Princeton to Host Harvard in Friday's Ivy Tournament Semifinal

For the second straight year, Princeton and Harvard will meet in the semifinal of the Ivy League Tournament. This time, the Tigers will play at home with a bid to Sunday's Ivy final on the line.

vs. Harvard, Ivy Semifinal, Friday, 4:30 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Stats | Int'l Video | Tickets

On The Tigers: Princeton enters the Ivy League Tournament on a four-game win streak and after handing Columbia its first home loss since Oct. 14, 2023 against Brown. The Tigers' RPI entering the week was at 43, the highest in the league with Columbia at 63, Harvard at 77, Yale, which just missed the Ivy tournament, at 112, and Brown at 115. Princeton has 14 goal scorers this season, with Pietra Tordin, who has played in seven games since returning from the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in August and September, leading the team with seven goals. The seventh of those came on the indirect free kick that helped Princeton to the 1-0 win at Columbia. Eight of the 14 goal scorers scored their first goal this season. Tordin, who scored four goals in helping Team USA to a third-place finish, was one of two Tigers at the U-20 WWC, with backliner Zoe Markesini helping lead Canada to the knockout round.

Between The Posts: Tyler McCamey has played 14 of Princeton's 16 games on the season, including all the Ivy games, holding an 0.57 GAA on the season overall and 0.43 in the Ivy. McCamey leads the Ivy in GAA, save percentage (.860), and shutouts (seven). In Ivy play, McCamey leads in those categories, holding an .850 save percentage and five shutouts.

Stat Leaders: On the season overall, Pietra Tordin leads the Ivy League in shots per game (3.71), points per game (2.29), goals (seven, four-way tie), and goals per game (1.00). In Ivy games, Tordin leads in shots (22), shots per game (3.67), points (15), points per game (2.50), goals (seven) and goals per game (1.17). Among all active players in the Ivy, for their careers, Tordin, a junior, leads in overall shots (151), shots per game (3.60), points (65, co-leader), points per game (1.55), goals (27), and goals per game (0.64). Nationally, Tyler McCamey ranks 17th in both save percentage (.860) and GAA (0.57). As a team, Princeton ranks 11th nationally in GAA (0.56), 14th in assists per game (2.44), and 17th in save percentage (.852). Princeton leads the Ivy in shots (252, 15.75/game), points (107, 6.69/game), goals (34, 2.13/game), assists (39, 2.44/game), fewest goals allowed (nine, 0.56/game), GAA (0.56), and shutouts (eight, 0.50/game).

Second-Half Team: Princeton has outscored its opponents 9-6 in first halves this season, but the second half is where the difference is especially big, with the Tigers outscoring opponents 25-3 after the break this season. Overall, Princeton has outscored opponents 34-9 this season.

Shutouts: Princeton has shut out eight of its 16 opponents this season, a number not unusual in the Sean Driscoll era. Princeton has shut out between five (2016) and 12 (2017, 2018) opponents in every season under Driscoll.

Coach Driscoll: In his ninth competitive season leading the program, Sean Driscoll is the winningest coach in the Ivy at their current post, with 105 wins. The four winningest coaches at their current spots are in the Ivy Tournament field, with Brown's Kia McNeill at 85, Columbia's Tracey Bartholomew at 81, and Harvard's Chris Hamblin at 81. Princeton has won four Ivy League titles under Driscoll (2015, 2017, 2018, 2024) and three Coach of the Year honors (2015, 2017, 2018), with 2024 still to be awarded. Princeton has advanced to five NCAA tournaments under Driscoll (2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023), making the second round four times ('15, '17, '21, '23) and the quarterfinals in 2017.

The Series With Harvard: Harvard leads the all-time series 28-14-2. In the Sean Driscoll era, Princeton leads 5-4-1. This season, Princeton defeated Harvard 3-1 at Roberts Stadium on Oct. 19. Kayla Wong, Alexandra Barry and Pietra Tordin scored to get Princeton a 3-0 lead before an Aslaug Gunnlaugsdottir goal in the 62nd minute got Harvard on the board. Princeton outshot the Crimson 20-13 overall and 12-3 on goal with Rhiannon Stewart making nine saves for the Crimson while Tyler McCamey made two saves. Princeton's last back-to-back wins in the series came in 2017 and 2018.

The Series With Columbia: Princeton leads the all-time series with the Lions 24-9-6. Under Sean Driscoll, Princeton leads 4-3-2. Just last weekend, Princeton won 1-0 at Columbia on a 64th-minute goal from Pietra Tordin. The Tigers outshot the Lions 3-2 on goal while the overall shot total was even at 13-13. Tyler McCamey stopped all three Columbia shots while Lauren Rodriguez made one save. Princeton's last back-to-back wins over Columbia came in 2011 and 2012.

The Series With Brown: Brown leads the all-time series 23-19-4. Under Sean Driscoll, it's a 6-3-0 Brown lead, with Princeton's 8-0 win earlier this season breaking a five-game win Brown win streak in the series. Pietra Tordin had a hat trick in the 8-0 win on Oct. 5, scoring the three goals in a span of less than 16 minutes to grow a 2-0 lead into 5-0 in the 63rd minute. Lily Bryant, Heather MacNab, Isabella Garces, Grace Rossner and Ally Murphy each added a goal as Princeton outshot Brown 23-9 overall and 11-5 on goal. Tyler McCamey made five saves while Bella Schopp had two for Brown with five goals against in 68 minutes before Gurleen Toor did not save a shot on goal, allowing three in the final 22 minutes. Princeton's last back-to-back wins over Brown came in 2014 and 2015.

Ivy League Tournament History: The Ivy League Tournament's current incarnation beginning just last year, and the same four teams from 2023 made this year's tournament, with the same semifinal matchups as well, though with different seedings. Princeton will look to flip last year's semifinal result against Harvard, which saw the Crimson rally from a 2-1 deficit 29 minutes in to take a 4-2 lead in the 60th minute. Half the goal scorers from that 2023 semifinal are back, with Heather MacNab, who gave Princeton a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute, returning for the Tigers, and Josefine Hasbo and Olof Kristinsdottir scoring Harvard's second (30th minute) and third (48th minute) goals. Anna Karpenko, who faced Princeton earlier this year while competing during a grad year at Georgetown, was Harvard's goalie, and Tyler McCamey making four saves for Princeton. Harvard went on to beat Columbia 3-0 in the final after Columbia beat Brown 2-1 in double OT in the semis. The initial incarnation of the Ivy League Tournament ran from 1978-81 with Princeton not competing in the 1978 event, losing in the six-team quarterfinals in 1979, losing in the final in 1980, and losing in the semis in 1981. Princeton hosted the 1981 event.

NCAA tournament history: If the Tigers sweep the weekend, it would be the team's 16th trip to the NCAA tournament and would be the first time Princeton went in back-to-back years since 2017 and 2018. It would be Princeton's first automatic bid since 2018, the last time the Tigers won the Ivy title.

Overtime: Since overtime went away during the regular season after the 2022 season, here's a refresher on the overtime process for the Ivy Tournament. There will be up to two 10-minute golden goal periods. If the tie continues, teams will have a best-of-five penalty-kick shootout. If the tie still continues, teams will go one by one with PKs until the tie is broken. Teams will submit a list of 10 kickers, and if the PK shootout goes past 10 kicks, teams can reshuffle the lineup of 10.

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