Bill Tierney
Bill Tierney
William Tierneyis an American lacrosse coach who currently heads the men's lacrosse team at the University of Denver. Tierney is the first college lacrosse coach to win an NCAA DI Championship west of the Eastern Time Zone. He has coached seven NCAA DI championship teams, including six at Princeton University and one at the University of Denver. Tierney's teams have had a combined winning percentage of .750...
games princeton
This is one of those games that if you come into Princeton to play big-time games, well this is one of them.
definitely difference guy
Schwartzman was definitely the difference in the first half. But our guy was the difference in the second.
greater less mine role
His role is no less than mine is. And it is a lot greater than mine in some ways.
carry hopefully ivy league
There was a little spark, so hopefully we can carry that into our Ivy League season.
bunch confident create kids sit within
We've got a bunch of athletic, confident kids that play within our system, but we can't sit back anymore. We're going to have more fouls and create more turnovers.
credit dynamic endless goes man princeton
What goes on with Princeton lacrosse is as much to the credit of him as to me and the players. He's a dynamic man with endless energy.
ball break bunch concerned fast force last losing stopping tried trying winning worried
We were worried about possession. We never had the ball up there last year. We tried a bunch of different things. We weren't as concerned with winning or losing the face-off as stopping the fast break or trying to force a turnover. I think we were successful.
ball building care compete confidence huge lost protect
We have got to take care of the little things and protect the ball on offense. We lost a huge opportunity, but it was confidence building in that we can compete at that level.
head imagine listen
You can imagine him nodding his head as you listen to the tape.
advantage bit composure four god good hold knows lost might somebody team
We lost our composure a little bit at the end, and they're good enough to take advantage. You hold somebody to four goals, a team like Cornell, that's averaging god knows what, that's all you can do, its all you can ask. If you told me we were going to hold them to four, I'd say we might at least get five, but we didn't.
lacrosse way united-states
Until box lacrosse grows in the United States, it'll continue to be this way.
kids play lacrosse
If I was US Lacrosse, I wouldn't let any kids play field until they were 10 or 12,
guys harder remarkable senior tough
We are going to have to play them harder than we ever have before. They have remarkable senior leadership, and their guys are making tough shots.
happened knew last lost team
We knew what happened last year. We lost to this team 17-4. We knew how they could score, and we knew we had to not let that happen to have a chance.