Princeton University Athletics
A Little Bit Of May In March
March 19, 2003 | Men's Lacrosse
March 19, 2003
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Princeton vs. Syracuse
The site Carrier Dome * Syracuse, N.Y.
The date Saturday, March 22, 2003 * 1:00 p.m.
Radio WBUD AM 1260, www.goprincetontigers.com
The records Princeton: 1-2; Syracuse: 3-1
USILA rankings Princeton: No. 7; Syracuse: No. 3
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season, 205-62); Syracuse: John Desko (fifth season, 58-12)
The series Syracuse leads 11-6
Last season Syracuse defeated Princeton 11-8 * March 23, 2002; Syracuse defeated Princeton 13-12 * May 27, 2002 (NCAA championship game)
We are the champions, or they are - Princeton and Syracuse have combined to win 13 of the last 15 NCAA championships (Princeton six; Syracuse seven).
May madness - Princeton and Syracuse have met in each of the last three NCAA championship games.
More madness - Princeton is 4-5 against Syracuse and 20-0 against all other teams in NCAA tournament games since 1992.
You guys again? - Including this weekend's game, nine of Princeton's last 53 games will have been against Syracuse.
More you guys - Princeton and Syracuse have met in the regular season and NCAA tournament each of the last four years.
One and done - Princeton and Syracuse have played back-to-back one-goal games in the last two NCAA championship games. Princeton defeated Syracuse 10-9 in overtime in the 2001 title game; Syracuse defeated Princeton 13-12 last Memorial Day. On the one hand ... - Of the 10 Princeton-Syracuse games since 1996, six have been decided by one or two goals.
... on the other hand - Syracuse defeated Princeton by 14 and six goals in 2000 and by six goals in the 2001 regular-season.
Comparitive shopping - Princeton and Syracuse have both played Johns Hopkins and Virginia. Syracuse defeated Hopkins 15-14 and lost to Virginia 16-15; Princeton lost to Hopkins 10-8 and Virginia 10-7.
Oranges and oranges - Since the start of the 1996 season, Princeton is 8-12 against Syracuse and Virginia and 81-5 against all other teams.
Strength of schedule - Princeton plays five teams ranked in the Top 10 and eight teams ranked in the Top 15 of this week's USILA poll.
Record store - Princeton has nine regular season games remaining after the Syracuse game. Princeton's record against those remaining teams since the start of the 1996 season is 49-1.
Depth charge - Princeton used 19 players in its first two games of the season, 11 of whom are seniors. Princeton used 40 players last week against Hofstra.
Playing from ahead - After having the lead for a total of 6:19 in its first two games, Princeton led for the final 59:08 last week against Hofstra.
Welcome Matt - Matt Trevenen has seven career goals, five of which have come against Syracuse, including three in the regular season game last year and one in last year's NCAA final.
Brad to the bone - Brad Dumont has scored two goals against Syracuse in each of the last two championship games.
You gotta have Hart-ofilis - Sean Hartofilis led Princeton with three goals against Syracuse in last year's NCAA final.
More Hartofilis - Sean Hartofilis leads Princeton in goals (eight). He has 93 for his career, one away from tying for ninth and seven away from making him the seventh player in school history to reach 100.
Boyle-ing point - Ryan Boyle is the only current Tiger with at least one point in every game he has played against Syracuse (three goals, five assists, four games).
More Boyle - Ryan Boyle, the 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year, had a career-high nine points (three goals, six assists) against Hofstra last week. It was the 11th time in school history that a player had scored at least nine points in a game and the first since Jesse Hubbard did it three times in 1996.
Still more Boyle - Ryan Boyle leads Princeton in scoring (11 points, three goals, eight assists) despite having missed the Virginia game. He has led Princeton in scoring in both of his first two seasons; the only Princeton player ever to lead the team in scoring in four straight seasons was Kevin Lowe '94.
Last Boyle - Ryan Boyle ranks seventh all-time at Princeton with 78 career assists. He needs six to tie for sixth.
Alright, one more Boyle - Ryan Boyle has at least one point in all 32 games of his career.
Welcome back - Jason Doneger, who took last season off to study in Europe, has seven goals in three games this season after having nine for his entire freshman year two years ago.
D plus - Ricky Schultz scored his first career goal and the first this season by a Princeton longstick when he scored in the second quarter against Hofstra.
Face it - Drew Casino won 13 of 21 face-offs against Hofstra.
Big Mac - Sophomore Mac Bryson scored his first career goal in the second quarter against Hofstra last week.
Goal oriented - Princeton has three players who have scored at least one goal in each of the first three games: Sean Hartofilis, 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 his career.
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 163-34 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.