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Princeton Travels To No. 12 Hofstra In Men's Lacrosse
March 13, 2003 | Men's Lacrosse
March 13, 2003
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Princeton vs. Hofstra
The site Hofstra Stadium * Hempstead, N.Y.
The date Saturday, March 15, 2003 * 1:30 p.m.
Radio WBUD AM 1260, www.goprincetontigers.com
The records Princeton: 0-2; Hofstra: 2-1
USILA rankings Princeton: No. 7; Hofstra: No. 12
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season, 204-62); Hofstra: John Danowksi (21st season, 181-114)
The series Hofstra leads 9-7
Last season Princeton defeated Hofstra 12-4 * March 16, 2002
Come from behind - Princeton has played 120 minutes in two games. Princeton has had the lead for 6:19, trailed for 100:31 and been tied for 13:10.
Strength of schedule - Princeton's first five games of the season are against teams ranked second (Johns Hopkins, first (Virginia), 12th (Hofstra), fourth (Syracuse) and 13th (Rutgers) in this week's USILA poll.
More schedule - Of Princeton's seven non-league games, six are against teams ranked in the top 13 this week (No. 1 Virginia, No. 2 Johns Hopkins, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 11 Loyola, No. 12 Hofstra, No. 13 Rutgers).
Poll position - Princeton, 0-2 with losses to the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country, is ranked seventh in this week's USILA poll.
Hoop it up - Since 1995, Princeton has won the NCAA men's lacrosse championship each year that its men's basketball team has advanced to the NCAA tournament (1996, 1997, 1998, 2001) and not won the NCAA men's lacrosse championship each year its men's basketball team has not advanced to the NCAA tournament (1995, 1999, 2000, 2002). Princeton did not advance to this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament. Dutch treat - Princeton has won its last five games against Hofstra, including each of the last three seasons.
More Dutch - Princeton won the first meeting in the series against Hofstra with an 8-5 win in 1972 before Hofstra defeated Princeton each of the next three seasons. The teams then met every year from 1984-91 as Hofstra went 6-2 in those games.
Right at home - Princeton is 4-0 all-time in NCAA quarterfinal games at Hofstra Stadium, including wins over Loyola and Georgetown the last two seasons.
No place like home? - Princeton is 22-5 in its last 27 home games and 22-5 in its last 27 road games.
In case you forgot - Hofstra scored the first goal of last year's game against Princeton but did not score again for 50:24, by which time Princeton had built a 10-1 lead en route to a 12-4 win.
D plus - Princeton has allowed an average of 5.7 goals per game in its three games against Hofstra the last three seasons.
Good as Gould - Princeton goalie Julian Gould made 13 saves while allowing three goals against Hofstra a year ago.
Deja vu all over again? - Princeton is 0-2 for the second straight season. Princeton rebounded from its 0-2 start a year ago to advance to the NCAA championship game for the third straight season.
Half and half - Princeton has been outscored 13-7 in its two first halves and has outscored its opponents 8-7 in the two second halves.
Extra man-ia - Princeton is 1 for 9 on extra-man opportunities; its two opponents are 0 for 5 on extra-man opportunities.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has been outshot 80-65 in two games.
You gotta have Hart-ofilis - Sean Hartofilis leads Princeton in goals (four) and points (five).
More Hartofilis - Sean Hartofilis has 89 career goals, 12th best all-time at Princeton. He needs eight goals to move to seventh.
Boyle-ing point - Junior Ryan Boyle, the 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year, has led Princeton in scoring each of his first two seasons.
More Boyle - Ryan Boyle is eighth all-time at Princeton in career assists with 72. He needs two to tie Matt Striebel '01 and 31 to move all the way to third.
Welcome back - Jason Doneger had two goals against Hopkins and one goal against Virginia in his first two games since taking last year off to study in Europe.
Goal oriented - Princeton has four players who scored at least one goal in each of the first two games: Sean Hartofilis, Owen Daly, Jason Doneger, Brad Dumont.
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).
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.
Last veterans - Damien Davis is the only current Tiger who has started every game their careers.
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.
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.
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 162-34 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.