No. 12 Princeton Up Next for Dartmouth

Saturday, April 16

Princeton, NJ

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Princeton

Sophia Franco women's lacrosse action versus UMass

Photo by: Doug Austin

4/15/2022 11:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

This will be the fifth time this season that the Big Green have played a ranked opponent.

By: Nick Romei

GAME 11

Dartmouth (3-7, 1-3) vs. No. 12 Princeton (7-3, 2-0)
Date: Saturday, Apr. 16, 2022 – 12 p.m.
Location: Princeton, N.J. – Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium
All-Time Series: 19-28
Last Time: 4/6/19 – L, 14-12
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON LACROSSE
The Dartmouth women's lacrosse team hits the road to take on No. 12 Princeton in Ivy League play on Saturday afternoon at Princeton's Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium.

LAST TIME OUT

The Big Green picked up their first Ivy League victory of the season, defeating Columbia, 22-6, on Saturday at Scully-Fahey Field.
Katie Elders tied the program record for points in an Ivy League game with nine after scoring a career-high seven goals and dishing out two assists.
Katina Christensen and Maja Desmond also had career highs as Christensen scored seven goals and Maja Desmond had nine draw controls.
The 22 goals scored by the Big Green were one shy of tying the program record for most goals scored in an Ancient Eight game.
The Tigers fell to No. 8 Maryland, 19-9, in non-conference action on Wednesday.

WEEKLY HONORS
Maja Desmond picked up her first career weekly honor as she was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week after having nine draw controls, three ground balls, and two caused turnovers.

THE BIG GREEN STATS

Katie Elders leads the team in scoring with 30 goals. Katina Christensen is second with 21 while Lucy Murray and Jev Ward are tied with 14.
Murray has a team-leading 10 assists while Elders leads in points with 34.
Among the Ivy League, Elders ranks first in shots per game (6.70), second in goals per game (3.00), and fourth in points per game (3.40).
Maja Desmond's 13 caused turnovers are a team high and is second in ground balls (22) and draw controls (26).
Gisele Todd, Desmond, and Nieve Donegan are in the top-8 in the Ivy League in ground balls per game, and Desmond ranks fifth in caused turnovers per game (1.30).
Todd has 91 saves for the Big Green this season with a save percentage of .474 and leads the team in ground balls with 24.
Among the Ancient Eight, Todd ranks third in saves per game (9.10) and save percentage (.474).

SCOUTING PRINCETON

Princeton enters Saturday's game with a 7-3, 2-0 record.
The Tigers were ranked 12^th in the latest IWLCA national poll.
Kyla Sears leads the Tigers with 33 goals and leads the league in goals per game with 3.30.
Sears' 46 points also lead the league. Grace Tauckus has 24 goals for Princeton this season.
Sam Fish has a team-leading 25 ground balls while Marge Donovan leads in caused turnovers (14) and draw controls (61).
Fish has played every minute in goal for the Tigers, accumulating 106 saves and has a save percentage of .445.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE TIGERS

Princeton leads the all-time series, 28-19.
The teams have split the last two contests. The Tigers won the 2019 matchup, 14-12, and the Big Green won the year before, 15-12.

FOLLOW ALONG

Saturday's game will be available to stream on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet.
Live stats are provided in the link above.

WHAT'S AHEAD
Dartmouth has a quick turnaround as they play Vermont on Wednesday evening to kick off a three-game home stand. The game will be available to stream on NESN+, ESPN+ and Stretch Internet and tickets can be purchased through the Dartmouth Ticket Office.