March 19, 2018
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| SHOTS | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| #18 Penn State | 21 | 16 | 37 |
| #16 Princeton | 12 | 15 | 27 |
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| SAVES | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| #18 Penn State | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| #16 Princeton | 6 | 9 | 15 |
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| GROUND BALLS | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| #18 Penn State | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| #16 Princeton | 11 | 8 | 19 |
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| DRAWS | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| #18 Penn State | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| #16 Princeton | 1 | 9 | 10 |
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Senior Katie O'Donnell (West Chester, Pa.) and sophomore Maria Auth (Street, Md.) each registered three goals on the afternoon, but it wasn't enough as No. 18 Penn State dropped a non-conference contest to No. 16 Princeton, 13-12, at Panzer Stadium.
Junior classmates Madison Carter (Davidsonville, Md.) and Kayla Brisolari (Crofton, Md.) each added a pair of goals while freshmen Sophia Triandafils (Wading River, N.Y.) and Quinn Nicolai (Moorestown, N.J.) scored one each.
O'Donnell and Brisolari each caused a game-high three turnovers while O'Donnell led Penn State with four groundballs. Carter also added a career-high 15 draw controls on the afternoon.
Penn State (6-4) opened the scoring using a 4-0 over the first 7:42 of the contest as Auth registered the first goal of the game on the opening possession just 58 seconds in while O'Donnell capped off the scoring spurt with her first of the game.
Kyla Sears ended the Nittany Lion run as she fired home her first of the game at the 17:51 mark of the opening half for the 4-1 score. Brisolari and Auth then added back-to-back tallies for the hosts at 16:09 and 12:48, respectively, for the 6-1 lead ending the afternoon for Tiger starting goalkeeper Mary-Kate McDonough.
The change in cage switched the momentum as Princeton (4-2) used a 4-1 lead over the final 12 minutes of the first half to climb back into the game heading into the break. Ellie McNulty collected a pair of goals during the run.
Coming out of the intermission O'Donnell ripped home her second of the game at the 28:32 mark, but the Tigers scored the next five goals to grab the 10-9 lead at the 18:51 mark after Elizabeth George finished off a feed from Julia Haney.
O'Donnell ripped a free-position shot to tie the contest back at 10-10, but Sears tilted the score back in favor of the visitors on the ensuing possession at 17:38. Nicolai tied the contest again for Penn State at 15:05, but back-to-back goals from George over a five minute span gave Princeton the two-goal edge and a late goal from Brisolari was not enough as the Tigers held on for the 13-12 victory.
Sam Fish stopped 11 shots after relieving McDonough and secured her first victory to improve to 1-0 on the season while freshman Lucy Lowe (Cockeysville, Md.) falls to 4-4 after making eight saves in the setback.
Penn State remains home as they welcome Johns Hopkins to Happy Valley on Thursday night for a 7 p.m. Big Ten Conference tilt.
NOTES
- Penn State held the 37-27 edge in shots including the 27-21 edge on target while also commanding the draw 17-10 including a 13-1 margin in the first half.
- Princeton held the slim edge in groundballs 19-16, but turned the ball over 18 times to just 15 for Penn State.
- Penn State falls to 13-25 all-time against Princeton as the Tigers snap a three-game losing-streak to the Nittany Lions.
- Penn State falls to 6-2 on the year when leading at the half and have now lost four games by just five goals this season including three one-goal games.
- Carter and Auth each extend their goal streaks to 13 games while O'Donnell has now scored at least one goal in 33 consecutive games.
- With a pair of goals on the afternoon Carter now leaps Maggie Dunphy '86 for eighth on the Penn State all-time goals list with 151 now in her career.