2026 Concludes in First Round - Syracuse University Athletics

Friday, November 13

Storrs, Conn.

3 p.m.

Syracuse University

(12-8, 4-4)

Five-Seed #5 Princeton

(15-5, 6-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Syracuse	0	0	0	0	0
Princeton	0	2	1	1	4

Syracuse field hockey huddle vs Princeton

11/13/2026 5:05:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

Syracuse University field hockey's 2026 season came to a close Friday as Princeton handed the Orange a 4-0 defeat in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Nancy Stevens Field.

Syracuse (12-7) earned six penalty corners to Princeton's two but could not solve Tigers goalkeeper Josie Bianco, who made two saves to secure the shutout. Hattie Madden led Syracuse with three shots, while Aubrey Turner, Jess Liddell and Taylor Bigbie added one apiece. Jessie Eiselin went the distance in goal for the Orange, making two saves.

Princeton (14-5) got two goals from Molly Nye, who led all players with four shots, three of them on goal. Ottilie Sykes and Lydia Bills also scored for the Tigers, while Pru Lindsey, Reese Milone and Anna Faulstich each recorded an assist. Princeton outshot Syracuse 10-6 and held a 6-2 edge in shots on goal.

How it Happened

Syracuse weathered an early green card to Liddell in the fourth minute. Princeton generated the game's first three shots, with Izzy Morgan firing twice in the 11th minute before Eiselin turned aside a Nye attempt in the 13th.
The Orange answered with back-to-back penalty corners in the 13th and 14th minutes. Madden got a shot off on each, but the first was blocked and the second went wide, leaving the game scoreless after 15 minutes.
The Tigers earned their only two penalty corners of the game early in the second quarter. Nye's shot on the first was blocked in the 17th minute. On the second, Sykes had her initial drive blocked before scoring on the rebound three seconds later for a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute.
Bills doubled the advantage off the bench in the 26th minute, finishing a feed from Lindsey.
Madden tested Bianco in the 28th minute, but the Princeton keeper made the stop to send the Tigers into halftime with a 2-0 lead.
Eiselin denied Lindsey early in the third quarter, but Nye pushed the lead to 3-0 less than a minute later, converting a Reese Milone assist in the 35th minute.
The Orange mounted their best stretch of the game midway through the third, earning four consecutive penalty corners in a 34-second span. Liddell and Bigbie each had shots blocked before Bianco stopped a Turner attempt in the 43rd minute to preserve the shutout.
Syracuse played shorthanded twice in the fourth quarter after green cards to Grace Anne McCooey in the 48th minute and Catalina Pravda in the 52nd. Princeton held the Orange without a shot in the final period, and Nye capped the scoring in the 58th minute on a Faulstich assist.

By the Numbers

6-2: Syracuse's advantage in penalty corners, with four coming in a span of 34 seconds in the third quarter.
10-6: Princeton's edge in total shots, including a 6-2 advantage in shots on goal.
0: Syracuse shots in the fourth quarter.
2: Goals for Nye, who took four of Princeton's 10 shots.
3: Green cards issued to Syracuse, compared to none for Princeton.