No. 5 Women's Lacrosse Heads To Philly For Showdown With No. 16 Penn On ESPNU Wednesday

No. 5 Princeton (11-1, 4-0 Ivy) at No. 16 Penn (6-5, 2-2 Ivy)
April 16 | 8 p.m.
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THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH PENN
The all-time series between these two teams is tight, Princeton entering the night with a 30-24-3 edge in a rivalry dating back to 1974. Princeton was winless in the first 14 meetings (0-11-3) and is 30-13 since including 13 in a row from 1994-2006. Princeton has won seven of the last nine contests between the two teams, with the two teams splitting last year's two meetings. The Tigers won, 14-9, in the regular season but Penn got the victory in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals, 18-14.

TIGERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
Princeton enters the week ranked No. 5 in the IWLCA Coaches Poll, No. 5 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. All three of Princeton's remaining games come against teams currently ranked inside the Top-21 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.

BALL CONTROL
Princeton has protected the rock through 12 games, committing 134 total turnovers and ranking No. 5 in the country in turnovers-per-game (11.2) -- trailing only Yale (11.0) in the Ivy League.

STREAKING IS ENCOURAGED
Princeton enters this week with an 11-game win streak which ranks No. 2 in the country in terms of active win streaks behind only North Carolina (14). The 11-game win streak is Princeton's longest since the 2019 team won 11 from 4/2-5/12. A win on Wednesday night would extend this win streak to 12 and make it the fourth-longest winning streak in program history.

28: 4/19/2003-5/21/2004
20: 3/6/2002-3/5/2003
14: 3/17/1994-4/30/1994
11: 2/23/2025-present
11: 4/2/2019-5/12/2019
11: 3/15/2000-4/19/2000
11: 3/20/1996-4/24/1996

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 55-27 margin in the opening period (+28). The second quarters have been pretty good as well as the Tigers own a +26 margin (53-27).

AMONG THE ACTIVE LEADERS
Senior McKenzie Blake's 200 career goals rank her No. 5 among active NCAA players. She trails only BC's Rachel Clark (276), BC's Emma Lopinto (239), Loyola's Chase Boyle (222) and Northwestern's Madison Taylor (207). Amelia Hughes enters the week with 9.57 saves-per-game over her career which ranks No. 4 among active D1 keeperds and her 440 career saves rank No. 9 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 202 and is seven away from tying Kyla Sears '22 for the No. 1 spot.

Blake also ranks No. 4 all-time in points by a Princeton player with 230 -- she is 40 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 122 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 30 games covering the entire 2024 season and each game this year. Over that stretch here's the breakdown.
• She has 2+ goals in 28 of 30 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 62 of 64 games played.

DYNAMIC DUO
McKenzie Blake is No. 2 in the country in goals-per-game (5.0) and is No. 3 in total goals (60).

Haven Dora is No. 3 in the country in assists-per-game (3.6), and her 43 total assists are No. 7in the nation.

Blake is also No. 2 in the nation in shots on goal-per-game (7.4) and No. 2 in shots-per-game (10.0).

TERRIFIC TRIO
McKenzie Blake (No. 10; 5.4 ), Haven Dora (No. 18; 5.2) and Jami MacDonald (No. 26; 4.6) give Princeton three of the Top-30 scorers in the country in terms of points-per-game -- Princeton is one of two teams in the nation with three players inside the Top 30 in points-per-game (Furman).

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

McKenzie Blake's 202 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 201 career draw controls rank No. 7 in the listed Ivy League record books.

Haven Dora's 43 assists this season rank No. 9 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 146 points (56g, 90a) over her last 34 games (4.3 ppg) with 3+ points in 28 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 90 assists which is No. 3 all-time by a Tiger -- she is 1 assist away from tying Erin McMunn for the No. 2 spot and 8 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 43 assists this season rank No. 9 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.

AMERICAN GIRL!
Haven Dora spent her summer vacation representing the United States at the U20 World Championships where she was part of Team USA en route to a gold medal. Dora had 29 points in the tournament – ranked No. 7 among all players – and her 23 assists were second-most in the tournament.

WATCH THIS!
McKenzie Blake and Haven Dora were named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List ahead of the 2025 season, and Jami MacDonald was added during the midseason addition period. Blake is on the Watch List for the second time in her career, while Dora and MacDonald are among the candidates for national player of the year for the first time.

CANADA'S FINEST
Jami MacDonald also represented her country at the U20 World Championships, bringing home a silver medal from Hong Kong with Team Canada. MacDonald had a hat trick in the gold medal game, and led Canada in scoring with 35 points in the tournament. She had 25 total goals in the tournament, No. 8 among all players, and was named to the All-World Team at the conclusion of the tournament.

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 153 career points (91g, 62a).

A month 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.

COMING UP HUGHES
Junior goalkeeper Amelia Hughes has started every game of her collegiate career to date, playing 2,538 minutes. The 2024 Ivy League Goalkeeper of the Year and honorable mention Inside Lacrosse All-American, she led the Ivy League in saves (157) and saves-per-game (8.72) last season.

She has registered 11+ saves in 23 of her 46 games and has 19 games with a save percentage of .500 or better. Her high-water mark in saves in a game came in a 19-save performance at Temple in 2023 which earned IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Hughes enters this week No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 4 in the country in save percentage (.509) and she is also No. 1 in the Ivy League in saves per game (9.3) and is No. 2 in saves (111).

She is No. 9 all-time in saves by a Princeton goalie with 440.

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