Princeton University Athletics
No. 4 Princeton Hosts Lehigh In Tuesday Night Lacrosse
March 31, 2025 | Men's Lacrosse
No. 4 PRINCETON (6-2, 2-1 Ivy League)
vs.
LEHIGH (3-6, 2-2 Patriot League)
Tuesday, April 1 • 7 pm
Sherrerd Field • Princeton, N.J.
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A – About
The series history between Princeton and Lehigh is somewhat uncertain. The Princeton record book and the Lehigh record book agree that the first game in the series was a 3-1 Princeton win in 1888. They also agree that there were 10 more games through 1933, though they disagree on the final score of the 1933 game - Lehigh has it 8-4 Princeton; Princeton has it 8-1. It gets a little murkier in 1934 and 1935, when Lehigh has games against Princeton but Princeton has games against Lehigh L.C., not Lehigh, like the first 11 games. Then there's 1940 and 1941, when Lehigh has a pair of games against Princeton that Princeton has no record of having been played. It is clear that the teams last played in 2017, when Lehigh won 15-10, and last year, when Princeton won 12-10.
B – Bath
Michael Bath has 53 career caused turnovers, which ties him with Andrew Song for fourth-place all-time at Princeton. Chad Wiedmaier holds the record with 83, followed by George Baughan with 67 and Zach Currier with 53.
C – Coulter
Coulter Mackesy is second all-time in goals scored at Princeton and fourth all-time in points in a career.
Career goals at Princeton
1. Jesse Hubbard 163
2. Coulter Mackesy 148
3. Chris Massey 146
Career points at Princeton
1. Michael Sowers 302
2. Kevin Lowe 247
3. Ryan Boyle 232
4. Coulter Mackesy 219
D – Dozen
Princeton had 12 caused turnovers as a team in the win at Dartmouth Saturday, and 12 different players had one each.
E – Extra man
Princeton is 10 for 14 (.714) on extra-man opportunities. The last time Princeton was over .500 for a full season was a .514 mark in 2014. Princeton was 2 for 2 against Harvard in EMO, and both were on 30-second penalties.
F – From The Record Book
Chris Cameron — the father of Princeton senior midfielder Sean Cameron, is Lehigh’s all-time leader in assists (186) and points (308).
G – Goalie
Ryan Croddick had his second assist of the season in the game at Dartmouth after having one at Penn State in the opener. Michael Gianforcaro had two points last season as a goalie (1G, 1A), and the last time a Princeton goalie had more than two points in a season was in 1973, when Bill Cronin had three (2G, 1A). Cronin also set the program single-season record with 277 saves that season.
H – Head Coach
Matt Madalon has as record of 68-39 (.636) at Princeton since taking over with five games to go in the 2016 season. 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).
I – Ivy League
There are four Ivy League teams ranked in the top 14 of RPI: Princeton No. 1, Harvard No. 5, Cornell No. 8 and Dartmouth No. 17. Cornell is ranked No. 1 in this week’s Kane Inside Lacrosse Media poll, followed by No. 4 Princeton, No. 11 Harvard and No. 18 Dartmouth.
J – J.G.
Shortstick defensive midfielder Jackson Green, known as J.G. to his lacrosse teammates, has been a monster through the first half of the season, with four goals, a runout of the final nine seconds to protect the win over Duke, two caused turnovers (one in overtime against Penn State) and seven 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, a sophomore, is second among active Princeton players in career points with 81 (44G, 37A) in 24 career games (all starts). At his current season pace, he’d finish the regular season with 96 points. The only Princeton players to reach 100 career points before the end of their sophomore year are Michael Sowers, Kevin Lowe, Jesse Hubbard, Ryan Boyle and Coulter Mackesy.
L – Leaders
Princeton has two captains for the 2025 season — Michael Bath and Coulter Mackesy.
M – Mueller
Cooper Mueller has eight caused turnovers and 18 ground balls. The only Princeton shortsticks to reach at least 10 caused turnovers and 20 ground balls without taking at least one face-off are Beau Pederson (11CT, 26GB in 2023), Jake Stevens (11CT, 60GB in 2019) and Austin deButts twice (11CT, 21GB in 2016; 18GB, 26GB in 2015) — caused turnovers weren’t an official stat until 2009. If you include face-offs, Andrew McMeekin did so a year ago and Zach Currier did so three times.
N – National Leaders
Ryan Croddick leads Division I in saves per game (15.00). Princeton leads Division I in man-up offense and is second in fewest turnovers per game.
O – Offense
Princeton’s offensive midfielders shot a combined 1 for 24 against Dartmouth. A week earlier against Harvard, Princeton’s offensive midfielders shot 8 for 23.
P – Penalty Free
Colin Mulshine has not committed a penalty in 28 straight games, despite usually guarding the other team’s top attackman. For his career, Mulshine has played in 55 career games, with 51 career starts, and has committed only one penalty (a 30-second hold) in 2023 against Harvard.
Q – Quite A Stat
Princeton’s starting attack has committed more penalties than all of its longsticks combined (2-1). Princeton has committed a total of seven penalties all season, one from a longstick, one each from two face-off men, two from attack, one from an offensive midfielder and one from a shortstick defensive midfielder.
R – RPI
Princeton is ranked No. 1 in the first NCAA RPI release. Going by RPI, Princeton has wins over No. 4 North Carolina, No. 5 Harvard, No. 6 Penn State, No. 10 Duke, No. 14 Dartmouth and No. 22 Rutgers, with losses to No. 2 Maryland and No. 8 Cornell.
S – Shots
Princeton took 60 shots against Dartmouth, its most in a game since having 66 against Yale in the 2023 regular season. Princeton outshot Dartmouth 60-34 after being outshot 320-279 for the year prior to that game.
T – Turnovers
Princeton had six turnovers in the game at Dartmouth (after having 20 a week earlier against Harvard). Princeton has had three games this year with six turnovers (Maryland, UNC, Dartmouth); the last time prior to this season when Princeton had a game with as few as six turnovers was in 2018, with five against Stony Brook.
U – Underclassmen
Princeton starts two sophomores on attack (Colin Burns, Nate Kabiri), one sophomore at midfield (Tucker Wade) and one sophomore on defense (Jack Stahl), with three sophomores at shortstick defensive midfield (Cooper Mueller, Jackson Green, Owen Fischer). Princeton also has a sophomore on the second midfield (Carson Krammer) 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 – Welcome To Princeton
Princeton has five regular season games remaining, of which four will be held at Sherrerd Field. Of Princeton’s first eight games this season, there have been three home games and five away games. Princeton is next home this coming Saturday, hosting Vermont at noon.
X – Face-off X
Lehigh’s Sean Dow ranks fifth in Division I in face-off winning percentage (.649). Dow will be the fourth FO man in the top 13 and seventh FO man in the top 22 in the country that Princeton will have faced in its first nine games. Up next for Princeton? The No. 2 FO man in the country, Vermont’s Henry Dodge.
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 – Zinger
Princeton has turned the ball over six times in three different games this season. The last time Princeton had fewer than six turnovers in a game was in 2018, with five against Stony Brook.
