Princeton University Athletics
Yes, Virginia
March 08, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
March 8, 2000
Princeton vs. Virginia
The site Klockner Stadium * Charlottesville, Va.
The date Saturday, March 11, 2000 * 1:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 1-0 Virginia: 0-1
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (15th season, 169-51) Virginia: Dom Starsia (18th season, 180-74)
The series Princeton leads 7-6
Last meeting Virginia defeated Princeton 6-4 *?March 13, 1999
Today's Note of the Day
We are the champions, or they are - Princeton and Virginia have combined for the last four national championships (Princeton in 1996, 1997, 1998, Virginia in 1999).
Five more notes no media person should be without
Yes, Virginia - Since the start of the 1996 season, Princeton is 2-3 against Virginia and 51-3 against every other team combined.
More Virginia - Since 1994, Princeton has twice lost consecutive games to Virginia. During that same time, Princeton has not lost consecutive games to any other team. Another Virginia - Princeton's lowest goal-scoring total for the decade of the 1990s was four, which the Tigers did twice, both times against Virginia (1995, 1999).
Still another Virginia - Princeton has lost its last two games at UVa.
Last Virginia - Since the start of the 1996 season, Princeton has led at one point in 56 of 59 games. The only three in which Princeton never led were 1996 at Virginia, 1998 at Virginia and last year at home against Virginia.
Others receiving votes
Answer men - Princeton scored five goals within 45 seconds of a Johns Hopkins goal in last Saturday's game.
Youth movement -?Princeton starts three freshmen and used seven freshmen extensively in the game against Johns Hopkins.
Be all you can be -?Princeton freshman Josh White scored two goals against Johns Hopkins in his first lacrosse game after spending three years in the Army.
I'm honored -?Trevor Tierney was named Ivy League Player of the Week after his 22-save performance against Johns Hopkins.
Net results -?Trevor Tierney's 22 saves against Johns Hopkins were the most by a Princeton goalie since Scott Bacigalupo made 24 against Loyola in 1991.
All in the family -?Princeton's Jake Kenney is the brother of UVa goalie Derek Kenney.
No Joshing - Josh Sims is the only remaining Princeton player who started the 1998 NCAA championship game.
More 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.
Career oriented - Josh Sims had a career-high four assists against Johns Hopkins.
More career - Matt Striebel had a career-high four goals against Johns Hopkins.
Spread it around - Princeton had nine players score at least one goal against Johns Hopkins.
D train - 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.
Close shaves - The last four Princeton-Virginia games have been decided by a total of six goals.
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.
Face it -?Kyle Baugher won seven of his nine face-offs against Johns Hopkins.
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.
More net -?Trevor Tierney made 17 saves in Princeton's 6-4 loss to Virginia a year ago.
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.
D plus -?Princeton's streak of holding 88 consecutive opponents to at least one scoreless stretch of at least 11:03 ended at the Hopkins game last weekend.
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 two goals against Hopkins last week. He has at least one goal in 12 straight games.
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.
Highly offensive - Princeton returned 10 of its top 11 scorers from a year ago.
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.
Pole position -?Armand Graham, who will be Princeton's starting longstick midfielder, rode his bicycle across the country last summer.
Daly news -?Owen Daly, who scored his first career goal last weekend against Hopkins, was the MVP of the Under-19 World Championships last summer.
First things first -?Freshman Sean Hartofilis scored Princeton's first goal of the season.
Depth charge -?Princeton played 29 players (six attackmen, 17 midfielders, five defensemen and one goalie) in the first three quarters against Hopkins.
Aw, shoot -?Princeton was outshot 58-48 by Johns Hopkins.
More shoot -?Johns Hopkins had 11 goals on 58 shots against Princeton, a .190 percentage. Princeton had 15 goals on 48 shots against Hopkins, a .313 percentage.
Extra man-ia -?Princeton was 1 for 8 on extra-man opportunities in its opener, Johns Hopkins was 3 for 6 on extra-man opportunities.
Four on the floor -?Matt Striebel had four goals against Johns Hopkins. Prior to that, only once in his career had he had four goals in two games combined.
Finally -?Princeton has won the national championship each of the last four times it has opened the season with a win over Johns Hopkins.
More finally -?Princeton has won the national championship each of the last two times it has opened the season with a win over Johns Hopkins and a loss to Virginia.
PROBABLE LINEUP
Attack
20 Sean Hartofilis Fr. 1-0-1
30 Matt Striebel Jr. 4-1-5
12 B.J. Prager So. 2-0-2
First Midfield
4 Josh Sims Sr. 2-4-6
28 Chris Berrier Sr. 1-0-1
3 Owen Daly Fr. 1-0-1
Second Midfield
21 Matt Bailer Jr. 0-0-0
8 Ryan O'Shaughnessy Sr. 0-0-0
1 Rob Torti Jr. 0-0-0
Longstick Midfielder
17 Armand Graham Sr. 0-0-0
Defense
24 Scott Farrell So. 0-0-0
6 Ryan Mollett Jr. 0-0-0
25 Damien Davis Fr. 0-0-0
Goal
13 Trevor Tierney Jr. .667S%, 11.00 GAA