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Princeton Travels To Penn In Men's Lacrosse Matinee
March 31, 2003 | Men's Lacrosse
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March 31, 2003
Princeton vs. Penn
The site Franklin Field * Philadelphia, Pa.
The date Tuesday, April 1, 2003 * 4:00 p.m.
Radio no coverage
The records Princeton: 4-2 (1-0 Ivy League); Penn: 4-3 (1-1 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season, 208-62); Penn: Brian Voelker (first season, 4-3)
The series Princeton leads 55-16
Last season Princeton defeated Penn 18-4 * April 2, 2002
Streaking - Princeton has defeated Penn each of the last 13 seasons. Princeton has outscored Penn 185-66 in those 13 games.
Role reversal - Princeton has defeated Penn each of the last 13 seasons. Prior to that, Penn had defeated Princeton seven straight times, outscoring the Tigers 72-34 in those seven games.
No place like road - The road team has won all six of Princeton's games this season.
Playing from ahead - Princeton led Yale 8-0 in the second quarter, 9-1 at halftime and 13-1 in the third quarter of Saturday's 15-5 win.
A league of their own - Princeton is 67-3 in its last 70 Ivy League games.
I'm honored - Sean Hartofilis was named the Inside Lacrosse/Warrior Division I Player of the Week after scoring 11 goals last week, a career-high six against Rutgers and five against Yale. Hartofilis scored two goals 12 seconds apart in the middle of the fourth quarter against Rutgers to erase an 8-7 deficit and lead Princeton to a 10-8 win. More honored - Sean Hartofilis was named the Ivy League Player of the Week this week.
Still more honored - Sean Hartofilis is the second straight Princeton player to be named Inside Lacrosse/Warrior Division Player of the Week, after Damien Davis earned the award a week ago.
Goal oriented - Jason Doneger and Sean Hartofilis have combined for 36 of Princeton's 69 goals (52%).
More goal oriented - Jason Doneger, Sean Hartofilis and Brad Dumont have combined for 46 of Princeton's 69 goals (67%).
Quarterly report - Princeton has been outscored 27-26 in the first and fourth quarters and has outscored its opponents 43-21 in the second and third quarters.
Hart-stopping - Sean Hartofilis is in sixth place all-time at Princeton in goals scored in a career (104). He began last week in 12th place.
Brad to the bone - Brad Dumont had career highs in goals (four) and points (six) against Yale.
Boyle-ing point - Ryan Boyle had a career-high seven assists against Yale.
More Boyle - Ryan Boyle is tied for fifth all-time at Princeton in assists with 89. He needs 11 to become the third player in school history to reach 100 asssts.
Good as Gould - Julian Gould made nine saves while allowing one goal against Yale.
Fresh face - Erik Kudla scored the first goal of the season by Princeton's Class of 2006 with his goal against Yale.
No passing - Jason Doneger 16 goals and no assists this season and 25 goals and no assists for his career.
Get to the point - Ryan Boyle, the 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year, has at least one point in every game of his career.
Net results - Sean Hartofilis and Jason Doneger are the only two Princeton players who have scored at least one goal in every game.
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.
All that you can be - Senior midfielder Josh White spent two years in the Army out of high school and still is an active member of the reserves.
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 165-34 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.
More league - Princeton is 66-3 in its last 69 Ivy League games.