No. 6 Women's Lacrosse Welcomes Columbia Saturday

No. 6 Princeton (10-1, 3-0 Ivy) vs. Columbia (4-8, 0-4 Ivy)
April 12 | 4 p.m.
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THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH COLUMBIA
The all-time series between these two teams is has been dominated by Princeton as the Tigers have won all 27 previous meetings between the two teams dating back to 1998. Of those wins, 26 have come in the regular season and one came in the 2018 Ivy League Tournament. Princeton has outscored Columbia, 462-156 over the previous 27 meetings with an average score of 17.1 to 5.7.

TIGERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
Princeton enters the weekend ranked No. 6 in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, No. 10 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine rankings and No. 5 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.

This marks the highest IWLCA poll ranking for the Tigers since they were No. 5 at the close of the 2017 season.

Princeton's 2025 record against teams ranked at the time in the IWLCA Coaches Poll is 4-1.

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

CAN'T SPELL PRINCETON WITHOUT RPI
Princeton slots in at No. 3 in the RPI this week, leading a group of six Ivy League teams inside the Top-30. Four of Princeton's five remaining games come against teams currently ranked inside the Top-30 in the RPI.

ROAD WARRIORS
Princeton is one of six teams remaining in the country undefeated on the road in 2025. Only two teams have played more road games and are still undefeated than the Tigers who are 5-0 on the road and return to Sherrerd Field after completing an undefeated four-game road swing.

BALL CONTROL
Princeton has protected the rock through 11 games, committing 123 total turnovers and ranking No. 5 in the country in turnovers-per-game (11.2) -- trailing only Yale (10.6) in the Ivy League.

STREAKING IS ENCOURAGED
Princeton enters this week with an 10-game win streak which ranks No. 3 in the country in terms of active win streaks behind only North Carolina (12). A win against the Lions will match the 11-game win streak from 4/2-5/12 in 2019.

FOOT ON THE GAS
Princeton ranks No. 7 in the country in Scoring Offense, averaging 16.3 goals-per-game. The Tigers have been dominant in first quarters, outscoring opponents by a 53-25 margin in the opening period (+28).

AMONG THE ACTIVE LEADERS
Senior McKenzie Blake's 200 career goals rank her No. 4 among active NCAA players. She trails only BC's Rachel Clark (269), BC's Emma Lopinto (233) and Loyola's Chase Boyle (215). Amelia Hughes enters the week with 9.62 saves-per-game over her career which ranks No. 3 among active D1 keeperds and her 433 career saves rank No. 12 among active NCAA D1 goalies.

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. 2 all-time in goals by a Princeton Tiger with 200 and is nine away from tying for the No. 1 spot.

Blake also ranks No. 4 all-time in points by a Princeton player with 228 -- she is 42 away from the No. 3 spot.

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. For her career, Blake has 120 draw controls, No. 7 all-time by a Tiger.

Blake is one of just two players in program history to be Top-10 all-time in points and draw controls alongside Theresa Sherry '04 who is 9th in draws and 10th in points.

SHE LIKES GOALS!
McKenzie Blake enters this week with goals in each of her last 29 games covering the entire 2024 season and each game this year. Over that stretch here's the breakdown.
• She has 2+ goals in 27 of 29 games
• She has 3+ goals in 24 of 29 games
• She has 4+ goals in 21 of 29 games
• She has 5+ goals in 14 of 29 games
• She has 6+ goals in 6 of 29 games (all in 2025)

For her career, Blake has scored at least one goal in 61 of 63 games played.

DYNAMIC DUO
McKenzie Blake leads the country in goals-per-game (5.3) and is No. 3 in total goals (58).

Haven Dora is No. 2 in the country in assists-per-game (3.8), and her 42 total assists are No. 5 in the nation.

Blake is also No. 1 in the nation in shots on goal-per-game (7.9) and No. 2 in shots-per-game (10.5).

TERRIFIC TRIO
McKenzie Blake (No. 6; 5.7), Haven Dora (No. 14; 5.3) and Jami MacDonald (No. 23; 4.8) give Princeton three of the Top-35 scorers in the country in terms of points-per-game -- Princeton is the only team in the nation with three players inside the Top 25 in points-per-game.

INCHING UP THE IVY RANKS
Not only are the Princeton record books undergoing revisions, so is the Ivy League's.

McKenzie Blake's 200 goals make her only the third player in Ivy League history to reach the 200-goal mark behind Harvard's Francesca DenHartog (249; 1980-83) and Princeton's Kyla Sears (209; 2018-22).

Sophie Whiteway's 198 career draw controls rank No. 5 in the listed Ivy League record books.

Haven Dora's 42 assists this season rank No. 10 in a season by an Ivy Leaguer

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 142 points (53g, 89a) over her last 33 games (4.3 ppg) with 3+ points in 27 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.

On Feb. 26, Dora dished out seven assists in Princeton's 15-14 win at Delaware, setting a new program-record for assists in a game. That record stood alone for all of three days before Dora matched it with seven more helpers on March 1 against Hofstra.

The 7 helpers from Dora in two games have her tied for No. 8 in a game nationally this year. She is one of two players in the nation with multiple 7+ assist games (Ashley Humphrey, UNC).

For her career, she now has 89 assists which is No. 3 all-time by a Tiger -- she is 2 assists away from tying Erin McMunn for the No. 2 spot and 9 away from tying Kyla Sears for No. 1.

Against Stony Brook on April 9, Dora dished out six assists to break the program's single season record for assists which had stood at 40 and been down twice (Dora in 2024 and Kyla Sears in 2019). Dora's 42 assists this season rank No. 10 in a season all-time by an Ivy League player and she is creeping up on the Ivy record of 63 set in 2019 by Penn's Gabby Rosenzweig.

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.

MacDonald had zero points in the 2025 opener, but has 53 over her last 10 games (32g, 21a, 5.3 ppg) including the game-winner at Delaware with 0:10 to play. She enters this weekend with 150 career points (90g, 60a).

Three weeks ago, MacDonald had 16 points over two games -- including 10 points (5g, 5a) against Harvard to factor in on 50% of Princeton's scoring. The 10 points tied Princeton's single-game record and were the most in a game since 1989. For her efforts, she was named IWLCA Division I and Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week.

Her 10 points in a game this season vs. #22 Harvard are the most by any Ivy player and tied for No. 7 overall in the country -- and most by any player against a ranked opponent.

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. For the record, his most points in a game was nine.

SOPHIE IS SO GOOD!
Senior Sophie Whiteway is a key cog on the defensive side of the midfield with 198 career draw controls, 43 caused turnovers and 48 ground balls in 62 career games played. She is also capable when called upon in the attacking third with 47 career goals and 58 total points. Her 198 career draw controls rank No. 2 all-time by a Tiger since the stat was first tracked officially in 1993 and she is 16 away from tying for the No. 1 spot.

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