Princeton University Athletics
Game Of The Week
April 03, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
April 3, 2000
Princeton vs. Pennsylvania
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Tuesday, April 4, 2000 * 4:05 p.m.
The records Princeton: 4-1 (1-0 Ivy League) Pennsylvania: 3-4 (0-3 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (15th season, 172-52) Pennsylvania: Mark Van Arsdale (fourth season, 19-27)
The series Princeton leads 52-16
Last meeting Princeton defeated Pennsylvania 9-8 *?April 6, 1999
Today's Note of the Day Quaking - Princeton has won 26 straight Ivy League games. Its only one-goal game during the streak was a 9-8 win over Penn last year at Franklin Field.
Five more notes no media person should be without In case you forgot - Penn led Princeton 7-3 midway through the third quarter of last year's game at Franklin Field. Princeton rallied to take a 9-7 lead, gave up one more goal to Penn and then withstood a breakaway in the final 10 seconds to come away with the win.
Career day - Brendan Tierney had three career goals prior to the game against Yale. He then had three against the Bulldogs. More career - B.J. Prager tied his career high with four goals against Yale, all of which came in the first half.
No Joshing - Josh Sims has at least four points in every game.
Oh say can you see - Junior midfielder Matt Bailer sang the national anthem prior to Princeton's game against Yale Saturday as part of the a cappella group Shere Khan. Bailer then had a goal and an assist and won nine of his 11 face-offs.
Others receiving votes Game of the week - Princeton has won 31 straight midweek games.
A perfect 10 - Princeton has not allowed an Ivy League opponent to score more than 10 goals in a game since Yale in the 1990 NCAA quarterfinals.
I'm honored - Brad Dumont was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after his two-goal, one-assist game against Yale. Dumont assisted on the first goal of the day and scored the second.
The whammy - Princeton has defeated Penn 10 straight times.
More whammy - Princeton has defeated Penn 10 straight times. Prior to that, Penn had defeated Princeton seven straight times.
Fresh faces - Princeton's freshmen have combined for either no goals or at least five in each game this season.
Dee-fense, Dee-fense - Princeton's starting defense in 1999 consisted of a senior goalie, three senior close defenders and a senior longstick midfielder. Princeton's starting defense in 2000 consists of a junior goalie, a freshman, sophomore and junior close defense and a senior longstick midfielder.
Moving up the charts - Josh Sims is tied with Jon Hess '98 for 11th all-time at Princeton with 82 career goals. Sims needs one to tie David Heubeck for 10th and 12 to move into a four-way tie for seventh.
More charts - Josh Sims needs 12 goals to tie Lorne Smith for the most career goals by a Princeton midfielder.
Injury update - Rob Torti played against Yale despite a broken bone in his hand. Dan Clark (shoulder) is out for today's game but may play Saturday at Brown.
Flag day - Princeton's opponents have been called for 37 penalties for 28 minutes, Princeton has been called for 20 penalties for 17 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.
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.
More honors-?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.
Still 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.
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.
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.
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.