Goalie Stars As Dartmouth Tops Princeton In Men's Lacrosse
April 26, 2003 | Men's Lacrosse
April 26, 2003
Final Stats
Andrew Goldstein made 17 saves to lead Dartmouth to a 13-6 win over second-ranked Princeton in front of 1,206 at the Class of 1952 Stadium.
The victory improved Dartmouth to 10-2 overall and 4-1 in the Ivy League, where the Big Green is tied with Princeton (9-3, 4-1). The Tigers saw their nine-game winning streak and their 14-game winning streak over Dartmouth come to ends.
Coupled with Cornell's 14-3 win over Brown, the Dartmouth-Princeton result set up the possibility of a three-way tie for the league title. Cornell, done with its Ivy season at 5-1, has clinched at least a share of the title. Princeton, who hosts Brown, and Dartmouth, who is at Harvard, can each get a piece of the title next weekend with wins.
Should there be a two-way tie for the title, then the winner of the head-to-head game would get the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the event of a three-way tie, all of the tiebreakers would come out even, so a random drawing would determine the bid. Princeton's Ryan Boyle did break the Ivy League record for assists in a league season. His two gave him 27 on the season, one better than the old record set in 1972 by Cornell's Pat Gallagher and equaled by Cornell's Tim Goldstein in 1987.
"Their goalie played the best game I've seen on this field since, maybe ever," said Princeton coach Bill Tierney. "He made some big saves early and we got tentative on our shots. Give Dartmouth credit. They played a great game."
Princeton was playing without starting midfielder Owen Daly (hyperextended knee), starting defenseman Ricky Schultz (ankle sprain) and face-off man and second midfielder Drew Casino (shoulder separation). In addition, starting attackman Sean Hartofilis was suspended for the game for a violation of team rules. Dartmouth played without its leading scorer, Jamie Coffin (broken hand).
Princeton scored first, but Dartmouth answered to make it 3-1 at the end of the first quarter and 6-2 at halftime. Princeton would get no closer than three in the second half.
"I can't tell you what this means to our program," said Dartmouth coach Rick Sowell. "If we played our best game and they played their best game, we probably don't win. But we wanted to play our best game and see what happened."
Goldstein made the biggest difference. He had four saves in the first quarter to help his team get the lead, and he made several huge stops to help the Big Green keep it.
Goldstein, a sophomore who made 10 saves while allowing nine goals against Princeton a year ago, kept Princeton from getting any sort of run together. His offense helped his as well, getting the next goal after all six Princeton scores and doing so in less than a minute after five of the six Princeton goals.
"He's done that all season for us," said Sowell. "He's had 16 saves, 17 saves in several games."
Tom Daniels led the Big Green with four goals and two assists, while Ben Grinnell had three goals and an assist. Ryan Danehy (2-1) and Russell Radebaugh (0-3) had three-point games for Dartmouth as well.
Princeton was led by Boyle, who had a goal and two assists. Matt Trevenen had two assists; no other Princeton player had more than one point.