Last Saturday on the campus of Hofstra University, two rivals from New Jersey earned a monumental victory for their respective programs. No. 6 Rutgers defeated No. 3 Penn 11-9 to advance to the Final Four for the first time in program history. No. 5 Princeton then defeated No. 4 Yale 14-10 to advance to their program’s first Final Four in 18 years and 11th overall.
The two schools met for the 99th time earlier this season with the Tigers winning 16-11 on their home field. Rutgers has played no other team as much as they have Princeton in program history and its the seventh longest series in college lacrosse.