No. 3 Princeton Hosts Brown
April 11, 2025 | Men's Lacrosse
No. 3 PRINCETON 8-2, 2-1 Ivy League)
vs.
BROWN (3-7, 0-3 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 12 • noon
Sherrerd Field • Princeton, N.J.
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A – Again
Princeton is 8-2 to start a season for the second time in four years, having also done so during its run to the 2022 Final Four.
B – Brown
A year ago, Brown was 1-9 heading into the game against Princeton in Providence, while the Tigers were 7-3. Brown won the game 13-12 after jumping out to a 6-0 lead.
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 154
Career points at Princeton
1. Michael Sowers 302
2. Kevin Lowe 247
3. Ryan Boyle 232
4. Coulter Mackesy 227
D – Defense
Princeton has held three of its last six opponents to eight goals or fewer, including five on two occasions. Princeton allowed 12.25 goals per game in its first four games and has allowed 9.3 goals per game in the last six.
E – Extra man
Princeton is 11 for 17 (.647) on extra-man opportunities, which leads Division I. The last time Princeton was over .500 for a full season was a .514 mark in 2014.
F – From Thayer Academy
Brown goalie Connor Foley, listed as 5-9, is from Thayer Academy in Massachusetts, the same school that produced another 5-9 goalie, former first-team All-Ivy League Princeton goalie Tyler Blaisdell.
G – Goalie
Princeton’s Ryan Croddick leads Division I in saves per game (14.50). He is still the only Division I goalie with at least 22 saves in two different games this season.
H – Head Coach
Matt Madalon has as record of 70-39 (.642) 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 Tournament
Princeton would clinch a spot in the Ivy League tournament with a win over Brown, along with a Harvard win over Penn and a Yale win over Dartmouth.
J – Just The Facts
Princeton and Brown meet for the 63rd time. Princeton leads the series 34-28, including a 10-7 win in the 1994 NCAA semifinals.
K – Kabiri
Nate Kabiri, a sophomore, is second among active Princeton players in career points with 89 (47G, 42A) in 26 career games (all starts). 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 nine caused turnovers and 22 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 – NCAA
Princeton has reached the NCAA tournament each of the last three seasons.
O – Offense
Brown’s Aidan McLane has eight goals on 30 shots in two career games against Princeton.
P – Penalty Free
Colin Mulshine has not committed a penalty in 30 straight games, despite usually guarding the other team’s top attackman. For his career, Mulshine has played in 57 career games, with 53 career starts, and has committed only one penalty (a 30-second hold) in 2023 against Harvard.
Q – Quite A Stat
Princeton has committed 13 penalties in 10 games. The breakdown: 11 from shortsticks and two from longsticks.
R – RPI
Princeton is ranked No. 1 in the NCAA RPI. Going by RPI, Princeton has wins over No. 3 Penn State, No. 4 North Carolina, No. 5 Harvard, No. 10 Duke, No. 17 Dartmouth an No. 18 Rutgers, with losses to No. 2 Maryland and No. 9 Cornell.
S – Shots
Princeton averaged 39.9 shots per game for its first seven games of the season, during which time the Tigers were outshot by an average of six per game. Princeton has averaged 55.7 shots per game in its last three games, outshooting its last three opponents by an average of 13.3 per game.
T – Turnovers
Michael Bath has 57 career caused turnovers. Chad Wiedmaier holds the Princeton record with 83, followed by George Baughan with 67.
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 – Winning
Matt Madalon was 27-20 in his first 47 games as Princeton head coach. He is 43-19 in the 62 since.
X – Face-off X
Andrew McMeekin is 48 for 82 (.585) with 29 ground balls in his last four games after being 39 for 105 (.371) with 22 ground balls for the first six games.
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 – Zooming
Colin Burns had nine goals in the first seven games of the season. He has since had back-to-back-to-back three-goal games, matching his prior season total in the last three games. It’s also the first time in his career that the sophomore has had three straight games of at least three goals.