Princeton University Athletics
Bear Hug
April 07, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
April 7, 2000
Princeton vs. Brown
The site Stevenson Field * Providence, R.I.
The date Saturday, April 8, 2000 * 1:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 5-1 (2-0 Ivy League) Brown: 4-3 (1-0 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (15th season, 173-52) Brown: Peter Lasagna (eighth season, 56-45)
The series Brown leads 20-17
Last meeting Princeton defeated Brown 11-5 *?April 10, 1999
Today's Note of the Day
Quarterly report - Princeton has held four straight Ivy League opponents (dating to last year) scoreless in the first quarter.
Five more notes no media person should be without
More quarterly - Princeton has held nine straight Ivy opponents to either no goals or one goal in the first quarter.
Bear hug - Brown is the only Ivy League opponent that leads the all-time series against Princeton.
More Bear - Princeton had nine games against Brown in the 1990s that were decided by three or fewer goals, Princeton had eight games against the other five schools combiend that were decided by three or fewer goals. Last Bear - Princeton shut out Brown for the final 33:52 in the teams' last meeting in Providence.
Four speed - B.J. Prager has scored four goals in each of his last two games. He has now reached his career high of four goals on four occasions.
Others receiving votes
Family affair - When Princeton head coach Bill Tierney received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the game against Penn Tuesday, it was served by his son, Tiger attackman Brendan Tierney.
Net results - Trevor Tierney has a 4.00 goals-against average and a .720 save percentage in Ivy games this year and a 4.47 goals-against average and .681 save percentage in Ivy games for his career.
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, a span of 57 games.
No Joshing - Josh Sims was held without a goal against Penn, marking his first goal-less game this year and fourth since the start of his sophomore year.
Aw shoot - Brendan Tierney has six goals on 10 shots.
Leave it to Brendan - Brendan Tierney has four goals and three assists in the last two games. He had three goals and two assists for his career prior to that.
Face it - Matt Bailer has won 15 of his last 20 face-offs.
D plus - Damien Davis became the first Princeton longstick with a point this year when he assisted on a Brendan Tierney goal against Penn.
A league of their own - Princeton has won 27 straight Ivy League games.
Be all that you can be - Josh White has five goals and two assists. He is playing lacrosse for the first time since spending the last three years year in the Army.
Fresh faces - Princeton's freshmen have scored 18 goals in six games.
Streaking - B.J. Prager has scored at least one goal in 17 straight games and 18 of 19 for his career.
More streaking - B.J. Prager is the only Tiger to have scored at least one goal in every game this year.
B - Brad Dumont, last week's Ivy Rookie of the Week, has four goals and one assist in the last three games after having no goals and no assists in the first three games.