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Princeton Rebounds From Yale Loss, Thumps Penn 18-4
April 02, 2002 | Men's Lacrosse
April 2, 2002
PRINCETON, N.J. - Sean Hartofilis tied his career high with five goals and added two assists to lead 12th-ranked Princeton to an 18-4 win over No. 17 Penn in front of 1,420 at the Class of 1952 Stadium Tuesday afternoon.
The victory came in Princeton's first game since Yale ended the Tigers' 37-game Ivy League winning streak. Princeton was playing as a non-Top 10 team for the first time in 168 games dating to 1990.
"I was worried sick about this one," said Princeton coach Bill Tierney. "I wasn't sure how we'd come back. I thought either they'd handle us or we'd handle them. I didn't think it'd be 10-9."
Princeton led 4-1 after one quarter and 10-2 at intermission. Hartofilis equaled the career-high he had set in the 2000 NCAA semifinal win over Virginia.
"We needed to win," Hartofilis said. "We have some big league games to play, and we can't let any more get away. This was a good win for us." B.J. Prager scored twice for the Tigers and became the sixth player in school history to reach the 100 goal mark for his career. He needs three more to tie Josh Sims for fifth-place at Princeton. Prager's 100th goal came on a feed from Ryan Boyle, marking the 28 time in Prager's career he has scored a goal off a Boyle feed. Boyle had three goals and two assists, while Josh White had one goal and four assists. Julian Gould had 11 saves while allowing three goals in three quarters.
Princeton's win meant the Tigers have not lost consecutive Ivy games since 1989. Princeton, winner of seven straight Ivy titles, is assured no worse than a share of the championship by winning its remaining four league games. The winner of the Ivy title gets the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, and the winner of the head-to-head matchup would get the bid in case of a two-way tie. In the event of a three-way tie, that bid could be decided be a random draw out of a hat.
Princeton hosts Duke Friday night (7 p.m.) at Class of 1952 Stadium before finishing its regular season with four straight league games, three of which will be on the road.
The Princeton-Penn game will be televised by CN8 Saturday, April 6, at 7 p.m.
Princeton 18, Pennsylvania 4
Penn (5-3, 1-3) 1-1-1-1 -- 4 Princeton (3-4, 1-1) 4-6-7-1 -- 18
Princeton Scoring (goals-assists)
Sean Hartofilis 5-2, Ryan Boyle 3-2, Josh White 1-3, B.J. Prager 2-0, Damien Davis 1-0, Brad Dumont 1-0, Brendan Tierney 1-0, Owen Daly 1-1, Dan Clark 1-1, Drew Casino 1-0, Dixon Hayes 1-0, J.G. Guidera 0-1, Matt Trevenen 0-1, Kyle Baugher 0-1
Penn Scoring (goals-assists)
Joe Roberta 1-0, Mike Iannacone 1-0, Jake Martin 1-0, David Lynch 1-0, Scott Solow 0-2
Goalies
Princeton - Julian Gould 45 minutes, 3 goals-against, 12 saves, Matthew Larkin 10 minutes, 1 goal-against, 0 saves, Michael Gilbane 5 minutes, 0 goals-against, 0 saves
Penn - Ryan Kelly 45 minutes, 17 goals-against, 11 saves, Denis Cole 15 minutes, 1 goal-against, 2saves
Pr First :30 Brad Dumont Kyle Baugher Pr, 1-0
Pr First 5:32 Damien Davis Pr, 2-0
Pr First 8:06 Sean Hartofilis Ryan Boyle Pr, 3-0
Pe First 13:32 Joe Roberta Scott Solow Pr, 3-1
Pr First 14:55 Ryan Boyle Pr, 4-1
Pr Second 3:30 Sean Hartofilis Matt Trevenen Pr, 5-1
Pr Second 3:37 Sean Hartofilis Pr, 6-1
Pr Second 4:17 B.J. Prager Owen Daly Pr, 7-1
Pe Second 6:27 Mike Iannacone Pr, 7-2
Pr Second 8:13 Sean Hartofilis Dan Clark Pr, 8-2
Pr Second 9:45 Ryan Boyle Pr, 9-2
Pr Second 12:47 Josh White Pr, 10-2
Pr Third 1:44 Owen Daly Josh White Pr, 11-2
Pr Third 4:12 Dan Clark Sean Hartofilis Pr, 12-2
Pr Third 8:27 Ryan Boyle Sean Hartofilis Pr, 13-2
Pr Third 9:12 Drew Casino Josh White Pr, 14-2
Pe Third 10:26 Jake Martin Scott Solow Pr, 14-3
Pr Third 12:33 B.J. Prager (EM) Ryan Boyle Pr, 15-3
Pr Third 13:46 Brendan Tierney Josh White Pr, 16-3
Pr Third 14:38 Sean Hartofilis Ryan Boyle Pr, 17-3
Pe Fourth 4:47 David Lynch Pr, 17-4
Pr Fourth 13:55 Dixon Hayes J.G. Guidera Pr, 18-4