The women’s lacrosse team came up with a victory in Hanover, N.H., on Saturday, beating Dartmouth 15-13.
This victory gives Princeton the second seed in the Ivy League tournament. The Tigers lost their chance for the first seed on Wednesday in an overtime loss to Penn. Though Princeton had a shot to share first place with this victory, Penn beat Brown in an overtime game Saturday to maintain its undefeated record in the league and sole ownership of first place.
“I thought it was a great victory for us,” head coach Chris Sailer said. “To be able to come back from the disappointment of Wednesday night and play so well against a traditional rival and fight hard — there were a lot of momentum changes in that game — we weathered the storm, and we were able to pull it out, and I think that will really help us as we continue the rest of the season and into the postseason.”
The Tigers were able to start the first nine minutes of the game with three quick goals and made it halfway through the first half with its widest lead of 5-1, with key goals from senior midfielder Charlotte Davis, sophomore attacker Erin McMunn, junior attacker Mary-Kate Sivilli, freshman midfielder Anya Gersoff and senior attacker Sam Ellis.
The Big Green was then able to make a comeback run and finish off the first half with the score tied at 6-6. The score stayed close for the entirety of the second half, with the teams drawing even five times in that period.
"It's a tight game; it's back and forth. You really just try to focus on where you are — you can’t get too far ahead of yourself,” Sailer said. “I’ve coached enough Princeton-Dartmouth games to know there are going to be runs, and we came out early and played really well and got a good lead, and then they came storming back.”
A pair of goals from junior midfielder Sarah Lloyd and senior attacker Jaci Gassaway in the last two minutes of the game solidified Princeton’s lead, though, and helped the Tigers walk away with a victory.
Sailer said that the game was dependent on gaining draw control of the ball since Princeton was not winning draws when Dartmouth was able to take the lead, but overall the Orange and Black dominated, with 20 draw controls in comparison with the Big Green’s 10.
Princeton will end its regular season next Saturday with a home game against Penn State. The team will then play in the Ivy League Tournament May 3–5.
“Penn State is going to be a big opponent for us — they’re a top 10 team — so it’ll be a good chance to test ourselves against a team that’s definitely NCAA-bound and see how we compete against that level of competition, and then we’re getting ready for the Ivies so we want to try and do everything we do a little bit better,” Sailer said.
Princeton will face off against Penn State at 1952 Stadium at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
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