Princeton University Athletics
Thursday TigerBlog - Another Yeah/No
May 07, 2026 | Tiger Blog
Remember when TigerBlog did this the first time?
You don't? It was only two months ago.
Well, even if you don't, here it is again:
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Who is that in the picture? That's Jamison Moore of the men's lacrosse team. J-Mo, as he's know, got an A+ on his senior thesis, entitled: "Policy Visibility in a Polarized Age: Government Stimulus and Electoral Accountability in the United States." How rare is it to get an A+? Apparently very. Apparently it takes multiple graders and then outside approval and confirmation. Anyway, congrats to J-Mo. That's really impressive stuff.
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The Ivy League softball tournament starts today at noon at Cynthia Paul Field, where top-seeded Princeton will take on fourth-seed Brown, followed by second-seed Harvard and third-seed Columbia. It's a three-day double-elimination event that will have either six or seven total games. The winner gets the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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There is some rain in the forecast for the next few days but nothing that should prevent the tournament from being played. There was enough rain yesterday to force the teams into the Jadwin Gym E-level "pit" for practices. TigerBlog saw a Brown assistant coach who was seemingly lost on C-level and was able to direct her to where she needed to be. It's easy to forget that Jadwin has six levels and is an easy place to get lost.
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TigerBlog made a mistake earlier this week when he said the softball team finished 19-2 in the league to set a record for most wins. Instead, Princeton was actually 18-3, tying its own record — and still very impressive.
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How many players are on the field at any one time in softball? That would be nine. How many are in the batting order? Also nine. How many All-Ivy League softball players did Princeton have? Once again, nine. The full recap of those honorees is HERE.
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The Princeton women's lacrosse team will be making its 31st NCAA tournament appearance when it takes on Rutgers tomorrow at 2 in College Park, Md. The winner of that game gets Maryland, the third overall seed, Sunday at noon.
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Princeton women's lacrosse has been to 11 Final Fours and seven NCAA finals, winning three of them. Princeton is 42-27 all-time in NCAA games.
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Princeton defeated Rutgers 15-9 in Princeton on Feb. 25. Rutgers is 10-8 on the year, with an RPI of 20. Princeton's RPI is 18.
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TB went back to see the Princeton-Rutgers women's lacrosse year-by-year results, he was surprised to see that they've only played 21 times? How is that possible? Well, it starts with the fact that they first played in 1977 and played each of the next five years but then not again until 1999. Why? No idea. Then they didn't play from 2014 through 2023. Again, no idea. Princeton leads the series 16-4-1. This is the first time the teams will have played at a neutral site.
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One last thing from the Ivy tournament sweeps for Princeton. The five all-tournament selections for the women were Maggie Molnar, Haven Dora, Jami MacDonald, Dylan Allen and Ella Sloan. The five men were Nate Kabiri, Chad Palumbo, Tucker Wade, Finn Fox and Ryan Croddick. Molnar and Kabiri were the Most Outstanding Player winners.
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The top-seeded Princeton men finally know their first-round opponent. It'll be Marist, who defeated Stony Brook 10-6 last night in one of the two play-in games. It'll be Tigers-Red Foxes Sunday at 2:30 on Sherrerd Field.
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Princeton is the No. 1 seed for the third time, despite having won six NCAA titles. The No. 1 seed on the men's side has won only six times in the last 18 tournaments.
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Nate Kabiri is one of five men's finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, the highest individual honor in college lacrosse. Kabiri is Princeton's sixth finalist, along with Coulter Mackesy last year, Michael Sowers in 2019, Tom Schreiber in 2013 and 2014, Ryan Boyle in 2004 and Trevor Tierney in 2001.
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Princeton has the second-longest streak of NCAA appearances in Division I with five, trailing only Georgetown's eight.
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Princeton sophomore Porter Malkiel has 11 goals on 17 shots, for a .657 shooting percentage. That is the highest shooting percentage any Princeton player with double figures in goals in a season has ever had.
