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Princeton Travels To Dartmouth In Need Of A Win And Some Help In Ivy Men's Lacrosse Race
April 29, 2004 | Men's Lacrosse
April 29, 2004
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If it all breaks right for Princeton, the Tigers can clinch at least a share of the Ivy League championship this weekend. If it goes the other way, the Tigers can be eliminated from the Ivy League race. Regardless, Princeton does have all kinds of history - recent and ancient - to deal with this weekend when it travels to play Dartmouth.
Princeton vs. Dartmouth The site Scully-Fahey Field * Hanover, N.H.
The date Saturday, May 1, 2004 * 1:00 p.m.
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The records Princeton: 7-3 (3-1 Ivy League); Dartmouth: 7-4 (2-2 Ivy League)
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season overall, 222-67); Dartmouth: Bill Wilson (first season, 7-4)
The series Princeton leads 44-7
Last year Dartmouth defeated Princeton 13-6 * April 26, 2003
In case you forgot - Dartmouth defeated Princeton 13-6 at Class of 1952 Stadium a year ago for its first win over the Tigers since 1988.
What might have been - Princeton scored three goals in the final 1:45 to force overtime against Cornell last weekend before Cornell won the face-off and scored 1:03 into overtime to win 12-11.
The whammy - Princeton has never lost to Dartmouth in consecutive years.
The other whammy - Princeton, who lost 12-11 to Cornell in overtime a week ago, has not lost consecutive Ivy League games since losing to Yale, Penn and Brown in the 1989 season. Polling place - Princeton is ranked eighth in this week's USILA poll; the Tigers are the highest ranked team in the league. In all, five Ivy League schools are ranked in this week's poll.
No place like home? - Princeton is 6-3 in its last nine Ivy League home games and 25-0 in its last 25 Ivy League road games.
On the road again - Princeton has not lost an Ivy League road game since the last game of the 1995 season (at Cornell).
On the one hand ... - A Princeton win over Dartmouth and a Cornell loss to Brown would clinch at least a share of the Ivy League championship for Princeton.
... on the other hand - A Princeton loss to Dartmouth and a Cornell win over Brown would give the Big Red an outright Ivy League championships; a Cornell win would assure the Big Red of at least a tie for the league title and would clinch the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The big picture - With two league games remaining, Princeton can either win an outright championship, finish in a two-way or three-way tie for the championship or not win any piece of the championship.
Broken record?- Peter Trombino has tied the Princeton record for consecutive games with at least one goal to start a freshman season, equalling Lorne Smith's record of 10 set in 1996.
Streaking- Jason Doneger has scored at least one goal in 26 straight games, the third-longest streak in school history behind Scott Conklin's 28 and Chris Massey's 46.
More streaking - Jason Doneger, Drew Casino and Peter Trombino have scored at least one goal in every game this season.
Fresh faces - Princeton starts three freshmen on offense (Peter Trombino on attack, Whitney Hayes and Scott Sowanick at midfield), has another freshman on the second midield (Michael Biles) and has two freshmen at longstick midfield (Zachary Jungers, John Bennett).
More fresh - Princeton's freshmen have combined to score 34 goals in 10 games; Princeton's freshmen last year combined for one goal, and Princeton's freshmen the year before combined for no goals.
Boyle-ing point - Ryan Boyle has at least one point in all 52 games of his career.
More Boyle - Ryan Boyle leads Princeton in scoring with 42 points, 12 more than second-place Jason Doneger. Should Boyle lead Princeton in scoring for the season, he would join Kevin Lowe '94 as the only players in school history to lead the team in scoring for four years.
Casino royale - Drew Casino has 17 goals this season after having nine for his first three seasons combined.
esse Hubbard for third all-time at Princeton and eight away from tying Jon Hess for second.
A little Hayes-ee - Whitney Hayes had three assists against Cornell, including assists on the final two goals to force overtime.Can you spare a dime? - Ryan Boyle is fourth in Division I and first in the Ivy League in assists with 25.
More Hayes-ee - Whitney Hayes has nine assists in the last four games; he had three assists in the first six games.
Woulda, shoulda, Kudla - Erik Kudla scored two goals against Cornell last week after scoring two for his career prior to that.
More Kudla - Erik Kudla has scored three goals this season, all in extra-man situations.
Oliver's story - Oliver Barry's assist against Penn was the second by a Princeton longstick this season. Ryan Schoenig, who plays longstick and shortstick defense, had a goal against Quinnipiac.
Casino royale - Drew Casino has 14 goals this season; he had nine for the first three years of his career combined.
Been there, done that - When UConn won the men's and women's NCAA basketball championships this year, it marked the second time the same school has won NCAA men's and women's championships in the same team sport in the same year. Princeton won the 1994 men's and women's lacrosse championship.
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.