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Princeton Hosts UMBC In Men's Lacrosse
March 11, 2010 | Men's Lacrosse
Princeton and UMBC next met in the 2006 NCAA tournament, when the current seniors were seniors in high school. Princeton won that game, held at the Class of 1952 Stadium.
The teams also played last year in Baltimore on a very warm early March night. Princeton used a five-goal third quarter, a great night facing off from Paul Barnes and some huge saves from Tyler Fiorito to hold on for a 6-5 win.
This year's game, the 12th meeting in the series, matches teams that both played Tuesday. Princeton defeated Manhattan 13-8 after leading 12-4 seven seconds into the fourth quarter, and UMBC lost to Johns Hopkins 16-10.
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Princeton scored six goals against UMBC last year, three by players who graduated (two for Mark Kovler, one for Rich Sgalardi) and three by players named McBride (two by Chris, one by Jack).
Tyler Fiorito made 10 saves, including six in the first half to keep Princeton close as UMBC would lead 2-1 at the break. Paul Barnes would win 13 of 15 face-offs.
Jeremy Blevins, who graduated after starting in goal for UMBC for four years, made 11 saves against Princeton. Alex Hoppman (who graduated) led UMBC with two goals. The other goals came from graduated Alex Smith and current Retrievers Kyle Wimer and Rob Grimm.
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Jeff Froccaro was named the top freshman to date by Inside Lacrosse.
Froccaro leads Division I in shooting percentage (.800, minimum three shots/game), and he started his career with three goals against Hofstra and then four more against Johns Hopkins. In addition, he went from winning 6 of 18 face-offs against Hofstra to 10 of 17 against Hopkins, including one to start overtime that led to Scott MacKenzie's game-winning goal.
He has also been named Ivy League Rookie of the Week both weeks of the season.
Froccaro's seven goals more than doubled the previous high total by a Princeton freshman in his first two games. And yet, with, with 1:53 gone in the third quarter against Manhattan, Froccaro found himself tied for the team lead in goals with yet another freshman.
Mike Chanenchuk scored five goals - on his first five shots - against the Jaspers. Along with the two he scored against Hofstra (he had two assists against Hopkins), Chanenchuk equalled Froccaro's total - for almost five minutes, anyway, until Froccaro scored his eighth.
Of Froccaro's eight goals, seven have come in the second half.
Froccaro and Chanenchuk are 1-2 on the team in goals and in goals by a Princeton freshman after three games.
What's most amazing is that they have combined to score 15 goals on 25 shots (.600 between them), and they've done this from the midfield position.
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Mike Chanenchuk was the only Princeton player with more than one goal against Manhattan. In addition to his five, Princeton had eight players score one each: Jack McBride, Chris McBride, Tucker Shanley, Forest Sonnenfeldt, Derek Styer, Paul Barnes, Tyler Moni and Jeff Froccaro.
The goals by Shanley, Sonnenfeldt and Styer were the first of their careers.
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Princeton has reached double figures in goals in all three of its games. The last time Princeton opened a season by reaching double figures in three straight games was 1994, when Princeton did it for the first six games.
Princeton has played 12 quarters and has scored at least one goal in every one of the 12, as well as three or more goals in eight of the 12. Princeton has scored 12 first quarter goals, an average of 4.0 per game.
On the other hand, Princeton has allowed at least one goal in 10 of 12 quarters and has allowed at least eight in all three games.
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Princeton defeated Johns Hopkins last Saturday in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium in front of 19,742. The game Tuesday against Manhattan drew a crowd of 482, or 19,260 fewer fans.
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Rob Engelke entered the 2010 season with nine career assists after spending three years as a fourth attackman and member of the extra-man unit.
He had two assists against Manhattan to give him nine for the first three games, with at least two in every game.
Since Ryan Boyle graduated in 2004, no Princeton player has had more than 24 assists in a season (Rich Sgalardi had 24 last year). Boyle had 37, 33, 48 (school record, tying Jon Hes) and 44 in his four seasons.
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Jack McBride scored one goal against Manhattan, giving him 60 for his career and making him the 28th player in school history to reach the 60-goal mark.
McBride also has 11 career assists, of which two have come in overtime. McBride set up Tommy Davis' game-winner against Penn last year and Scott MacKenzie's overtime goal against Hopkins last week.
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Princeton has four players with at least one goal in each of the first three games.
Both McBride cousins (Jack and Chris) have done so, as has freshman Jeff Froccaro.
The fourth member of the group is Tyler Moni, a junior who had two career goals prior to this season. Moni now has five goals this season with two each against Hofstra and Hopkins and one against Manhattan.
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Princeton's attack has combined for 14 goals. Its midfield has combined for 26 goals (longstick Derek Styer has the other).
Scott MacKenzie had 29 points last season and 43 for his career prior to this season, while every other middie on the team combined had 11 career points prior to this season.
Through three games, Princeton's midfield has 24 total points, of which MacKenzie has three (though he does have the biggest goal of the season, the overtime game-winner against Hopkins).
Princeton has gotten 19 goals and four assists from players who had no career points prior to this season.
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Princeton is playing the third game of a four-games-in-11-days stretch. Next up for Princeton is a trip to Chapel Hill, N.C., for a game Tuesday night against No. 3 North Carolina.
Princeton and North Carolina met every year from 1992 through 1999, but the teams have not met since.
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Princeton has a team shooting percentage of .353 through three games.
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What Can You Say About ...
Nikhil Ashra #23
• No. 2 goalie currently recovering from concussion
• has been backup to Alex Hewit for first two years and now Tyler Fiorito last year and this year; each of first three years, starting goalie has been an All-America
• has a a career .568 save percentage and 7.67 goals-against average
Paul Barnes #31
• scored a goal against Manhattan
• won 13 of 15 face-offs against UMBC a year ago and won Ivy Player of the Week award following that game
• won 145 of 299 face-offs a year ago
• scored four goals off of face-offs in 2009; Princeton had not gotten a goal from its face-off specialist since 2004 prior to that
• has faced-off once this season but is playing regularly in the midfield
Alex Capretta #1
• can play attack or midfield
• scored first career goal in win over Rutgers last year
Chris Chandler #16
• starting at shortstick defensive middie
• had one caused turnover against Hofstra and one against Manhattan
• played in three games last year as longstick middie after playing in every game sophomore year
Mike Chanenchuk #13
• tied for team lead with 10 points
• second on the team with seven goals
• second Princeton freshman ever with seven goals in first three games (teammate Jeff Froccaro, who has eight, is the other)
• had five goals against Manhattan despite playing only 2.5 quarters
• scored on his first five shots against Manhattan
• five goals was second-highest single-game total ever by a Princeton freshman, behind only Jack McBride's six against Penn two years ago
• had two assists against Hopkins
• had two goals and an assist against Hofstra
• defered last year after suffering a back injury and is now a freshman
• was the No. 19-rated freshman by Inside Lacrosse a year ago before he defered
John Cunningham #3
• starting on defense, but will also play considerably at longstick midfield
• second on team with 11 ground balls
• helped hold Johns Hopkins All-America middie Michael Kimmel to one goal
• had six ground balls and two caused turnovers against Hofstra
• had 13 caused turnovers and 23 ground balls a year ago despite missing six games with a broken jaw
Jimmy Davis #5
• starting shortstick defensive midfielder
• had an assist, a caused turnover and three ground balls against Hofstra
• played in every game as third shortstick a year ago, behind graduated Josh Lesko and Brendan Reilly
• had four caused turnovers a year ago
• younger brother of Tommy Davis, who graduated last year after starting for four years on attack
Long Ellis #14
• leads team with six caused turnovers
• had two caused turnovers and three ground balls against Hofstra
• had three caused turnovers against Manhattan
• listed as starter on defense, but can play defense or longstick midfield or even with a shortstick
Rob Engelke #22
• starting on attack
• leads team with nine assists and is tied for team lead with 10 points
• has nine assists; rest of the team combined has 10
• had three assists against Hopkins
• had a goal and four assists against Hofstra
• had two assists against Manhattan
• had four assists all of last year and nine assists for his career prior to this season
• five points against Hofstra tied career high, set last year against Manhattan
• had made one career start prior to this season but played considerably every year as fourth attackman and on extra man unit
• had nine goals on 15 shots last year for .600 shooting percentage, best on team for players with more than one shot
• also had four assists
Tyler Fiorito #6
• preseason second-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee
• honorable mention All-America and second-team All-IvyLeague last year as a freshman
• started every game of his career
• ranked fourth in Division I in goals-against (7.40) and 11th in Division I in save percentage (.587) a year ago
• made 15 saves against Syracuse in 12-8 win to earn Division I Player of the Week honors from Inside Lacrosse
• member of United States U19 team that won 2008 World Championship in Vancouver
Jeff Froccaro #18
• leads team with seven goals (on nine shots)
• Ivy League Rookie of the Week each of first two weeks of the season
• seven goals is the most by a Princeton freshman in his first two games; previously, no freshman had scored more than three in his first two games
• had four goals on six shots against Hopkins, including back-to-back goals to make it 10-8 Princeton in the fourth
• also won 10 of 17 face-offs, including the one to start OT
• scored three goals on three shots against Hofstra in first college game
• six of his seven goals have come in the second half
• first goal against Hofstra gave Princeton lead for good in third quarter; last two goals both came in fourth quarter after Hofstra had twice cut Princeton's lead to one
• came back from torn ACL as a high school sophomore and then in the final game of his high school career to play in the season opener
Mike Grossman #8
• first-line midfielder
• scored first career goal in win over Hofstra
• ankle injury wiped out almost entire freshman year
• was the No. 38-ranked recruit by Inside Lacrosse a year ago
Jeremy Hirsch #37
• team captain
• preseason honorable mention All-America
• started every game but one since the start of sophomore year and has played in every game but one in his career
Scott MacKenzie #2
• a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee
• scored overtime goal to defeat Hopkins; goal came after he missed all six of his shots in regulation
• scored a goal against Hofstra
• preseason honorable mention All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• only returning midfield starter
• had 29 points a year ago; every other current middie on the team had a combined career total of 18 prior to this season
Chris McBride #15
• had a goal and two assists against Hopkins
• had four goals against Hofstra, tying career high set last year against Albany
• had four goals on six shots
• scored one goal in every quarter
• had 18 goals and six assists in first year as a starter on attack
• moved from midfield to starting on attack alongside cousin Jack McBride last year
• his father is Jack McBride's brother; his mother is Jack McBride's mother's first cousin
Jack McBride #14
• a preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee
• second-team All-America a year ago
• first-team All-Ivy League selection
• had three goals and then assisted on game-winner in overtime against Hopkins
• had two goals and an assist against Hofstra
• one of four Princeton players (B.J. Prager, Sean Hartofilis, Jason Doneger) in the last 10 years to reach 50 goals by the end of sophomore year
• led team with 35 goals last year
• led team in scoring eight times in 16 games last year
• 2008 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• member of United States U19 team that won 2008 World Championship in Vancouver
• his father is Chris McBride's brother; his mother is Chris McBride's mother's first cousin
Jonathan Meyers #28
• started on defense against Hofstra and longstick midfield against Hopkins
• had a caused turnover against Hofstra
• gave up football to concentrate on lacrosse
• recruited for football by schools such as Florida, Michigan and Oklahoma; plays football and lacrosse at Princeton
Tyler Moni #27
• playing on second midfield group
• had two goals in each of first two games, against Hofstra and Hopkins
• had two career goals prior to this season
• had two goals and an assist last year
Peter Smyth #26
• had first career points with a goal and assist against Hofstra
• also faced off 15 times, winning five
• won three of eight face-offs against Hopkins while playing considerably as shortstick D middie
• father Francis played lacrosse at Princeton, graduating in 1982
Chad Wiedmaier #9
• preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• is out until at least midseason after having knee surgery in the fall
• second-team All-America as a freshman
• first-team All-Ivy League as a freshman
• first freshman defenseman and third freshman ever to be first-team All-Ivy at Princeton (Scott Bacigalupo, B.J. Prager)
• ranked as No. 2 freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse
Game-By-Game
HOFSTRA (W, 17-14)
GOALS - C. McBride 4, Froccaro 3, J. McBride 2, Chanenchuk 2, Moni 2, MacKenzie 1, Smyth 1, Grossman 1, Engelke 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 4, Chanencuk 1, J. McBride 1, Davis 1, Smyth 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 14 goals-against, 11 saves)
JOHNS HOPKINS (W, 11-10, OT)
GOALS - Froccaro 4, J. McBride 3, Moni 2, MacKenzie 1, C. McBride 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 3, Chanencuk 2, C. McBride 2, J. McBride 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:59 min, 10 goals-against, 8 saves)
Career Scoring
Player G-A-Pts
14 Jack McBride 59-11-70
2 Scott MacKenzie 19-26-45
3 Chris McBride 25-10-35
22 Rob Engelke 18-16-34
27 Tyler Moni 6-1-7
18 Jeff Froccaro 7-0-7
13 Mike Chanenchuk 2-3-5
11 Ryan Morrell 2-1-3
31 Paul Barnes 3-0-3
21 Connor Reilly 2-1-3
26 Peter Smyth 1-1-2
9 Chad Wiedmaier 1-1-2
3 John Cunningham 1-1-2
5 Jimmy Davis 0-2-2
8 Mike Grossman 1-0-1
47 Cliff Larkin 1-0-1
1 Alex Capretta 1-0-1
24 David Marshall 0-1-1