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Princeton To Host Virginia In Men's Lacrosse
March 05, 2003 | Men's Lacrosse
March 5, 2003
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Princeton vs. Virginia
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, March 8, 2003 * 1:05 p.m.
Radio WBUD AM 1260, www.goprincetontigers.com
The records Princeton: 0-1; Virginia: 2-0
USILA rankings Princeton: No. 5; Virginia: No. 1
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season, 204-61); Virginia: Dom Starsia (21st season, 211-86)
The series Princeton leads 9-8
Last season Virginia defeated Princeton 13-11 * March 9, 2002
Uh-Oh - Princeton was defeated by Johns Hopkins in its season-opener a week ago, marking the fourth time since 1995 that the Tigers have lost to the Blue Jays to start the season. Each of the other three times that Princeton lost to Hopkins, it went on to lose to Virginia in Week 2 (1995, 1999, 2002).
More Uh-Oh - Princeton has defeated Johns Hopkins to start its season seven times since the start of the 1993 season and gone to the Final Four each time. Prior to last weekend's 10-8 loss to the Blue Jays, Princeton had started its season with a loss to Hopkins three times since 1993 and gone to the Final Four once in those three seasons (2002).
Yes, Virginia - Since the start of the 1996 season, Princeton is 84-11 against all other team and 4-5 against Virginia.
Oranges and oranges - Since the start of the 1996 season, Princeton is 8-11 against Virginia and Syracuse and 80-5 against all other teams. May madness - Princeton is 3-6 in the regular season and 3-0 in the NCAA tournament against Virginia since 1994.
No place like home - The home team has won six of the last seven Princeton-Virginia games. The only exception was UVa's 6-4 win at Class of 1952 Stadium in 1999.
Poll position - Princeton is ranked fifth in the first USILA poll. Of Princeton's seven non-league games, four are against teams ranked in the top eight this week (Nos. 1 Hopkins and Virginia, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 8 Loyola) and another is against No. 15 Rutgers.
You guys again? - Princeton has opened its season by playing Johns Hopkins and Virginia (either both at home or both on the road) every year since 1993.
Playing from ahead - Princeton never had the lead at any point in its 10-8 loss to Johns Hopkins a week ago.
Good Will hunting - Will MacColl, who missed all of the 2002 season with a torn ACL before returning last week against Hopkins, scored two goals and had an assist in the fourth quarter of Princeton's 8-4 win ove r Virginia at Class of 1952 Stadium in 2001.
Welcome back - Jason Doneger scored twice against Johns Hopkins in his first game since the 2001 championship game. Doneger took last year off from school to study in Europe and work in Washington, D.C.
Streaking - Josh White has scored at least one goal in 11 straight games, the longest current streak by a Princeton player.
Wrestling Matt - Matt Trevenen has seven career goals, of which five have come against Syracuse and one came last week against Johns Hopkins.
All in the family - Last week's game against Johns Hopkins marked the first time since the 1997 NCAA championship game that Bill Tierney coached a game without one of his sons (Trevor, Brendon) on the team.
Good as Gould - Julian Gould made 13 saves against Johns Hopkins last weekend.
Face it - Freshman Ryan Schoening won 6 of 10 face-offs against Johns Hopkins.
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.
Hart-stopping - Sean Hartofilis has scored nine goals in four career games against Virginia, five of which came in the 2000 NCAA semifinals.
You gotta have Hart-ofilis -Sean Hartofilis has 87 career goals, 12th all-time at Princeton. Hartofilis needs 33 goals to tie Justin Tortolani for third place all-time at Princeton.
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.
Still 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.
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).
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 and Ryan Boyle are the only current Tigers who have 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.
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.
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 162-33 (.831) 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.
USILA Poll * March 3, 2003
1T Johns Hopkins (4) 1-0 193
1T Virginia (4) 2-0 193
3. Maryland (1) 1-0 173
4 Syracuse 1-1 166
5 Princeton 0-1 155
6 Georgetown 1-0 154
7 Massachusetts (1) 2-0 142
8 Loyola 3-0 130
9 Navy 3-0 125
10 Duke 2-1 99
11 Notre Dame 2-0 93
12 North Carolina 1-1 91
13 Penn State 1-1 71
14 Cornell 0-1 58
15 Rutgers 3-0 55
16 Yale 1-0 36
17 Towson 1-1 35
18T Army 1-1 29
18T Hofstra 0-1 29
19 Brown 1-0 26
Others receiving votes (in order): Bucknell, Hobart, UMBC, Villanova, Ohio State