Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Travels To Face Hofstra
March 14, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
March 14, 2001
Princeton vs. Hofstra
The site Hofstra Stadium * Hempstead, N.Y.
The date Saturday, March 17, 2001 *?2:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 2-0, Hofstra: 0-3
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (17th season, 182-59), Hofstra: John Danowski (19th season, 158-106)
The series Hofstra leads 9-4
Last meeting Princeton defeated Hofstra 11-8 * March 18, 2000
March madness - Princeton is 2-0 on the season. Since 1992, Princeton has had more national championships (five) than 2-0 starts (four).
Aw, shoot - Princeton held Virginia to 17 shots in last week's 8-4 win.
More shoot - Sean Hartofilis, Matt Striebel and Rob Torti have combined for 38 of Princeton's 71 shots (52.5%).
B.J. update - B.J. Prager, who returned from a torn ACL suffered last April to score two goals in Princeton's season-opening win over Johns Hopkins, missed last week's game against Virginia due to a slight shoulder separation. His status for the Hofstra game is questionable. Net gains - Trevor Tierney has a save percentage of .750.
Scoring equality - Princeton has won its first two games by identical 8-4 scores. It is the 10th time in school history that Princeton has played back-to-back games with the same score, Princeton has never had three straight games end in the same score.
Good Will hunting - Will MacColl, who did not have a goal last year as a freshman, has three goals on three shots in two games this season.
Face it - Princeton has won 9 of 32 face-offs (28%).
Boyle-ing point - Ryan Boyle, who had four assists in Princeton's win over Johns Hopkins, had his first career goal against Virginia last week.
Ratio days - Matt Striebel has four goals and one assist in two games this season. Entering this season, Striebel had 2.3 assists for every goal (24 goals, 55 assists) in his career.
Streaking - B.J. Prager has scored at least one goal in 21 straight games.
More streaking - Only Matt Striebel, Sean Hartofilis and Will MacColl have scored at least one goal in each of Princeton's first two games.
Swish - B.J. Prager has scored 50 career goals on 101 career shots.
Crunch time - Will MacColl scored two goals and had one assist in the fourth quarter of Princeton's game against Virginia.
More crunch - Princeton led Virginia 5-4 after three quarters before outscoring the Cavaliers 3-0 in the fourth quarter.
Flag day - Princeton has been called for four penalties in two games, its opponents have been called for 11.
Coming attractions - Princeton is at Syracuse next weekend (Saturday, March 24) in a rematch of last year's NCAA championship game and this season's two top-ranked teams.