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Princeton Heads To Dartmouth As The Race For Ivy Tournament Spots Heats Up
April 10, 2015 | Men's Lacrosse
| Princeton vs. Dartmouth Scully Fahey Field • Hanover, N.H. |
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| Gametime | Saturday, April 11 • 1:00 p.m. |
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| Series Info | Princeton leads 53-9 |
| Records |
Princeton 6-4 (2-1 Ivy League); Dartmouth 3-5 (1-2 Ivy League) |
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In the five-year history of the Ivy League men's lacrosse tournament, no team has ever won at least three games and not made the field of four. In fact, going back 25 years before the advent of the tournament, only three times would a team with at least three league wins not made a tournament if there had been one.
In other words, three has always been the magic number.
In 2015? Well, things are a little different.
Each league team has played either three or four games, and for the first time since the tournament began in 2010, there is no team at this point of the season that is either winless or unbeaten.
Now, with only three weekends and a total of nine Ivy games that remain in the regular season, three may or may not have the same magic as always. What is crystal clear is that evey game is important and that no team is already eliminated.
Before the results of a week ago, it looked vastly different. Then Cornell and Brown both lost and Harvard and Penn got their first league wins, and now all seven schools are thinking about playing beyond the end of April.
Princeton has dropped three straight games, but only one of them was in the Ivy League. The Tigers are 2-1 as they prepare to head to Dartmouth, tied with Cornell (3-1) and Brown (2-1) with the lone loss. Yale is at 2-2, followed by Harvard and Dartmouth at 1-2 and Penn at 1-3.
By the time Princeton and Dartmouth face-off, the Penn at Harvard and Brown at Yale games will be well underway. By the time this weekend ends, the league race could have taken any number of differnet turns.
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Princeton head coach Chris Bates is a 1990 graduate of Dartmouth.
He played attack for the Big Green.
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Princeton leads the all-time series against Dartmouth 53-9.
Of the nine Dartmouth wins in the series, eight have come in Hanover, including the last meeting there, a 10-9 win in 2013. Princeton is 31-1 at home against Darmtouth and 22-8 against Dartmouth in Hanover.
Princeton defeated Dartmouth 13-10 in Princeton last year, behind three goals and four assists from Ryan Ambler and three goals and one assist from Zach Currier, who would win Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors.
Dartmouth's Jake Weil, who has two goals and three assists this year, had four goals in the game against Princeton last year.
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Princeton's last five games have seen the Tigers take 29 shots (against Rutgers), 29 shots (against Yale), 51 shots (against Brown), 29 shots (against Stony Brook) and 30 shots (against Lehigh).
In the four games that Princeton took 29 or 30 shots, it scored 12, 11, 10 and 15 goals. In the game it took 51 shots, it scored eight goals.
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Princeton fell 16-15 to Lehigh Tuesday night. It was the fourth 16-15 game that Princeton has played in the last three years after having played one 16-15 game in the history of the program back to the 1880s prior to that.
The Lehigh game was Princeton's second 16-15 game of the year, after its overtime win against Johns Hopkins on Feb. 28.
Of the 18 games Princeton and Dartmouth have played between them, three have ended 16-15, as Dartmouth defeated Vermont by the same score.
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Princeton has had a player score three or more goals in a game 19 times so far this season. There have been five different players who have scored at least three in a game - Mike MacDonald, Ryan Ambler, Kip Orban, Zach Currier and Gavin McBride.
MacDonald has had seven games with at three goals, including each of the last three. He had five goals and one assist against Lehigh Tuesday night, when McBride also had a career-high four goals.
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Attackman Mike MacDonald has scored 33 goals goals, and midfielder Kip Orban has 29 goals. The two have combined for 62 of Princeton's 121 goals (51.2%).
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The last time Princeton had two players with at least 30 goals each was two years ago, when MacDonald scored 43 and Jeff Froccaro scored 32. Before that? It was Sean Hartofilis and Jason Doneger with 41 each in 2003.
The last time Princeton had an attackman with at least 30 and a midfielder with at least 30 was in 2009, when attackman Jack McBride scored 35 and midfielder Mark Kovler scored 34. Before that, the last time Princeton had an attackman with at least 30 and a middie with at least 30 was back in 1998 (A Jesse Hubbard with 46, A Chris Massey with 34, M Josh Sims with 32).
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Kip Orban has 29 goals. The last five Princeton midfielders to reach 30 goals in a season were Tom Schreiber (2014, 2012), Mark Kovler (2009), Josh Sims (1998, 2000), Lorne Smith (1999) and Scott Reinhardt (1994).
All five were first-team All-Americas at least once during their careers, and they combined for nine first-team All-America selections.
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Mike MacDonald has 33 goals and 21 assists, which puts him close to joining elite company when it comes to combining the two.
MacDonald is the sixth player in program history with a season of at least 30 goals and 20 assists, joining Dave Tickner, Wick Sollers, Gerald Ronon, Jon Hess and Tom Schreiber.
There has been one 30/30 season in perogram history - Tickner's 34 goals and 32 assists in 1976.
There have been five 30/25 seasons (Tickner in 1975 and '76, Wick Sollers in 1975, Jon Hess in 1996 and Tom Schreiber in 2012).
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Mike MacDonald has 184 career points (117G, 67A). He currently ranks seventh all-time at Princeton in points, sixth all-time at Princeton in goals and 12th all-time at Princeton in assists.
With two more assists, MacDonald would move into a tie for 10th place and join Tom Schreiber as the only players in program history to be in the top 10 in both goals and assists at Princeton.
MacDonald needs one goal to tie B.J. Prager for fifth all-time at Princeton and three to tie Justin Tortolani for fourth.
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Mike MacDonald has 117 goals and 67 assists and is one of three players, along with Tom Schreiber and Wick Sollers, with at least 100 career goals and 60 career assists.
Ryan Ambler reached the 50-goal mark for his career in the loss to Lehigh. He is the 15th player in program history with at least 50 career goals and 50 career assists.
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Kip Orban and Mike MacDonald were both named mid-season second-team All-Americas by Inside Lacrosse.
Neither was a preseason All-America on first-team, second-team, third-team or honorable mention. Both are Major League Lacrosse draftees. 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.
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Will Reynolds, a preseason third-team All-America defenseman, will miss the rest of the season due to an injury he suffered in the season opener against Manhattan. Jake Froccaro, also a preseason third-team All-America, played against Manhattan and Maryland but will also miss the rest of the season due to a concussion.
Mark Strabo had started every game of his career before getting injured after the Manhattan game. He has not played since.
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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 and Stony Brook
• scored team's first goal of the season - and the first of his career - in the win over Manhattan
• had his first career assist in the Yale game
Ryan Ambler #14
• leads the team in assists (22) and is second in points (37)
• has at least four points in six of 10 games
• reached the 50-goal mark for his career with a goal against Lehigh
• is the 15th player in program history with at least 50 goals and 50 assists in a career
• 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 a goal and four assists against Lehigh
• 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 a goal and three assists against Stony Brook, going over the 100-point mark for his career
• had three assists against Brown
• had two assists against Hofstra
• was second on the team in goals and third on the team in assists in 2014
• second-team All-Ivy League in 2014
• father Bob is the all-time leading scorer at Drexel
Alistair Berven #40
• started the first six games on defense
• playing close defense and longstick midfield
• 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
• made first career start against Lehigh, making 12 saves
Sam Bonafede #12
• has won 94 of 186 face-offs
• 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
• won 15 of 30 against Lehigh
• won 12 of 21 against Stony Brook
• 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
• missed the Rutgers game due to injury
• claims to be able to correctly identify the flag of every country on Earth
Sean Connors #9
• had a goal and assist against Yale for his first multi-point game
• also had a goal and assist against Brown
• had a goal and assist against Lehigh
• started for the first time 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 a goal and three assists, with six ground balls, against Lehigh
* had two assists against Yale
• had two goals against Manhattan
• had an assist and eight ground balls against Stony Brook
• second on the team in caused turnovers with 10
• leads team in ground balls with 46
Austin deButts #30
• playing shortstick defensive midfield
• leads team with 14 caused turnovers
• had three caused turnovers and four ground balls against Yale
• had two caused turnovers against Stony Brook, Hopkins and Brown
• had a caused turnover and three ground balls against Rutgers
Jake Froccaro #10
• preseason third-team All-America by Inside Lacrosse
• named to the Tewaraaton Trophy watchlist
• played in two games but will miss the remainder of the season due to a concussion
• second-team All-Ivy League in 2014
• first midfielder in program history to reach at least 50 goals by the end of sophomore 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
• has four caused turnovers and 16 ground balls
• had two caused turnovers against Lehigh
• had 11 ground ball and six caused turnovers as a freshman
Sam Gravitte #17
• team's No. 1 longstick midfielder
• tied for second on the team in ground balls with 30
• 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
• had seven ground balls and a caused turnover against Yale
• had 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 a goal against Yale and Brown
• 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
• is the only player in Princeton men's lacrosse history with at least one career game with seven goals and another career game with at least six assists
• leads team in goals, assists and points
• is fourth in Division I in points per game and sixth in Division I in goals per game
• has 184 career points (117G, 67A), seventh all-time at Princeton (eight points from Chris Massey for sixth)
• is sixth all-time at Princeton with 117 goals; needs one to tie B.J. Prager for fifth and three to tie Justin Tortolani for fourth)
• is one of seven players in program history with at least 30 goals and 20 assists in a season
• is one of three players in program history with at least 100 career goals and 60 career assists, along wth TOm Sc
• had nine goals and four assists against Rutgers and Yale to earn Ivy League Player of the Week for the third time this year; was also the USILA Offensive Player of the Week
• 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 five goals and an assist against Lehigh
• had two goals and four assists against Yale
• had three goals and an assist against Brown
• had three goals and six assists to tie career high with nine points against Penn
• had three goals and two assists against Johns Hopkins
• had three goals against Stony Brook
• 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 15 goals and eight assists this season after having no points as a freshman
• is the only player with at least one point in every game this year
• had a career-high four goals against Lehigh
• 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 a goal against Yale and Brown
• 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
• second on the team team with 29 goals
• ranks 19th in goals at Princeton with 85, which is also fourth all-time among Princeton middies (Tom Schreiber, Josh Sims, Lorne Smith, Mark Kovler); needs one goal to tie Jeff Froccaro for 18th overall
• 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 five goals against Stony Brook
• has been shut out in two games this season (Maryland, Brown) and came back with 12 goals on 15 shots in the next two games (Penn, Stony Brook)
• had four goals and, with two assists, against Johns Hopkins
• had four goals against Yale
• had three goals and an assist against Hofstra
• had two goals and an assist against Lehigh
• 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
• started the last four games on close defense
• helped hold Dylan Molloy, the leading goal scorer in Division I, without a goal
• 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
• played against Manhattan but has not played again this year due to injury and will miss the rest of the season
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
• 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 a goal against Yale
• had an assist against Hofstra
• had five goals and an assist a year ago
Eric Sanschagrin #31
• has a .503 save percentage while starting every game
• made a career-high high 16 saves in the win over Hofstra
• had 15 saves against Brown, including six against Dylan Molloy, the nation's leading goal scorer who did not score a goal in the game
• 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
• had an assist against Yale and Stony Brook
Bobby Weaver #19
• playing shortstick defensive midfield
• has a caused turnover and seven ground balls
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)
YALE (W, 11-10)
GOALS - Orban 4, MacDonald 2, McBride 1, Connors 1, Hardej 1, Ambler 1, Rotatori 1
ASSISTS - MacDonald 4, Currier 2, Altemus 1, Connors 1,
Thompson 1
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (60:00 min, 10 goals-against, 8 saves)
BROWN (L, 10-8)
GOALS - MacDonald 3, McBride 1, Connors 1, Hardej 1, Himler 1, Currier 1
ASSISTS - Ambler 3, MacDonald 1, Connors 1
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (60:00 min, 10 goals-against, 15 saves)
STONY BROOK (L, 13-10)
GOALS - Orban 5, MacDonald 3, Altemus 1, Ambler 1
ASSISTS - Ambler 3, Currier 1, Himler 1, McBride 1, Thompson 1
GOALIES - Sanschagrin (60:00 min, 13 goals-against, 8 saves)
LEHIGH (L, 16-15)
GOALS - MacDonald 5, McBride 4, Orban 2, Ambler 1, Thompson 1, Currier 1, Connors 1
ASSISTS - Ambler 4, Currier 3, MacDonald 1, Connors 1, Orban 1
GOALIES - Blaisdell (59:19 min, 15 goals-against, 12 saves),
Sanschagrin (00:41, 1 goal-against, 0 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
184 Michael S. MacDonald (117G, 67A) 2012-present
182 David J. Heubeck (83G, 99A) 1977-80
174 Joseph S. (Wick) Sollers (114G, 60A) 1975-77
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
117 Michael S. MacDonald 2012-present
114 Joseph S. (Wick) Sollers 1975-77
106 Thomas M. Schreiber 2011-14
105 Jason M. Doneger 2001-05
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
85 Christopher A. (Kip) Orban 2012-present
84 Mark L. Kovler 2006-09
83 David J. Heubeck 1977-80
82 Jonathan A. Hess 1995-98
Career Assists
174 Kevin E. Lowe 1991-94
162 Ryan J. Boyle 2001-04
133 Jonathan A. Hess 1995-98
99 David J. Heubeck 1977-80
96 Donald P. Hahn 1982-85
94 Thomas M. Schreiber 2011-15
89 Charles M. Stillwell 1982-85
84 Ralph N. (Bo) Willis 1951-53
74 Matthew P. Striebel 1997-00
69 E. Robert Kent Jr. 1961-63
69 David H. Tickner 1975-77
68 Michael S. MacDonald 2012-present