Morrisroe Ties School Record For Goals In A Game In 23-10 Win At Brown

Saturday, April 13

Providence, R.I.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

8-4 (4-1Ivy League)

No. 25 Brown

9-4 (2-3Ivy League)

Princeton

Brown

Photo by: Erica Denhoff

Morrisroe Ties School Record For Goals In A Game In 23-10 Win At Brown

April 13, 2024 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

It was all Princeton early and often at Stevenson-Pincince Field as the No. 17-ranked Tigers defeated No. 25 Brown, 23-10, in Rhode Island.

Princeton (8-4, 4-1 Ivy) sits alone in second place in the Ivy League and with the win has secured its berth in the 2024 Ivy League Tournament set for the first weekend of May.

First-year Meg Morrisroe had one of the best days in program history by an attacker, scoring eight goals – more than doubling up her career total of six tallied through her previous nine games.

Morrisroe ties the school record for goals in a game by a player????

Princeton leads 23-9 pic.twitter.com/l2RPJtDXM2
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) April 13, 2024

Tewaaraton Award Watch List selection McKenzie Blake had five goals in the game, scoring all five in the first half. The five-goal game is the fourth of the season for Blake, and marks the third time in her last four games that she has scored five goals.

This Is 4?0?!

McKenzie Blake nets her 40th of the season and we lead, 5-1! pic.twitter.com/WuBHruoDFq
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) April 13, 2024

Sophomore Haven Dora had a six-point afternoon, scoring two goals and dishing out four assists.

Rhode Island native Kari Buonanno had four points in her final game in her home state, scoring twice and adding two assists.

Kari Buoanno scores her 13th goal of the season!

Princeton leads 9-4 ?? pic.twitter.com/aO4iXNIqJr
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) April 13, 2024

Abigail Roberts was dominant in the midfield, winning a career-high 10 draw controls which is tied for No. 4 in a game by a Tiger all-time. She added two caused turnovers and two ground balls as well.

The 17 goals scored by the Tigers in the first half were more than all but three of Princeton's full games this season.

As a team, Princeton won 24 draws which was just two off the school record for draw controls in a game. That led to a considerable possession advantage for the Tigers who had 23 goals while Brown managed just 28 total shots in the game.

On Alumni Day for the Bears, Brown showed some quick energy with a goal 0:35 into the game. That was pretty much all the excitement that the home squad had in the first half as the Tigers responded with five in a row to take a 5-1 lead and never looked back.

Off And Running!

McKenzie Blake with a strong move for our first goal of the afternoon! pic.twitter.com/dHTnoTVjdB
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) April 13, 2024

It took just 2:53 for the Tigers to rally and secure a commanding lead as McKenzie Blake (two goals), Meg Morrisroe (two goals) and Jami MacDonald scored in quick fashion.

All total, there were 15 goals in the first quarter and Princeton scored nine of them – six coming via free positions.

The Bears hung around, closing to within three goals at the end of the opening period, but it was all Princeton in the second quarter as the Tigers outscored the Bears, 8-1, in the second stanza.

Blake was involved throughout the quarter, scoring three times to finish with five in the opening half. After the Bears scored with 10:28 remaining in the second quarter, Princeton scored the remaining six goals of the half – with five different goal scorers finding the back of the net – including Kari Buonanno who scored with 0:09 left in the half to provide the 10-goal lead at the break.

LET'S GO TIGERS??

From Under the crossbar, Jami McDonald with her second goal of the game?? pic.twitter.com/stD0SDRUep
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) April 13, 2024

Princeton's defense dialed up a run of 17:10 without conceding a goal over the final 10:28 of the second quarter and the opening 6:42 of the third before Brown broke through via a Sydney Rathjen goal midway through the third period.

Morrisroe would counter with two more of her own before the end of the third quarter for a 21-9 Princeton lead.

In the final frame, Colette Quinn and Morrisroe each had a free position goal early as the Tigers built a 23-9 lead before a late tally from the Bears provided the final margin.

Princeton hosts Maryland on April 17 (7 p.m.) and Dartmouth on April 20 (12 p.m.) for the final two home games of the regular season.