March 20, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Coming off its second one-goal victory in a week, No. 7 Maryland goes for its fifth straight win, when the Terps welcome Vermont to Byrd Stadium on Tuesday, March 21 at 4 p.m. The Terps came back from a three-goal deficit in the second quarter to defeat No. 11 Cornell last Saturday in Ithaca, N.Y., 8-7 on Chris Malone's (Timonium, Md.) game-winner with 7:09 left in regulation. Exactly one week earlier on March 11, Mike Morsell (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) scored with 28 seconds left to lift Maryland to a 13-12 win over Towson at Byrd Stadium. The meeting between the Terps and Catamounts will be the first-ever between the schools.

Game Facts and Coverage

Game 7: Vermont at No. 7 Maryland
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
Time: 1 p.m. (ET)
Site: Byrd Stadium (48,055), College Park, Md.

2000 Records: Maryland: 5-1 (0-1 ACC), Vermont: 3-0 (0-0 America East)

Series History: First meeting

The Coaches: Maryland: Dick Edell (263-116 overall/28th yr., 152-69 at Maryland/17th yr.)
Vermont: Steve Beville (107-66 overall/11th yr., 7-11 at Vermont/2nd yr.)

Edell Moves Into Fourth On All-Time Win List
Maryland head coach Dick Edell passed former Towson mentor Carl Runk for fourth on the all-time collegiate coaching win list with the Terps' 8-7 win over Cornell on Saturday. The win was especially sweet because it came on Edell's 57th birthday. Edell's record currently stands at 263-116 in 28 years at Maryland, Army and the University of Baltimore, Runk's record was 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 275-148 career record.

Edell became the first coach in ACC history to reach the 150-win plateau at a conference school earlier this month with the win over Towson. In 17 years with the Terps, Edell has a record of 152-69 (.688).

Records & Rankings
Maryland enters Tuesday's game against Vermont with a 5-1 record (0-1 in the ACC) coming off a thrilling 8-7 comeback win at Cornell, last Saturday. The Terps have also defeated Mount St. Mary's (19-3), Bucknell (9-3), Towson (13-12) and Delaware (13-4). Maryland's lone loss came against then-ranked No. 5 Duke, 9-8 on March 4.

In the polls, Maryland is ranked tied for No. 7 with Johns Hopkins in the STX/USILA Coaches Poll of March 20 and No. 8 the Baltimore Sun poll of March 13. In the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll of March 13, Maryland 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.

Vermont is 2-2, coming off a 14-6 loss to No. 17 Massachusetts last Saturday in Amherst, Mass. The Catamounts have defeated Sacred Heart (8-7) on March 8 and Holy Cross (10-2) on March 11. Their other loss came to Fairfield in the season opener, 19-6 on Feb. 27.

The Catamounts are not ranked in any of the three major polls. Last year, they went 5-9 overall, in Steve Beville's first year in Burlington after coaching at Colorado College for 10 seasons.

2000 ACC STANDINGS

Teams	Overall	Pct.	ACC	Pct.
Duke	3-2	.600	1-0	1.000
North Carolina	6-0	1.000	0-0	.000
Virginia	3-1	.750	0-0	.000
Maryland	5-1	.833	0-1	.000

Last Week's Action

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

Mar. 15: Maryland 13, Delaware 4

Mar. 18: Virginia 19, Stony Brook 5
Brown 10, Duke 9
Maryland 8, Cornell 7
North Carolina 13, Ohio State 8

This Week's Action

Mar. 21: Vermont at Maryland, 4 p.m.

Mar. 22: North Carolina at Duke, 7 p.m.

Mar. 25: Maryland at North Carolina, 1 p.m.
Johns Hopkins at Virginia, 2 p.m.

Mar. 26: Georgetown at Duke, 1 p.m.

Mollot Named Maryland Student-Athlete Of Week
Mike Mollot earned the Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week last 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 Vermont
Tuesday's meeting with the Catamounts is the first-ever against the school from Burlington, Vt., for the Terps. The teams have not played since Vermont's team became varsity status in 1978.

Against teams from Vermont's conference, America East, Maryland has an all-time record of 30-7 (.811).

Maryland's Records Vs. America East Teams

Delaware	6-1, .857
Drexel	1-0, 1.000
Hartford	0-0
Hofstra	6-2, .750
Towson	17-4, .809
Vermont	0-0

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 5-1 start this season, Edell has the best career ACC record with a 152-69 (.688), all at Maryland.

With a lifetime record of 263-116 (.694) 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 (275-148), who succeeded Edell at Army in 1984.

With 263 career wins, Edell is the fourth all-time winningest coach in men's lacrosse annals. He passed former Cornell coach Richie Moran and Syracuse legend Roy Simmons, Sr. last season and former Towson coach Carl Runk (262) with the Terps' win at Cornell on March 18. 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)

1.	Jack Emmer, Army	275-148
2.	Dick Edell, Maryland	263-116
3.	Glenn Thiel, Penn State	241-151
4.	Tom Hayes, Rutgers	236-175

Winningest All-Time Coaches (By Wins)

1.	Dick Garber, Massachusetts	300
2.	Roy Simmons, Jr., Syracuse	290
3.	Jack Emmer, Army	274
4.	Dick Edell, Maryland	263
5.	Carl Runk, Towson	262

Winningest Active Coaches (By Win Percentage)

1.	Bill Tierney, Princeton	76.6%	170-52
2.	Dave Urick, Georgetown	75.3%	220-72
3.	Dave Cottle, Loyola	72.6%	167-63
4.	Mike Pressler, Duke	71.6%	166-66
5.	Dom Starsia, Virginia	71.2%	183-74
6.	Dick Edell, Maryland	69.4%	263-116
7.	Dave Klarmann, No. Carolina	68.1%	98-46
8.	Don Zimmerman, UMBC	68.0%	117-55
9.	Tony Seaman, Towson	67.2%	170-83
10.	Jack Emmer, Army	65.0%	275-148

* Minimum 100 games coached, through March 18

TERPS IN THE POLLS

2000 STX/USILA Coaches' Poll (3/20/00)

No.	Team	Rec.	Points	LW
1.	Syracuse (10)	3-0	200	1
2.	Virginia	3-1	189	2
3.	Loyola	4-0	179	3
4.	Georgetown	5-0	171	4
5.	Princeton	2-1	161	5
6.	North Carolina	6-0	142	8
7t.	Johns Hopkins	1-2	134	7
7t.	MARYLAND	5-1	134	9
9.	Duke	3-2	123	6
10.	Navy	3-1	114	10
11.	Cornell	3-1	102	11
12.	Hofstra	1-3	72	12t
13.	Notre Dame	3-2	59	14
14.	Brown	3-1	55	NR
15.	Yale	3-1	46	NR
16.	Massachusetts	2-2	36	17
17.	Delaware	3-3	34	18
18.	Harvard	2-0	33	NR
19.	Penn	2-2	26	12t
20.	Bucknell	3-2	20	NR

Others Rec. votes: Denver, Towson, UMBC, Villanova, Army, Fairfield, Hobart, Lehigh, Penn State

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

No.	Team	Pts.	LW
1.	Syracuse (11)	220	1
2.	Virginia	207	3
3.	Princeton	187	2
4.	Loyola	186	7
5.	Georgetown	182	5
6.	Johns Hopkins	165	6
7.	Duke	160	4
8.	North Carolina	135	8
9.	Maryland	133	9
10.	Navy	120	11
11.	Hofstra	105	10
12.	Cornell	103	12
13.	Notre Dame	73	16t
14.	Pennsylvania	62	15
15.	Massachusetts	52	13
16.	Penn State	43	14
17.	UMBC	38	16t
18.	Army	28	--
19.	Delaware	27	19
20.	Hobart	21	18

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)

No.	Team	Rec.	LW
1.	Syracuse	2-0	1
2.	Virginia	1-1	2
3.	Johns Hopkins	1-1	5
4.	Georgetown	3-0	4
5.	Princeton	1-1	3
6.	Loyola	3-0	7
7.	Duke	3-1	6
8.	MARYLAND	3-1	9
9.	North Carolina	4-0	10
10.	Navy	3-1	11
11.	Hofstra	1-2	8
12.	Notre Dame	2-1	12
13.	Cornell	3-0	--
14.	Penn	2-0	15
15.	Delaware	2-2	13

Mollot Among The Leaders
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 six games, Mollot ranks fifth in the nation in assists with 14. He had a career-high five against Towson -- all of which came in the first half.

Overall, Mollot's 20 points (six goals and 14 assists), ranks just outside the top 10 nationally through games on March 16. Andy Flick of Georgetown leads the nation in points with 27.

National Assist Leaders

1.	Bert Whitelock, St. Joseph's	20
2t.	Jason Lavey, Delaware	15
2t.	David Cohen, Lehigh	15
2t.	Jack McTigue, Villanova	15
5.	Mike Mollot, Maryland	14
6.	Andy Flick, Georgetown	13

Mollot Makes Mark
Mike Mollot stands atop the Maryland scoring chart after six games. The preseason honorable mention All-American attackman leads the Terps in points with 20 and assists with 14.

He has a six-game point scoring streak with the Terps including a career-high six points (one goal and five assists) against Towson.

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.

In just six games, Mollot is four assists shy of Maryland's leader for the entire 1999 season when Marcus LaChapelle had 18.

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.

Man-Up Unit Scoring Over 50%
Maryland's man-up unit has been sensational this season, it has scored on its last six opportunities, going three-for-three in each of the Terps' last two wins.

Overall, the unit has scored on an amazing 51.9 percent of its opportunities, netting 14 goals on 27 chances.

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 three games. Against Cornell Marcus LaChapelle had two man-up goals and Brian Zeller added the third.

Mike LaMonica leads the Terps in man-up goals with four. All three of Zeller's goals have been EMO goals this season.

Man-Down Equally Impressive
On the defensive side, Maryland has allowed just three extra-man goals this season. The Terps have killed off 23 of 26 penalties without allowing a goal. Opponents have scored on just 11.5 percent of their extra-man chances.

Maryland has not allowed an EMO goal in two straight games, making its opponents 0-for-9.

McGinnis Making Many Saves
Junior Pat McGinnis has been outstanding in his first season as the Terps' starting goalie. In six games, McGinnis has a sensational 6.25 goals against average and a .693 save percentage. He has allowed just 35 goals. He has allowed three goals or less three times this season, most recently in the win over Delaware.

According to lax.com's goalie ratings system (save percentage multiplied by saves), McGinnis leads the nation with a 54.75 goalie rating.

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.

He allowed just seven goals to No. 11 Cornell in Saturday's win, making 10 saves.

National Goalie Ratings

1.	Pat McGinnis, Maryland	54.75
2.	Todd Schreiner, Lehigh	51.13
3.	Matt Vallone, Penn	48.33
4.	Billy Arnold, Air Force	47.18

LaChapelle Leads In Goals
Marcus LaChapelle stands atop the Terps' goal scoring chart with 12 after netting two goals against Cornell. He if the only Terp to have scored a goal in all six games this season.

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

Dating back to the 1999 season, LaChapelle has scored a goal in seven straight games (14 goals) and has recorded a point in nine straight games (14 goals, nine assists) for 23 points.

Combs Coming On Strong
Andrew "Buggs" Combs has equaled his career-high in goals in each of the Terps' last two games, netting three apiece against Delaware and Cornell. He set that career high against Towson on March 7, 1998.

Overall, Combs has eight goals and three assists for 11 points, ranking him tied for fourth on the team in points with Brian Zeller.

Updating Scoring Streaks
Three players have recorded at least one point in every game this season, Mike Mollot, Marcus LaChapelle and Chris Malone.

Both LaChapelle and Malone's have point-scoring streaks that date back to last season with LaChapelle having tallied points in nine straight games and Malone having notched points in 10 straight games (10 goals and 10 assists) for 20 points.

Mike LaMonica, had scored at least one goal in each of his last seven games (13-0-13) dating to the 1999 season, prior to being shutout at Cornell.

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.

Zeller Leads Active Career Chart
Senior captain Brian Zeller, who equaled his personal career-high with three assists against Delaware, leads all active Terps in career scoring with 88 points on 60 goals and 28 assists.

He is 41 points from cracking the all-time Top 20 in career scoring. Pat O'Meally (1971-74) stands 20th with 129 points.

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 six-for-12 showing against Cornell.

Overall, Shirk has won 31 of 49 face-offs, 56.4 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 Marcus LaChapelle, who has scored on 48.0 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 against Delaware. 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 34. Only goalie Pat McGinnis has more groundballs with 35. Burnham has scooped at least four groundballs in each game this season and has 17 over the last three 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
Tuesday's game between the Terps and Catamounts will be the first-ever in the series.

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

1
Marcus LaChapelle is the only terp to have scored a goal in all six games this season.

2
Maryland has won two games by one-goal this season.

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

4
Dick Edell passed former Towson coach Carl Runk as the fourth all-time winningest coach in collegiate lacrosse history with 263 wins.

5
Mike Mollot ranks No. 5 in the nation in assists with 14.

6-for-6
Maryland has scored on its last six opportunities on the extra-man unit, spanning the last two wins.

6.25
Pat McGinnis has a super 6.09 goals against average through five games.

8
Maryland has won eight straight games against Cornell.

11.5
Maryland's opponents have scored on just 11.5 percent its their extra-man opportunities (3-for-26).

12
Marcus LaChapelle leads the Terps in goals with 12.

20
Mike Mollot leads the Terps in points with 20 (six goals and 14 assists).

51.9
Maryland has scored on 51.9 percent of its extra-man opportunities this season (14-for-27).

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

88
Brian Zeller leads all active players in career scoring with 60 goals and 28 assists for 88 points.

152
Dick Edell is the ACC's all-time leader in victories with a 152-69 record in 17 years at Maryland.

263
Dick Edell ranks fourth all-time in career-coaching wins with a 263-116 lifetime record.

Maryland's Last Game
#9 Maryland 8, #11 Cornell 7

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Junior midfielder Chris Malone notched the game-winning goal with 7:09 left in the fourth to break a 7-7 deadlock and give No. 9 Maryland (5-1 overall) a hard-fought 8-7 victory over No. 11 Cornell at Schoellkopf Field on a sunny and brisk Saturday afternoon.

Maryland held off a furious Cornell attack in the final minute. The Terps made three outstanding defensive plays to secure the win, sophomore midfielder Nate Watkins knocked loose a Cornell pass with 35 seconds left when the Big Red had the ball deep in Maryland territory.

Then after Cornell regained possession Marcus LaChapelle intercepted a pass by Cornell defenseman Ryan McClay with 21 seconds left and as the final buzzer sounded goalie Pat McGinnis made his 10th and final stop on David Key's shot from about 35 yards.

Maryland rallied back after falling behind 5-2 with 8:05 left in the first half. Maryland scored four straight goals including three from Andrew "Buggs" Combs and one goal by Brian Zeller to take a 6-5 lead with 8:43 left in the third quarter. Cornell tied the game at 6-6 on a Chris Packard goal with 6:20 in the third. Maryland's Alex Poole gave the Terps a 7-6 lead to end the third quarter when he scored with 4:19 left in the period. The Big Red tied the game at 7-7 on J.P. Schalk's goal with 11:02 left in regulation, and that set the stage for Malone's winner which he knocked in from the left side of the goal.

LaChapelle led Maryland with four points on two goals -- the Terps' first two of the game -- and two assists. Combs' three goals equaled his career-high for the second straight game. Mike Mollot recorded one assist to raise his team-high point total to 20 and keep his consecutive point scoring streak alive at six.

Maryland's extra-man unit was once against outstanding, scoring on all three attempts for the second straight game. Maryland has scored on six consecutive man-up opportunities.

The Terps, who outshot Cornell 36-27, have won eight games in a row against Cornell.

With the win, Maryland head coach Dick Edell passed former Towson coach Carl Runk for fourth on the all-time collegiate coaching win list. Edell's overall record stands at 263-116 in 28 years at Maryland, Army and the University of Baltimore.

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

Sun.	Mar. 26	Penn State @ UMBC	1:00 p.m.
Fri.	Mar. 31	Virginia @ Maryland	8:00 p.m.
Sun.	Apr. 2	Loyola @ Towson	1:00 p.m.
Fri.	Apr. 7	Loyola @ Syracuse	8:00 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 8	Delaware @ Towson	1:00 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 15	Maryland @ JHU(Women)	5:30 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 15	Maryland @ Hopkins	8:00 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 22	Hopkins @ Navy	1:00 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 29	Towson @ Hopkins	3:00 p.m.
Sat.	May 6	Hopkins @ Loyola	1:00 p.m.

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

Fri.	Mar. 31	Virginia @ Maryland	8:00 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 8	Navy @ Maryland	1:00 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 15	Maryland @ Johns Hopkins	8:00 p.m.
Fri.	Apr. 21	ACC Semifinals	6/8:00 p.m.
Sun.	Apr. 23	ACC Championship	3:30 p.m.
Fri.	Apr. 28	Yale @ Maryland	8:00 p.m.
Sat.	May 6	Maryland @ UMBC	2:00 p.m.

Maryland Sports On umterps.com
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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.