Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Hofstra In Lacrosse Home Opener
March 14, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
March 14, 2000
Princeton vs. Hofstra
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, March 18, 2000 * 1:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 1-1 Hofstra: 1-2
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (15th season, 169-52) Hofstra: John Danowski (18th season, 148-100)
The series Hofstra leads 9-3
Last meeting Princeton defeated Hofstra 9-6 *?May 4, 1993
Today's Note of the Day No place like home - Princeton is 20-2 all-time at the Class of 1952 Stadium.
Five more notes no media person should be without More home - Princeton has won 45 of its last 48 home games.
On the bright side - Princeton has won the national championship each of the last two times it has started a season with a win over Johns Hopkins and a loss to Virginia.
And then there were three - Princeton has three players who have at least one goal in every game: Josh Sims, B.J. Prager and Dan Clark.
Old friends - Scott Farrell, Princeton's most experienced close defenseman, and Joe Kostolansky, Hofstra's leading scorer, were high school teammates at Corning East High in Upstate New York. No Joshing - Josh Sims has 10 points after two games, the next two highest Princeton scorers combined (B.J. Prager, Matt Striebel) have 10 points.
Others receiving votes Aw, shoot - Princeton has been outshot 105-73 in its first two games.
Polling place - Princeton is ranked fifth in the first USILA poll, Hofstra is ranked 12th, tied with Penn.
More Joshing -?Josh Sims has scored five goals on nine shots.
Still more Joshing -?Josh Sims has five assists in two games. In 1998, when he was the national midfielder of the year, Sims had five assists for the entire season.
Extra man-ia -?Princeton has gone 1 for 8 in extra-man opportunities in each of its first two games.
More extra man-ia -?Princeton has given up as many goals (two) as it has scored in its 16 extra-man opportunities through two games.
Youth movement -?Princeton starts three freshmen and has used eight freshmen extensively in two games.
Learning curve -?Princeton's freshmen combined for four goals against Johns Hopkins and no goals against Virginia.
Clark - Sophomore Dan Clark has two goals in two games this year after having one in 13 games last year.
Flag day - Princeton's opponents have been called for 17 penalties for 13 minutes, Princeton has been called for nine penalties for seven minutes.
Be all you can be -?Princeton freshman Josh White is playing lacrosse for the first time since spending the last three years in the Army.
All in the family -?Princeton senior Jake Kenney scored his first career goal last week. It came against UVa goalie Derek Kenney, his younger brother.
Net results - Trevor Tierney made 22 saves against Johns Hopkins and 16 against Virginia.
Garden party - B.J. Prager has the longest current streak of games with at least one goal (13). The school record is 46, held by Chris Massey '98, who went to the same high school (Garden City) as Prager.
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.
More honors -?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.
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.
Tournament tested - Matt Striebel 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.
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.
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.
Lineup card - Josh Sims is the only remaining Princeton player who started the 1998 NCAA championship game.
I'm honored -?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.
Daly news -?Owen Daly, who scored his first career goal against Hopkins, was the MVP of the Under-19 World Championships last summer.
The omen - Damien Davis became the third Princeton defenseman since 1991 to start the first game of his freshman year. The other two were current Tiger assistant coach Kurt Lunkenheimer and John Harrington, both in 1996.
Double play - Princeton has allowed 11 goals to Johns Hopkins and 15 to Virginia. Princeton has not allowed three straight opponents in the same season to reach double figures in goal since 1988, Bill Tierney's first with the Tigers.
Don't mess with the Ivy - The Ivy League's seven lacrosse schools are a combined 11-3.