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Unbeaten Women's Lacrosse Hosts James Madison Wednesday Afternoon
March 18, 2008 | Women's Lacrosse
Fourth-ranked Princeton is off to its first 4-0 start since the 2004 season. The first of two home challenges to that unbeaten record this week comes Wednesday against James Madison in a unique Wednesday afternoon game on Princeton's spring break.
Game time is 2 p.m., and live streaming video at the Tiger Zone and free live audio will be available at GoPrincetonTigers.com.
The Tigers had to come from behind Saturday at Penn State to stay undefeated, winning 7-6 after trailing 3-0 in the first half and 5-4 early in the second half.
Sophomore Kaitlin Donovan made two big plays late in the game for Princeton, scoring with 6:54 left to give the Tigers a 7-5 lead and then getting a key caused turnover and ground ball in the final two minutes as Princeton ran out the clock on a victory.
The Princeton defense has been stout in the first four games, allowing just 27 goals (6.8 gpg), including just 11 combined goals in two road games. The goalie duo of sophomore Kaitlyn Perrelle and freshman Erin Tochihara has also been solid, allowing just four goals on 18 free-position attempts this season. Tochihara was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday after her second-half performance at Penn State.
James Madison is now 3-3, with all three losses coming to ranked teams, and on a two-game winning streak after defeating Richmond 11-10 on Saturday.
Princeton and James Madison are meeting in women's lacrosse for the first time since the 2000 NCAA semifinals. The teams played eight straight years in the regular season from 1990-97, with the Tigers winning seven of those eight games.
Today's Note of the Day
Zeroed Out ? Princeton is 4-0 for the first time since the 2004 season. The Tigers won all 16 of their regular-season games that season and their first 19 games overall before falling to Virginia in the NCAA championship game.
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Been A Long Time ? Princeton and James Madison haven't played since the 2000 NCAA semifinals and haven't played in the regular season since 1997.
On The Defensive ? Princeton has allowed just 27 goals in its first four games (6.8 gpg). The Tigers rank in the top five in scoring defense in Division I.
On The Offensive ? Princeton has scored on nearly 50% of its shot attempts this season (43 goals, 88 shots).
Dynamic Duo ? Katie Lewis-Lamonica and Holly McGarvie have combined to score 19 goals on 27 shots this season (70%).
I'm Honored ? Erin Tochihara was named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. She had three saves and two ground balls in the second half at Penn State.
More Notes & Anecdotes
Balancing Act ? 10 players have scored at least one goal for Princeton in the team's first four games. Eight of those players have scored at least two goals.
The Home Life ? Princeton has averaged 14.5 goals per game in its two home games so far this season.
About Experience ? 10 of Princeton's 12 starters are either juniors or seniors. Only goalie Kaitlyn Perrelle, who played in every game last year, and freshman attacker Lizzy Drumm are underclassmen.
More Experience ? Nine of Princeton's usual 12 starting players from 2007 return to the team this season.
On Schedule ? Princeton plays five games this year against teams currently ranked in the top 10 in the latest IWLCA poll (Virginia, Duke, Maryland, Penn, Georgetown).
Up The Charts ? Princeton head coach Chris Sailer ranks second among active Division I head coaches with 273 career wins.
Tourney Talk ? Princeton has reached the NCAA tournament in 15 of the last 16 seasons beginning in 1992. The only year the Tigers did not qualify in that stretch was 1997.
More Tourney Talk ? Princeton has reached the national semifinals 10 times since 1992 and the NCAA quarterfinals 15 times since 1992.
Individual Notes & Anecdotes
Goal Oriented ? Katie Lewis-Lamonica now ranks 10th all-time at Princeton with 127 goals. She needs six goals to move into eighth place all-time at Princeton.
More Goal Oriented ? Katie Lewis-Lamonica is on pace to finish in the top five all-time at Princeton in career goals.
I'm Honored ? Norris Novak was a third-team All-America on defense last season. Novak started every game and had 27 ground balls and 16 caused turnovers.
Two-Sport Star ? Holly McGarvie was an honorable-mention All-Ivy pick in lacrosse in 2007 and then a second-team All-Ivy pick in field hockey this past fall.
Junior Day ? Katie Cox is Princeton's second junior captain in the last three seasons. Caitlin Reimers ?07 was a captain as a junior in 2006.
Half and Half ? Ashley Amo, also a team captain, scored on more than half of her shot attempts (21 of 41) last season.
Stopping By ? Kaitlyn Perrelle played in every game in goal as a freshman and started 13 of the last 14 games.
Quicker Picker Upper ? Junior Kristin Schwab led Princeton with 32 ground balls in 2007 and finished second on the team with 31 draw controls.
Nice Beginning ? Kristin Morrison was Princeton's leading freshman scorer in 2007 with 11 goals.
U.S.A, U.S.A. ? All three of Princeton's assistant coaches (Michele DeJuliis, Amy Altig, Elizabeth Pillion) will play for the U.S. national touring team at the Prague Cup tournament in the Czech Republic this summer.