Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Johns Hopkins To Open Lacrosse Season
February 28, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 28, 2001
Princeton vs. Johns Hopkins
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, March 3, 2001 *?1:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 0-0, Johns Hopkins: 0-0
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (17th season, 180-59), Johns Hopkins: Dave Pietramala (fourth season, 23-17)
The series Johns Hopkins leads 48-21
Last meeting Princeton defeated Johns Hopkins 15-11 * March 4, 2000
U turn - Princeton is 9-3 in its last 12 meetings with Johns Hopkins. Princeton was 0-24 in the 24 meetings prior to that.
Close shaves - Seven of the last 12 meetings between Princeton and Johns Hopkins have been decided by one goal. Three of those seven went into overtime.
D plus - Princeton returns its entire starting defense from a year ago: goalie Trevor Tierney, defensemen Damien Davis, Ryan Mollett and Scott Farrell and longstick midfielder Brian Lieberman. Strength of schedule - Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Virginia and Syracuse were all in the Final Four last season . All four teams play each of the other three within the first four weeks of this season.
Old friends - Princeton head coach Bill Tierney recruited and coached Johns Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala when Tierney was an assistant at Hopkins. The two were part of Hopkins' 1987 NCAA championship team.
More friends - Bill Tierney went 3-0 against Dave Pietramala during Pietramala's tenure as head coach at Cornell.
Welcome back - B.J. Prager, who missed the final six games of last season after tearing his ACL in the first quarter against Cornell, returns to the Princeton starting lineup.
More welcome - B.J. Prager is Princeton's leading returning goal scorer despite missing
Streaking - B.J. Prager has scored at least one goal in 20 straight games and 21 of 22 for his career.
No Joshing - Princeton returns 10 of its top 11 scorers from last year. The lone graduate was Josh Sims, Princeton's leading scorer (36-15-51).
Career oriented - Matt Striebel had a career-high four goals in Princeton's win over Johns Hopkins last season.
All in the family - Bill Tierney's nephew, Seth Tierney, is Johns Hopkins' offensive coordinator. Princeton goalie Trevor Tierney and attackman Brendan Tierney are Seth Tierney's cousins.
More family - Adam Doneger, who scored 21 goals and had seven assists for Hopkins a year ago as a freshman, is the brother of Princeton freshman attackman Jason Doneger.
Nice to see you again - Princeton has played Johns Hopkins every year since 1945. Hopkins is Princeton's longest continous rival.
More nice - Princeton has opened its season against Johns Hopkins every year since 1990.
Honor guard - For the first time since 1996 and the second time since 1992, Princeton does not have a returning first-team All-America on its team.
No place like road - The visiting team has won the last three Princeton-Johns Hopkins games.
In case you forgot - Princeton led Johns Hopkins 9-3 before falling 12-11 in the last game between the schools in Princeton (1999).
Getting his kicks - Bill Tierney once coached Johns Hopkins to the Division III soccer Final Four.
History lesson - B.J. Prager has been first-team All-Ivy League each of his first two seasons. There have been 19 three-time first-team All-Ivy League selections, but no player in league history has ever been a four-time first-team selection.
You gotta have Hartofilis - Sean Hartofilis scored 12 goals in 12 regular season games and eight goals in three NCAA tournament games as a freshman last season.
Aw, shoot - B.J. Prager has scored 48 goals on 99 shots in his career.
Can you spare a dime? - B.J. Prager scored 23 goals last season. Matt Striebel had an assist on 11 of them.
More dimes - B.J. Prager has scored 48 career goals, Matt Striebel has had an assist on 21 of them.
Zero tolerance - Damien Davis shut out his opponent seven times in Princeton's last 10 games.
Face it - Princeton won 48.4% of its face-offs last season.
What might have been - B.J. Prager was on pace to score 49 goals last season before his knee injury. The Princeton single-season record is 53, set by Jesse Hubbard in 1996.
Spread it around - Princeton had nine different players score at least one goal against Johns Hopkins last season.
Lineup card - Princeton has three players (sophomores Damien Davis, Sean Hartofilis and Owen Daly) who have started every game of their career.
A league of their own - Princeton has won 31 straight Ivy League games. The league record is 39 straight, set by Cornell from 1973-79.
More league - Princeton has won six straight Ivy League titles and eight in the last nine years.
You gotta be a football hero - Twenty-four of the 43 players on Princeton's roster played high school football.
Inside information - Princeton All-America defenseman Ryan Mollett's brother Brandon covers Division I lacrosse for Inside Lacrosse.
In case it comes up - The Class of 1952 Stadium record for single-game attendance is 4,743, set last year when Princeton hosted Syracuse.