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Photo by: Nick Ierardi
Records Fall As Women's Lacrosse Topples UMass 19-10 In NCAA First Round
May 09, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse
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A dominant first half from Princeton was enough to stymie Massachusetts and send the Tigers through to the Second Round of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Tournament.
Princeton rang up an 8-0 run to close the first quarter and open the second, and rolled from there to the tune of a 19-10 win to move on to the Second Round for the second year in a row.
The Tigers will play No. 8 seed Johns Hopkins on May 11 at 1 p.m. for a berth in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
As has been the theme throughout the year, history was made during the game by a pair of Princeton attackers.
Haven Dora got in on the history-making party, dishing out three assists to reach 101 helpers for her career and set a new Princeton record for career assists – surpassing Kyla Sears' record of 98.
Blake finished with a game-high seven points (5g, 2a) while Dora (2g, 3a) and Jami MacDonald (4g, 1a) each had five-point games.
All total, nine different Tigers had at least one goal in the game and five had multiple goals.
Amelia Hughes made 12 saves in goal, stopping four shots in the first and third quarters to give her team a chance to extend its lead.
After the Tigers opened the scoring 0:58 in with a Jami MacDonald goal, UMass countered with the next three in a span of 1:10 to take a 3-1 lead before the game was three minutes old.
Princeton settled in, rattling off the next eight goals and holding the Minutewomen off the scoreboard for 19:33 en route to a commanding 9-3 lead.
Colette Quinn started the run off an assist from Haven Dora 4:38 into the first quarter, Dora's helper the 99th of her career which moved her into first place in all-time assists by a Princeton player.
Less than 0:40 later, Maggie Molnar scored to tie the game at 3-3 and a McKenzie Blake free position 7:21 into the first quarter gave Princeton a 4-3 lead.
Haven Dora and Jami MacDonald each had two goals in that run that covered the final 12:35 of the first quarter and almost seven minutes in the second period before Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw scored for UMass with 8:02 to play in the first half.
Meg Morrisroe opened the third quarter scoring with a free position, and after the Minutewomen scored twice in 0:14 to get to within three, McKenzie Blake finished a give-and-go with Haven Dora in spectacular behind-the-back fashion to score her 76th goal of the season and set the new Princeton program record.
A three-goal open to the fourth quarter by the Tigers extended their lead to 15-8 as Blake, MacDonald and Nina Montes scored 1:58 apart.
The Minutewomen tried to find a way back into the game, getting to within six with four minutes to play, but goals from Meg Morrisroe, Lane Calkins and Sophie Whiteway slammed the door.
A dominant first half from Princeton was enough to stymie Massachusetts and send the Tigers through to the Second Round of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Tournament.
Princeton rang up an 8-0 run to close the first quarter and open the second, and rolled from there to the tune of a 19-10 win to move on to the Second Round for the second year in a row.
The Tigers will play No. 8 seed Johns Hopkins on May 11 at 1 p.m. for a berth in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
As has been the theme throughout the year, history was made during the game by a pair of Princeton attackers.
McKenzie Blake scored five times to give her 78 goals this season, breaking Princeton's single-season scoring record of 75 which was set by Olivia Hompe in 2017. Blake's 78 goals this season are now the second-most ever in a season by an Ivy League player and the most since Francesca DenHartog of Harvard had 83 during the 1981 season.Give-And-Go Get The Record!
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) May 9, 2025
A goal to remember for McKenzie Blake as she goes BTB to score her 7?6?th goal of the season to set a new single-season Princeton record! #SCTop10 @ILWomen | @USALacrosseMag | @NCAALAX | @IvyLeague pic.twitter.com/4133B3Ca38
Haven Dora got in on the history-making party, dishing out three assists to reach 101 helpers for her career and set a new Princeton record for career assists – surpassing Kyla Sears' record of 98.
Princeton's 19 goals scored in a NCAA Tournament game are tied for second-most in a NCAA Tournament game by a Princeton squad and the most since also putting up 19 in a 19-7 win over Wagner in the 2019 First Round.A New Program Record!
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) May 9, 2025
Haven Dora dishes out her 99th career assist to become Princeton's all-time leader in assists!@ILWomen | @USALacrosseMag | @NCAALAX pic.twitter.com/Q0XAFQLgLw
Blake finished with a game-high seven points (5g, 2a) while Dora (2g, 3a) and Jami MacDonald (4g, 1a) each had five-point games.
All total, nine different Tigers had at least one goal in the game and five had multiple goals.
Amelia Hughes made 12 saves in goal, stopping four shots in the first and third quarters to give her team a chance to extend its lead.
Sophie Whiteway was a two-way menace, scoring twice and adding 11 draw controls – one off the program record for draws in a game but establishing a new high for draw controls in a NCAA Tournament game.A New Program Record!
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) May 9, 2025
Haven Dora dishes out her 99th career assist to become Princeton's all-time leader in assists!@ILWomen | @USALacrosseMag | @NCAALAX pic.twitter.com/Q0XAFQLgLw
After the Tigers opened the scoring 0:58 in with a Jami MacDonald goal, UMass countered with the next three in a span of 1:10 to take a 3-1 lead before the game was three minutes old.
Princeton settled in, rattling off the next eight goals and holding the Minutewomen off the scoreboard for 19:33 en route to a commanding 9-3 lead.
Colette Quinn started the run off an assist from Haven Dora 4:38 into the first quarter, Dora's helper the 99th of her career which moved her into first place in all-time assists by a Princeton player.
Less than 0:40 later, Maggie Molnar scored to tie the game at 3-3 and a McKenzie Blake free position 7:21 into the first quarter gave Princeton a 4-3 lead.
Haven Dora and Jami MacDonald each had two goals in that run that covered the final 12:35 of the first quarter and almost seven minutes in the second period before Delaney Rodriguez-Shaw scored for UMass with 8:02 to play in the first half.
The third quarter saw both sides score twice, leading to no change to Princeton's four-goal lead.A New Program Record!
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) May 9, 2025
Haven Dora dishes out her 99th career assist to become Princeton's all-time leader in assists!@ILWomen | @USALacrosseMag | @NCAALAX pic.twitter.com/Q0XAFQLgLw
Meg Morrisroe opened the third quarter scoring with a free position, and after the Minutewomen scored twice in 0:14 to get to within three, McKenzie Blake finished a give-and-go with Haven Dora in spectacular behind-the-back fashion to score her 76th goal of the season and set the new Princeton program record.
A three-goal open to the fourth quarter by the Tigers extended their lead to 15-8 as Blake, MacDonald and Nina Montes scored 1:58 apart.
The Minutewomen tried to find a way back into the game, getting to within six with four minutes to play, but goals from Meg Morrisroe, Lane Calkins and Sophie Whiteway slammed the door.
Team Stats
UMASS
PRI
Shots
28
46
Turnovers
18
4
Caused Turnovers
4
13
Draw Controls
17
14
Free-Position Shots
3
10
Ground Balls
12
23
Game Leaders
Players
G
5
A
2
FO
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Pen
-
GB
1
CT
1
G
4
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
5
CT
1
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
2
A
3
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Lacrosse
M
/ Women's LacrosseA
/ Women's Lacrosse
GK
/ Women's LacrosseA
/ Women's Lacrosse
M
/ Women's Lacrosse
A
/ Women's LacrosseA
/ Women's Lacrosse
M
/ Women's Lacrosse
M
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