and 21 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 11.37 goals-against average and .566 save percentage
* one of 25 nominees for the Tewaaraton Award
* has at least 14 saves in five of 11 games
* is 12th in the country in save percentage and 10th 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 17 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 153 of 289 face-offs (.529)
* leads team with 67 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 40 goals and is second with 46 points
* is eighth in Division I in goals per game
* 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 four goals against Harvard
* 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
Goals in a season
9. Mike MacDonald (43 in 2013)
10. Bill Chaires (42 in 1973)
11. Jesse Hubbard (41 in 1997), Sean Hartofilis (41 in 2003), Jason Doneger (41 in 2003), Michael Sowers (41 in 2017)
15. Alex Slusher (40 in 2022)
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 27 ground balls, most by a Princeton longstick
* had three 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 20 goals and one assist
* second on team with 54 ground balls
* one of two Princeton players since 1996 with at least 20 goals and 50 ground balls in a season (Zach Currier in 2017 was the other)
* 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 19 goals and 13 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 a goal and two assists against Harvard
* 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 an SSDM
* had first career goal against Harvard
* had caused turnover against Georgetown
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