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Princeton Hosts Yale Friday Afternoon: Will It Be 11-10 Yet Again?
March 23, 2017 | Men's Lacrosse
PRINCETON VS. YALE
Friday, March 24, 2017 • Sherrerd Field, Princeton, N.J. • 2 p.m. • ESPNU
Series History - Princeton leads 73-26-2
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Princeton and Yale come into the 102nd meeting between the two after both won games by a 17-8 score in their Ivy openers a week ago.
And that's nothing for all you number lovers out there. Not when it comes to Princeton-Yale.
For each of the last seven years, Princeton and Yale have played a one-goal game during the regular season. And even that's nothing when you look a little deeper.
Princeton and Yale have played 10 times in those seven years, including the Ivy League tournament. Of those 10 games, eight have been decided by one goal.
And that's not the craziest part.
No, that would be the fact that each of the last three Princeton-Yale games has been decided by an 11-10 score. Those three games were played in three different places - last year at Yale, the Ivy tournament final at Brown in 2015 and the regular-season game at Princeton in 2015.
The scores of the last seven regular-season games between the teams are: 11-10 (2016), 11-10 (2015), 16-15 (2014), 10-9 (2013), 10-9 (2012, in five overtimes, no less), 8-7 (2011, just one overtime this time) and 7-6 (2010).
Princeton is 4-3 in those seven games
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Princeton and Yale first met on Oct. 14, 1882. Princeton has played Yale more than any other opponent.
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Princeton is the only Ivy League team currently ranked in the top 20 of either major poll.
The Tigers are ranked 12th by the coaches and 13th by the media.
Yale was ranked third when the teams played last year in New Haven.
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Princeton is averaging 14.7 goals per game, fourth-best in Division I.
That's an increase of 4.7 goals per game over a year ago, when Princeton averaged 10.0 goals per game, 31st in Division I, and fifth in the Ivy League.
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Gavin McBride did not have any goals or assists as a freshman. He enters today's game with 99 career points, including at least one in every game since the start of his sophomore year.
McBride currently is tied with Brian Feldman of Quinnipiac for the fourth-longest current streak in Division I with a goal in 16 straight games.
McBride is tied with Marist's J.D. Recor for the 11th-longest current streak in Division I with a point in 35 straight games
Yale's Ben Reeves is tied for 17th-longest point scoring streak in DI.
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Princeton's two losses have come to Rutgers and Hofstra, who are a combined 14-0 and are both ranked in the top five.
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Princeton opened its Ivy League season with a 17-8 win over Penn last Saturday.
Yale opened its Ivy League season with a 17-8 win over Cornell last Saturday.
Yale was the favorite in the Ivy League's preseason poll of media members and athletic commuications representatives. Princeton was picked sixth in that same poll.
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Michael Sowers began his week being ranked as the No. 1 freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse. He then went out and had his best week of the season.
Sowers had an eight-goal, six-assist week, as Princeton lost to Rutgers 16-11 and defeated Penn 17-8. The performance earned Sowers his third Ivy League Rookie of the Week Award, and he added Ivy Player of the Week honors as well.
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Sowers enters the start of the second half of the regular season with 19 goals and 21 assists for 40 points. He is already third in assists and points by a Princeton freshman, trailing only Kevin Lowe (43A, 55Pts in 1991) and Ryan Boyle (37A, 53Pts in 2001) among Princeton freshmen. Sowers is also seventh among Princeton freshmen in goals, and the school freshman goals record is 28, by Mike Chanenchuk in 2010.
Sowers is the second-fastest Princeton player to reach 40 points in a season, trailing only Mike MacDonald, who had 41 after seven games two years ago, when he set the program season record with 78.
Sowers had season-bests of five goals and nine points against Penn, including three goals and two assists as Princeton built an 8-1 lead in the first 23 minutes. Sowers became the 13th Princeton player to have at least nine points in one game and the second freshman, joining only Lowe, who had 10 points against Yale in 1991.
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Mike Sowers ranks third in Division I in assists per game and fourth in Division I in points per game.
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Yale junior Ben Reeves already ranks 10th all-time at Yale with 143 career points. With two more, he'd move into a tie for eighth.
Reeves was a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist a year ago. He set the Yale record for points by a freshman two years ago, with 43, and then had 79 more last year.
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Gavin McBride is tied for the team lead with 19 goals, along with Michael Sowers. Of McBride's 19 goals, 10 have been assisted by Sowers.
McBride has at least one goal assisted by Sowers in every game this year.
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Mike Morean is second on Princeton with 14 ground balls. Morean and the next three-best players in ground balls on the team - Chase Williams, Gavin McBride, Micahel Sowers - have combined for 45 ground balls between the four of them.
Zach Currier leads Princeton with 57 ground balls himself. Currier leads the Ivy League and is seventh in Division I in ground balls per game at 8.14. He also has won nearly 60% of his face-offs and is second on the team with 14 assists, to go with nine goals.
Princeton ranks last in Division I in one statistical category - clearing percentage. The Tigers are clearing at .772.
Princeton is eighth in Division I in extra-man offense, at exactly 50% (12 for 24). Yale ranks 65th in Division I at man-down defense.
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Chase Williams is the only shortstick defensive midfielder to play in all seven games for Princeton. Williams is a walk-on who spent the fall as a linebacker for Princeton's Ivy League champion football team.
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Princeton and Yale are two of the best shooting teams in the country.
Yale ranks 18th in Division I at .327 as a team.
Princeton ranks second in Division, at .380 as a team.
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Princeton leads the Ivy League in both scoring offense and scoring defense.
Princeton was fifth in the Ivy League in scoring offense and sixth in the Ivy League in scoring defense a year ago.
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Friday, March 24, 2017 • Sherrerd Field, Princeton, N.J. • 2 p.m. • ESPNU
Series History - Princeton leads 73-26-2
WatchESPN
Listen Live
Live Stats
Yale Website
Princeton Probable Starters
Career Highs
Career Scoring/Pronunciations
Princeton and Yale come into the 102nd meeting between the two after both won games by a 17-8 score in their Ivy openers a week ago.
And that's nothing for all you number lovers out there. Not when it comes to Princeton-Yale.
For each of the last seven years, Princeton and Yale have played a one-goal game during the regular season. And even that's nothing when you look a little deeper.
Princeton and Yale have played 10 times in those seven years, including the Ivy League tournament. Of those 10 games, eight have been decided by one goal.
And that's not the craziest part.
No, that would be the fact that each of the last three Princeton-Yale games has been decided by an 11-10 score. Those three games were played in three different places - last year at Yale, the Ivy tournament final at Brown in 2015 and the regular-season game at Princeton in 2015.
The scores of the last seven regular-season games between the teams are: 11-10 (2016), 11-10 (2015), 16-15 (2014), 10-9 (2013), 10-9 (2012, in five overtimes, no less), 8-7 (2011, just one overtime this time) and 7-6 (2010).
Princeton is 4-3 in those seven games
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Princeton and Yale first met on Oct. 14, 1882. Princeton has played Yale more than any other opponent.
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Princeton is the only Ivy League team currently ranked in the top 20 of either major poll.
The Tigers are ranked 12th by the coaches and 13th by the media.
Yale was ranked third when the teams played last year in New Haven.
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Princeton is averaging 14.7 goals per game, fourth-best in Division I.
That's an increase of 4.7 goals per game over a year ago, when Princeton averaged 10.0 goals per game, 31st in Division I, and fifth in the Ivy League.
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Gavin McBride did not have any goals or assists as a freshman. He enters today's game with 99 career points, including at least one in every game since the start of his sophomore year.
McBride currently is tied with Brian Feldman of Quinnipiac for the fourth-longest current streak in Division I with a goal in 16 straight games.
McBride is tied with Marist's J.D. Recor for the 11th-longest current streak in Division I with a point in 35 straight games
Yale's Ben Reeves is tied for 17th-longest point scoring streak in DI.
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Princeton's two losses have come to Rutgers and Hofstra, who are a combined 14-0 and are both ranked in the top five.
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Princeton opened its Ivy League season with a 17-8 win over Penn last Saturday.
Yale opened its Ivy League season with a 17-8 win over Cornell last Saturday.
Yale was the favorite in the Ivy League's preseason poll of media members and athletic commuications representatives. Princeton was picked sixth in that same poll.
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Michael Sowers began his week being ranked as the No. 1 freshman in Division I by Inside Lacrosse. He then went out and had his best week of the season.
Sowers had an eight-goal, six-assist week, as Princeton lost to Rutgers 16-11 and defeated Penn 17-8. The performance earned Sowers his third Ivy League Rookie of the Week Award, and he added Ivy Player of the Week honors as well.
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Sowers enters the start of the second half of the regular season with 19 goals and 21 assists for 40 points. He is already third in assists and points by a Princeton freshman, trailing only Kevin Lowe (43A, 55Pts in 1991) and Ryan Boyle (37A, 53Pts in 2001) among Princeton freshmen. Sowers is also seventh among Princeton freshmen in goals, and the school freshman goals record is 28, by Mike Chanenchuk in 2010.
Sowers is the second-fastest Princeton player to reach 40 points in a season, trailing only Mike MacDonald, who had 41 after seven games two years ago, when he set the program season record with 78.
Sowers had season-bests of five goals and nine points against Penn, including three goals and two assists as Princeton built an 8-1 lead in the first 23 minutes. Sowers became the 13th Princeton player to have at least nine points in one game and the second freshman, joining only Lowe, who had 10 points against Yale in 1991.
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Mike Sowers ranks third in Division I in assists per game and fourth in Division I in points per game.
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Yale junior Ben Reeves already ranks 10th all-time at Yale with 143 career points. With two more, he'd move into a tie for eighth.
Reeves was a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist a year ago. He set the Yale record for points by a freshman two years ago, with 43, and then had 79 more last year.
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Gavin McBride is tied for the team lead with 19 goals, along with Michael Sowers. Of McBride's 19 goals, 10 have been assisted by Sowers.
McBride has at least one goal assisted by Sowers in every game this year.
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Mike Morean is second on Princeton with 14 ground balls. Morean and the next three-best players in ground balls on the team - Chase Williams, Gavin McBride, Micahel Sowers - have combined for 45 ground balls between the four of them.
Zach Currier leads Princeton with 57 ground balls himself. Currier leads the Ivy League and is seventh in Division I in ground balls per game at 8.14. He also has won nearly 60% of his face-offs and is second on the team with 14 assists, to go with nine goals.
Princeton ranks last in Division I in one statistical category - clearing percentage. The Tigers are clearing at .772.
Princeton is eighth in Division I in extra-man offense, at exactly 50% (12 for 24). Yale ranks 65th in Division I at man-down defense.
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Chase Williams is the only shortstick defensive midfielder to play in all seven games for Princeton. Williams is a walk-on who spent the fall as a linebacker for Princeton's Ivy League champion football team.
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Princeton and Yale are two of the best shooting teams in the country.
Yale ranks 18th in Division I at .327 as a team.
Princeton ranks second in Division, at .380 as a team.
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Princeton leads the Ivy League in both scoring offense and scoring defense.
Princeton was fifth in the Ivy League in scoring offense and sixth in the Ivy League in scoring defense a year ago.
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