Princeton University Athletics
Scarlet Night
March 26, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
March 26, 2001
Princeton vs. Rutgers
The site Yurcak Field * Piscataway, N.J.
The date Tuesday, March 27, 2001 *?7:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 3-1, Rutgers: 2-2
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (17th season, 183-60), Rutgers: Bill Dirrigl (first season, 2-2)
The series Princeton leads 47-28-3
Last season Princeton defeated Rutgers 15-5 * March 25, 2000
The whammy - Princeton finishes its regular season with games against Rutgers, six Ivy schools and Hobart. Since the start of the 1996 season, Princeton is 40-0 against those eight teams.
Seeing orange - In its last 29 games, Princeton is 0-4 against Syracuse and 24-1 against all other teams.
Role reversal - Princeton has defeated Rutgers 11 straight times. Prior to that, Rutgers defeated Princeton nine times in 10 meetings.
Hey, neighbor - Princeton and Rutgers have met every year since 1926 with the exception of the World War II years of 1944 and 1945.
Hots for Tots - The winner of the Princeton-Rutgers game receives the Harland (Tots) Meistrell Cup, whose namesake is credited with reviving the sport as a player at both schools in 1919 (Rutgers) and 1920 (Princeton). Three's company - Only once since this season has a Princeton player scored more than two goals in a game (Matt Striebel three vs. Virginia).
Spread it around - Princeton has 13 players with at least one goal but no player with more than six goals.
D-plus - Princeton is allowing 6.8 goals per game.
D-minus - Princeton allowed 13 goals in its first three games and then allowed 14 goals in the loss to Syracuse.
Streaking - B.J. Prager has scored at least one goal in 23 straight games. He is exactly halfway to the school record of 46 straight games, held by Chris Massey '98.
More streaking - B.J. Prager kept his consecutive games with at least one goal streak alive at 23 straight games with a fourth quarter goal against Syracuse. It was the second time during that streak that Prager did not score in the first three quarters, the other time was the game at Rutgers two years ago.
Scarlet fever - B.J. Prager has averaged 2.3 goals per game against all other opponents and 1.0 goals per game (two in two games) against Rutgers.
Fresh face - Freshman Ryan Boyle leads Princeton in scoring with 10 points (four goals, six assists). The last freshman to lead Princeton in scoring for a full season was Kevin Lowe in 1991.
Casino royale - Freshman Drew Casino is 7 for 13 on face-offs (53.8%). Every other Princeton face-off man combined is 21 for 61 (34.4%).
Aw, shoot - Princeton's opponents have 27 goals on 139 shots, a shooting percentage of .194.
More shoot - Princeton has five players (B.J. Prager, Owen Daly, Will MacColl, Chris Harrington, Dan Clark) with a shooting percentage of at least .500.
Lineup card - Damien Davis and Ryan Boyle are the only two Princeton players to have started every game of their career.
Veterans day - Princeton has started the same defense (longsticks Damien Davis, Ryan Mollett and Scott Farrell and goalie Trevor Tierney) in 19 straight games.
Goal oriented - Sean Hartofilis is the only Princeton player with at least one goal in each of the first four games.
Point oriented - Sean Hartofilis, Matt Striebel and Ryan Boyle are the only three Princeton players with at least one point in each of the first four games.
Busy bodies - Princeton is in the middle of a stretch of five games in 15 days.
Flag day - Princeton has been called for seven penalties for five minutes, its opponents have been called for 15 penalties for 12.5 minutes.
In-crease - B.J. Prager leads all current Princeton players with 53 career goals. The next two players combined have 55 (Matt Striebel 29, Sean Hartofilis).
Daly news - Owen Daly has scored three goals in the last two games after not scoring in the first two.
Honor guard - 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.
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.
Be all that you can be - Princeton's Josh White spent two years between high school and college in the Army.
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.
Oh say can you see - Midfielder Matt Bailer has sung the national anthem before Princeton basketball and lacrosse games.
Tournament tested - Matt Striebel has won the Ivy League championship and played in the NCAA tournament in both soccer and lacrosse.
Swish - Princeton defenseman Rob Gifford played on the same high school basketball team as Wally Szcerbiak of the Minnesota Timberwolves.