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February 26, 2003 | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 26, 2003
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Princeton vs. Johns Hopkins
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, March 1, 2003 * 1:05 p.m.
Radio WBUD 1260 AM, www.goprincetontigers.com
The records Princeton: 0-0; Johns Hopkins: 0-0
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season, 204-60); Johns Hopkins: Dave Pietramala (sixth season, 43-23)
The series Johns Hopkins leads 49-23
Last season Johns Hopkins defeated Princeton 8-5 * March 2, 2002; Princeton defeated Johns Hopkins 11-9 * May 25, 2002 (NCAA semifinal)
Role reversal - Princeton is 11-4 in its last 15 games against Johns Hopkins. Princeton was 0-24 in its 24 games against Johns Hopkins prior to that.
In case you forgot - Princeton and Johns Hopkins split two games a year ago. The Blue Jays won 8-5 on opening day, while Princeton won 11-9 in the NCAA semifinals.
Opening statement - Princeton opens its season against Johns Hopkins for the 14th straight year.
Strength of schedule - Each of the four Final Four teams of a year ago (Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Virginia, Syracuse) play each of the other three within the first four weeks of this season.
History lesson - Princeton and Syracuse have met in each of the last three NCAA championship games. Only once in the history of Division I team tournaments have two teams met in more than three consecutive championship games (USC-UCLA in men's tennis from 1960-64). More history - Princeton and Syracuse are the sixth pair to play in at least three straight NCAA championship games in the history of Division I team tournaments. The other five: USC-UCLA in men's tennis (1960-64), Minnesota-Michigan Tech in men's hockey (1974-76), Youngstown State-Montana in Division I-AA football (1991-93), UCLA-Fresno State in softball (1988-90) and UCLA-Arizona in softball (1991-93).
A house divided - Princeton attackman Jason Doneger, who returns to the field after taking a year off to study in Europe, is the younger brother of Johns Hopkins All-America Adam Doneger.
More divided - Princeton head coach Bill Tierney recruited and coached Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala as a Blue Jay assistant coach in the mid-1980s.
Last divided - Princeton assistant coach Sean Nadelen was a second-team All-America defenseman as a Johns Hopkins senior in 2000.
Veterans day - Princeton's starting lineup features seven seniors (attackman Sean Hartofilis, middies Owen Daly, Brad Dumont and Matt Trevenen, defensemen Damien Davis and Brian Lieberman, goalie Julian Gould). In addition, starting longstick midfielder Joe Rosenbaum is also a senior.
More veterans - Five of Princeton's top six midfielders are seniors.
Last veterans - Damien Davis, Sean Hartofilis and Ryan Boyle are the only current Tigers who have started every game their careers.
Boyle-ing point - Junior Ryan Boyle has led Princeton in scoring each of his first two seasons.
More Boyle - Ryan Boyle, the 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year, has at least one point in every game of his career. Only Kevin Lowe '94 had at least one point in every game of his career for four years.
Good as Gould - Princeton goalie Julian Gould, who started every game a year ago, made 27 saves in two games against Johns Hopkins last year.
You gotta have Hart-ofilis -Sean Hartofilis has 85 career goals, 12th all-time at Princeton. Hartofilis needs 35 goals to tie Justin Tortolani for third place all-time at Princeton.
No Josh-ing - Josh White enters the 2003 season with Princeton's longest current streak of consecutive games with at least one goal (10).
Welcome back - Will MacColl, a senior midfielder, missed all of the 2002 season with a torn ACL.
First time for everything - Attackman Jason Doneger and defenseman Ricky Schultz will be making their first career starts.
Old friends - Seniors Owen Daly, Brad Dumont and Joe Rosenbaum are in their fourth season together at Princeton after playing four years together at McDonogh School in Baltimore.
In case it comes to that - No current Princeton player has ever scored an overtime goal. Ryan Boyle has two career overtime assists, in the 2001 NCAA championship game against Syracuse and in the 2002 regular season against Duke.
Can you spare a dime? - Ryan Boyle enters his junior season eighth all-time at Princeton in career assists with 70. Should he match his total of last year (33), he would move all the way to third.
The write stuff - Longstick midfielder Joe Rosenbaum won the 2002 Ward Prize for Fiction from Princeton's creative writing department.
What's your source? - Defenseman Brian Lieberman is doing his senior psychology thesis on coaching and motivation.
We're honored - Princeton's Ryan Boyle and Damien Davis were preseason first-team All-America selections by Inside Lacrosse magazine. Brad Dumont and Sean Hartfoilis were second-team selections.
Trophy case - Princeton head coach Bill Tierney has won eight NCAA championships in the last 18 seasons (two as an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins in the 1980s, six as Princeton's head coach).
You are what your record says you are - Princeton is 162-32 (.835) since the start of the 1990 season.
U-S-A, U-S-A - Ryan Boyle was a member of the U.S. team that finished first at last summer's World Championships in Australia.
A league of their own - Princeton has won eight straight Ivy League championships.
Oranges and oranges - Princeton and Syracuse have combined to win 13 of the last 15 NCAA championships.
PROBABLE LINEUP
Attack (2002 stats)
14 Ryan Boyle Jr. 21-33-54
20 Sean Hartofilis Sr. 32-8-40
4 Jason Doneger So. did not play
First Midfield (2002 stats)
6 Brad Dumont Sr. 22-7-29
10 Matt Trevenen Sr. 4-14-18
3 Owen Daly Sr. 15-6-21
Second Midfield (2002 stats)
15 Will MacColl Sr. did not play
9 Drew Casino Jr. 3-1-4
36 Josh White Sr. 18-10-28
Longstick Midfielder (2002 stats)
5 Joe Rosenbaum Sr. 0-0-0
Defense (2002 stats)
7 Ricky Schultz Jr. 0-0-0
43 Brian Lieberman Sr. 0-1-1
25 Damien Davis Sr. 3-0-3
Goal (2002 stats) 43 Julian Gould Sr. .591 S% 8.25 GAA