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Princeton Lacrosse 2015 • www.GoPrincetontiGers.com NCAA chamPion 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 NCAA runner-uP 2000, 2002 ivy LeaGue tournament chamPion 2010 27-time ivy LeaGue chamPion PRINCETON VS. CORNELL The site Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, N.Y. The date Saturday, April 25, 2015 • 1:00 p.m. Radio/TV/Video WPRB FM 103.3/Fox College Sports/Fox Sports Go The records Princeton: 8-4 (4-1 Ivy League) Cornell: 9-4 (3-2 Ivy League) The rankings Princeton: No. 14 media poll, No. 14 coaches’ poll Cornell: No. 12 media poll, No. 12 coaches’ poll The coaches Princeton: Chris Bates sixth season at Princeton, 50-34/14th overall, 120-105 Cornell: Matt Kerwick second season at Cornell, 20-9/17th overall, 129-110 The series Princeton leads 39-36-1 Last year Cornell defeated Princeton 12-10 • April 26, 2014 PRINCETON PRINCETON vs. CORNELL PROBABLE LINEUP See what ya got ... Attack Welcome to the final weekend of the men’s lacrosse regular season, as Princeton takes 14 Ryan Ambler Jr. 19-22-41 to the road to see if it will be able to play at home again. As the Tigers head to Ithaca to take on Cornell, they know that 1) they’ve already earned 8 Mike MacDonald Sr. 40-24-66 at least a share of the Ivy League championship, and 2) they’ll earn an outright champion- ship and host the Ivy League tournament next weekend if they were to defeat the Big Red. 9 Sean Connors So. 8-5-13 On the other hand, should Princeton lose to Cornell, then the two would share the Ivy League title - with each other, and possibly with Brown and/or Yale, should those two win First Midfield their final games. 13 Kip Orban Sr. 36-6-42 Cornell can still host the tournament with a win and a Dartmouth win over Brown. Should Brown defeat Dartmouth and Cornell defeat Princeton, then the tournament will be held 50 Gavin McBride So. 18-11-29 in Providence. Beyond the Ivy tournament scenarios, this is the 77th meeting in what has been the Ivy 25 Zach Currier So. 9-13-22 League’s best men’s lacrosse rivalry, and one of the best rivalries the league has had in any sport, and in all of Division I lacrosse for that matter. Princeton’s share of the title last Second Midfield week means the 27th Ivy championship in program history. Cornell has 28 and is chasing 29 this weekend. No other team in the league has more than eight. 16 Adam Hardej Fr. 6-1-7 Add in the fact that this weekend marks the 150th anniversary celebration of the signing of the Cornell charter, and the trip to Ithaca for Princeton will be a big one. 27 Will Rotatori Sr. 2-1-3 * * * 6 Bear Altemus So. 4-1-5 Princeton has not won a regular season game in Ithaca since 2003. The Tigers did win Longstick Midfield their last game in Ithaca, which was in the 2013 Ivy League tournament semifinals. Kip Orban scored the game-winner in overtime in that game to give the Tigers a 14-13 17 Sam Gravitte So. 1-0-1 win. Mike MacDonald had seven goals and two assists. 39GB, 7CT The last two Princeton-Cornell games were played on wildly different neutral sites, at MetLife Stadium in 2013 and at Bethpage High School in 2014. 40 Alistair Berven So. 4GB, 3CT * * * Shortstick Defensive Midfield Only once in the first 72 meetings between Princeton and Cornell, only once were both 30 Austin deButts Jr. 22GB, 17CT teams in double figures in goals. Both teams have now been in double figures in each of the last three meetings. 19 Bobby Weaver Jr. 8GB, 4CT * * * 4 Austin Sims Fr. 2A,9GB,1CT There are eight possible outcomes to the three Ivy League games this weekend (Princeton- Face-Off Cornell, Brown-Dartmouth, Yale-Harvard). They are: 1.) Brown wins- Princeton wins - Yale wins 12 Sam Bonafede Fr. 107x222 Seeds: 1. Princeton (5-1) 2. Yale (4-2) 3. Brown (4-2) 4. Cornell (3-3) 25 Zach Currier So. 29x62 2.) Brown loses - Cornell wins - Yale loses Seeds: 1. Cornell (4-2) 2. Princeton (4-2) 3. Yale (4-2) 4. Penn (3-3) Defense 3.) Brown wins - Cornell wins - Yale Wins Seeds: 1. Brown (4-2) 2. Cornell (4-2) 3. Princeton (4-2) 4. Yale (4-2) 35 Aran Roberts Fr. 9GB, 8CT 4.) Brown wins - Princeton wins - Yale loses Seeds: 1. Princeton (5-1) 2. Brown (4-2) 3. Cornell (3-3) 4. Yale (3-3) 34 Bear Goldstein So. 17GB, 5CT 5.) Brown loses - Princeton wins - Yale loses Seeds: 1. Princeton (5-1) 2. Cornell (4-2) 3. Yale (3-3) 4. Penn (3-3) 33 Brian Pickup So. 7GB, 6CT 6.) Brown loses - Princeton wins - Yale wins Seeds: 1. Princeton (5-1) 2. Yale (4-2) 3. Brown (3-3) 4. Cornell (3-3) Goal 7.) Brown loses - Cornell wins - Yale wins Seeds: 1. Cornell (4-2) 2. Princeton (4-2) 3. Yale (4-2) 4. Penn (3-3) 2 Tyler Blaisdell Fr. 9.98 GAA 8.) Brown wins - Cornell wins - Yale loses Seeds: 1. Brown (4-2) 2. Cornell (4-2) 3. Princeton (4-2) 4. Yale (3-3) .532 save % * * * 31 Eric Sanschagrin Sr. 11.19 GAA .500 save % There are eight outcomes to the last three Ivy games. In three of those eight outcomes, the result would be for Princeton and Cornell to meet again in the Ivy League semifinals. PRINCETON PRINCETON vs. CORNELL SCHEDULE & RESULTS See what ya got ... February Princeton can be either the first, second or third seed in the tournament. Cornell can be 14 MANHATTAN .......................W, 14-4 any of the four seeds. Princeton, Cornell and Yale have clinched spots in the tournament. Harvard and Dartmouth cannot make the tournament. 21 HOFSTRA ........................... W, 14-12 Brown is in the most fascinating position, knowing that it could be anywhere from the 28 at Johns Hopkins .......W, 16-15 (OT) host school to not in the tournament at all. Penn can get in, but it needs a win and a Brown loss to Dartmouth. March * * * 7 at Maryland .......................... L, 11-4 14 at Penn .............................. W, 17-11 Mike MacDonald is the only Princeton men’s lacrosse player ever to have a season of at least 40 goals and at least 20 assists. Only one player has ever had at least 30 goals and 17 at Rutgers ......................... W, 12-11 30 assists in a season - David Tickner in 1976 - and MacDonald is four assists away from joining him. 21 YALE .................................. W, 11-10 29 BROWN................................. L, 10-8 * * * With 40 goals and 26 assists this year and 124 goals and 72 assists for his career, MacDonald April is moving up every single season and career scoring list at Princeton. He currently ranks: * fourth in career goals, two away from tying Sean Hartofilis for third 4 at Stony Brook .................... L, 13-10 * sixth in career points, four away from tying Tom Schreiber for fifth * 10th in career assists, two away from tying Matt Striebel for ninth 7 at Lehigh ............................ L, 16-15 * 12th in season goals, one away from a four-way tie for ninth and two away from eighth 11 at Dartmouth .......................W, 16-5 * sixth in season points, one away from fifth, two away from fourth and eight away from first 17 HARVARD .......................... W, 12-11 * * * 25 at Cornell (Fox College).......... 1 p.m. Mike MacDonald is one of two players in Princeton lacrosse history to be in the top 10 in career goals and career assists, along with Tom Schreiber. He and Schreiber are also the only two players in program history with at least 100 career goals and at least 70 career assists. May * * * Ivy League Tournament 1/3 TBA Mike MacDonald has had six points in each of his last three games. He had back-to-back five-goal, one-assist games (Lehigh, Dartmouth) and then had two goals and four assists against Harvard. MacDonald is second in the league and sixth nationally in goals per game and second in the league and fourth nationally in points per game. He is second in the league in assists per game, where he ranks 12th nationally. * * * Kip Orban leads all Division I midfielders in goals per game with 3.0 per game (36 in 12 games). He is also 10th overall in Division I and third in the Ivy League in goals per game. His 36 goals tie him with Josh Sims for the school record for goals in a season by a midfielder. Orban has 92 career goals, 17th-best at Princeton overall and fourth among midfielders. He trails Tom Schreiber (106), Sims (103) and Lorne Smith (94). * * * Mike MacDonald and Kip Orban have combined for 76 of Princeton’s 149 goals (51%). * * * Gavin McBride is the only Princeton player with at least one point in each game this season. McBride has 18 goals and 11 assists this season after having no points as a freshman a year ago. Princeton has never before had a player go from no points as a freshman to double figures in goals or assists as a sophomore, let alone both. PRINCETON PRINCETON vs. CORNELL CAREER SCORING See what ya got ... * * * Player ............................................... G-A-Pts Tyler Blaisdell has started the last three games in goal for the Tigers. He earned Ivy League 8 Mike MacDonald ...................... 124-72-196 Rookie of the Week honors after his 15-save performance against Harvard last weekend.