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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Looks To Rebound Against Dartmouth
April 28, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
April 28, 2000
Princeton vs. Dartmouth
The site Scully-Fahey Field * Hanover, N.H.
The date Saturday, April 29, 2000 * 1:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 8-2 (5-0 Ivy League) Dartmouth: 5-7 (0-4)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (15th season, 176-52) Dartmouth: Rick Sowell (second season, 9-16)
The series Princeton leads 41-6
Last year Princeton defeated Dartmouth 16-1 * May 1, 1999
Today's Note of the Day We are the champions - Princeton would clinch the outright Ivy League championship with a win over Dartmouth (or a Cornell loss to Brown).
Five more notes no media person should be without More champions - Princeton has already clinched at least a tie for its sixth straight Ivy League title.
A league of their own - Princeton has won 30 straight Ivy League games.
Injury update - B.J. Prager, Princeton's leading goal scorer with 23 and the Ivy leader in goals scored in league games, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the win over Cornell and will miss the remainder of the season. Defenseman Brian Lieberman suffered a shoulder separation that will not require surgery, he will miss approximately four weeks and could be back in time for a possible NCAA quarterfinal game. The omen - Damien Davis, the current Ivy League Rookie of the Week, has held his last four Ivy League opponents without a goal. Included in that group was Cornell's Sean Steinwald, the Ivy Leauge leader in goals scored.
Net results - Trevor Tierney leads the league in goals-against and save percentage in league games only and in goals-against in all games. He is second in save percentage in all games.
Others receiving votes Automatic transmission - Princeton has earned the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and will be making its 11th straight appearance.
The whammy - Princeton has defeated Dartmouth 11 straight times.
More whammy - Princeton has defeated Dartmouth by at least 12 goals in each of the last five meetings.
Last whammy - A win over Dartmouth would allow the Class of 2000 to join the Class of 1999 as the only classes in Princeton men's lacrosse history to go 24-0 in Ivy League games.
Polling place - Princeton defeated the No. 7 team in the country (Cornell) Saturday and lost to the No. 2 team in the country Sunday (Syracuse) and went from No. 4 to No. 5 in the USILA coaches' poll.
More poll - Princeton's two losses have come to the two top-ranked teams in the country (Virginia, Syracuse).
Ready when the bell rings - Princeton has outscored its five Ivy opponents 31-6 in the first half.
The B.J. factor - B.J. Prager scored 23 goals before he was injured. Princeton's current starting attack unit of Matt Striebel, Brendan Tierney and Sean Hartofilis has combined for 24 goals.
Goal oriented - Princeton has no player with between nine goals and 22 goals.
Spread it around - Princeton has six players with between six and nine goals.
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 67 goals, Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 44 goals.
Can you spare a dime? - Matt Striebel had 17 assists prior to B.J. Prager's injury, and 11 of them came on goals by Prager.
No Joshing - Josh Sims has 89 career goals, give off the Princeton record for goals by a middie.