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Women's Lacrosse Coaching Staff Named IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Coaching Staff Of The Year
June 18, 2025 | Women's Lacrosse
The Princeton women's lacrosse coaching staff has been named IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Coaching Staff of the Year, one of four Division I coaching staffs recognized as regional coaching staff of the year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association.
The recognition for the staff is the first since Chris Sailer was honored from 2000-02 as regional coach of the year by the IWLCA.
Princeton put together its finest season under third-year head coach Jenn Cook as the Tigers went 16-4 overall and won an outright Ivy League championship with a 6-1 record in the League. Unseeded in the NCAA Tournament, Princeton defeated Massachusetts and No. 8 Johns Hopkins in Baltimore to reach the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time since 2019 and finished the season ranked No. 7 in the final IWLCA Rankings – the team's highest end of season ranking since 2019.
Princeton's .800 winning percentage was No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 5 nationally, and the Tigers were among the nation's cleanest teams in terms of possession with a national rank of No. 5 in clearing percentage (.939) and No. 3 in turnovers-per-game (11.1). No team in Ivy League history had a more prolific offensive season than the 2025 Tigers who scored an Ivy record 308 goals, led by a second-team All-American attacker in McKenzie Blake who broke a 41-year old Ivy League record with 89 goals herself. She was one of three IWCLA All-America selections for Princeton this season, the first such honors during Cook and staff's tenure. Improvement has been the hallmark of this group as they have increased their win total each year, including a +5 improvement in victories this year from last.
Included this year was an 11-game winning streak, Princeton's longest in 21 years and eight wins against teams ranked in the Top-25. Cook's staff featured Maggie Brown, Molly Dougherty, Kerrin Maurer and Ali Robinson.Â
The recognition for the staff is the first since Chris Sailer was honored from 2000-02 as regional coach of the year by the IWLCA.
Princeton put together its finest season under third-year head coach Jenn Cook as the Tigers went 16-4 overall and won an outright Ivy League championship with a 6-1 record in the League. Unseeded in the NCAA Tournament, Princeton defeated Massachusetts and No. 8 Johns Hopkins in Baltimore to reach the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time since 2019 and finished the season ranked No. 7 in the final IWLCA Rankings – the team's highest end of season ranking since 2019.
Princeton's .800 winning percentage was No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 5 nationally, and the Tigers were among the nation's cleanest teams in terms of possession with a national rank of No. 5 in clearing percentage (.939) and No. 3 in turnovers-per-game (11.1). No team in Ivy League history had a more prolific offensive season than the 2025 Tigers who scored an Ivy record 308 goals, led by a second-team All-American attacker in McKenzie Blake who broke a 41-year old Ivy League record with 89 goals herself. She was one of three IWCLA All-America selections for Princeton this season, the first such honors during Cook and staff's tenure. Improvement has been the hallmark of this group as they have increased their win total each year, including a +5 improvement in victories this year from last.
Included this year was an 11-game winning streak, Princeton's longest in 21 years and eight wins against teams ranked in the Top-25. Cook's staff featured Maggie Brown, Molly Dougherty, Kerrin Maurer and Ali Robinson.Â
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