Princeton, for the 10th time in 13 years, has advanced to the NCAA men's lacrosse Final Four. The Tigers will play Navy at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore in the first of two semifinal games; the other semifinal will match Johns Hopkins and Syracuse. The winners will meet Monday at 2:30 in the championship game.

Princeton vs. Navy

NCAA Tournament * Semifinal Round

The site M&T Bank Stadium * Baltimore, Md.

The date Saturday, May 29, 2004 * 11:30 a.m.

Radio WPRB 103.3 FM/www.goprincetontigers.com

Television ESPN2

The records Princeton: 11-3 (5-1 Ivy League); Navy: 14-2

The coaches Princeton: Bill Tierney (19th season overall, 225-67); Navy: Richie Meade

The series Navy leads 38-15-1

Last meeting Princeton defeated Navy 9-8 * March 21, 1990

May madness - Princeton's NCAA tournament winning percentage of .778 (28-8) is the best in NCAA tournament history.

More madness - Princeton has won six NCAA championships since 1992.

Semi-tough- Princeton is making its 10th semifinal appearance in the last 13 years.

More Semi-tough - Princeton is 8-1 all-time in NCAA semifinal games.

Last Semi-tough - Princeton, who did not play in the Final Four a year ago, has not missed back-to-back Final Fours since 1990 and 1991.

Working overtime - Princeton, who defeated Maryland 9-8 in overtime last week in the quarterfinals, is 6-1 all-time in NCAA tournament games that have gone overtime.

More overtime - Princeton has won six straight NCAA tournament overtime games since a 14-13 loss to Towson in the 1991 quarterfinals. Princeton is 4-0 in overtime in NCAA championship games.

Close shaves - Princeton has played 36 NCAA tournament games, of which 22 have been decided by one or two goals. Princeton is 19-3 in those 22 games.

More close - Princeton is 7-1 in NCAA tournament games decided by one or two goals since the start of the 2000 tournament.

Last close - Princeton has won eight NCAA tournament games since the start of the 2000 tournament; six of those eight have been by one goal.

Quarterly report - Princeton defeated Maryland 9-8 in overtime in the quarterfinals; the Tigers never led that game by more than one goal at any point and trailed by two with two minutes remaining.

History lesson - Princeton and Navy last met during the 1990 regular season.

More history - Princeton defeated Navy 9-8 in double overtime on March 21, 1990 in the last meeting between the schools. The win over Navy improved Bill Tierney to 11-22 in his Princeton career; since that win, he is 170-35 with six NCAA championships.

Ancient history - Princeton and Navy first played in 1925. The teams met ever year except three from 1934 through 1988.

A league of their own - Princeton has won at least a share of the Ivy League title each of the last 10 years.

More league - Princeton tied Cornell for the Ivy League championship this season.

Last league - Princeton will be the third straight Ivy League opponent in the NCAA tournament for Navy, who defeated Penn in the opening round and Cornell in the quarterfinals.

I'm honored - Princeton's Ryan Boyle is the 2004 Ivy League Player of the Year. Boyle, who also won in 2002, joined Cornell's Eamon McEneaney (1975, 1977) as the only two players ever to be named Ivy League Player of the Year twice.

More honored - Princeton's Peter Trombino is the 2004 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

Still more honored - Princeton has three first-team All-Ivy League selections (Ryan Boyle, Rickey Schultz, Oliver Barry) and two second-team All-Ivy League selections (Jason Doneger, Drew Casino).

Starting Over - Princeton has rebuilt its team in one year: Princeton's starting lineup, NCAA quarterfinals vs. Syracuse 2003 (graduated players in bold): Attack Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger, Sean Hartofilis First Midfield Brad Dumont, Owen Daly, Matt Trevenen Defense Brian Lieberman, Damien Davis, Ricky Schultz Longstick Midfield Joe Rosenbaum Shortstick Defensive Midfield Anthony Perna Goalie Julian Gould * Princeton's starting lineup, NCAA semifinal vs. Navy 2004 (first-year starters in bold): Attack Ryan Boyle, Jason Doneger, Peter Trombino First Midfield Whitney Hayes, Drew Casino, Scott Sowanick Defense Tim Sullivan, Ricky Schultz, Oliver Barry Longstick Midfield Zachary Jungers Shortstick Defensive Midfield Dave Willard, Ryan Schoenig, Jared Keating Goalie Dave Law

First time for everything - Of the 32 players who played in Princeton's 12-4 win over Rutgers in the opening round, only eight had ever played in an NCAA tournament game before.

More first time - Of Princeton's 10 starters in this year's NCAA tournament, only three (Ryan Boyle, Ricky Schultz, Jason Doneger) had ever started an NCAA tournament game before.

Last first - Prior to the start of this year's tournament, Ryan Boyle and Jason Doneger had been the only two Princeton players to score a goal in an NCAA tournament game.

Fresh faces - Princeton freshmen Whitney Hayes, Peter Trombino and Scott Sowanick have combined for eight goals and two assists in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.

More fresh - Princeton's freshmen have combined to score 50 goals in 14 games; Princeton's freshmen last year combined for one goal, and Princeton's freshmen the year before combined for no goals.

Still more fresh - Freshmen Peter Trombino (34), Scott Sowanick (23) and Whitney Hayes (25) all have at least 20 points this season. The only other time Princeton had three freshmen with at least 20 points in the same season was 1995, when Jesse Hubbard, Chris Massey and Jon Hess all had at least 20.

Still more fresh - Peter Trombino (22-11), Whitney Hayes (11-14) and Scott Sowanick (13-10) are three of eight Princeton freshmen ever to have double figures in goals and assists.

Last fresh - Peter Trombino became the first Princeton freshman ever to score a goal in overtime in the NCAA tournament when he scored 1:42 into OT last weekend against Maryland.

Keeping good company - Peter Trombino, Scott Sowanick and Whitney Hayes have combined for 82 points (47 goals, 35 assists, 5.9 ppg) in 14 games; Jesse Hubbard, Chris Massey and Jon Hess combined for 84 points (56 goals, 28 assists, 5.6 ppg) as freshmen in 1995.

Record label - Peter Trombino is tied with Jesse Hubbard for second place all-time among Princeton freshmen with 23 goals. He needs two to tie B.J. Prager for the Princeton freshman record.

Long in the tooth - Princeton's top two longstick midfielders are freshmen (Zachary Jungers, John Bennett).

Highly defensive- Despite graduating its two-year starting goalie, two four-year starters on close defense, a four-year starter at longstick midfield and the top shortstick defensive midfielder from a year ago, Princeton has allowed fewer goals per game this year (8.14) than last year (8.20).

Princeton Lacrosse '04 ... By The Numbers

0 losses in the NCAA tournament to teams other than Syracuse since 1991 (in 22 games)

1 margin of victory in six of Princeton's last eight NCAA tournament wins

2 number of players who have been Ivy League Player of the Year twice (Ryan Boyle in 2002 and 2004; Cornell's Eamon McEneaney in 1975 and 1977)

2 number of consecutive years Jason Doneger has led the Ivy League in goals scored

2 number of career NCAA tournament overtime points for Ryan Boyle; no other Princeton player has ever scored more than one

2 number of goals Princeton trailed Maryland by with two minutes remaining in last week's quarterfinal round

3 number of points Ryan Boyle had in the final two minutes of regulation and overtime last week (two goals in regulation, including the tying goal with 12 seconds, and an assist in overtime)

3 number of Princeton players who have ever had at least 20 goals and at least 40 assists in same season (Kevin Lowe, Jon Hess and Ryan Boyle this season)

4 number of players Princeton has who had started a game prior to this season (Ryan Boyle, Ricky Schultz, Oliver Barry, Jason Doneger)

4 number of years Ryan Boyle has led Princeton in scoring; only Kevin Lowe had ever led the team in scoring four times previously

5 number of more shots Princeton has taken than its opponents; Princeton has scored 34 more goals than its opponents

6 NCAA championships Princeton has won since 1992

8 Princeton freshmen who have ever had double figures in goals and assists; Peter Trombino, Scott Sowanick and Whitney Hayes have all done it this season

8 number of wins Princeton has in NCAA semifinal games, out of nine trips to the semifinals

8.1 goals per game allowed this year, despite graduating two four-year starters on close defense, one four-year longstick midfielder, a two-year starter in goal and the top shortstick defensive midfielder

8.2 goals per game allowed last year

10 number of Final Fours in the last 13 years

10 number of consecutive Ivy League championships Princeton has won

13 face-offs Drew Casino has won in 16 attempts in two rounds of NCAA tournament

14 games in which Peter Trombino has scored at least one goal this season; previous Princeton record for consecutive games with at least one goal to start a freshman season had been 10, set by Lorne Smith in 1996

15 number of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances for Princeton; prior to that, Princeton had never played in the NCAA tournament

21 goals scored by Drew Casino this season after scoring nine for his career prior to this season; Casino is the first Princeton player to score at least 20 goals as a senior after having fewer than 10 for his first three years

30 number of consecutive games Jason Doneger has with at least one goal, the second-longest streak in school history; the longest streak is 46, held by Chris Massey from 1995-98

50 number of goals Princeton's freshmen have scored this season after scoring one last year and none two years ago

78 number of Ivy League wins in Princeton's last 84 Ivy League games

82 number of points Peter Trombino, Scott Sowanick and Whitney Hayes have combined for this season in 14 games

84 number of points Jesse Hubbard, Chris Massey and Jon Hess combined for in 15 games as freshmen in 1995

88 Ryan Boyle's assists in Ivy League games only, the league's career record

159 Ryan Boyle's career assists, second only to Kevin Lowe's 174 in school history

228 Ryan Boyle's career points, second only to Kevin Lowe's 247 in school history

40,074 total combined attendance for Princeton's first 14 games

What can you say about? ...

... Oliver Barry * a first-team All-Ivy League selection * started every game on defense * has 26 groundballs * had an assist against Penn

... John Bennett * has been one of top two longstick midfielders * also plays on the wing on face-offs

... Ryan Boyle * 2004 Ivy League Player of the Year * 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year * second player ever to win Ivy Player of the Year twice, along with Cornell's Eamon McEneaney (1975, 1977) * three-time unanimous first-team All-Ivy League * 2003 first-team All-America * scored three goals and had two assists against Maryland last year despite being matched against All-America defenseman Chris Passavia * scored two goals in the final 1:55 against Maryland, including one with 12 seconds remaining, to tie score and send game to overtime; assisted on Peter Trombino's game-winning goal in overtime * scored a career-high four goals against Rutgers in opening round; he had scored three goals in a game six times prior to that and once since * has 11 goals and 22 assists in 10 career NCAA tournament games * has two career NCAA tournament overtime assists; is the only Princeton player ever with more than one career overtime point in NCAA tournament games * Ivy League record-holder for assists in league games in a season (32) and career (88) * has 22 goals and 41 assists to join Kevin Lowe and Jon Hess as only Princeton players ever with at least 20 goals and at least 40 assists in a season * 22 goals are a career high * leads Division I in assists per game with 2.93 and tied for Division I lead in total assists with 41 (with Bucknell's Chris Cara) * has the first-, sixth- and ninth-best single-season assist totals in Princeton history * 63 points are a career-high and are seventh-best single-season total in school history * led Ivy League in assists and points scored * leads Princeton in scoring; will become second player in school history to lead team in scoring four times (Kevin Lowe was first) * ranks second all-time in points scored at Princeton with 228 (trailing only Kevin Lowe's 247) * ranks second all-time in assists at Princeton with 159 (trailing only Kevin Lowe's 174) * had three goals and three assists against Syracuse earlier this season * assisted on B.J. Prager's overtime goal against Syracuse in overtime to win the 2001 NCAA championship * has at least one point in every game of career

... Mac Bryson * has six goals and one assist * has been on second midfield unit * had two goals in win at Virginia

... Drew Casino * a second-team All-Ivy League selection * has 21 goals and five assists * had nine goals for his first three years combined * became first player in school history to have at least 20 goals as a senior after having fewer than 10 for first three seasons combined * had at least one goal in each of first 13 games this season * also one of two face-off men; has won 65 of 126 draws * has won 13 of 16 face-offs in NCAA tournament * one of three current Princeton players to play in the 2001 NCAA championship game

... Jason Doneger * a second-team All-Ivy League selection * leads Ivy League with 36 goals * has 77 goals in last 29 games * has 10 goals in six career NCAA tournament games * has as many games with three or more goals than fewer than three goals this season (seven of each) * has at least one goal in 30 straight games, the second-longest streak in school history ... Chris Massey scored at least one goal in 46 straight games from 1995-98 * Academic All-Ivy League selection

... Dixon Hayes * one of top shortstick defensive midfielders * also a wingman on face-offs * has 17 groundballs * older brother of Tiger freshman Whitney Hayes * graduate of Princeton High School

... Whitney Hayes * has 11 goals and 14 assists for 25 points * had at least one point in 12 of 14 games * has three goals and two assists in NCAA tournament * had two goals last week against Maryland * had a goal and two assists in win over Rutgers opening round, including key goal with 22 seconds remaining in first half * has started the last nine games on first midfield * had three assists against Cornell, two of which came in the final two minutes as Princeton rallied from three-goal deficit to force overtime ... Grant Hewit * one of top shortstick defensive midfielders * younger brother Alex is an All-America high school goalie who will play at Princeton next season

... Zachary Jungers * No. 1 longstick midfielder on team * started on close defense for first two games of season in place of injured Tim Sullivan

... Jared Keating * one of top shortstick defensive midfielders * started his own venture capital research group

... Erik Kudla * moved to man-up unit midway through the season * has three goals, all on man-up situations * had two man-up goals against Cornell

... Dave Law * started all 14 games in goal * has played 759:42 of team's 842:45 minutes * has a 7.74 goals-against average * made eight saves last week against Maryland * made eight saves in opening round against Rutgers * has a .571 save percentage in the NCAA tournament * Ivy League Player of the Week after making 15 saves in 8-7 win over Virginia

... Jim O'Brien * has played in the second midfield unit all season * scored goal last week against Maryland * has six goals and two assists * had first career two-goal game against Harvard

... Ryan Schoenig * has played longstick and shortstick defense * scored one goal, as a longstick, against Quinnipiac * has only goal by a Princeton longstick * has won 77 of 143 face-offs * won 9 of 10 face-offs against Dartmouth

... Ricky Schultz * a first-team All-Ivy League selection * was Princeton's only returning starter among its close defense, longstick midfield, defensive shortstick midfield and goalie * has started for three seasons * one of three current Princeton players to play in the 2001 NCAA championship game

... Scott Sowanick * started every game on first midfield * has 13 goals and 10 assists * one of eight Tiger freshmen ever with double figures in goals and assists * had two goals against Rutgers in first round of tournament * had four assists against Brown * has at least one point in 11 of 14 games * has eight multiple-point games

... Tim Sullivan * started last 10 games on defense * did not start first two games after suffering preseason ankle injury

... Peter Trombino * 2004 Ivy League Rookie of the Year * four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week * scored game-winning goal 1:42 into overtime last week in quarterfinal win over Maryland * first Princeton freshman ever to score a goal in overtime in an NCAA tournament game * has 23 goals and 11 assists * has at least one goal in every game * set Princeton record by scoring at least one goal in first 14 games of freshman season (old record had been 10 by Lorne Smith in 1996) * third all-time among Princeton freshmen in points with 34, trailing Kevin Lowe (55) and Ryan Boyle (52) * tied for second all-time with Jesse Hubbard among Princeton freshmen in goals with 23, trailing only B.J. Prager (25) * first Princeton freshman ever with at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists * joined Jon Hess and Ryan Boyle as the only Princeton players in the last 10 years with at least 20 goals and at least 10 assists in same season * has 23 goals on 50 shots for team-best .460 shooting percentage * had two goals in opening round against Rutgers

... Dave Willard * one of top shortstick defensive midfielders * member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars * fluent in Chinese