Princeton University Athletics
Dome Away From Home
May 14, 2003 | Men's Lacrosse
May 14, 2003
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Princeton vs. Syracuse
The site Carrier Dome * Syracuse, N.Y.
The date Saturday, May 17, 2003 * 3:30 p.m.
Radio WHWH 1350 AM/www.goprincetontigers.com
The records Princeton: 11-3 (5-1 Ivy League/tri-champion); Syracuse: 9-5
The seeds Princeton: No. 4; Syracuse: unseeded
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season, 215-63); Syracuse: John Desko (fifth season, 64-16)
The series Syracuse leads 11-7
Last meeting Princeton defeated Syracuse 11-10 * March 22, 2003
Oranges and oranges - Princeton is 21-0 against all other teams and 4-5 against Syracuse in NCAA tournament games since 1992.
More oranges - Princeton and Syracuse have met in each of the last three NCAA championship games.
We are the champions, or they are - Princeton and Syracuse have combined to win 13 of the last 15 NCAA tournaments.
You guys again? - Princeton and Syracuse have met in the regular season and the NCAA tournament every year since 1999.
More you guys - Princeton has played Syracuse in each of the last six NCAA tournaments and in 10 of the last 12 NCAA tournaments.
Still more you guys - Counting this weekend, 10 of Princeton's last 63 games will have been against Syracuse. Princeton has played Johns Hopkins and Virginia six times in that same stretch and no other team more than five times.
Last you guys - Princeton has done better in its second game against Syracuse than in its first game the last three seasons: first game second game Princeton score differential 2000 S, 16-4 S, 13-7 +6 2001 S, 14-8 P, 10-9 +7 2002 S, 11-8 S, 13-12 +2 Close shaves - Princeton has played 33 NCAA tournament games in its history, of which 21 have been decided by one or two goals. Princeton is 18-3 in those games.
More close - Of the 11 Princeton-Syracuse games since 1996, seven have been decided by one or two goals. Princeton is 5-2 in those seven games and 0-4 in the other four.
In case you forgot - Princeton defeated Syracuse 11-10 in the Carrier Dome on March 22. Princeton trailed 3-0 in the first quarter and 8-4 in the third quarter before rallying for the win. Julian Gould stopped a point-blank shot from Michael Springer as time expired to preserve the win.
May madness - Princeton's .788 winning percentage (26-7) is the best in NCAA tournament history.
More madness - Princeton has won six NCAA championships, played in eight NCAA championship games and been to nine Final Fours in the last 11 years.
Last madness - Princeton is playing in its 14th consecutive NCAA tournament; prior to the start of that streak in 1990, Princeton had never before played in an NCAA tournament.
Net results - When Julian Gould allowed nine goals while making four saves last weekend against Albany, it marked the fifth time in his two years as a starter that he allowed more goals than he made saves. In his next game following the previous four sub-.500 save percentage games, Gould is 4-0 with 44 saves and 15 goals-against (.746 save percentage) His numbers in the game following: team GA Saves W/L next opponent GA Saves W/L Yale ('02) 7 4 L Penn 3 12 W Georgetown ('02) 13 10 W Johns Hopkins 9 12 W Rutgers 8 7 W Yale 1 9 W Dartmouth 13 3 L Brown 2 11 W Albany 4 9 W Syracuse ? ? ?
No place like road - Princeton is 4-3 at home and 7-0 on the road this season.
No place like Dome - Princeton is 2-2 all-time in the Carrier Dome, having lost to Syracuse in the 1995 NCAA quarterfinals and 2001 regular season and having defeated Syracuse in the 1999 and 2003 regular seasons.
More Dome - Princeton's two losses in the Carrier Dome have been by a combined 10 goals. Princeton's two wins have been by a combined two goals (one in four overtimes; the other on a last-second save).
D plus - Damien Davis was named Ivy League and Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Division I Player of the Week after Princeton's 11-10 win over Syracuse in March. Davis held Syracuse's Michael Powell without a point for the only time in Powell's career and scored a goal of his own.
More D - Before Damien Davis held him without a point in Princeton's 11-10 win over Syracuse March 22, Michael Powell had 10 goals and nine assists in four games against Princeton.
Something in common - In addition to having played each other, Princeton and Syracuse have eight common opponents: Princeton Syracuse Brown W, 11-3 W, 16-7 Cornell W, 17-9 W, 13-8 Dartmouth L, 13-6 W, 13-11 Hofstra W, 18-5 L, 8-6 Johns Hopkins L, 10-8 W, 15-14 Loyola W, 6-5 (OT) W, 17-6 Rutgers W, 10-8 L, 12-11 (OT) Virginia L, 10-7 L, 16-15
Sibling rivalry - Jason Doneger has 40 goals on 98 shots; his brother Adam, a first-team All-America middie at Johns Hopkins, has 24 goals on 98 shots.
50-50 - Princeton is 4-3 against teams in the NCAA tournament field. The Tigers defeated Syracuse, Rutgers, Albany and Hofstra and lost to Johns Hopkins, Virginia and Dartmouth.
One for the money - Princeton has played 15 NCAA tournament games that have been decided by one goal. Princeton is 13-2 in those games.
More one - Princeton's two one-goal NCAA losses were in the 1991 quarterfinals to Towson and last year to Syracuse in the championship game.
Working overtime - Princeton is 5-1 all-time in NCAA tournament games that have gone overtime.
More overtime - Princeton has won six NCAA championships; four of those championship were won in overtime.
A league of their own - Princeton has won nine straight Ivy League championships. Princeton had won seven straight outright Ivy League championships before finishing in a three-way tie for the league title with Dartmouth and Cornell this season.
Goal oriented - Sean Hartofilis (38 goals) and Jason Doneger (40 goals) are the second Princeton teammates to reach 35 goals in the same season. Jesse Hubbard and Chris Massey did it twice (1996, 1997), with both reaching 40 goals in each season.
More goal - Sean Hartofilis and Jason Doneger are the only Division I teammates with at least 35 goals each. UMass' Chris Fiore and Kevin Leveille, with 34 goals each, need one to join teammate Jeff Zywicki (40).
We're honored - Princeton had four first-team All-Ivy League selections: Ryan Boyle (unanimous), Damien Davis (unanimous), Sean Hartofilis and Brad Dumont.
More honored - Princeton had nine players earn All-Ivy League honors. In addition to the four first-team selections, Josh White and Brian Lieberman were named to second-team and Joe Rosenbaum, Owen Daly and Jason Doneger were named honorable mention.
Still more honored - Princeton's four first-team All-Ivy League selections (Ryan Boyle, Damien Davis, Brad Dumont, Sean Hartofilis) were all named to the first team for the second time.
Face it - Princeton ranks last in the Ivy League in face-off percentage.
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.
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).