Princeton Hangs on to Beat Brown
from press release
PRINCETON, N.J. – Senior Christine
Casaceli scored four goals on Senior Day to lead the No. 6-ranked
Princeton women’s lacrosse team to an 8-7 win over Brown on
Saturday, april 25 at Class of 1952 Stadium.
The Tigers held a slim 3-2 lead at halftime, and the Bears managed
to tie the game at 6-6 with 7:11 remaining in regulation. Casaceli
tallied the go-ahead goal at 6:14 and classmate Holly McGarvie
added another at 5:33 to put the game out of reach for the
Bears.
Senior Kristin Schwab received a yellow card not soon after, at
5:23, forcing the Tigers to maintain its lead while playing a man
down for three minutes. During that time the Bears managed to put
two shots on net with sophomore goalie Erin Tochihara making one
stops and Brown’s Kelly Robinson beating her with a shot to
the upper left corner to make it 8-7 with 2:36 to play. Tochihara
would make one more save on a Robinson shot to preserve the win for
Princeotn.
McGarvie finished the game with two points while three other Tigers
had a single point. Kelly paced Brown with a four-goal game, while
Lauren Vitkus tallied three goals.
Princeton quickly got itself on the scoreboard when senior Anne
Murray wrapped around the left post and found the net at 29:33.
Casaceli made it 2-0 at 23:51 with a free-position goal.
Robinson scored her first of the afternoon on an eight-meter
attempt at 21:31. In fact, the first three goals from the Bears
came by way of free-position attempts, as Vitkus added an
eight-meter goal at 2:51, to make it 3-2. Prior to the goal
McGarvie set up sophomore Lizzy Drumm for a goal at 8:21.
Princeton added two more goals to start the second half to increase
its lead to 5-2. Schwab fired in a shot from the near post, and
Casaceli brought the ball after the endline after a misfired shot
and scored her second of the day.
Robinson added another free-position goal at 21:36, with Casaceli
answering with her third of the day at 17:36.
Vitkus sparked a three-goal run for Brown at 13:34 when she made
her way through traffic and found the back of the net to make it
6-4. Robinson put in a low shot to make it 6-5 at 8:42. Katelyn
Caro set up for a free-position attempt just over a minute later
but made the pass off to Vitkus who put the ball away to even the
game at six apiece.
Following a Tiger timeout, the squad won the draw control and
Casaceli gave Princeton the lead.
Princeton had a 24-19 advantage in shots, had 21 ground balls to
Brown’s 15, and had a 10-6 edge in draw controls.
Tochihara finished the day with seven saves, while Brown’s
goalie Isabel Harvey stopped 11 shots.
The Tigers improve to 12-2 overall and finish the Ivy League season
with a 6-1 record. Brown falls to 6-8 and 2-4 in the
conference.
Princeton will host Loyola in the final home game of the regular
season on Wednesday, April 29 at 7 p.m.
