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Princeton, Yale Meet For Ivy League Tournament Championship, NCAA Bid
May 06, 2023 | Men's Lacrosse
PRINCETON (7-6, 4-2 Ivy League) vs. YALE (9-4, 3-3 Ivy League)
Sunday, May 7 • Noon
Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • Columbia University • New York, N.Y.
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Welcome to the championship game of the 2023 Ivy League tournament. Will this game be a repeat of the regular-season game between Princeton and Yale, or will the pattern of every ILT game of the last two year repeat itself.
At stake is the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Princeton vs. Yale
Five Storylines
That's five straight
Each of the last five Ivy League tournament games — the three a year ago and the two semifinals this year — has seen the team that lost the regular season match-up between the two win the postseason rematch.
In 2022, it was Brown over Penn and Cornell over Yale in the regular season, only to have Penn and Yale win in the Ivy semifinal rematches. It was Yale over Penn in the regular season and then Penn over Yale in the final.
In 2023, it was Penn over Princeton and Cornell over Yale in the regular season and then Princeton over Penn and Yale over Cornell in the semifinals.
The first time around
Princeton defeated Yale 23-10 in the regular season meeting between the team. This came one week after Cornell defeated Yale 20-10; Yale then turned that around on Cornell 22-15 in the Ivy semifinals.
Princeton was led in the first meeting by Coulter Mackesy's eight goals and two assists and four from Christian Ronda. Princeton led 4-1 after the first quarter and 12-3 at halftime. The Tigers outshot Yale 66-43 for a season-high in shots, 11 more than Princeton has had in any other game (Monmouth was next, with 55).
What's at stake
Princeton head coach Matt Madalon always speaks about having two paths into the NCAA tournament, the at-large and the automatic. A year ago, when Princeton missed the Ivy tournament, it reached the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid and then won twice to get to Championship Weekend.
This year, Princeton's route in almost surely would be through the automatic bid. Yale, on the other hand, is a virtual lock for an at-large bid, win or lose the final.
Series history
This will be the 109th meeting between Princeton and Yale in a series that dates to Oct. 14, 1882. Princeton leads the series 76-30-2.
The Tigers have played Yale more than any other team (Rutgers is next at 99 meetings). This is also the fifth time Princeton has played Yale in the Ivy League tournament, and Yale is 3-1 in those games, including the 2012, 2013 and 2015 championship games.
Yale had won six straight games against Princeton before the Tigers won 14-10 in last year's NCAA quarterfinals and 23-10 in the regular season. Matt Brandau had five goals and three assists in Yale's 14-12 win in New Haven in the 2022 regular season. He then had one goal and one assist in the quarterfinal game and no goals and two assists in the regular season game this year.
Then and now
Yale's starting attack of Matt Brandau, Leo Johnson and Chris Lyons combined for seven goals and one assist in the Bulldogs' regular season 20-10 loss to Cornell and then went for 15 goals and nine assists in the rematch Friday night.
Those three combined for four goals (all by Lyons) and three assists in the regular season game against Princeton.
Other notes
* Christian Ronda's goals per game average by month the last two years:
February - 1.33
March – 1.5
April - 1.36
May – 2.25
* The win over Penn Friday night was Matt Madalon's 50th as Tiger head coach. Madalon has a .617 winning percentage that trails only Bill Tierney among Princeton head coaches since 1950.
* Princeton allowed the fewest goals in the league in Ivy games (63), followed by Cornell (65) and Penn (69). Princeton (15.67) trailed only Cornell (16.33) in scoring offense in the six Ivy games; Penn was fourth at 13.50 (Yale was third at 14.50).
* The win over Penn Friday night was the first time this season that Princeton 1) won a game without scoring at least 14 goals, 2) won a game decided by fewer than four goals and 3) won a game in which Coulter Mackesy did not score at least three goals.
* Christian Ronda has 21 goals this season. He joins Austin Sims, Kip Orban, Jake Froccaro, Tom Schreiber and Brad Dumont as the only Princeton middies this century to have at least two seasons with 20 or more goals (Josh Sims did so three times, in 1998-2000). Alexander Vardaro, who had 26 goals last season, has 22 goals this year, but he scored four of those while playing attack. Jake Stevens had 22 goals last year and has 17 this year in the midfield.
* Michael Gianforcaro's 15 saves against Penn were one off the team record for an Ivy League tournament game, set by Tyler Fiorito in 2010 in the final against Cornell. Gianforcaro leads the Ivy League in save percentage (also second nationally behind Matt Knote of UMass) and goals-against average.
* Princeton has reached the Ivy League tournament for the first time since 2017.
* Ben Finlay is the only Princeton player who has started every game of his career.
* Princeton has only four players who have started all 12 games — Coulter Mackesy (A), Alexander Vardaro (M/A), Ben Finlay and Colin Mulshine (D).
* Princeton is without its No. 1 face-off man (Tyler Sandoval), one starting attackman (Braedon Saris), one starting midfielder (Sam English) and one first-line SSDM (Luc Anderson) due to season-ending injuries. English, a preseason Tewaaraton Watchlist selection, is still third on the team in assists and fifth in points despite being injured on the first possession of the ninth game. Saris, who has played in 3.5 games, is tied for seventh in points and is fourth in assists.
* Lukas Stanat has started the last seven games and has 10 goals and eight assists, including five goals and six assists in the last three. He had one goal in three career games prior to moving into the starting lineup.
* Princeton has never lost three overtime games in a season before.
* Mike MacDonald, Class of 2015, holds most Princeton Ivy League tournament records, including goals in a career (18), points in a career (24), goals in a game (seven) and points in a game (nine). Tom Schreiber has the most career assists in ILT games of any Princeton player (eight). Not shockingly, Zach Currier has the records for ground balls in a game (16) and caused turnovers in a game (four), and equally as unshocking, Tyler Fiorito holds the records for saves in a game (16) and career (43). MacDonald, Kip Orban and Michael Sowers are the only Princeton players to have four or more goals in an ILT game.
What can you say about? …
No. 0 Griffen Rakower (Sr., G)
* made 11 saves while allowing three goals in first half against Maryland
* also made 11 saves while allowing seven goals against Georgetown
* has a .579 save percentage
* had six saves while allowing three goals against Monmouth
* had eight saves while allowing five goals against Manhattan
No. 3 Pace Billings (Jr, D)
* second-team All-Ivy League selection
* Tewaaraton Award watchlist
* started the first three games and then missed three games due to injury before returning
* has 11 caused turnovers and 15 ground balls
* had three caused turnovers in ILT semifinal against Penn
* played mostly LSM last year, when he was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team
No. 4 Paul Weathington Jr. (Jr., SSDM)
* has been injured for much of his career
* has played in five games this season after playing in eight last year
* has two ground balls
No. 5 Alex Slusher (Sr., A)
* had a streak of at least one goal in 21 straight games snapped against Maryland; streak is eighth longest in program history
* had two goals against Cornell
* has 61 career goals
* had started every game of his career before missing two games in midseason due to injury
* one of Princeton's captains
* second-leading scorer on USA U-21 team at the 2022 World Championships
No. 6 Cathal Roberts (Sr., LSM)
* second-team All-Ivy League selection
* full-time LSM while also playing on face-off wings; had been a defensive starter earlier in his career
* leads team with 16 caused turnovers
* also has 22 ground balls
* had three caused turnovers and three ground balls against Penn
* had four caused turnovers against Syracuse and three against Dartmouth
No. 7 Luca Lazzaretto (Sr., LSM)
* has been a consistent LSM throughout his career
* plays man-down D this season
No. 10 Ben Finlay (Sr., D)
* only current Princeton player who has started every game of his career
* has five caused turnovers and 20 ground balls (most among longsticks)
* named to USILA Team of the Week after holding Yale's Matt Brandau without a goal, ending Brandau's 45-game goal scoring streak
* one of Princeton's captains
No. 11 Sean Cameron (So., M)
* has started the last four games at midfield after the injury to Sam English
* has eight goals and three assists in the last five games; had four goals and two assists in the first eight games
* had a huge fourth-quarter goal to give Princeton its first two-goal lead, as well as an assist, in the ILT semifinal win over Penn
* had a goal and two assists against Cornell
* had three goals against Harvard
* had two goals and an assist against Yale
* had a goal against Georgetown
* had a goal against Manhattan
* older brother Brian plays for Rutgers
No. 12 Christian Ronda (Sr., M)
* honorable mention All-Ivy League selection
* has 21 goals and 10 assists this season
* had three goals and an assist in ILT semifinal against Penn
* had four goals and two assists against Harvard for his fourth career game with at least four goals
* also had four goals against Yale
* had three goals and an assist against Rutgers
* had two goals and an assist against Brown
* scored the tying game goal with three minutes left against Penn
* had 23 goals a year ago, including six in the NCAA tournament
No. 13 Joe Juengerkes (Jr., SSDM)
* has played in every game as second line SSDM
* had a key caused turnover late in the fourth quarter against Penn in the ILT semifinal
* has five caused turnovers and four ground balls
No. 14 Jake Stevens (Sr., M)
* preseason second-team All-American
* plays midfield and face-off wings
* second on the team team in ground balls with 30
* has 17 goals and four assists
* had two goals against Penn in the ILT semifinal
* had three goals, five ground balls and three caused turnovers against Georgetown; no other Princeton player has ever achieved at least all three of those in a game
* has five games with at least two goals
* 2022 honorable mention All-American
No. 15 Sam English (Sr., M)
* Tewaaaraton Award watchlist
* ruptured his spleen on the first possession against Syracuse; spent four nights in the hospital and will not play again this season
* still third on the team with 13 assists and fifth with 20 points
* had three goals and an assist against Brown
* scored the first goal of a game for the eighth time in his career when he scored Princeton's first goal against Brown
* had two goals and an assist against Penn
* tied the Rutgers game late in the fourth quarter to force overtime
* had 30 goals and 18 assists a year ago
* 2022 honorable mention All-American
No. 17 Michael Bath (So., LSM)
* plays LSM and on the face-off wings
* has 12 caused turnovers, second on the team, and 17 ground balls
* had a goal against Dartmouth, for his second career goal
* had three caused turnovers and five ground balls against Yale
* had two caused turnovers and three ground balls against Brown
No. 18 Luc Anderson (Sr., SSDM)
* one of the Tiger captains
* broke his wrist against Brown and has not played since; will miss the rest of the season
* has two caused turnovers
* had 30 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers as a freshman, but injuries have limited him to just 13 games since
No. 19 Alexander Vardaro (Sr., A/M)
* first-team All-Ivy League selection
* second on the team with 22 goals and leads the team in assists with 21
* became the 39th player in program history to reach 100 career points with his three assists against Brown
* had three goals against Cornell
* had a goal and four assists against Yale
* had two goals and two assists against Rutgers in second start on attack
* had two goals and two assists against Penn as well
* had five goals against Monmouth and four against Manhattan
* first Princeton player in 29 years to have at least nine goals in the first two games of a season (Scott Reinhardt in 1993)
No. 21 Tommy Barnds (Jr., M)
* very solid second-line midfielder
* had a goal and two assists against Yale
* had a goal and two assists against Brown
* had a goal against Cornell
* started as a midfielder against Georgetown and had a goal
* had a goal against Monmouth
No. 23 Beau Pederson (Sr., SSDM)
* second-team All-Ivy League selection
* preseason first-team All-American
* one of Princeton's captains
* had 10 caused turnovers and 23 ground balls
* had two goals against Yale, with a caused turnover and three ground balls
* had two caused turnovers against Maryland
* had two caused turnovers and three ground balls against Penn
* third-team All-American a year ago
No. 24 Marquez White (Jr., SSDM)
* first line defensive midfielder
* has seven caused turnovers and nine ground balls
* had one caused turnover in the first four games and now has one in each of the last four
No. 27 Michael Gianforcaro (Jr., G)
* second-team All-Ivy League selection
* has .586 save percentage, best in the Ivy League
* made 15 saves in the ILT semifinal against Penn
* made first career start against Penn and made a career-high 17 saves
* had a career-high 20 saves while allowing nine goals against Harvard
* has at least 13 saves in every start
* made 14 saves in second start, against Yale
* made 13 saves against Brown
* started the second half of the first five games
* made 10 saves while allowing five goals against Rutgers
* had six saves against Georgetown
* made three of his five saves against Manhattan in the first four minutes of the third quarter, when Princeton went from down a goal to start an 8-2 run that led to a 14-9 win
No. 28 Jacob Stoebner (Sr., D)
* veteran defenseman who is part of the regular rotation
* held Yale's Leo Johnson to no goals and one assist while having three caused turnovers and three ground balls
* also started against Rutgers, Penn and Brown
* had five caused turnovers and seven ground balls
No. 29 Lukas Stanat (Jr., A)
* has 10 goals and eight assists
* has started the last seven games
* had two goals and four assists against Cornell
* had three goals against Dartmouth
No. 32 Andrew McMeekin (Fr., FO)
* two-time Ivy Rookie of the Week
* was 10 for 21 with six ground balls against Penn in ILT semifinal
* won the face-off and got the ground ball with 13 seconds left and Princeton up 9-8 in the ILT semifinal against Penn
* was 25 for 48 with 27 ground balls in wins over Dartmouth and Harvard, winning league's top rookie honor both times
* leads team with 37 ground balls
* won 3 of 5 against Yale
* won 5 of 9 face-offs against Monmouth
No. 35 Tyler Sandoval (Jr., FO)
* won 48 of 107 face-offs with 16 ground balls
* had an assist against Manhattan five seconds after another Princeton goal (it was the shortest elapsed time between goals in Princeton history)
* will miss the rest of the season after suffering knee injury against Syracuse
No. 36 Braedon Saris (So., A)
* is fourth on the team in assists and sixth in points despite playing in only five games and starting only three due to multiple injuries
* will miss the rest of the season
* had two goals and five assists against Dartmouth
* had three goals and three assists against Monmouth
* had a goal and two assists against Manhattan
* had an assist against Maryland
No. 39 Weston Carpenter (Sr., M)
* plays mostly man-up offense
* has five goals this year, with one against Yale, Rutgers, Maryland, Manhattan and Monmouth
* also has three assists, including one against Penn in ILT semifinal
* did not have a goal in his career prior to this season
No. 43 Colin Mulshine (So., D)
* starter on defense
* has eight caused turnovers and 16 ground balls
* had two caused turnovers against Georgetown, Dartmouth and Cornell
* started 11 games as a freshman, including the final nine
No. 48 John Dunphey (Fr., M)
* has played on the second midfield unit for the last four games
* has three goals and three assists
* had Princeton's first goal against Cornell
No. 50 Liam Fairback (So., SSDM)
* converted offensive midfielder who is in the regular defensive midfield rotation
* had two causd turnovers against Penn in the ILT semifinal
* had first career caused turnover in the game against Rutgers
* also has seven ground balls
No. 91 Coulter Mackesy (So., A)
* unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection
* leads team with 47 goals and 67 points
* 47 goals are fifth best in a season in program history, trailing Gavin McBride (54), Jesse Hubbard (53), Wick Sollers (49) and Mike MacDonald (48)
* three time Ivy League Player of the Week
* has at least three goals in 10 of 13 games
* is second in Division I in points per game and fourth in goals per game
* is one of two players in program history with multiple games of at least 10 points (had 8G, 2A against both Harvard and Yale; Michael Sowers is the other player, and he did so five times)
* is the only player in program history with multiple career games of at least eight goals
* is the second Princeton player ever with at least 45 goals and 20 assists in a season (Mike MacDonald in 2015 was the other)
* is one of three Princeton players with at least 10 games of three goals or more in a season (Mike MacDonald in 2015, Chris Massey in 1997)
* became the first Princeton player with at least three goals in five or more games since Gavin McBride did it twice (2016, 2017)
* has three or more goals in 14 of 29 career games
* had career highs of eight goals and 10 points in win over Yale, earning Ivy Player of the Week and USA Lacrosse National Player of the Week honors
* had three goals and three assists against Brown for his second straight Ivy Player of the Week award
* had two goals against Penn in the ILT semifinal
* had five goals and six points against Georgetown
* had three goals and three assists against Rutgers
* had three of Princeton's five goals against Maryland
* had four goals and two assists against Monmouth
* had three goals against Manhattan
* had 28 goals and 15 assists a year ago; his 43 points were the fourth-most ever by a Princeton freshman, behind only Michael Sowers, Kevin Lowe and Ryan Boyle
No. 99 Koby Ginder (So., FO)
* is 60 for 133 on face-offs with 27 ground balls for the season
* won 15 of 29 with a goal and six ground balls against Yale
* had an assist aganst Brown
* won 9 of 17 against Maryland, Georgetown, Rutgers and Penn
* won 8 of 12 face-offs against Manhattan with five ground balls
Sunday, May 7 • Noon
Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • Columbia University • New York, N.Y.
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Welcome to the championship game of the 2023 Ivy League tournament. Will this game be a repeat of the regular-season game between Princeton and Yale, or will the pattern of every ILT game of the last two year repeat itself.
At stake is the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Princeton vs. Yale
Five Storylines
That's five straight
Each of the last five Ivy League tournament games — the three a year ago and the two semifinals this year — has seen the team that lost the regular season match-up between the two win the postseason rematch.
In 2022, it was Brown over Penn and Cornell over Yale in the regular season, only to have Penn and Yale win in the Ivy semifinal rematches. It was Yale over Penn in the regular season and then Penn over Yale in the final.
In 2023, it was Penn over Princeton and Cornell over Yale in the regular season and then Princeton over Penn and Yale over Cornell in the semifinals.
The first time around
Princeton defeated Yale 23-10 in the regular season meeting between the team. This came one week after Cornell defeated Yale 20-10; Yale then turned that around on Cornell 22-15 in the Ivy semifinals.
Princeton was led in the first meeting by Coulter Mackesy's eight goals and two assists and four from Christian Ronda. Princeton led 4-1 after the first quarter and 12-3 at halftime. The Tigers outshot Yale 66-43 for a season-high in shots, 11 more than Princeton has had in any other game (Monmouth was next, with 55).
What's at stake
Princeton head coach Matt Madalon always speaks about having two paths into the NCAA tournament, the at-large and the automatic. A year ago, when Princeton missed the Ivy tournament, it reached the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid and then won twice to get to Championship Weekend.
This year, Princeton's route in almost surely would be through the automatic bid. Yale, on the other hand, is a virtual lock for an at-large bid, win or lose the final.
Series history
This will be the 109th meeting between Princeton and Yale in a series that dates to Oct. 14, 1882. Princeton leads the series 76-30-2.
The Tigers have played Yale more than any other team (Rutgers is next at 99 meetings). This is also the fifth time Princeton has played Yale in the Ivy League tournament, and Yale is 3-1 in those games, including the 2012, 2013 and 2015 championship games.
Yale had won six straight games against Princeton before the Tigers won 14-10 in last year's NCAA quarterfinals and 23-10 in the regular season. Matt Brandau had five goals and three assists in Yale's 14-12 win in New Haven in the 2022 regular season. He then had one goal and one assist in the quarterfinal game and no goals and two assists in the regular season game this year.
Then and now
Yale's starting attack of Matt Brandau, Leo Johnson and Chris Lyons combined for seven goals and one assist in the Bulldogs' regular season 20-10 loss to Cornell and then went for 15 goals and nine assists in the rematch Friday night.
Those three combined for four goals (all by Lyons) and three assists in the regular season game against Princeton.
Other notes
* Christian Ronda's goals per game average by month the last two years:
February - 1.33
March – 1.5
April - 1.36
May – 2.25
* The win over Penn Friday night was Matt Madalon's 50th as Tiger head coach. Madalon has a .617 winning percentage that trails only Bill Tierney among Princeton head coaches since 1950.
* Princeton allowed the fewest goals in the league in Ivy games (63), followed by Cornell (65) and Penn (69). Princeton (15.67) trailed only Cornell (16.33) in scoring offense in the six Ivy games; Penn was fourth at 13.50 (Yale was third at 14.50).
* The win over Penn Friday night was the first time this season that Princeton 1) won a game without scoring at least 14 goals, 2) won a game decided by fewer than four goals and 3) won a game in which Coulter Mackesy did not score at least three goals.
* Christian Ronda has 21 goals this season. He joins Austin Sims, Kip Orban, Jake Froccaro, Tom Schreiber and Brad Dumont as the only Princeton middies this century to have at least two seasons with 20 or more goals (Josh Sims did so three times, in 1998-2000). Alexander Vardaro, who had 26 goals last season, has 22 goals this year, but he scored four of those while playing attack. Jake Stevens had 22 goals last year and has 17 this year in the midfield.
* Michael Gianforcaro's 15 saves against Penn were one off the team record for an Ivy League tournament game, set by Tyler Fiorito in 2010 in the final against Cornell. Gianforcaro leads the Ivy League in save percentage (also second nationally behind Matt Knote of UMass) and goals-against average.
* Princeton has reached the Ivy League tournament for the first time since 2017.
* Ben Finlay is the only Princeton player who has started every game of his career.
* Princeton has only four players who have started all 12 games — Coulter Mackesy (A), Alexander Vardaro (M/A), Ben Finlay and Colin Mulshine (D).
* Princeton is without its No. 1 face-off man (Tyler Sandoval), one starting attackman (Braedon Saris), one starting midfielder (Sam English) and one first-line SSDM (Luc Anderson) due to season-ending injuries. English, a preseason Tewaaraton Watchlist selection, is still third on the team in assists and fifth in points despite being injured on the first possession of the ninth game. Saris, who has played in 3.5 games, is tied for seventh in points and is fourth in assists.
* Lukas Stanat has started the last seven games and has 10 goals and eight assists, including five goals and six assists in the last three. He had one goal in three career games prior to moving into the starting lineup.
* Princeton has never lost three overtime games in a season before.
* Mike MacDonald, Class of 2015, holds most Princeton Ivy League tournament records, including goals in a career (18), points in a career (24), goals in a game (seven) and points in a game (nine). Tom Schreiber has the most career assists in ILT games of any Princeton player (eight). Not shockingly, Zach Currier has the records for ground balls in a game (16) and caused turnovers in a game (four), and equally as unshocking, Tyler Fiorito holds the records for saves in a game (16) and career (43). MacDonald, Kip Orban and Michael Sowers are the only Princeton players to have four or more goals in an ILT game.
What can you say about? …
No. 0 Griffen Rakower (Sr., G)
* made 11 saves while allowing three goals in first half against Maryland
* also made 11 saves while allowing seven goals against Georgetown
* has a .579 save percentage
* had six saves while allowing three goals against Monmouth
* had eight saves while allowing five goals against Manhattan
No. 3 Pace Billings (Jr, D)
* second-team All-Ivy League selection
* Tewaaraton Award watchlist
* started the first three games and then missed three games due to injury before returning
* has 11 caused turnovers and 15 ground balls
* had three caused turnovers in ILT semifinal against Penn
* played mostly LSM last year, when he was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team
No. 4 Paul Weathington Jr. (Jr., SSDM)
* has been injured for much of his career
* has played in five games this season after playing in eight last year
* has two ground balls
No. 5 Alex Slusher (Sr., A)
* had a streak of at least one goal in 21 straight games snapped against Maryland; streak is eighth longest in program history
* had two goals against Cornell
* has 61 career goals
* had started every game of his career before missing two games in midseason due to injury
* one of Princeton's captains
* second-leading scorer on USA U-21 team at the 2022 World Championships
No. 6 Cathal Roberts (Sr., LSM)
* second-team All-Ivy League selection
* full-time LSM while also playing on face-off wings; had been a defensive starter earlier in his career
* leads team with 16 caused turnovers
* also has 22 ground balls
* had three caused turnovers and three ground balls against Penn
* had four caused turnovers against Syracuse and three against Dartmouth
No. 7 Luca Lazzaretto (Sr., LSM)
* has been a consistent LSM throughout his career
* plays man-down D this season
No. 10 Ben Finlay (Sr., D)
* only current Princeton player who has started every game of his career
* has five caused turnovers and 20 ground balls (most among longsticks)
* named to USILA Team of the Week after holding Yale's Matt Brandau without a goal, ending Brandau's 45-game goal scoring streak
* one of Princeton's captains
No. 11 Sean Cameron (So., M)
* has started the last four games at midfield after the injury to Sam English
* has eight goals and three assists in the last five games; had four goals and two assists in the first eight games
* had a huge fourth-quarter goal to give Princeton its first two-goal lead, as well as an assist, in the ILT semifinal win over Penn
* had a goal and two assists against Cornell
* had three goals against Harvard
* had two goals and an assist against Yale
* had a goal against Georgetown
* had a goal against Manhattan
* older brother Brian plays for Rutgers
No. 12 Christian Ronda (Sr., M)
* honorable mention All-Ivy League selection
* has 21 goals and 10 assists this season
* had three goals and an assist in ILT semifinal against Penn
* had four goals and two assists against Harvard for his fourth career game with at least four goals
* also had four goals against Yale
* had three goals and an assist against Rutgers
* had two goals and an assist against Brown
* scored the tying game goal with three minutes left against Penn
* had 23 goals a year ago, including six in the NCAA tournament
No. 13 Joe Juengerkes (Jr., SSDM)
* has played in every game as second line SSDM
* had a key caused turnover late in the fourth quarter against Penn in the ILT semifinal
* has five caused turnovers and four ground balls
No. 14 Jake Stevens (Sr., M)
* preseason second-team All-American
* plays midfield and face-off wings
* second on the team team in ground balls with 30
* has 17 goals and four assists
* had two goals against Penn in the ILT semifinal
* had three goals, five ground balls and three caused turnovers against Georgetown; no other Princeton player has ever achieved at least all three of those in a game
* has five games with at least two goals
* 2022 honorable mention All-American
No. 15 Sam English (Sr., M)
* Tewaaaraton Award watchlist
* ruptured his spleen on the first possession against Syracuse; spent four nights in the hospital and will not play again this season
* still third on the team with 13 assists and fifth with 20 points
* had three goals and an assist against Brown
* scored the first goal of a game for the eighth time in his career when he scored Princeton's first goal against Brown
* had two goals and an assist against Penn
* tied the Rutgers game late in the fourth quarter to force overtime
* had 30 goals and 18 assists a year ago
* 2022 honorable mention All-American
No. 17 Michael Bath (So., LSM)
* plays LSM and on the face-off wings
* has 12 caused turnovers, second on the team, and 17 ground balls
* had a goal against Dartmouth, for his second career goal
* had three caused turnovers and five ground balls against Yale
* had two caused turnovers and three ground balls against Brown
No. 18 Luc Anderson (Sr., SSDM)
* one of the Tiger captains
* broke his wrist against Brown and has not played since; will miss the rest of the season
* has two caused turnovers
* had 30 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers as a freshman, but injuries have limited him to just 13 games since
No. 19 Alexander Vardaro (Sr., A/M)
* first-team All-Ivy League selection
* second on the team with 22 goals and leads the team in assists with 21
* became the 39th player in program history to reach 100 career points with his three assists against Brown
* had three goals against Cornell
* had a goal and four assists against Yale
* had two goals and two assists against Rutgers in second start on attack
* had two goals and two assists against Penn as well
* had five goals against Monmouth and four against Manhattan
* first Princeton player in 29 years to have at least nine goals in the first two games of a season (Scott Reinhardt in 1993)
No. 21 Tommy Barnds (Jr., M)
* very solid second-line midfielder
* had a goal and two assists against Yale
* had a goal and two assists against Brown
* had a goal against Cornell
* started as a midfielder against Georgetown and had a goal
* had a goal against Monmouth
No. 23 Beau Pederson (Sr., SSDM)
* second-team All-Ivy League selection
* preseason first-team All-American
* one of Princeton's captains
* had 10 caused turnovers and 23 ground balls
* had two goals against Yale, with a caused turnover and three ground balls
* had two caused turnovers against Maryland
* had two caused turnovers and three ground balls against Penn
* third-team All-American a year ago
No. 24 Marquez White (Jr., SSDM)
* first line defensive midfielder
* has seven caused turnovers and nine ground balls
* had one caused turnover in the first four games and now has one in each of the last four
No. 27 Michael Gianforcaro (Jr., G)
* second-team All-Ivy League selection
* has .586 save percentage, best in the Ivy League
* made 15 saves in the ILT semifinal against Penn
* made first career start against Penn and made a career-high 17 saves
* had a career-high 20 saves while allowing nine goals against Harvard
* has at least 13 saves in every start
* made 14 saves in second start, against Yale
* made 13 saves against Brown
* started the second half of the first five games
* made 10 saves while allowing five goals against Rutgers
* had six saves against Georgetown
* made three of his five saves against Manhattan in the first four minutes of the third quarter, when Princeton went from down a goal to start an 8-2 run that led to a 14-9 win
No. 28 Jacob Stoebner (Sr., D)
* veteran defenseman who is part of the regular rotation
* held Yale's Leo Johnson to no goals and one assist while having three caused turnovers and three ground balls
* also started against Rutgers, Penn and Brown
* had five caused turnovers and seven ground balls
No. 29 Lukas Stanat (Jr., A)
* has 10 goals and eight assists
* has started the last seven games
* had two goals and four assists against Cornell
* had three goals against Dartmouth
No. 32 Andrew McMeekin (Fr., FO)
* two-time Ivy Rookie of the Week
* was 10 for 21 with six ground balls against Penn in ILT semifinal
* won the face-off and got the ground ball with 13 seconds left and Princeton up 9-8 in the ILT semifinal against Penn
* was 25 for 48 with 27 ground balls in wins over Dartmouth and Harvard, winning league's top rookie honor both times
* leads team with 37 ground balls
* won 3 of 5 against Yale
* won 5 of 9 face-offs against Monmouth
No. 35 Tyler Sandoval (Jr., FO)
* won 48 of 107 face-offs with 16 ground balls
* had an assist against Manhattan five seconds after another Princeton goal (it was the shortest elapsed time between goals in Princeton history)
* will miss the rest of the season after suffering knee injury against Syracuse
No. 36 Braedon Saris (So., A)
* is fourth on the team in assists and sixth in points despite playing in only five games and starting only three due to multiple injuries
* will miss the rest of the season
* had two goals and five assists against Dartmouth
* had three goals and three assists against Monmouth
* had a goal and two assists against Manhattan
* had an assist against Maryland
No. 39 Weston Carpenter (Sr., M)
* plays mostly man-up offense
* has five goals this year, with one against Yale, Rutgers, Maryland, Manhattan and Monmouth
* also has three assists, including one against Penn in ILT semifinal
* did not have a goal in his career prior to this season
No. 43 Colin Mulshine (So., D)
* starter on defense
* has eight caused turnovers and 16 ground balls
* had two caused turnovers against Georgetown, Dartmouth and Cornell
* started 11 games as a freshman, including the final nine
No. 48 John Dunphey (Fr., M)
* has played on the second midfield unit for the last four games
* has three goals and three assists
* had Princeton's first goal against Cornell
No. 50 Liam Fairback (So., SSDM)
* converted offensive midfielder who is in the regular defensive midfield rotation
* had two causd turnovers against Penn in the ILT semifinal
* had first career caused turnover in the game against Rutgers
* also has seven ground balls
No. 91 Coulter Mackesy (So., A)
* unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection
* leads team with 47 goals and 67 points
* 47 goals are fifth best in a season in program history, trailing Gavin McBride (54), Jesse Hubbard (53), Wick Sollers (49) and Mike MacDonald (48)
* three time Ivy League Player of the Week
* has at least three goals in 10 of 13 games
* is second in Division I in points per game and fourth in goals per game
* is one of two players in program history with multiple games of at least 10 points (had 8G, 2A against both Harvard and Yale; Michael Sowers is the other player, and he did so five times)
* is the only player in program history with multiple career games of at least eight goals
* is the second Princeton player ever with at least 45 goals and 20 assists in a season (Mike MacDonald in 2015 was the other)
* is one of three Princeton players with at least 10 games of three goals or more in a season (Mike MacDonald in 2015, Chris Massey in 1997)
* became the first Princeton player with at least three goals in five or more games since Gavin McBride did it twice (2016, 2017)
* has three or more goals in 14 of 29 career games
* had career highs of eight goals and 10 points in win over Yale, earning Ivy Player of the Week and USA Lacrosse National Player of the Week honors
* had three goals and three assists against Brown for his second straight Ivy Player of the Week award
* had two goals against Penn in the ILT semifinal
* had five goals and six points against Georgetown
* had three goals and three assists against Rutgers
* had three of Princeton's five goals against Maryland
* had four goals and two assists against Monmouth
* had three goals against Manhattan
* had 28 goals and 15 assists a year ago; his 43 points were the fourth-most ever by a Princeton freshman, behind only Michael Sowers, Kevin Lowe and Ryan Boyle
No. 99 Koby Ginder (So., FO)
* is 60 for 133 on face-offs with 27 ground balls for the season
* won 15 of 29 with a goal and six ground balls against Yale
* had an assist aganst Brown
* won 9 of 17 against Maryland, Georgetown, Rutgers and Penn
* won 8 of 12 face-offs against Manhattan with five ground balls
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