Ali McCarthy

Photo by: Greg Fiume

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Paul Neff

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Oak Knoll School
Hometown:
Madison, N.J.

AT PRINCETON

Individual honors
* 2021 first-team All-Ivy League
* 2022 honorable mention All-Ivy League
* 2019 second-team All-Ivy League

2022:
• honorable mention All-Ivy League
• missed four games due to injury
• had three goals and six assists
• goals came against Louisville, Syracuse and Maryland
• had assists against Syracuse (one in each game), Delaware, Northwestern, Maryland and Harvard

2021: First-Team All-Ivy ... second on the team in assists (eight) and third on the team in goals (seven) and points (22) ... Ivy Player of the Week after wins over Cornell and Penn State ... was sixth in the Ivy League in assists, seventh in the Ivy League in points and eighth in the Ivy League in goals ... was in the top 40 in Division I in all three ... joined her sister Ryan as a first-team All-Ivy selection, making the McCarthys the third sisters to be first-team picks in Princeton history, after the Reinprechts (Katie, Julia and Sarah) and Tornettas (Juliana and Sophia)

2019: Second-Team All-Ivy … One of five players with at least 20+ points and 10+ goals … Tied for second on the team with 12 goals … Scored vs. No. 10 Wakes Forest (Sept. 8) … Posted a tally at Dartmouth (Sept. 27) … Snagged a goal vs. Yale (Oct. 4) … Three straight multi-goal performances (Oct. 6-19) … Had two goals at No. 2 Duke (Oct. 6), vs. Columbia (Oct. 12), at Brown (Oct. 19) … Scored vs. Cornell (Nov. 3) … Contributed tallies vs. vs. No. 13 Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 15) and vs. No. 4 Virginia in the NCAA Semifinal (Nov. 22).

2018: Did not miss any action, starting seven times … Tied for third on the team with seven goals … Consecutive games with goals vs. Monmouth (Sept. 14) and vs. No. 13 Delaware (Sept. 16) … Produced a tally vs. No. 24 Boston University (Sept. 30) … Back-to-back games with two goals each at No. 3 UConn (Oct. 7) and vs. Brown (Oct. 13).

Before Princeton:
Field Hockey Highlights: First-Team All-America three times … First-team All-County and All-Conference all four years in high school … Team won three state titles and a Tournament of Champions.

Favorite Field Hockey Memory: This past high school season, my team won the Tournament of Champions. We had made it to the finals twice before, but this was the first year we won. Winning it this season was surreal, it was a great way to end my high school career.

Why Princeton? I chose Princeton because it is the number one university in country and I also fell in love with its beautiful campus. Another big influence in my decision was my older sister, Ryan, who has always been a role model in my life. Over the past four years, I have watched her have an amazing experience with her teammates and coaches.

Career Highs:
Shots - 5, 2x - MR - vs. Cornell (Nov. 3, 2019)
Goals - 2, 5x - MR - at Brown (Oct. 19, 2019)
Assists - 1, at Penn (Nov. 9, 2019)
Points - 4, 5x - MR - at Brown (Oct. 19, 2019)