Women's Lacrosse Extends Win Streak To Seven With 17-13 Win At Towson

Friday, March 21

Towson, Md.

7:00 PM

Princeton University

7-1

Towson

5-4

PRI

Towson

Women's Lacrosse Extends Win Streak To Seven With 17-13 Win At Towson

March 21, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

It took a little longer than usual, but No. 10 Princeton found its groove on offense and broke open a deadlocked game with Towson en route to a 17-13 win.

The victory extends Princeton's winning streak to seven and improve the Tigers to 7-1 overall. Towson drops to 5-4.

McKenzie Blake led all scorers with six goals, adding five draw controls. She now has 108 career points and has moved into the No. 8 spot on Princeton's all-time scoring list. Her 181 career goals are now No. 4 all-time by a Princeton player.

Haven Dora and Jami MacDonald each had hat tricks for Princeton, while Sophie Whiteway had two goals and four draw controls.

Maggie Molnar won five draws, adding two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Abigail Roberts had four ground balls, three draw controls and two caused turnovers.

In goal, Amelia Hughes made 10 saves.

Princeton spurted out to a 3-0 lead, but found itself in a 5-5 game midway through the second quarter. That's when Princeton found its footing and closed the first half on a 5-0 run to take a 10-5 lead into halftime.

The run became 6-0 early in the third and ultimately was 9-1 in Princeton's favor to give Princeton a 14-6 lead with 7:02 to play in the third quarter.

Towson made it interesting by scoring five of the next six goals and cutting Princeton's lead to four with 11:36 to play, but Blake stopped that momentum with back-to-back goals and Princeton cruised home.

How It Happened

McKenzie Blake scored twice in the first 2:36 to give Princeton a 2-0 lead. Sophie Whiteway then followed with a third Princeton goal 3:25 in to stake Princeton to a 3-0 lead.
Towson countered in the latter half of the opening quarter, scoring three of the final four goals in the first period to make it a 4-3 Princeton lead.
A pair of Ocea Leavy goals tied the game twice for Towson – first at 4-4 and then again at 5-5 with 9:29 to play in the first half.
Haven Dora regained the lead for Princeton with 5:10 left in the opening half, connecting on a free position. Meg Morrisroe followed with a free position of her own with 3:12 to play in the second stanza.
Princeton closed the first half on a 5-0 run, turning what was a 5-5 tie into a 10-5 lead.
Princeton's defense ultimately held Towson off the board for 15:04 before giving up a goal 5:35 into the third quarter which cut Princeton's lead to 11-6.
Princeton then rattled off three goals in 1:53 to further expand its lead, including goals from three different scorers.
Milana Zizakovic then scored three for Towson over the final 5:54 of the third quarter, slicing Princeton's lead down to 15-9.
As the fourth quarter began, Towson's run became 4-0 with goals in the first 2:24 of the final period to make it a 15-11 game.
Blake shut the door with her fifth goal of the game, picking up a loose ball and firing it home just 0:17 after Towson made it a four-goal game.