Princeton University Athletics
Princeton vs. Syracuse
August 20, 1999 | Men's Lacrosse
The site Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, N.J.
The date Saturday, May 23, 1998, 3:00 p.m. (approximate)
The seeds Princeton: No. 2
Syracuse: No. 3
The records Princeton: 12-1 (6-0 Ivy League)
Syracuse: 11-2
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (13th season, 157-47)
Syracuse: Roy Simmons Jr. (28th season, 290-95)
The series Syracuse leads 5-3
Last meeting Princeton defeated Syracuse 11-9 in the 1996 NCAA semifinals
The storyline Princeton meets Syracuse in the NCAA semifinals
Today's Note of the DayOranges and oranges - Between them, Princeton and Syracuse have won nine of the last 10 national championships.
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Oranges and oranges II - Princeton (.789) and Syracuse (.714) rank 1-2
all-time in NCAA Division I tournament winning percentage.
More orange - Princeton has not lost an NCAA tournament game to a team other than Syracuse since 1991, going 12-0 against all other opponents and 2-2 against the Orangemen since then.
Coach speak II - Syracuse's Roy Simmons Jr. (six) and Princeton's Bill Tierney (four) are the only coaches to win more than three Division I championships.
U.S.A., U.S.A. - Princeton's Jesse Hubbard and Syracuse's Casey Powell are the only two active college players on the U.S. team for the upcoming World Championships in Baltimore. Princeton's Bill Tierney is the head coach of the U.S. team.
Third quarter earnings - Princeton has shut out five of its 13 opponents in the third quarter, including Duke in the quarterfinals.
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Third quarter earnings II - Princeton has outscored its opponents 52-19 in
the third quarter.
Pipe cleaners - Princeton's starting goalie has played the entire game in just two of Princeton's last seven NCAA tournament games.
Stonewalling - Princeton has held 73 consecutive opponents to at least one scoreless stretch of at least 11:03, dating to the 1993 NCAA semifinals against Syracuse.
Stonewalling II - Princeton shut out Duke for the first 32:04 after Trevor Tierney replaced Corey Popham in goal midway through the second quarter.
Getting their points across - Jesse Hubbard, Chris Massey and Jon Hess have combined for 106 points in nine career NCAA tournament games. Every other Princeton player has combined for 21 career NCAA tournament points.
Getting their points across II - Jesse Hubbard, Chris Massey and Jon Hess have combined for 597 career points, every other Princeton player has combined for 273 career points.
The whammy - Princeton is looking to become the first team to win three straight national championships since Syracuse from 1988-90.
Streaking - Princeton has won 41 of its last 42 games.
Over-under - Princeton has held 25 straight opponents to 10 goals or fewer. Syracuse has scored at least 10 goals in 16 straight games.
No Joshing - Josh Sims tied his career high with four goals against Duke. He has nine goals in his last three games.
No Joshing II - Josh Sims has 28 goals on the year to become the third Tiger sophomore in three years to pass the 20-goal mark. The other two, Jesse Hubbard and Lorne Smith, were both named first-team All-America.
Just Wynne, baby - John Wynne has scored 12 goals on 19 shots this year for a team-best .632 shooting percentage.
Down but not out - When Princeton rallied from a four-goal deficit to defeat Duke in the quarterfinals, it marked the first time that Princeton had come from that far down and won since a 1994 win also against Duke.
Goal oriented - Jesse Hubbard and Chris Massey rank 1-2 on Princeton's career goals-scored list.
Point oriented - Jon Hess, Jesse Hubbard and Chris Massey rank 2-3-4 on Princeton's career points-scored list.
Senior citizens - Princeton has four seniors (John Wynne, Seamus Grooms, Mark Whaling, Spencer Baugher) who this season have equalled or bettered their previous career goal total.
Poll cats - Second-seeded Princeton was ranked first in the final USILA coaches' poll.
If it comes to that - Princeton has won seven straight overtime games, dating to a 14-13 loss to Towson State in the 1991 quarterfinals.
Class act - Princeton's Class of 1998 is 52-6, despite having lost the first two games freshman year.
Close shaves - Princeton is 4-1 in semifinal games, with four wins having been by one, two, two and three goals and one loss having been by six goals to Syracuse (1993).
Old streak - Princeton won 29 straight games, the second-longest streak in Division I history, before losing to Virginia in its second game this year.
New streak - Princeton has won 11 straight, the fourth-longest streak in school history.
Turning 40 - Jesse Hubbard needs one goal to become the first player in Princeton history to reach the 40-goal mark three times.
Turning 40 II - Jesse Hubbard and Chris Massey already have four 40-goal seasons between them. Every other player in Princeton lacrosse history combined has three 40-goal seasons.
Face it - Princeton has won fewer than 50% of its face-offs this year after winning better than 60% each of the last two years.
Before and after - Duke scored eight goals on 14 shots in the first half against Princeton and one goal on 16 shots in the second half.
Familiar final - Princeton has won an NCAA tournament game by an 11-9 score in each of the last three years.
This means absolutely nothing, but ... - Princeton's men's lacrosse team and men's basketball team are both 51-5 in their last 56 games.
Lending a hand - Princeton had a season-low two assists against Duke. Its previous low had been four, against Virginia.
Extra man-ia - Princeton's opponents have combined to go 3 for 30 on extra-man opportunities this year.
Extra man-ia II - Princeton has almost as many extra man goals (28) as it does penalties (31).
Flag day - Princeton's opponents have been called for 43 more penalties for 29 more minutes than Princeton.
Tricked you - Jesse Hubbard has 29 career games with at least three goals and 27 career games with fewer than three goals.
On the attack - Jon Hess, Jesse Hubbard and Chris Massey combined are three points shy of 600 for their career. No other three classmates in Princeton history have ever combined for more than 500 points.
A league of their own - Princeton has won 19 straight Ivy League games and is the first team in the league to go perfect for at least three straight seasons since Cornell did so from 1974-78.
Trophy case - Princeton did not have either the Ivy League Player of the Year (Harvard's Mike Ferrucci) or Rookie of the Year (Harvard's Keith Cynar).
The best Cook in town - Christian Cook held Ivy League Player of the Year Mike Ferrucci without a goal or assist in Princeton's 15-7 win over the Crimson.
Lunk-o-maniac - Kurt Lunkenheimer has started every game of his career, something no Tiger longstick has ever done for four years under Bill Tierney.
Carrying a big stick - John Harrington holds Princeton season and career records for goals and points by a defenseman.
You've gotta be a football hero - Both of Princeton's two football/lacrosse players (Mark Whaling, Rob Torti) have 10 goals and two assists.