Princeton University Athletics
Princeton at Johns Hopkins
August 20, 1999 | Men's Lacrosse
Feb.28, 1998
The site Homewood Field -?Baltimore, Md. The date Saturday, Feb. 28, 1998 - 2:00 p.m. The records Princeton: 0-0 Johns Hopkins: 0-0 The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (13th season, 145-46) Johns Hopkins: Tony Seaman (17th season, 154-69) The series Johns Hopkins leads 47-19 Last year Princeton defeated Johns Hopkins 7-6 in overtime The storyline Princeton travels to Baltimore for its traditional season-opener
Notes of the Night
Streaking - Princeton's current 28-game winning streak is the third-longest in Division I history. The current look:Streak School Year 42 Cornell 1976-78 29 Syracuse 1989-91 28 Princeton 1996-currentClosing in - Jesse Hubbard enters his senior season needing three goals to tie Justin Tortolani's career record of 120.
Closing in II - Chris Massey enters his senior season needing eight goals to tie Justin Tortolani's career record of 120.
Closing in III - Jon Hess needs six assists to join Kevin Lowe as the only Tigers with at least 100 career assists and 12 goals and eight assists to become the first Princeton player ever with at least 80 goals and 100 assists.
Close shaves - Eight of the last nine Princeton-Johns Hopkins games have been decided by four goals or fewer, and four have been one-goal games.
Saving his decision - Princeton coach Bill Tierney will make his decision on a starting goalie close to gametime. Tierney, who will choose between Corey Popham, Trevor Tierney and Neal DiBello, did not choose Patrick Cairns as his starting goalie until literally five minutes before face-off at Homewood Field in 1995.
Role reversal - Johns Hopkins outcored Princeton by a total of 27 goals in the first three games it played against Bill Tierney-coached Tiger teams. In the nine games since, Princeton has outscored Johns Hopkins by 18 goals.
On the attack - Princeton's starting attack of Jon Hess, Chris Massey and Jesse Hubbard has combined for 463 points in three years (45 games).
Not bad, for starters - Josh Sims, who grew up a Hopkins fan, scored the overtime goal that defeated the Blue Jays in last season's opener, the first collegiate game for Sims.
Dee-fense, Dee-fense - The seven goals that Princeton scored against Johns Hopkins last year are the fewest in a game by the Tigers in their last 43 games, dating to a 6-4 win over Notre Dame on March 14, 1995.
Lunk-o-maniac - Kurt Lunkenheimer enters his junior year having started every game of his career.
Stonewalling - Princeton has held 60 consecutive opponents to at least one scoreless stretch of at least 11:03.
Maryland my Maryland - Princeton has won five straight and eight of its last nine games in the state of Maryland.
Hopkins killer - Jesse Hubbard, who missed Princeton's game against Hopkins last year with a shoulder injury, has scored eight goals in two career games against the Blue Jays.
Quarterly report - Princeton helds its opponents to either one goal or no goals in 29 of 60 quarters last year.
The All-American boys - For the first time since 1948, Princeton returns two first-team All-Americas. Lorne Smith and Jon Hess return from last year, while Henry Fish and Frederic Allner returned from 1947.
The All-American boys II - Princeton returns six players who earned All-America honors last year.
The All-Ivy boys - Princeton returns seven players who earned All-Ivy League honors last year.
Earning his stripes - All-America attackman Jon Hess wore the Tiger mascot costume for Princeton's men's basketball game against Pennsylvania last week.
Mr. Reliable - Chris Massey has scored at least one goal in a school-record 35 straight games.
More reliable - Jon Hess has scored at least one point in 43 of 45 career games, including the last 37.
Weight-watcher - Mark Whaling was 240 pounds during football season and is 210 pounds for lacrosse season.
19 in 97 - Princeton scored 19 goals five times in 15 games last year.
You gotta be a football hero - Two of the three members of Princeton's second midfield unit were on the football team last fall. Senior Mark Whaling is a two-time All-Ivy League defensive tackle, while freshman Rob Torti was a backup quarterback.
Back for more - Princeton returns 76.8% of its point total from the 1997 season.
Moving up the charts - Jon Hess is in sixth place in career points at Princeton with 162. He needs two points to move past both David Tickner and Justin Tortolani into fourth place and 20 points to move into second. Kevin Lowe is Princeton's career leader with 247.
Century city - A Princeton win over Johns Hopkins would move Bill Tierney 100 games over .500 for his career. He currently has a career record of 145-46.
In case it comes to that - Princeton has won seven straight overtime games, dating to the 1991 NCAA quarterfinals against Towson State.
U.S.A., U.S.A. - Three members of the Princeton program will return to Homewood Field this summer as members of the U.S. national team for the World Championships. Bill Tierney is the head coach, Jesse Hubbard is a player and George O'Neil is an athletic trainer.
Face it - Princeton graduated face-off men James Mitchell and Dennis Kramer, who between them won 193 of 311 draws last year (63%). Princeton returns five players who were a combined 14 for 29 last year.