Women’s Lacrosse Upsets No. 9 Princeton, 12-11

Saturday, March 23

Princeton, NJ

12:00 PM

Brown University

4-4, 2-1

Princeton

5-2, 1-1

Brown

Princeton

Women’s Lacrosse Upsets No. 9 Princeton, 12-11

3/23/2019 3:17:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Brown women's lacrosse team overcame a 9-2 deficit and went on a 10-2 run the rest of the way to defeat No. 9 Princeton, 12-11, on Saturday at Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium. The Bears hand the Tigers their first Ivy loss of the season while improving to 4-4 on the year and 2-1 in the Ivy League while Princeton moves to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play.

"It was an awesome team effort," said head coach Keely McDonald. "I'm really proud of how we battled back from being down. We fought on all parts of the field-defense, draw, offense. I am excited for practice as we travel to Florida tomorrow."

Trailing 9-2 in the first half, Brown came charging back to take a 10-9 lead at the break with eight-straight goals. After an offensive heavy first, it took 11 minutes for the Bears to open the scoring in the second, with sophomore Risa Mosenthal (Campton, N.H.) getting Brown back on the board at 19:36. Freshman Claire Jeschke (Syracuse, N.Y.) added a goal at 12:26 and the Bears held the Tigers to just two goals for the remainder (11:36 and 10:42) to hold on for the victory.

Mosenthal led Brown with four goals and one assist, her seventh game this season with three or more goals. Senior Zoe Verni (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) added three scores while junior KC Williams (Duxbury, Mass.) contributed two. In net, freshman Erin Tucker (Centerport, N.Y.) came up with 10 saves, including six stops in the second. It is her sixth game this year with double-digit saves.

Princeton gained a 5-1 lead in the first five minutes of the opening half, with Tess D'Orsi scoring three times. Junior Emma DeGennaro's (Huntington, N.Y.) free-position score stopped the run at 22:47 before the Tigers added four more tallies for a 9-2 lead at 18:42 with a goal from Kyla Sears.

The Bears then closed the period with eight-consecutive goals to claim a 10-9 advantage. Williams started the run and scored twice in the span at 15:49 and 6:17 while Mosenthal (12:10, 8:40, 2:32) added three goals and Verni contributed back-to-back goals to close the frame (1:23, 0:37).

Brown was a perfect 3-for-3 on free-position shots for the first while Princeton was just 1-of-4. The Tigers held a 12-8 lead in draw controls and a 11-8 edge in shots.

In the low scoring second, Mosenthal and Jeschke netted scores at 19:36 and 12:26 to increase Brown's advantage to 12-9. Sears added two tallies for Princeton at 11:36 and 10:42, both free-position scores, to pull the Tigers within one before the Bears prevented Princeton from scoring the equalizer. Brown outshot Princeton 12-9 while the Tigers had a slight 3-2 advantage in draw controls in the second.

Sears finished with four goals to lead Princeton while D'Orsi added three goals and two assists. Sam Fish concluded the contest with six saves in the opposing net.

The Bears will next travel to No. 16 Florida to take on the Gators on Tuesday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m.

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