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Women's Basketball
Dillon, Lauren
Lauren Dillon
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- ldillon@princeton.edu
Dillon At Princeton
NCAA Tournaments (4):Â 2022, 2023 (Second Round), 2024, 2025
Ivy League Championships (4):Â 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Ivy League Tournament Championships (3):Â 2022, 2023, 2024
All-Americans (2):Â Abby Meyers (2022), Kaitlyn Chen (2024)
Ivy League Players Of The Year (3):Â Bella Alarie (2020), Abby Meyers (2022), Kaitlyn Chen (2023)
Ivy League Defensive Players Of The Year (3):Â Ellie Mitchell (2022, 2023, 2024)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (1):Â Madison St. Rose (2023)
Lauren Dillon will begin her seventh year with Princeton in 2025-26.Â
In five playing seasons with Dillon on the staff, Princeton has won four Ivy League championships, posting a 65-5 record against Ivy opponents during the regular season. Overall, the Tigers are 121-25Â (.829) during Dillon's tenure as a coach with Princeton with three Ivy League Tournament Championships and two NCAA Tournament victories.
Princeton went 21-8 in 2024-25 and collected a Net Ranking of 46, adding four combined quad 1/2 victories. The Tigers placed second in the Ivy League and received an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton had four earn All-Ivy selections highlighted by Ashley Chea’s unanimous First-Team honor.
The 2023-24 season saw the Tigers win their fifth consecutive Ivy League Tournament title, nabbing a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton finished with a Net Ranking of 35 overall and had one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country, taking on No. 3 UCLA on the road in addition to No. 20 Oklahoma and No. 19 Indiana on a neutral floor. The Tigers’ victory over Oklahoma was the fourth top-25 win in program history.
The 2022-23 season had Women’s Basketball go 24-6, advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year becoming the first Ivy team to do that since Harvard men's team in 2013 and 2014. After starting the Ivy campaign 0-2, the Tigers ripped off 12 straight before sweeping both games at home in the Ivy Tournament for their second straight crown and earning a bid to the NCAAs. With the team’s victory over NC State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, it marked the first time an Ivy League school has had its men's and women's teams both win in the NCAA in the same year.
The 2021-22 season saw Princeton finish with a 25-5 record, advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. After a second consecutive undefeated regular season championship in the Ivy League, the Tigers swept both games of the Ivy League Tournament to claim the Ivy Tournament title and earn an automatic bid to NCAAs.
Seeded No. 11, the Tigers knocked off No. 6 Kentucky -- the SEC Tournament champion -- in the First Round, 69-62. Princeton would then take No. 3 Indiana to the limit in the Second Round, falling to the hosts at Assembly Hall, 56-55.
The win over Kentucky was one of two Princeton victories over Top-25 opponents during the 2021-22 season. In addition to the win over the Wildcats, who were ranked No. 15 in AP Poll at the time, Dillon and the Tigers knocked off No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast on the road, 58-55, for the program's first win over a Top-25 opponent in 43 years.
During the 2021-22 season, Dillon again coached the Ivy League Player of the Year in unanimous selection Abby Meyers who was also named unanimous first-team All-Ivy. Ellie Mitchell was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, while Julia Cunningham (first team) and Grace Stone (honorable mention) also garnered All-Ivy honors.
The Tigers went 26-1 overall in 2019-20 and finished with a 22-game winning streak. The Tigers’ streak was the second longest in the country behind No. 1 South Carolina. The unit wrapped up the campaign with a RPI of No. 9, the best mark in Ivy history and went undefeated in conference play before the postseason was cancelled due to the Coronavirus. Bella Alarie was one of three players to be named All-Ivy as she was honored with her third straight Ivy Player of the Year award. Carlie Littlefield was first-team All-Ivy for the second consecutive season while Julia Cunningham was honored with honorable mention accolades.
Dillon comes from Tufts where she spent the previous season as a coach after graduating from the school in 2018. She helped lead her squad team to a NESCAC championship her freshmen year, and one Elite Eight, one Final Four, and two National Championship game appearances throughout her career.
A two-year captain, Dillon was the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore, earned a First-Team All-League honor as a senior and graduated as the program’s all-time record in career steals and assists.
She earned her masters’ degree in Child Study and Human Development at Tufts in 2021.
NCAA Tournaments (4):Â 2022, 2023 (Second Round), 2024, 2025
Ivy League Championships (4):Â 2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Ivy League Tournament Championships (3):Â 2022, 2023, 2024
All-Americans (2):Â Abby Meyers (2022), Kaitlyn Chen (2024)
Ivy League Players Of The Year (3):Â Bella Alarie (2020), Abby Meyers (2022), Kaitlyn Chen (2023)
Ivy League Defensive Players Of The Year (3):Â Ellie Mitchell (2022, 2023, 2024)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (1):Â Madison St. Rose (2023)
Lauren Dillon will begin her seventh year with Princeton in 2025-26.Â
In five playing seasons with Dillon on the staff, Princeton has won four Ivy League championships, posting a 65-5 record against Ivy opponents during the regular season. Overall, the Tigers are 121-25Â (.829) during Dillon's tenure as a coach with Princeton with three Ivy League Tournament Championships and two NCAA Tournament victories.
Princeton went 21-8 in 2024-25 and collected a Net Ranking of 46, adding four combined quad 1/2 victories. The Tigers placed second in the Ivy League and received an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton had four earn All-Ivy selections highlighted by Ashley Chea’s unanimous First-Team honor.
The 2023-24 season saw the Tigers win their fifth consecutive Ivy League Tournament title, nabbing a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Princeton finished with a Net Ranking of 35 overall and had one of the toughest non-conference schedules in the country, taking on No. 3 UCLA on the road in addition to No. 20 Oklahoma and No. 19 Indiana on a neutral floor. The Tigers’ victory over Oklahoma was the fourth top-25 win in program history.
The 2022-23 season had Women’s Basketball go 24-6, advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year becoming the first Ivy team to do that since Harvard men's team in 2013 and 2014. After starting the Ivy campaign 0-2, the Tigers ripped off 12 straight before sweeping both games at home in the Ivy Tournament for their second straight crown and earning a bid to the NCAAs. With the team’s victory over NC State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, it marked the first time an Ivy League school has had its men's and women's teams both win in the NCAA in the same year.
The 2021-22 season saw Princeton finish with a 25-5 record, advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history. After a second consecutive undefeated regular season championship in the Ivy League, the Tigers swept both games of the Ivy League Tournament to claim the Ivy Tournament title and earn an automatic bid to NCAAs.
Seeded No. 11, the Tigers knocked off No. 6 Kentucky -- the SEC Tournament champion -- in the First Round, 69-62. Princeton would then take No. 3 Indiana to the limit in the Second Round, falling to the hosts at Assembly Hall, 56-55.
The win over Kentucky was one of two Princeton victories over Top-25 opponents during the 2021-22 season. In addition to the win over the Wildcats, who were ranked No. 15 in AP Poll at the time, Dillon and the Tigers knocked off No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast on the road, 58-55, for the program's first win over a Top-25 opponent in 43 years.
During the 2021-22 season, Dillon again coached the Ivy League Player of the Year in unanimous selection Abby Meyers who was also named unanimous first-team All-Ivy. Ellie Mitchell was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year, while Julia Cunningham (first team) and Grace Stone (honorable mention) also garnered All-Ivy honors.
The Tigers went 26-1 overall in 2019-20 and finished with a 22-game winning streak. The Tigers’ streak was the second longest in the country behind No. 1 South Carolina. The unit wrapped up the campaign with a RPI of No. 9, the best mark in Ivy history and went undefeated in conference play before the postseason was cancelled due to the Coronavirus. Bella Alarie was one of three players to be named All-Ivy as she was honored with her third straight Ivy Player of the Year award. Carlie Littlefield was first-team All-Ivy for the second consecutive season while Julia Cunningham was honored with honorable mention accolades.
Dillon comes from Tufts where she spent the previous season as a coach after graduating from the school in 2018. She helped lead her squad team to a NESCAC championship her freshmen year, and one Elite Eight, one Final Four, and two National Championship game appearances throughout her career.
A two-year captain, Dillon was the NESCAC Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore, earned a First-Team All-League honor as a senior and graduated as the program’s all-time record in career steals and assists.
She earned her masters’ degree in Child Study and Human Development at Tufts in 2021.
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