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Princeton Hosts Hofstra In Men's Lacrosse
March 15, 2004 | Men's Lacrosse
March 15, 2004
After getting its first win at Virginia in 10 years, the Princeton men's lacrosse team returns home to play the first of five straight home games. Leading off: the Hofstra Pride, followed by Syracuse and then the Ivy opener against Yale, as well as Rutgers and Penn. Princeton does not take to the road again until April 17.
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Princeton vs. Hofstra
The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Saturday, March 20, 2004 * 1:00 p.m.
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The records Princeton: 2-1; Hofstra: 2-2
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season, 217-65); Hofstra: John Danowski (22nd season, 192-121)
The series Hofstra leads 9-8
Last meeting Princeton defeated Hofstra 18-5 * March 15, 2003
The whammy - Princeton is 4-0 against Hofstra since the series resumed in 2000 and has outscored the Pride 51-22 in those four games.
History lesson - Princeton is 6-0 against Hofstra since 1991 after going 1-6 against Hofstra from 1984-90.
More history - Princeton's win against Virginia last weekend was its first in Charlottesville since 1994, ending a streak of four straight losses.
I'm honored - Dave Law was named Ivy League Co-Player of the Week after his 15-save performance against Virginia.
Net results - Dave Law made 15 saves while allowing seven goals in Princeton's 8-7 win over Virginia last week for a save percentage of .682 and a goals-against average of 7.00. He entered the game with a save percentage of .450 and a goals-against average of 11.00. More net - Dave Law made 15 saves against UVa; he entered the game with 17 saves for his career.
Face it - Princeton has won 35 of 51 face-offs in its two wins (69%) and 6 of 23 face-offs in its one loss (26%).
Ryan's hope - Ryan Schoenig won 9 of 12 face-offs against Virginia's Jack DeVilliers, who won more face-offs than any other player in Division I last year.
Casino royale - Drew Casino scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season against Virginia and now has six goals and one assist for the year; he had five goals and one assist all of last season.
Streaking - Jason Doneger has scored at least one goal in 17 straight games.
D plus - Ricky Schultz had eight ground balls and held UVa's All-America attackman Joe Yevoli to one assist; Schultz also stripped Yevoli twice in the final minute to preserve the one-goal lead.
Fresh face - Freshman Peter Trombino has scored at least one goal in each of Princeton's first three games; the last Princeton freshman to score at leastone goal in his first three games was Lorne Smith, who scored at least one in the first 10 games of 1996.
More fresh - Scott Sowanick had an assist against Virginia and has at least one point in each of his first three games.
Still more fresh - Peter Trombino and Scott Sowanick have at least one point in each of their first three games; Ryan Boyle, in 2001, was the last Princeton freshman to do so.
Last fresh - Princeton played one offensive sequence against Virginia with five freshmen (Peter Trombino, Scott Sowanick, Whitney Hayes, Michael Biles, Mike Gaudio) and one senior (Ryan Boyle) on offense; the sequence ended when Hayes scored on a feed from Trombino.
Depth charge - Princeton played nine offensive midfielders, five shortstick defensive midfielders, three longstick midfielders, four close defenseman and five attackman against Virginia.
Welcome back - Defenseman Tim Sullivan returned to the starting lineup against Virginia after missing most of the preseason and first two games with an ankle sprain.
March madness - Princeton has won the NCAA lacrosse championship each of the last five times it has also played in the NCAA men's basketball tournament (1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001); Princeton won the 2004 Ivy League men's basketball tournament and advanced to play in Denver in this week's NCAA tournament.
Sink or swim - Peter Trombino, Scott Sowanick and Zachary Jungers became the 10th, 11th and 12th Princeton players in the last 10 years to start the first game of their freshman season.
Aw, shoot - Princeton was outshot 44-32 at Virginia.
The long and short of it - Ryan Schoenig has played with a longstick and shortstick this season; his lone goal came with a longstick.
Big Mac- Mac Bryson had his first career two-goal game in the win over Virginia; prior to that, Bryson had one goal in six different games.
Boyle-ing point - Ryan Boyle had nine points on three goals and six assists in last year's 18-5 Princeton win over Hofstra.
More Boyle - Ryan Boyle tied Princeton's single-season record with 48 assists last year.
Still more 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.
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.
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).
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 than Princeton's combined first and second midfielders for the first game of this 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.
A league of their own - Princeton has won nine straight Ivy League championships.
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.