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Princeton University Athletics
Chris Sailer Named Regional Coach Of The Year
June 05, 2002 | Women's Lacrosse
June 5, 2002
Princeton, NJ - Princeton University women's lacrosse coach Chris Sailer was named the Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year after guiding her team to a national championship and an Ivy League title. Sailer's regional honor is her third straight and sixth overall.
Under Sailer, Princeton finished the year with the nation's best ranking, best record and longest winning streak among other distinctions such as holding the country's best scoring margin. The Tigers cruised to a national title, setting NCAA tournament records such as most points scored in a playoff game (25) and largest margin of victory (22) in the process.
Princeton won the title by defeating Georgetown in the championship game, winning 12-7. The five-point margin was the smallest of the tournament for Princeton, which defeated North Carolina 16-2 in the Semifinal.
Sailer's team set the Princeton record book ablaze, recording school records for most wins in a season (19), longest winning and unbeaten streak (19), most goals scored in a season (291), most assists in a season (137) and most points in a season (428). The Tigers never trailed at the end of regulation and registered double digit scoring totals in each game for the first time in program history.
Coach Sailer also won her sixth Ivy League title, finishing the year with a perfect 7-0 conference mark. She improved her career Ivy record to 78-23 (,772) and raised her career win total to 199-68 (.745) with a 19-1 overall record.
The Tigers were ranked No.1 in the national polls for five weeks, longer than any other team. Sailer has now had teams ranked in the nation's Top-10 in each of last 14 seasons and with five All-America selections on this team, she has now coached 32 of Princeton's 34 All-Americas.