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Sowers Honored By Ivy Again As Tigers Race Into Top 10
February 24, 2020 | Men's Lacrosse
The Princeton men's lacrosse team had its biggest win in years, Michael Sowers again led the way, and both team and individual were rewarded nicely for their efforts.
Princeton's 16-12 win over defending NCAA champion Virginia Saturday improved the Tigers to 3-0 on the season and vaulted them from unranked in any poll to in the top 10 in four different ones, including fifth in the Nike/US Lacrosse poll and in Quint Kessenich's Inside Lacrosse rankings. Princeton was also eighth in the Maverik media poll and 10th in the USILA Coaches' poll.
The Tigers are home Saturday at 1 against Johns Hopkins, who is ranked 18th in the coaches' poll.
"This is a nice recognition for our program," says Princeton head coach Matt Madalon. "At the same time, it's only February, and we have a long way to go to achieve our goals for the season. We can enjoy this for a few minutes and then have to get back to preparing for the next game, which is against a great team that will be coming after us with everything they have as they look to reach their own goals."
In addition to the national rankings, Princeton was also honored when Michael Sowers was named the Ivy League Player of the Week for the second straight week to start the season. Sowers had a seven-goal, 15-assist week as the Tigers defeated Colgate and Virginia. In addition, he was also named the US Lacrosse National Player of the Week.
The Tewaaraton Award finalist a year ago had three goals and 11 assists against Colgate, setting the Ivy League record for points in a game and the Princeton record for assists in a game. He followed that with four goals and four assists in the win over UVa.
Sowers, who entered his senior year having already set the Princeton career scoring record, now sits ninth all-time in Division I history in assists with 172 and 18th in Division I history with 288 points. He passed Syracuse legends Casey and Ryan Powell in the game against UVa, and he now has one more point than both of those two of the Powell brothers, despite having played 13 fewer games than Casey (45 to 58) and 16 fewer than Ryan (who played 61).
Sowers is currently second in DI history in points per game at 6.4, trailing only Tony Asterino (6.47 per game at Siena, 1978-81). Sowers, who is also two assists away from Kevin Lowe's school career record, leads Division I in points per game (11.0) and assists per game (7.3).
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Princeton's 16-12 win over defending NCAA champion Virginia Saturday improved the Tigers to 3-0 on the season and vaulted them from unranked in any poll to in the top 10 in four different ones, including fifth in the Nike/US Lacrosse poll and in Quint Kessenich's Inside Lacrosse rankings. Princeton was also eighth in the Maverik media poll and 10th in the USILA Coaches' poll.
The Tigers are home Saturday at 1 against Johns Hopkins, who is ranked 18th in the coaches' poll.
"This is a nice recognition for our program," says Princeton head coach Matt Madalon. "At the same time, it's only February, and we have a long way to go to achieve our goals for the season. We can enjoy this for a few minutes and then have to get back to preparing for the next game, which is against a great team that will be coming after us with everything they have as they look to reach their own goals."
In addition to the national rankings, Princeton was also honored when Michael Sowers was named the Ivy League Player of the Week for the second straight week to start the season. Sowers had a seven-goal, 15-assist week as the Tigers defeated Colgate and Virginia. In addition, he was also named the US Lacrosse National Player of the Week.
The Tewaaraton Award finalist a year ago had three goals and 11 assists against Colgate, setting the Ivy League record for points in a game and the Princeton record for assists in a game. He followed that with four goals and four assists in the win over UVa.
Sowers, who entered his senior year having already set the Princeton career scoring record, now sits ninth all-time in Division I history in assists with 172 and 18th in Division I history with 288 points. He passed Syracuse legends Casey and Ryan Powell in the game against UVa, and he now has one more point than both of those two of the Powell brothers, despite having played 13 fewer games than Casey (45 to 58) and 16 fewer than Ryan (who played 61).
Sowers is currently second in DI history in points per game at 6.4, trailing only Tony Asterino (6.47 per game at Siena, 1978-81). Sowers, who is also two assists away from Kevin Lowe's school career record, leads Division I in points per game (11.0) and assists per game (7.3).
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