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Princeton Hosts Penn In Ivy Men's Lacrosse Tuesday
April 12, 2004 | Men's Lacrosse
April 12, 2004
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The Princeton men's lacrosse team plays its only non-Saturday regular season game as it hosts Penn (Tuesday, 4 p.m., Moneytalk 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com). Princeton, who along with Brown and Dartmouth enter the week as the only unbeaten teams in the Ivy League, end the regular-season with five straight Ivy opponents. The winner of the league will get an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Princeton vs. Penn The site Class of 1952 Stadium * Princeton, N.J.
The date Tuesday, April 13, 2004 * 4:00 p.m.
Radio Moneytalk 1350 AM/www.goprincetontigers.com
The records Princeton: 5-2 (1-0 Ivy League); Penn: 5-4 (2-2 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season overall, 220-66); Penn: Brian Voellker (second season overall, 11-11)
The series Princeton leads 56-16
Last year Princeton defeated Penn 12-6 * April 1, 2003
The whammy - Princeton has defeated Penn 14 straight times, twice by one goal, once by three goals and the rest by at least six goals.
A league of their own - Princeton is 73-5 in Ivy League games since the start of the 1991 season.
Quarterly report - Princeton has been outscored 6-0 in its last two second quarters and has outscored its opponents 9-1 in its last two third quarters.
Half and half - Princeton is 2-1 when it trails at the half and 3-1 when it leads at the half.
More half - Jason Doneger has at least one goal in 23 straight games; the school record is 46 straight, set by Chris Massey from 1995-98. D plus - Princeton held Rutgers to 15 shots in a 9-7 win Saturday.
Poll cats - Princeton is ranked sixth in this week's USILA poll. The Tigers' two losses are to No. 1 Johns Hopkins and No. 4 Syracuse.
More poll - The Ivy League has three teams ranked in the top 11 in this week's USILA poll: No. 6 Princeton, No. 10 Brown, No. 11 Cornell.
Freshening up - Princeton starts one freshman on attack (Peter Trombino) and three freshman at midfield (Whitney Hayes, Scott Sowanick, Michael Biles).
Can you spare a dime? - Ryan Boyle leads the Ivy League in assists per game (2.86); Boyle has led the league each of the last two years.
Boyle-ing point - Ryan Boyle has at least one point in all 49 games of his career.
More Boyle - Ryan Boyle moved past Chris Massey into fourth place all-time at Princeton in scoring with 194 points; he trails Jesse Hubbard by 17 points for third place and Jon Hess by 21 points for second place. Kevin Lowe is Princeton's career leader with 247.
Goal oriented - Jason Doneger has 62 goals in his last 22 games (2.8 per game).
More goals - Jason Doneger has scored three more or goals in 13 of his last 22 games.
Face it - Princeton is 67 for 114 (58.8%) on face-offs in its five wins and 14 for 52 (26.9%) in its two losses.
More face - Ryan Schoenig won 8 of 12 face-offs in Princeton's 9-7 win over Rutgers Saturday.
Young guns - Princeton's freshmen have combined to score 23 goals in seven games; Princeton's freshmen last year combined for one goal, and Princeton's freshmen the year before combined for no goals.
Boyle-ing point - After having four goals and eight assists in the first four games of the season, Ryan Boyle has five goals and 12 assists in the last three games (3-3 against Syracuse, 1-5 against Yale, 1-4 against RU).
Streaker - Peter Trombino has at least one goal in each of the first seven games of his freshman year. The Princeton record for consecutive games with at least one goal to start a freshman season is 10, set by Lorne Smith in 1996.
Last streaker - Jason Doneger, Peter Trombino and Drew Casino are the only three Princeton players with at least one goal in each game this season.
Moving up the charts - Peter Trombino has scored nine goals in seven games, equalling the freshman season goal total of Brad Dumont, Jason Doneger and Owen Daly.
Youth movement - Peter Trombino is 11th on Princeton's single-season freshman goal-scoring list since Bill Tierney became head oachPrinceton's top freshman goal scorers under Bill Tierney: B.J. Prager (1999) 25 Jesse Hubbard (1995) 23 Chris Massey (1995) 21 Sean Hartofilis (2000) 20 Lorne Smith (1996) 19 Justin Tortolani (1989) 16 Ryan Boyle (2001) 16 Jon Hess (1995) 12 Kevin Lowe (1991) 12 Jason Buttles (1993) 10 Peter Trombino (2004, through seven games) 9 Brad Dumont (2000) 9 Jason Doneger (2001) 9 Owen Daly (2001) 9 Josh Sims (1997) 8 Josh White (2000) 7
More youth - Princeton's top freshman point totals under Bill Tierney: Kevin Lowe (1991) 55 (12-43) Ryan Boyle (2001) 52 (16-37) B.J. Prager (1999) 31 (25-6) Jon Hess (1995) 29 (12-17) Jesse Hubbard (1995) 18 (23-5) Lorne Smith (1996) 27 (19-8) Chris Massey (1995) 27 (21-6) Sean Hartofilis (2000) 24 (20-4) Justin Tortolani (1989) 22 (16-6) Peter Trombino (2004, through seven game) 16 (9-7) Jason Buttles (1993) 16 (10-6) Brad Dumont (2000) 14 (9-5) Scott Reinhardt (1991) 14 (8-6) Owen Daly (2000) 12 (9-3) Whitney Hayes (2004, through seven games) 11 (6-5)
Casino royale - Drew Casino has 11 goals this season; he had nine for the first three years of his career combined.
Big Mac - Mac Bryson has six goals in seven games this season; he had five goals his first two years combined.
Extra man-ia - After going 7 for 40 on extra-man opportunities to start the season, Princeton went 2 for 2 against Rutgers.
Local headlines - Brothers Dixon Hayes (shortstick defense) and Whitney Hayes (four goals, two assists) are graduates of Princeton High School.
All in the family - Freshman Michael Biles, who had his second career goal last week against Hofstra, is the younger brother of Princeton junior Lindsey Biles, the second-leading scorer on the two-time defending NCAA champion and current No. 1 women's lacrosse team.
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.