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Princeton Faces Off With Maryland In NCAA Men's Lacrosse Quarters
May 19, 2004 | Men's Lacrosse
May 19, 2004
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For the 14th time in the last 15 years, the Princeton men's lacrosse team has advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals. To get back to the Final Four, sixth-seeded Princeton needs to defeat third-seeded Maryland Saturday (3 p.m., Moneytalk AM 1350) in the second of two games at the University of Virginia.
Princeton vs. Maryland
NCAA Tournament * Quarterfinal Round
The site Scott Stadium * Charlottesville, Va.
The date Saturday, May 22, 2004 * 3:00 p.m.
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The records Princeton: 10-3 (5-1 Ivy League); Maryland: 13-2
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season overall, 224-67); Maryland: Dave Cottle (22nd season overall, 215-80)
The series Maryland leads 28-11-1
Last meeting Princeton defeated Maryland 10-7 * 2000 NCAA quarterfinal
May madness - Princeton's NCAA tournament winning percentage of .771 (27-8) is the best in NCAA tournament history.
More madness - Princeton has won six NCAA championships since 1992.
Quarter-ly report - Princeton is appearing in the NCAA quarterfinals for the 14th time in 15 years; the only time since 1990 that Princeton was not in the quarterfinals was in 1999, when the Tigers hosted the quarterfinal round. Fear the turtle - The 2004 quarterfinal will be Princeton's fifth game against Maryland since 1994; all five have come in the NCAA tournament. The last meeting was in the 2000 quarterfinals at Rutgers, won by Princeton 10-7.
More turtle - Princeton defeated Maryland in the 1997 and 1998 NCAA championship games.
History lesson - Princeton and Maryland first met in 1927; they would not play again until 1938.
More history - Princeton and Maryland played every year from 1938 through 1971 except for the World War II years of 1944 and 1945.
First time for everything - Of the 32 players who played in Princeton's 12-4 win over Rutgers last Saturday in the opening round, only eight had ever played in an NCAA tournament game before.
More first time - Of Princeton's 10 starters against Rutgers last week, only three (Ryan Boyle, Ricky Schultz, Jason Doneger) had ever started an NCAA tournament game before.
Last first - Prior to last weekend against Rutgers, Ryan Boyle and Jason Doneger had been the only two Princeton players to score a goal in an NCAA tournament game.
Fresh faces - Princeton freshmen Whitney Hayes, Peter Trombino and Scott Sowanick combined for five goals and two assists in the 12-4 win over Rutgers last weekend.
More fresh - Princeton's freshmen have combined to score 47 goals in 13 games; Princeton's freshmen last year combined for one goal, and Princeton's freshmen the year before combined for no goals.
Still more fresh - Freshmen Peter Trombino (33), Scott Sowanick (23) and Whitney Hayes (23) all have at least 20 points this season. The only other time Princeton had three freshmen with at least 20 points in the same season was 1995, when Jesse Hubbard, Chris Massey and Jon Hess all had at least 27.
Last fresh - Peter Trombino (22-11) and Scott Sowanick (13-10) are two of five Princeton freshmen ever to have double figures in goals and assists; Whitney Hayes has nine goals and 14 assists.
Triple play - All three of Princeton's losses have come to teams who advanced to the quarterfinals (Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Cornell).
Yes, Virginia - Princeton defeated Virginia 8-7 at Klockner Stadium in Week 3 this season; it was Princeton's first win in Charlottesville since 1994.
The whammy - Princeton is 22-0 against teams other than Syracuse in NCAA games since 1992.
Close shaves - Princeton has played 35 NCAA tournament games, of which 21 have been decided by one or two goals. Princeton is 18-3 in those 21 games.
Highly offensive - Despite graduating Sean Hartofilis, the third-leading goal scorer in school history and eighth-leading goal scorer in NCAA tournament history, as well as the top five scoring midfielders, Princeton led the Ivy League in scoring offense (10.7 goals per game) and averaged 0.4 goals per game fewer than a year ago.
Highly defensive- Despite graduating its two-year starting goalie, two four-year starters on close defense, a four-year starter at longstick midfield and the top shortstick defensive midfielder from a year ago, Princeton has allowed fewer goals per game this year (8.15) than last year (8.20).
A league of their own - Princeton tied Cornell for the Ivy League championship, marking the 10th straight time that Princeton has won at least a share of the Ivy title.
More league - Princeton is 78-6 in Ivy League games since 1991.
Still more league - Ryan Boyle holds the Ivy League record for assists in a league season (32) and career (88).
I'm honored - Ryan Boyle is the 2004 Ivy League Player of the Year. Boyle, who also won in 2002, joined Cornell's Eamon McEneaney (1975, 1977) as the only two players ever to be named Ivy League Player of the Year twice.
More honored - Peter Trombino is the 2004 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
Still more honored - Ryan Boyle, Ricky Schultz and Oliver Barry were named first-team All-Ivy League this season; Jason Doneger and Drew Casino were second-team selections.
Seeing 20-40 - Ryan Boyle needs one goal and one assist to join Kevin Lowe and Jon Hess as the only Princeton players ever with at least 20 goals and 40 assists in the same season.
Seeing 20-10 - Peter Trombino is one of three Princeton players in the last 10 years with at least 20 goals and 10 assists in the same season (Jon Hess, Ryan Boyle).
Starting over - Princeton graduated 11 four-year contributors, including seven four-year starters, after the 2003 season.
More starting over - Princeton had four players who had ever started a game prior to the start of the 2004 season (Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger, Ricky Schultz, Oliver Barry).
Face it - Princeton used four different face-off men in the first half against Rutgers last weekend.
More face it - Princeton has won 145 face-offs; its opponents have won 146.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has scored 33 more goals than its opponents while taking 11 more shots than its opponents.
More shoot - Princeton has outscored its opponents 39-21 in the first quarter despite being outshot 100-99 in the first quarter.
In case it comes up - Princeton is 5-1 all-time in overtime in NCAA tournament games, including 4-0 in overtime in NCAA championship games. Princeton has won five straight NCAA tournament overtime games after a 14-13 triple-overtime loss to Towson in the 1991 quarterfinals.
On the other hand - Princeton is 0-1 in overtime games this season, having lost to Cornell 12-11 in overtime.
What can you say about? ...
... Oliver Barry * a first-team All-Ivy League selection * started every game on defense * has 33 groundballs * had an assist against Penn
... John Bennett * has been one of top two longstick midfielders * also plays on the wing on face-offs
... Ryan Boyle * 2004 Ivy League Player of the Year * 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year * second player ever to win Ivy Player of the Year twice, along with Cornell's Eamon McEneaney (1975, 1977) * three-time unanimous first-team All-Ivy League * 2003 first-team All-America * scored a career-high four goals against Rutgers last weekend; he had scored three goals in a game six times prior to that * has eight goals and 20 assists in nine career NCAA tournament games * Ivy League record-holder for assists in league games in a season (32) and career (88) * has 19 goals and 39 assists; needs one goal and one assist to join Kevin Lowe and Jon Hess as only Princeton players ever with at least 20 goals and at least 40 assists in a season * leads Division I in assists per game with 3.00 * leads Ivy League in assists and points scored * leads Princeton in scoring; will become second player in school history to lead team in scoring four times (Kevin Lowe was first) * ranks second all-time in points scored at Princeton with 217 (trailing only Kevin Lowe's 247) * ranks second all-time in assists at Princeton with 151 (trailing only Kevin Lowe's 174) * has at least four assists in six of 13 games * had three goals and three assists against Syracuse * assisted on B.J. Prager's overtime goal against Syracuse in overtime to win the 2001 NCAA championship * has at least one point in every game of career
... Mac Bryson * has six goals and one assist * has been on second midfield unit * had two goals in win at Virginia
... Drew Casino * a second-team All-Ivy League selection * has 21 goals and four assists * had nine goals for his first three years combined * became first player in school history to have at least 20 goals as a senior after having fewer than 10 for first three seasons combined * has at least one goal in every game * also one of two face-off men; has won 58 of 116 draws, including 6 of 6 last weekend against Rutgers * one of three current Princeton players to play in the 2001 NCAA championship game
... Jason Doneger * a second-team All-Ivy League selection * leads Ivy League with 34 goals * has 75 goals in last 28 games * has more games with three or more goals (seven) than fewer than three goals (six) this season * has at least one goal in 29 straight games, the second-longest streak in school history ... Chris Massey scored at least one goal in 46 straight games from 1995-98 * Academic All-Ivy League selection
... Dixon Hayes * one of top shortstick defensive midfielders * also a wingman on face-offs * has 16 groundballs * older brother of Tiger freshman Whitney Hayes * graduate of Princeton High School
... Whitney Hayes * has nine goals and 14 assists for 23 points * had at least one point in 11 of 13 games * had a goal and two assists in win over Rutgers last weekend, including key goal with 22 seconds remaining in first half * has started the last eight games on first midfield * had three assists against Cornell, two of which came in the final two minutes as Princeton rallied from three-goal deficit to force overtime ... Grant Hewit * one of top shortstick defensive midfielders * younger brother Alex is an All-America high school goalie who will play at Princeton next season
... Zachary Jungers * No. 1 longstick midfielder on team * started on close defense for first two games of season in place of injured Tim Sullivan
... Jared Keating * one of top shortstick defensive midfielders * started his own venture capital research group
... Erik Kudla * moved to man-up unit midway through the season * has three goals, all on man-up situations * had two man-up goals against Cornell
... Dave Law * started all 13 games in goal * has played 698 of team's 781 minutes * has a 7.74 goals-against average * Ivy League Player of the Week after making 15 saves in 8-7 win over Virginia * made eight saves last week against Rutgers
... Jim O'Brien * has played in the second midfield unit all season * has five goals and two assists * had first career two-goal game against Harvard
... Ryan Schoenig * has played longstick and shortstick defense * scored one goal, as a longstick, against Quinnipiac * has only goal by a Princeton longstick * has won 72 of 133 face-offs * won 9 of 10 face-offs against Dartmouth
... Ricky Schultz * a first-team All-Ivy League selection * was Princeton's only returning starter among its close defense, longstick midfield, defensive shortstick midfield and goalie * has started for three seasons * one of three current Princeton players to play in the 2001 NCAA championship game
... Scott Sowanick * started every game on first midfield * has 13 goals and 10 assists * one of five Tiger freshmen ever with double figures in goals and assists * had two goals against Rutgers last week * had four assists against Brown * has at least one point in 11 of 13 games * has eight multiple-point games
... Tim Sullivan * started last 10 games on defense * did not start first two games after suffering preseason ankle injury
... Peter Trombino * 2004 Ivy League Rookie of the Year * four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week * has 22 goals and 11 assists * has at least one goal in every game * set Princeton record by scoring at least one goal in first 13 games of freshman season * third all-time among Princeton freshmen in points with 33, trailing Kevin Lowe (55) and Ryan Boyle (52) * third all-time among Princeton freshmen in goals with 22, trailing only B.J. Prager (25) and Jesse Hubbard (23) * first Princeton freshman ever with at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists * joined Jon Hess and Ryan Boyle as the only Princeton players in the last 10 years with at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists in same season * has 22 goals on 47 shots for team-best .468 shooting percentage * had two goals last week against Rutgers
... Dave Willard * one of top shortstick defensive midfielders * member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars * fluent in Chinese