Princeton University Athletics
Saturday, April 9
Princeton, N.J.
1:00 PM
Princeton University
12
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Boston University
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George Baughan had three caused turnovers and eight ground balls in the 12-7 win over BU.
Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast
Baughan, Defense Lead No. 3 Princeton Over No. 13 BU 12-7
April 09, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse
Princeton and Boston University came into their game Saturday afternoon on Sherrerd Field as two of the top eight teams in Division I in scoring offense, averaging just short of 32 goals per game between them. It took about two minutes of the game to realize that the Tigers and Terriers weren't coming anywhere close to that number on this day.
Nope. This was a game of dominant defense and opportunistic offense. There would be 46 turnovers, 24 of them caused, in a game in which every single possession was fiercely contested. In the end, the teams didn't reach 30 combined goals. They didn't even reach 20 combined goals.
The final was third-ranked Princeton 12, 13th-ranked BU 7. If the teams are hoping to play in the NCAA tournament next month, they got a sense of what it might feel like in this one.
George Baughan had a monster day for Princeton, with three caused turnovers and eight ground balls while holding Terrier junior Louis Perfetto without a point for the first time in his career. Princeton's close defense of Baughan, Ben Finlay and Colin Mulshine were a blanket all day, holding BU's attack – which had been averaging more than eight goals per game – to a total of three goals and one assist.
What did make it through was gobbled up by goalie Erik Peters, who had 14 saves in the game.
Perhaps no player better epitomized what the game was like than Princeton attackman Chris Brown. On the one hand, this was his second career game without a goal, and he was hounded into eight turnovers. On the other hand, he also had a career-best seven assists, taking advantage of whatever openings there might have been when the opportunities presented themselves.
The game was 2-1 Princeton after one (the first goal came from shortstick defensive midfielder Luke Crimmins from the other side of midfield on the BU 10-man ride) and 4-3 Princeton with less than 15 seconds to play and the Terriers with the ball. A feed inside went wide of the cage where it was caught by Peters, who started a fast break the other way that ended with an Alex Slusher goal with two seconds left, making it 5-3 at intermission.
BU would get the first two of the second half to tie it at 5-5, but Princeton would allow only two goals in the final 24:47. A 5-0 run broke the game open, with an unassisted goal from Beau Pederson and four goals that were assisted by Brown.
Coulter Mackesy had a three-goal day for Princeton, and Slusher and Jake Stevens had two each. Slusher's two gives him 40 for his career and makes his the third Princeton player to reach 40 career goals within 15 career games (Bill Chaires and Michael Sowers are the other two). Princeton and BU are two of the best ground ball teams in the country, and that matchup went to Princeton 45-38.
BU had a 12-11 edge in face-offs won as high school rivals Conor Calderone and Tyler Sandoval had a fairly even matchup.
Princeton is now 8-2 overall and 2-1 in the Ivy League with games remaining against Dartmouth, Harvard and Cornell. BU is 8-3 overall, with all three losses against Ivy opponents (Harvard and Yale, in addition to Princeton) and has only Patriot League games remaining.
Nope. This was a game of dominant defense and opportunistic offense. There would be 46 turnovers, 24 of them caused, in a game in which every single possession was fiercely contested. In the end, the teams didn't reach 30 combined goals. They didn't even reach 20 combined goals.
The final was third-ranked Princeton 12, 13th-ranked BU 7. If the teams are hoping to play in the NCAA tournament next month, they got a sense of what it might feel like in this one.
George Baughan had a monster day for Princeton, with three caused turnovers and eight ground balls while holding Terrier junior Louis Perfetto without a point for the first time in his career. Princeton's close defense of Baughan, Ben Finlay and Colin Mulshine were a blanket all day, holding BU's attack – which had been averaging more than eight goals per game – to a total of three goals and one assist.
What did make it through was gobbled up by goalie Erik Peters, who had 14 saves in the game.
Perhaps no player better epitomized what the game was like than Princeton attackman Chris Brown. On the one hand, this was his second career game without a goal, and he was hounded into eight turnovers. On the other hand, he also had a career-best seven assists, taking advantage of whatever openings there might have been when the opportunities presented themselves.
The game was 2-1 Princeton after one (the first goal came from shortstick defensive midfielder Luke Crimmins from the other side of midfield on the BU 10-man ride) and 4-3 Princeton with less than 15 seconds to play and the Terriers with the ball. A feed inside went wide of the cage where it was caught by Peters, who started a fast break the other way that ended with an Alex Slusher goal with two seconds left, making it 5-3 at intermission.
A big sequence to end the half. First a stop at one end. Then an Alex Slusher goal at the other. It's 5-3 Princeton at the break. pic.twitter.com/rBK8RXUazg
— Princeton Men's Lacrosse (@TigerLacrosse) April 9, 2022
BU would get the first two of the second half to tie it at 5-5, but Princeton would allow only two goals in the final 24:47. A 5-0 run broke the game open, with an unassisted goal from Beau Pederson and four goals that were assisted by Brown.
Save (Peters). Clear (Crimmins). Feed (Brown). Goal (English). Princeton 8, BU 6, end of the third. pic.twitter.com/dNDblXChlc
— Princeton Men's Lacrosse (@TigerLacrosse) April 9, 2022
Coulter Mackesy had a three-goal day for Princeton, and Slusher and Jake Stevens had two each. Slusher's two gives him 40 for his career and makes his the third Princeton player to reach 40 career goals within 15 career games (Bill Chaires and Michael Sowers are the other two). Princeton and BU are two of the best ground ball teams in the country, and that matchup went to Princeton 45-38.
BU had a 12-11 edge in face-offs won as high school rivals Conor Calderone and Tyler Sandoval had a fairly even matchup.
Princeton is now 8-2 overall and 2-1 in the Ivy League with games remaining against Dartmouth, Harvard and Cornell. BU is 8-3 overall, with all three losses against Ivy opponents (Harvard and Yale, in addition to Princeton) and has only Patriot League games remaining.
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