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Princeton Takes On Yale In Ivy Tournament Semifinal
November 06, 2025 | Field Hockey
No. 5 PRINCETON (13-3, 6-1 Ivy League) vs. No. 16 YALE (12-4, 4-3 Ivy League)
Friday, Nov. 7 • 2:30 pm
Berylson Field • Cambridge, Mass.
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A – About The Game
Princeton (second seed) and Yale (third seed) meet in the second semifinal of the Ivy League tournament, after the game between top seed Harvard and fourth seed Brown. The winners will meet Sunday at noon in the championship game, with the Ivy League’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the winner of that game.
B – Bulldogs
Princeton defeated Yale 2-1 on goals from Molly Nye and Anna Faulstich back on Oct. 3 in New Haven. Yale’s Hettie Whittington scored with 1:41 to play off a penalty corner, and the Bulldogs then had one last shot as time expired that just went over the top of the cage. Princeton outshot Yale 14-7 for the night, and Yale goalie Amelie Schwarzkopf made eight saves.
C – Congrats
Princeton had seven players earn All-Ivy League honors when the teams were announced this week. Beth Yeager became a four-time unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, and she was joined on the first team by junior Ella Cashman (now a three-time All-Ivy pick, including first team the last two years) and sophomore Clem Houlden, who has been a first-team All-Ivy pick each of her first two seasons. Princeton had three second-team selections: junior goalie Olivia Caponiti, defender Ottilie Sykes (now a three-time All-Ivy pick) and freshman forward Caitlin Thompson. Helena Große was the team’s Academic All-Ivy selection.
D – Defense
Princeton has held its opponents to an average of 7.6 shots per game this season, the lowest season total for the Tigers since 2018 (6.0). The three other teams in the Ivy tournament combined for 15 shots against Princeton, with Yale’s seven the most.
E – Eight
Princeton’s Beth Yeager and Harvard’s Bronte-May Brough are now two of only eight players in league history to be a four-time first-team All-Ivy selection. Princeton’s Clem Houlden is halfway there, with two first-team All-Ivy selections in her first two years.
F – Far From Home
Princeton was 6-0 away from home and 7-3 at home during the regular season. Princeton’s road wins included nationally ranked teams non-league teams Northwestern, Maryland and Rutgers.
G – Goalie
Olivia Caponiti is in her first year as Princeton’s goalie, having started the last 15 games. She ranks sixth in Division I in goals-against average at 0.88 per game, and she also had five shutouts while earning one National Defensive Player of the Week Award and two Ivy Defensive Player of the Week awards, as well as second-team All-Ivy honors.
H – History
Beth Yeager became the first field hockey player to win four Ivy League Player of the Year Awards when she was named Ivy Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Yeager, who won the first three outright, was the second league player to earn three such honors, along with Princeton’s Paige Schmidt (2006-08, when there was only one Player of the Year award, before it was split into Offense and Defense in 2011). In addition, Yeager is a three-time first-team All-American; no Ivy League field hockey player has ever been a four-time first-team All-American.
I – Ivy Tournament History
This is the third Ivy League tournament, and Harvard has won the first two, defeating Princeton in the championship game 2-1 both times — on a goal in the final minute in 2023 and an OT goal in 2024. Princeton has scored seven goals in four ILT games all-time, and six have come from players currently on the roster: Ella Cashman (3) and one each for Pru Lindsey, Ottilie Sykes and Talia Schenck (out injured).
J – Just The Facts
Beth Yeager leads the Ivy League in points this season with 28 (10G, 8A). She is also one of two Princeton field hockey players ever with at least 54 career goals and 33 career assists (Kirsty Hale is the other). Yeager ranks fifth in career goals at Princeton (54, six behind Amy MacFarlane for fourth) and sixth at Princeton in career assists (33, two 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 54 goals and 33 assists.
K – Know This
Beth Yeager leads all Ivy League players with 29 points on 10 goals and nine assists despite being slowed this season after having surgery late August after breaking a bone at the Pan Am Cup while competing with the USA National Team. Yeager also started every game at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Yeager ranks fifth all-time at Princeton in goals and points. She and UNC’s Ryleigh Heck are the only two current Division I players with at least 54 career goals and 34 career assists.
L – Leaders
Princeton is led by three captains for the 2025 season: seniors Ella Hampson and Beth Yeager and junior Ella Cashman. Yeager is now the 18th player in program history to be a two-time captain.
M – Molly, Pru, Caitlin
Molly Nye had one career goal in her first 28 career games. She now has a goal in five of the last eight games. Pru Lindsey did not have a point in the first eight games of the year. She has four goals and eight assists in the last eight games. Caitlin Thompson had no goals in the first nine games and now has seven in the last seven; she leads all Ivy League freshmen in goals and is ninth among Division I freshman in goals.
N – Nine Straight
Princeton has won nine straight games after a 4-3 start. The Tigers have scored 31 goals in those nine games (3.4), which is twice what the team averaged when scoring 12 goals in the first seven goals (1.7).
O – Offense
Princeton has scored 43 goals this season, of which 23 have come from freshmen and sophomores and 20 have 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.
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 – RPI
Princeton was No. 3 in the RPI rankings as of Thursday morning, with wins over top 20 teams Northwestern (No. 5), Yale (No. 10), UConn (No. 11), Monmouth (No. 13), Penn (No. 14), Brown (No. 15), Rutgers (No. 17) and Maryland (No. 19). Princeton’s three losses are to No. 1 UNC, No. 2 Harvard and No. 9 Syracuse.
S – Series History
Princeton and Yale meet for the 55th time. Princeton holds a 49-2-3 record against the Bulldogs.
T – Tigers
Princeton has seven players who have started every game of their career: Ella Cashman, Anna Faulstich, Clem Houlden, Saylor Milone, Ottilie Sykes, Caitlin Thompson, Beth Yeager.
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 – Vietnam
Princeton’s Clem Houlden and Molly Nye spent the summer in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam as part of the Coach For College program. Houlden taught biology and coached volleyball to middle schoolers, while Nye taught English and coached volleyball at a different middle school.
W – Woj
Lilly Wojcik scored her first career goal in Princeton’s 3-0 regular season finale win over Columbia.
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
Princeton’s Ivy League championship a year ago was the 28th in program history, which is tied with Harvard women’s squash for the most by any Ivy women’s team in any sport in league history.
