Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Heads To Hofstra In Men's Lacrosse
March 17, 2005 | Men's Lacrosse
March 17, 2005
The Princeton men's lacrosse team will be playing its third game of the season, which just happens to be its first game against a team not currently ranked first or second in the country. The 11th-ranked Tigers travel to Hofstra (Saturday, 1:30, WHWH AM 1350, www.goprincetontigers.com) in search of their first win of the season, taking on a Pride team that defeated North Carolina Wednesday night.
Princeton vs. Hofstra
The site Shuart Stadium • Hempstead, N.Y.
The date Saturday, March 19, 2005 • 1:30 p.m.
Radio Moneytalk AM 1350/www.goprincetontigers.com
The records Princeton: 0-2; Hofstra: 1-3
USILA rankings Princeton: 11th; Hofstra: unranked
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season overall, 226-75); Hofstra: John Danowski (23rd season, 195-132)
The series Tied 9-9
Last meeting Princeton defeated Hofstra 10-5 • March 20, 2004 History lesson - Princeton has won seven straight against Hofstra after going 1-6 against Hofstra from 1984-90.
More history - Princeton is 5-0 against Hofstra since the series resumed in 2000 and has outscored the Pride 61-27 in those games.
No, Virginia - Princeton has lost 22 regular-season games since 1995; eight of the 22 have come to Virginia.
Aw, shoot - Princeton has been outshot 21-5 in the first quarter of its two games, including 11-0 against Virginia last Saturday night.
Polling place - Princeton, ranked 11th this week, is the only team in the Top 20 without a win.
Strength of schedule - Princeton's first two games were against the teams ranked 1-2 in this week's USILA poll (Johns Hopkins, Virginia).
More schedule - Princeton plays five of its last 10 games against teams ranked in this week's Top 20 (No. 7 Syracuse, No. 12 Cornell, No. 14 Rutgers, No. 17 Brown, No. 20 Harvard).
Last schedule - Excluding Syracuse, Princeton is 38-3 against teams remaining on its schedule since the start of the 2000 season.
Young guns - Eleven of Princeton's 13 goals and six of Princeton's seven assists have come from freshmen or sophomores.
Fresh faces - Princeton starts three freshmen (M Pete Striebel, M Bob Schneider, D Dan Cocoziello)
Quarterly report - Princeton has been outscored 16-7 in the first, second and third quarters and has outscored its opponents 6-4 in the fourth quarter.
Point, counterpoint - Peter Trombino has at least one point in every game of his career. Kevin Lowe '94 and Ryan Boyle '04 are the only two Princeton players to have scored at least one point in every game of their careers for four years.
Great Scott - Scott Sowanick has scored six goals in the first two games of the season after scoring 13 his entire freshman year.
More Scott - Scott Sowanick has had back-to-back games with multiple goals for the first time in his career.
Last Scott - Scott Sowanick leads Princeton in goals (six), shots (14) and shooting percentage (.429).
Just win, baby - Princeton has lost three straight games, dating to last spring's NCAA semifinals. Princeton has not lost four straight games since 1989.
Goal oriented - Princeton has not scored in double figures in its last four games dating to last year; it is Princeton's longest streak without reaching double figures since 1988.
You never forget your first - Bob Schneider scored his first two career goals in last week's loss to Virginia.
Four score - Jason Doneger has scored 88 career goals; every other Princeton player combined has scored 75 career goals.
Law school - Dave Law has started 17 straight games in goal for Princeton.
More Law - Dave Law made five saves without allowing a goal in the first quarter last week against Virginia after allowing four goals without making a save in the first quarter against Hopkins the week before.
Moving up the charts - Jason Doneger has 88 career goals, leaving him four away from a four-way tie for 12th all-time at Princeton.
Family affair - Princeton senior captain Matthew Prager is the younger brother of former Tiger B.J. Prager, the fifth-leading goal scorer in Princeton history.
More family - Princeton assistant coach Matt Striebel's younger brother Pete is a freshman in Princeton's second midfielder.
We're honored - Oliver Barry was named a preseason second-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse magazine; John Bennett and Jason Doneger were both third-team. Dan Cocoziello was named the nation's top incoming freshman.
No bull? - Jim O'Brien and Grant Hewit both ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, this past spring.
A capital idea - Princeton shortstick defensive midfielder Jared Keating has been involved with venture capital research while at Princeton.
Quarter horses - Princeton will host one of the NCAA quarterfinals on Sunday, May 22. Princeton has advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals in 14 of the last 15 years; the only exception was 1999, the only other time Princeton was a predetermined quarterfinal site.
May madness - Princeton has won six NCAA championships in the last 13 seasons.
More May - Johns Hopkins has been the No. 1 seed in each of the last three NCAA tournaments.
Coach speak - Bill Tierney has 192 wins as Princeton head coach.
More coach - Bill Tierney has a .759 winning percentage as Princeton head coach; the program had a .532 winning percentage in the 77 seasons prior to Tierney's arrival.
Big Mac - Princeton midfielder Mac Bryson is taking the year off from school.
Princeton Lacrosse '05 ... By The Numbers
0 wins by Princeton, making the Tigers the only Top 20 team without a win
2 losses by Princeton to teams ranked in the top two - Johns Hopkins and Virginia
3 freshmen who have started the first two games for Princeton (Pete Striebel, Bob Schneider, Dan Cocoziello)
4 consecutive games by Princeton without reaching double figures in goals, the longest such streak for Princeton since 1989
5 saves by Dave Law without allowing a goal in the first quarter against Virginia last Saturday night; Law allowed four goals but did not make a save in the first quarter the previous week against Johns Hopkins
6 goals in two games by Scott Sowanick; he had 13 his entire freshman year
10 consecutive Ivy League championships by Princeton; no league team in any sport has ever won 11 straight championships
11 first-quarter shots by Virginia last Saturday night; Princeton did not attempt a shot in the first quarter, which ended 0-0
15 number of face-offs Princeton has won in 41 attempts through two games
16 shot differential between Princeton and its opponents in the first quarter of its first two games (21-5)
17 points through two games scored by Princeton's freshmen and sophomores; juniors and seniors have combined for three
38 wins by Princeton (in 41 games) since 2000 against all remaining teams on the schedule except for Syracuse
75 career goals scored by every Princeton player except for Jason Doneger combined
88 career goals scored by Jason Doneger
PROBABLE LINEUP Attack 20 Peter Trombino So. 1-3-4 4 Jason Doneger Sr. 2-0-2 5 Scott Sowanick So. 6-0-6
First Midfield 3 Whitney Hayes So. 1-3-4 9 Pete Striebel Fr. 0-0-0 28 Bob Schneider Fr. 2-0-2
Second Midfield 8 Mike Gaudio So. 1-0-1 6 Michael Biles So. 0-0-0 16 Jim O'Brien Jr. 0-1-1
Longstick Midfielder 36 Zachary Jungers So. 0-0-0 37 John Bennett So. 0-0-0
Defense 42 Oliver Barry Sr. 0-0-0 13 Tim Sullivan Sr. 0-0-0 1 Dan Cocoziello Fr. 0-0-0
Goal 2 Dave Law Jr. 12.00 GAA