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Princeton University Athletics
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May 23, 2001 | Baseball
May 23, 2001
2001 NCAA Baseball Regionals
May 25-27
Sarge Fry Field
Columbia, S.C.
Game 1, Friday, May 25
(1) Central Florida vs. (4) Princeton, 2 p.m.
Today's Note of the Day Tournament tested - Princeton has won six consecutive Gehrig Division titles and two consecutive Ivy League championships. Princeton has won three league titles in six years.
Five More Notes No Media Person Should Be Without The whammy - Princeton is 1-12 all-time in NCAA tournament games. Princeton has lost nine straight NCAA tournament games.
It's time - Princeton is looking to win its first NCAA tournament game since 1965 when it defeated Rider 4-3 in the first round of District II.
Just win, baby - Head coach Scott Bradley (96-77, 57-26 Ivy) is four victories away from his 100th win. Princeton has won the division all four years he has been head coach.
May day - Princeton won the league championship on May 6 and last played a game on May 9. Green with envy - Princeton has defeated Dartmouth for the title in the last two Ivy League championship series. Princeton went 4-1 against the Big Green this season.
Others Receiving Votes With honors - Sophomore Ryan Quillian is the 2001 Ivy League Pitcher of the Year.
First timer - Quillian is the first Tiger to win the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year in its 24-year history.
More honors - First baseman Andrew Hanson, shortstop Pat Boran and outfielders Max Krance and Mickey Martin were named second-team All-Ivy for the 2001 season.
League line - Princeton outscored its seven Ivy League opponents by a combind score of 128-109 overall, 58-56 at home and 70-53 on the road.
More league - Princeton went 8-2 in its last 10 league games, including six straight wins.
Still more league - Of Princeton's 16 league wins, seven were won by one run.
For what its worth - Princeton is 2-10 against teams in the tournament field. They are: Oklahoma State (0-3), Coastal Carolina (2-3), Delaware (0-2), Rutgers (0-1) and Temple (0-1).
Leader of the pack - Ryan Quillian led the Ivy League with a 1.30 ERA and had a 4-1 record. He was fifth in the league with 56 strikeouts during the regular season.
Strong arm - Quillian has a 5.6 strikeout-to-walk ratio and averages 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
Mmm bop - Hanson tied for first in league games with 22 RBIs and is second with five home runs. He led the Tigers with 42 RBIs and had seven home runs during the regular season.
More bop - Andrew Hanson has been All-Ivy all fours years he has played at Princeton. He was named second-team All-Ivy this season, unanimous first-team All-Ivy in 2000 and second-team All-Ivy in 1999 and `98.
Not a bore - In league games, Pat Boran led the Ivies with nine doubles.
More bore - Overall, Pat Boran was second in the league in runs scored (42), third in doubles (14) and stolen bases (16 stolen in 18 attempts).
To the max - Max Krance led the Tigers with a .335 batting average which ranked 15th in the league.
More max - Max Krance ranked 12th in league games, batting .361.
M&M - Mickey Martin was third in league games with three triples and ninth in batting (.371). Martin and Hanson tied for fourth in the league in overall games with four triples.
Team effort - In league games, Princeton had the second lowest team ERA (4.40) and second best team fielding percentage (.980). Princeton's .283 team batting average ranked seventh.
More team effort - In overall games, the Tigers had the second best team fielding percentage (.960) and were seventh in team pitching (6.25 ERA) in the league. Princeton had the fifth highest team batting average (.284).
Caught in the draft - Princeton had two players taken in the 2000 major league baseball draft. Chris Young `02 was taken in the third round (89th overall) by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chris "Buster" Small `00 was selected in the 28th round (838th) overall by the Totonto Blue Jays.
Major developement - Princeton head coach Scott Bradley spent nine season as a lefthanded-hitting catcher in the major leagues for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds.
Big time - Scott Bradley was the second pick of the Yankees (future Hall of Famer John Elway was their first pick) in the 1981 major league draft.
Bradley's boys - Bradley's 2000 team produced the most first-team All-Ivy selections ever by a Princeton club. Six Tigers were named first-team All-Ivy, including three unanimous selections (Andrew Hanson, Jon Watterson and Chris Young).
Head start - Central Florida had played 19 games by the time Princeton took the field for its first game of the season on March 9. The Knights played eight more games afer the Tigers had finished their season on May 9.
Nice to meet you - Princeton is 0-2 against The Citadel, losing 16-10 and 8-4 on the road in 1997. Princeton has never played Central Florida or South Carolina.
Steppin' out - Co-captain Casey Hildreth earned his first career save in the 8-5 win over Duke. After starting the game as catcher, Hildreth gave up no runs and no hits and struck out one for the save. He went 1 for 3 with a run scored in the game.
A little extra - Princeton is 2-1 in extra-inning games this season.
Young gun - Freshman Steve Young scored the game-tying run as a pinch runner in the ninth inning and had the game-winning hit in the 10th inning of game three of the Ivy League championship series.
More young gun - Freshman Thomas Pauly earned his second consecutive win in Game 3 of the Ivy League championship series. He allowed no runs on two hits and struck out three in the ninth and 10th innings.
Stop thief - Pat Boran led the Tigers in stolen bases (16 stolen out of 18 attempts), Jon Watterson was second (seven stolen out of 11 attempts), and Eric Fitzgerald was third (three stolen out of six attempts).
Record setter - Pat Boran needs five runs to break the Princeton record for most runs scored in a season.
We meet again - In 1999, Max Krance was a teammate of South Carolina's Matt Riddle on the Wilson Tobs team of the Coastal Plain Summer Baseball League. Jon Watterson was a teammate of South Carolina's Tommy MacLane and Stanley Nix with the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.