Princeton University
Johns Hopkins
No. 1 Hopkins Tops No. 5 Princeton 14-5
March 06, 2004 | Men's Lacrosse
March 6, 2004
Final Stats
Baltimore - Conor Ford scored four goals, including two in a decisive run early in the third quarter, to lead top-ranked Johns Hopkins to a 14-5 win over No. 5 Princeton in front of 6,386 at Homewood Field Saturday afternoon.
Drew Casino scored for Princeton 30 seconds into the third quarter to make it a 6-4 Hopkins lead, but the Blue Jays answered with Ford's goal eight seconds later. Kevin Boland and Ford then added goals in the next two minutes as the Blue Jays blew the game open.
Johns Hopkins improved to 2-0 on the young season, while Princeton slipped to 1-1. The Tigers are at Virginia, who fell 18-12 to Syracuse Saturday afternoon, next Saturday.
"They're a great team," said Princeton coach Bill Tierney of Hopkins. "We talked about staying away from big runs. We wanted to hold them to two's, not four's and five's." Princeton was led by freshmen Scott Sowanick, who scored two goals, and Peter Trombino, who had one goal and one assist.
Sowanick started the scoring off an assist from Trombino 2:41 into the first quarter, but Johns Hopkins scored the next four goals before Jason Doneger stopped that run. Hopkins then scored two more to make it 6-2 before Trombino scored on Ryan Boyle's assist with 1:12 remaining in the half to make it 6-3 at intermission. Casino's goal early in the third quarter gave Princeton brief hope before the big Hopkins run.
Johns Hopkins outshot Princeton 39-25. Princeton outshot Hopkins 13-4 in the second quarter, though each team scored two goals during that stretch.
Hopkins dominated possession, winning 17 of 23 face-offs.
No. 5 Princeton (1-1) 1-2-1-1 -- 5
No. 1 Johns Hopkins (2-0) 4-2-4-4 -- 14
Scoring
Princeton - Scott Sowanick 2-0, Peter Trombino 1-0, Drew Casino 1-0, Jason Doneger 1-0, Ryan Boyle 0-1.
Johns Hopkins - Kyle Harrison 4-1, Conor Ford 4-0, Matt Rewkowski 2-1, Kevin Boland 2-1, Greg Peyser 1-0, Jake Byrne 1-0, Greg Peyser 0-1, Kyle Barrie 0-1.
Saves
Princeton - Dave Law 30 minutes, 6 goals-against, 6 saves; Matthew Larkin 30 minutes, 8 goals-against, 6 saves
Johns Hopkins - Scott Smith 55 minutes 4 goals-against, 9 saves; Jesse Schwartzman five minutes, 1 goal-against, 2 saves