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Princeton University Athletics
Poison Ivy
March 29, 2002 | Men's Lacrosse
March 29, 2002
Princeton vs. Yale
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, March 30, 2002 * 3:00 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH 1350 AM, www.goprincetontigers.com, WPRB 103.3 FM/No TV
The records Princeton: 2-3 (0-0 Ivy League), Yale: 3-1 (1-1 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (18th season, 196-58), Yale: Mike Waldvogel (22nd season, 160-141)
The series Princeton leads 62-18-2
Last season Princeton defeated Yale 13-4 * March 31, 2001
Streaking - Princeton has won 37 straight Ivy League games. The record for consecutive Ivy wins is 39, set by Cornell from 1972-1979.
More streaking - Princeton has won 37 straight Ivy League games. Of those games, 20 have been decided by at least 10 goals.
Still more streaking - Of the 37 straight Ivy League games Princeton has won, seven have been decided by three goals or fewer. The closest have been a 9-8 win at Penn in 1999 and a 9-7 win at Brown in 1998. Even more streaking - Princeton has outscored its opponents 538-206 (average score: 14.5-5.6) during its 37-game Ivy League winning streak.
Last streaking - More facts from Princeton's 37-game Ivy winning streak: Princeton Opponents Double figure games 31 1 At least seven goals 37 12 At least 11 goals 27 0 At least 19 goals 9 0
A league of their own - Princeton has won seven straight Ivy League championships and eight in the last nine years.
More league - Princeton is 61-2 in its last 63 Ivy League games. Prior to that, Princeton was 61-73-1 in its previous 135 Ivy League games.
The whammy - Princeton has won 11 straight against Yale.
Moving up the charts - B.J. Prager is in 11th place on Princeton's career goals-scored list with 93. He needs one to move into a four-way tie for eighth and five to move into sixth.
D plus - All-America defenseman Damien Davis had two goals on two shots in five games this season. He had one goal on two shots for his first two seasons combined.
Polling place - Princeton was ranked eighth in the March 25th USILA poll. Yale was ranked 16th.
Hart-stopping - Sean Hartofilis had four goals and two assists, all in the first half, against Rutgers Tuesday night after having three goals and one assist for the first four games.
Boyle-ing point - Ryan Boyle is the only Princeton player with at least one point in each game this season.
More Boyle-ing - Ryan Boyle has at least one point in every game of his career.
Oh, Doctor - Greg Golaszewski, nicknamed "Doc," had his first career goal in Princeton's win over Rutgers.
Good as Gould - Julian Gould has a .614 save percentage and an 8.54 goals-against average.
First round KO - Princeton scored two goals in the first 19 seconds Tuesday night against Rutgers.
More KO - Kyle Baugher, who was questionable for the Rutgers game due to an injured midsection, had a goal and assist in the first 19 seconds against the Scarlet Knights.
Doing dishes - Ryan Boyle has eight assists, as many as the next two Tigers (Matt Trevenen, Owen Daly) combined.
For starters - Ryan Boyle and Damien Davis are the only current Princeton players to have started every game of their careers.
More starters - Scott Farrell has started 43 straight games dating to the middle of his freshman year.
I'd like to thank the academy - Joe Rosenbaum was an extra in the Academy Award-nomiated movie "A Beautiful Mind," filmed largely on the Princeton campus.
A league of their own - Princeton has won seven straight Ivy League championships and eight in the last nine years. Prior to that, Princeton had not won an Ivy title in 25 years.
May madness - Princeton has won six NCAA championships in the last 10 years. Four of those titles, including last year's, have come in overtime.
More madness - Each of the last eight classes to graduate from Princeton has won at least two NCAA championships.