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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
Harvard
No. 2 Princeton, No. 9 Harvard Meet In Cambridge
April 17, 2026 | Men's Lacrosse
PRINCETON (9-2, 3-1 Ivy League) vs. HARVARD (9-2, 3-1 Ivy League)
Saturday, April 18 • 1 pm
Jordan Field • Cambridge, Mass.
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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 230 minutes and 12 seconds of game time, during which they have had the lead for 224:33, have been tied for 5:39 and trailed for 0:00.
B – Background
Princeton and Harvard meet for the 92nd time, and Princeton leads the series 65-25-1. Princeton defeated Harvard twice last year, 13-11 in the regular season in Princeton and 11-8 in the Ivy League tournament semifinal at Cornell. Of the 19 goals that Harvard scored against Princeton last year, six were scored by Jack Speidell. Ryan Croddick made 29 saves while allowing those 19 goals, a save percentage of .604.
C – Chad
Chad Palumbo has 15 goals on 38 shots in the last four games after having 10 goals on 37 shots in the first seven. Palumbo, who has at least three goals in each of the last three games, was the No. 7 overall pick in the PLL Draft Tuesday night, chosen in Round 1 by the Carolina Chaos.
D – Dunphey
After starting the season shooting 4 for 16, senior midfielder John Dunphey has scored on 10 of his last 15 shots.
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, Vermont and Penn to a combined 0 for 12 on EMOs. On the other side of the field, Princeton has had only 17 extra-man opportunities this season, tied with Rutgers for the third-fewest in Division I (UMBC has 15) and Penn State has 16).
F – Fox
Finn Fox had his second career game with three caused turnovers in the win over Penn. He also had three earlier this season against Penn State. Fox also scored his first career goal two weeks ago at Vermont, making him the only Tiger longstick with a goal this season.
G – Goals
Princeton has scored 20 goals in each of its last two Ivy League games. Prior to that, Princeton had scored at least 20 goals in two Ivy games from 2018 through the first two games this season. Princeton has scored at least 15 goals in four straight games. The last time Princeton had a streak of at least 15 goals in four straight games was 2020, when the Tigers scored at least 16 in all five games of that shortened season.
H – Hunter
Hunter Spiess is the reigning Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week and a USILA Team of the Week selection after he held Penn’s Griffin Scane without a point, with a caused turnover and seven groundballs. Spiess leads all Ivy non-face-off specialists in groundballs per game at 3.82.
I – Ivy League
Princeton’s win over Penn and Brown’s win over Dartmouth last Saturday clinched Ivy League tournament spots for Princeton, Harvard and Cornell, with Brown, Penn and Yale still alive for the final spot. The host will be either Princeton, Harvard, Cornell or Yale. Princeton, Harvard and Cornell are tied for first in the league at 3-1.
J – JGx2
Princeton and Harvard both have a player named Jackson Green (Princeton’s) or Greene (Harvard’s). Princeton’s JG is a shortstick defensive middie who was an honorable mention midseason All-American. He’s also a wide receiver on the Princeton football team who had 17 receptoins for 233 yards and three TDs last fall. Speaking of SSDM’s, Princeton allowed only one goal to an offensive midfielder in the win over Penn.
K – Kabiri
Nate Kabiri, who leads Princeton in points (48) and assists (24), 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 Heubeck (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).
Career points by current Division I Juniors
1. McCabe Millon, Virginia 175
2. Ryan Goldstein Cornell 170
3. Liam Connor, Georgetown 168
4. Nate Kabiri, Princeton 166
5. Owen Duffy, North Carolina165
Career points at Princeton
9. Chris Massey (1995-98) 192
10. Dave Heubeck (1977-80) 182
11. Chris Brown ((2018-22) 179
12. Wick Sollers (1975-77) 174
13. 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, groundballs per game and fewest turnovers per game. Harvard leads the Ivy League shooting percentage, saves per game and man-down defense. The teams are tied for the league lead in winning percentage. Harvard and Princeton are 1-2 in the league and 2-7 in Division I in shooting percentage.
M – Meeks
Andrew McMeekin enters the game with 599 career face-off wins, one away from becoming the second Tiger ever to reach 600 and 47 away from the school record of 646, held by Greg Waller since 1992. McMeekin already holds the Princeton career groundball record with 376 and is second among active Division I players in career face-off wins and groundballs, trailing Canisius’ Micah Hanson by at least 100 in both.
N – National Top 10s
Ryan Croddick is sixth in Division I (and first in the Ivy League) in save percentage at .578 (he also leads the Ivy League in goals-against average at 9.43). Princeton as a team is in the top 10 in Division I in scoring offense (fourth), fewest turnovers per game (fifth), points per game (fifth), assists per game (fifth), shooting percentage (seventh) and scoring margin (seventh).
O – On A Roll
Princeton is 53-22 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 had his first career three-goal game in the win over Penn last weekend. He now is the fourth Princeton freshman midfielder ever to reach double figures in goals and assists, along with 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 one in all 10 since.
Q – Quite a Stat
Princeton is 9-2 for the third time in four years. Prior to that, Princeton had last started a season 9-2 in 2010.
R – Rankings
Princeton’s Division I RPI is currently No. 4. The Tigers have Top 20 wins over No.2 North Carolina, No. 3 Syracuse, No. 10 Maryland, No. 16 Yale and No. 18 Penn. Harvard is currently at No. 7 in RPI, while Cornell is at No. 8. Princeton is ranked No. 2 in this week’s Kane Inside Lacrosse Media Poll, the USILA coaches’ poll and the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll.
S – Stahl
Jack Stahl has had more caused turnovers than goals allowed by the player he’s been guarding in seven of the 10 games since he’s moved to a starting defenseman spot from longstick midfielder. Stahl was named the Inside Lacrosse midseason breakout player of the year.
T – Tewaaraton
Princeton has five players on the Tewaaraton Watchlist: Pete Buonanno, Ryan Croddick, Nate Kabiri, Chad Palumbo and Jack Stahl. The Tewaaraton Foundation will announce its list of 25 final nominees at halftime of the Maryland-Johns Hopkins game Saturday.
U – Unclear
Princeton had 11 failed turnovers against Brown three weeks ago and has gone 67 for 72 in the three games since.
V – Vana
Jake Vana has 13 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. Vana changed his uniform number from 35 to 36 this season; last season’s No. 36 was Braedon Saris, who had 11 goals without an assist last year.
W – Wade
Tucker Wade, third on the team with 21 goals, has scored the first Princeton goal 12 times in the 28 games since the start of last season.
X – Face-Off X
Princeton has a .531 team face-off percentage. The last time Princeton finished a full season with a higher percentage was 1997, when the Tigers were at .609. Only once since 2012 has Princeton finished a season better than .500 (2024, .503).
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.
