the tigers have lost so many players after the 2003 season.

Damien Davis? Started every game for four years. First-team All-America. Graduated.

Sean Hartofilis? The eighth-leading goal scorer in NCAA tournament history and the third-leading goal scorer in Princeton History? Graduated.

Brad Dumont? First midfield for four years. Two-time second-team All-America. Graduated.

Owen Daly? Four years in the first midfield. Graduated.

Julian Gould? The starting goalie the last two seasons. Graduated.

Matt Trevenen? Started from Day 1 back in 1999, one year before the rest. Graduated.

Josh White? Will MacColl? Anthony Perna? Graduated, graduated, graduated.

Brian Lieberman? Joe Rosenbaum? Four-year starters on defense. Graduated and graduated.

Even four-year manager Allison Binns graduated.

You would think that after six NCAA championships, eight NCAA championship game appearances, nine NCAA Final Fours and 11 Ivy League championships that Princeton head coach Bill Tierney would have seen it all in his tenure at Princeton. The 2004 season will be something completely new to him as well.

The Tigers return three starters and two of their top 10 scorers from a year ago, when Princeton went 11-4 and finished in a three-way tie with Dartmouth and Cornell for the Ivy League championship. Princeton then advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament, marking just the third time in 12 years the Tigers were not in the Final Four.

Never before has Tierney had his team wiped out by graduation the way he has for this season. Not even the graduation of the classes of 1994 or 1998 left this many holes.

Consider that Princeton has only four players who prior to the 2004 season have ever started a game.

There are only eight returning players who have ever scored a goal, and only four returning players who have more than five career goals. In fact, two players (Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger) have combined for 83% of the career goals scored by the returning players (97 of 117) and 92% of the career assists (121 of 131).

The Class of 2003, which won one NCAA championship and played in three NCAA championship games, combined for 204 goals and 134 assists, all of which have been lost to graduation.



There are only eight returning players who have ever scored a goal, and only four returning players who have more than five career goals. In fact, two players (Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger) have combined for 83% of the career goals scored by the returning players (97 of 117) and 92% of the career assists (121 of 131).

The Class of 2003, which won one NCAA championship and played in three NCAA championship games, combined for 204 goals and 134 assists, all of which have been lost to graduation.