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No. 11 Princeton Hosts No. 15 Villanova In Tuesday Men's Lacrosse
March 14, 2011 | Men's Lacrosse
The 1987 men's lacrosse season ended on April 29, when the Wildcats - including a senior defenseman named Mike Corrado - hosted Princeton and head coach Jerry Schmidt in the first meeting between the schools. Princeton won 6-4.
A year later, in 1988, first-year head coach Bill Tierney and the Tigers hosted Villanova in a game Princeton won 13-10.
The next year, Princeton again traveled to Villanova, this time in a game that Princeton won 14-6. That game was played on March 29, 1989, and four days later, in their next game, the Wildcats defeated Dartmouth 9-8 in Hanover, N.H., in a game that featured Big Green junior attackman Chris Bates.
The fourth meeting between Princeton and Villanova would have to wait 22 years. Since the teams last met, Corrado and Bates both became high school coaches outside of Philadelphia and then ultimately Division I head coaches.
Unlike Bates, Corrado's resume also includes the fact that he fought in a war, as he spent four years on active duty in the Navy after graduation, including a tour during Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf.
Today, Corrado is the head coach at his alma mater and Bates is the head coach at Princeton, and they lead their teams into a Tuesday night matchup between Top 20 teams at Class of 1952 Stadium.
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Princeton has built a three-goal lead in the first quarter of each of its three games this season. Princeton led Hofstra 4-1 after seven minutes, Johns Hopkins 3-0 after five minutes and North Carolina 3-0 after 12 minutes.
Against Hopkins, in Princeton's win, the game never was closer than two goals the rest of the way, as the Tigers built a 6-1 lead en route to an 8-3 victory.
In the other two games, Princeton's early lead disappeared within 7:55 against Hofstra and 8:18 against North Carolina.
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Villanova will be the second straight Princeton opponent to play at Class of 1952 Stadium after having played home against Penn in its previous game.
North Carolina defeated Penn 12-6 in Chapel Hill before playig at Princeton.
Villanova defeated Penn 9-8 in overtime on Jack Rice's goal Saturday before coming to Princeton.
As for the Tigers, they play at Penn Saturday in their Ivy League opener.
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Princeton's opponents are a combined 42 for 43 (.977) on clears.
The only failed clear of the year against Princeton came in the third quarter against Johns Hopkins. The three opponents started with 22 straight successful clears and have had 20 straight successful clears since.
Villanova is 86 for 103 on clears.
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Junior goalie Tyler Fiorito has a .657 save percentage in his last two games, with 23 saves and 12 goals allowed. For the season, Fiorito has a .623 save percentage.
A year ago, he had a .569 save percentage; as a freshman, his save percentage was .587.
Fiorito has started the first 29 games of his career. Only one goalie in Princeton history has started every game of his career for four years, recent Hall-of-Fame inductee Scott Bacigalupo.
Before Fiorito, Bacigalupo was the only Princeton goalie ever to start every game as a freshman and sophomore.
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The Princeton-Villanova game will feature the Inside Lacrosse preseason second- and third-team All-America longstick midfielders.
Villanova's Brian Karalunas was the second-team
selection in the preseason. The 2010 Big East Defensive Player of the Year who
was selected by Long Island with the 35th pick in the Major League Lacrosse
draft, Karalunas has 25 caused turnovers (best in
Division I) and 22 ground balls through six games.
Princeton's John Cunningham was the third-team preseason selection. Cunningham, the first Princeton junior to be a captain since Jason Doneger in 2004, had five goals a year ago.
Syracuse's Joel White was the first-team All-America longstick midfielder.
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Forest Sonnenfeldt was used mostly on extra-man a year ago. At the same time, Tom Schreiber was still in high school.
Through three games, the two of them have combined for 59% of Princeton's goals.
Schreiber leads the team with seven, while Sonnenfeldt (who had four last year) has six.
Schreiber also has three assists, meaning he has either scored or assisted on 45% of Princeton's goals.
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Sophomore Rob Castelo started the first two games on close defense before tearing his ACL and PCL and fracturing his tibial plateau early in the second quarter against Johns Hopkins. Castelo will miss the rest of the season.
Hopkins had not scored before Castelo's injury. Castelo, guarding Kyle Wharton, went down outside the box. With Castelo down right in front of the Hopkins bench, Wharton went to the goal and scored the first Blue Jay goal of the day on the continuation of play.
Mike Flanagan took over for Castelo at close defense against Hopkins and then started against North Carolina.
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Princeton has played its last two games without All-America attackman Jack McBride, who is nursing a groin injury. McBride was injured in the preseason and then reaggravated it in the fourth quarter against Hofsta, and he has not played since.
McBride has 90 goals and 25 assists for 115 career points. He currently stands 21st all-time at Princeton in points and 15th in goals scored.
McBride has scored eight goals in three games against Hopkins, including seven in the last two years (four in 2009, three last year).
McBride scored exactly 35 goals each of the last two seasons; repeating that would leave him in fourth place all-time in goals.
He is four goals away from a four-way tie for 12th place, along with David Tickner, Bill Chaires and Lorne Smith, and 10 goals away from becoming the ninth player in school history with at least 100.
Jesse Hubbard is Princeton's career leader with 163 goals.
McBride is 12 points away from moving into the top 20, at which point he would be 13 away from the top 15.
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Villanova has won 54.2 percent of its face-offs through six games. Nolan Vihlen (from Tennessee) is 50 for 87 (57.5 percent), and Thomas Croonquist is 18 for 32 (56.2 percent).
Princeton has won 36.5 percent of its face-offs through three games.
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Long Ellis guarded North Carolina All-America attackman Billy Bitter Friday night and held him without a goal or assist.
A week earlier, Ellis held Johns Hopkins' Chris Boland, another All-America, to one goal, which came when the score was 8-1.
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Princeton had one captain a year ago (Jeremy Hirsch). This time around, Princeton has four: Chris McBride, Jack McBride, Tyler Moni and John Cunningham.
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What Can You Say About ...
Luke Armour #16
• started first two games on attack and then played attack and midfield against North Carolina
• had two assists against both Johns Hopkins and Hofstra
• played in last five games of freshman year 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
• missed Hofstra and Hopkins games due to injury but returned briefly against North Carolina
• can play attack or midfield
• scored four goals a year ago, including back-to-back games against Cornell in the regular-season finale and Yale in the Ivy tournament
Rob Castelo #4
• started first two games on close defense
• suffered a torn ACL in the second quarter of the win over Johns Hopkins and will miss the rest of the season
• Hopkins did not score its first goal of the game until the continuation of the possession when Castelo was hurt
• had one caused turnover and one ground ball against Hofstra
• played longstick midfield behind John Cunningham a year ago
• had one caused turnover and one ground ball
• preseason third-team All-America selection by Inside Lacrosse
• 2010 honorable mention All-Ivy League selection
• team captain, making him the first junior captain since Jason Doneger in 2005
• had two caused turnovers against Hopkins
• no Hopkins midfielder scored a goal in the game
• had one caused turnover and one ground ball against Hofstra
• scored five goals last season, most ever by a Tiger longstick in a season
• has six career goals, two of which have been assisted on by another longstick, making them the only two goals in the last 23 years at Princeton that were longstick-to-longstick
• started first six games a year ago on defense before moving back to natural position of longstick midfielder
• led team with 54 ground balls
• had 13 caused turnovers
• had a goal in each game against against Cornell
• had six ground balls and two caused turnovers against Hofstra in 2010
Long Ellis #41
• starting on close defense for second year
• second-team All-Ivy League selection in 2010
• held UNC All-America Billy Bitter without a goal or assist
• held Hopkins' attackman Chris Boland to one goal, which came in the fourth quarter and the score 8-1 Princeton
• had a caused turnover and five ground balls against Hopkins
• led team with 22 caused turnovers despite missing two games due to injury in 2010
• named to the Ivy League tournament all-tournament team
Mark Feild #25
• had a goal and assist against Hofstra on the extra-man unit
• two points against Hofstra were the first of his career
• has been injured most of his first two seasons
• 2011 preseason second-team All-America
• made nine saves while allowing three goals against Johns Hopkins
• made 15 saves against Hofstra
• made 14 saves against North Carolina
• 2010 first-team All-Ivy League selection
• Most Valuable Player of the first Ivy League tournament
• assist against Rutgers last year on a 70-yard pass to Jack McBride was one of two by a Princeton goalie in the last 30 years (Alex Hewit, 2007)
• honorable mention All-America each of his first two years and second-team All-Ivy League last year as a freshman
• started every game of his career
Mike Flanagan #34
• moved into Rob Castelo's spot after Castelo was hurt against Johns Hopkins and played on close defense for the rest of the game
• has played primarily on man-down defense in his career to date
Jeff Froccaro #18
• had a goal and won 5 of 11 face-offs against Hopkins
• had two goals against Hofstra
• won 5 of 10 face-offs against North Carolina
• of his 18 career goals, 14 have come in the second half or overtime
• 2010 second-team All-Ivy League selection
• had 15 goals and seven assists as a freshman
• also won 90 of 177 face-offs
• won face-off to start overtime against both Penn and Hopkins last year; Princeton won both without ever giving up possession
• playing on the second midfield
• had a goal against Hopkins
• had a goal against Yale in last year's Ivy semifinal
• has started on attack and midfield in his career
Cliff Larkin #19
• playing on attack
• had an assist against North Carolina
Bobby Lucas #17
• won both of his face-offs against Hopkins and also played shortstick defensive midfield
• won 1 of 2 face-offs against Hofstra and played shortstick defensive middie
• won 25 of 48 face-offs (.521) before missing second half of last season due to a back injury
Chris McBride #15
• senior captain
• missed Hofstra game due to injury
• returned to start on attack against Hopkins and had two assists
• had a goal against North Carolina
• has started most of his career on attack, though he has played some midfield
• had 16 goals and eight assists (24 points) a year ago; had 18 goals and six assists (24 points) in 2009
• his father is Jack McBride's father's brother; his mother is Jack McBride's mother's first cousin
Jack McBride #14
• senior captain
• preseason second-team All-America
• selected by Denver with the 27th pick of the Major League Lacrosse draft
• goal against Hofstra was the 90th of his career
• reaggravated an injury late in the Hofstra game that forced him to miss the Hopkins and North Carolina games
• a first-team All-Ivy League selection each of the last two years
• honorable mention All-America last year; second-team All-America in 2009
• 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 90 goals; needs four goals to move into a four-way tie for 12th
• has 115 career points, 21st best all-time at Princeton; needs 12 points to tie for 20th
• had two goals and three assists against Notre Dame in NCAA tournament
• 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)
• his father is Chris McBride's father's brother; his mother is Chris McBride's mother's first cousin
Jonathan Meyers #28
• can play close defense or longstick midfield
• had two ground balls against Hopkins
• had one caused turnover and one ground ball against Hofstra
• played as second longstick middie with John Cunningham after Chad Wiedmaier's return until starting on defense against Rutgers
• had 11 caused turnovers a year gao
• recruited for football by schools such as Florida, Michigan and Oklahoma
Tyler Moni #27
• senior captain
• playing on the first offensive midfield unit
• had the first goal of the game less than a minute into the Hopkins game
• had a goal against North Carolina
• moved from second offensive midfield to defensive shortstick for the Penn game last year
• had two goals against both Hofstra and against Hopkins as an offensive middie in 2010
• had 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
Tom Schreiber #22
• earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors after his four-goal, five-point day against Johns Hopkins
• had a goal and two assists against North Carolina
• had two goals in the first five minutes against Hofstra, including first collegiate goal less than five seconds after he first touched the ball
• leads team in goals and points
• has either scored or assisted on 45% of Princeton's goals
• No. 2 incoming freshman according to Inside Lacrosse behind UNC's Nicky Galasso
• scored more than 200 points in high school career
• father Doug, who played at Maryland and won an NCAA title there in 1973 and then the 1974 World Championship with the U.S., is a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame
• has played on the second midfield
• had a goal against Dartmouth and Manhattan a year ago
Peter Smyth #26
• one of top shortstick defensive middies
• no Hopkins middie scored a goal against Princeton
• was also 57 for 114 on face-offs and had two goals and four assists a year ago
• won 11 of 21 face-offs against Cornell in Ivy final; won 8 of final 13 after winning 3 of first 8
• father Fran played lacrosse at Princeton, graduating in 1982
• has six goals in three games after having four all last year
• had two goals against North Carolina
• had team-best three goals against Hofstra in first collegiate start
• had a goal against Hopkins
• played mostly on extra-man unit a year ago
Jack Strabo #35
• shortstick defensive middie
• played for first time in his career against Hopkins
• had first caused turnover in game against North Carolina
Derek Styer #36
• veteran longstick middie
• had a goal against Manhattan a year ago
Chris White #29
• is playing on second midfield unit
• had two goals a year ago
• preseason first-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• held Zach Palmer, Hopkins leading scorer, without a goal, assist or even a shot
• had a caused turnover and two ground balls against Hopkins and a caused turnover and ground ball against Hofstra
• a second-team All-America and first-team All-Ivy League pick each of his first two seasons
• missed first six games of last season after having off-season knee surgery and was still first-team All-Ivy and second-team All-America
• had 12 caused turnovers in 10 games
Game-By-Game
HOFSTRA (L, 11-9)
GOALS - Sonnenfeldt 3, Schreiber 2, Froccaro 2, J. McBride 1, Feild 1
ASSISTS - Armour 2, Feild 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 11 goals-against, 15 saves)
JOHNS HOPKINS (W, 8-3)
GOALS - Schreiber 4, Sonnenfeldt 1, Froccaro 1, Grossman 1, Moni 1
ASSISTS - Armour 2, C. McBride 2, Schreiber 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 3 goals-against, 9 saves)
NORTH CAROLINA (L, 9-5)
GOALS - Sonnenfeldt 2, Schreiber 1, Moni 1, C. McBride 1
ASSISTS - Schreiber 2, Larkin 1
GOALIE - Fiorito (60:00 min, 3 goals-against, 9 saves)
Career Scoring
Player G-A-Pts
14 Jack McBride 90-25-115
15 Chris McBride 37-18-55
10 Jeff Froccaro 18-7-25
27 Tyler Moni 12-2-14
2 Forest Sonnenfeldt 10-1-11
22 Tom Schreiber 7-3-10
8 Mike Grossman 5-3-8
3 John Cunningham 6-1-7
26 Peter Smyth 2-4-6
47 Luke Armour 1-4-5
1 Alex Capretta 5-0-5
21 Connor Reilly 2-1-3
29 Chris White 2-0-2
7 Tucker Shanley 2-0-2
9 Chad Wiedmaier 1-1-2
19 Cliff Larkin 1-2-2
36 Derek Styer 1-0-1
25 Mark Feild 1-1-2
6 Tyler Fiorito 0-1-1