Tuesday, April 11
Bethlehem, Pa.
7 PM
Lehigh University
vs
Princeton
Lehigh set to host No. 13/15 Princeton for #GoLime cancer awareness game Tuesday night
4/10/2017 5:44:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men's lacrosse team will look to bounce back from a tough game at Loyola Saturday when it hosts Princeton on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The game is presented by the United States Marines Corps. Tuesday will also be Lehigh's #GoLime cancer awareness event through the HEADstrong organization. It also marks the Mountain Hawks' first of two straight games against the Ivy League as they will travel to Cornell on Saturday, before hosting Bucknell in the regular season finale next Friday (Apr. 21). Tuesday's game will be broadcast live on the Patriot League Network, and on Twitter.
Lehigh's players and coaches will wear lime green shoelaces on Tuesday. HEADstrong Foundation was founded by Nicholas Colleluori, a Division I athlete entering his sophomore year at Hofstra University when he was terminally diagnosed with cancer. His public fight from the sidelines captivated the nation and from his hospital bed, he created an organization focused on empowering student-athletes to improve lives affected by the disease. Colleluori built an awareness platform driven by lime green shoelaces, the national awareness color for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He empowered his own family and in the last days of his life, asked them to pick up the ball where he left off. It's a promise that the Colleluori family continues to fulfill through the essential programs and services offered by the HEADstrong Foundation. Starting in 2007, HEADstrong's mission of improving lives affected by cancer is now a nationally-recognized brand that has raised over nine million dollars. Lehigh fans can contribute to Lehigh's team donation page, and help in the fight against cancer, by clicking here.
Lehigh students can take the Campus Connector bus to the game, with buses set to leave at 6:30 p.m. from Packer Ave. and 6:34 from Pi Beta Phi. Buses will continually run back from the Goodman Campus at 8:33, 8:53, 9:13, 9:33, etc. For the complete campus connector bus schedule, please click here.
The Mountain Hawks are coming off a tough 14-5 defeat at No. 19 Loyola on Saturday. Loyola scored first, but goals from senior Ian Strain and sophomore Tristan Rai gave the Mountain Hawks a 2-1 lead with 9:21 remaining in the first quarter. However, the Greyhounds went on to score the next 10 goals to take an 11-2 lead late in the third quarter. Lehigh got goals from sophomore Mickey Fitzpatrick, Strain and senior Anthony Ramaizel in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't nearly enough.
Strain finished with two goals to tie a career high while Rai finished with a goal and assist. Sophomore Craig Chick tallied two caused turnovers to up his season total to 31 while classmate Eddie Bouhall recorded four groundballs and a caused turnover. Lehigh's goaltending impressed as senior Donny Stires recorded 10 saves over the first three quarters in his second straight start and sophomore Chris Kiernan made seven saves on 10 shots in the fourth quarter. Loyola controlled possession all game, winning 16-of-22 faceoffs, including 13-of-16 over the first three quarters. Sophomore Matt Ernst did end the game 4-of-7 with two groundballs.
Tuesday will mark Lehigh's first midweek game of the season after its Mar. 14 game at Stony Brook was postponed due to snow. The Mountain Hawks haven't played a nonleague opponent since Feb. 18 at North Carolina, a 15-8 loss. The last time Lehigh and Princeton played in Bethlehem, the Mountain Hawks pulled out a 16-15 thriller on a goal scored by Dan Taylor with 16 games remaining. In that game, Stires entered in the fourth quarter and ended up with his first-career win.
After a tough 2016, Princeton has bounced back in a big way, currently owning a 7-3 record. Following a 16-13 loss to Yale, the Tigers have come back with a dominant 21-11 win over Brown and 13-11 victory at Stony Brook. Princeton's only other losses have come to nationally-ranked Hofstra (10-8) and Rutgers (16-11). The Tigers also dominated Johns Hopkins, 18-7. Michael Sowers leads the team in scoring with 55 points behind 27 goals and 28 assists. Gavin McBride has scored a team-leading 34 goals, along with 12 assists for 46 points while Zach Currier has 39 points (17 goals, 22 assists). Currier has also taken the team's most faceoffs, winning 50.5 percent of his attempts (53-of-105) with a team-leading 80 groundballs and team-leading 13 caused turnovers. Tyler Blaisdell has started all 10 games in goal, recording a 10.58 goals against average and .566 save percentage.
Lehigh and Princeton met in 2014 for the first time in 74 years. The Tigers won 10-9 in double overtime before the Mountain Hawks won in 2015 by a thrilling 16-15 final, Lehigh's first win over Princeton since 1890. Overall, Princeton leads the all-time series, 15-2-1. The schools first met in 1888, a 3-1 Princeton win. Lehigh won in 1890 by a 3-1 final and the teams also tied in 1926. Overall, Princeton has won 13 of the last 14 meetings.
Following Tuesday's game, the Mountain Hawks will hit the road for the final time this regular season when they head to Cornell on Saturday. Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m.
Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh men's lacrosse team will look to bounce back from a tough game at Loyola Saturday when it hosts Princeton on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The game is presented by the United States Marines Corps. Tuesday will also be Lehigh's #GoLime cancer awareness event through the HEADstrong organization. It also marks the Mountain Hawks' first of two straight games against the Ivy League as they will travel to Cornell on Saturday, before hosting Bucknell in the regular season finale next Friday (Apr. 21). Tuesday's game will be broadcast live on the Patriot League Network, and on Twitter.
Lehigh's players and coaches will wear lime green shoelaces on Tuesday. HEADstrong Foundation was founded by Nicholas Colleluori, a Division I athlete entering his sophomore year at Hofstra University when he was terminally diagnosed with cancer. His public fight from the sidelines captivated the nation and from his hospital bed, he created an organization focused on empowering student-athletes to improve lives affected by the disease. Colleluori built an awareness platform driven by lime green shoelaces, the national awareness color for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He empowered his own family and in the last days of his life, asked them to pick up the ball where he left off. It's a promise that the Colleluori family continues to fulfill through the essential programs and services offered by the HEADstrong Foundation. Starting in 2007, HEADstrong's mission of improving lives affected by cancer is now a nationally-recognized brand that has raised over nine million dollars. Lehigh fans can contribute to Lehigh's team donation page, and help in the fight against cancer, by clicking here.
Lehigh students can take the Campus Connector bus to the game, with buses set to leave at 6:30 p.m. from Packer Ave. and 6:34 from Pi Beta Phi. Buses will continually run back from the Goodman Campus at 8:33, 8:53, 9:13, 9:33, etc. For the complete campus connector bus schedule, please click here.
The Mountain Hawks are coming off a tough 14-5 defeat at No. 19 Loyola on Saturday. Loyola scored first, but goals from senior Ian Strain and sophomore Tristan Rai gave the Mountain Hawks a 2-1 lead with 9:21 remaining in the first quarter. However, the Greyhounds went on to score the next 10 goals to take an 11-2 lead late in the third quarter. Lehigh got goals from sophomore Mickey Fitzpatrick, Strain and senior Anthony Ramaizel in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't nearly enough.
Strain finished with two goals to tie a career high while Rai finished with a goal and assist. Sophomore Craig Chick tallied two caused turnovers to up his season total to 31 while classmate Eddie Bouhall recorded four groundballs and a caused turnover. Lehigh's goaltending impressed as senior Donny Stires recorded 10 saves over the first three quarters in his second straight start and sophomore Chris Kiernan made seven saves on 10 shots in the fourth quarter. Loyola controlled possession all game, winning 16-of-22 faceoffs, including 13-of-16 over the first three quarters. Sophomore Matt Ernst did end the game 4-of-7 with two groundballs.
Tuesday will mark Lehigh's first midweek game of the season after its Mar. 14 game at Stony Brook was postponed due to snow. The Mountain Hawks haven't played a nonleague opponent since Feb. 18 at North Carolina, a 15-8 loss. The last time Lehigh and Princeton played in Bethlehem, the Mountain Hawks pulled out a 16-15 thriller on a goal scored by Dan Taylor with 16 games remaining. In that game, Stires entered in the fourth quarter and ended up with his first-career win.
After a tough 2016, Princeton has bounced back in a big way, currently owning a 7-3 record. Following a 16-13 loss to Yale, the Tigers have come back with a dominant 21-11 win over Brown and 13-11 victory at Stony Brook. Princeton's only other losses have come to nationally-ranked Hofstra (10-8) and Rutgers (16-11). The Tigers also dominated Johns Hopkins, 18-7. Michael Sowers leads the team in scoring with 55 points behind 27 goals and 28 assists. Gavin McBride has scored a team-leading 34 goals, along with 12 assists for 46 points while Zach Currier has 39 points (17 goals, 22 assists). Currier has also taken the team's most faceoffs, winning 50.5 percent of his attempts (53-of-105) with a team-leading 80 groundballs and team-leading 13 caused turnovers. Tyler Blaisdell has started all 10 games in goal, recording a 10.58 goals against average and .566 save percentage.
Lehigh and Princeton met in 2014 for the first time in 74 years. The Tigers won 10-9 in double overtime before the Mountain Hawks won in 2015 by a thrilling 16-15 final, Lehigh's first win over Princeton since 1890. Overall, Princeton leads the all-time series, 15-2-1. The schools first met in 1888, a 3-1 Princeton win. Lehigh won in 1890 by a 3-1 final and the teams also tied in 1926. Overall, Princeton has won 13 of the last 14 meetings.
Following Tuesday's game, the Mountain Hawks will hit the road for the final time this regular season when they head to Cornell on Saturday. Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m.
Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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