March 16, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland's ninth-ranked men's lacrosse team makes its second road trip of the season as the Terps travel to Ithaca, N.Y. to battle the No. 11 Cornell Big Red on Saturday, March 18. Maryland enters the game riding a three-game winning streak after an impressive 13-4 defeat of No. 18 Delaware on Wednesday afternoon. Cornell has a perfect 3-0 record and is off to its best start since a 5-0 start in 1991.

The Coaches

Maryland: Dick Edell (262-116 overall/28th yr., 151-69 at Maryland/17th yr.)
Cornell: Dave Pietramala (16-13 overall/3rd yr., all at Cornell)

Edell Ready To Pass Runk On All-Time Win List
Maryland head coach Dick Edell tied one of the most respected coaches in lacrosse, former Towson mentor Carl Runk, when the Terps defeated Delaware, 13-4 on Wednesday for fourth on the all-time collegiate coaching win chart. Heading into the Cornell game, Edell has a lifetime record of 262-116 in 28 years as a college coach. His win total equals Runk's mark of 262-161.

Next on the list for Edell is Army's Jack Emmer, the man who replaced Edell as the coach at West Point when Edell came to Maryland in 1984. Emmer is also the only man Edell trails on the active coaching win list. In his 31st year overall and 17th at Army, Emmer has a 275-147 career record. (see below)

Last Saturday, with the win over his alma mater Towson, Edell became the first coach in ACC history to reach the 150-win plateau at a conference school. In 17 years with the Terps, Edell has a record of 151-69 (.687).

Game Facts and Coverage

Records & Rankings
Maryland enters Saturday's game against Cornell with a 4-1 record (0-1 in the ACC) coming off a solid 13-4 win over Delaware on Wednesday. The Terps have also defeated Mount St. Mary's (19-3), Bucknell (9-3) and Towson (13-12). Maryland's lone loss came against then-ranked No.5 Duke, 9-8 on March 4.

In the polls, Maryland is ranked No. 9 in the STX/USILA Coaches Poll of March 13 and No. 8 the Baltimore Sun poll of March 13. In the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll of March 13, Maryland has maintained its No. 9 ranking for the second consecutive week. The Terps were ranked No. 8 in the preseason coaches poll released by Face-Off Magazine and No. 9 in the preseason Baltimore Sun poll. Maryland went 9-5 in 1999 and finished the season ranked No. 9 in the USILA Coaches' Poll.

Cornell is 3-0, coming off an impressive 12-8 win over UMBC last Saturday. The Big Red have also defeated Fairfield (15-6) in their season opener and Colgate (12-8) on March 7.

The Big Red are ranked No. 11 in the STX/USILA Coaches Poll of March 13, No. 12 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll of March 13 and No. 13 in the Baltimore Sun poll of March 13. Cornell was ranked No. 18 in the preseason coaches poll released by Face-Off Magazine. Last year, they went 7-6 overall and 4-2 in the Ivy League to finish in a tie for second in the conference.

2000 ACC STANDINGS

Last Week's Action

Mar. 7: Maryland 9, Bucknell 3

Mar. 11: Maryland 13, Towson 12
Loyola 11, Duke 10
Virginia 15, Princeton 9
North Carolina 8, Delaware 7

This Week's Action

Mar. 14: Virginia 17, Rutgers 8
North Carolina 13, Pennsylvania 6

Mar. 15: Maryland 13, Delaware 4

Mar. 18: Virginia at Stony Brook, 1 p.m.
Duke at Brown, 1 p.m.
Maryland at Cornell, 2 p.m.
Ohio State at North Carolina, 2 p.m.

Mollot Among The National Leaders In Assists And Points
Redshirt freshman Mike Mollot has asserted himself as one of the nation's top feeders less than a month into his first collegiate lacrosse season. In just five games, Mollot ranks second in the nation in assists with 13. He had a career-high five against Towson -- all of which came in the first half. Only Bert Whitelock of St. Joseph's has more assists with 17.

Overall, Mollot's 19 points (six goals and 13 assists), ranks tied for seventh in the nation in scoring through games on March 16. Drew Scott of St. Joseph's leads the nation in points with 26.

Mollot Named Maryland Student-Athlete Of Week
Mike Mollot earned the Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after his sensational week (March 6-12) in which he recorded two goals and eight assists in two Maryland wins. Gymnast Gillian Cote shared the award with Mollot.

Series History With Cornell
Maryland holds an 12-2 edge in the all-time series against Cornell, which dates to 1929. The Terps have won the last seven meetings including a 11-6 decision last season at Byrd Stadium on March 20. The only two losses to the Big Red came in NCAA Championship games. Cornell beat Maryland 12-6 in the 1971 final and topped the Terps 16-13 in 1976, in overtime.

Maryland Vs. Cornell In The 1990s (7-0 Maryland)

Head Coach Dick Edell
Maryland's Dick Edell (Towson '67), is in his 28th season of coaching and 17th season at Maryland as one of the all-time coaching greats of the game.

With a 4-1 start this season, Edell has the best career ACC record with a 151-69 (.687), all at Maryland.

With a lifetime record of 262-116 (.693) over 28 years following stints at the University of Baltimore, Army and Maryland, Edell is the nation's second-winningest active coach. Ironically, the only coach Edell trails on the active list is Jack Emmer (275-147), who succeeded Edell at Army in 1984.

With 262 career wins, Edell is tied for fourth as the all-time winningest coach in men's lacrosse annals. He passed former Cornell coach Richie Moran and Syracuse legend Roy Simmons, Sr. last season. He is currently equal with former Towson coach Carl Runk (262). The all-time leader is former UMass coach Dick Garber (300 wins).

"Big Man," as he is affectionately known, has led his teams to 19 NCAA Tournament appearances (15 in Division I), including 11 at Maryland. He has also led the Terps to three ACC championships and three NCAA championship game appearances. He was named the National Coach of the Year by the USILA in 1978 and 1995. He was also selected as the ACC Coach of the Year in 1989, 1992 and 1998.

Winningest Active Coaches (By Wins)

Winningest All-Time Coaches (By Wins)

Winningest Active Coaches (By Win Percentage)

* Minimum 100 games coached, through March 15

The Last Cornell-Maryland Game

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The No. 7 Maryland men's lacrosse team busted out to a 7-0 first quarter lead and never looked back as the Terps recorded an 11-6 win over No. 13 Cornell at Byrd Stadium before 3,538 on March 20, 1999. Maryland's scoring came at a fast pace to open the game as the Terps (4-1) were up 3-0 just 3:36 into the game after a goal by senior Scott Hochstadt, and a pair from junior Brian Zeller.

Both Zeller and Hochstadt finished the day with three goals. Hochstadt continued to write his name into the Maryland record book as he scored his 100th career goal to close the first-quarter onslaught with four seconds left.

Two Terps scored their first college goals. Junior defenseman Jason Carrier and freshman attacker Nate Watkins got into the scoring column for the first time for Maryland. Sophomore attacker Andrew "Buggs" Combs added a pair of goals in the win and attacker Marcus LaChapelle added two more assists to raise his team-high total to 13.

Cornell (2-2) played a strong game in the second and third quarters, outscoring Maryland 5-1 over the periods and cut the Terps' lead to 8-5 with 5:32 left in the third quarter on a goal by Andrew Schardt.

Attacker Josh Morgan scored two goals in the second quarter, when the Big Red outscored Maryland 3-1.

Current Terps Vs. Cornell
Seven current Terps have recorded points against Cornell during their careers at Maryland. Leading the way is Brian Zeller, who has five goals and one assist for six points. Andrew Combs scored two goals last season and has three career points. Both Jason Carrier and Nate Watkins scored their first career goals against Cornell in the 1999 meeting.

Terp Statistics vs. Cornell (Goals-Asst-Pts.)

Facing A Familiar Face
Maryland will see former backup goalie Jarrod Norkus on the opposing sidelines in a Cornell uniform. Norkus spent two seasons with the Terps and played in three games. His most extensive time came against Cornell last season when he made five saves in three minutes.

McGinnis Making Many Saves
Junior Pat McGinnis has been outstanding in his first season as the Terps' starting goalie. In five games, McGinnis has a sensational 6.09 goals against average and a .711 save percentage. He has allowed just 28 goals. He allowed three goals or less for the third time in five appearances this season in the win over Delaware.

McGinnis also gave up three goals to Bucknell on March 7 and allowed just one goal in 45 minutes in his career-starting debut against Mount St. Mary's.

Mollot Makes Mark
Redshirt freshman Mike Mollot stands atop the Maryland scoring chart after five college games. The preseason honorable mention All-American attackman leads the Terps in points with 19 and assists with 13. He has recorded at least three points in four of five games with the Terps including a career-high six points (one goal and five assists) against Towson. In Maryland's last game, he scored two goals.

He had one goal and three assists against Bucknell, three assists against Duke and two goals and two assists in the opener against Mount St. Mary's.

At his current rate, Mollot will surpass last season's leader in assists (Marcus LaChapelle with 18) in the next two games.

Mollot's Assists Most In Two Yrs.
Mike Mollot's single-game assist total of five against Towson was the most by a Maryland player since Andrew Whipple had five against Loyola on May 25, 1998 in the NCAA semifinals.

Last season, the most assists in a game was four, accomplished by Marcus LaChapelle against Duke on March 7, 1999

LaChapelle Leads In Goals
Marcus LaChapelle stands atop the Terps' goal scoring chart with 10 after netting a goal for the fifth straight game against Delaware. Along with Mike LaMonica, LaChapelle is the only other Terrapin to score in every game this season.

He has three straight multi-goal games, recording hat tricks against Duke and Bucknell. Those three-goal performances tie his single-game career high, which was established against North Carolina on March 27, 1999.

LaMonica Sets Career Highs
Mike LaMonica set his single-game career highs of four goals and four points against Towson. All four goals came in the first half.

The star performance was especially sweet for LaMonica, who's mother Lynda Filbert is a gymnastics coach for the Tigers.

Updating Scoring Streaks
Dating back to last season, three players have point-scoring streaks spanning at least six games led by Chris Malone, who has scored in nine straight games (9 goals, 9 assists, 18 points).

Marcus LaChapelle has scored in eight straight (12-7-19) and Mike LaMonica has scored at least one goal in each of his last seven games (13-0-13) dating to the 1999 season.

Zeller Leads Active Career Chart
Senior captain Brian Zeller, who equaled his personal career-high with three assists against Delaware and leads all active Terps in career scoring with 86 points on 59 goals and 27 assists.

He is 43 points from cracking the all-time Top 20 in career scoring. Pat O'Meally (1971-74) stands 20th with 129 points.

Man-Up & Man-Down Units Click
Maryland's extra-man unit has scored at least one goal in each game this season. The unit has scored three goals in each of the Terps' last two games. Against Towson Brian Zeller, Mike LaMonica and Chris Malone scored.

Versus Delaware the Terps were a perfect three-for-three as LaMonica netted two goals and Andrew Combs scored his second man-up goal of the season.

LaMonica leads the Terps in man-up goals with four.

Overall, Maryland has 11 extra-man goals on 24 opportunities, a 45.8 percentage.

On the defensive side, Maryland has allowed just three extra-man goals this season. They have killed off 19 of 22 penalties without allowing a goal. Opponents have scored on just 13.6 percent of their extra-man chances.

Shirk On Face-Offs
In his first season as a primary face-off man, Jeff Shirk has been strong on face-offs all season. He has won 50 percent or more his face-offs in every game, following a five-for-nine showing against Delaware.

Overall, Shirk has won 25 of 43 face-offs, 58.1 percent of his draws.

Morsell Passes Career Marks
Mike Morsell has emerged as a weapon for the Terps, scoring the game-winner against Towson. With six goals for six points this season, the sophomore has already passed last season's totals of two goals and three points.

Morsell is also the Terps most accurate shooter, scoring in 53.8 percent (7/13) of his shots. He is followed by Scott Hochstadt (50.0) and Marcus LaChapelle, who has scored on 45.5 percent of his shots.

Hochstadt Scores Again
Sophomore Craig Hochstadt scored in back-to-back games for the first time in his career after scoring late in the second quarter against Delaware to make the score 9-2.

His second goal of the season came against Towson to tie the game at 6-6 in the second quarter. He had scored his first goal of the season against Duke to bring the Terps to within 8-7 late in the third quarter.

Hochstadt, who had three assists against Mount St. Mary's, scored one goal in his freshman campaign with the Terps, when he scored against Dartmouth on March 23, 1999.

Burnham Nets First In Two Yrs.
Defensive midfielder Geoff Burnham scored on a full-field rush after Carrington King won a face-off in the fourth quarter. It was Burnham's second-career goal. He scored his first career goal in an NCAA First Round game against Butler on May 10, 1998.

Burnham leads all Maryland field players in groundballs with 29. Only goalie Pat McGinnis has more groundballs with 34. Burnham has scooped at least four groundballs in each game this season and has 12 over the last two games.

Scoring Initiation
Six different Terp freshmen scored their first collegiate goals against Mount St. Mary's, led by Mike Mollot, who tallied twice. Willy Passavia, Chris Edwards, Brett Harper, Sean Leary and Ricky Sears also scored in their initial college games.

Freshman Jamie Daue recorded his first point on an assist to Leary in the fourth.

Terps By The Numbers

1
Mike Mollot earned his first Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week Award last week.

2
Mike Mollot ranks No. 2 in the nation in assists with 13. Only Bert Whitelock of St. Joseph's has more with 17.

2
Two Terps, Mike LaMonica and Marcus LaChapelle have scored goals in all five games this season.

2
Maryland's only two losses to Cornell have come in NCAA Championship games in 1971 and 1976.

3
Maryland has played in the national championship game in three of the last five years.

3
Maryland scored on all three of its extra-man opportunities against Delaware.

4
Mike LaMonica scored his career-high, four goals against Towson on Saturday.

4
Dick Edell is tied with former Towson coach Carl Runk as the fourth all-time winningest coach in collegiate lacrosse history with 262 wins.

5
Mike Mollot recorded five assists -- all in the first half -- against Towson, the most by a Terp since Andrew Whipple had five against Loyola on May 25, 1998.

6.09
Pat McGinnis has a super 6.09 goals against average through five games.

7
Maryland has won seven straight games against Cornell.

10
Marcus LaChapelle leads the Terps in goals with 10.

19
Mike Mollot leads the Terps in points with 19 (six goals and 13 assists).

22
Pat McGinnis made a career-high 22 saves against Bucknell on March 7.

45.8
Maryland has scored on 45.8 percent of its extra-man opportunities this season (11-for-24).

75
This is the 75th season of varsity men's lacrosse at Maryland.

86
Brian Zeller leads all active players in career scoring with 59 goals and 27 assists for 86 points.

151
Dick Edell is the ACC's all-time leader in victories with a 151-69 record in 17 years at Maryland.

262
Dick Edell ranks fifth all-time in career-coaching wins with a 261-116 lifetime record.

The Terps' Last Game:
#9 Maryland 13, #18 Delaware 4

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- No. 9 Maryland (4-1 overall) jumped all over No. 18 Delaware (2-3 overall) as the Terps posted an impressive 13-4 victory at a sunny Byrd Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Andrew "Buggs" Combs got the Terps off to a quick start, scoring an extra-man goal just 1:03 into the contest and went on to equal his career-high in goals with three. Combs also tallied the eventual game-winner to make the score 5-1, 1:10 into the second quarter.

The Terps built a 4-1 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 9-2, at halftime behind a well-rounded offensive attack and superb defense, anchored by junior goalie Pat McGinnis, who stopped 15 Blue Hen shots. McGinnis allowed just three goals, marking the third time in five games McGinnis has held opponents to three goals or less. McGinnis' goals against average now stands at 6.09 and his save percentage is .711.

Maryland received two-goal efforts from Mike LaMonica and Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week Mike Mollot. Both of LaMonica's goals came on the extra-man unit, which had a great day scoring on all three opportunities. Senior midfielder Brian Zeller handed out three assists to equal his career single-game mark in that category.

Marcus LaChapelle added to his team-high goal total, netting his 10th of the season in the second quarter. Joining LaChapelle with one goal in the game were Geoff Burnham, Chris Edwards, Craig Hochstadt, Mike Morsell and Willy Passavia.

The win also signaled the 262nd career win for Maryland coach Dick Edell, who now stands tied with former Towson coach Carl Runk for fourth on the all-time collegiate coaching win list. Edell, who is the ACC's winningest coach with a record of 151-69 at Maryland, is now 262-116 in 28 seasons overall at Maryland, Army and the University of Baltimore, dating back to 1973.

Maryland, which has won three games in a row, outshot the Blue Hens 42-32 and scooped up 63 groundballs, as compared to 37 for Delaware. The game between the teams was the first since a May 4, 1988 meeting, which was the first night lacrosse game played at Byrd Stadium, a 17-7 Terp win.

WMAR Broadcast Information
WMAR-TV (Channel 2) in Baltimore will continue its bold concept in telecasting college lacrosse in the state of Maryland by presenting the Lacrosse Game of the Week. Starting March 4 and continuing through Saturday, May 6, WMAR will broadcast 13 games live. Included in the package are two Maryland games both in prime time. The Terps will host defending national champion Virginia on March 31. Maryland's other game on WMAR comes on April 15, as part of a men's-women's doubleheader at Johns Hopkins. The five-time defending Terp women face the Blue Jays at 5:30 p.m. Former All-America goalie Quint Kessenich joins WMAR's broadcast team of Scott Garceau and Keith Mills to bring the Baltimore area the greatest lacrosse television coverage ever.

Remaining WMAR Schedule

WMUC Broadcast Information
Maryland's student radio station WMUC (88.1 FM) will broadcast at least eight games this season. Steve Tischo and Rob Jemella anchor the coverage.

Remaining WMUC Schedule

Maryland Sports On umterps.com
All the latest in Terrapin sports news is at your computer fingertips by accessing www.umterps.com. Men's lacrosse recaps are available following every game, as well as biographies on every player. Notes and statistics are updated weekly.

ACCs, NCAAs At Byrd In 2000
Byrd Stadium will host the ACC Tournament for the third time, the first time since 1993 on the weekend of April 21-23.

The semifinals will be played on Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The final will take place on Sunday, April 23 at 3:30 p.m. and be broadcast live on HTS.

The ACC women's lacrosse tournament will also take place at Ludwig Field on the Maryland campus that weekend.

Maryland was home to the conference tournament in 1992. North Carolina captured both the '92 and '93 titles.

The 2000 men's lacrosse NCAA semifinals and championship game return to Byrd Stadium for a record 10th time this May.

The semifinals take place on Saturday, May 27, with action getting underway at noon. The championship game will be played Monday, May 29 at 10:55 a.m. The semifinals will be broadcast on ESPN2 and the final on ESPN.

College Park has been the site of nine NCAA championship games (1972, '79, '89, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '99), the most of any site.

Seven Signed For 2001 Season
University of Maryland men's lacrosse coach Dick Edell announced the signing of seven high school seniors to national letters of intent to begin play with the nationally-ranked team for the 2001 season.

J.R. Bordley (Vienna, Va./Landon School), Paul Gillette (Millersville, Md./Severna Park), Dan LaMonica (Lutherville, Md./Boys' Latin), Chris Passavia (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville), Jeremy Pastula (Yorktown, N.Y./Yorktown), Dave Wagner (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) and Lee Zink (Rowayton, Conn./Darien) have all signed on to wear the red, gold, black and white of Maryland.

Preseason Polls & Schedule Strength
Maryland entered the 2000 season ranked No. 8 in the preseason coaches poll conducted by Face-Off Magazine. The Terps face one of the toughest schedules in 2000, taking on six teams ranked in the top 12 of the preseason coaches' poll. Maryland faces defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Virginia, No. 3 Johns Hopkins, No. 5 Duke, No. 10 North Carolina, No. 11 UMBC and No. 12 Navy. The Terps also face three other teams ranked in the top 20: No. 17 Delaware, No. 18 Cornell and No. 19 Towson.

In playing nine teams ranked in the preseason coaches poll, Maryland enters the 2000 season with the seventh-toughest schedule according to Face-Off Magazine. The Terps' schedule rates 11.00 in degree of difficulty. Johns Hopkins plays the toughest schedule according to the system (15.00), followed by Virginia (13.55), North Carolina (12.29), Syracuse (12.00), Duke (11.36) and Rutgers (11.07).

TERPS IN THE POLLS

2000 STX/USILA Coaches' Poll (3/13/00)

Others Rec. votes: Harvard, Lehigh, Hobart, Brown, Penn State, Towson, Villanova, Fairfield, Ohio State

2000 Inside Lacrosse Media Poll (3/13/00)

Others receiving votes: Butler 20, Denver 19, Towson 12, Harvard 6, Lehigh 4, Fairfield 1, Ohio State 1.

2000 Baltimore Sun Poll (3/13/00)