NJIT men's lacrosse travels to Princeton on Saturday, February 18 to take on the Tigers at Sherrerd Field at the Class of 1952 Stadium for a 3pm start.
ALL TIME SERIES
Princeton leads the series 1-0, defeating the Highlanders 21-4 last season.
NJIT received four goals from four different players in the game, with one being points leader
Aaron Forster.
A LOOK AT THE TIGERS
Captained by Gavin McBride and Bear Goldstein, this will be the Tigers first game of 2017.
McBride led Princeton last year with 26 goals, and has scored at least one point in every game in the last two years.
Pre-season all-American Zach Currier also returns. Currier posted big numbers for Princeton last season with 14 goals, 17 assists, a team-leading 75 ground balls and 15 caused turnovers.
Austin Sims, the Tigers second leading scorer last season with 23, is the captain of the U.S. U-19 men's lacrosse team.
In goal, Tyler Blaisdell started every game in 2016 for Princeton, tallying a 4-7 record with 107 saves and a .448 save percentage.
A LOOK AT THE HIGHLANDERS
Sophomore
Matt Brown leads the Highlanders in goals so far with two, which his scored against Lehigh on February 4.
Freshman
Ryan Kaden and senior
Ryan Callaghan each have a goal and an assist so far on the year and defenseman
Kevin Falteisek posted the first goal in his career against Lehigh.
Goalie
Nick Marzullo posted 15 saves in the Highlanders loss to Lehigh, and holds a .500 save percentage going into Saturday's game.
On defense
John Tachon and
Luke Binder made good starts in the Highlanders first game of 2017. Tachon won two face-offs and grabbed five ground balls. Binder helped NJIT keep Lehigh to 15 goals, six less than the Mountain Hawks scored last season.
NEXT TIME OUT
The Highlanders continue their February travels and head to Lexington, VA on February 25 for a 12pm game against VMI.
