NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Coming off its sixth straight victory, a thrilling comeback win over Brown to close the regular season, the No. 9 Yale men's lacrosse team (No. 3 seed) looks to continue its momentum into the postseason, facing No. 2 Princeton (No. 2 seed) in an ESPNU-televised clash in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals on Friday, May 1.
 
No. 3 seed Yale vs. No. 2 seed Princeton
Friday, May 1 – 6:30 p.m.
Schoellkopf Field
Ithaca, N.Y.
ESPNU | Live Stats 
 
Last Time Out

• Peter Moynihan tallied the go-ahead goal with 1:34 remaining as the No. 9 Bulldogs took down Brown, 14-13, on Saturday afternoon at Stevenson-Pincince Field.
• The victory marked the team's sixth straight and clinched a berth in the Ivy League Tournament for the 15^th consecutive year.
• The Bulldogs trailed by as many as four in the first half and were down 11-10 late in the third quarter before Dylan Blekicki scored with one second left in the frame to tie the game.
• Brown twice went back in front in the fourth, but Yale answered both times before Moynihan delivered the winner.
• Connor Gately led Yale with four goals and had three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Sean Grogan finished with a three-point performance of two goals and an assist and added four ground balls.
• Luke Pascal tallied two goals and one assist, including the tying goal with 4:55 left in the fourth quarter.
• Blekicki scored twice, including the buzzer-beating equalizer with one second left in the third quarter.
• Moynihan tallied a goal and an assist, with his unassisted score at 1:34 proving to be the game-winner.
• Cole Cashion and Quinn Crotty tallied two-point performances with a goal and an assist.
• Cole Jackson tallied a goal.
• Patrick Pisano and Konrad Miklaszewski recorded two caused turnovers each.
• Ben Friedman made 12 saves in goal.

 
Bulldog Notes

• The Bulldogs rank second in the nation in man-up offense (.583), 18^th in saves per game (12.92), and 14^th in winning percentage (.692).
• Gately is 14^th in the NCAA in assists per game (2.23), which leads the Ivy League.
• Pisano is second in the league in caused turnovers per game (1.54).
• Friedman is 10^th in the nation in save percentage (.559), which ranks second in the league, and saves per game (13.00), which leads the league.
• Grogan is eighth in the league in goals per game (2.15).
• Gately is fourth in the league in points per game (3.92), and Grogan is ninth (3.46).
• Grogan leads the Bulldogs with 28 goals.
• Gately is first on the squad in assists (29), and points (51), and second in goals.
• Gately has recorded at least one point in every game for Yale this season.
• Grogan has registered three straight multi-goal performances.
• Friedman has made double-digit saves in nine games this season.
• Yale's RPI is currently 14.
• The Bulldogs have scored double-digit goals in every game since the Penn loss.

 
Season Notes

• The Bulldogs were ranked No. 9 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll on Apr. 20 and Apr. 27.
• Cashion was named to the USILA Team of the Week on Apr. 15.
• Head Coach Andy Shay recorded his 200th career win at Hofstra on Apr. 14.
• Yale was ranked No. 12 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll on Apr. 13.
• The Bulldogs were ranked No. 17 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll on Apr. 6.
• Pisano was tabbed Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Apr. 6.
• Pisano garnered Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention Midseason All-America honors on Apr. 3
• Yale was ranked No. 18 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll on Mar. 30.
• Moynihan was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week, and Friedman was tabbed Defensive Player of the Week on Mar. 30.
• The Bulldogs were picked to finish fourth in the Ivy League Preseason Poll on Feb. 5.

 
Scouting Princeton

• The Tigers enter the matchup with an 11-2 overall record (5-1 Ivy).
• Princeton is currently ranked No. 2 in the latest Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.
• The Tigers have won six straight, and their only losses this season have been against Cornell and Penn State.
• Princeton is coming off a 17-9 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday. With the win, the Tigers clinched a share of the Ivy League regular season title with Cornell.
• The Tigers are led by Nate Kabiri (30-28-58), and Chad Palumbo (30-20-50) on offense. Palumbo was chosen by the Carolina Chaos with the seventh pick of the first round of the Premier Lacrosse League draft. He was the first Ivy League player selected.
• On the defensive side, Andrew McMeekin is seventh in the nation in ground balls per game (7.69), which leads the Ivy League. He's also second in the league in face-off winning percentage (.575). The senior leads the Tigers with 100 ground balls.
• Goalie Ryan Croddick is first in the league in save percentage (.566).

Princeton Rewind

• The Bulldogs and Tigers last met on Mar. 14 in New Haven, with Princeton winning 11-10.
• Yale battled with a big fourth-quarter comeback, scoring four goals in the final frame, but the Bulldogs came up short.
• Eight different Bulldogs found the back of the net, led by Moynihan's four point afternoon (1G, 3A), and Gately's three-point effort (2G, 1A).
• After the Tigers took a 9-6 advantage into the fourth, Yale came out firing. Grogan converted on a man-up opportunity just 25 seconds into the quarter. Jackson then scored at the 11:17 mark to pull the Bulldogs within one (9-8).
• Princeton responded to restore a two-goal lead, but Gately answered to make it a one-goal game again (10-9).
• The Tigers then scored with 48 seconds remaining to push the advantage to 11-9. Blekicki added a goal with 14 seconds left (11-10), but Princeton held on for the win.

 
Up Next
The tournament championship game will take place on Sunday, May 3 at 1 p.m.
 

Good morning from three first-years making last-second looks easy. pic.twitter.com/XGfpZ04bYb

— Yale Men's Lacrosse (@YaleLacrosse) April 26, 2026