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Scoring
- ben reeves ( 4 , 4 )
- eric scott ( 2 , 2 )
- matt gaudet ( 3 , 0 )
- joseph sessa ( 2 , 1 )
- jackson morrill ( 2 , 0 )
- lucas cotler ( 2 , 0 )
- jason alessi ( 1 , 0 )
- will weitzel ( 0 , 1 )
- jack tigh ( 0 , 1 )
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Scoring
- gavin mcbride ( 5 , 2 )
- zach currier ( 4 , 2 )
- riley thompson ( 3 , 2 )
- michael sowers ( 0 , 2 )
- dawson mckenzie ( 1 , 0 )
- chase williams ( 0 , 1 )
- charlie durbin ( 0 , 1 )
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Shots
- ben reeves 7
- eric scott 6
- matt gaudet 7
- joseph sessa 5
- jackson morrill 7
- lucas cotler 5
- jason alessi 4
- jack tigh 3
- conor mackie 1
- brendan mackie 1
- thomas duran 1
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Shots
- gavin mcbride 8
- zach currier 7
- riley thompson 4
- michael sowers 3
- dawson mckenzie 5
- charlie durbin 1
- adam hardej 1
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Ground Balls
- ben reeves 3
- eric scott 1
- matt gaudet 2
- joseph sessa 3
- jackson morrill 2
- jason alessi 2
- will weitzel 3
- jack tigh 1
- conor mackie 18
- charlie better 1
- john daniggelis 1
- aidan hynes 1
- john lazarsfeld 1
- camyar matini 4
- robert mooney 2
- brian pratt 1
- tyler warner 1
- brendan mackie 2
- brody wilson 5
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Ground Balls
- gavin mcbride 1
- zach currier 8
- riley thompson 1
- michael sowers 4
- dawson mckenzie 1
- chase williams 3
- charlie durbin 1
- mike morean 1
- arman medghalchi 4
- sam gravitte 2
- bear goldstein 3
- alistair berven 1
- nick bauer 1
- tyler blaisdell 2
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Turnovers
- matt gaudet 2
- joseph sessa 2
- jackson morrill 1
- jack tigh 1
- conor mackie 5
- camyar matini 1
- brody wilson 2
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Turnovers
- zach currier 4
- riley thompson 1
- michael sowers 1
- dawson mckenzie 1
- chase williams 1
- charlie durbin 1
- arman medghalchi 1
- bear goldstein 1
- alistair berven 1
- nick bauer 1
- tyler blaisdell 3
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Caused Turnovers
- joseph sessa 1
- aidan hynes 1
- camyar matini 2
- robert mooney 1
- brody wilson 1
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Caused Turnovers
- zach currier 2
- michael sowers 2
- arman medghalchi 2
- sam gravitte 2
- nick bauer 1
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Faceoffs Won
- conor mackie 26
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Faceoffs Won
- zach currier 4
- ralph chrappa 1
- sam gravitte 2
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Faceoffs Taken
- conor mackie 33
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Faceoffs Taken
- zach currier 22
- ralph chrappa 3
- sam gravitte 8
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Saves
- brody wilson 6 ( 0.32 )
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Saves
- tyler blaisdell 18 ( 0.53 )
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Current Records
- yale 10 - 6
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Current Records
- princeton 10 - 6
This one was quite unlike recent Princeton-Yale men's lacrosse in one way and very much like Princeton-Yale men's lacrosse in another. Actually, make that two others.
For the first time in eight regular-season games, the Princeton-Yale matchup was not decided by one goal, as Yale beat Princeton 16-13 Friday afternoon on Sherrerd Field. So that was different.
On the other hand, the recent history - actually going back 17 meetings, so not exactly recent - of this rivalry has been defined by Yale's dominance of the face-off X, and this one fit right in with that trend. And as a result, there was another commonality for this one for the Tigers - it was very frustrating.
In the 17 previous meetings between the teams before this one, Yale had the face-off advantage 16 times - for a combined 233 for 354, or a .658 winning percentage. In this game, it was even worse, as Yale's Conor Mackie won 26 of the 33 face-offs, or .788, with an astonishing 18 ground balls as Yale dominated possession.
The result was a 47-29 edge in shots, and that turned out to be the difference. Even an 18-save performance by Tyler Blaisdell - many of them spectacular - wasn't enough as the Bulldogs seemed to constantly have the ball.
Mackie's performance wasn't the best ever by a Yale face-off man against Princeton. That would be back in 2005, when Yale's Dan Kallaugher won 17 of 20 in a 9-8 win.
Still, it was frustrating enough for the Tigers. Princeton is one of the top shooting percentage teams in the country, coming into the game second in Division I at .380 as a team. In this game, Princeton scored 13 goals on 29 shots, or .448, but the Tigers were never able to match possessions with the Bulldogs.
NOTES
* Gavin McBride tied his career high with five goals and, with two assists, established a new career high with seven points. It was the second-straight five-goal game for McBride, and his first point of the day - on an assist by Zach Currier - gave him 100 for his career.
* Currier finished the game with four goals to tie his career high, and he also had two assists for a six-point day. He added eight ground balls and two caused turnovers.
* Riley Thompson also matched his career highs with three goals and five points. Michael Sowers had two assists but was held without a goal for the first time in his career.
* Yale led 8-4 midway through the second quarter and 8-6 at the half, but the Tigers would tie it 8-8 on two Currier goals early in the third. Yale would regain the lead 15 seconds after Princeton tied it to start a 5-0 run, but the Tigers answered, getting within two at 14-12 and then 15-13 with 4:58 left when Chase Williams fed Currier. The key moment of the game then followed, as Currier was called for being in the crease with a little more than three minutes to go, nullifying a goal that would have made it 14-13, and then, after a Blaisdell save and rebound on the next possession, Yale's Joseph Sessa batted the ball out of the air into the goal, making it 16-13.
* Princeton will next host Brown on Saturday, April 1.