No. 13 Women's Lacrosse Visits Delaware For First Road Contest Of 2025

No. 13 Princeton (1-1, 0-0 Ivy) at Delaware (2-1, 0-0 CAA)
February 26 | 4 p.m.
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THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH DELAWARE
It's been a tale of two runs during the all-time series between Princeton and Delaware. Overall, the series stands at 21-7 in favor of the Tigers who have rattled off wins in 20 of the last 21 meetings after the Blue Hens had the better of the early goings with wins in 6 of the first 7 meetings from 1975-89. Starting with a 15-6 Princeton win in 1990, Princeton won 17 in a row from 1990-2006 before the series was on pause for nine seasons. When it resumed, Delaware picked up a 12-10 win in 2015 before Princeton claimed the last three. The most recent contest was a 15-6 Princeton win in Delaware Stadium in 2018.

TIGERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
Princeton enters the weekend ranked No. 13 in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, No. 11 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine rankings and No. 13 in the KANE ILWomen.com Media Poll Looking down the line, Princeton is set to play six teams ranked in the preseason IWLCA Coaches Poll this season – No. 8 Virginia, No. 9 Yale, No. 12 Penn, No. 13 Stony Brook, No. 14 Loyola, No. 22 Penn State.

Princeton's 2025 record against teams ranked at the time in the IWLCA Coaches Poll is 1-1.

The Tigers were slotted No. 3 in the Preseason Ivy League Media Poll, receiving one first place vote.

PRINCETON RETURNS FOUR ALL-IVY SELECTIONS FROM 2024
The Tigers return four of their five All-Ivy selections from last season, led by Ivy League Goalkeeper of the Year Amelia Hughes and unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection McKenzie Blake. The Ivy League Goalkeeper of the Year award has been presented five times now, and a Princeton keeper has won it three times -- Sam Fish (2019, 2022) the other recipient. Haven Dora and Abigail Roberts were both named second-team All-Ivy – the first such honor for both players.

WATCH THIS!
McKenzie Blake and Haven Dora have been named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List ahead of the 2025 season. Blake is on the Watch List for the second time in her career, while Dora is among the candidates for national player of the year for the first time.

SHAKE AND BLAKE!
Senior McKenzie Blake was named a preseason USA Lacrosse All-American on the heels of a first-team All-Region 2024 season that saw her set career highs in goals (67), points (72) and draw controls (63). Her 67 goals last season were No. 3 all-time in a single season by a Tiger and her 72 points were tied for No. 9 all-time.

Last season in 18 games, Blake had 14 games with 3+ goals, 12 games with 4+ goals, and six games with five goals. Her scoring output ranked No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 15 in the country, and she was No. 13 in the nation in goals-per-game (3.72).

Entering this week, Blake ranks No. 7 all-time in goals by a Princeton Tiger with 152. She is nine away from tying Theresa Sherry '04 for the No. 6 spot. If Blake matches her output from last season – 67 goals – she will tie Kyla Sears for the program record for career goals which stands at 209.

Blake took on a larger role with the draw team last season, winning 63 – 6th-most in a single season by a Princeton player all-time – after winning 24 combined over her first two seasons. Blake was just the second player in program history to record 50 goals and 50 draw controls in the same season, joining Elizabeth George (62 goals, 88 draw controls) in 2019.

A DANDY OF A SEASON DEBUT
The first game of 2025 saw McKenzie Blake pick up where she left off, scoring six times against Virginia to match her career high and earn Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week.

BLAKE-ING HER PLACE AMONG THE LEADERS
McKenzie Blake ranks No. 2 in the country in goals-per-game (5.0) entering this week, trailing only Northwestern's Madison Taylor (5.2). Her 5.0 points-per-game rank No. 20 in the country. She also sits No. 2 in the nation in shots on goal-per-game (8.5) and her 10.0 shots-per-game rank No. 3.

HAVEN SENT!
Haven Dora was recovering from injury during most of her freshman season in 2023, but starting with the stretch run two years ago she has become a key part of Princeton's attack. Dating back to the end of 2023, she has 95 points (41g, 54a) over her last 24 games (3.96 ppg) with 3+ points in 19 of those games. That followed a seven-game start to her career where she did not record a point.

Over 18 games last season, Dora tallied 69 points on 29 goals and 40 assists – tying the program record for helpers in a single season set by Kyla Sears in 2019.

Her 2.2 assists-per-game last season ranked No. 5 in the Ivy League and No. 28 in the country and she is No. 3 in the conference and No. 23 nationally in total assists.

Add it all up, and Dora earned second-team All-Region and second-team All-Ivy honors for the first time in her career last year.

Dora leads the Ivy League this season with 5.5 points-per-game, good enough for No. 12 in the country.

AMERICAN GIRL!
Haven Dora spent her summer vacation representing the United States at the U20 World Championships where she was part of Team USA en route to a gold medal. Dora had 29 points in the tournament – ranked No. 7 among all players – and her 23 assists were second-most in the tournament.

CANADA'S FINEST
Jami MacDonald also represented her country at the U20 World Championships, bringing home a silver medal from Hong Kong with Team Canada. MacDonald had a hat trick in the gold medal game, and led Canada in scoring with 35 points in the tournament. She had 25 total goals in the tournament, No. 8 among all players, and was named to the All-World Team at the conclusion of the tournament.

MACDONALD'S SERVING UP POINTS
Jami MacDonald posted a 42-point first year in 2023, scoring 24 goals and adding 18 assists. Her sophomore season rose above that pace as she was fourth on the Tigers in points with 55 (34 goals, 21 assists) and has matched her career high of three assists four different times.

She was at her best in the postseason last year, tallying six points (4g, 2a) in the Ivy League semifinals against Penn before accounting for seven points (3g, 4a) over Princeton's two NCAA Tournament games.

She is following the lead of her older brother Mike, a 2015 Princeton graduate and a Roper Trophy winner as the top senior male athlete in his class who ranks fifth all-time with the Princeton men in career points with 208.

COMING UP HUGHES
Junior goalkeeper Amelia Hughes has started every game of her collegiate career to date, playing 2,009 minutes. The 2024 Ivy League Goalkeeper of the Year and honorable mention Inside Lacrosse All-American, she led the Ivy League in saves (157) and saves-per-game (8.72) last season.

She has registered 10+ saves in 18 of her 36 games and has 12 games with a save percentage of .500 or better. Her high-water mark in saves in a game came in a 19-save performance at Temple in 2023 which earned IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week honors.

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