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| | | |  |  | | Princeton | 16 | | Albany | 10 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Jason Doneger
Will Maccoll
Josh White
Brad Dumont
Sean Hartofilis
Mac Bryson
Ryan Boyle
Jim O'brien
Matt Trevenen
| (5, 0)
(4, 1)
(2, 2)
(2, 1)
(2, 0)
(0, 2)
(0, 2)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
| Luke Daquino
Chris Martocchia
Chris Driscoll
Bobby Gabriel
Michael Solazzo
Tim Primrose
Matthew Green
Brendan Russell
| (2, 3)
(3, 2)
(2, 0)
(0, 1)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(0, 1)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Julian Gould
Dave Law
| 4 (0.308)
0 (0.000)
| Kevin Rae
| 11 (0.407)
| | | | Current Record : (11-3) | Current Record : (10-6) | | | | Team Page For 2003 | Team Page For 2003 | | | | | | The Game Story: | 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 winner
of Sunday's Dartmouth-Syracuse game. 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 lost to Dartmouth 13-6 and 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.
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