Princeton University Athletics
Spring Ahead
February 25, 2004 | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 25, 2004
The new-look Princeton Tigers open the men's lacrosse season Saturday afternoon (1) at Class of 1952 Stadium against the Quinnipiac Bobcats.
Princeton will be replacing 13 seniors, seven of whom were four-year starters. The Tigers, who return just four players who have ever started a game before, are led by co-captains Ryan Boyle and Jason Doneger on attack. Those two account for 83% of the career goals and 92% of the career assists scored by returning Princeton players.
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Princeton vs. Quinnipiac
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004 * 1:00 p.m.
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The records Princeton: 0-0; Quinnipiac: 0-0
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season, 215-64); Quinnipiac: Eric Fekete (third season, 9-17)
The series Princeton leads 1-0
Last meeting Princeton defeated Quinnipiac 14-3 * April 4, 2003
Who are these guys? - Princeton has four players on its team (Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger, Ricky Schultz, Oliver Barry) who have ever started a game prior to the start of the 2004 season. Pomp and circumstance - Princeton's Class of 2003 combined for 204 goals and 134 assists. The class featured 13 players, seven of whom were four-year starters.
Two for all - Ryan Boyle and Jason Doneger have combined for 83% of the goals scored by Princeton's returning players (97 of 117) and 92% of the career assists by Princeton's returning players (121 of 131).
No offense - Princeton has nine players who have ever scored a goal prior to the start of the 2004 season and four returning players (Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger, Drew Casino, Mac Bryson) who have more than five career goals.
More offense - Ryan Boyle and Jason Doneger, Princeton's two returning starters on offense, are both on the preseason Tewaaraton Trophy watch list.
Starting over - Princeton's opening-day lineup, 2003 vs. 2004: 2003 2004 Attack Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger, Sean Hartofilis Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger, Peter Trombino 1st Mid Owen Daly, Brad Dumont, Matt Trevenen Drew Casino, Jim O'Brien, Scott Sowanick 2nd Mid Drew Casino, Will MacColl, Josh White Mac Bryson, J.G. Guidera, Michael Wenzel Defense Damien Davis, Brian Lieberman, Ricky Schultz Oliver Barry, Ricky Schultz, Tim Sullivan LSM Joe Rosenbaum Tony Vita Goalie Julian Gould Matthew Larkin or Dave Law
More starting over - Princeton's starting lineup in its last game of last year combined for 422 career games started; Princeton's starting lineup for its game against Quinnipiac has combined for 87 career games started.
Still more starting over - Princeton's first and second midfields for the Quinnipiac game have combined for 16 career goals and nine career assists. Princeton's first and second midfields from the last game of last year combined for 181 career goals and 110 career assists.
Last starting over - Princeton graduated four midfielders (Owen Daly, Brad Dumont, Josh White, Will MacColl) who each had more career goals than Princeton's combined first and second midfielders for the first game of this season and four midfielders (Daly, Dumont, White, Matt Trevenen) who each had more career assists han Princeton's combined first and second midfielders for the first game of this season.
History lesson - Princeton has two players remaining (Ryan Boyle, Ricky Schultz) who played in the Tigers' last NCAA championship game win, the 2001 win over Syracuse.
More history - Princeton and Quinnipiac met for the first time last season, when the Tigers scored the first seven goals en route to a 14-3 win. Returning players Jason Doneger, Drew Casino, J.G. Guidera and Mac Bryson combined for seven Princeton goals.
A league of their own - Princeton has won nine straight Ivy League championships.
A league of their own? - Dartmouth has more preseason Inside Lacrosse All-Americas (five) than Princeton has players who have ever started a game before (four).
May madness - Princeton has won six NCAA championships, played in eight NCAA championship games, made nine Final Four appearances and advanced to at least the quarterfinals 12 times in the last 12 years.
Boyle-ing point - Ryan Boyle enters his senior year with 118 career assists, third-best all-time at Princeton. He trails Jon Hess by 15 for second place and Kevin Lowe by 56 for first place.
More Boyle - Ryan Boyle tied Princeton's single-season record with 48 assists last year.
Still more Boyle - Ryan Boyle has 165 career points, seventh best all-time at Princeton. He needs nine points to tie Wick Sollers for sixth.
Last Boyle - Ryan Boyle has at least one point in every game of his career.
Goal oriented - Jason Doneger tied for third in Division I with 41 goals last year.
More Jason - Jason Doneger had at least one goal in every game last year and has at least one goal in 16 straight games.
Still more Jason - Jason Doneger was an honorable mention All-Ivy League selection and an honorable mention All-America last year.
Okay, smart guy - Jason Doneger was an Academic All-Ivy League selection a year ago.
More smart guy - Midfielder Dave Willard was recently inducted into the National Society of College Scholars.
Casino royale - Drew Casino is Princeton's third-leading career goal scorer with nine.
Net results - Princeton does not have a goalie who has ever started a game before the 2004 season.
More net - Dave Law and Matthew Larkin have combined for 149:01 career minutes.
Poll cats - Princeton was ranked fourth in the preseason by Inside Lacrosse.
Next generation - Peter Trombino replaces Sean Hartofilis, the third-leading goal scorer in Princeton history and eighth-leading goal scorer in NCAA tournament history, on Princeton's starting attack unit. Trombino is wearing Hartofilis' old number (20) and graduated from the same high school as Hartofilis (St. Anthony's on Long Island).