Princeton University Athletics
In For A Tune-Up
May 04, 2000 | Men's Lacrosse
May 4, 2000
Princeton vs. Hobart
The site Boswell Field * Geneva, N.Y.
The date Saturday, May 6, 2000 * 1:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 9-2 (6-0 Ivy League) Hobart: 7-4
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (15th season, 177-52) Hobart: B.J. O'Hara (15th season, 114-85)
The series Princeton leads 4-1
Last year Princeton defeated Hobart 16-8 * May 8, 1999
Today's Note of the Day
Poll cats -?Of Princeton's 12 regular season opponents, six are currently ranked in the top 12 (Virginia, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Hofstra, Hobart).
Five more notes no media person should be without
Automatic transmission - Princeton and Hobart are two of the five teams with automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. Princeton earned the bid as the Ivy League champion, while Hobart won the Patriot League.
Goal oriented -?B.J. Prager, who is out with a torn ACL, has an active streak of 20 consecutive games with at least one goal. In his absence, the longest current streak by a Princeton player is five games, by Josh Sims. More oriented - B.J. Prager, who tore his ACL 10 minutes into the Cornell game, leads the Ivy League in goals scored in league games (16), despite having missed almost one-third of the league season.
Last oriented - Princeton has not had a player score more than two goals in a game in each of the last three games.
Face it - After winning 43 of its first 100 face-offs (43%), Princeton then won 51 of 86 (59.3%). Since then, Princeton has won 26 of 62 (41.9%). a player score more than two goals in a game in each of the last three games.
Others receiving votes
Net results - Trevor Tierney is second nationally in save percentage (.649) and fourth in goals-against (7.52).
More net - Trevor Tierney is averaging 13.3 saves per game, the most by a Princeton goalie since Peter Cordrey averaged 16.2 per game in 1981.
Face it - After winning 43 of its first 100 face-offs (43%), Princeton then won 51 of 86 (59.3%). Since then, Princeton has won 26 of 62 (41.9%).
Quarterly report - Princeton has been outscored 13-3 in the fourth quarter of its last three games.
A league of their own - Princeton has won six straight Ivy titles and 31 straight Ivy games.
More league - Princeton outscored its six Ivy opponents by a combined 36-7 in the first half.
Last league - Princeton's senior class finished with a career record of 24-0 against Ivy opponents.
Polling place - Princeton's 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.
Class struggle - Princeton's freshmen and sophomores have combined for 73 goals, Princeton's juniors and seniors have combined for 48 goals.
Young guns - Princeton has four freshmen (Owen Daly, Sean Hartofilis, Brad Dumont, Josh White) with at least six goals for the first time in Bill Tierney's 13 years at the school.
No Joshing - Josh Sims has 91 career goals. He needs three more to tie Lorne Smith '99 for sixth place all-time at Princeton and for first all-time at Princeton by a middie.
Can you spare a dime? - Matt Striebel had 17 assists prior to B.J. Prager's injury, and 11 of those assists came on goals by Prager.
More Striebel - Matt Striebel had 17 assists in the eight games (plus 10 minutes) before B.J. Prager got hurt. Striebel has three in the three games (minus 10 minutes) since.
Aw, shoot - B.J. Prager leads Princeton with a .460 shooting percentage. The next highest percentage by a Princeton regular is .417, by Brendan Tierney.
More shoot - After starting his season with five goals in 34 shots (.147), Sean Hartofilis has six goals in his last 19 shots (.316).
Flag day - Princeton has been called for 19 fewer penalties for 14.5 fewer minutes than its opponents.
More flags - Princeton has been called for 51 penalties, of which 11 (21.6%) came in the Harvard game.
Last flags - Josh Sims has been called for 13 penalties, seven more than any other Princeton player.
D plus - Princeton held Dartmouth to a scoreless stretch of 45:56 and Cornell to a scoreless stretch of 43:26.
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 62 games.
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 four Ivy League champions between lacrosse and soccer.
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.
Injury update -?In addition to B.J. Prager, Princeton has also been without starting longstick midfielder Brian Lieberman since the first quarter of the Cornell game. Lieberman suffered a separated shoulder in the first minute against the Big Red.