PHILADELPHIA – The 18th-ranked University of Pennsylvania men's lacrosse team is on the road for its final three regular-season games this season, starting Saturday when the Quakers make the short trip North to Old Nassau to face third-ranked Princeton at Class of 1952 Stadium.
 
In addition to airing nationally on ESPN+, Saturday's game at Princeton also will air live in the Philadelphia viewing region on NBC Sports Philadelphia+.
 
GAME 11 – #18 PENN (5-5, 2-2 Ivy League) at #3 PRINCETON (8-2, 2-1)
Saturday, April 11, 2026 | Noon | Princeton, N.J.
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Ivy League on ESPN+
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The Series with Princeton
*95th meeting in a series that started in 1928; Princeton leads the series, 72-22.
 
*The Tigers have won the last four meetings between these programs, with two of those coming in the Ivy League Tournament—in 2023 (a 9-8 Princeton win) and 2024 (an 18-11 Tigers victory in the final).
 
*Prior to that, Penn had won three of four and four of six, with the most recent victory coming in on March 18, 2023 (9-8 in overtime).
 
*Penn has lost on its last two trips to Princeton after winning there in both 2016 (20-10) and 2018 (14-7).
 
Strong Schedule…Again!
Although it's a new head coach (Taylor Wray), Penn's tradition of strong scheduling continues. Coach Wray and his staff have set up a 13-game slate that features seven games against teams that were in the Inside Lacrosse Preseason Top 20 poll—including five of the top six teams—and four more against teams in the "also receiving votes" section. (The Red and Blue also was listed among IL's teams receiving votes.) On the 2026 Penn men's lacrosse ledger…
  #2 Princeton (4/11)
  #3 Syracuse (3/1)
  #4 Cornell (4/4)
  #5 Georgetown (2/14)
  #6 North Carolina (2/27)
  #13 Harvard (3/14)
  #19 UAlbany (2/17)
  RV Dartmouth (3/28)
  RV Delaware (2/21)
  RV Villanova (3/8)
  RV Yale (3/21)
 
Road Warriors
*After starting the season with five of its first seven games at home, Penn is playing five of its last six contests away from Franklin Field.
 
*Penn had more home games in February (4) than it does in March and April combined (2). We're taking some liberties here; the fourth home game was really March 1, but we counted it as February since it happened on a weekend that also included February dates.
 
A Stirring Comeback
Penn is coming off one of the most improbable wins in program history two weeks ago at Dartmouth. With less than four minutes left in the third quarter, the Quakers were down 14-6 to the Big Green and had scored just one goal across the previous 26:56. However, the Red and Blue roared to life at that point, scoring three unanswered goals in the final 3:36 of the period and then outscoring their hosts 7-0 in the fourth for a 16-14 victory.
 
Preseason/Midseason All-America Recognitions
Junior SSDM Anthony McMullan received Preseason All-America honorable mention recognition from Inside Lacrosse for the second straight year, then received honorable mention recognition when IL announced its Midseason All-America teams on Friday, April 3.
 
Senior middie Griffin Scane received honorable mention recognition by both USA Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse when they announced their Preseason All-America teams.
 
2026 Quaker Notemeal
*Junior Davis Provost leads the Quakers in goals (27), points (32), and shots on goal (53); he has hit for multiple points in eight of Penn's first ten games—scoring multiple goals seven times—and is the only player to score/record a point in every game so far this season.
 
*Scane is second on the team with 22 goals this season, going for multiple goals in each of the first four games—including four-goal efforts against UAlbany and North Carolina—and three more times so far in Ivy League play (3 last week vs. Cornell, 2 each vs. Harvard and Dartmouth).
 
*Freshman Jackson Maher continues to lead Penn in assists, with 13, and is third with 25 points. He has gone for multiple points in three of the Quakers' four Ivy games—1g/1a vs. Harvard, 1g/2a at both Yale and Dartmouth—and seven times overall this season.
 
*Junior Ben Beacham missed the Villanova game but came back with seven points in the first three Ivy games (2g vs. Harvard, 1g/1a at Yale, 3g at Dartmouth) before getting shut out by Cornell last Saturday; he has six multi-point games this season.
 
*Sophomore Nate Lucchesi has eight points so far in Ivy play, sandwiching a pair of two-goal, one-assist performances against Harvard and Dartmouth around a two-point game at Yale (1g/1a); overall, he has nine goals and eight assists for his 17 points.
 
*Junior Grayson McClements has scored a goal in three of four Ivy games after going for three points at Villanova (2g/1a); he is the sixth Penn player to reach double digits in the points column, with 10 (7g/3a).
 
*Sophomore defenseman Dante Vardaro is typically assigned the top offensive threat, and leads the Quakers with 12 caused turnovers; however, he added an offensive element to his repertoire against Villanova with a goal and an assist (the goal coming in spectacular fashion, the long pole converting on a behind-the-back effort.)
 
*Overall, Penn has had 15 different goal scorers this season (including 11 with multiple goals) and 12 players who have dished out an assist.
 
*Senior Mac Eldridge leads Penn's strong face-off group; collectively, they are winning draws at a .582 rate this season (142-244) and went 20-5 in the Ivy opener vs. Harvard. Eldridge is 71-50 (.587) while fellow senior Ethan Costanzo is 31-21 (.596) and freshman Quinn Ball is 36-27 (.571) including a 16-3 mark against the Crimson.
 
*Sophomore Jack Pelot has started in goal for all ten games this season and holds a .498 save percentage. Two weeks ago at Dartmouth, he was replaced by Declan Monahan for the fourth quarter and the junior stopped all three shots he faced to help spur Penn's comeback.
 
*Eldridge, Scane, Ryan McLaughlin—who has played the last three games after missing the start of the season due to injury—and Jacob Pacheco are this year's captains.
 
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