Baseball Opens Five-Game Homestand Tuesday Against Monmouth

April 19, 2005

Princeton, N.J. - The Princeton baseball team begins a five-game homestand and a stretch in which it will play seven of its next eight games at home this afternoon when Monmouth visits Clarke Field. Monmouth took the first meeting of the season between the two schools 12 days ago, so the Tigers will be looking to settle the score come Tuesday afternoon. Fand can follow today's action live with GameTracker.

Princeton (13-17, 7-5 Ivy) enters the midweek game after winning its last two games on Sunday at Penn. The Tigers split the weekend series with the Quakers, but after dropping two games on Saturday, rebounded with two wins on Sunday to pull off the split. Princeton also played once out-of-conference last week, taking a 10-0 win from Seton Hall last Tuesday.

Monmouth (17-15, 9-4 NEC) enters the game as one of the area's hottest teams, winning its last nine games and 10 of 11 since the Hawks win over Princeton on April 7. The Hawks have two wins over LIU, two over Wagner, three over St. Francis, one against LaSalle and one at Lafayette in the stretch. Monmouth currently sits second to Sacred Heart in the NEC standings.

Twelve days ago when the two teams met, Monmouth came away with a 15-7 win. Princeton jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first, but five Monmouth runs in the third and fifth innings helped the Hawks build a lead they would not relinquish. Princeton leads the all-time series against Monmouth 18-6.

The teams have faced three common opponents. Monmouth beat Penn twice and dropped single games to Rutgers and Seton Hall. Princeton went 2-2 at Penn, and defeated both Rutgers and Seton Hall.

A Glance at the All-Time Series

Series Began: April 9, 1964, 2-1 Princeton win at home
Series Record: Princeton leads 18-6
In Princeton: Princeton leads 11-2
In Philadelphia: Princeton leads 7-4
Last Season: Princeton won 12-5 at home
This Season: Monmouth won 15-7 at home
Last Princeton Win: April 20, 2004 (12-5 at Princeton)
Last Monmouth Win: April 7, 2005 (15-7 at Monmouth)
Coach Bradley vs. Monmouth: 8-5
Coach Ehehalt vs. Princeton: 4-11
Streak: Monmouth won the last meeting Today's Tentative Match-Up on the Mound

Tuesday, April 19 • 3:30 p.m.
Gregg Petillo (1-0, 6.14 ERA) vs. Wills Sweney (1-3, 6.75 ERA)

The Updated Ivy Race

The Tigers are now 7-5 in the Ivy League and have a two-game lead (four in the loss column) on Penn (7-9) in the Gehrig Division standings. Cornell (4-6) and Columbia (2-14) round out the division. In addition to the two-game lead, the Tigers have four games in hand on second-place Penn. In the race for home field advantage in the Ivy League Championship Series, Harvard, at 10-2, has a one-game edge on Brown (8-2) and a three-game lead on Princeton. Brown plays at Cornell twice on Wednesday afternoon and can move into a tie with Harvard atop the Rolfe Division standings with a sweep.

In addition to Princeton's game on Tuesday's Ivy League schedule, Penn visits Lafayette and Vermont heads to Dartmouth for a doubleheader.

Looking Forward

The Tigers continue their homestand this weekend with four games against Ivy and Gehrig division foes Columbia.

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