No. 15 Women's Lacrosse Hosts No. 9 Yale Saturday At Sherrerd Field

Saturday, March 28

12:00 PM

Princeton University

No. 9 Yale

No. 15 Women's Lacrosse Hosts No. 9 Yale Saturday At Sherrerd Field

March 27, 2026 | Women's Lacrosse

No. 15 Princeton (4-3, 1-0 Ivy) vs. No. 9 Yale (8-1, 2-0 Ivy) -- Alumni Day/Princeton Jungle Day
March 28 | 12 p.m. | Sherrerd Field
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THE ALL-TIME SERIES WITH YALE
The last two team to win an Ivy League championship are set to meet this weekend as the Tigers (2025 champions) host the Bulldogs (2024 champions) in New Jersey. Last year, the Tigers won the regular season meeting, 13-11, in New Haven before Yale gained revenge with a 17-6 win in the Ivy League Tournament championship game at Sherrerd Field.

The Tigers are 34-18-1 all-time against Yale, but the Bulldogs have won four of the last five. Princeton's last win on home turf over Yale was a 19-9 win in the 2022 Ivy League Tournament final.

TIGERS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS
The Tigers were ranked highly in the preseason polls, slotted in at No. 6 in both the IWLCA and Nike Lacrosse polls and coming in at No. 4 in the USA Lacrosse Rankings. After a 4-3 start to the season with all three losses to Top-25 opponents, Princeton enters this week at No. 15 (IWLCA), No. 18 (USA Lacrosse Magazine) and No. 19 (Kane Inside Lacrosse).

The Tigers were a near-unanimous No. 1 in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll, garnering 14 of 16 first place votes and 126 total points to rank No. 1.

EMBRACING THE CHALLENGE
Princeton has played the 13th-toughest schedule of any Division I program to this point, with its seven past opponents holding a cumulative 44-23 record (.657) this season. Yale, which enters the game ranked No. 9 in the country with an 8-1 record, has played the 53rd-toughest schedule with its nine opponents a combined 42-36 (.538) overall.

OFFENSE ON POINT
Princeton ranks No. 3 in the Ivy League and No. 18 in the country in Scoring Offense, averaging 14.3 goals-per-game. The Tigers have reached double figures in all seven games and have reached 14+ in four of seven games -- each a Princeton win.

BALL CONTROL
Princeton protected the rock last year, committing 221 total turnovers and ranking No. 3 in the country in turnovers-per-game (11.1) -- trailing only Florida (10.4 and Yale (10.6). Through seven games, the Tigers are averaging 11.7 turnovers per game which is No. 16 in the country.

SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS!
Everybody was getting shots up for the Tigers in 2026 as Princeton ranked No. 5 in the nation in shots-per-game (35.6) and was atop the Ivy League. The Tigers are at 32.1 through seven games which ranks No. 10.

TEWAARATON TALK
Three Tigers have been named to the 2026 Tewaaraton Award Watch List as Haven Dora, Jami MacDonald and Dylan Allen were given the nod ahead of the start of the season. were named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List ahead of the 2025 season. Dora and MacDonald were Watch List honorees in 2025, Allen is making her first career appearance on the Tewaaraton radar.

AMONG THE ACTIVE LEADERS
Senior Haven Dora enters this week ranked No. 2 in assists by an active NCAA Division I player with 130 and No. 4 in assists per game (2.3). Jami MacDonald's 223 points are No. 8 among active NCAA Division I players

Amelia Hughes has 591 saves which is No. 2 among active NCAA D1 keepers. Her 9.69 saves-per-game ranks No. 3 among active keepers.

DYNAMIC DUO
Jami MacDonald (No. 26; 4.6) and Haven Dora (No. 30; 4.5) gave Princeton two of the Top-30 scorers in the country in terms of points-per-game last season.

This season, MacDonald is on a 4.9 ppg pace and ranks No. 20 in the country while Dora is at 4.6 and ranks No. 32.
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HAVEN SENT!
Haven Dora was recovering from injury during most of her freshman season in 2023, but starting with the stretch run three years ago she has become a key part of Princeton's attack. Dating back to the end of 2023, she has 205 points (75g, 130a) over her last 50 games (4.1 ppg) with 3+ points in 39 of those games. That followed a seven-game start to her career where she did not record a point.

Dora turned a 15-point rookie season in 2023 into a breakout 69-point season in 2024 as a sophomore before following that up with a show-stopping 89 points last year.

After tying the program record with 40 assists in 2024, she smashed that record with 60 helpers in 2025 -- setting a new Princeton single-season record and finishing three off the Ivy League's single-season record.

Dora's 130 career assists through three-plus seasons are already a new Princeton career record and she is 19 away from setting a new Ivy League career record for assists which is currently held by Harvard's Caroline Mullahy who had 148 from 2022-25.

Dora also owns the program's single-game assist record of 7 -- set twice in 2025 over a seven day span against Delaware (2/26) and Hofstra (3/1).

MACDONALD'S SERVING UP POINTS
Jami MacDonald posted 92 points during the 2025 season with 58 goals and 34 assists -- almost doubling the output of her first two seasons combined (97 points on 58 goals and 39 assists).

MacDonald had zero points in the 2025 opener, but then dropped all 92 over her last 19 games. The high point of the season was a 5-goal, 5-assist day against Harvard which tied Princeton's single-game record for points with 10 -- the most by a Princeton player in 1989.

The 92 points were No. 5 in a single season by a Tiger and her 189 points entering this season are No. 12 all-time by a Princeton player.

MacDonald is a true dual-threat on attack with 223 career points on 135 career goals and 88 career assists. MacDonald's 223 career points rank No. 5 all-time by a Princeton player and her 88 helpers rank No. 4 all-time by a Princeton player. Her 34 assists last season were T-7 in a single season by a Tiger.

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
Senior goalkeeper Amelia Hughes has started every game but one in her collegiate career to date, playing 3,321 minutes. The 2024 Ivy League Goalkeeper of the Year and two-time honorable mention media All-American, Hughes is a three-time All-Ivy selection.

She has registered 11+ saves in 31 of her 61 games and has 24 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.

Last season, Hughes was No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 4 in the country in saves (180) while also ranking No. 2 in the Ivy League and No. 14 in the country in save percentage (.481) and also sitting No. 2 in the Ivy League in saves-per-game (9.0).

She is No. 3 all-time in saves by a Princeton goalie with 591.

Through seven games this season, Hughes ranks No. 2 in the country in saves-per-game (11.7) and No. 13 in save percentage (.494). She is No. 1 in the Ivy League in saves (82), No. 1 in saves-per-game and No. 2 in save percentage.

HELLO, MEG!
Meg Morrisroe's trip to Brown in 2024 was a revelation as the then-rookie broke through with a memorable performance. After tallying six goals over her first nine collegiate games, Morrisroe exploded for eight goals against the Bears -- tying the program record for goals in a game which had been achieved just twice previously and not since 1989. Her efforts earned Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors. Morrisroe's eight goals in a game were tied for the fourth most in a game by any player in the country and were the most by any first-year player in the country in 2024

Last year, she set career highs in goals (38), assists (4) and points (42).

Morrisroe has a team-high 23 goals this season, scoring on 23-of-39 shots. She is No. 22 in the country in goals-per-game 3.3).

THE SLOAN RANGER
Ella Sloan missed all of 2025 with injury, but has slid right into the lineup in 2026. Already she has 16 goals in seven games -- surpassing her six points (5g, 1a) in nine games as a freshman in 2024. After going without a point in Princeton's first two games, Sloan has 19 points (16g, 3a) over her last five including four-goal games at Harvard and Penn State. She has also stepped into a draw-taker role, winning 15 on her own.

A FRESH "BATCH"
Maggie Bacigalupo, who goes by "Batch", has put together a breakout sophomore season to this point. After tallying one goal in eight games in 2025, she has 12 goals in six games in 2026 -- including a career-high four at Maryland.

NOT TOO SHABBY, ABBY!
Abigail Roberts moved to defense in 2024 and has been a constant in defensive and transition situations for the Tigers.

Over her past two full seasons, she has totalled 124 draw controls, 46 caused turnovers and 56 ground balls during a pair of second-team All-Ivy campaigns.

Her 148 career draw controls are No. 6 all-time in a career by a Tiger and her 78 in 2025 were No. 4 in a season by a Tiger.

If she gets loose in transition, Roberts can shoot with 7 career goals on 11 shots.

LET'S COOK!
Jenn Cook is in her fourth season as head coach of the Tigers and 14th overall on staff at Princeton. In 10 full seasons of play, Cook has been part of seven Ivy League championships and nine NCAA Tournament appearances, including three trips to the NCAA Quarterfinals. Last year was her first time reaching the national tournament as head coach, and 2025 marked her first Ivy League championship as a head coach. A three-time All-American and two-time Tewaaraton Award nominee as a player, Cook was the 2007 Inside Lacrosse Defender of the Year and graduated as the Tar Heel's all-time leader in ground balls (200) and games played (76). Cook's first career win came on February 25, 2023 at Temple. She now has 13 wins over ranked opponents in her career.

Cook is 38-23 overall in her career and 17-5 in Ivy League regular season games.