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Princeton Heads To Long Island To Renew Series With Stony Brook
April 02, 2015 | Men's Lacrosse
| Princeton vs. Stony Brook LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, N.Y. |
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| Gametime | Saturday, April 4 • 3 p.m. |
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| Series Info | Princeton leads 2-0 |
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Princeton 6-2 (2-1 Ivy League); Stony Brook 8-2 (2-1 America East) |
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There aren't too many people who can say that they've seen Princeton play Stony Brook in men's lacrosse.
The teams have played exactly twice, in 1992 and 1993. The two games drew a combined 1,168 fans. The first was a 12-5 Princeton win on Finney Field on a frozen, windy March day in a season that would end with the first of the Tigers' six NCAA championships. The second was the following April 18, an 18-7 Princeton win on Patriots Field at Stony Brook. Extra credit goes to those who remember that the 1993 game was originally scheduled for March 14 but was pushed back because of snow.
If you're a fan who has been patiently anticipating the third matchup of the series, then your 22-year wait is over. Of course, most of the players who will be on the field for the 2015 game between Princeton and Stony Brook weren't born the last time the teams played.
For that matter, the teams haven't played in so long that Stony Brook actually had a different nickname back then. Stony Brook was formerly the Patriots before becoming the Seawolves in 1999.
Finney Field, the site of the 1992 Princeton-Stony Brook game, had old wooden bleachers and no press box back then. The field is now a FieldTurf practice field, joined together with Campbell Field, adjacent to Princeton Stadium. The old scoreboard is still on the field, just beyond the centerfield fence of Princeton's baseball field, Clarke Field.
Patriots Field, the site of the 1993 Princeton-Stony Brook game, was the home for Stony Brook footbal and lacrosse until 2002, when it was replaced by LaValle Stadium. It is still used at Stony Brook for summer camps and rec sports.
As for the current editions, the teams are a combined 14-4, with Princeton ranked 13th by the media and Stony Brook at No. 20.
They combine to score nearly 27 goals per game and are very efficient shooters: Stony Brook leads Division I in team shooting percentage at an astonishing .414, while Princeton is 10th at .332 - and that's after an 8 for 51 shooting day last Saturday in a loss to Brown.
Both are 2-1 in their league and focused on the conference races and spots in the conference tournaments. They take a step away from those priorities, though, for a meeting on Long Island.
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Princeton has played 13 games on Long Island since its last game at Stony Brook. Of those games, 12 were played at Hofstra - eight regular season games against the Pride and NCAA quarterfinal games (all wins) against UMass, Duke, Loyola and Georgetown.
Princeton also played Cornell last April 26 at Bethpage High School.
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Princeton plays two non-league games in four days, with a game at Lehigh of the Patriot League Tuesday night. Princeton then finishes the game with three straight Ivy League games - at Dartmouth, home against Harvard, at Cornell.
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Princeton and Stony Brook have three common opponents, two of whom they've already played. Both teams have defeated Manhattan and Rutgers, and, for what it's worth, Stony Brook defeated both by greater margins.
In case you're curious, Princeton defeated Manhattan 14-4 and Rutgers 12-11, while Stony Brook defeated Manhattan 19-3 and Rutgers 13-9.
Stony Brook will also play Lehigh next Sunday.
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Princeton and Brown entered last Saturday's game combining for just under 30 goals per game. They then combined for 18 in Brown's 10-8 win, or just about 60% of what the two had been averaging. There were, however, 96 shots in the game, and both goalies - Princeton's Eric Sanschagrin and Brown's Jack Kelly - were tremendous, making 15 saves each.
Stony Brook ranks sixth in Division I in goals per game at 14.70. Princeton is 16th at 12.0.
Both teams have reached double figures in five of Princeton's eight games but only three of Stony Brook's 10 games.
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Princeton is 6-0 when it reaches double figures and 0-2 when it does not.
Princeton is 6-0 when Kip Orban scores and 0-2 when he does not.
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Mike MacDonald leads Princeton in goals (25), assists (20) and points (45). He is the only player in Division I who ranks in the top 10 in both goals per game and assists per game.
MacDonald's numbers projected over a 13-game regular season would be 41 goals and 32.5 assists. There has never been a season with those numbers by any player in Princeton men's lacrosse history.
The closest is David Tickner's 34 goals and 32 assists in 1976, making that the only time in program history a player has had at least 30 goals and 30 assists.
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). There have been two 25/30 seasons - Tickner and Tom Schreiber in 2013.
There have also been eight 25/25 seasons - Tickner twice, Schreiber twice, Hess twice, Bo Willis in 1953 and Sollers.
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Mike MacDonald has 175 career points (109G, 66A). He currently ranks eighth all-time at Princeton in points, seventh all-time at Princeton in goals and 12th all-time at Princeton in assists.
With three 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.
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Austin deButts leads Princeton in caused turnovers with 12 and leads all Division I shortsticks in caused turnovers per game (1.50).
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Ryan Ambler needs one point to become the 30th player in program history to reach 100 career points.
Ambler, a junior, has 48 career goals and 51 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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Gavin McBride is the only Princeton player to have at least one point in every game this year. McBride, a sophomore, did not have a point last year. He has 10 goals and seven assists through seven games this season.
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Kip Orban has 78 career goals, which ranks 22nd all-time at Princeton.
Among pure middies all-time at Princeton, Orban trails only Tom Schreiber (106), Josh Sims (104), Lorne Smith (94) and Mark Kovler (84).
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Sam Gravitte, Princeton's longstick midfielder, had the first goal of his career and the only goal by a Princeton longstick this year in the loss to Maryland. Gravitte is second on the team in ground balls.
In addition to lacrosse this season, Gravitte also performed at McCarter Theater in Princeton in the musical “Spring Awakening.” Gravitte was in the show the Friday night before the Maryland game, leaving after the show to drive to Maryland with his mother Debbie (a Tony Award-winning actress) before 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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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
• 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
• has 99 career points (48G, 51A); would become 30th player in program history to reach 100 points with his next point
• second on the team in assists (15) and points (28)
• 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 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
• has started six games 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 67 of 135 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
• 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
• had a goal and assist against Yale for his first multi-point game
• also had a goal and assist against Brown
• 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 two assists against Yale
• had two goals against Manhattan
• second on the team in caused turnovers
• leads team in ground balls with 32
Austin deButts #30
• playing shortstick defensive midfield
• leads all Division I shortsticks in caused turnovers per game (1.5)
• is 17th overall in Division I caused turnovers per game
• leads team with 12 caused turnovers
• had three caused turnovers and four ground balls against Yale
• had two caused turnovers against 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
• had a goal against Maryland
• 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
• has two caused turnovers and 13 ground balls
• 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 ground balls with 27
• 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, eighth in Division I in assists per game and eighth in Division I in goals per game
• is the only player in Division I in the top 10 nationally in goals per game and assists per game
• has 175 career points (109G, 66A), eighth all-time at Princeton (seven points from Dave Heubeck for seventh)
• is seventh all-time at Princeton with 109 goals; needs five to tie Wick Sollers for sixth)
• is one of three players in program history with at least 100 career goals and 60 career assists (Tom Schreiber, Wick Sollers)
• 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 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
• 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 11 goals and seven assists this season 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 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 22 goals
• ranks 22nd in goals at Princeton with 78, which is also fifth all-time among Princeton middies (Tom Schreiber, Josh Sims, Lorne Smith, Mark Kovler)
• 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 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 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 against Yale and Brown
• 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
• 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 a goal against Yale
• had an assist against Hofstra
• had five goals and an assist a year ago
Eric Sanschagrin #31
• has a .518 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
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)
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
175 Michael S. MacDonald (109G, 66A) 2012-present
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
114 Joseph S. (Wick) Sollers 1975-77
109 Michael S. MacDonald 2012-present
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
84 Mark L. Kovler 2006-09
83 David J. Heubeck 1977-80
82 Jonathan A. Hess 1995-98
78 Christopher A. (Kip) Orban 2012-present
78 Samuel D. Hill 1947-50
77 Tommy Davis 2006-09
76 Scott D. Reinhardt 1991-94
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
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
66 Michael S. MacDonald 2012-present