Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
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No. 6 Princeton Hosts No. 12 Harvard
March 20, 2025 | Men's Lacrosse
PRINCETON (4-2, 0-1 Ivy League); No. 6 Inside Lacrosse/USILA; No. 4 USA Lacrosse Magazine
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HARVARD (5-1, 1-0 Ivy League); No. 12 Inside Lacrosse; USILA; No. 13 USA Lacrosse Magazine
Saturday, March 22 • noon
Sherrerd Field • Princeton, N.J.
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A – Average
The average number of goals scored by the winning team in the seven Princeton-Harvard games since Matt Madalon has been head coach is 16.
B – Burns
Colin Burns has a .407 career shooting percentage. His percentage last year as a freshman was .406 (26 for 64), and he is at .409 (9 for 22) through six games this season. The last Princeton player prior to Burns to score at least 20 goals in a season and shoot at least .400 was Emmet Cordrey in 2019.
C – Coulter
Coulter Mackesy is third all-time in goals scored at Princeton and tied for fifth for points in a career. He also ranks second among active Division I players in both career goals (143) and career points (211), trailing Cornell’s C.J. Kirst in both.
Career goals at Princeton
1. Jesse Hubbard 163
2. Chris Massey 146
3. Coulter Mackesy 143
Career points at Princeton
1. Michael Sowers 302
2. Kevin Lowe 247
3. Ryan Boyle 232
4. Jon Hess 215
5. Coulter Mackesy 211/ Jesse Hubbard 211
D – Despite
Princeton has outscored its opponents 70-69 despite being outshot 270-234. On average, Princeton’s opponents have taken six more shots per game than Princeton.
E – Efficiency
Harvard ranks No. 1 in Division I in offensive efficiency (39.1 percent); Princeton ranks 13th (33.7 percent). Princeton has already played the teams ranked No. 4 (Cornell), No. 7 (Duke), No. 10 (North Carolina) and No. 11 (Penn State) in offensive efficiency and is 3-1 in those games. Offensive efficiency, by the way, is calculated by taking a team’s goals and dividing by the number of its possessions.
F – From The Midfield
Princeton’s offensive midfielders didn’t have any goals in the opener against Penn State but have had 37 in the last five games (7.4 per game).
G – Goalie
Ryan Croddick leads Division I with 15.0 saves per game. He is also the only Division I goalie with at least 22 saves in two different games this season — 22 against Penn State and 24 against Rutgers.
H – Home
Princeton has seven regular season games remaining, of which five will be played at home. Princeton has played four road games and two homes to date.
I – Ivy League
There are four Ivy League teams ranked in the top 17 of RPI: Princeton No. 1, Cornell No. 5, Harvard No. 8, Dartmouth No. 17. The preseason media poll ranked the teams this way: Cornell, Princeton, Yale, Penn, Harvard, Brown and Dartmouth.
J – J.G.
Shortstick defensive midfielder Jackson Green, known as J.G. to his lacrosse teammates, has been a monster through the first five games, with three goals, a runout of the final nine seconds to protect the win over Duke, two caused turnovers (one in overtime against Penn State) and six ground balls, as well as an immeasurable impact defensively and in transition. Green is a wide receiver on the football team who walked onto the men’s lacrosse team.
K – Kabiri
Nate Kabiri had a career-high five goals and six points in last year’s 14-11 win over Harvard. Kabiri, a sophomore, is second among active Princeton players in career points with 73 points in 22 career games (all starts).
L – Leaders
Princeton has two captains for the 2025 season — Michael Bath and Coulter Mackesy.
M – Madalon
Matt Madalon has as record of 66-39 (.629). In the last 55 years, only Bill Tierney (238-86, .735) has won more games and had a higher winning percentage as Princeton head men’s lacrosse coach than Madalon. In fact, you have to go back to Dick Colman (also a Hall of Fame football coach) from 1946-49 to find a coach who has a higher winning percentage than Madalon (minimum two years as head coach).
N – National Leaders
Princeton ranks second in Division I in fewest turnovers per game. Harvard ranks third in Division I in caused turnovers per game.
O – Offense
Princeton leads Division I in extra-man offense (8 for 11, .727).
P – Penalty Free
Colin Mulshine has not committed a penalty in 26 straight games (including the entire 2024 season), despite usually guarding the other team’s top attackman. For his career, Mulshine has played in 53 career games, with 48 career starts, and has committed only one penalty (a 30-second hold) in 2023 against Harvard.
Q – Quarterly
Princeton has outscored its opponents by two goals in the first and third quarters and been outscored by two goals in the second and fourth quarters. Princeton has outscored its opponents 70-69 through six games (even in regulation, and Princeton with an OT goal against Penn State).
R – RPI
Princeton is ranked No. 1 in the first NCAA RPI release. Going by RPI, Princeton has wins over No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Duke, No. 6 Penn State and No. 25 Rutgers, with losses to No. 2 Maryland and No. 5 Cornell. Harvard’s RPI is No. 8, and Princeton’s next opponent is No. 17 Dartmouth.
S – Series History
Princeton and Harvard meet for the 90th time, and Princeton leads the series 63-25-1. Matt Madalon is 5-2 as head coach against Harvard.
T – Ten
Junior midfielder Chad Palumbo has a team-best 10 assists through six games this season after having 11 for his first two years combined. There have been four midfielders this century who have led Princeton in assists for a full season — Alexander Vardaro (tied in 2022), Rich Sgalardi (2009), Tom Schreiber (2011, 2012, 2013) and Matt Striebel (2000).
U – Underclassmen
Princeton starts two sophomores on attack (Colin Burns, Nate Kabiri) and one sophomore on defense (Jack Stahl), with three sophomores at shortstick defensive midfield (Cooper Mueller, Jackson Green, Owen Fischer). Princeton also has two sophomores on the second midfield (Carson Krammer, Tucker Wade) and another defenseman who is getting regular playing time (Hunter Spiess). That’s a total of nine sophomores who make major contributions from a class that was the No. 1 rated incoming class by Inside Lacrosse a year ago.
V – Very Deep
Princeton has been regularly playing six shortstick defensive midfielders (Liam Fairback, Owen Fischer, Jackson Green, Michael Kelly, Quinn Krammer, Cooper Mueller) and eight poles (Michael Bath, Nick Crowley, Finn Fox, Zach Friedman, Cooper Kistler, Colin Mulshine, Hunter Spiess, Jack Stahl)
W – Writer
Junior longstick midfielder Nick Crowley wrote a piece on the connection between Princeton Lacrosse and the Princeton eating club Cannon-Dial-Elm. You can read it HERE.
X – Face-off X
Andrew McMeekin went 20 for 29 with a goal, 15 ground balls and a caused turnover in the 14-11 win over Harvard a year ago.
Y – Year 6
Colin Burns and Nate Kabiri are in their sixth year playing together on attack. They’re now in Year 2 at Princeton after playing together for two years at Georgetown Prep and four years as club teammates.
Z – Zinged
No Princeton-Harvard game since Matt Madalon has been head coach has been decided by fewer than three goals.
