Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Faces Georgetown In Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals
May 15, 2002 | Men's Lacrosse
May 15, 2002
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Princeton vs. Georgetown
The site Hofstra Stadium * Hempstead, N.Y.
The date Saturday, May 18, 2002 * 3 p.m.
Radio/TV WHWH 1350 AM, www.goprincetontigers.com/no TV
The records Princeton: 8-4 (5-1 Ivy League); Georgetown: 12-2
Seeds Princeton: No. 4; Georgetown: No. 5
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (18th season, 202-59); Georgetown: Dave Urick (23rd season, 250-80)
The series Princeton leads 4-0
Last meeting Princeton defeated Georgetown 13-2 * April 23, 1996
Tournament tested - Princeton's NCAA tournament winning percentage (23-6, .793) is the best in Division I history.
More tournament - Of Princeton's 29 NCAA tournament games, 18 have been decided by one or two goals. Princeton is 16-2 in those 18 games.
One for the money - Princeton has won its last 11 NCAA tournament games that have been decided by one goal.
More one - Princeton won the 2001 NCAA championship, winning all three of its tournament games by one goal.
Last one - Princeton's last four NCAA tournament wins have all come by one goal.
History lesson - Princeton has won six NCAA tournaments in the last 10 years.
The Syracuse factor - Princeton is 4-4 against Syracuse and 18-0 against all other teams in NCAA tournament games since 1992.
More Syracuse - Princeton and Syracuse have combined to win 12 of the last 14 NCAA championships. The Hofstra factor - Princeton is playing its fourth NCAA quarterfinal game at Hofstra Stadium. The Tigers have won the national championship each of the other three times (1997, 1998, 2001).
What'd ya' tell 'em in the locker room, coach? - Princeton has won 18 NCAA tournament games since 1994; the Tigers have trailed or been tied at the half in 10 of those 18 wins.
Quarter horses - Princeton is 8-3 all-time in NCAA quarterfinal games.
More quarter - Princeton has won five straight and eight of its last nine NCAA quarterfinal games.
Long time, no see - Princeton and Georgetown play for the first time since a 13-2 Tiger win in 1996 at Class of 1952 Stadium.
For what it's worth - Princeton and Georgetown have met four times, in 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1996. Princeton has won all four by a combined 65-10.
A league of their own - Princeton won its eighth straight Ivy League championship and earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
More league - Princeton defeated Brown 12-10 in Providence May 4 to win the Ivy League championship. The teams had entered the game tied for the league lead, setting up a winner-take-all game for the league title and the NCAA tournament bid.
Still more league - Princeton is 68-4 in Ivy League games since the start of the 1991 season.
Last league - Princeton had won 37 straight Ivy League games before it lost its Ivy opener to Yale this season. The league record for consecutive wins is 39, set by Cornell from 1972-79.
Just in case - Princeton is 5-1 all-time in NCAA tournament games that have gone to overtime and has won four NCAA championship games in overtime, including last year's.
More in case - B.J. Prager is the only current Tiger with an overtime goal. Prager has scored two, against Syracuse in last year's NCAA championship game and this year against Duke, both on assists from Ryan Boyle.
Coach speak - Princeton coach Bill Tierney has won more NCAA championships (six) than every other active Division I coach combined (five).
More coach - Bill Tierney is tied with Roy Simmons Jr. of Syracuse for the most NCAA Division I tournament championships won by a coach (six each).
Last coach - Princeton's 12-7 win over Cornell on April 20 was the 200th of Bill Tierney's college head coaching career.
Poll position - Princeton has been ranked as high as No. 1 and as low as No. 12 in the USILA poll this season. The Tigers have been ranked, at various times, No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 8, No. 9, No. 11 and No. 12.
Strength of schedule - According to the laxpower.com rankings, Princeton had the second-toughest schedule in Division I (behind Johns Hopkins).
More schedule - Including Georgetown, Princeton will have played each of the top four, seven of the top nine and 10 of the top 17 teams in the final USILA poll.
Still more schedule - Princeton has played five of the other seven quarterfinal teams, going 2-3. Princeton lost to Johns Hopkins, Virginia and Syracuse and defeated Duke and Cornell.
Bye-bye - Princeton has never advanced to the NCAA Final Four when it hasn't received a first-round bye, as it has this year.
Seed-lings - Princeton has won six NCAA championships; none of them have come when the Tigers were lower than a third seed. Princeton is the fourth seed in this year's tournament.
On the record - Princeton, who enters the NCAA tournament with four losses, have never won an NCAA title in a year in which it has lost more than two games.
Streaking - Princeton enters the NCAA tournament having won six straight games.
I'm honored - Princeton sophomore Ryan Boyle was named the 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year.
More honored - Ryan Boyle is the second player in league history to be Ivy Rookie of the Year as a freshman and Player of the Year as a sophomore (Princeton's Jesse Hubbard was the other).
Still more honored - Princeton had four first-team All-Ivy League selections: A Ryan Boyle, A B.J. Prager, M Brad Dumont and D Damien Davis. Boyle and Davis were unanimous selections.
Last honored - Princeton had three second-team All-Ivy selections: A Sean Hartofilis, M Kyle Baugher and D Scott Farrell. Josh White, a midfielder, was an honorable mention selection.
How odd - Princeton has advanced to the NCAA championship game in every even-numbered year since 1992 (winning in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998 and losing to Syracuse in 2000).