April 5, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A pair of teams coming off tough defeats face-off in Byrd Stadium in the second longest series in Maryland lacrosse history. The No. 11 Navy Midshipmen return to College Park to battle the No. 7 Terps on Saturday at 1 p.m. The meeting will be the 74th meeting between the teams dating to the start of Maryland's varsity team in 1924. The game pits two of the top three defensive teams in the nation with Navy allowing just 5.88 goals per game and the Terps giving up just 7.25 goals per game.

Maryland comes into the game having won five of six games after dropping an 11-6 decision to No. 2 Virginia last Friday night before 5,049 in attendance and a live television audience on WMAR-TV. The Terps are a perfect 5-0 this season in non-conference games.

Navy also lost for the first time in six games, falling to No. 6 Georgetown, 14-10 on Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C.

McGinnis Sets Division I Best In 2000
Maryland junior goalie Pat McGinnis (Ellicott City, Md.) 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, is the most by any goalie in Division I lacrosse this season. It surpassed the mark set by Butler goalie Marc Ferrandino, who stopped 26 shots against Georgetown on March 15. Overall this season, McGinnis is among the national leaders, ranking second in save percentage (.682) and fifth in goals against average (7.24) -- both of which are the best in the ACC.

Records & Rankings
Maryland enters Saturday's game against Navy with a 6-2 record (1-2 in the ACC) coming off a tough 11-6 loss to No. 2 Virginia on March 31. The Terps have defeated Mount St. Mary's (19-3), Bucknell (9-3), Towson (13-12), Delaware (13-4), Cornell (8-7) and North Carolina (10-9). Maryland's losses came against then-No. 5 Duke (9-8) on March 4 and Virginia.

Maryland is ranked No. 7 in the STX/USILA Coaches Poll of April 3. The Terps are No. 7 in the Baltimore Sun poll of April 3 and No. 8 in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll of April 3. 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.

Navy is also 6-2 (4-1 ECAC), coming off the loss to conference rival Georgetown last Saturday. The Midshipmen had reeled off five consecutive wins over: Radford (13-3), Massachusetts (6-3), Rutgers (11-8), Stony Brook (16-4) and Air Force (17-2) before falling to the Hoyas. They opened the season with an 11-2 win over UMBC and an overtime loss at North Carolina, 11-10, on March 4.

The Midshipmen are ranked No. 11 in the STX/USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Polls of April 3. They are 8th in the Baltimore Sun poll this week.

LaxPower Ratings and Strength of Schedule
Maryland is ranked No. 7 in the LaxPower Power Ratings with a rating of 92.45. Navy is No. 10 with a mark of 90.31. The Terps strength of schedule is ranked the fourth in the nation behind only Johns Hopkins, Syracuse and Princeton. Navy's schedule is rating 28th most difficult in Division I.

Series History With Navy
The Maryland-Navy rivalry is the second-longest in Terrapin lacrosse history with Maryland holding a 44-28-1 advantage, dating to 1924. The 44 wins are the second-highest number of victories Maryland has against any team. Maryland has defeated Duke 47 times. Including games played from 1912-1923, when Maryland fielded a club team, the Terps hold a 46-33-1 edge.

Maryland has won the last seven meetings in the series including a narrow 6-5 decision last season at Marine-Corps Stadium in Annapolis on April 10, 1999. Maryland took a 21-7 decision in the last game at Byrd Stadium on April 4, 1998. The Terps last defeat at the hands of the Middies in came 1992, when Navy won 11-3.

During the 1990s, Maryland won nine of the 10 meetings.

Maryland has also won all four meetings in the NCAA Tournament. The Terps captured their last national championship in 1975 with a 20-13 win over Navy. Maryland also defeated Navy in NCAA semifinal games in 1971, 1976 and 1979.

Maryland vs. Navy in the 1990s

Maryland vs. Navy over the decades

Note: Prior to 1924 Maryland's team was a club team

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 6-2 record this season, Edell has the best career ACC record at 153-70 (.686), 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 264-117 (.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 (277-149), who succeeded Edell at Army in 1984.

With 264 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)

Winningest Active Coaches (By Win Percentage)

* Minimum 100 games coached, through April 3

Edell Vs. Navy, Meade
Maryland's Dick Edell has a perfect 5-0 record against Navy's Richie Meade in games dating back to 1995 when Meade took the helm at Navy. Edell has a lifetime record of 13-3 against Navy, as head coach of the Terps. His lifetime mark against Navy, as coach of Maryland and Army (1977-1983), is 14-11.

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.

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 hosted defending national champion Virginia last Friday. 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

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Maryland's Last Game
#2 Virginia 11, #6 Maryland 6

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Despite an amazing effort from junior goalie Pat McGinnis, who made 27 saves, the most by any goalie in Division I this season, No. 6 Maryland fell to No. 2 Virginia 11-6 before 5,049 at Byrd Stadium and a live television audience on WMAR-TV. The Terps fell to 6-2 overall and finished the ACC season with a 1-2 record. The Cavaliers moved to 5-1, 1-0 in the ACC and have won five games in a row, dating back to a season-opening loss to current No. 1 Syracuse.

Virginia, which outshot Maryland 50-17, was led by the offensive duo of Conor Gill (three goals and one assist) and Drew McKnight (three goals and two assists). David Bruce also added two goals for the Virginia attack. After Maryland took a 2-1 lead on goals by Chris Malone (Timonium, Md.) and Andrew "Buggs" Combs (Baltimore, Md.) 5:40 into the first quarter, Virginia went on to score nine straight goals taking a 10-2 lead early in the fourth quarter. Maryland was held to just two shots over the second and third quarters, including a shotless third period.

Maryland made a valiant comeback in the fourth quarter outscoring the Cavaliers 4-2 in the period as sophomore Matt Urlock (Lutherville, Md.) equaled his career high with a pair of goals in the fourth. Jon Kemezis (Crofton, Md.) and Craig Hochstadt (Columbia, Md.) added Maryland's other tallies.

McGinnis, who is in his first season as Maryland's starter in the cage, made 19 saves in the second half allowing just four goals to a Virginia attack which was averaging 15.80 goals per game. The 27 saves was a career-high.

Box Score

Scoring: Virginia- Drew McKnight 3-2-5, Conor Gill 3-1-4, David Bruce 2-0-2, Jay Jalbert 1-1-2, Jason Hard 1-0-1, Ian Shure 1-0-1, David Jenkins 0-1-1. Maryland - Matt Urlock 2-0-2, Andrew Combs 1-0-1, Craig Hochstadt 1-0-1, Jon Kemezis 1-0-1, Chris Malone 1-0-1, Mike Morsell 0-1-1, Brian Zeller 0-1-1.

Goalies: Maryland- Pat McGinnis (27 saves, 11 GA, 60:00). Virginia- Derek Kenney (7 saves, 6 GA, 60:00).

Team Stats:

Att.: 5,049

Individual Terps Vs. Navy
Andrew "Buggs" Combs leads all current Maryland players in career scoring against Navy with two goals and two assists. In last season's meeting, a 6-5 Maryland win, Nate Watkins recorded his career-high with two goals.

Terp Statistics vs. Navy

Man-Down Unit Tops In Nation
On the defensive side, Maryland has allowed just five extra-man goals this season for an 85.3 man-down defense -- No. 1 in the nation. The Terps have killed off 29 of 34 penalties without allowing a goal. Opponents have scored on just 14.7 percent of their extra-man chances.

Maryland has not allowed an EMO goal in three of its last four games making its opponents 2-for-17 over that stretch.

Top 5 In Man Down Defense

Man-Up Unit Scoring Near 50%
Maryland's man-up unit has been sensational this season, it has scored eight of its last 13 opportunities spanning four games. Maryland had scored on six consecutive opportunities spanning the Delaware and Cornell games.

Overall, the unit has scored on an great 47.1 percent of its opportunities, netting 16 goals on 34 chances. That ranks fourth in the nation.

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

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

Top 5 In Man Up Offense

Defense, Defense, Defense
The Terps rank third in the nation in overall scoring defense, allowing just 7.25 goals per game. That's in large part to goalie Pat McGinnis, who has a 7.24 goals against average. Only Navy, whom the Terps play on Saturday and Cornell have allowed fewer goals per game.

Top 5 In Scoring Defense

Terps Continue Hot Starts
For the fifth time in the last six years, Maryland has won six of its first eight games of the season. At 6-2, Maryland ties the record it had after seven games in 1997. In 1998, Maryland posted a perfect 8-0 record are rose to No. 1 in the polls before losing its first game to Johns Hopkins on April 11, 1998.

Maryland After Eight Games

McGinnis Continues To Star
Junior Pat McGinnis has been outstanding in his first season as the Terps' starting goalie. In eight games, McGinnis has a sensational 7.24 goals against average -- ranking fifth in the nation -- and a .682 save percentage -- second best in Division I. He has allowed just 55 goals. He has allowed three goals or less three times this season, most recently 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.

He allowed just seven goals to No. 11 Cornell, making 10 saves and nine goals to No. 6 North Carolina, making 12 saves. He also held the ACC's top scoring team Virginia to a season-low 11 goals on March 31.

In that game against the Cavaliers, McGinnis made a career-high 27 saves -- the most saves by a goalie in Division I this season.

Top 5 In Save Percentage

Top 5 In Goals Against Average

Mollot Among The Leaders
Redshirt freshman Mike Mollot has asserted himself as one of the nation's top feeders in his first collegiate lacrosse season. In eight games, Mollot ranks third in the ACC in assists per game behind only Virginia Drew McKnight (2.83 apg) and Duke's Jared Frood (2.22 apg). He had a career-high five against Towson -- all of which came in the first half.

Mollot Makes Mark
Mike Mollot stands atop the Maryland scoring chart after seven games. The preseason honorable mention All-American attackman leads the Terps in points with 21 and assists with 15.

He has recorded a point in seven of eight collegiate games 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 eight games, Mollot is three assists shy of Maryland's leader for the entire 1999 season when Marcus LaChapelle had 18.

Mollot Named Maryland Student-Athlete Of Week (3/14)
Mike Mollot earned the Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week on Tuesday, March 14, 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.

Malone Tops In Goals
Chris Malone holds a narrow one goal lead on the Maryland goal scoring chart with 13 after netting Maryland's first goal against Virginia. Marcus LaChapelle and Mike LaMonica have all notched a dozen goals through eight games.

Malone netted a career-high four goals at North Carolina to reach the 12-goal plateau while LaMonica notched three against the Heels to get to 12.

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.

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 12 goals this season, Malone has surpassed his single-season career high of 10 goals set last season. With 17 points he is also two off his single-season points high of 19 which he also set in 1999.

Malone's Career Numbers

LaChapelle Near The Top
Marcus LaChapelle stands second on the Terps in total points with 19 on 12 goals and seven assists. He was held without a goal against North Carolina ending his streak have having scored in every game during the 2000 season. His 12 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, 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
Mike LaMonica has netted a new career single-season best in goals with 12.

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 Lynda Filbert is a gymnastics coach for the Tigers.

Overall, LaMonica has 12 goals for 12 points. He has already surpassed his freshman totals of nine goals and 11 points, seven games into the season.

LaMonica's Career Numbers

Updating Scoring Streaks
Chris Malone is the only Terp to have recorded a point in all eight games this season after scoring against Virginia. He has scored goals in three straight games and in seven of eight games in 2000.

Malone's point-scoring streak dates back to last season having notched points in 12 straight games (15 goals and 10 assists) for 25 points.

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

Mike LaMonica has scored at least one goal in eight of the Terps' last 10 games, accumulating 16 goals.

He was shutout at Cornell to end his seven-game streak dating back to 1999.

Zeller Leads Active Career Chart
Senior captain Brian Zeller, who equaled his personal career-high with three assists against North Carolina, leads all active Terps in career scoring with 93 points on 61 goals and 32 assists.

He is 36 points from cracking the all-time Top 20 in career scoring. Pat O'Meally (1971-74) stands 20th with 129 points.

Zeller's 12 assists this season are second on the Terps to Mike Mollot's 15 and are the second most he has recorded in a single-season.

Zeller's Career Numbers

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

Overall, Combs has nine goals and three assists for 12 points, ranking him tied for fifth on the team in points.

"Buggs" Combs Named ACC Player Of The Week (3/20)
Andrew "Buggs" Combs (Baltimore, Md.) 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. Overall, Combs has eight goals and three assists for 11 points.

Combs was also named Maryland's male student-athlete of the week for the week ending March 18.

Moran Pressed Into Action
Freshman Ryan Moran has been used as Maryland's primary face-off specialist over the Terps' last two games. 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."

Morsell Passes Career Marks
Mike Morsell has emerged as a weapon for the Terps, scoring the game-winner against Towson. With seven goals for seven 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 50.0 percent (7/14) of his shots. He is followed by Marcus LaChapelle, who has scored on 40.0 percent of his shots.

Hochstadt Scores Again
Sophomore Craig Hochstadt was back in the scoring column scoring 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 heals 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 36. Only goalie Pat McGinnis has more groundballs with 43.

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.

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.

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2000 ACC STANDINGS

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TERPS IN THE POLLS

2000 STX/USILA Coaches' Poll (4/3/00)

Others Rec. votes: Bucknell, Villanova, Delaware, Lehigh, Towson, Yale, Butler

2000 Inside Lacrosse Media Poll (4/3/00)

Others receiving votes: Hobart 13, Towson 12, Butler 5, Denver 5, Lehigh 5, Bucknell 3, Yale 3, Penn 2.

2000 Baltimore Sun Poll (3/27/00)

2000 LaxPower Power Ratings (4/3/00)

Week-By-Week In The Polls

Terps By The Numbers

1
Maryland has won three 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 is the fourth all-time winningest coach in collegiate lacrosse history with 264 wins.

5
The Terps are a perfect 5-0 in non-conference games this season.

7
Maryland has won seven straight games against Navy in the series that dates to 1924.

7.24
Pat McGinnis has a super 7.24 goals against average, to rank fifth in the nation.

7.25
Maryland's team goal against average is 7.25 per game, that ranks No. 3 in the nation in scoring defense to just Navy and Cornell.

12
For Marcus LaChapelle and Mike LaMonica, 12 goals in a personal single-season high.

14.7
Maryland's opponents have scored on just 14.7 percent its their extra-man opportunities (5-for-34). That ranks No.1 in the nation on man-down defense.

21
Mike Mollot leads the Terps in points with 21 (six goals and 15 assists).

44
The number of wins Maryland has in the series with Navy for a 44-28-1 record. The Terps have only defeated Duke more times in any series, defeating the Blue Devils 47 times.

47.1
Maryland has scored on 47.1 percent of its extra-man opportunities this season (16-for-34).

74
Maryland and Navy will play for the 74th time, the second-most games in any series in Terp lacrosse history. Only the series with Johns Hopkins spans more games.

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

93
Brian Zeller leads all active players in career scoring with 61 goals and 32 assists for 93 points.

153
Dick Edell is the ACC's all-time leader in victories with a 153-70 record in 17 years at Maryland.

264
Dick Edell ranks fourth all-time in career-coaching wins with a 264-117 lifetime record.