Women's Lacrosse Celebrates Senior Day With 17-13 Win Over Harvard; Secures #3 Seed In Ivy Tournament

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Now, that's some momentum heading into May!

With the nerves of making the Ivy League Tournament settled after Saturday's results broke in a way to that secured a berth in the postseason for both Princeton and Harvard, the two teams met on a soggy afternoon at Sherrerd Field and the Tigers did exactly what was needed to earn the No. 3 seed in the 2023 Ivy Tournament.

Princeton needed to win by four or more goals – and did just that – with a 17-13 win over the Crimson capping Senior Day on a positive note and sending the Tigers on to play No. 2 seed Yale on May 5 at Penn Park in Philadelphia. The Crimson, who entered the weekend with a chance to finish as high as the No. 2 seed, will take on No. 1 seed Penn in the nightcap. The winners will play May 7 for the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

The game was pretty much even in terms of the stats. Harvard had a slight 27-23 edge in shots on goal, while draw controls (17-17) and caused turnovers (8-8) were dead even.

Amelia Hughes was crucial for the Tigers, making 14 saves to just six recorded for the Crimson. After making one save in the first quarter, Hughes would go on to stop four shots in the second and third quarters and make five in the final period.

McKenzie Blake returned after missing last week's game and had a six-point afternoon with four goals and two assists.

Grace Tauckus also had a four-goal game, tallying five total points while adding three ground balls. Freshman Haven Dora had a career game, registering five points (3g, 2a) with two ground balls.

Kate Mulham had a hat trick on her Senior Day, while Jami MacDonald added three assists.

Sophie Whiteway had seven draw controls, while Sam Whiting won a career-high six. With her seven draws in the game, Sophie Whiteway moved into the No. 11 spot on Princeton's all-time draw control list with 105.

It was a game of runs, with the Tigers jumping out to a 4-0 lead 3:04 into the game only to go without a goal over the next 17:36 of play as the Crimson scored six consecutive goals to take a 6-4 lead early in the second quarter.

Princeton countered with the game's next three goals, taking a 7-6 lead via a Samantha DeVito goal with 5:56 remaining in the second quarter. The Tigers would never trail again in the game, Harvard drawing even with 4:58 left in the first half for the only tie the rest of the way.

Out of halftime, Princeton scored six of the third quarter's first seven goals to pull in front, 13-8. From there, the teams traded goals the rest of the way.

With the final result pretty much settled, the true "game within the game" was whether or not the Tigers would stay in front by the 4+ goals needed to secure the goal differential tiebreaker over the Crimson.

Harvard scored with 2:45 left to cut Princeton's lead to 17-13, but the Tigers had one more defensive stand in them. After a ground ball was awarded to the Crimson following a close battle to back-up a missed Princeton shot with 1:45 to go, Harvard was on the clear with a chance to score a late goal. Princeton pressured on the ride, and Kari Buonanno forced Grace Taylor to run out of bounds just inside the restraining line with slightly more than a minute remaining for a final caused turnover – Princeton had eight in the game – and the ability for the Tigers to run out the clock.

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