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Princeton Hosts Notre Dame In NCAA Opening Round
May 13, 2010 | Men's Lacrosse
Back on March 14, 1995, the defending NCAA champion Princeton men's lacrosse team used two goals each from Scott Conklin and Bart Bansbach and one goal each from Jeff MacBean and Jesse Hubbard to hold off Notre Dame 6-4 in a game played on a warm, sunny, late-winter day at the Gilman School in Baltimore.
It remains the only time Princeton and Notre Dame have played in men's lacrosse. At least until this weekend, when Notre Dame and Princeton meet for the second time, this time in the opening round of the 2010 NCAA tournament.
Princeton, who tied for the Ivy League championship and won the Ivy League tournament, is the sixth seed; Notre Dame, who competed in the first year of Big East men's lacrosse, is unseeded and recipient of an at-large bid.
On that day in 1995, the current seniors for Princeton and Notre Dame were in elementary school. Chad Wiedmaier, Princeton's first-team All-Ivy League defenseman, wasn't quite five years old yet.
Notre Dame's coach for that game was Kevin Corrigan, who was then in his seventh season in South Bend. Corrigan is still the ND coach, and he will be making his 15th appearance as a head coach in the NCAA tournament.
On the other bench will be Princeton head coach Chris Bates, who in 1995 was in his second year as an assistant coach at Drexel. In all, Bates has spent four years a player at Dartmouth, five years as a Drexel assistant and 10 years as the Drexel head coach, and now he gets to make his first appearance in the NCAA tournament.
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Princeton is 30-12 all-time in NCAA tournament games, with six NCAA championships, eight championship games, 10 Final Fours and 16 quarterfinal appearances, all since the team's first NCAA bid 20 years ago in 1990.
Of course, there is also something of a curse that Princeton will be facing in the 2010 tournament.
Princeton has been in the quarterfinals 16 times in the last 20 years. In that same time, Princeton Stadium has been the predetermined host for the quarterfinals three times - 1999, 2005, 2007 - and Princeton has missed the quarterfinals all three of those years.
In other words, Princeton is 16 for 17 in reaching the round of eight when the quarterfinals are not at Princeton Stadium and 0 for 3 when they are. The winner of the Princeton-Notre Dame game advances to the quarterfinals at - of course - Princeton Stadium.
The quarterfinals next Saturday at Princeton will have the winner of the Princeton-ND game against the winner of No. 3 Maryland and Hofstra and the winner of No. 3 Duke-Johns Hopkins against the winner of No. 4 North Carolina-Delaware.
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While Princeton has never played an NCAA tournament game in Princeton Stadium, the Tigers are 4-0 in NCAA games at Class of 1952 Stadium.
Princeton defeated Albany in 2003, Rutgers in 2004, UMBC in 2006 and UMass a year ago in the opening round in games played at '52.
On the other hand, Princeton had a 21-game winning streak at Class of 1952 Stadium end with its 10-9 loss to Cornell on May 1.
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Only four current Princeton players have at least one NCAA tournament point. Scott MacKenzie (1-1) and Rob Engelke (2-0) have two, while Chris McBride and Jack McBride each have one goal. Both McBrides scored against Cornell last year in a 6-4 quarterfinal loss.
Engelke's goals came in a 9-8 OT loss at Georgetown in the 2007 opening round.
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Princeton finished in a four-way tie for the Ivy title with Yale, Brown and Cornell.
Princeton won the Ivy League tournament last weekend, but that tournament determined only the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The four teams will all be considered Ivy champions.
Princeton defeated Yale 7-6 in the Ivy semifinals, the same score that Princeton defeated Yale by in the regular season. Then, eight days after falling 10-9 at home to Cornell to force the four-way tie, Princeton came from deficits of 5-1, 6-2 at the half and 7-3 late in the third to defeat Cornell 10-9 in the final on Jack McBride's goal with one second left in overtime.
Tyler Fiorito, who made 27 saves in the two games, was the tournament MVP.
There had never been a four-way tie for the Ivy championship until this year, but there were two three-way ties. Harvard, Dartmouth and Princeton tied at 4-2 in 1964, and Princeton, Cornell and Dartmouth tied at 5-1 in 2003.
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Princeton was outscored by Cornell 8-1 in the two first quarters they played this season. Princeton outscored Cornell 11-3 in the fourth quarters and overtime of the two games.
In its last 11 games, Princeton has had the lead at the end of the first quarter twice, been tied once and trailed eight times.
On the other hand, Princeton has outscored nine of its last 11 opponents after the third quarter (fourth quarter + overtime), while being outscored once (by Yale in the Ivy semifinals) and equalling its opponent once (Harvard).
For the year, Princeton has outscored its opponents 53-33 in the fourth quarter and OT, including 44-22 in the last 11 games.
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Princeton is 3-0 in overtime games this year. Princeton defeated Johns Hopkins on Scott MacKenzie's goal, Penn on Jeff Froccaro's goal and Cornell in the Ivy final on Jack McBride's goal.
Chris Bates has won more overtime games in one year at Princeton than he did in 10 years as head coach at Drexel, where he was 2-3 in overtime games.
Notre Dame is 1-1 in overtime games, having defeated Ohio State and lost to Drexel, both by a score of 7-6.
Princeton is 6-2 all-time in NCAA tournament overtime games, including 4-0 in NCAA finals.
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Of Princeton's 15 games, seven have been decided by one goal; Princeton is 5-2 in those seven games. Princeton has played two other games that were decided by two goals and won both of those.
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Princeton and Notre Dame have two common opponents, Rutgers and Syracuse.
Princeton defeated Rutgers 10-8 and lost to Syracuse 13-4; Notre Dame lost to Rutgers 10-8 and Syracuse 12-6.
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Princeton is 3-3 against NCAA tournament teams, with wins over Hofstra, Johns Hopkins and Cornell and losses to Syracuse, North Carolina and Cornell.
Notre Dame is 3-1 against the NCAA field, with wins over Duke, Loyola and Denver and a loss to Syracuse.
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Princeton had four first-team All-Ivy selections and seven players honored in all.
Mike Chanenchuk was the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection; he is the ninth Princeton player to be named the league's top rookie and the fourth Princeton player to be first-team All-Ivy as a freshman.
In addition to Chanenchuk, who has already set the Princeton record for goals by a freshman with 28, the other three Princeton freshmen to be first-team All-Ivy were Scott Bacigalupo in 1991, B.J. Prager in 1999 and Chad Wiedmaier in 2009.
Like Prager 10 years earlier, Wiedmaier earned first-team All-Ivy honors as a sophomore despite missing a huge chunk of the season with a knee injury. In Prager's case, he missed the final third of the season and still led the league in goals scored; in Wiedmaier's case, he missed the first six games due to off-season knee surgery. In the six games Wiedmaier played, Princeton allowed 9.7 goals per game; in the eight he has played, Princeton allowed 8.4 goals per game.
Tyler Fiorito, who made at least 14 saves in four of six Ivy games, and Jack McBride, whose 33 goals lead the team, were also first-team All-Ivy.
Defenseman Long Ellis and midfielder Jeff Froccaro were second-team picks, while longstick midfielder John Cunningham was an honorable mention choice.
Of Princeton's seven players honored, none are seniors, two are juniors, three are sophomores and two are freshmen.
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Princeton has a fairly young team; its lineup features:
* two juniors and a senior on attack, as well as a sophomore who plays on both attack and midfield
* a first midfield of two freshmen and a senior
* three more freshmen, a sophomore and a senior as the next group of middies
* two freshmen and a sophomore who face-off
* two sophomores, a junior and a senior at shortstick defensive middie
* two sophomores at longstick midfield
* a sophomore, junior and senior on close defense
* a sophomore in goal
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Jack McBride has 87 career goals, 15th-best all-time at Princeton. He needs seven goals to move into a four-way tie for 12th.
McBride is the eighth player in school history to reach at least 80 goals as a junior.
He also has 109 career points, one away from Jason Doneger for 21st in school history. He is 18 points away from 20th.
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What Can You Say About ...
Luke Armour #47
• has played in last four games after playing in one of the first 11
• scored first career goal in Ivy final against Cornell, giving Princeton its first goal of the day
Nikhil Ashra #23
• No. 2 goalie currently recovering from two concussions
• 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 Princeton's eighth goal in 9-7 win over Brown
• also scored a goal against Manhattan and UMBC
• faced off three times against Brown after facing off once prior during this season and 299 times a year ago as the team's top face-off man
• has gone from facing off to playing in second midfield
• 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
Christian Blake #32
• backup goalie with Nikhil Ashra's injury
• played 9:24 of fourth quarter against Manhattan
• played 9:59 against Dartmouth, making one save and allowing no goals
• has played 23:17 in his career, with a .500 save percentage
Alex Capretta #1
• scored a goal against Yale in Ivy semifinal, giving him goals in back-to-back games for the first time this year
• scored Princeton's ninth goal against Cornell
• scored first goal of the season in win over Brown
• scored a goal against Dartmouth
• also scored against Rutgers last year
• is playing as a fourth attackman
Chris Chandler #16
• had one caused turnover against Hofstra, Manhattan and UMBC
• played in three games last year as longstick middie after playing in every game sophomore year
Mike Chanenchuk #13
• unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection
• named the top freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse
• second on team with 28 goals and tied for second with 36 points
• set Princeton record for goals in a season by a freshman
• first Princeton freshman middie ever to be first-team All-Ivy
• has six games with at least three goals
• scored three goals in first game against Cornell
• had one goal in Ivy final
• did not score against Yale in either game
• also had two assists against Dartmouth to equal high-game of five points
• had three goals against Rutgers
• had two goals against Syracuse and Harvard
• fastest Princeton freshman ever to 10 goals
• had three goals against North Carolina, including scoring the team's ninth and 10th goals to tie it 10-10 in the fourth
• had three goals and two assists against Penn
• had five goals against Manhattan in 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 a goal against UMBC
• had two assists against Hopkins
• had two goals and an assist against Hofstra
• three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week
• also named to Inside Lacrosse Team of the Week twice
• defered last year after suffering a back injury and is now a freshman
John Cunningham #3
• honorable mention All-Ivy League selection
• started first six games on defense before moving back to natural position of longstick midfielder
• mid-season second-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• leads team with 50 ground balls
• has 11 caused turnovers
• has scored five goals, most ever by a Princeton longstick in a season
• one of five longsticks in Division I with at least five goals this season
• had a goal in eaach game against against Cornell
• goal in Ivy League final came off a face-off ground ball, eight seconds after the previous goal, to make it 9-8 Princeton midway through the fourth
• had a goal, a caused turnover and 10 ground balls against North Carolina
• goal against UNC was assisted by Jeremy Hirsch; two of Cunningham's four career goals have been assisted by a longstick, and they are the only two longstick-to-longstick goals in at least the last 23 years
• also scored a goal against Rutgers and Brown
• had five ground balls and two caused turnovers against Penn
• had two caused turnovers and three ground balls against UMBC
• 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
• shortstick defensive midfielder
• had a caused turnover against Cornell in the Ivy final
• 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 #41
• second-team All-Ivy League selection
• leads team with 19 caused turnovers despite missing two games due to injury
• named to the Ivy League tournament all-tournament team
• had two caused turnovers in both games against Cornell
• had four caused turnovers against Yale in the regular season
• had two caused turnovers against Penn
• held All-America attackmen Billy Bitter (North Carolina) and Stephen Boyle (Johns Hopkins) to one goal each
• 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 and played with a shortstick against Harvard
• missed games against Rutgers and Dartmouth with injury
Rob Engelke #22
• starting on attack
• leads team with 21 assists and is tied for second with 36 points
• has 15 goals and 21 assists as a senior; had 18 goals and nine assists for his career prior to his season
• is the first Princeton attackman with at least 20 assists in a season since Ryan Boyle had 44 in 2004
• had three goals and two assists in the Ivy tournament to earn all-tournament team honors
• had three goals against Carolina to tie career high
• had a goal and three assists against Dartmouth
• had two goals and an assist against UMBC
• had three assists against Hopkins
• had a goal and four assists against Hofstra
• had a goal and assist against Cornell, Penn and both games against Yale
• 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
Tyler Fiorito #6
• a first-team All-Ivy League selection
• Most Valuable Player of the Ivy League tournament
• has a .634 save percentage (123 saves, 71 goals-against) since Chad Wiedmaier returned; had a .455 save percentage prior to that
• made 16 saves while allowing nine goals in Ivy League final against Cornell
• made 27 saves while allowing 15 goals in the Ivy tournament
• made 15 saves in first game against Cornell
• made 26 saves while allowing 12 goals in two games against Yale
• made 14 saves and had an assist on an 80-yard pass to Jack McBride man-down against Rutgers
• assist against Rutgers was one of two by a Princeton goalie in the last 30 years (Alex Hewit, 2007)
• set a career high with 17 saves against Brown
• made 12 second-half saves against Brown, including eight in the fourth quarter
• made 14 saves against Harvard
• made 12 saves against Syracuse
• made seven saves while allowing two goals against Dartmouth
• made 11 saves while allowing five goals against UMBC
• had eight saves while allowing four goals against Manhattan
• honorable mention All-America and second-team All-Ivy League last year as a freshman
• started every game of his career
• preseason second-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• ranked fourth in Division I in goals-against (7.40) and 11th in Division I in save percentage (.587) a year ago
• member of United States U19 team that won 2008 World Championship in Vancouver
Jeff Froccaro #18
• a second-team All-Ivy League selection
• named the No. 12 freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse
• has 15 goals and seven assists
• is second-fastest Princeton freshman ever to reach double figures in goals, behind only teammate Mike Chanenchuk
• scored the game-winning goal against Yale with 37 seconds left and the game-winner in overtime against Penn in the game before
• 12 of his 15 goals have come in the second half or overtime
• has won 85 of 169 face-offs
• is 2 for 2 on overtime face-offs (vs. Johns Hopkins, Penn)
• had two goals and an assist and won 7 of 11 face-offs against Penn
• won face-off to start overtime against both Penn and Hopkins; Princeton won both without ever giving up possession
• Ivy League Rookie of the Week each of first two weeks of the season
• seven goals was 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
• 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
• had a goal and assist and won 8 of 12 face-offs against Dartmouth
• 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
• had a goal against Yale in Ivy semifinal
• started on attack for Chris McBride, who played midfield, in Ivy tournament games
• had a goal and two assists against Penn, all in the second half
• scored first career goal in win over Hofstra
• had a goal against Harvard
• had an assist against Yale
• 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
• deflected shot by Cornell's Rob Pannell in unsettled situation to start overtime of Ivy final
• had first career point when he assisted on John Cunningham's goal against North Carolina
• had two caused turnovers against Dartmouth
• has nine caused turnovers
• started every game but one since the start of sophomore year and has played in every game but one in his career
Bobby Lucas #17
• has won 25 of 48 face-offs (.521)
• won 9 of 16 face-offs against UMBC, including winning first seven
• won 5 of 6 against Manhattan
• won 5 of 9 against North Carolina
• has not played since Brown game due to injury
Scott MacKenzie #2
• has five goals and four assists in his last four games after having five goals and seven assists for the first 11 games
• had a goal an assist in the Ivy final against Cornell
• had two goals in fourth quarter against Cornell during the regular season
• had a goal and a career-high three assists against Harvard; tied career-high with four points
• scored overtime goal to defeat Hopkins; goal came after he missed all six of his shots in regulation
• scored a goal against Hofstra, Syracuse and Yale in Ivy semifinal
• had two assists against North Carolina
• had two assists against Brown
• 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
• played midfield instead of attack Ivy tournament and had a goal and two assists
• had two goals and an assist against North Carolina
• 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 and scored one goal in every quarter against Hofstra
• had two goals against Yale and Brown
• had a goal and assist against UMBC
• had one goal against Rutgers, Manhattan and Penn; Rutgers goal was man-down
• has 16 goals and eight assists (24 points); had 18 goals and six assists (24 points) last year
• moved from midfield to starting on attack alongside cousin Jack McBride last year
• his father is Jack McBride's father's brother; his mother is Jack McBride's mother's first cousin
Jack McBride #14
• a first-team All-Ivy League selection for the second straight year
• a preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee, one of 25 players on the list; not selected as a Tewaaraton finalist
• second-team All-America a year ago
• leads team with 46 points and 34 goals
• first Princeton player with back-to-back seasons of at least 30 goals since Jason Doneger in 2003 and 2004
• 15th all-time at Princeton with 87 goals; needs seven goals to move into a four-way tie for 12th
• has 110 career points, tied with Jason Doneger '05 for 21st best all-time at Princeton; needs 17 points to tie for 20th
• is the eighth player in school history to reach at least 80 goals by his junior year
• scored game-winning goal in overtime in the Ivy League final agains Cornell
• had six goals and one assist in the Ivy tournament to earn all-tournament team honors
• has three career overtime points (goal against Cornell, assists last year against Penn, this year against Hopkins)
• had six goals and three assists in two games against Yale
• named Ivy League Player of the Week after an eight-goal, 10-point week in wins over Dartmouth and Rutgers
• had five goals and two assists to tie carer-high of seven points in win over Dartmouth
• had three goals against Rutgers, including one man-down after a 70-yard pass from goalie Tyler Fiorito
• had three goals and then assisted on game-winner in overtime against Hopkins
• had three goals against Penn, including two goals 12 seconds apart during Princeton's 4-0 run in a 1:18 span of the fourth quarter to tie it
• had two goals and an assist against North Carolina, Hofstra and UMBC
• had two goals against Brown
• had a goal against Manhattan
• 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
• 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 father's brother; his mother is Chris McBride's mother's first cousin
Jonathan Meyers #28
• started on defense against Hofstra and longstick midfield the next six games
• playing as second longstick middie with John Cunningham since Chad Wiedmaier's return until starting on defense against Rutgers
• has 10 caused turnovers
• had two caused turnovers against Penn and Syracuse
• had a caused turnover in each of the first four games
• gave up football to concentrate on lacrosse
• recruited for football by schools such as Florida, Michigan and Oklahoma
Tyler Moni #27
• moved from second offensive midfield to defensive shortstick for the Penn game
• has 30 ground balls and four caused turnovers
• had a goal against Brown and Harvard as a defensive middie
• had an assist and five ground balls against Penn, including two ground balls after face-offs during Princeton's 4-0 run in the fourth quarter to tie it and then on the face-off to start OT
• had two goals in each of first two games, against Hofstra and Hopkins
• had one goal against Manhattan and UMBC
• had two goals and an assist last year
Tucker Shanley #7
• playing on the second midfield
• had a goal against Dartmouth and Manhattan
Peter Smyth #26
• one of top two shortstick defensive middies
• is also 54 for 107 on face-offs
• won 11 of 21 face-offs against Cornell in Ivy final; won 8 of final 13 after winning 3 of first 8
• had a goal and assist against Dartmouth while winning 6 of 8 face-offs
• had two assists against Rutgers, both after face-off wins
• had first career points with a goal and assist against Hofstra
• won three of eight face-offs against Hopkins while playing as shortstick D middie as well
• father Fran played lacrosse at Princeton, graduating in 1982
Forest Sonnenfeldt #43
• playing on extra-man unit
• had two goals against Dartmouth for first multi-goal game
• first career assist came against Harvard
• scored a goal against Syracuse
• scored first college goal at Manhattan, not far from where he attended the Fieldston School
Chris White #29
• scored first career goal in the win over Brown
• had a goal against Dartmouth
• is playing on second midfield unit
Chad Wiedmaier #9
• a first-team All-Ivy League pick for the second straight year
• preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• missed first six games of the season after having off-season knee surgery that revealed more damage than originally thought
• is second on the team in caused turnovers (12) despite playing half the games
• returned for regular-season game against Yale
• held Cornell's Rob Pannell, the nation's leading scorer, to a goal and four assists in two games; Pannell averages 5.0 points per game
• has held Pannell to two goals on 31 shots in four career games
• held Yale's leading scorer Matt Gibson without a point in Ivy semifinal
• also shout out Gibson while he was on the field and caused a turnover on Gibson in final five seconds to preserve the win in regular-season game
• held Brown All-America Thomas Muldoon to one goal while causing two turnovers; goal came on a fastbreak after a face-off win
• forced five turnovers against Dartmouth's Ari Sussman
• named to Inside Lacrosse Team of the Week after Brown game
• had three caused turnovers against Syracuse
• second-team All-America as a freshman
• first-team All-Ivy League as a freshman
• ranked as No. 2 freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse a year ago
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)
MANHATTAN (W, 13-8)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 5, J. McBride 1, C. McBride 1, Barnes 1, Froccaro 1, Shanley 1, Styer 1, Moni 1, Sonnenfeldt 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 2, MacKenzie 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (49:00 min, 4 goals-against, 8 saves), Blake (9:24, 3 goals-against, 1 save), Larrabee (1:36, 1 goal-against, no saves)
UMBC (W, 10-5)
GOALS - J. McBride 2, MacKenzie 2, Engelke 2, C. McBride 1, Barnes 1, Chanenchuk 1, Moni 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 1, J. McBride 1, C. McBride 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 5 goals-against, 11 saves)
NORTH CAROLINA (L, 12-11)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 3, Engelke 3, J. McBride 2, C. McBride 2, Cunningham 1
ASSISTS - MacKenzie 2, Hirsch 1, J. McBride 1, C. McBride 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 12 goals-against, 4 saves)
PENN (W, 11-10, OT)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 3, J. McBride 3, Froccaro 2, Grossman 1, Engelke 1, C. McBride 1
ASSISTS - Chanenchuk 2, Grossman 2, MacKenzie 1, Moni 1, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 12 goals-against, 4 saves)
YALE (W, 7-6)
GOALS - J. McBride 3, C. McBride 2, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
ASSISTS - J. McBride 2, Engelke 1, Grossman 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 6 goals-against, 15 saves)
BROWN (W, 9-7)
GOALS - J. McBride 2, C. McBride 2, Moni 1, Cunningham 1, Capretta 1, White 1, Barnes 1
ASSISTS - MacKenzie 2, Engelke 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 7 goals-against, 17 saves)
SYRACUSE (L, 13-4)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 2, MacKenzie 1, Sonnenfeldt 1
ASSISTS - J. McBride 2, Engelke 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 13 goals-against, 12 saves)
RUTGERS (W, 10-8)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 3, J. McBride 3, C. McBride 1, Cunningham 1, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
ASSISTS - Froccaro 2, Smyth 2, MacKenzie 1, Fiorito 1, Chanenchuk 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 8 goals-against, 14 saves)
DARTMOUTH (W, 16-2)
GOALS - J. McBride 5, Chanenchuk 3, Sonnenfeldt 2, Engelke 1, White 1, Shanley 1, Capretta 1, Froccaro 1, Smyth 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 3, Chanenchuk 2, J. McBride 2, Smyth 1, Froccaro 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (47:20 min, 2 goals-against, 7 saves); Blake (9:59 min, 0 goals-against, 1 save); Larrabee (2:41 min, 0 goals-against, 0 saves)
HARVARD (L, 11-8)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 2, J. McBride 1, MacKenzie 1, Grossman 1, Froccaro 1, Engelke 1, Moni 1
ASSISTS - MacKenzie 3, Engelke 1, Sonnenfeldt 1, Froccaro 1, C. McBride 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 11 goals-against, 14 saves)
CORNELL (L, 10-9)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 3, MacKenzie 2, Capretta 1, Cunningham 1, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
ASSISTS - J. McBride 2, C. McBride 1, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 10 goals-against, 15 saves)
YALE (W, 7-6 • Ivy League semifinal)
GOALS - J. McBride 3, Engelke 1, Capretta 1, MacKenzie 1, Grossman 1
ASSISTS - C. McBride 2, J. McBride 1, Engelke 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 6 goals-against, 11 saves)
CORNELL (W, 10-9, OT • Ivy League final)
GOALS - J. McBride 3, Engelke 2,Chanenchuk 1, MacKenzie 1, Cunningham 1, C. McBride 1, Armour 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 1, Froccaro 1, MacKenzie 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 9 goals-against, 16 saves)
Career Scoring
Player G-A-Pts
14 Jack McBride 87-22-109
2 Scott MacKenzie 27-38-65
22 Rob Engelke 33-30-63
3 Chris McBride 36-16-52
13 Mike Chanenchuk 28-8-36
18 Jeff Froccaro 15-7-22
27 Tyler Moni 10-2-12
8 Mike Grossman 4-3-7
3 John Cunningham 6-1-7
31 Paul Barnes 6-0-6
26 Peter Smyth 2-4-6
43 Forest Sonnenfeldt 4-1-5
1 Alex Capretta 5-0-5
11 Ryan Morrell 2-1-3
21 Connor Reilly 2-1-3
29 Chris White 2-0-2
7 Tucker Shanley 2-0-2
9 Chad Wiedmaier 1-1-2
5 Jimmy Davis 0-2-2
47 Cliff Larkin 1-0-1
24 David Marshall 0-1-1
36 Derek Styer 1-0-1
47 Luke Armour 1-0-1
37 Jeremy Hirsch 0-1-1
6 Tyler Fiorito 0-1-1
Princeton vs. Notre Dame
NCAA Tournament • Opening Round
The site Class of 1952 Stadium • Princeton, N.J.
The date Sunday, May 16, 2010 • 2:30 pm
Radio/TV WPRB FM 103.3; goprincetontigers.com/ESPNU
The records Princeton: 11-4 (4-2 Ivy League)
Notre Dame: 7-6 (2-4 Big East)
The seeds Princeton: No. 6
Notre Dame: unseeded
The coaches Princeton: Chris Bates
first season at Princeton, 11-4/11th overall, 81-75
Notre Dame: Kevin Corrigan
22nd season at Notre Dame, 203-102/same
The series Princeton leads 1-0
Last meeting Princeton defeated Notre Dame 6-4 • March 14, 1995
It remains the only time Princeton and Notre Dame have played in men's lacrosse. At least until this weekend, when Notre Dame and Princeton meet for the second time, this time in the opening round of the 2010 NCAA tournament.
Princeton, who tied for the Ivy League championship and won the Ivy League tournament, is the sixth seed; Notre Dame, who competed in the first year of Big East men's lacrosse, is unseeded and recipient of an at-large bid.
On that day in 1995, the current seniors for Princeton and Notre Dame were in elementary school. Chad Wiedmaier, Princeton's first-team All-Ivy League defenseman, wasn't quite five years old yet.
Notre Dame's coach for that game was Kevin Corrigan, who was then in his seventh season in South Bend. Corrigan is still the ND coach, and he will be making his 15th appearance as a head coach in the NCAA tournament.
On the other bench will be Princeton head coach Chris Bates, who in 1995 was in his second year as an assistant coach at Drexel. In all, Bates has spent four years a player at Dartmouth, five years as a Drexel assistant and 10 years as the Drexel head coach, and now he gets to make his first appearance in the NCAA tournament.
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Princeton is 30-12 all-time in NCAA tournament games, with six NCAA championships, eight championship games, 10 Final Fours and 16 quarterfinal appearances, all since the team's first NCAA bid 20 years ago in 1990.
Of course, there is also something of a curse that Princeton will be facing in the 2010 tournament.
Princeton has been in the quarterfinals 16 times in the last 20 years. In that same time, Princeton Stadium has been the predetermined host for the quarterfinals three times - 1999, 2005, 2007 - and Princeton has missed the quarterfinals all three of those years.
In other words, Princeton is 16 for 17 in reaching the round of eight when the quarterfinals are not at Princeton Stadium and 0 for 3 when they are. The winner of the Princeton-Notre Dame game advances to the quarterfinals at - of course - Princeton Stadium.
The quarterfinals next Saturday at Princeton will have the winner of the Princeton-ND game against the winner of No. 3 Maryland and Hofstra and the winner of No. 3 Duke-Johns Hopkins against the winner of No. 4 North Carolina-Delaware.
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While Princeton has never played an NCAA tournament game in Princeton Stadium, the Tigers are 4-0 in NCAA games at Class of 1952 Stadium.
Princeton defeated Albany in 2003, Rutgers in 2004, UMBC in 2006 and UMass a year ago in the opening round in games played at '52.
On the other hand, Princeton had a 21-game winning streak at Class of 1952 Stadium end with its 10-9 loss to Cornell on May 1.
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Only four current Princeton players have at least one NCAA tournament point. Scott MacKenzie (1-1) and Rob Engelke (2-0) have two, while Chris McBride and Jack McBride each have one goal. Both McBrides scored against Cornell last year in a 6-4 quarterfinal loss.
Engelke's goals came in a 9-8 OT loss at Georgetown in the 2007 opening round.
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Princeton finished in a four-way tie for the Ivy title with Yale, Brown and Cornell.
Princeton won the Ivy League tournament last weekend, but that tournament determined only the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The four teams will all be considered Ivy champions.
Princeton defeated Yale 7-6 in the Ivy semifinals, the same score that Princeton defeated Yale by in the regular season. Then, eight days after falling 10-9 at home to Cornell to force the four-way tie, Princeton came from deficits of 5-1, 6-2 at the half and 7-3 late in the third to defeat Cornell 10-9 in the final on Jack McBride's goal with one second left in overtime.
Tyler Fiorito, who made 27 saves in the two games, was the tournament MVP.
There had never been a four-way tie for the Ivy championship until this year, but there were two three-way ties. Harvard, Dartmouth and Princeton tied at 4-2 in 1964, and Princeton, Cornell and Dartmouth tied at 5-1 in 2003.
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Princeton was outscored by Cornell 8-1 in the two first quarters they played this season. Princeton outscored Cornell 11-3 in the fourth quarters and overtime of the two games.
In its last 11 games, Princeton has had the lead at the end of the first quarter twice, been tied once and trailed eight times.
On the other hand, Princeton has outscored nine of its last 11 opponents after the third quarter (fourth quarter + overtime), while being outscored once (by Yale in the Ivy semifinals) and equalling its opponent once (Harvard).
For the year, Princeton has outscored its opponents 53-33 in the fourth quarter and OT, including 44-22 in the last 11 games.
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Princeton is 3-0 in overtime games this year. Princeton defeated Johns Hopkins on Scott MacKenzie's goal, Penn on Jeff Froccaro's goal and Cornell in the Ivy final on Jack McBride's goal.
Chris Bates has won more overtime games in one year at Princeton than he did in 10 years as head coach at Drexel, where he was 2-3 in overtime games.
Notre Dame is 1-1 in overtime games, having defeated Ohio State and lost to Drexel, both by a score of 7-6.
Princeton is 6-2 all-time in NCAA tournament overtime games, including 4-0 in NCAA finals.
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Of Princeton's 15 games, seven have been decided by one goal; Princeton is 5-2 in those seven games. Princeton has played two other games that were decided by two goals and won both of those.
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Princeton and Notre Dame have two common opponents, Rutgers and Syracuse.
Princeton defeated Rutgers 10-8 and lost to Syracuse 13-4; Notre Dame lost to Rutgers 10-8 and Syracuse 12-6.
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Princeton is 3-3 against NCAA tournament teams, with wins over Hofstra, Johns Hopkins and Cornell and losses to Syracuse, North Carolina and Cornell.
Notre Dame is 3-1 against the NCAA field, with wins over Duke, Loyola and Denver and a loss to Syracuse.
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Princeton had four first-team All-Ivy selections and seven players honored in all.
Mike Chanenchuk was the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection; he is the ninth Princeton player to be named the league's top rookie and the fourth Princeton player to be first-team All-Ivy as a freshman.
In addition to Chanenchuk, who has already set the Princeton record for goals by a freshman with 28, the other three Princeton freshmen to be first-team All-Ivy were Scott Bacigalupo in 1991, B.J. Prager in 1999 and Chad Wiedmaier in 2009.
Like Prager 10 years earlier, Wiedmaier earned first-team All-Ivy honors as a sophomore despite missing a huge chunk of the season with a knee injury. In Prager's case, he missed the final third of the season and still led the league in goals scored; in Wiedmaier's case, he missed the first six games due to off-season knee surgery. In the six games Wiedmaier played, Princeton allowed 9.7 goals per game; in the eight he has played, Princeton allowed 8.4 goals per game.
Tyler Fiorito, who made at least 14 saves in four of six Ivy games, and Jack McBride, whose 33 goals lead the team, were also first-team All-Ivy.
Defenseman Long Ellis and midfielder Jeff Froccaro were second-team picks, while longstick midfielder John Cunningham was an honorable mention choice.
Of Princeton's seven players honored, none are seniors, two are juniors, three are sophomores and two are freshmen.
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Princeton has a fairly young team; its lineup features:
* two juniors and a senior on attack, as well as a sophomore who plays on both attack and midfield
* a first midfield of two freshmen and a senior
* three more freshmen, a sophomore and a senior as the next group of middies
* two freshmen and a sophomore who face-off
* two sophomores, a junior and a senior at shortstick defensive middie
* two sophomores at longstick midfield
* a sophomore, junior and senior on close defense
* a sophomore in goal
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Jack McBride has 87 career goals, 15th-best all-time at Princeton. He needs seven goals to move into a four-way tie for 12th.
McBride is the eighth player in school history to reach at least 80 goals as a junior.
He also has 109 career points, one away from Jason Doneger for 21st in school history. He is 18 points away from 20th.
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What Can You Say About ...
Luke Armour #47
• has played in last four games after playing in one of the first 11
• scored first career goal in Ivy final against Cornell, giving Princeton its first goal of the day
Nikhil Ashra #23
• No. 2 goalie currently recovering from two concussions
• 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 Princeton's eighth goal in 9-7 win over Brown
• also scored a goal against Manhattan and UMBC
• faced off three times against Brown after facing off once prior during this season and 299 times a year ago as the team's top face-off man
• has gone from facing off to playing in second midfield
• 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
Christian Blake #32
• backup goalie with Nikhil Ashra's injury
• played 9:24 of fourth quarter against Manhattan
• played 9:59 against Dartmouth, making one save and allowing no goals
• has played 23:17 in his career, with a .500 save percentage
Alex Capretta #1
• scored a goal against Yale in Ivy semifinal, giving him goals in back-to-back games for the first time this year
• scored Princeton's ninth goal against Cornell
• scored first goal of the season in win over Brown
• scored a goal against Dartmouth
• also scored against Rutgers last year
• is playing as a fourth attackman
Chris Chandler #16
• had one caused turnover against Hofstra, Manhattan and UMBC
• played in three games last year as longstick middie after playing in every game sophomore year
Mike Chanenchuk #13
• unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection
• named the top freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse
• second on team with 28 goals and tied for second with 36 points
• set Princeton record for goals in a season by a freshman
• first Princeton freshman middie ever to be first-team All-Ivy
• has six games with at least three goals
• scored three goals in first game against Cornell
• had one goal in Ivy final
• did not score against Yale in either game
• also had two assists against Dartmouth to equal high-game of five points
• had three goals against Rutgers
• had two goals against Syracuse and Harvard
• fastest Princeton freshman ever to 10 goals
• had three goals against North Carolina, including scoring the team's ninth and 10th goals to tie it 10-10 in the fourth
• had three goals and two assists against Penn
• had five goals against Manhattan in 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 a goal against UMBC
• had two assists against Hopkins
• had two goals and an assist against Hofstra
• three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week
• also named to Inside Lacrosse Team of the Week twice
• defered last year after suffering a back injury and is now a freshman
John Cunningham #3
• honorable mention All-Ivy League selection
• started first six games on defense before moving back to natural position of longstick midfielder
• mid-season second-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• leads team with 50 ground balls
• has 11 caused turnovers
• has scored five goals, most ever by a Princeton longstick in a season
• one of five longsticks in Division I with at least five goals this season
• had a goal in eaach game against against Cornell
• goal in Ivy League final came off a face-off ground ball, eight seconds after the previous goal, to make it 9-8 Princeton midway through the fourth
• had a goal, a caused turnover and 10 ground balls against North Carolina
• goal against UNC was assisted by Jeremy Hirsch; two of Cunningham's four career goals have been assisted by a longstick, and they are the only two longstick-to-longstick goals in at least the last 23 years
• also scored a goal against Rutgers and Brown
• had five ground balls and two caused turnovers against Penn
• had two caused turnovers and three ground balls against UMBC
• 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
• shortstick defensive midfielder
• had a caused turnover against Cornell in the Ivy final
• 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 #41
• second-team All-Ivy League selection
• leads team with 19 caused turnovers despite missing two games due to injury
• named to the Ivy League tournament all-tournament team
• had two caused turnovers in both games against Cornell
• had four caused turnovers against Yale in the regular season
• had two caused turnovers against Penn
• held All-America attackmen Billy Bitter (North Carolina) and Stephen Boyle (Johns Hopkins) to one goal each
• 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 and played with a shortstick against Harvard
• missed games against Rutgers and Dartmouth with injury
Rob Engelke #22
• starting on attack
• leads team with 21 assists and is tied for second with 36 points
• has 15 goals and 21 assists as a senior; had 18 goals and nine assists for his career prior to his season
• is the first Princeton attackman with at least 20 assists in a season since Ryan Boyle had 44 in 2004
• had three goals and two assists in the Ivy tournament to earn all-tournament team honors
• had three goals against Carolina to tie career high
• had a goal and three assists against Dartmouth
• had two goals and an assist against UMBC
• had three assists against Hopkins
• had a goal and four assists against Hofstra
• had a goal and assist against Cornell, Penn and both games against Yale
• 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
Tyler Fiorito #6
• a first-team All-Ivy League selection
• Most Valuable Player of the Ivy League tournament
• has a .634 save percentage (123 saves, 71 goals-against) since Chad Wiedmaier returned; had a .455 save percentage prior to that
• made 16 saves while allowing nine goals in Ivy League final against Cornell
• made 27 saves while allowing 15 goals in the Ivy tournament
• made 15 saves in first game against Cornell
• made 26 saves while allowing 12 goals in two games against Yale
• made 14 saves and had an assist on an 80-yard pass to Jack McBride man-down against Rutgers
• assist against Rutgers was one of two by a Princeton goalie in the last 30 years (Alex Hewit, 2007)
• set a career high with 17 saves against Brown
• made 12 second-half saves against Brown, including eight in the fourth quarter
• made 14 saves against Harvard
• made 12 saves against Syracuse
• made seven saves while allowing two goals against Dartmouth
• made 11 saves while allowing five goals against UMBC
• had eight saves while allowing four goals against Manhattan
• honorable mention All-America and second-team All-Ivy League last year as a freshman
• started every game of his career
• preseason second-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• ranked fourth in Division I in goals-against (7.40) and 11th in Division I in save percentage (.587) a year ago
• member of United States U19 team that won 2008 World Championship in Vancouver
Jeff Froccaro #18
• a second-team All-Ivy League selection
• named the No. 12 freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse
• has 15 goals and seven assists
• is second-fastest Princeton freshman ever to reach double figures in goals, behind only teammate Mike Chanenchuk
• scored the game-winning goal against Yale with 37 seconds left and the game-winner in overtime against Penn in the game before
• 12 of his 15 goals have come in the second half or overtime
• has won 85 of 169 face-offs
• is 2 for 2 on overtime face-offs (vs. Johns Hopkins, Penn)
• had two goals and an assist and won 7 of 11 face-offs against Penn
• won face-off to start overtime against both Penn and Hopkins; Princeton won both without ever giving up possession
• Ivy League Rookie of the Week each of first two weeks of the season
• seven goals was 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
• 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
• had a goal and assist and won 8 of 12 face-offs against Dartmouth
• 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
• had a goal against Yale in Ivy semifinal
• started on attack for Chris McBride, who played midfield, in Ivy tournament games
• had a goal and two assists against Penn, all in the second half
• scored first career goal in win over Hofstra
• had a goal against Harvard
• had an assist against Yale
• 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
• deflected shot by Cornell's Rob Pannell in unsettled situation to start overtime of Ivy final
• had first career point when he assisted on John Cunningham's goal against North Carolina
• had two caused turnovers against Dartmouth
• has nine caused turnovers
• started every game but one since the start of sophomore year and has played in every game but one in his career
Bobby Lucas #17
• has won 25 of 48 face-offs (.521)
• won 9 of 16 face-offs against UMBC, including winning first seven
• won 5 of 6 against Manhattan
• won 5 of 9 against North Carolina
• has not played since Brown game due to injury
Scott MacKenzie #2
• has five goals and four assists in his last four games after having five goals and seven assists for the first 11 games
• had a goal an assist in the Ivy final against Cornell
• had two goals in fourth quarter against Cornell during the regular season
• had a goal and a career-high three assists against Harvard; tied career-high with four points
• scored overtime goal to defeat Hopkins; goal came after he missed all six of his shots in regulation
• scored a goal against Hofstra, Syracuse and Yale in Ivy semifinal
• had two assists against North Carolina
• had two assists against Brown
• 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
• played midfield instead of attack Ivy tournament and had a goal and two assists
• had two goals and an assist against North Carolina
• 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 and scored one goal in every quarter against Hofstra
• had two goals against Yale and Brown
• had a goal and assist against UMBC
• had one goal against Rutgers, Manhattan and Penn; Rutgers goal was man-down
• has 16 goals and eight assists (24 points); had 18 goals and six assists (24 points) last year
• moved from midfield to starting on attack alongside cousin Jack McBride last year
• his father is Jack McBride's father's brother; his mother is Jack McBride's mother's first cousin
Jack McBride #14
• a first-team All-Ivy League selection for the second straight year
• a preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• a Tewaaraton Trophy nominee, one of 25 players on the list; not selected as a Tewaaraton finalist
• second-team All-America a year ago
• leads team with 46 points and 34 goals
• first Princeton player with back-to-back seasons of at least 30 goals since Jason Doneger in 2003 and 2004
• 15th all-time at Princeton with 87 goals; needs seven goals to move into a four-way tie for 12th
• has 110 career points, tied with Jason Doneger '05 for 21st best all-time at Princeton; needs 17 points to tie for 20th
• is the eighth player in school history to reach at least 80 goals by his junior year
• scored game-winning goal in overtime in the Ivy League final agains Cornell
• had six goals and one assist in the Ivy tournament to earn all-tournament team honors
• has three career overtime points (goal against Cornell, assists last year against Penn, this year against Hopkins)
• had six goals and three assists in two games against Yale
• named Ivy League Player of the Week after an eight-goal, 10-point week in wins over Dartmouth and Rutgers
• had five goals and two assists to tie carer-high of seven points in win over Dartmouth
• had three goals against Rutgers, including one man-down after a 70-yard pass from goalie Tyler Fiorito
• had three goals and then assisted on game-winner in overtime against Hopkins
• had three goals against Penn, including two goals 12 seconds apart during Princeton's 4-0 run in a 1:18 span of the fourth quarter to tie it
• had two goals and an assist against North Carolina, Hofstra and UMBC
• had two goals against Brown
• had a goal against Manhattan
• 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
• 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 father's brother; his mother is Chris McBride's mother's first cousin
Jonathan Meyers #28
• started on defense against Hofstra and longstick midfield the next six games
• playing as second longstick middie with John Cunningham since Chad Wiedmaier's return until starting on defense against Rutgers
• has 10 caused turnovers
• had two caused turnovers against Penn and Syracuse
• had a caused turnover in each of the first four games
• gave up football to concentrate on lacrosse
• recruited for football by schools such as Florida, Michigan and Oklahoma
Tyler Moni #27
• moved from second offensive midfield to defensive shortstick for the Penn game
• has 30 ground balls and four caused turnovers
• had a goal against Brown and Harvard as a defensive middie
• had an assist and five ground balls against Penn, including two ground balls after face-offs during Princeton's 4-0 run in the fourth quarter to tie it and then on the face-off to start OT
• had two goals in each of first two games, against Hofstra and Hopkins
• had one goal against Manhattan and UMBC
• had two goals and an assist last year
Tucker Shanley #7
• playing on the second midfield
• had a goal against Dartmouth and Manhattan
Peter Smyth #26
• one of top two shortstick defensive middies
• is also 54 for 107 on face-offs
• won 11 of 21 face-offs against Cornell in Ivy final; won 8 of final 13 after winning 3 of first 8
• had a goal and assist against Dartmouth while winning 6 of 8 face-offs
• had two assists against Rutgers, both after face-off wins
• had first career points with a goal and assist against Hofstra
• won three of eight face-offs against Hopkins while playing as shortstick D middie as well
• father Fran played lacrosse at Princeton, graduating in 1982
Forest Sonnenfeldt #43
• playing on extra-man unit
• had two goals against Dartmouth for first multi-goal game
• first career assist came against Harvard
• scored a goal against Syracuse
• scored first college goal at Manhattan, not far from where he attended the Fieldston School
Chris White #29
• scored first career goal in the win over Brown
• had a goal against Dartmouth
• is playing on second midfield unit
Chad Wiedmaier #9
• a first-team All-Ivy League pick for the second straight year
• preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• missed first six games of the season after having off-season knee surgery that revealed more damage than originally thought
• is second on the team in caused turnovers (12) despite playing half the games
• returned for regular-season game against Yale
• held Cornell's Rob Pannell, the nation's leading scorer, to a goal and four assists in two games; Pannell averages 5.0 points per game
• has held Pannell to two goals on 31 shots in four career games
• held Yale's leading scorer Matt Gibson without a point in Ivy semifinal
• also shout out Gibson while he was on the field and caused a turnover on Gibson in final five seconds to preserve the win in regular-season game
• held Brown All-America Thomas Muldoon to one goal while causing two turnovers; goal came on a fastbreak after a face-off win
• forced five turnovers against Dartmouth's Ari Sussman
• named to Inside Lacrosse Team of the Week after Brown game
• had three caused turnovers against Syracuse
• second-team All-America as a freshman
• first-team All-Ivy League as a freshman
• ranked as No. 2 freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse a year ago
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)
MANHATTAN (W, 13-8)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 5, J. McBride 1, C. McBride 1, Barnes 1, Froccaro 1, Shanley 1, Styer 1, Moni 1, Sonnenfeldt 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 2, MacKenzie 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (49:00 min, 4 goals-against, 8 saves), Blake (9:24, 3 goals-against, 1 save), Larrabee (1:36, 1 goal-against, no saves)
UMBC (W, 10-5)
GOALS - J. McBride 2, MacKenzie 2, Engelke 2, C. McBride 1, Barnes 1, Chanenchuk 1, Moni 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 1, J. McBride 1, C. McBride 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 5 goals-against, 11 saves)
NORTH CAROLINA (L, 12-11)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 3, Engelke 3, J. McBride 2, C. McBride 2, Cunningham 1
ASSISTS - MacKenzie 2, Hirsch 1, J. McBride 1, C. McBride 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 12 goals-against, 4 saves)
PENN (W, 11-10, OT)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 3, J. McBride 3, Froccaro 2, Grossman 1, Engelke 1, C. McBride 1
ASSISTS - Chanenchuk 2, Grossman 2, MacKenzie 1, Moni 1, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 12 goals-against, 4 saves)
YALE (W, 7-6)
GOALS - J. McBride 3, C. McBride 2, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
ASSISTS - J. McBride 2, Engelke 1, Grossman 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 6 goals-against, 15 saves)
BROWN (W, 9-7)
GOALS - J. McBride 2, C. McBride 2, Moni 1, Cunningham 1, Capretta 1, White 1, Barnes 1
ASSISTS - MacKenzie 2, Engelke 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 7 goals-against, 17 saves)
SYRACUSE (L, 13-4)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 2, MacKenzie 1, Sonnenfeldt 1
ASSISTS - J. McBride 2, Engelke 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 13 goals-against, 12 saves)
RUTGERS (W, 10-8)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 3, J. McBride 3, C. McBride 1, Cunningham 1, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
ASSISTS - Froccaro 2, Smyth 2, MacKenzie 1, Fiorito 1, Chanenchuk 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 8 goals-against, 14 saves)
DARTMOUTH (W, 16-2)
GOALS - J. McBride 5, Chanenchuk 3, Sonnenfeldt 2, Engelke 1, White 1, Shanley 1, Capretta 1, Froccaro 1, Smyth 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 3, Chanenchuk 2, J. McBride 2, Smyth 1, Froccaro 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (47:20 min, 2 goals-against, 7 saves); Blake (9:59 min, 0 goals-against, 1 save); Larrabee (2:41 min, 0 goals-against, 0 saves)
HARVARD (L, 11-8)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 2, J. McBride 1, MacKenzie 1, Grossman 1, Froccaro 1, Engelke 1, Moni 1
ASSISTS - MacKenzie 3, Engelke 1, Sonnenfeldt 1, Froccaro 1, C. McBride 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 11 goals-against, 14 saves)
CORNELL (L, 10-9)
GOALS - Chanenchuk 3, MacKenzie 2, Capretta 1, Cunningham 1, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
ASSISTS - J. McBride 2, C. McBride 1, Engelke 1, Froccaro 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 10 goals-against, 15 saves)
YALE (W, 7-6 • Ivy League semifinal)
GOALS - J. McBride 3, Engelke 1, Capretta 1, MacKenzie 1, Grossman 1
ASSISTS - C. McBride 2, J. McBride 1, Engelke 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 6 goals-against, 11 saves)
CORNELL (W, 10-9, OT • Ivy League final)
GOALS - J. McBride 3, Engelke 2,Chanenchuk 1, MacKenzie 1, Cunningham 1, C. McBride 1, Armour 1
ASSISTS - Engelke 1, Froccaro 1, MacKenzie 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 9 goals-against, 16 saves)
Career Scoring
Player G-A-Pts
14 Jack McBride 87-22-109
2 Scott MacKenzie 27-38-65
22 Rob Engelke 33-30-63
3 Chris McBride 36-16-52
13 Mike Chanenchuk 28-8-36
18 Jeff Froccaro 15-7-22
27 Tyler Moni 10-2-12
8 Mike Grossman 4-3-7
3 John Cunningham 6-1-7
31 Paul Barnes 6-0-6
26 Peter Smyth 2-4-6
43 Forest Sonnenfeldt 4-1-5
1 Alex Capretta 5-0-5
11 Ryan Morrell 2-1-3
21 Connor Reilly 2-1-3
29 Chris White 2-0-2
7 Tucker Shanley 2-0-2
9 Chad Wiedmaier 1-1-2
5 Jimmy Davis 0-2-2
47 Cliff Larkin 1-0-1
24 David Marshall 0-1-1
36 Derek Styer 1-0-1
47 Luke Armour 1-0-1
37 Jeremy Hirsch 0-1-1
6 Tyler Fiorito 0-1-1
Princeton vs. Notre Dame
NCAA Tournament • Opening Round
The site Class of 1952 Stadium • Princeton, N.J.
The date Sunday, May 16, 2010 • 2:30 pm
Radio/TV WPRB FM 103.3; goprincetontigers.com/ESPNU
The records Princeton: 11-4 (4-2 Ivy League)
Notre Dame: 7-6 (2-4 Big East)
The seeds Princeton: No. 6
Notre Dame: unseeded
The coaches Princeton: Chris Bates
first season at Princeton, 11-4/11th overall, 81-75
Notre Dame: Kevin Corrigan
22nd season at Notre Dame, 203-102/same
The series Princeton leads 1-0
Last meeting Princeton defeated Notre Dame 6-4 • March 14, 1995
Tuesday, June 02
Sunday, May 10
Friday, May 08
Friday, April 17