Princeton University Athletics
Young Guns
February 29, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 29, 2000
Princeton vs. Johns Hopkins
The site
Homewood Field * Baltimore, Md.
The date
Saturday, March 4, 2000 * 12:05 p.m.
The records
Princeton: 0-0 Johns Hopkins: 0-0
The coaches
Princeton: Bill Tierney (15th season, 168-51) Johns Hopkins: John Haus (fifth season, 58-24)
The series
Johns Hopkins leads 48-20
Last meeting
Johns Hopkins defeated Princeton 12-11 *?March 6, 1999
Today's Note of the Day
U-turn - Princeton is 8-3 in its last 11 meetings with Johns Hopkins. Princeton was 0-24 in its 24 meetings with Johns Hopkins prior to that.
Five more notes no media person should be without
Close shaves - Five of the last 11 meetings between Princeton and Johns Hopkins, including last year's, have been decided by one goal. Three of those five went to overtime.
In case you forgot - Princeton led Johns Hopkins 9-3 at one point in last year's opener before the Blue Jays rallied for a 12-11 win. Nice to see you again - Princeton and Johns Hopkins have met every year since 1945. Hopkins is Princeton's longest continuous rival.
More nice - Princeton has opened its season against Johns Hopkins every year since 1990.
Getting his kicks - Princeton head coach Bill Tierney once coached Johns Hopkins' soccer team to the Division III Final Four.
Others receiving votes
Youth movement -?Princeton's four starting longsticks in the final game a year ago combined for 143 career games started. Princeton's four starting longsticks this week against Johns Hopkins have combined for six career games started.
Diploma-tic - Princeton graduated two four-year starters (John Harrington, Kurt Lunkenheimer), one three-year starter (Ted Martell), one Final Four MVP (goalie Corey Popham) and one two-year starter (Jason Farrell) from its defensive unit of a year ago.
No Joshing - Josh Sims has scored seven goals in three career games against Johns Hopkins.
More Joshing -?Josh Sims has scored three goals in each of the last two games against Johns Hopkins.
Still more Joshing -?Josh Sims is the only remaining Princeton player who started the 1998 NCAA championship game.
Last Joshing -?Josh Sims has an opportunity to become Princeton's second three-time first-team All-America. Sims, a first-team All-America the last two years, would join Scott Bacigalupo '94 as the only Princetonians to accomplish that feat.
Fresh faces - Princeton's starting lineup includes three freshmen: attackman Sean Hartofolis, midfielder Owen Daly and defenseman Damien Davis. In addition fellow freshmen Josh White (attack), Brian Lieberman (defense), Joe Rosenbaum (defense) and Brad Dumont (midfield) figure to see considerable playing time.
Highly offensive - Princeton returns 10 of its top 11 scorers from a year ago.
More offensive - Princeton returns 74% of its goals, 86% of its assists and 78% of its points from last year's team.
Stripes -?Freshman Josh White, who has been in the Army since graduating from high school, has not played lacrosse in three years.
It's a start -?B.J. Prager brings a streak of 11 consecutive games with at least one goal into his sophomore year. The Princeton record is 46, held by Chris Massey '98.
Net results -?Trevor Tierney would have ranked first in Division I in goals-against average and fifth in save percentage a year ago had he played 50% of Princeton's minutes.
Sibling rivalry -?Of the 44 players on the Princeton roster, nine (21%) have a brother who has either played for the Tigers or currently plays for the Tigers.
You gotta be a football hero -?Of the 44 Princeton players, 26 played high school football.
A league of their own -?Princeton has won five straight Ivy League titles.
More league -?Princeton has won 25 straight Ivy League games. The Tigers are still more than two full seasons away from the league record of 39, set by Cornell in the '70s.
Face it -?Matt Bailer ranked 10th nationally last year in face-off percentage (.590).
Can you spare a dime? -?Matt Striebel ranked 12th nationally last year in assists per game.
We're honored -?Trevor Tierney, Princeton's starting goalie, was named the Mercer County high school lacrosse Player of the Decade by the Princeton Packet. His brother Brendan, a sophomore attackman at Princeton, was named Mercer County high school lacrosse Player of the Decade by the Trenton Times.
Going the distance -?Trevor Tierney, Princeton's No. 1 goalie, has played an entire game once in his career, last year against Virginia. Tierney made 17 saves in a 6-4 loss to the Cavaliers.
Lunk-o-maniac -?Kurt Lunkenheimer, a four-year starter as a defenseman for Princeton who graduated last year, is an assistant coach with this year's team.
No place like Homewood -?In his last appearance at Homewood Field, Bill Tierney coached the U.S. team to the world championship in the summer of 1998.
Tournament tested - Matt Striebel, a second-team All-Ivy selection last year as Princeton's leader in assists, played in the NCAA tournament last fall in soccer. Striebel has been to three NCAA tournaments and played on three Ivy League champions.
More tournament -?Princeton did not play in the NCAA tournament in any year prior to 1990. Princeton has played in every NCAA tournament since.
D plus -?Princeton has held 88 consecutive opponents to at least one scoreless stretch of at least 11:03.
B.J. way -?B.J. Prager was the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year last year. He was also the second Princeton freshman ever (along with Scott Bacigalupo '94) to be named first-team All-Ivy League.
More B.J. -?B.J. Prager set a Princeton freshman record last year with 25 goals.
Still more B.J. -?B.J. Prager scored 25 goals on 49 shots a year ago for a team-best .510 shooting percentage.
Last B.J. -?B.J. Prager had two goals against Johns Hopkins a year ago. Prager had a chance to tie the game, but Hopkins goalie Brian Carcaterra deflected his shot as time expired.
All in the family -?Either Princeton's Jake Kenney or his brother Derek (UVa's goalie) has been on the NCAA champion each of the last three years.
More family -?Sean Hartofilis' brothers Nick and Chris play lacrosse at Duke.
Class struggle -?Princeton's starting lineup includes more freshmen (three) than seniors (two).
More class -?Princeton's starting lineup has as many freshmen and sophomores (five) as juniors and seniors.
Even, steven -?Princeton has won the national championship every even-numbered year since 1992.
Trophy case -?Princeton has won five national championships in the last eight years.
Daly news -?Owen Daly was the MVP of last year's Under-19 world championships.
The omen -?Damien Davis will become the third Princeton freshman defenseman to start his first career game since 1992. The other two were John Harrington and Kurt Lunkenheimer.
Pole position -?Armand Graham, who will be Princeton's starting longstick midfielder, rode his bicycle across the country last summer.
Coming attractions -?Princeton is at UVa next week in a matchup of teams that have combined to win the last four national titles.
PRINCETON SCHEDULE & RESULTS
March
4 at Johns Hopkins 12 p.m.
11 at Virginia 1 p.m.
18 HOFSTRA 1 p.m.
25 RUTGERS 1 p.m.
April
1 YALE 1 p.m.
4 PENNSYLVANIA 4 p.m.
8 at Brown 1 p.m.
15 at Harvard 7 p.m.
22 CORNELL 12 p.m.
23 SYRACUSE 1 p.m.
29 at Dartmouth 1 p.m.
May
6 at Hobart 1 p.m.
13 NCAA first round @ Hobart
14 NCAA first round @ UMBC
20 NCAA quarterfinals @ Rutgers
21 NCAA quarterfinals @ Johns Hopkins
27 NCAA semifinals @ Maryland
29 NCAA championship @ Maryland
PROBABLE LINEUP*
Attack
20 Sean Hartofilis Fr. N/A
30 Matt Striebel Jr. 11-24-35
12 B.J. Prager So. 25-6-31
First Midfield
4 Josh Sims Sr. 27-16-43
28 Chris Berrier Sr. 6-0-6
3 Owen Daly Fr. N/A
Second Midfield
21 Matt Bailer Jr. 9-3-12
8 Ryan O'Shaughnessy Sr. 3-3-6
1 Rob Torti Jr. 10-2-12
Longstick Midfielder
17 Armand Graham Sr. 0-1-1
Defense
24 Scott Farrell So. 0-0-0
6 Ryan Mollett Jr. 0-3-3
25 Damien Davis Fr. N/A
Goal
13 Trevor Tierney Jr. .642S% 6.80 GAA
* 1999 stats