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Princeton Hosts Yale As Longtime Rivals Meet For The 99th Time
March 19, 2015 | Men's Lacrosse
| Princeton vs. Yale Sherrerd Field at Class of 1952 Stadium • Princeton, N.J. |
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| Gametime | Saturday, March 21 • 3 p.m. |
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| Series Info | Princeton leads 72-24-2 |
| Records |
Princeton 5-1 (1-0 Ivy League); Yale 5-1 (1-0 Ivy League) |
| Game Notes |
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Welcome to the start of the two-weekend stretch where the 2014 season got away from Princeton in oh-so-frustrating fashion.
A year ago Princeton put up 15 goals against Yale - and lost 16-15. A week later, Princeton battled back from a big hole against Brown - and lost 11-10.
With those two one-goal losses, Princeton was forced to play catch-up the rest of the Ivy League season.
Now it's 51 weeks later. Princeton is 5-1 and scoring a ton of goals, except for one exception, in its only loss at Maryland, the possessor of the top defense in
Division I. Much more importantly for Princeton has been the team's performance in close games, something that history suggests this game will be.
Will Princeton be able to reverse what happened a year ago and begin to solidify itself in the race for the precious Ivy League tournament spots? The next two weekends will be huge.
It starts with the 99th meeting between Princeton and Yale.
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Princeton and Yale meet for the 99th time, with Princeton ahead in the series 72-24 with two ties. Princeton comes in after having defeated Rutgers 12-11 Tuesday night in the 93rd meeting in that series.
Princeton has played Yale and Rutgers more than any other teams.
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Princeton was 2-7 in one-goal games the last two seasons.
So far this season, Princeton is 2-0 in one-goal games, with wins over Johns Hopkins and Rutgers. It also has a two-goal win over Hofstra.
Yale is also 2-0 in one-goal games, both of which went to OT (St. John's, Fairfield).
This is Year 6 as head coach at Princeton for Chris Bates. Incredibly, all five regular-season games against Yale during that time have been one-goal games, including two that have gone to overtime.
The games have been as high-scoring as 16-15 and as low-scoring as 7-6.
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Princeton lost 16-15 to Yale a year ago despite getting 10 goals from Jake Froccaro, who tied the school record originally set in 1951 by William Griffith.
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Princeton is 1-0 in the Ivy League after its 17-11 win over Penn last weekend. Cornell and Brown are also 1-0 in the league.
Yale is 0-1, having lost 14-7 to Cornell last Saturday for its first loss of the year.The last two times Yale started off with league losses to Cornell and Princeton, it came back to go 4-2 and then win the Ivy tournament.
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Mike MacDonald, Ryan Ambler and Kip Orban have combined for 24 goals and 16 assists in the last two games, all after being shut out by Maryland three games ago.
In fact, it's been an all-out assault on career-highs – and the Princeton record book – by the trio.
All three have either tied or set career highs in goals, assists and points in the last two games:
MacDonald: tied career high with seven goals against Rutgers, career-high six assists against Penn, tied career high nine points (third time) against Penn
Ambler: tied career high with five goals against Penn, tied career high with five assists against Rutgers, career-high eight points against Penn
Orban: career-high seven goals against Penn, tied career high with two assists against Penn, career-high nine points against Penn.
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Then there's the Princeton record book.
MacDonald became the first player in program history to have at least six assists in one game and then at least seven goals in the next.
MacDonald, Ambler and Orban became the first trio in program history to all have at least eight points in a game, and Orban and MacDonald became the first two players to have at least nine points in the same game.
The three also combined for 15 goals and 26 points against Penn, numbers that are not matched anywhere in program history as far back as game-by-game records are kept.
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Mike MacDonald reached the 100-goal mark with the third of his seven goals against Rutgers Tuesday. He now has 104, ninth-best in program history, leaving him one away from Jason Doneger for eighth and two away from Tom Schreiber for seventh.
MacDonald has 165 career points (104G, 61A), ninth-best in program history. He is nine away from Wick Sollers for eighth.
In addition, MacDonald, Schreiber and Sollers are the only three players in program history to have at least 100 goals and at least 60 assists.
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Kip Orban has 97 career points (74G, 23A).
Orban, the Ivy Player of the Week last week after his seven-goal, seven-shot, nine-point day against Penn, needs three more points to become the 29th player in program history to reach 100 points.
On the other hand, if Ryan Ambler gets five points before Orban gets three, then Ambler (47G, 48A) would be the 29th to get to 100 points.
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In the last 13 meetings between the teams, Yale has won 190 of 282 face-offs, which comes to .674. Yale won 25 of 35 face-offs against Princeton a year ago, which is .714.
Yale's Dylan Levings, in six career games against Princeton, was 79 for 123 (.642). He also took all 35 face-offs in the game a year ago.
The good news for Princeton is that Levings finally, finally graduated.
The bad news is that Princeton's freshman face-off man, Sam Bonafede, missed the game Tuesday due to injury. Bonafede has won 55 of 97 face-offs on the season, ranking him 20th in Division I at .567.
Without Bonafede, Princeton won 8 of 27 face-offs against Rutgers and Joe Nardella.
Yale's Jonathan Reese, whose father Jon is one of the great players in Ivy League history and Yale's all-time leading scorer, has won 53 of 94 face-offs (.564).
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Princeton's Sam Bonafede was ranked as the 25 freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse this week. Yale's Ben Reeves (11G, 6A) was ranked eighth.
The only other Ivy League players on the list were Brown's Jake Miller (23rd) and Harvard's Joe Lang (17th).
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Adam Hardej had his first career two-goal game in the win over Rutgers.
Gavin McBride did not score a goal in the game, but he did have an assist. He is the only player on the team with at least one point in every game this season.
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Princeton ranks first in the Ivy League and third in Division I in team shooting percentage at .368.
Princeton is also first in the Ivy League (and seventh nationally) in man-up offense, at .567.
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To this point, Princeton and Yale have one common opponent: Maryland.
Yale defeated Maryland 10-6 and are the only team to reach double figures against the Terps.
Princeton lost 11-4 to Maryland.
Princeton has scored at 12, 14, 14, 16 and 17 in its five wins and four in its one loss.
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Princeton will be honoring the 1990 team at halftime of today's game. The 1990 Tigers were the first in program history to play in the NCAA tournament, where the 1990 Tigers ended a 24-game program losing streak to Johns Hopkins in the opening round before losing to Yale in the quarterfinals.
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Sam Gravitte, Princeton's longstick midfielder, had the first goal of his career and the first by a Princeton longstick this year in the loss to Maryland. He also had two caused turnovers and three ground balls. He currently leads Princeton in caused turnovers.
In addition to lacrosse last weekend, Gravitte also performed at McCarter Theater in Princeton in the musical “Spring Awakening.” Gravitte was in the show Friday night and then drove to Maryland separately from the team, returning immediately after the game in time for the Saturday night show.
The last two performances of the show were the Thursday and Friday before the Penn game.
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When Princeton defeated Johns Hopkins, it marked the third straight year that Princeton had played a 16-15 game.
In the entire history of Princeton lacrosse prior to that, going back to 1882, Princeton had played one 16-15 game, against Rutgers in 1979.
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Princeton returns home Saturday to take on Yale and then is home again the following Sunday against Brown.
A year ago, Princeton lost 16-15 at Yale and 11-10 at Brown.
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Will Reynolds, a preseason third-team All-America defenseman, will miss the rest of the season due to a concussion he suffered in the season opener against Manhattan.
Mark Strabo had started every game of his career before getting injured after the Manhattan game. He has not played since.
Jake Froccaro missed the Hofstra and Hopkins games due to injury, returned to play against Maryland (scoring a goal) and then missed the Penn game due to injury.
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Princeton had two players selected in the Major League Lacrosse draft. Kip Orban was selected in the third round by Charlotte, while Mike MacDonald went in the sixth round to Rochester.
Princeton also has four players on the Tewaaraton Trophy watch list - MacDonald and Jake Froccaro were originally named, and Kip Orban and Zach Currier were added.
What Can You Say About ...
Bear Altemus #6
• playing in the second midfield
• had one goal in each of the first two games
• also had a goal against Maryland
• scored team's first goal of the season - and the first of his career - in the win over Manhattan
Ryan Ambler #14
• second-team All-Ivy League in 2014
• needs five points to reach 100 for his career (47G, 48A)
• second on the team in assists (12) and points (24)
• tied career high with five assists against Rutgers
• had five goals and three assists against Penn
• five goals against Penn tied career high; eight points were new career high
• had three goals and two assists against Johns Hopkins, including the tying goal with seven seconds remaining
• had four goals in the opener against Manhattan
• had two assists against Hofstra
• was second on the team in goals and third on the team in assists in 2014
• team's leading returning point scorer with 43 a year ago (24G, 19A)
• more than doubled goal total from freshman year to sophomore year (11 to 24)
• father Bob is the all-time leading scorer at Drexel
Austin deButts #30
• playing shortstick defensive midfield
• leads team with seven caused turnovers
• had two caused turnovers against Hopkins
• had a caused turnover and three ground balls against Rutgers
Alistair Berven #40
• has started every game on defense
• played in two games a year ago
• a native of San Francisco who attended Lawrenceville Prep
Tyler Blaisdell #2
• played the second half against Rutgers, making four saves while allowing three goals
• made a save with 30 seconds remaining to preserve 12-11 win
Sam Bonafede #12
• has won 55 of 97 face-offs
• tied for the team lead with 21 ground balls
• won 17 of 28 face-offs against Penn to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors
• won 7 of 9 in the first quarter against Penn as Princeton built a 7-2 lead and never trailed
• missed the Rutgers game due to injury
• won 13 of 23 against Johns Hopkins
• had his first career point with an assist against Hofstra
• won 9 of 11 face-offs and had a team-best five ground balls against Manhattan
• won 68% of his face-offs during his high school career
• claims to be able to correctly identify the flag of every country on Earth
Sean Connors #9
• started for the first time on attack against Rutgers and had an assist
• had a goal against Penn
Zach Currier #25
• starting in the first midfield
• named to the Tewaaraton Trophy watchlist
• Ivy League Player of the Week after having two goals and three assists, while winning six of eight face-offs and having eight ground balls against Johns Hopkins
• had five points for the second straight game after tying career high with three goals and setting new career high with five points against Hofstra
• had two goals against Manhattan
• has seven goals on 11 shots for team-best .636 shooting percentage
• tied for the team lead in ground balls
• started his career with three point in 10 games; has 19 points in the eight games since
Jake Froccaro #10
• preseason third-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• named to the Tewaraaton Trophy watchlist
• missed the Johns Hopkins and Hofstra games due to injury
• returned to have a goal against Maryland but then missed Penn and Rutgers games due to injury
• tied career-high with three assists against Manhattan
• second-team All-Ivy League in 2014
• first midfielder in program history to reach at least 50 goals by the end of sophomre year
• is the only midfielder at Princeton ever with at least 20 goals as a freshman and sophomore
• leading returning goal scorer after scoring 27 a year ago
• had 10 goals against Yale to tie 63-year-old school single-game record
• 2013 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• 2013 honorable mention All-Ivy League
• had 24 goals and 10 assists as a freshman
Bear Goldstein #34
• is the only current player on the team to have started every game off his career
• had 11 ground ball and six caused turnovers as a freshman
Sam Gravitte #17
• team's No. 1 longstick midfielder
• second on the team in caused turnovers with five
• had his first career goal - and first by a Princeton longstick since Will Reynolds against Yale last year - as well as two caused turnovers against Maryland
• hda five ground balls and a caused turnover against Penn
• had four ground balls against Johns Hopkins, all on the wing on face-off wins
• can also face-off
• played against Maryland after appearing at McCarter Theater the night before and the night of the game in the musical “Spring Awakenings”
Adam Hardej #16
• has played attack, midfield and man-up
• had first career two-goal game against Rutgers, including the only goal Mike MacDonald did not score during the crucial 5-0 fourth-quarter run
• had a goal against Johns Hopkins
• had his first two career points with a goal and assist against Manhattan
Mike MacDonald #8
• selected in the sixth round of the Major League Lacrosse draft by Rochester
• named to the Tewaraaton Trophy watchlist
• leads team in goals, assists and points
• has 20 goals in six games this year; had 19 goals in 13 games last year when he was slowed by hip injuries
• is third in Division I in points per game at 5.8
• has 165 career points (104G, 61A), ninth all-time at Princeton (nine points from Wick Sollers for eighth)
• is in ninth place at Princeton with 104 goals, one away from Jason Doneger for eighth and two away from Tom Schreiber for seventh
• is one of three players in program history with at least 100 career goals and 60 career assists (Tom Schreiber, Wick Sollers)
• became the first player in program history to have at least six assists in one game (against Penn) and at least seven goals in the next (Rutgers)
• tied career high with seven goals against Rutgers, including four during a 5-0 run in the fourth quarter as Princeton turned a 9-7 deficit into a 12-9 lead in what became a 12-11 win
• had three goals and six assists to tie career high with nine points against Penn
• has 12 goals and 15 assists in four games against Penn
• had three goals and two assists against Johns Hopkins
• Ivy League Player of the Week each of the first two weeks (shared the award with Harvard's Deke Burns in Week 2)
• tied career-high (set originally against Cornell in the 2013 Ivy tournament) with nine points against Hofstra with five goals and four assists; had one assist in the first half and then eight second half points, including a four-goal, three-assist third quarter
• had a two goal, three-assist, three caused turnover performance against Manhattan
• missed the fall after having arthroscopic surgery on both hips to repair bi-lateral torn labrums; recovery took six months
• 2014 second-team All-Ivy League
• 2014 Tewaaraton Trophy watchlist
• 2013 first-team All-Ivy League
• 2013 honorable mention All-America
• had 43 goals in 2013, the sixth-best single-season total in school history and the most by a Princeton player since Chris Massey had 45 in 1997
Gavin McBride #50
• playing in first offensive midfield
• has nine goals and five assists in four games after having no points as a freshman
• is the only player to have at least one point in every game this year
• had three goals and two assists against Johns Hopkins, including the game-winning goal in overtime for his first overtime goal since his junior year of high school
• also scored against Hopkins to tie the game at 14-14 in the fourth quarter
• had a goal and two assists against Penn
• had two goals and an assist against Hofstra
• had two asssist against Rutgers
• had two goals - the first two of his career - against Manhattan
Kip Orban #13
• team captain
• drafted in the third round of the Major League Lacrosse draft by Charlotte
• tied with Duke's Myles Jones for first among Division I midfielders in goals per game (3.0), which is 11th overall in Division I
• second on the team team with 18 goals
• needs three points to reach 100 for his career (74G, 23A)
• had career high seven goals and career high nine points in the win over Penn to earn USILA Offensive Player of the Week and Ivy League Co-Player of the Week honors
• nine-point day against Penn came one week after steak of 29 straight games with at least one goal was snapped against Maryland
• has the fourth-longest streak in program history, behind Chris Massey (46 games), B.J. Prager (31) and Jason Doneger (30)
• had a career-high four goals and, with two assists, career-high six points against Johns Hopkins
• had three goals and an assist against Hofstra
• had two goals against Rutgers and Manhattan
• 2013 second-team All-Ivy League selection
• had 27 goals and eight assists in 2013, including the game-winning goal in the Ivy League semifinal against Cornell in overtime
Brian Pickup #33
• can play longstick midfield or close defense
• the No. 2 longstick midfielder with Will Reynolds out with injury
• returned to play against Hofstra after missing all of last year and the opener this year due to injury
Rob Posniewski #41
• senior playing on the man-down defensive unit
• had a caused turnover against Penn
Will Reynolds #7
• preaseason third-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• will miss the remainder of the 2015 season after suffering a concussion in the opener against Manhattan
Aran Roberts #35
• freshman who has start the last three games
• Ivy League Rookie of the Week after the Johns Hopkins game
• had two caused turnovers against Hopkins, including caused turnover and ground ball that regained possession in overtime and led to the game-winning goal
• had a caused turnover against Penn, Hofstra and Manhattan
• grew up in Ireland (sounds like it) before attending high school in California (doesn't sound like it)
Will Rotatori #27
• started first eight games on attack a year ago
• now playing in the second midfield
• had an assist against Hofstra
• had five goals and an assist a year ago
Eric Sanschagrin #31
• has a .512 save percentage while starting every game
• made a career-high high 16 saves in the win over Hofstra
• made 12 saves against Johns Hopkins
• made 10 saves against Penn
• made nine saves while allowing two goals in three quarters against Manhattan
• started the last five games of the 2014 season
• started the last four games of the 2013 season
Austin Sims #4
• freshman shortstick defensive midfielder
• had three ground balls against Hofstra
• missed the Maryland game due to an injury
• was a high school All-America
Mark Strabo #3
• had started every game of his career on defense before missing the last four games due to injury
• had 22 ground balls and seven caused turnovers a year ago
Riley Thompson #24
• plays mostly with the extra-man unit
• had first career goals against Rutgers
• had two assists against Johns Hopkins, including cross-crease feed to Gavin McBride for the game-winning goal in overtime
GAME BY GAME
MANHATTAN (W, 14-4)
GOALS - Ambler 4, Orban 2, MacDonald 2, McBride 2, Currier 2, Altemus 1, Hardej 1
ASSISTS - MacDonald 3, Froccaro 3, Hardej 1
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (45:00 min, 2 goals-against, 9 saves); O'Connor (7:54 min, 0 goals-against, 3 saves); Blaisdell (7:06 min, 2 goals-against, 2 saves)
HOFSTRA (W, 14-12)
GOALS - MacDonald 5, Orban 3, Currier 3, McBride 2, Altemus 1
ASSISTS - MacDonald 4, Currier 2, Ambler 2, Rotatori 1, Orban 1, Bonafede 1, McBride 1
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (60:00 min, 12 goals-against, 14 saves)
JOHNS HOPKINS (W, 16-15)
GOALS - Orban 4, MacDonald 3, Ambler 3, McBride 3, Currier 2, Hardej 1
ASSISTS - Currier 3, Ambler 2, Orban 2, Thompson 2, McBride 2, MacDonald 2
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (60:00 min, 15 goals-against, 12 saves)
MARYLAND (L, 11-4)
GOALS - McBride 1, Froccaro 1, Altemus 1, Gravitte 1
ASSISTS - none
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (60:00 min, 11 goals-against, 8 saves)
PENN (W, 17-11)
GOALS - Orban 7, Ambler 5, MacDonald 3, McBride 1, Connors 1
ASSISTS - MacDonald 6, Ambler 3, Orban 2, McBride 2
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (60:00 min, 11 goals-against, 10 saves)
RUTGERS (W, 12-11)
GOALS - MacDonald 7, Orban 2, Hardej 2, Thompson 1
ASSISTS - Ambler 5, McBride 2, Connors 1
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (30:00 min, 8 goals-against, 6 saves); Blaisdell (30:00 min, 3 goals-against, 4 saves)
PRINCETON RECORDS
Career Points
247 Kevin E. Lowe (73G, 174A) 1991-94
232 Ryan J. Boyle (70G, 162A) 2001-04
215 Jonathan A. Hess, (82G, 133A) 1995-98
211 Jesse H. Hubbard (163G, 48A) 1995-98
200 Thomas M. Schreiber (106G, 94A)......... 2011-14
192 Christopher G. Massey (146G, 46A) 1995-98
182 David J. Heubeck (83G, 99A) 1977-80
174 Joseph S. (Wick) Sollers (114G, 60A) 1975-77
165 Michael S. MacDonald (104G, 61A) 2012-present
164 P. Justin Tortolani (120G, 44A) 1989-92
163 David H. Tickner (94G, 69A) 1975-77
153 Gerald P. Ronon (97G, 56A) 1980-83
152 Peter J. Trombino (98G, 54A) 2004-07
148 Sean P. Hartofilis (127G, 21A) 2000-03
Career Goals
163 Jesse H. Hubbard 1995-98
146 Christopher G. Massey 1995-98
126 Sean P. Hartofilis 2000-03
120 Justin P. Tortolani 1989-92
118 William J. Prager 1999-2002
114 Joseph S. (Wick) Sollers 1975-77
106 Thomas M. Schreiber 2011-14
105 Jason M. Doneger 2001-05
104 Michael S. MacDonald 2012-present
103 Joshua S. Sims 1997-2000
98 Peter Trombino 2004-07
97 Scott R. Conklin 1992-95
97 Gerald A. Ronan 1980-83
94 William M. Chaires 1973-75
94 David H. Tickner 1975-77
94 Lorne D. Smith 1996-99
90 Joseph P. McBride 2008-11
86 Jeff J. Froccaro 2010-13
84 Mark L. Kovler 2006-09
83 David J. Huebeck 1977-80
82 Jonathan A. Hess 1995-98
78 Samuel D. Hill 1947-50
77 Tommy Davis 2006-09
76 Scott D. Reinhardt 1991-94
74 Christopher A. (Kip) Orban 2012-present
74 Robert M. Thomas Jr. 1977-80
74 Rovert A. Palumbo 1985-88
73 Kevin E. Lowe 1991-94
70 Phillip S. Allen 1960-62
68 Andrew N. Moe 1988-89, 1991-92
65 Christopher R. McHugh 1988-91
63 Ralph N. (Bo) Willis 1951-53
59 Torr J. Marro 1990-93