Johns Hopkins–Princeton lacrosse rivalry

Johns Hopkins–Princeton lacrosse rivalry
	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays Princeton Tigers
First meeting	Unknown, 1890; Princeton 3, Johns Hopkins 2
Latest meeting	February 29, 2020; Princeton 18, Johns Hopkins 11
Statistics
Meetings total	90
All-time series	Johns Hopkins leads, 59–31
Largest victory	Johns Hopkins, 24–3 (1959)
Longest win streak	Johns Hopkins, 24 (1967–1990)
Current win streak	Princeton, 1 (2020–present)

The Johns Hopkins–Princeton lacrosse rivalry is an intercollegiate lacrosse rivalry between the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays and Princeton Tigers. The teams first met in 1890 but would not meet again until 1930, after which, it became an annual staple on the schedule. Part of the enmity in the rivalry stems from the two school's similarities in high-level academics and lacrosse prominence, along with competing for a similar body of applicants.^[1] Through much of the latter half of the 20th century, Hopkins would dominate the rivalry. The series would resume national importance in the 1990s with the return of Princeton to the game's elite; since 1990, the Tigers have won six national championships and the Jays have claimed two.^[2] With the 90th meeting occurring in 2020, Johns Hopkins leads the series 59–31.^[3]

Series history

Early years (1930s to 1960s)

While the series was first played in 1890,^[4] the teams would not meet for the second time until 1930, as Princeton dropped its team between 1890 and 1921.^[5] One of the most intriguing aspects of the early meetings were their influence on the distinctive black and blue colors of Hopkins. The school's original colors were black and gold, but Princeton's orange black uniforms made the two teams indistinguishable on the field, leading to the creation of Blue Jay blue.^[1]

After three more games, the series became an annual affair in 1937; its only blip being the 1944 season. In the 1937 contest, Princeton would triumph 7–4, winning their third national championship. Continued meetings would have significant national implications, as the teams competed as historic powers. After 23 meetings, Hopkins lead the series by a narrow 12–11 margin. However, after Princeton's one goal victory in 1956, Hopkins would win nine consecutive games until the Tigers topped the Jays in 1966.^[6]

Hopkins dominance (1960s through 1980s)

Hopkins continued to play at a high level in the 1960s, while Princeton began a slow descent after their Ivy League conference championship in 1967. That season, Johns Hopkins routed the Tigers 12 to 2 in Baltimore, the first of 24 straight victories over Princeton.^[6] The Tigers would only come within five goals of the Blue Jays once. Simultaneously, Hopkins dominated the new NCAA Division I tournament, winning seven national championships and appearing in nine more Final Fours. In contrast, blue-blooded Princeton had yet to make its first appearance in the 1980s, while failing to win their first Ivy League title since 1967.

National prominence (1990s to present)

After former Hobart Statesmen coach Jerry Schmidt did not succeed in returning the Tigers to their former glory, Bill Tierney was hired for the 1988 season. Despite a 2–13 record in his first season^[7] and a shutout loss to Hopkins, Tierney would breakthrough during his third year. The 1990 Tigers made their first NCAA appearance and end Hopkins' streak at 24 games, taking the postseason rematch in the tournament to advance to the quarterfinals.^[8] The following year, No. 5 Princeton would win for the second-straight year in Baltimore. In 1992, Hopkins would get revenge^[9] but Princeton would go on to win its first national title in 39 years.^[10]

The rivalry had regained its former prominence as the two teams, along with Syracuse and Virginia, would dominate the decade.^[11] Princeton would win five in this period, with Tierney grabbing a sixth in 2001.^[12] However, Hopkins would be unable to claim a title during the 1990s, their first decade without a championship since the 1880s.^[13] The rivalry was often played as the season opener for both teams during this period, described by Dave Pietramala as designed to "find out where you stand" and that "Everyone wonders, Why do you play Princeton the first game of the year? That is crazy. But hey, it's just as difficult for them to play Hopkins the first game of the year."^[14]

Princeton gained the upper-hand, winning 8 of 12 meetings between the two perennial Top 5 programs in the 90s, including a second NCAA tournament showdown in 1994. The Tigers would win a tense overtime match by a score of 12 to 11,^[15] en route to a second national championship. That victory marked the first for the Tigers in Princeton in 28 years. In 2002, Princeton would again knock the Jays from the tournament, prevailing over No. 1 Hopkins in the Final Four.^[16] However, Pietramala would lead the Jays to its first two national championships since 1987 in the next few years. The series would be relatively even during this era, with the 2000s ending with a narrow 6–5 advantage for Hopkins.

The departure of Tierney in 2009 marked another shift in the rivalry.^[17] Since his exit to Denver, Princeton has only managed two NCAA appearances, with none since 2010. Across the field, Johns Hopkins missed the tournament for the first time since the inaugural edition in 2013, a year in which they lost to No. 12 Princeton in Baltimore.^[18] Hopkins would only make it to one Final Four during the 2015 season,^[19] the same year that the Jays joined the Big Ten Conference.^[20]^[21] Despite the new conference membership and increasing difficulty in non-conference scheduling, they have maintained the annual rivalry with the Tigers. As of 2020, the programs have split the last ten meetings.^[22]

Rival accomplishments

The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.^[3]^[6]^[23]^[24]

Team	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	Princeton Tigers
Pre-NCAA National Titles	35	6
NCAA National Titles	9	6
NCAA Final Four Appearances	29	10
NCAA Tournament Appearances	47	20
NCAA Tournament Record	71–38	30–14
Conference Tournament Titles	2	1
Conference Championships	1	27
Tewaarton Award Recipients	1	0
Lt. Raymond Enners Award Recipients	11	2
Consensus First Team All-Americans	184	78
All-time Program Record	993–346–15	721–502–18
All-time Winning Percentage	.739	.588

Game results

Johns Hopkins victories	Princeton victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	Unknown, 1890	Princeton, NJ	Princeton	3–2
2	Unknown, 1930	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	7–0
3	Unknown, 1931	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	11–1
4	Unknown, 1932	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	11–0
5	Unknown, 1937	Baltimore, MD	Princeton	7–4
6	Unknown, 1938	Baltimore, MD	Princeton	5–2
7	Unknown, 1939	Baltimore, MD	Princeton	4–3
8	Unknown, 1940	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	10–6
9	Unknown, 1941	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	9–3
10	Unknown, 1942	Baltimore, MD	Princeton	4–2
11	Unknown, 1943	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	11–4
12	Unknown, 1945	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	18–4
13	Unknown, 1946	Baltimore, MD	Princeton	12–8
14	Unknown, 1947	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	8–7
15	Unknown, 1948	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	12–6
16	Unknown, 1949	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	10–4
17	Unknown, 1950	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	8–7
18	Unknown, 1951	Baltimore, MD	Princeton	13–11
19	Unknown, 1952	Baltimore, MD	Princeton	5–4
20	Unknown, 1953	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	15–11
21	Unknown, 1954	Princeton, NJ	Princeton	5–2
22	April 23, 1955	Baltimore, MD	Princeton	6–5
23	April 7, 1956	Princeton, NJ	Princeton	7–6
24	April 13, 1957	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	19–6
25	April 12, 1958	Princeton, NJ	Johns Hopkins	16–7
26	April 11, 1959	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	24–3
27	April 9, 1960	Princeton, NJ	Johns Hopkins	8–4
28	April 8, 1961	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	19–6
29	April 7, 1962	Princeton, NJ	Johns Hopkins	15–9
30	April 6, 1963	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	15–8
31	April 4, 1964	Princeton, NJ	Johns Hopkins	8–6

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
32	April 3, 1965	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	10–6
33	April 2, 1966	Princeton, NJ	Princeton	7–1
34	April 1, 1967	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	12–2
35	April 6, 1968	Princeton, NJ	Johns Hopkins	11–4
36	April 5, 1969	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	12–9
37	April 4, 1970	Princeton, NJ	Johns Hopkins	13–7
38	April 3, 1971	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	13–8
39	April 1, 1972	Princeton, NJ	Johns Hopkins	16–8
40	March 31, 1973	Baltimore, MD	No. 2 Johns Hopkins	14–6
41	March 30, 1974	Princeton, NJ	No. 3 Johns Hopkins	21–7
42	April 5, 1975	Baltimore, MD	No. 1 Johns Hopkins	22–11
43	April 3, 1976	Princeton, NJ	No. 2 Johns Hopkins	16–10
44	April 2, 1977	Baltimore, MD	No. 3 Johns Hopkins	15–10
45	April 1, 1978	Princeton, NJ	No. 2 Johns Hopkins	14–7
46	March 31, 1979	Baltimore, MD	No. 1 Johns Hopkins	14–2
47	March 29, 1980	Manhasset, NY	No. 1 Johns Hopkins	8–4
48	March 28, 1981	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	19–4
49	March 27, 1982	Princeton, NJ	No. 2 Johns Hopkins	13–5
50	March 26, 1983	Baltimore, MD	No. 1 Johns Hopkins	12–6
51	March 24, 1984	Princeton, NJ	No. 2 Johns Hopkins	16–6
52	March 23, 1985	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	12–6
53	March 22, 1986	Princeton, NJ	Johns Hopkins	19–7
54	March 21, 1987	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	21–6
55	March 26, 1988	Princeton, NJ	No. 6 Johns Hopkins	9–0
56	March 25, 1989	Baltimore, MD	No. 1 Johns Hopkins	11–5
57	March 2, 1990	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	20–8
58	May 20, 1990	Baltimore, MD	No. 11 Princeton	9–8
59	March 2, 1991	Baltimore, MD	No. 5 Princeton	15–10
60	March 7, 1992	Baltimore, MD	Johns Hopkins	15–14
61	March 6, 1993	Baltimore, MD	No. 2 Princeton	13–11
62	March 5, 1994	Baltimore, MD	No. 3 Princeton	20–11

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
63	May 21, 1994	Princeton, NJ	No. 2 Princeton	12–11^OT
64	March 4, 1995	Baltimore, MD	No. 2 Johns Hopkins	15–14
65	March 2, 1996	Baltimore, MD	No. 3 Princeton	12–9
66	March 1, 1997	Princeton, NJ	No. 1 Princeton	7–6^OT
67	February 28, 1998	Baltimore, MD	No. 1 Princeton	17–10
68	March 6, 1999	Princeton, NJ	No. 2 Johns Hopkins	12–11
69	March 4, 2000	Baltimore, MD	No. 4 Princeton	15–11
70	March 3, 2001	Princeton, NJ	No. 2 Princeton	8–4
71	March 2, 2002	Baltimore, MD	No. 3 Johns Hopkins	8–5
72	May 25, 2002	Piscataway, NJ	No. 4 Princeton	11–9
73	March 1, 2003	Princeton, NJ	No. 3 Johns Hopkins	10–8
74	March 6, 2004	Baltimore, MD	No. 1 Johns Hopkins	14–5
75	March 5, 2005	Princeton, NJ	No. 1 Johns Hopkins	9–6
76	March 4, 2006	Baltimore, MD	No. 10 Princeton	6–4
77	March 3, 2007	Baltimore, MD	No. 9 Johns Hopkins	7–6^2OT
78	March 1, 2008	Baltimore, MD	No. 1 Johns Hopkins	14–9
79	February 28, 2009	Baltimore, MD	No. 9 Princeton	14–8
80	March 6, 2010	Baltimore, MD	No. 7 Princeton	11–10^OT
81	March 5, 2011	Baltimore, MD	No. 10 Princeton	8–3
82	March 2, 2012	Princeton, NJ	No. 2 Johns Hopkins	10–8
83	March 1, 2013	Baltimore, MD	No. 12 Princeton	11–8
84	March 1, 2014	Princeton, NJ	No. 5 Johns Hopkins	15–9
85	February 28, 2015	Baltimore, MD	No. 18 Princeton	16–15
86	March 5, 2016	Baltimore, MD	No. 13 Johns Hopkins	17–7
87	March 3, 2017	Princeton, NJ	Princeton	18–7
88	March 3, 2018	Baltimore, MD	No. 19 Johns Hopkins	16–9
89	March 2, 2019	Princeton, NJ	No. 18 Johns Hopkins	14–12
90	March 1, 2020	Princeton, NJ	No. 8 Princeton	18–11
Series: Johns Hopkins leads 59–31
Source:^[25]

References

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1 2 "Men's Lacrosse Record Book (PDF)" (PDF). Johns Hopkins University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
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↑ "NCAA Tournament Results". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
↑ "Princeton-Syracuse 1992 Title Game Named Men's Lacrosse Game Of The Decade". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
↑ "How Bill Tierney's coaching turned DU Pioneers into lacrosse stars". The Denver Post. May 14, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
↑ Wallace, William N. (April 15, 1998). "LACROSSE: NOTEBOOK – JOHNS HOPKINS; Fanatics in Baltimore Have Reason to Cheer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
↑ "The man, the myth, the legend: Bill Tierney's story far from over – DU Clarion". Retrieved April 22, 2020.
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↑ Wallace, William N. (May 22, 1994). "LACROSSE; Conklin Propels Princeton in Overtime". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
↑ Litsky, Frank (May 26, 2002). "LACROSSE; Princeton and Syracuse to Meet Again in Final". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
↑ Holding, D. "Johns Hopkins vs. Princeton: Princeton Tigers Seek 4th Straight Win in Rivalry". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
↑ Lee, Edward. "No. 14 Princeton knocks off No. 5 Johns Hopkins at Homewood". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
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↑ July 2013, Greg Rienzi / Published (July 1, 2013). "Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse joins Big Ten Conference". The Hub. Retrieved April 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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[:0-1] 1 2 "Princeton still sucks: why lax rivalries will never die". The Johns Hopkins News-Letter. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[2] "College lacrosse teams with the most national championships | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[:1-3] 1 2 "Men's Lacrosse Record Book (PDF)" (PDF). Johns Hopkins University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[4] "Johns Hopkins-Princeton Men's Lacrosse Notes". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[5] "Princeton Hosts Johns Hopkins In The 89th Meeting Between The Two". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[:2-6] 1 2 3 "Year-By-Year Results". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[7] McPhee, John. "Pioneer". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[8] "NCAA Tournament Results". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[9] "Princeton-Syracuse 1992 Title Game Named Men's Lacrosse Game Of The Decade". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[10] "How Bill Tierney's coaching turned DU Pioneers into lacrosse stars". The Denver Post. May 14, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[11] Wallace, William N. (April 15, 1998). "LACROSSE: NOTEBOOK – JOHNS HOPKINS; Fanatics in Baltimore Have Reason to Cheer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[12] "The man, the myth, the legend: Bill Tierney's story far from over – DU Clarion". Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[13] "DI Men's Lacrosse Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[14] "The Johns Hopkins Gazette: February 26, 2001". pages.jh.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[15] Wallace, William N. (May 22, 1994). "LACROSSE; Conklin Propels Princeton in Overtime". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[16] Litsky, Frank (May 26, 2002). "LACROSSE; Princeton and Syracuse to Meet Again in Final". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[17] Holding, D. "Johns Hopkins vs. Princeton: Princeton Tigers Seek 4th Straight Win in Rivalry". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[18] Lee, Edward. "No. 14 Princeton knocks off No. 5 Johns Hopkins at Homewood". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[19] "Full tournament schedule, results". ESPN.com. May 17, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[20] July 2013, Greg Rienzi / Published (July 1, 2013). "Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse joins Big Ten Conference". The Hub. Retrieved April 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[21] Hersh, Philip. "Johns Hopkins makes Big Ten, lacrosse history". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[22] Twitter, Joe O'Gorman jogorman@trentonian com @j_ogorman819 on. "Princeton, Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse set to square off for 89th time". The Trentonian. Retrieved April 22, 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[23] "All-Time All-Americans". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

[24] "National Awards". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

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