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No. 2 Princeton Host Syracuse In NCAA Quarterfinals
November 15, 2025 | Field Hockey
NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND
No. 2 PRINCETON (16-3) vs. SYRACUSE (13-6)
Sunday, Nov. 16 • 1 pm
Bedford Field • Princeton, N.J.
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A – About
Princeton and Syracuse meet with a trip to Duke and the Final Four on the line. Princeton defeated Fairfield 3-1 Friday in the first round, while Syracuse defeated Liberty 3-2 in a penalty shootout in its first-round game.
B – Bedford
Princeton and Syracuse meet for the second time this season on Bedford Field, after the Orange defeated Princeton 1-0 back on Sept. 12 on a penalty stroke by Bo van Kempen in overtime. The game-winning goal came on a video review request from Princeton after being called for a penalty corner, which was then upgraded to the stroke. The game was played primarily in the midfield, with a total of 11 shots (Princeton six, Syracuse five) and five penalty corners (Princeton, 3-2) between the teams.
C – Conferences
The eight teams remaining in the NCAA tournament represent five conferences: ACC (Syracuse, UNC, Duke), Ivy League (Princeton, Harvard), Big Ten (Northwestern), Big East (UConn), MAC (Miami Ohio).
D – Defense (ours) vs. Offense (theirs)
Princeton ranks fourth in Division I in goals-against average at 0.89 per game. Syracuse ranks 10th in Division I in goals per game at 3.11 per game. Princeton allows 7.2 shots per game; Syracuse averages 15.3 shots per game.
E – Ella
Ella Cashman, a two-time first-team All-Ivy League selection and three-time Ivy League all-tournament team selection, had started every game of her career before missing the Fairfield game due to injury. Princeton now has six players who have started every game of their career: Anna Faulstich, Clem Houlden, Saylor Milone, Ottilie Sykes, Caitlin Thompson, Beth Yeager.
F – First Quarter
Princeton and Syracuse have combined to outscore their opponents 20-3 in the first quarters this season.
G – Game Lengths
First-round game lengths: Princeton-Fairfield 1:30; Syracuse-Liberty 2:34.
H – History
Princeton is making its 27th appearance in the NCAA tournament, with an all-time record of 31-26, nine Final Fours, four appearances in the finals and one NCAA title (2012). Princeton’s 31 NCAA wins are tied with and Wake Forest for fifth all-time.
I – Izzy
Izzy Morgan had a goal and two assists in the 3-1 win over Fairfield for her first career four-point game. Morgan, who scored the first goal of the game less than three minutes in and then assisted on the goals by Beth Yeager and Ella Hampson, has three goals and seven assists in the last nine games after having one goal in the first 10.
J – Just The Facts
Beth Yeager is one of two Princeton field hockey players ever with at least 56 career goals and 34 career assists (Kirsty Hale is the other). Yeager ranks fifth in career goals at Princeton (56, four behind Amy MacFarlane for fourth) and sixth at Princeton in career assists (34, one behind Kathleen Kelly and Julia Reinprecht for fourth). Yeager and Ryleigh Heck of UNC are the only two active players in Division I with at least 56 goals and 34 assists. Yeager has done this despite being slowed most of the season by a broken bone in her left hand suffered at the Pan Am Cup this August while competing with the USA National Team, an injury that required surgery three weeks before the season began. Yeager also started every game at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
K – Know This
Princeton has played five of the other seven teams who have reached the NCAA quarterfinals and is 3-3 against them, with wins over Harvard (Ivy tournament final), UConn and Northwestern and losses to Harvard (regular season), North Carolina and Syracuse.
L – Lindsey
Pru Lindsey has at least one point in 11 consecutive games, during which she has six goals and 10 assists. Prior to that, Lindsey had no points this season and one goal and three assists last year as a freshman. The last time a Princeton player had a 10-game scoring streak was a year ago, when Beth Yeager had a point in 15 straight games.
M – Moving Ahead
The winner of the Princeton-Syracuse game will head to Duke to play the winner of the Harvard-UConn game in the national semifinals. The other side of the draw will see the winner of the UNC-Duke game take on the winner of the Northwestern-Miami game.
N – NCAA Scoring
Princeton has three players who have scored goals in NCAA tournament games: Beth Yeager with two and Izzy Morgan and Ella Hampson with one each. Morgan also has two career NCAA tournament assists, while Pru Lindsey has one.
O – Offense
Princeton has scored 51 goals this season, of which 12 came in the first seven games (1.7 per game, four wins, three losses) and then 39 have come in the last 12 (3.25 per game, 12 wins, 0 losses). Princeton has had 27 goals come from freshmen and sophomores and 24 come from juniors and seniors.
P – Player Of The Week
Princeton has had six different players earn at least one Ivy League Player of the Week honor this season: Olivia Caponiti, Ella Cashman, Pru Lindsey, Izzy Morgan Ottilie Sykes and Beth Yeager. Caponiti and Yeager earned two each, and Caponiti also had one Division I National Defensive Player of the Week Award.
Q – Quite A Stat
Princeton starts only one senior, Beth Yeager. Princeton’s starting 11 has three freshmen (Gabriella Anderson, Saylor Milone, Caitlin Thompson), four sophomores (Anna Faulstich, Clem Houlden, Pru Lindsey, Izzy Morgan), three juniors (Olivia Caponiti, Ella Cashman, Ottilie Sykes) and one senior (Yeager).
R – Recent Success
Princeton is 30-9 since the start of the 2024 season, with one Ivy League championship, one Ivy League tournament championship and two NCAA quarterfinal appearances.
S – Series History
Princeton and Syracuse have played 27 times with the Orange ahead 14-13, having won four straight. Included in that streak is a 5-2 win in the 2022 NCAA tournament.
T – Twelve
Princeton has won its last 12 games, its longest winning streak since a 13-game run to the 2019 NCAA final. Princeton has not trailed at any point of those 12 games.
U – USA
Princeton was well-represented with USA Field Hockey this past summer. Beth Yeager, a 2024 Olympian, won a silver medal at the Pan Am Cup in Uruguay, scoring four goals in the tournament. Talia Schenck also won silver and also scored four goals, at the Junior Pan Am Games in Paraguay. Assistant coach Pat Harris was a silver medalist with the USA men’s team at the Pan Am Cup.
V – van Kempen
Syracuse’s Bo van Kempen, who scored the only goal in the regular season game between these teams, is tied for fifth in Division I with 22 goals — despite playing defense.
W – Winning
Princeton has won its last 12 games, its longest winning streak since a 13-game run to the 2019 NCAA final. Princeton has not trailed at any point of those 12 games.
X – X-Factor
Princeton had six players on the NFHCA preseason Watchlist: Ella Cashman, Anna Faulstich, Clem Houlden, Talia Schenck, Ottilie Sykes, Beth Yeager.
Y – Youth Movement
Princeton has started at least two freshmen in every game since the start of the 2023 season.
Z – Zinger
This is the ninth season at Princeton for Carla Tagliente and Dina Rizzo and their sixth trip to the NCAA quarterfinals. The two have reached the Final Four three times.
