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Princeton Travels To Take On Defending NCAA Champion Johns Hopkins
March 01, 2006 | Men's Lacrosse
March 1, 2006
After an uncharacteristic year away from the NCAA tournament, the Princeton men's lacrosse team opened this season with a 16-6 win over Canisius last week. With the first win tucked away, the Tigers face a much different challenge this weekend, as they head to Homewood Field in Baltimore to take on the defending NCAA champion Johns Hopkins Blue Jays. The game Saturday (2) can be seen on ESPNU and heard on WHWH AM 1350.
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Princeton vs. Johns Hopkins
The site Homewood Field • Baltimore, Md.
The date Saturday, March 4, 2006 • 1:00 p.m.
The records Princeton: 1-0; Johns Hopkins: 1-0
The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season overall, 232-75); Johns Hopkins: Dave Pietramala (ninth season, 87-27)
Radio/TV WHWH AM 1350/ESPNU
The series Johns Hopkins leads 52-23
Last year Johns Hopkins defeated Princeton 9-6 • March 5, 2005
History lesson - Princeton is 11-10 against Johns Hopkins since Bill Tierney became head coach in 1988. Prior to that, Princeton was 12-42 all-time against Johns Hopkins.
More history - Princeton has lost three straight games against Hopkins. Princeton's last win over the Blue Jays was in the 2002 NCAA semifinals.
May madness - Bill Tierney is 8-10 against Hopkins during the regular season and 3-0 against Hopkins in the NCAA tournament. March madness - Princeton and Johns Hopkins will play on the first Saturday of March for the 17th consecutive year.
20th century American history - Princeton has played Johns Hopkins every year since 1937 except for the World War II-shortened season of 1944.
Ancient history - Princeton and Johns Hopkins first played men's lacrosse on May 17, 1890, when Princeton defeated the Blue Jays 3-2. Princeton lost to Lehigh one week later and then suspended the sport due to "concerns of losing to schools that could not field proper football teams." Princeton played one game in 1891 and one game in 1893 and then did not play against until 1921.
Back in the day - Princeton head coach Bill Tierney (as an assistant coach) and Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala (as a defenseman) helped Johns Hopkins to the 1987 NCAA championship.
More back in the day - Princeton head coach Bill Tierney and Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala have both won two NCAA championships with the Blue Jays. Tierney was an assistant coach with the 1985 and 1987 Blue Jay teams, while Pietramala was a defenseman in 1987 and head coach in 2006.
Welcome home - Princeton assistant coach Greg Raymond was a longstick midfielder on last year's Johns Hopkins NCAA championship team.
In case you forgot - Princeton saw its streaks of 10 straight Ivy League championships and 16 straight NCAA tournament appearances end in 2005.
Fresh faces - Princeton's freshmen accounted for six of the Tigers' 16 goals in last week's opener against Canisius. Tommy Davis scored three goals, Mark Kovler scored two and Josh Lesko scored one.
More fresh - Princeton used six freshmen in the first quarter and eight freshmen in the first half against Canisius.
Last fresh - Princeton's freshman class was ranked No. 1 in the country by Inside Lacrose magazine for the second straight year.
Tommy boy - Tommy Davis scored three goals against Canisius to become the first Princeton player to score three goals in the first game of his freshman year since Jesse Hubbard scored three times against Hopkins in 1995.
Class struggle - Princeton scored 16 goals against Canisius, 14 of which were scored by non-seniors: six by the freshmen, three by the sophomore, five by the juniors and two by the seniors.
Face it - Princeton won 19 of 24 face-offs against Canisius after winning 46.9% of its face-offs a year ago. Alex Berg won 10 of his 15 face-offs, while Hakim Thompson, Greg Seaman and Mike DeSantis were all 3 for 3.
Gaudy Gaudio - Mike Gaudio has scored at least one goal in 12 straight games. Ready when the bell rings - Scott Sowanick had four points in each of his last two season openers: a career-high four goals against Johns Hopkins in 2005; two goals and two assists last week against Canisius.
Get to the point - Peter Trombino has started every game and scored at least one point in every game of his career. The only Princeton player ever to do so for four full seasons is Kevin Lowe '94.
All alone - Peter Trombino is the only player in Princeton lacrosse history with at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists as both a freshman and sophomore.
No place like Homewood - Scott Sowanick (two goals in 2004) and Peter Trombino (one goal, one assist in 2004) are the only two Princeton players who have career points at Homewood Field.
Net results - Alex Hewit started and played 45 minutes against Canisius, allowing three goals while making three saves. Hewit started three games a freshman a year ago.
Welcome to the Jungers - Zachary Jungers will be starting on close defense this year after being the top longstick midfielder most of the last two years. Jungers did start three games at close defense in 2004 when Tim Sullivan was injured.
Long and short of it - Princeton tri-captain Ryan Schoenig started on close defense and also played shortstick defensive midfield in Princeton's win over Canisius last week.
Hot Coco - Dan Cocoziello became the first defenseman ever to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Year when he won the honor a year ago. Cocoziello was the second straight Princeton player to win the award, after Peter Trombino in 2004.
Pomp and circumstance - Princeton graduated three starters from last year's team: A Jason Doneger, whose 107 career goals rank seventh all-time at Princeton, and D Tim Sullivan and D Oliver Barry, who started every game together last year.
Working overtime - Peter Trombino has one career goal (against Maryland in the 2004 NCAA quarterfinals) and one career assist (against Penn last season) in overtime games; no other current Princeton player has a career point in overtime.
Bling, bling - Princeton's four coaches have combined for 21 NCAA championship rings. Bill Tierney has six as Princeton head coach and two as an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins; David Metzbower and Bryce Chase have six each at Princeton; Greg Raymond has one as a player from Johns Hopkins a year ago.
Quick strike - Princeton scored its first goal 33 seconds into last week's game against Canisius and kept the lead for the final 59:27.
Slow strike - Princeton did not score a goal in the first 23:08 against Johns Hopkins in last season's game, by which time the Blue Jays led 6-0.
Princeton Lacrosse '06 ... By The Numbers
0 Princeton goals in the first 23:08 of last year's game against Johns Hopkins; Princeton trailed 6-0 before it scored
1 players in Princeton history who have scored at least 20 goals and had at least 10 assists as both a freshman and sophmore: current junior Peter Trombino
2 Princeton players ranked in the top seven among Division I freshmen by Inside Lacrosse magazine: No. 6 Chris Peyser and No. 7 Josh Lesko
3 Princeton players on the preseason Tewaaraton Trophy watch list: D Dan Cocoziello, A Peter Trombino, M Scott Sowanick
4 Princeton alums on the U.S. national team for the upcoming World Championships: G Trevor Tierney, M Matt Striebel, A Ryan Boyle, D Christian Cook
5 Princeton wins in 2005, the fewest by the team since 1988, Bill Tierney's first with the program
6 NCAA championships won by Princeton in the last 14 seasons
10 number of consecutive Ivy League championships won by Princeton before finishing second a year ago
11 seasons since a Princeton player had scored three goals in the first game of his freshman year, as Tommy Davis did last week against Canisius; Jesse Hubbard had been the last to do so, when he scored thre times against Hopkins in 1995
12 consecutive games with at least one goal by Mike Gaudio
14 current Princeton players who played in the 2004 NCAA semifinal game against Navy
16 goals scored by Princeton against Canisius, of which 14 came from non-seniors and six came from freshmen
28 career games for Peter Trombino, who has started and scored at least one point in each of them; only one Princeton player, Kevin Lowe '94, has ever done so for four full seasons
47 percentage of face-offs won by Princeton in 2005; Princeton won 19 of 24 (79.2%) against Canisius.
49 Princeton shots against Canisius; Princeton averaged 32.4 shots per game a year ago
6,325 attendance for Johns Hopkins at Princeton a year ago, which made it the largest crowd in Class of 1952 Stadium history