April 26, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Coming off their second ACC Championship game in three seasons, Maryland will take on Yale this Friday night at Byrd Stadium in the regular-season home finale. The game will mark the final home game for seven seniors: Geoff Burnham (Vestal, N.Y.), Jason Carrier (Boonton Township, N.J.), Casey Connor (Baltimore, Md.), Dan Hughes (Westminster, Md.), Marcus LaChapelle (Severna Park, Md.), Jeff Shirk (Boonton Township, N.J.) and Brian Zeller (Forest Hill, Md.). All seven seniors have played in two NCAA Tournaments in 1997 and 1998, when Maryland advanced to the championship game twice. These Terps also captured the 1998 ACC Championship during the seniors' sophomore season.

Malone and McGinnis Earn All-ACC Honors
A pair of Maryland juniors, midfielder Chris Malone (Timonium, Md.) and goalie Pat McGinnis (Ellicott City, Md.) were selected to the All-ACC team by the conference coaches.

Malone has led the Terps in goals all season and currently tops the chart with 20 tallies. He is also second on the team in overall scoring with 27 points. Malone has set career highs in both goal and points in 2000. He set his single-game career best for goals with four against both North Carolina and Johns Hopkins this season. He also set a career-high of five points against the Blue Jays with an additional assist.

McGinnis has emerged as one of the nation's premier goalies in his first season as the Terps' starter. McGinnis has ranked among the nation's top 10 in goals against average and save percentage throughout the season. He currently has a 8.14 goals against average and a .632 save percentage. McGinnis recorded a career-high 27 saves against Virginia on March 31, a mark that was the highest among all Division I goalies at the time.

Howley Named ACC Rookie Of The Year
Maryland freshman defenseman Michael Howley (Wantagh, N.Y) was named the ACC Rookie of the Year, as announced by the conference on Tuesday. Howley has been a mainstay on Maryland's defense all season, starting the last 11 games. He has recorded 16 groundballs and helped Maryland's defense to allow just 8.08 goals per game. Howley has consistently defended the opponent's top offensive attackman. He is the fourth Terp to be named ACC Rookie of the Year and first since Andrew Whipple in 1995.

Combs, McGinnis, Urlock, Zeller Named To ACC All-Tournament Team
Four Maryland Terrapins were named to the ACC All-Tournament team after the Terps defeated Duke, 7-6 in the semifinals before falling to Virginia in the title game, 11-7 last Sunday. Andrew "Buggs" Combs (Baltimore, Md.), Pat McGinnis, Matt Urlock (Lutherville, Md.) and Brian Zeller were all selected to the team by the media.

Combs scored two goals in the championship game. McGinnis made 23 saves over the two games, including 18 in the championship game. His goals against average for the two games was 9.00. Urlock scored three goals in the two games, including two in the title game against the Cavaliers. Zeller was named to the All-Tournament for the second time in his career as he also earned the honor in 1998, when Maryland claimed the title. Over this past weekend, Zeller recorded his first multi-goal game against Duke in the semifinals and finished with five points (two goals and three assists).

Also named to the team were Virginia's Conor Gill (MVP), Jay Jalbert, Mark Koontz and Ian Shure, Duke's Stephen Card and Nick Hartofolis and North Carolina's Austin Garrison.

Records & Rankings
Maryland enters Friday's game against Yale with an 8-4 record (1-2 in the ACC), coming off a 7-6 win over Duke in the ACC Semifinals and an 11-7 loss to Virginia in the ACC Championship game last Sunday. The Terps have also defeated Mount St. Mary's (19-3), Bucknell (9-3), Towson (13-12), Delaware (13-4), Cornell (8-7), North Carolina (10-9) and Navy (6-5). Maryland's losses came against Duke (9-8), Virginia (11-6) and Johns Hopkins (20-11).

Maryland is ranked No. 7 in all three polls of April 24 -- the STX/USILA Coaches Poll, the Baltimore Sun poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.

Yale comes to College Park with an 8-4 record, riding a five-game winning streak. The Bulldogs defeated Harvard, 14-5, last Saturday. They have beaten Albany, Boston College, Rutgers, Dartmouth and, Harvard to move above .500 after starting 3-4. Their last loss came to Brown, 14-7 on April 5.

Yale is ranked second among other teams receiving votes outside the top 20 in the USILA poll of April 24. The Bulldogs are No. 19 in the Warrior/Inside Lacrosse poll of April 24. They are not ranked in the Baltimore Sun poll.

LaxPower Ratings
All four ACC teams are ranked in the top 11 of the LaxPower Power Ratings heading into the ACC Tournament. Virginia is ranked No. 2 with a rating of 99.55, Duke is No. 7 at 94.60, Maryland comes in at No. 9 with 93.83 and North Carolina is No. 11 at 92.62.

All four also rank among the top eight in the strength of schedule according to LaxPower. Maryland has the most difficult schedule among the ACC teams, ranking No. 3 nationally, North Carolina's schedule is the fifth toughest, Virginia's is No. 7 and Duke's is No. 8. Maryland trails only Johns Hopkins and Syracuse in the strength of schedule category.

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

With an 8-4 record this season, Edell has the best career ACC record at 155-72 (.683), all at Maryland. Edell became the first coach in ACC history to reach the 150-win plateau at a conference school on March 11 with the win over Towson.

With a lifetime record of 266-119 (.691) 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 (279-152), who succeeded Edell at Army in 1984.

With 266 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, this season. 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)

ACC Coaches Among Best
All four ACC coaches are ranked in the top eight among all active coaches in Division I college lacrosse in career winning percentage. Duke's Mike Pressler ranks No. 4 with a 71.84 win percentage, Virginia's Dom Starsia is No. 5 at 71.75, Maryland's Dick Edell is No. 6 at 69.2 and North Carolina's Dave Klarmann is listed at No. 8, winning 66.4 percent.

Winningest Active Coaches (By Win Percentage)

* Minimum 100 games coached, through April 24

ACCs, NCAAs At Byrd In 2000
Byrd Stadium hosted the ACC Tournament for the third time, the first time since 1993, last weekend with Virginia capturing the title.

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 school.

Schedule Changes During 2000
The Maryland-Vermont game scheduled for March 21, 2000, was cancelled after heavy rain made conditions unplayable. The game will not be made up.

The game time of the Maryland-Yale game on Friday, April 28, 2000 has been moved back one hour to 7 p.m. Please make a note of it.

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. WMUC's broadcasts can be heard live on the Internet at wmuc.umd.edu. They will cover Maryland's last two games against Yale on April 28 and UMBC on May 6.

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 daily.

Maryland-Yale Series History
Friday's game between the Terps and Bulldogs will be the fifth in a series that began in 1925. The series was dormant from 1959 until last year when the Terps traveled to New Haven and defeated the Bulldogs, 9-4.

Back in 1925, Yale defeated Maryland in the first game, 5-3. The Terps came back to win each of the next two meetings. Maryland shutout Yale, 12-0 in 1934 and won the last battle played at Maryland, 16-4, 40 years ago.

Maryland-Yale Series History

Maryland Vs. Ivy League Teams
In games against teams from the Ivy League, Maryland holds a 96-12-1 advantage, a .885 win percentage.

Maryland Series vs. Ivy League Teams
Maryland vs. Brown, Terps lead 15-0
Maryland vs. Cornell, Terps lead 13-2
Maryland vs. Dartmouth, Terps lead 7-0
Maryland vs. Harvard, Terps lead 25-0
Maryland vs. Penn, Terps lead 4-0
Maryland vs. Princeton, Terps lead 29-9-1
Maryland vs. Yale, Terps lead 3-1

The Last Maryland-Yale Game
May 1, 1999: Maryland 9, Yale 4

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Senior Scott Hochstadt scored a season-high six goals to lift the ninth-ranked Maryland Terrapins past the 15th-ranked Yale Bulldogs at the Yale Lacrosse Stadium. Hochstadt, who totaled 10 goals in Maryland's last two games, scored five of the Terps' first six goals as Maryland built a 6-3 halftime lead.

Senior Brian Haggerty and Chris Malone scored in the third and fourth quarters, respectively, to put the Terps up 8-4. Then Hochstadt closed out his stellar day with his sixth tally of the game with 6:43 left in the fourth quarter for the final margin, 9-4.

Hochstadt, who also had an assist on Malone's goal to total seven points moved into a tie for fifth on the all-time Maryland goal scoring list with Jim Wilkerson (1980-83) at 117. His 148 career points are 18th on the Terps' all-time scoring list.

Maryland's other goal came from Brian Zeller, who along with Haggerty and Malone, was one of three Terps with a goal and an assist in the game.

The Terps (8-4) dominated the game from the start, outshooting Yale, 12-1 in the first quarter on their way to outshooting them 36-21 in the game. Maryland also dominated the groundballs, scooping up 53 as compared to 27 for Yale. The Terps also won 13 of 17 face-offs led by Haggerty, who corralled 10 of 14 and senior Chris Nohe, who won all three of his draws.

Yale, which finished its season 7-6, received a strong game from senior goalie Joe Pilch, who made 22 saves to close out his career. Maryland's Kevin Healy made 11 saves, all in the second half.

Box Score

Scoring: Maryland: Scott Hochstadt 6-1-7, Brian Haggerty 1-1-2, Chris Malone 1-1-2, Brian Zeller 1-1-2, Marcus LaChapelle 0-1-1, Erik Osberg 0-1-1, Alex Poole 0-1-1. Yale: Nick Milone 1-1-2, Tucker Foote 1-0-1, Brian Hunt 1-0-1, John Tonzola 1-0-1, Coddy Johnson 0-1-1, Mike Morris 0-1-1.

Goalies: Maryland: Kevin Healy (11 saves, 4 GA, 60 min). Yale: Joe Pilch (22 saves, 9 GA, 60 min.).

Team Stats

Att: 1,300

Maryland's Last Game:
No. 1 Virginia 11, No. 9 Maryland 7

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- No. 1 seed Virginia topped No. 3 seed Maryland, 11-7, to claim its second straight ACC Tournament Championship at Byrd Stadium on a cloudy afternoon. The title was Virginia's 14th overall and third since the conference moved to a tournament championship format in 1989. Virginia's Conor Gill was named the tournament MVP as he scored one goal, Virginia's eighth -- the eventual game-winner -- and assisted on four goals for a game-high five points.

Virginia held off a furious Maryland comeback in the second half as the Terps rallied from an 8-2 deficit early in the second half to cut the score to 8-7, 55 seconds into the fourth quarter on Matt Urlock's second goal of the game. Virginia scored the game's final three goals from A.J. Shannon, Jay Jalbert, and Peter Ragosa to come away with the championship, 11-7.

Virginia jumped out to a 4-2 first-quarter lead. The Cavaliers opened the scoring as Jay Jalbert scored an extra-man goal 2:12 into the game. Maryland's Nate Watkins tied the game at 1-1 on his first goal of the season with 11:53 left in the first. Virginia scored the next two goals as Drew McKnight and David Bruce scored 36 seconds apart to take a 3-1 lead.

The Terps cut the lead to one as Andrew "Buggs" Combs notched his 12th goal of the season from an Alex Poole pass. The Cavaliers went on to score the last four goals of the half including two from Shure. Virginia led 7-2 at the intermission, the same score Virginia led the Terps by in the regular-season meeting on March 31, 2000.

Box Score

Scoring: Maryland- Andrew Combs 2-0-2, Matt Urlock 2-0-2, Mike Mollot 1-1-2, Mike LaMonica 1-0-1, Nate Watkins 1-0-1, Chris Malone 0-1-1, Alex Poole 0-1-1, Brian Zeller 0-1-1. Virginia - Conor Gill 1-4-5, Jay Jalbert 2-2-4, Ian Shure 2-1-3, A.J. Shannan 2-1-3, David Bruce 1-0-1, Jason Hard 1-0-1, Drew McKnight 1-0-1, Peter Ragosa 1-0-1, Doug Worthen 0-1-1.

Goalies: Maryland - Pat McGinnis (18 saves, 11 GA, 60:00). Virginia - Derek Kenney (9 saves, 7 GA, 60:00).

Team Stats:

Att.: 2,055

One-Goal Masters
The Terps won a one-goal game for the fifth time this season defeating Duke, 7-6 on April 21 in the ACC semifinals. The five one-goal margins of victory are the most ever in the 75 years of Maryland lacrosse.

With a 6-5 win over Navy on April 8, Maryland tied the 1989 team, when the Terps also won four one-goal games.

Ironically, Maryland also defeated Navy by the same 6-5 score in the 1989 season, as one of its one-goal wins. The Terps lone one-goal losses in both seasons came to Duke.

The Terps are 5-1 this season in one-goal games, the most one-goal games Maryland has played in dating to 1924.

1989 One-Goal Games

2000 One-Goal Games

Defense, Defense, Defense
The Terps have been ranked in the top 12 in the nation in team defense all season. Allowing just 8.33 goals per game, Maryland ranks No. 2 in the ACC behind only Virginia (8.00) and No. 11 in the nation in team scoring defense.

ACC Team Scoring Defense (As of April 24)

Man-Down Unit Impresses
On the defensive side, Maryland has allowed just 10 extra-man goals this season for an 80.0 man-down defense.

As of April 24, with an 80.0 kill percentage, Maryland ranked No. 5 in the nation behind only Bucknell at 82.8, Sacred Heart at 82.7, Georgetown at 81.8 and Brown at 81.3.

The Terps have killed off 40 of 50 penalties without allowing a goal. Opponents have scored on just 20.0 percent of their extra-man chances.

Man-Up Unit Scoring At High Rate
Maryland's man-up unit has been very strong this season, scoring on 38.3 percent of its chances.

Maryland had a great run scoring on six consecutive opportunities spanning the Delaware and Cornell games on March 15 and 18.

Overall, the unit has scored on 18 of its 47 opportunities.

As of April 24, Maryland ranked No. 9 in the nation behind No. 1 Loyola (55.0) and No. 2 Villanova (52.0).

Maryland's extra-man unit has scored at least one goal in nine of 12 games this season. The unit has scored three goals in three of the Terps' last eight games.

Mike LaMonica leads the Terps in man-up goals with five. Brian Zeller has scored three of his seven goals on the extra-man.

Zeller Nears 100 Career Points
Senior captain Brian Zeller, who equaled a season-high with four points against Duke in the ACC Semifinals, leads all active Terps in career scoring with 99 points on 64 goals and 35 assists. He can reach the 100-point plateau with one point against Yale on Friday night.

Zeller posted his first multi-goal game of the 2000 season against Duke in the ACC Semifinals on April 21.

He is 30 points away from cracking into the all-time Top 20 in career scoring. Pat O'Meally (1971-74) stands 20th with 129 points.

Zeller's 15 assists this season are second on the Terps to Mike Mollot's 20, and are the most he has recorded in a single-season. With 22 overall points this season, Zeller is ties with Marcus LaChapelle for third in overall scoring this season.

Zeller's Career Numbers

McGinnis Continues To Star
Junior Pat McGinnis has been outstanding in his first season as the Terps' starting goalie. In 12 games, McGinnis has a sensational 8.15 goals against average and a .632 save percentage. He has allowed just 93 goals. He has allowed seven goals or less six times this season, most recently in the win over Duke in the ACC semifinals.

As of April 24, McGinnis ranked No. 6 in the nation in save percentage and No. 8 in the goals average category.

McGinnis gave up three goals to Bucknell on March 7 and Delaware on March 15 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, making 10 saves and five goals to No. 11 Navy, making 10 saves.

McGinnis has also held the ACC's top scoring team, Virginia, to a season-low 11 goals in two occasions -- March 31 during the regular-season and in the ACC Championship game on April 23.

In the first game against the Cavaliers, McGinnis made a career-high 27 saves -- which at the time was the most saves by a goalie in Division I this season. The mark has since been passed by Mike Abeles of Ohio State, who stopped 28 shots from Johns Hopkins on April 8.

McGinnis Sets Division I Best
Pat McGinnis made an amazing 27 saves in the Terps' 11-6 loss to Virginia on March 31. That total, which is a career high for McGinnis, was the most by any goalie in Division I lacrosse at that time. It surpassed the mark set by Butler goalie Marc Ferrandino, who stopped 26 shots against Georgetown on March 15.

Malone Tops In Goals
After equaling his career-high in goals with four against Johns Hopkins and adding a goal against Duke in the ACC semifinals, Chris Malone has built his team-high goal scoring total to 20. Malone is one point behind Mike Mollot as the highest scoring Terps with 27 points.

Malone set his career-high of four goals at North Carolina.

Malone has scored multiple goals in six games this year with four against North Carolina and Johns Hopkins and two apiece versus Mount St. Mary's, Duke, Towson and Navy.

Malone Nets Career High
Chris Malone likes facing North Carolina. The junior midfielder set his career-high scoring four goals -- all in the first half in the Terps' 10-9 win at Chapel Hill. The four points in a game also equaled his single-game career high in that category -- which was broken with five against Hopkins.

Last season, Malone set his high of four points -- against North Carolina on March 27, 1999 -- as he recorded two goals and two assists in aiding a Terp victory.

With 20 goals this season, Malone has surpassed his single-season career high of 10 goals set last season. With 27 points, he also passed his single-season points high of 19 which he also set in 1999.

Malone's Career Numbers

Malone's Scoring Streak
Chris Malone is the only Terp to have recorded a point in all 12 games this season after scoring a goals against Duke in the ACC semifinals. He has scored goals in 10 of 12 games in 2000.

Malone's point-scoring streak dates back to last season having notched points in 16 straight games (22 goals and 12 assists) for 34 points.

Marcus LaChapelle had a 10-game point scoring streak stopped against Virginia.

Malone In The First Half
Chris Malone gets it done in the first half. He has recorded 17 goals and five assists for 22 points in the first half. 85.0 percent of his goals have come in the first half including all four of his goals against North Carolina and Johns Hopkins. Overall, 81.5 of his points have come in the first half (20 of 27).

Malone's Numbers By Half (G-A-Pts.)

Malone Earns 2nd S-A Honor
Chris Malone earned the Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, April 18, after scoring a career-high tying four goals at Johns Hopkins and setting his career high of five points against the Blue Jays on April 15.

It was the second time Malone has been honored as the Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week, he also earned the award on March 27 after lifting the Terps past North Carolina on March 25.

Mollot Makes Mark
Freshman attacker Mike Mollot is atop the Maryland scoring chart after 12 games. The preseason honorable mention All-American attackman leads the Terps in points with 28 and leads in assists with 20 after recording a goal and an assist against Virginia in the ACC Final.

Mollot had the assist on the game-tying goal against Navy and scoring the game-winner with 5:01 left in regulation.

He has recorded a point in 11 of 12 collegiate games with the Terps including a career-high six points (one goal and five assists) against Towson on March 11.

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 11 games, Mollot passed Maryland's leader for the entire 1999 season when Marcus LaChapelle had 18 with his 19th helper against Duke in the ACC Ssemifinals in April 21.

Mollot Among ACC Leaders
Mike Mollot has asserted himself as one of the nation's top feeders in his first collegiate lacrosse season. In 12 games, Mollot ranks fourth in the ACC in assists per game behind only Virginia's Conor Gill (2.36), Drew McKnight (2.00 apg) and Duke's Jared Frood (1.92 apg). He had a career-high five assists against Towson -- all of which came in the first half.

ACC Leaders In Assists (As Of April 24)

LaChapelle Near The Top
Senior attacker Marcus LaChapelle stands tied for third on the Terps in total points with 22 and tied for third in goals with 13. He scored a goal in the first six games of the season before being shutdown at North Carolina on March 25. The 13 goals represent a single-season best for LaChapelle.

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.

After being held pointless against Virginia on March 31, LaChapelle saw his 10 game point-scoring streak snapped. Dating back to the 1999 season, LaChapelle had recorded a point in 10 straight games (14 goals, 11 assists) for 25 points.

LaChapelle's Career Numbers

LaMonica Knows Goals
Sophomore midfielder Mike LaMonica has netted a new career single-season best in goals, as he stands with 15 after scoring once in each of Maryland's games in the ACC Tournament.

Earlier this year, he 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, Linda Filbert, is a gymnastics coach for the Tigers.

Overall, LaMonica has 15 goals for 17 points. He surpassed his freshman totals of nine goals and 11 points, seven games into the 2000 season.

He has averaged nearly one goal per game scoring 24 in his 25-game college career.

Mike LaMonica has scored at least one goal in 11 of the Terps' last 14 games, accumulating 19 goals.

After being held without an assist through nine games of the 2000 season, LaMonica tallied a single-game career high two assists at Johns Hopkins on April 15.

LaMonica's Career Numbers

Urlock Coring On Strong
Sophomore Matt Urlock has done well when pressed into action on the attack. He drew his first start of the season against Duke in the ACC Semifinals, replacing Marcus LaChapelle on the attack. The sophomore has scored nine goals over the last five games, netting his first career hat trick at Johns Hopkins, a pair against Virginia and the game-tying goal versus Navy. He scored in the fourth straight game Duke in the ACC Semifinals. he scored two against Virginia for the season time this season in the ACC Championship on April 23.

Last season, Urlock scored against Johns Hopkins for his first goal against a ranked team and finished his freshman season with three goals.

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

Combs tallied his fourth multi-goal at Johns Hopkins.

Overall, Combs has 13 goals and four assists for 17 points, ranking him tied for fifth on the team in points. He has surpassed his single-season career high totals in goals and totals points.

Combs' Career Numbers

"Buggs" Combs Named ACC Player Of The Week (3/20)
Andrew "Buggs" Combs was named ACC Player of the Week on March 20 after a sensational week in which he led the Terps to a 2-0 record, scoring six goals. Combs equaled his career high twice scoring three goals in the win over No. 18 Delaware and three against No. 11 Cornell.

Combs was also named Maryland's male Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending March 18.

Carroll Has Career Game
Sophomore face-off specialist Brian Carroll had a career game against Duke in the ACC Semifinals on April 21. He won a seasn-high 11 draws in 15 opportunities including his first eight face-offs through three quarters.

What is even more impressive is that Carroll accomplished most of the feat against Duke's Scott Bross, who entered the game winning 65.5 percent of his face-offs -- which ranked third in the nation.

Overall, Carroll has taken the most face-offs for Maryland this season, 105, winning 42 for a 40.0 win percentage.

Moran Pressed Into Action
Freshman Ryan Moran has been used as Maryland's primary face-off specialist during this season a four-game stretch from March 25 through April 15. He drew his first start of the season against Navy.

The Long Island native recorded a career-high nine face-off wins on 16 attempts against Virginia. That followed a 6-for-12 performances against North Carolina for which head coach Dick Edell called Moran the "hero of the game."

Watkins Nets First Of 2000
Sophomore midfielder Nate Watkins scored his first goal of the 2000 season to open the Terps scoring against Virginia in the ACC Championship game against Virginia. Watkins, earned the Larry Levitt Award as the Most Outstanding Freshman after the 1999 season. Last year he scored seven goals and added two assists for nine points as a freshman.

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

He opened the season with a bang recording his first career hat trick against Mount St. Mary's, scoring three goals in 1:44. He also had a multiple-goal game against Towson, netting two goals.

Hochstadt Scores Again
Sophomore Craig Hochstadt got in the scoring column in consecutive games against North Carolina and Virginia. Overall, he has five goals and three assists for eight points.

He 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. That came on the heels of his second goal of the season, which came against Towson to tie the game at 6-6 in the second 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 46. Only goalie Pat McGinnis has more groundballs with 63.

Scoring Initiation
Six different Terp freshmen scored their first collegiate goals against Mount St. Mary's on Feb. 27, 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.

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.

TERPS IN THE POLLS

2000 STX/USILA Coaches' Poll (4/24/00)

Others Rec. votes: Harvard, Yale, Army, Denver, Hartford

2000 Inside Lacrosse Media Poll (4/24/00)

Others receiving votes: Penn State 12, Army 10, Massachusetts 7, Butler 4, Denver 3, Hartford 3, Lehigh 1.

2000 Baltimore Sun Poll (4/24/00)

2000 LaxPower Power Ratings (4/24/00)

Week-By-Week In The Polls

Terps By The Numbers

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

4
Dick Edell is the fourth all-time winningest coach in collegiate lacrosse history with 266 wins.

5
Maryland has won five games by one goal this season. That is a school record.

9
Matt Urlock has nine goals in his last five games, including his first career hat trick at Johns Hopkins.

8.15
Pat McGinnis has a 8.15 goals against average, which ranks among the national leaders

20
Mike Mollot leads the Terps in assists with 20. He also leads the team in points with 28.

20
Chris Malone leads the team in goals with 20.

20.0
Maryland's opponents have scored on just 20.0 percent its their extra-man opportunities (10-for-50), which ranks No. 5 in the nation.

40
Before playing last season, Maryland and Yale had not played in 40 seasons (from 1959 to 1999).

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

82.1
Maryland has been successful on 82.1 percent of its clears this season.

88.5
Maryland has won 88.5 percent of its games against Ivy League teams (96-12-1)

99
Brian Zeller leads all active players in career scoring with 64 goals and 35 assists for 99 points.

155
Dick Edell is the ACC's all-time leader in victories with a 155-72 record in 17 years at Maryland.

266
Dick Edell ranks fourth all-time in career-coaching wins with a 266-119 lifetime record.

TERPS IN THE NCAA STATS
(thru April 24)

Team Scoring Defense

Man-Down Defense

Man-Up Offense

Save Percentage

Goals Against Average

NCAA D-I Single Game Saves In 2000