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Princeton Hosts Penn On Senior Day
April 19, 2024 | Men's Lacrosse
PRINCETON (7-4, 2-2 Ivy League; No. 17 Inside Lacrosse, No. 17 USILA, No. 17 USA Lacrosse Magazine)
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PENN (8-4, 4-1 Ivy League; No. 13 Inside Lacrosse, No. 13 USILA, No. 13 USA Lacrosse Magazine)
Saturday, April 20 • 5 pm
Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium • Princeton, N.J.
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A – Amazingly
Princeton and Penn have played three games in the last two seasons, and all three have been decided by one goal. The two games the teams played a year ago featured 34 goals (Penn won in the regular season 9-8 in overtime; Princeton won 9-8 in the Ivy League tournament). The game in 2022 featured 41 goals, as Princeton won 21-20 in overtime. The 2022 Princeton-Penn game is the only game in program history where both teams scored at least 20 goals. The two games Princeton and Penn played a year ago are the only two games in Princeton’s last 55 where neither team reached double figures.
B – Bath
Michael Bath leads the league in caused turnovers per game by a player, with 1.64 per game.
C – Colin
Colin Burns has 19 goals and eight assists for 27 points. Should he get three more points, he and Nate Kabiri would become the first Princeton freshmen to reach 30 points in the same season.
D – Defense
Princeton leads the Ivy League in scoring defense and caused turnovers per game.
E – Early
Princeton has fallen behind by six goals in the second quarter of both of its Ivy League losses, trailing 8-2 to Cornell and 6-0 to Brown. Princeton tied both games (and took the lead against Cornell) before falling.
F – For Real
There are scenarios in which Princeton would get into the Ivy League tournament at 2-4. There are also scenarios in which Princeton would not get into the Ivy League tournament at 3-3. The same is true of Harvard.
G – Gianforcaro
Princeton’s Michael Gianforcaro has played two career games against Penn, allowing 17 goals and making 32 saves for a .653 save percentage. Gianforcaro made 15 saves while allowing eight goals in the semifinal win last year in the Ivy League tournament, at which Gianforcaro was the Most Outstanding Player.
H – History
Princeton and Penn meet for the 92nd time, and Princeton holds a 69-22 edge in the series. The teams have split their last 12 meetings.
I – Ivy League
The current Ivy League standings:
Yale/ Penn 4-1
Cornell 3-1
Princeton 2-2
Harvard 1-3
Brown 1-3
Dartmouth 0-4
This weekend’s schedule:
Penn at Princeton
Harvard at Cornell
Dartmouth at Brown
(Albany at Yale Friday night)
J – Just In Case
Penn and Yale have clinched spots in the Ivy League tournament. Cornell would do so as well with a win over Harvard. The only way Princeton could clinch a spot this weekend would be with a win over Penn and a Brown loss to Dartmouth.
K – Kabiri
Nate Kabiri has six games with at least three goals and five games with two or fewer. He has eight games of at least three points and three with two or fewer. He is one away from moving into a three-way tie for second place all-time at Princeton in goals by a freshman.
41 Michael Sowers (2017)
28 Coulter Mackesy (2022)/Michael Chanenchuk (2010)
27 Nate Kabiri (2024)
Points by a freshman
1. Michael Sowers, 2017, 82 (41G, 41A)
2. Kevin Lowe, 1991, 55 (12G, 43A)
3. Ryan Boyle, 2001, 53 (16G, 37A)
4. Coulter Mackesy, 2022, 43 (28G, 15A)
5. Nate Kabiri, 2024, 40 (27G, 13A)
L – Long Pole Goals
Princeton has two longpoles who have scored a goal this season — Pace Billings (2) and Colin Mulshine. Penn also has two — Brendan Lavelle and Tyler Kuehl with one each.
M – Mackesy
Junior Coulter Mackesy has scored four goals in each of his last two games as he moves up the career charts at Princeton.
Career points
10. Chris Brown (2018-22) 179
11. Wick Sollers (1975-77) 174
12. Coulter Mackesy (2022-present) 165
Career goals
1. Jesse Hubbard (1995-98) 163
2. Chris Massey (1995-98) 146
3. Michael MacDonald (2012-15) 132
4. Sean Hartofilis (2000-03) 126
5. Michael Sowers (2017-20) 121
6. Justin Tortolani 1989-92) 120
7. B.J. Prager (1999-2002) 118
8. Wick Sollers (1975-77) 114
9. Coulter Mackesy (2022-present) 110
N – No Takeaways
Nate Kabiri has 27 goals and nine turnovers on the season. In the 15 years that turnovers have been kept as an official stat, only three Princeton players have ever finished a season with at least 27 goals and a ratio of three goals per turnover or better: Philip Robertston, Gavin McBride twice and Kip Orban.
O – Offense
Princeton goal scoring by class:
Freshmen 56
Sophomores 34
Juniors 41
Seniors 10
P – Penn
A Penn win over Princeton would give the Quakers at least a share of the Ivy League championship. A Penn win over Princeton and a Princeton win over Yale next weekend would put the Ivy tournament in Philadelphia.
Q – Quarterly
Princeton has been outscored 32-29 in the first quarter and has outscored its opponents 112-80 in the second, third and fourth quarters combined. Princeton has been outscored 16-5 in the first quarter of its four losses and outscored its opponents 24-16 in the first quarter of its seven wins.
R – Returning
Princeton has scored 38 goals against Penn the last two years, seven of which were scored by players who return for this year’s game. Only three current Tigers have scored goals against the Quakers: Coulter Mackesy (4), Sean Cameron (2), Tommy Barnds (1).
S – Seniors
Princeton’s 13 seniors will be honored before the game against Penn: Tommy Barnds, Pace Billings, Hunter Engel, Colin Freer, Michael Gianforcaro, Teddy Gutman, Joe Juengerkes, Bear Lockshin, Ian Murray, Tyler Sandoval, Lukas Stanat, Paul Weathington Jr., Marquez White
T – Tewaaraton Nominee
Coulter Mackesy is a Tewaaraton Award Nominee, making him one of the 25 players under consideration, for the second straight year.
U – Underclassmen
The top 21 players in Princeton’s regular rotation by class: five freshmen, six sophomores, six juniors and four seniors.
V – VIII
Princeton has eight players who have started every game this season: Nate Kabiri, Colin Burnsw and Coulter Mackesy on attack; Chad Palumbo in the midfield; Colin Mulshine, Cooper Kistler and Michael Bath on defense and Michael Gianforcaro in goal. A year ago, Princeton had only four players who started every game (including Mackesy and Mulshine). Nate Kabiri and Colin Burns are the only two current Princeton players to have started every game of his career.
W – Wade
Freshman midfielder Tucker Wade had no goals in the first five games and now has 10 in the last six.
X – The X
Princeton has won 140 face-offs and lost 152. The last time Princeton had more face-off wins than losses for an entire season was 2012.
Y – Youth Movement
Freshmen Nate Kabiri (27), Colin Burns (19) and Tucker Wade (10) are all in double figures in goals this season.. The last time Princeton had three freshmen in double figures was in 2006 (Tommy Davis, Mark Kovler, Josh Lesko), and the only other times it’s happened were in 2004 (Whitney Hayes, Scott Sowanick, Peter Trombino) and 1995 (Jon Hess, Jesse Hubbard, Chris Massey). Only once has Princeton had two freshmen reach 20 goals, and that was Hubbard (23) and Massey (21) in 1995; Burns needs one more to get there.
Z – Zinged
Prior to the three-straight one-goal games, the margins of victory in the prior five games in the Princeton-Penn series were nine, seven, nine, 10 and six.
