Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Hosts Dartmouth With A Chance To Make History
April 26, 2001 | Men's Lacrosse
April 26, 2001
Princeton vs. Dartmouth
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, April 28, 2001 * 12:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 9-1 (5-0 Ivy League), Dartmouth: 6-6 (1-3 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (17th season, 189-60), Dartmouth: Rick Sowell (third season, 16-23)
The series Princeton leads 42-6
Last season Princeton defeated Dartmouth 10-7 * April 29, 2000
A league of their own - Princeton's current 36-game Ivy League winning streak is tied with the men's tennis team (1976-1981) for the longest Ivy winning streak by any team in school history.
More league - Princeton has clinched at least a tie for its seventh-straight Ivy League championship and eighth in the last nine years. Princeton would win the championship outright with a win over Dartmouth or a Cornell loss to Brown.
Still more league - Princeton has won 36 straight Ivy League games. The all-time record is 39, set by Cornell (1972-79). May madness - Princeton has clinched the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It will be Princeton's 12th straight NCAA tournament appearance, prior to that Princeton had never appeared in an NCAA tournament.
I'm honored - Ryan Mollett was named Ivy League Player of the Week last week after holding Cornell's David Key, the league's leading scorer, to one goal and no assists and leaving him one point shy of 100 for his career. Mollett also had nine ground balls and led a defense that limited Cornell to 21 shots.
More honored - Ryan Boyle was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the third straight week and fourth time this season after his three second-half assists against Cornell.
D plus - Princeton held Cornell scoreless for the final 26:58 of last week's game.
More D - Princeton has allowed one second half goal in the last three games combined.
Come from behind - Princeton trailed Cornell 4-1 in the third quarter before rallying for a 7-4 win last weekend in Ithaca. Sean Hartofilis scored three straight goals and added an assist to lead the Tiger offense.
More come from behind - After trailing for 23 seconds total in its first four Ivy games, Princeton trailed for 34:51 against Cornell before rallying for the win.
Streaking - B.J. Prager has scored at least one goal in 29 straight games.
More streaking - B.J. Prager extended his consecutive game scoring streak to 29 games by scoring his only goal last week against Cornell with 10 seconds remaining.
Still more streaking - Sean Hartofilis has scored at least one goal in 14 straight games.
Net gains - Princeton goalie Trevor Tierney leads the nation in save percentage (.682) and goals-against average (5.15).
Aw, shoot - Princeton's opponents have taken an average of 29.6 shots per game.
Can you spare a dime? - Ryan Boyle ranks eight in Division I in assists per game (2.3).
More dimes - Rob Torti has 10 assists this season. He had five for his first three seasons combined.
Boyle-ing over - Ryan Boyle leads Princeton in scoring (13 goals, 23 assists, 36 points), 10 points ahead of Sean Hartofilis and Matt Striebel. The last Princeton freshman to do so for a full season was Kevin Lowe in 1991.
In case you forgot - Princeton led Dartmouth 9-2 after three quarters and 10-1 in the fourth quarter before the Big Green rallied for six unanswered goals to make the final 10-7.
Scoreboarding - Princeton has outscored its five Ivy opponents 69-19.
Swish - Ryan Boyle has scored 13 goals on 25 shots (.520).
More swish - Ryan Boyle has scored nine goals on 14 shots in Ivy League games (.643).
Still more swish - B.J. Prager has scored 66 career goals on 135 career shots (.489).
Clunk - Princeton's opponents have 51 goals on 296 shots (.172).
The whammy - Princeton has defeated Dartmouth 12 straight times.
Home field advantage - Princeton has never lost an Ivy League game at the Class of 1952 Stadium (17-0).
More home field - The average score of the last six Dartmouth-at-Princeton games (dating to 1989) has been Princeton 18.2, Dartmouth 4.8. None of the games has been closer than 11 goals.
Breakout - Rob Torti has 12 goals and 10 assists this season. He averaged eight goals and 1.7 assists per year for his first three seasons.
No offense - Princeton's seven goals against Cornell last week was its lowest goal total in an Ivy League game since a 7-6 loss to Brown in 1994, a span of 44 games. In that same time, Princeton has held its Ivy opponent to seven goals or fewer 36 times.
Zip drive - Dartmouth shut out Boston College 12-0 this past Tuesday. Princeton's last shutout was 9-0 over Penn in 1955.
Passing fancy - B.J. Prager has scored 18 goals this season, Ryan Boyle has assisted on 11 of the 17.
Casino royale - Freshman Drew Casino is 36 for 50 (72%) on face-offs. Casino would be leading the nation in face-off percentage had he taken at least 40% of Princeton's draws (he has taken 25%).
Spread it around - Princeton has had 17 different players score at least one goal and 18 different players have at least one assist.
Lineup card - Damien Davis and Ryan Boyle are the only two current Princeton players to have started every game of their career.
Point, counterpoint - Sean Hartofilis, Matt Striebel and Ryan Boyle are the only three Princeton players with at least one point in each game this season.
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.
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.
USILA Poll For April 23 (first-place votes in parenthesis)
1 Princeton (10) 200
2 Syracuse 186
3 Notre Dame 167
4 Johns Hopkins 164
5 Georgetown 160
6 Maryland 158
7 Loyola 138
8 Massachusetts 130
9 Duke 122
10 Towson 118
11 Bucknell 105
12 Virginia 85
13 Navy 75
14 Cornell 70
15 Hofstra 68
16 UMBC 37
17 Penn State 34
18 North Carolina 28
19 Army 26
20 Pennsylvania 16
Others receiving votes (in order): Rutgers, Delaware, Yale