Princeton University Athletics
No.4 Princeton Hosts Vermont In Final Non-Conference Regular Season Game
April 04, 2025 | Men's Lacrosse
No. 4 PRINCETON (7-2, 2-1 Ivy League)
vs.
VERMONT (4-4, 2-2 America East)
Saturday, April 5 • noon
Sherrerd Field • Princeton, N.J.
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A – America East
Princeton and Vermont meet for the first time. Princeton is 10-1 all-time against teams in the America East (2-0 vs. Binghamton, 3-0 vs. UMBC, 3-0 vs. NJIT, 2-1 vs. Albany).
B – Buonanno
Peter Buonanno had four points in his first eight games and then had four points (2G, 2A) against Lehigh Tuesday night.
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 150
3. Chris Massey 146
Career points at Princeton
1. Michael Sowers 302
2. Kevin Lowe 247
3. Ryan Boyle 232
4. Coulter Mackesy 223
D – Doubled
Colin Burns had three goals against Dartmouth and three more against Lehigh, giving him back-to-back games with at least three goals for the second time in his career. The first was last year, in his first two career games (4 vs. Monmouth, 3 vs. Manhattan).
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 – Face-Offs
Vermont’s Henry Dodge is second in Division I in face-off winning percentage (.699). Princeton has already faced FOGOs ranked No. 4, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17 and 23.
G – Goalie
Princeton’s Ryan Croddick leads Division I in saves per game (14.89). 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 69-39 (.639) 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, three caused turnovers (one in overtime against Penn State) and 10 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 86 (46G, 40A) in 25 career games (all starts). At his current season pace, he’d finish the regular season with 98 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 21 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. Vermont was in the NCAA tournament in 2021 and 2022.
O – Offense
Princeton’s offensive midfielders shot a combined 1 for 24 against Dartmouth. Princeton’s offensive midfielders shot exactly 8 for 23 in the game before (Harvard) and after (Tuesday night against Lehigh).
P – Penalty Free
Colin Mulshine has not committed a penalty in 29 straight games, despite usually guarding the other team’s top attackman. For his career, Mulshine has played in 56 career games, with 52 career starts, and has committed only one penalty (a 30-second hold) in 2023 against Harvard.
Q – Quite A Stat
Princeton has committed 10 penalties in nine games. The breakdown: eight from shortsticks and two from longsticks
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 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 59 shots per game in its last two games, outshooting its last two opponents by an average of 10 per game.
T – Turnovers
Michael Bath has 55 career caused turnovers, which ties him with Zach Currier for third-place all-time at Princeton. Chad Wiedmaier holds the 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 had three goals against Lehigh Tuesday night and now has had multiple goals in four of the last six games. Wade has 29 career goals, of which four have come in the first four games of his two seasons combined and 25 have come in Game 5 onward.
X – Face-off X
Andrew McMeekin is 41 for 68 (.603) with 26 ground balls in his last three 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 – Zhou
Vermont back-up face-off man Walter Zhou, who is 28 for 48 on the season with a goal and an assist, is from Millstone, about 25 minutes from Princeton. He attended nearby Allentown High School.
