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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
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No. 2/3 Princeton Hosts Penn
April 10, 2026 | Men's Lacrosse
PRINCETON (8-2, 2-1 Ivy League) vs. PENN (5-5, 2-2 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 11 • noon
Sherrerd Field • Princeton, N.J.
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A – Ahead
Since Princeton tied the Brown game at 3-3 with 5:12 left in the first quarter, the Tigers have played 170 minutes and 12 seconds of game time, during which they have had the lead for 165:31, have been tied for 4:41 and trailed for 0:00.
B – Big Shots
Princeton outshot Vermont 54-26, for a plus 28 differential that was the second highest since Matt Madalon became head coach in 2016. The highest? That was 58-28 against Lehigh, four days before the Vermont game.
C – Chad
Chad Palumbo has 10 goals on 27 shots in the last three games after having 10 goals on 37 shots in the first seven. Palumbo has at least three goals in each of the last three games,
D – D1
Princeton’s Division I RPI is currently No. 3. The Tigers have Top 20 wins over No.1 North Carolina, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 11 Maryland, No. 16 Rutgers and No. 20 Yale. Penn is currently No. 19 in RPI; Princeton is at No. 7 RPI Harvard next Saturday.
E – Extra Man
Princeton entered the game against Lehigh last in Division I in extra-man defense, including allowing six such goals against Brown (despite committing only four penalties). Since then, Princeton has held Lehigh and Vermont to 0 for 8 on EMOs. On the other side of the field, Princeton has had only 13 extra-man opportunities this season, ahead of only UMBC (whose had only 11) in Division I.
F – First
Princeton had four players score their first career goals in the win at Vermont: Will Fuller (who had two), Finn Fox, Jacob Todd and Isaac Cruz.
G – Goalie
Ryan Croddick leads the Ivy League and is sixth in Division I in save percentage (.572) and leads the Ivy League and is 18th in Division I in goals-against average (9.72).
H – Home vs. Away
Princeton and Penn are a combined 5-7 at home and 8-0 on the road.
I – Ivy League
Harvard is the lone unbeaten team in Ivy League games at 3-0, followed by 3-1 Cornell, 2-1 Princeton, 2-2 Yale and Penn and 0-3 Brown and Dartmouth. Princeton would clinch an Ivy League tournament spot with a win over Penn and a Brown win over Dartmouth. In addition, Princeton would be assured of at least a share of the Ivy championship by winning its final three games. To host the Ivy tournament, Princeton would need to win out and have Cornell lose one of its final two games (Dartmouth, Harvard).
J – Jack
Jack Stahl has had more caused turnovers than goals allowed by the player he’s been guarding in seven of the nine games since he’s moved to a starting defenseman spot from longstick midfielder. Stahl, who was named Inside Lacrosse’s No. 1 breakout player of the season two weeks ago, had one caused turnover and one goal allowed against Vermont last week. The only player Stahl has guarded who has more goals than Stahl has CTs was Maryland’s Eric Spanos.
K – Kabiri
Nate Kabiri, who leads Princeton in goals (21) and assists (22), is the fourth player in program history with three seasons of at least 20 goals and 20 assists, joining Michael Sowers (2017, 18, 19), Tom Schreiber (2012, 13, 14) and Dave Huebeck (1978, 79, 80). No Princeton player has ever done so four times (Sowers had 16, 31A in five games in 2020 before the season was cancelled by the pandemic). Kabiri tied his career highs with five goals and seven points in the win over Vermont.
Career points by current Division I Juniors
1. McCabe Millon, Virginia 170
2. Owen Duffy, North Carolina163
3. Nate Kabiri, Princeton/Ryan Goldstein Cornell 161
5.Liam Connor, Georgetown 159
Career points at Princeton
12. Wick Sollers (1975-77) 174
13. Justin Tortolani (1989-92) 164
14. David Tickner (1975-77) 163
15. Nate Kabiri (2024-present) 161
L – Leading
Princeton is first in the Ivy League in scoring defense, scoring offense, scoring margin, assists per game, points per game and fewest turnovers per game. Princeton is in the top nine in Division I in all of those categories.
M – Meeks
Andrew McMeekin holds the Princeton record for career groundballs with 368 and is second all-time at Princeton in face-off wins with 586, trailing the school record of 646, held by Greg Waller (1989-92). McMeekin is second among active Division I players in career face-off attempts (1,115), face-off wins (586) and groundballs (368), trailing Canisius’ Micah Hanson (by at least 100) in all three.
N – Neary
Jackson Green, a shortstick defensive midfielder, is also a wide receiver on Princeton’s football team, where he caught 17 passes for 233 yards and three TDs. He is the first Princeton player since Mike Neary, Class of 1982, to have at least one goal in lacrosse and one touchdown in football for Princeton.
O – On A Roll
Princeton is 52-22 dating to the start of the 2022 season, with four NCAA tournament appearances in four seasons, including a Final Four and another quarterfinal appearance, as well as two of the last three Ivy League tournament titles. The last time Princeton reached at least five straight NCAA tournaments was a stretch between 1990-2004.
P – Parker
Freshman Parker Reynolds has seven goals and 10 assists to date. Only three Princeton freshmen middies have ever reached double figures in goals and assists: Whitney Hayes and Scott Sowanick in 2004 and Tom Schreiber in 2011. Reynolds did not have a point in the first game of the season but has at least on in all nine games since.
Q – Quakers
Princeton and Penn meet for the 95th time in a series Princeton leads 72-22. Princeton trailed Penn 7-4 at halftime last year before outscoring the Quakers 8-1 in the second half to win 12-8 at Franklin Field.
R – Rankings
Princeton is ranked No. 3 in this week’s Kane Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and the USILA coaches’ poll and No. 2 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll.
S – Saves
There have been three games in Division I this season in which a goalie has made at least 25 saves, and two of them have happened on Sherrerd Field. Princeton’s Ryan Croddick made 25 saves in the 11-9 win over North Carolina (the Tar Heels’ only loss), and Lehigh’s Kasey Heath matched that against the Tigers in a 15-8 Princeton win. Those 25 saves are tied for the Sherrerd Field single game record. The other Division I goalie with at least 25 saves in a game this season is Hampton’s Miles Lancaster, who made 29 against NJIT.
T – Tewaaraton
Princeton’s Peter Buonanno, Nate Kabiri and Jack Stahl were added to the Tewaaraton Watchlist in the most recent additions announced last week. Ryan Croddick and Chad Palumbo were preseason selections.
U – Unclear
Princeton had 11 failed turnovers against Brown two weeks ago and has gone 41 for 43 in the two games since.
V – Vana
Through 10 games this season, Jake Vana has scored zero goals five times and two or more five times, including two this past weekend at Vermont. Also, Vana has 11 goals and no assists for the season. The record for most goals in a season by a Princeton player without an assist is 19, by Craig Katz in 1997.
W – Wade
Tucker Wade, tied for second on the team with 20 goals, has scored the first Princeton goal 12 times in the 27 games since the start of last season.
X – Face-Off X
Penn (.570) and Princeton (.527) rank 2-3 in the Ivy League in face-off winning percentage, trailing only Cornell (.586).
Y – Yearly
Colin Burns and Nate Kabiri are in Year 6 of playing together, between club ball, Georgetown Prep and now Princeton. Burns and Kabiri are the only two current Princeton players who have started every game of their careers.
Z – Zinger
Princeton has five players whose fathers competed at Princeton, two of whom played lacrosse. Freshman Evan Calkins is the son of Ed Calkins, a midfielder on the 1992 NCAA championship team. Sophomore Kevin Morrow is the son of David Morrow, the 1993 Division I Player of the Year. Sophomore Porter Malkiel is the son of Jon Malkiel, a member of the 1992 and 1994 NCAA title teams. Junior Cooper Mueller is the son of Kit Mueller, the 1990 and 1991 Ivy League men’s basketball Player of the Year. Gus van Metzsch is the son of Roland von Metzsch, a football offensive lineman in the early 1990s.
