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Princeton Moves On, Dartmouth Provides Scare
Created: 5/11/2003 9:46:11 PM
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The Princeton Tigers will face an old foe in the second round of
the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship. After beating Albany, 16-10, in
the first round, Princeton has a date at the Carrier Dome with the
Syracuse Orangemen, which squeaked past Dartmouth, 13-11, on
Sunday.
PRINCETON 16, ALBANY 10
From Princeton Sports Information
 Will
MacColl had career-highs with four goals and five points and Jason
Doneger added five goals, four in the decisive third quarter, to lead
fourth-seeded Princeton to a 16-10 win over unseeded Albany in the
opening round of the 2003 NCAA men's lacrosse tournament at the Class
of 1952 Stadium.
The victory advances Princeton to the quarterfinals next Saturday at
the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, where the Tigers will face the
Orangemen. Princeton has won six NCAA championships in the last 11
years and has played Syracuse in each of the last three championship
games.
Princeton improved to 11-3 on the season, while Albany, the America
East champ, ends its season at 10-6. Princeton's Ryan Boyle reinjured
his hamstring and had to leave the game in the fourth quarter.
"You have to win or you don't get to play again," said MacColl, who
scored four goals in the game after five the entire regular season.
"For the seniors, this is your last chance. We wanted to make sure we
advanced."
Albany, 10-0 when leading at the half this season, had the lead for
much of the first half and led 5-4 before Josh White scored with four
seconds remaining in the second quarter to even it at intermission.
The Tigers then outscored Albany 7-1 in the third quarter to break
the game open.
"I don't know how big that goal was," said White, who had two assists
earlier in the first half. "What was important was that we didn't
panic or anything. I never lose confidence in this team. The only
time this year I didn't think we were going to win was in the last
two minutes against Dartmouth when we were down seven."
MacColl, a senior who had never scored more than two goals in a game,
put Princeton on top 6-5 4:26 into the third quarter. White then
scored a minute later on a perfect feed from Boyle on an extra-man
opportunity, and Doneger scored twice more in the next 45 seconds as
the Tigers began to pull away.
Chris Martocchia, who had three goals and two assists for the Great
Danes, cut the lead to 10-6 with a goal with 3:41 to go in the
quarter, but Doneger added two more later in the quarter to make it
12-6 into the fourth.
"Their goalie [Kevin Rae] came out very hot," said Doneger.
"I thought if we kept shooting, we'd get some goals past him. We kept
the pressure up, and they started to fall."
Albany would get no closer than five in the fourth quarter.
"We were 5-5 at halftime," said Martocchia. "It was basically 0-0
starting the second half. That's all we could ask for. We were ready
to play. We felt good about what we accomplished in the first half.
They're a great team. They showed that in the second half."
Princeton, who outshot Albany 54-26, also got two goals each from
Brad Dumont and Sean Hartofilis. Boyle had two assists before his
injury, and Mac Bryson also had a pair of assists.
Luke Daquino had two goals and three assists for Albany.
"I think if we ever put it all together, we're going to be a very
dangerous team," said Princeton coach Bill Tierney. "I don't know if
we will, but I'd like to think we can. We have 13 seniors, 11 of whom
have played a lot of lacrosse and done a lot of great things. Nobody
got on anybody at halftime. We just pointed out what needed to be
done."
Doneger's five goals give him 40 on the season, eighth best in a
season at Princeton. Boyle's two assists give him 46 on the year, two
off tying Jon Hess' school single-season record from 1997.
Hartofilis' two goals give him 24 in 10 career NCAA tournament games.
Princeton defeated Syracuse 11-10 at the Dome earlier this season.
The Tigers and Syracuse have played in the NCAA tournament in every
year since 1998.
SYRACUSE 13. DARTMOUTH 11
From Dartmouth Sports Information
Michael Springer scored the eventual game-winning goal with 2:18 left
in the game to lift Syracuse to a 13-11 win over an upset-minded
Dartmouth men's lacrosse team in the first round of the NCAA
Tournament Sunday in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
The Big Green received three-goal performances from a pair of
freshmen in Ryan Danehy and Brad Heritage, while senior Scott Roslyn
added a pair of markers for the Big Green, which ends its season at
11-3.
"It was a fun game," said an exhausted Rick Sowell, who concludes his
fifth season as the head coach of the Big Green. "For us to go
through that - to play in the Carrier Dome in front of a loud crowd,
was a different experience. We knew it was going to be a factor. Our
team was running on empty in the fourth quarter, but I'm awfully
proud of what they've accomplished this season."
With the game tied at 11-11, Springer, the team's leading scorer with
30 goals, took a pass from Liam Banks, and fired a shot past Andrew
Goldstein for a 12-11 advantage. Sean Lindsay scored his third goal
of the game 23 seconds later to close the scoring, as the Orangemen
exploded for five fourth-quarter goals.
The Big Green looked like it was on the verge of knocking off the
defending national champions, which had a streak on 20 consecutive
Final Four appearances on the line, when Roslyn blasted a shot past a
stunned Jay Pfeifer for an 11-10 Big Green advantage with just 4:23
remaining in the contest.
"Syracuse is a team that likes to go on runs, and they hadn't gone on
one yet," said Roslyn. "We were happy with the lead, but we knew
there was going to be a battle. Obviously, we were happy to take the
lead, but we understood there was a lot of lacrosse left to be
played."
As Roslyn predicted, a tournament-tested Syracuse team responded
right back when Lindsay tied the game with 2:42 on the clock.
Leading, 9-8, heading into the fourth quarter, the Big Green took a
two-goal lead on Heritage's second goal of the contest just 39
seconds into the final frame.
However, Syracuse's Kyle Olson scored with 13:00 left to trim the
deficit it to 10-9, and Brian Crockett tied the game again at
10-10.
Trailing, 6-5, at the half, it looked like the Big Green was primed
for a major upset, as Dartmouth potted four third-quarter goals.
Danehy tied the game when the Big Green scored on a man advantage
opportunity with 9:40 left in the third, but the Orangemen answered
1:36 later to knot the game at 7-7.
The Big Green took another two-goal lead when Roslyn scored with 4:26
left in the third, and Danehy's third marker of the game gave
Dartmouth a 9-7 lead. Early on, Syracuse looked like it had too much
firepower for Dartmouth, scoring a pair of goals in the first six
minutes of the contest.
The Big Green answered with three straight goals to take a 3-2
advantage after the first period. Junior Russell Radebaugh notched
the Big Green's first NCAA goal when he penetrated the Syracuse
defense and scored with 3:49 left on the clock.
Dartmouth scored two goals just 53 seconds apart when Heritage scored
with 1:28 left, and went ahead on freshman Jamie Coffin's first goal
since April 6 with 35 seconds remaining in the first period.
The second period opened with a flurry, as Syracuse took back the
lead with three straight markers in a span of 2:29. Michael Powell
scored at 13:40, while Matt Bontaites tallied another at 12:22,
and Brian Nee notched his second marker of the game when he
stood all alone in front the goal to put the Orangemen up, 5-3.
The Big Green trimmed the deficit to 5-4 on a score by Danehy, and
later tied the game in unordinary fashion at 5-5 when goalkeeper
Andrew Goldstein picked up a ground ball and raced the length of the
field for his first collegiate goal.
With the Big Green playing two men down, the Orangemen regained the
lead with 4:14 remaining in the second quarter on Nee's third goal of
the half.
Dartmouth tied the game again, 6-6 in the third period on Danehy's
second of the contest, but the lead was short-lived when Brian
Crockett gave Syracuse the lead again, 7-6, with 8:14 left in the
third period.
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Related Schools: Dartmouth, Princeton
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