 in Battle for #1 March 1, 2003 More Game Photos |
in Battle for #1 March 1, 2003 More Game Photos |
Benson, Doneger and Scherr Pace Blue Jays
PRINCETON, NJ -- The third-ranked Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team got three goals and two assists from senior attackman Bobby Benson, two goals and one assist from senior midfielder Adam Doneger and nine crucial saves from senior goalie Rob Scherr as the Blue Jays knocked off second-ranked Princeton, 10-8 at the Class of 1952 Stadium. This is the second straight season Hopkins has knocked off a higher-ranked Princeton team in the season-opener as JHU defeated the top-ranked Tigers, 8-5 last season at Homewood Field.
Rob Scherr
Hopkins wasted little time jumping on the Tigers as JHU led 4-1 at the end of the first period and 8-3 at halftime. Back-to-back goals by sophomores Kyle Harrison and Peter LeSueur in the first five minutes of the game gave JHU a quick 2-0 lead. Harrison's unassisted goal opened the scoring just 2:13 into the game, while LeSueur scored off an assist from Benson just over two minutes later.
Coach Tierney Congratulates Benson
After Princeton's Brad Dumont scored at the 8:01 mark of the first quarter, Benson netted back-to-back goals late in the first quarter to push the lead to 4-1. Princeton's Sean Hartofilis and Jason Doneger trimmed the deficit to 4-3 as they scored less than two minutes apart midway through the second quarter, but JHU used a 4-0 run in the last 4:32 of the second quarter to take an 8-3 lead. Junior Kevin Boland, Benson, LeSueur and Doneger all scored during the spree for the Blue Jays with Doneger's goal coming just six seconds before intermission.
Jason Doneger
After over 11 minutes of scoreless action in the third quarter, Princeton made its inevitable run late in the period. A Hartofilis goal started the spree, which also included goals by Josh White, Matt Trevenen and Owen Daly. Daly's goal, an unassisted tally, came with just five seconds remaining in the period and set up an exciting fourth quarter.
Both teams had early scoring chances, but it was an Adam Doneger goal with 5:54 remaining that gave Hopkins some breathing room. The lead stood at 9-7 when junior Corey Harned stripped a Princeton player of the ball in the defensive end and raced the length of the field before setting up a Kyle Barrie goal with 3:09 remaining that made it 10-7. A Jason Doneger goal for Princeton closed out the scoring with 2:29 remaining.
Bill Tanton enjoys the game
In addition to Benson and Doneger, LeSueur finished with two goals, junior Conor Ford added two assists and Barrie had the one goal and one assist. Many of Scherr's nine saves were of the point-blank variety and eight of the nine came in the second and third quarters. The Blue Jays won the ground ball war, 33-22, split 22 faceoffs (although they won 6-of-9 in the second half) and were outshot, 38-37.
Princeton got two goals and an assist from Hartofilis, two goals from Jason Doneger and two assists from Ryan Boyle. Julian Gould had 13 saves in goal for the Tigers.
With the 10-8 victory at then second-ranked Princeton and Virginia's one goal win over top-ranked Syracuse, the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team is tied with Virginia at the top of this week's STX/USILA Division I Men's Lacrosse Rankings. Both picked up four first-place votes and 193 points in this week's poll.
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Princeton's Ryan Boyle to Sean Hartofilis High Bandwidth
Princeton's Sean Hartofilis to Jason Doneger High Bandwidth
Princeton's Julian Gould High Bandwidth
Hopkins' Rob Scherr High Bandwidth
Hopkins' Greg Peyser to Joe McDermott to Kevin Boland High Bandwidth
Hopkins' Joe McDermott to Adam Doneger to Bobby Benson High Bandwidth
Hopkins' Bobby Benson to Peter LeSueur High Bandwidth
Princeton's Joe Rosenbaum High Bandwidth Only
Hopkins' Rob Scherr again! High Bandwidth Only
Princeton's Sean Hartofilis to Matt Trevenen to Hakim Thompson High Bandwidth
Princeton's Will MacColl to Josh White High Bandwidth
Princeton's Matt Trevenen High Bandwidth
Princeton's Owen Daly High Bandwidth
Hopkins' Kyle Barrie to Conor Ford to Adam Doneger High Bandwidth
Hopkins' Corey Harned to Kyle Barrie High Bandwidth
Princeton's Josh White to Jason Doneger High Bandwidth
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