2020 Women's Lacrosse Roster
D'Orsi, Tess

Jersey Number 8
Tess D'Orsi
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. Mark's
- Hometown:
- Sudbury, Mass.
Bio
2020: Team captain... Tewaaraton Award Watch List selection ... Did not see any game action due to injury suffered in preseason... Named finalist for Princeton's C. Otto von Kienbusch Award presented annually to the top female seniot student-athlete.
2019: Started in all 20 games ... had an 80-point season with 64 goals and 16 assists ... chipped in 29 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers ... scored six goals and caused a turnover in the season opener versus Temple ... net two goals and two assists with three ground balls and a caused turnover at No. 12 Virginia ... tallied five goals and added an assist, two caused turnovers and two ground balls in a 21-10 win over No. 8 Penn State ... had a four-goal game with three ground balls and two caused turnovers versus Columbia ... scored three goals and one assist in a win over No. 18 Stony Brook while scooping up one ground ball ... had a hat trick at No. 16 Florida with a ground ball ... scored three goals and two assists with three ground balls and a caused turnover versus Brown ... had a goal and two assists while tacking on four ground balls and three caused turnovers in a 15-6 win over Villanova ... scored five times in a win at No. 25 Dartmouth ... tallied a goal and an assist while adding two caused turnovers and a ground ball in a win over Loyola ... net four goals on with a ground ball in wins over Harvard and No. 12 Penn ... had a six-point game with four goals and two assists, while adding two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win at Yale ... followed up with another six-point game at Cornell scoring four goals and two assists ... scored a goal and an assist on the Big Red in the Ivy League semifinal ... had a hat trick with three caused turnovers and two ground balls over No. 12 Penn in the Ivy League championship ... had a career-high eight-point game versus Wagner in the first round of the NCAA tournament scoring seven goals and one assist, while adding two caused turnovers and a ground ball ... tallied three goals and an assist versus No. 10 Loyola in the second round with a ground ball ... scored once, while adding three ground balls and a caused turnover at No. 1 Boston College in the quarterfinals.
Awards
• Tewaaraton Watch List
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
• Second-Team All-Region
• Scored 100th career goal - Stony Brook
2018: Finished second on the team in scoring with 56 points with 42 goals and 14 assists ... became the 34th member of the Princeton Century Club against Penn in the Ivy League championship ... added 18 ground balls, one draw and one caused turnover ... scored five goals in the season opener at Temple with one ground ball ... had one goal, one assist, three ground balls and a caused turnover against No. 16 UVa ... scored one goals and chipped in three assists with one ground ball in a win at Lehigh ... tallied one goal in a win at Brown and had a ground ball at No. 16 Loyola ... scored twice and won a draw against Dartmouth ... net five goals with two ground balls against No. 11 Syracuse ... tallied one goal and one assist in a 15-6 win at Delaware ... added two goals and one assist with two ground balls at Harvard ... chipped in two helpers in a one-goal loss to No. 2 Maryland ... had three goals, one assist, one ground ball in an 18-4 win over Yale ... scored a hat trick in a win over Cornell ... added two goals and one assist in a 21-8 win over No. 10 Penn ... scored four goals and one assist with two ground balls in the regular-season finale at Columbia ... scored another four goals on the Lions in the Ivy League semifinal ... added four goals and one assist in the Ivy League championship against No. 13 Penn and had four ground balls ... notched a goal and two assist with a ground ball in the NCAA first round game with No. 19 Syracuse ... had a hat trick at No. 4 Boston College in the second round of the NCAAs.
Awards
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
• Ivy League All-Tournament Team
2017: Led the freshmen in scoring and was third on the team overall with 51 points on 38 goals and 13 assists ... her 38 goals is the second-most by a Princeton freshman in history ... added 11 ground balls, eight draws and seven caused turnovers ... had a point in 18 of 19 games ... started in all 19 games ... scored twice and had a draw in the season opener with Temple ... net four goals and an assist in a 17-10 win at Virginia ... added a hat trick, two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win against Loyola ... buried four goals in a win over Brown while adding two ground balls and a caused turnover on March 4 ... scored two goals and two assists, while winning a draw and two ground balls in a 14-8 win over Notre Dame ... scored a goal and had a draw against Penn State on March 21 ... had a six-point game with four goals and two assists at Dartmouth, while adding a draw and a caused turnover ... scored three times and added one assist in a 16-11 win over Syracuse ... added two goals in a 16-4 game with Delaware, while winning a draw and a ground ball ... tallied three goals and an assist in a 20-5 game with Harvard, while causing one turnover ... scored at Maryland while winning one draw ... net a goal and an assist in a 17-9 win at Yale ... scored twice and had one assist at Penn on April 19 ... net two goals in a 12-11 2OT win at Cornell, while picking up two ground balls ... scored once and added two assists, a draw and a ground ball in an 18-11 win over Columbia on April 29 ... scored a goal with a draw, caused turnover and ground ball versus Cornell in the Ivy League championship ... tallied a goal and an assist with two caused turnovers versus Cornell in the NCAAs ... scored a goal and an assist at Penn State in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Awards
• Ivy League Honorable Mention
• Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie Team
Before Princeton: A member of the US Under-19 Women's Lacrosse Team ... a three-time US Lacrosse All-America ... played in the 2016 Under Armour Senior All-America Game ... a two-time Independent School League MVP ... a four-year letterwinner at St. Mark's and two-time team MVP ... tallied 226 goals and 173 assists during her career ... 2016 national All-Academic ... Lions posted a 59-9 record during her time and won the 2015 and 2016 Independent School League Championship ... a four-time first-team all-league and three-time all-New England Prep selection ... chosen twice as USA Today Preseason All-America ... named Boston Globe All-Scholastic twice ... earned the Independent School League Award of Excellence in 2016 ... as a senior captain she scored 70 goals and 33 assists while pulling in 40 draw controls ... holds six school records: most career points (399), most career goals (226), most career assists (173), most goals in a single season (70), most assists in a single season (52) and most goals in a game (8) ... played club for Mass Elite ... a four-year letterwinner in soccer.
Personal: Full name is Tess Marie D'Orsi ... parents are Scott (Yale '90) and Deborah (Providence '89) D'Orsi ... Scott played hockey at Yale and is an investor ... has an older sister Hope (Richmond '18) who plays lacrosse for the Spiders, an older brother Will (Yale '20) on the Yale hockey team and two younger brothers Drew and Luke.
2019: Started in all 20 games ... had an 80-point season with 64 goals and 16 assists ... chipped in 29 ground balls and 19 caused turnovers ... scored six goals and caused a turnover in the season opener versus Temple ... net two goals and two assists with three ground balls and a caused turnover at No. 12 Virginia ... tallied five goals and added an assist, two caused turnovers and two ground balls in a 21-10 win over No. 8 Penn State ... had a four-goal game with three ground balls and two caused turnovers versus Columbia ... scored three goals and one assist in a win over No. 18 Stony Brook while scooping up one ground ball ... had a hat trick at No. 16 Florida with a ground ball ... scored three goals and two assists with three ground balls and a caused turnover versus Brown ... had a goal and two assists while tacking on four ground balls and three caused turnovers in a 15-6 win over Villanova ... scored five times in a win at No. 25 Dartmouth ... tallied a goal and an assist while adding two caused turnovers and a ground ball in a win over Loyola ... net four goals on with a ground ball in wins over Harvard and No. 12 Penn ... had a six-point game with four goals and two assists, while adding two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win at Yale ... followed up with another six-point game at Cornell scoring four goals and two assists ... scored a goal and an assist on the Big Red in the Ivy League semifinal ... had a hat trick with three caused turnovers and two ground balls over No. 12 Penn in the Ivy League championship ... had a career-high eight-point game versus Wagner in the first round of the NCAA tournament scoring seven goals and one assist, while adding two caused turnovers and a ground ball ... tallied three goals and an assist versus No. 10 Loyola in the second round with a ground ball ... scored once, while adding three ground balls and a caused turnover at No. 1 Boston College in the quarterfinals.
Awards
• Tewaaraton Watch List
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
• Second-Team All-Region
• Scored 100th career goal - Stony Brook
2018: Finished second on the team in scoring with 56 points with 42 goals and 14 assists ... became the 34th member of the Princeton Century Club against Penn in the Ivy League championship ... added 18 ground balls, one draw and one caused turnover ... scored five goals in the season opener at Temple with one ground ball ... had one goal, one assist, three ground balls and a caused turnover against No. 16 UVa ... scored one goals and chipped in three assists with one ground ball in a win at Lehigh ... tallied one goal in a win at Brown and had a ground ball at No. 16 Loyola ... scored twice and won a draw against Dartmouth ... net five goals with two ground balls against No. 11 Syracuse ... tallied one goal and one assist in a 15-6 win at Delaware ... added two goals and one assist with two ground balls at Harvard ... chipped in two helpers in a one-goal loss to No. 2 Maryland ... had three goals, one assist, one ground ball in an 18-4 win over Yale ... scored a hat trick in a win over Cornell ... added two goals and one assist in a 21-8 win over No. 10 Penn ... scored four goals and one assist with two ground balls in the regular-season finale at Columbia ... scored another four goals on the Lions in the Ivy League semifinal ... added four goals and one assist in the Ivy League championship against No. 13 Penn and had four ground balls ... notched a goal and two assist with a ground ball in the NCAA first round game with No. 19 Syracuse ... had a hat trick at No. 4 Boston College in the second round of the NCAAs.
Awards
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
• Ivy League All-Tournament Team
2017: Led the freshmen in scoring and was third on the team overall with 51 points on 38 goals and 13 assists ... her 38 goals is the second-most by a Princeton freshman in history ... added 11 ground balls, eight draws and seven caused turnovers ... had a point in 18 of 19 games ... started in all 19 games ... scored twice and had a draw in the season opener with Temple ... net four goals and an assist in a 17-10 win at Virginia ... added a hat trick, two ground balls and a caused turnover in a win against Loyola ... buried four goals in a win over Brown while adding two ground balls and a caused turnover on March 4 ... scored two goals and two assists, while winning a draw and two ground balls in a 14-8 win over Notre Dame ... scored a goal and had a draw against Penn State on March 21 ... had a six-point game with four goals and two assists at Dartmouth, while adding a draw and a caused turnover ... scored three times and added one assist in a 16-11 win over Syracuse ... added two goals in a 16-4 game with Delaware, while winning a draw and a ground ball ... tallied three goals and an assist in a 20-5 game with Harvard, while causing one turnover ... scored at Maryland while winning one draw ... net a goal and an assist in a 17-9 win at Yale ... scored twice and had one assist at Penn on April 19 ... net two goals in a 12-11 2OT win at Cornell, while picking up two ground balls ... scored once and added two assists, a draw and a ground ball in an 18-11 win over Columbia on April 29 ... scored a goal with a draw, caused turnover and ground ball versus Cornell in the Ivy League championship ... tallied a goal and an assist with two caused turnovers versus Cornell in the NCAAs ... scored a goal and an assist at Penn State in the NCAA quarterfinals.
Awards
• Ivy League Honorable Mention
• Inside Lacrosse All-Rookie Team
Before Princeton: A member of the US Under-19 Women's Lacrosse Team ... a three-time US Lacrosse All-America ... played in the 2016 Under Armour Senior All-America Game ... a two-time Independent School League MVP ... a four-year letterwinner at St. Mark's and two-time team MVP ... tallied 226 goals and 173 assists during her career ... 2016 national All-Academic ... Lions posted a 59-9 record during her time and won the 2015 and 2016 Independent School League Championship ... a four-time first-team all-league and three-time all-New England Prep selection ... chosen twice as USA Today Preseason All-America ... named Boston Globe All-Scholastic twice ... earned the Independent School League Award of Excellence in 2016 ... as a senior captain she scored 70 goals and 33 assists while pulling in 40 draw controls ... holds six school records: most career points (399), most career goals (226), most career assists (173), most goals in a single season (70), most assists in a single season (52) and most goals in a game (8) ... played club for Mass Elite ... a four-year letterwinner in soccer.
Personal: Full name is Tess Marie D'Orsi ... parents are Scott (Yale '90) and Deborah (Providence '89) D'Orsi ... Scott played hockey at Yale and is an investor ... has an older sister Hope (Richmond '18) who plays lacrosse for the Spiders, an older brother Will (Yale '20) on the Yale hockey team and two younger brothers Drew and Luke.
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