Princeton Takes Down Manhattan As Midfield Comes Up Big

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The first two games of the Princeton men's lacrosse season were, once again, an appetizer for what the next few weeks have in store.

Princeton followed up its opening day win Sunday with a 15-6 win over Manhattan Tuesday night at Sherrerd Field. The Tigers, who defeated Monmouth 15-5 in Sunday's opener, improved to 9-0 all-time against the Jaspers.

With all due respect to Monmouth and Manhattan, Princeton's first two opponents, things will get much tougher very quickly. In fact, the Tigers are now looking at these next five opponents: No. 4 Maryland, No. 15 North Carolina, No. 2 Duke, No. 17 Rutgers and No. 6 Cornell — the first four of which are on the road, beginning Saturday at 2 pm in College Park. After the Cornell home game, by the way, it'll be back on the road to Harvard, who could very well be highly ranked at the time as well.

With that schedule, it was important to get the wins in the first two. Unlike a year ago, when Princeton trailed Manhattan at the half, this time it was pretty much all Tigers.

While most of Princeton's scoring against Monmouth came from the attack, who scored 10 of the 15 goals (one of the other five came from longstick midfielder Pace Billings), this time the midfield was exceptional. In fact, Princeton led 9-4 at the half after getting seven goals from the midfield, and the game ended with eight of 15 from midfielders. John Dunphey had his first three-goal career game, and Quinn Krammer had the first two of his career. Chad Palumbo had two more after his three-goal game against Monmouth, and Lukas Stanat also scored from the midfield.

1:33 Q2 ¦ DUNPHEYYY

#48 goes unassisted to make it an 8-4 game. pic.twitter.com/7ejji05Zph
— Princeton Men's Lacrosse (@TigerLacrosse) February 20, 2024

The attack unit did contribute as well, as freshmen Nate Kabiri and Colin Burns both had three more goals each, giving them 13 through their first two college games. Burns had two more assists and now has seven goals and five assists in two games, while Kabiri has six goals and three assists. Combined that's 21 points in two games.

Defensively, Princeton had its second straight lockdown game, forcing three shot clock violations and holding the Jaspers to only two second-half goals. Joe Juengerkes had two caused turnovers and three ground balls, and Colin Mulshine also had two caused turnovers. Coulter Mackesy actually had more caused turnovers (two) than goals (one), along with three assists.

Andrew McMeekin won 14 of 19 face-offs and had six ground balls.

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