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No. 2 Princeton Takes On Harvard In Ivy Tournament Semifinal At Cornell
April 30, 2025 | Men's Lacrosse
IVY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
No. 2 PRINCETON 10-2, 4-1 Ivy League)
vs.
No. 3 Seed HARVARD (10-3, 4-2 Ivy League)
Friday, May 2 • approximately 6:30
Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, N.Y.
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Princeton Has Five Named First-Team All-Ivy
Princeton all-time Ivy League tournament records
Probable Princeton starters
Career highs
Career scoring/pronunciations
A – All-Ivy League
Princeton had five first-team All-Ivy League selections, its highest total since the 2001 NCAA championship team also had five. Coulter Mackesy was a unanimous choice on attack, and Colin Mulshine (D) was first-team for the second straight year. Tucker Wade (M), Ryan Croddick (G) and Cooper Mueller (SSDM) were all first-time first-team choices. Peter Buonanno was the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Princeton’s first recipient of the award since 2013. Nate Kabiri (A), Chad Palumbo (M) and Michael Bath (D) were second-team choices, and Jackson Green (SSDM) was an honorable mention pick. Sean Cameron (M) was the team’s Academic All-Ivy League selection, and Princeton’s coaching staff of Matt Madalon, Jeremy Hirsch, Jim Mitchell and Casey Dowd — along with Director of Operations Drew Cottrell and strength and conditioning coach Tony Rosato — were the co-Coaching Staff of the Year, along with Dartmouth’s.
B – Buonanno
Freshman Peter Buonanno, the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year, has 12 goals and five assists in the last seven games after having one goal and one assist in the first six. Buonanno started the season on 3 for 13 shooting and is 10 for 22 since, including 7 for 11 the last two weeks.
C – Coulter
Coulter Mackesy has scored at least one goal in 31 straight games and 53 of his last 54. He is second all-time in goals scored at Princeton and third all-time in points in a career.
Career goals at Princeton
1. Jesse Hubbard (1995-98) 163
2. Coulter Mackesy (2022-present) 160
Career points at Princeton
1. Michael Sowers (2017-20) 302
2. Kevin Lowe (1991-94) 247
3. Coulter Mackesy (2022-present) 237
D – Defense
In games from the start of the college lacrosse season through March 28, Princeton was ranked 44th in Division I in scoring defense (11.43 goals per game, seven games played). In games from March 28 through now, Princeton ranks fourth in Division I in scoring defense (7.83 goals per game, six games played).
E – Extra man
Princeton is 15 for 26 (.577) on extra-man opportunities, which leads the Ivy League and is third in Division I. The last time Princeton was over .500 for a full season was a .514 mark in 2014. Yale leads the Ivy League in man-down defense.
F – Five-plus Weeks Ago
Princeton defeated Harvard 13-11 on March 22 on Sherrerd Field. Princeton built a 5-1 first-quarter lead and led by as many as two the rest of the way. Nate Kabiri and Coulter Mackesy both had four-point days with 2G, 2A, and Chad Palumbo and Tucker Wade also scored twice. Ryan Croddick made 17 saves in that game, in which the Crimson were led by Jack Speidell’s three goals. Princeton turned the ball over 20 times, matching its season high (Penn State), and Andrew McMeekin was 16 for 25 facing off with seven ground balls.
G – Goalie
Princeton’s Ryan Croddick leads the Ivy League and is third in Division I in save percentage (.604). Croddick is also the Ivy leader in goals-against average (9.82), is the Ivy leader and second in Division I in saves per game (14.77), is a three-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week and is one of two Division I goalies with at least 22 saves in two different games this season. Croddick also has three assists, tying for the most points by a Princeton goalie in a season since Bill Cronin in 1973.
H – Head Coach
Matt Madalon has as record of 73-39 (.652) 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). Madalon was 27-20 in his first 47 games as Princeton head coach; he is 46-19 in the 65 since.
I – Ivy League Tournament
Princeton has won three Ivy League tournaments, including the last two (and the first, in 2010). Princeton is 9-4 all-time in Ivy League tournament games. Princeton is in the ILT for the third straight year after making it four times in the first 10 tournaments. Princeton did not make the 2022 tournament, though it did reach the NCAA Final Four.
J – Just The Facts
Hunter Spiess has a goal, four caused turnovers and 21 ground balls in the last five games, starting the last four. Prior to that, he had no goals, no caused turnovers and two ground balls for the season ...... Sophomore midfielder Tucker Wade has 35 career goals. Of those 35, he has had five in the first five games of his two seasons (0.5 per game) and 30 from Game 6 forward (1.9 per game).
K – Kabiri
Nate Kabiri is the sixth Princeton sophomore ever to reach 100 career points, something he did last week against Yale. Kabiri, who has 53G, 47A for his first two seasons, joins Kevin Lowe (Hall of Fame), Jesse Hubbard (Hall of Fame),Ryan Boyle (Hall of Fame), Michael Sowers (will be in the Hall of Fame) and teammate Coulter Mackesy.
L – Leaders
Princeton has two captains for the 2025 season — Michael Bath and Coulter Mackesy.
M – Mueller
First-team All-Ivy SSDM Cooper Mueller has four goals, one assist, 10 caused turnovers and 29 ground balls. The only Princeton shortsticks to reach those numbers are Zach Currier (three times) and Jake Stevens. Mueller’s father Kit was a two-time Ivy League men’s basketball Player of the Year (1990, 1991).
N – NCAA
Princeton has reached the NCAA tournament each of the last three seasons. This year will mark four straight, Princeton's longest run since making every NCAA tournament from 1990-2004
O – Offensive Midfielders
Princeton’s offensive midfielders are a combined 20 for 49 shooting in the last three games. During one four-game stretch this season, Princeton’s offensive midfielders shot 8 for 23 against Harvard, followed that by going 1 for 24 against Dartmouth, followed that with another 8 for 23 performance against Lehigh and then followed that with 2 for 26 shooting against Vermont.
P – Penalty Free
Two-time first-team All-Ivy League defenseman Colin Mulshine has not committed a penalty in 33 straight games, despite usually guarding the other team’s top attackman. For his career, Mulshine has played in 60 career games, with 55 career starts, and has committed only one penalty (a 30-second hold) in 2023 against Harvard.
Q – Quite A Stat
Princeton has committed 18 penalties this season, second fewest in Division I behind Maryland (17). Of the 18 penalties, there have been 14 committed by shortsticks and four committed by longsticks. Princeton committed 63 penalties in 2022, 62 in 2023, 26 last year and now 18 through 13 games this year.
R – RPI
Princeton is ranked second in the current Division I RPI after being No. 1 most of the season. Princeton has wins over No. 4 Penn State, No. 5 North Carolina, No. 7 Duke ,No. 9 Harvard, No. 19 Rutgers, No. 20 Yale and No. 21 Dartmouth.
S – Series History
Princeton and Harvard meet for the 91st time, and Princeton leads the series 64-25-1. Matt Madalon is 6-2 as head coach against Harvard.
T – Turnovers
Michael Bath has 62 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 – Wade
Tucker Wade has scored the first goal in five of Princeton’s 13 games. Wade was a first-team All-Ivy League selection, becoming Princeton’s first sophomore midfielder to be first-team All-Ivy since Tom Schreiber in 2012.
X – Face-off X
Andrew McMeekin is 80 for 144 (.556) with 49 ground balls in his last seven games after being 39 for 105 (.371) with 22 ground balls for the first six games. McMeekin was the Most Outstanding Player at the 2024 Ivy League tournament and a 2023 Ivy League all-tournament team selection.
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 leads the Ivy League and is third in Division I in fewest turnovers per game (13.50). Harvard leads the country in caused turnovers per game. Princeton turned the ball over 20 times in the regular season meeting between the two.