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But the kids were all right for Princeton. Freshman midfielder Jake Froccaro had two goals and two assists and freshman goalie Matt O’Connor out-played Johns Hopkins senior Pierce Bassett, 10 saves to seven. Tigers sophomore attackman Mike MacDonald also had two goals. “We played with a lot of poise. I was pleasantly surprised by it,” Bates said after the nationally-televised game. It was a sign that Princeton could be a long-term threat and continue the program’s recent upward trajectory in Bates’s fourth season since replacing Bill Tierney. After a four-win 2011, the Tigers in 2012 won their first outright regular-season Ivy League title since 2001 and reached the NCAA tournament, finishing 11-5. The Ivy League race — the four- team conference tournament is in early May — figures to prominently feature Cornell and one of the nation’s top players, fifth-year attackman Rob Pannell, back from a broken foot that sidelined him for most of 2012. But for all of Princeton’s youth,
the Tigers also have a star in junior midfielder Tom Schreiber. He was the only Tiger named to the initial 2013 Tewaaraton Award watch list. The high-profile newcomers are attackman Ryan Ambler, Froccaro (younger brother of senior attackman Jeff), defenseman Mark Strabo (younger brother of junior short stick Jack) and O’Connor.
Princeton totally rebuilt its defense from 2012. O’Connor, at 6-foot-2, has a big presence in the cage. He was just the third Princeton goalie to start the season opener of his freshman year in the past 25 years, joining Tyler Fiorito (2009) and Hall of Famer Scott Bacigalupo (1991). “It’s like a new era and a new beginning,” Bates said. “The freshmen are our foundation guys.” LM
>>STICKS ON A PLANE
Lacrosse sticks will be permitted in carry-on luggage starting April 25, the TSA announced as part of a revision to its prohibited items list. An array of sporting equipment and small pocketknives — banned from U.S. aircraft cabins after 9/11 — will now be allowed. There was no stipulation referencing short or long sticks.
20 LACROSSE MAGAZINE April 2013>> A Publication of US Lacrosse
Hampden-Sydney coach Ray Rostan, who earned his 300th win Feb. 16, is a demanding but caring coach. “You can’t play lacrosse without working hard,” he said.
More than a Number Like much of coaching
royalty, what started as an activity in the Cortland State dorm rooms turned into a lifelong career.
From head coaching stints at RIT and Ithaca to his current station at Division III Hampden-Sydney, which he has inhabited for the past 29 years, there has always been a lacrosse stick not too far from Ray Rostan’s hands.
But during one of the biggest milestones of his coaching career, Rostan didn’t have a stick in his hands. He couldn’t. After the Tigers defeated
Mary Washington 9-8 on Feb. 16, his arms and hands were otherwise occupied as he was congratulated on becoming the 11th coach in NCAA men’s lacrosse history to break the 300-win barrier. “Everybody gave him
personal congratulations and a hug,” senior captain Cameron Sheppard said. “I don’t think he knew it was coming.”
Rostan garners respect from across the lacrosse community.
He is Denver coach Bill
Tierney’s best friend; they were the best man in each other’s wedding and each is a godfather to one of the other’s children. Tierney and Rostan, both Long Island natives, first met in 1969 while trying out for the Cortland freshman football team. They also tried out for the freshman lacrosse team despite having no previous playing experience. “For whatever little success I had as a player, Ray was the most influential person,” said Tierney, a National Hall of Famer. “He probably wouldn’t admit that, but I always remember him as being hugely influential and giving me the passion for the game.” TW Johnson, the coach at Hobart and a captain of the 1996 Hampden-Sydney team, has a simple compliment for Rostan: “He is Hampden- Sydney lacrosse.”
Johnson, one of a handful of Hampden-Sydney grads now working as a collegiate head coach, including Jason Archbell at Bowdoin and Mic Grant at Bridgewater (Va.), has always been impressed by Rostan’s ability to embrace all of the players who have gone through the program during his 29 years there. “He’s just an all-around, high-character, good person,” Johnson said. “He truly cares about his players.”
“I just like to see them develop as men in this great sport,” Rostan said. “You can’t play lacrosse without working hard. When you start practice in January, every athlete in our sport has to work hard and I like to see our kids have to work for it and develop. I want them to be the best they can be academically and on the field.”
For more on Rostan, check out the complete story by Jac Coyne at
LaxMagazine.com/Rostan.
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