May. 1, 2000

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- No. 7 Maryland travels up I-95 to face intrastate nemesis No. 17 UMBC on Saturday, May 6 in the 2000 regular-season finale. The Terps (9-4 overall) are looking for a measure of revenge against the Retrievers as UMBC has handed the Terps losses in the final regular-season games the last two years. With a win over UMBC, the Terps would most likely secure their 24th NCAA Tournament bid -- second behind Johns Hopkins (28 entering 2000) among all schools since the tournament started in 1971. The bid would also be Maryland's ninth in the last 10 years.

Selection Sunday On HTS

The 2000 NCAA Tournament field will be unveiled on Sunday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. The selection show will be aired live on Home Team Sports (HTS). The bracket will also be released on the Internet at www.NCAALacrosse.com and on www.umterps.com.

The 12-team bracket will be made up of five automatic qualifiers from the following conferences: America East (tournament winner to be determined), ECAC (Georgetown), Great Western (Notre Dame) Ivy League (Princeton) and Patriot League (Hobart). The remaining seven teams will be at-large selections. The ACC does not have an automatic bid because it only fields four men's lacrosse teams.

2000 NCAA Tournament Dates & Times

The 2000 men's lacrosse NCAA semifinals and championship game return to Byrd Stadium for a record 10th time this May. Here's a complete schedule of the NCAA Division I men's tournament.

NCAA First Round

• Saturday, May 13 - at Geneva, N.Y. (host Hobart), doubleheader starting at noon.
• Sunday, May 14 - at Catonsville, Md. (host UMBC), doubleheader starting at noon. NCAA Quarterfinals
• Saturday, May 20 - at New Brunswick, N.J. (host Rutgers), doubleheader starting at noon.
• Sunday, May 21 - at Baltimore, Md. (host Johns Hopkins), doubleheader starting at noon. NCAA Semifinals
• Saturday, May 27 - at College Park, Md. (host Maryland), doubleheader starting at noon. TV: ESPN2 NCAA Championship
• Monday, May 29 - at College Park, Md. (host Maryland), 10:55 a.m. TV: ESPN

Records & Rankings

Maryland enters Saturday's game against UMBC with a 9-4 record (1-2 in the ACC), coming off a 12-9 win over Yale in the regular-season home finale last Friday at Byrd Stadium. 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), Navy (6-5) and Duke (7-6) in the ACC Semifinals. Maryland's losses came against Duke (9-8), Virginia (11-6), Johns Hopkins (20-11) and Virginia (11-7) in the ACC Championship.

Maryland was ranked No. 7 in all three polls of May 1 -- the STX/USILA Coaches Poll, the Baltimore Sun poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.

UMBC enters Saturday's finale with a 7-6 record (4-2 in the ECAC), riding a three-game winning streak. The Retrievers topped Stony Brook, 15-3, in their outing last Saturday. UMBC's other wins came against Mount St. Mary's (19-9), Penn State (12-7), Rutgers (11-3), Massachusetts (9-8 in OT), Towson (17-15) and Radford (15-12). Their losses have come to Navy (11-2), Cornell (12-8), Georgetown (11-10), Duke (13-11), Bucknell (8-7) and North Carolina (15-9)

UMBC was ranked tied for 17th with Bucknell in the STX/USILA Coaches Poll of May 1 and are No. 18 in the the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll of April 24. They were not ranked in the Baltimore Sun poll.

Against Common Opponents

Maryland and UMBC have played seven common opponents during the season. The Terps have compiled a record of 7-1 against those teams with the only loss coming against Duke, 9-8 on March 4. Maryland, however, avenged that loss topping the Blue Devils, 7-6 in the ACC Semifinals on April 21.

UMBC has a 2-5 record against those common opponents. Their only wins have come against Mount St. Mary's and Towson.

Against Common Opponents

LaxPower Ratings

All four ACC teams are ranked in the top 13 of the LaxPower Power Ratings as of May 1. Virginia is ranked No. 2 with a rating of 99.38, Duke is No. 7 at 94.69, Maryland comes in at No. 9 with 94.15 and North Carolina is No. 13 at 91.90.

All four also rank among the top 10 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. 10. Maryland trails only Johns Hopkins and Syracuse in the strength of schedule category.

UMBC ranks No. 19 in the LaxPower ratings and has the 29th most difficult strength of schedule.

Maryland-UMBC Series History

Maryland holds a 16-4 lifetime advantage in 20 meetings with state rival UMBC. The Retrievers upset the then-No. 1 Terps in the regular-season finale in 1998, 12-8 at UMBC. They repeated the upset in the 1999 finale, winning 7-6 in College Park. Prior to that pair of losses, Maryland had won six meetings in a row from 1992-1997.

The teams have played once every May since 1982 and the UMBC game has been the last on Maryland's regular-season schedule for the last 10 years, dating to 1991 with Maryland winning seven of 10 finales.

The Last 10 Games Vs. UMBC

All-ACC For Malone & McGinnis

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 22 tallies. He is also second on the team in overall scoring with 29 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 8.21 goals against average and a .628 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: 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 coaches. Howley has been a mainstay on Maryland's defense all season, starting the last 12 games. He has recorded 21 groundballs and helped Maryland's defense to allow just 8.38 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.

Four Named To All-Tourney 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 over the weekend of April 21-23. Andrew "Buggs" Combs (Baltimore, Md.), Pat McGinnis, Matt Urlock (Lutherville, Md.) and Brian Zeller (Forest Hill, Md.) 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.

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 9-4 record this season, Edell has the best career ACC record at 156-72 (.684), 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 267-119 (.692) 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 (279-153), who succeeded Edell at Army in 1984.

With 267 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 nine among all active coaches in Division I college lacrosse in career winning percentage. Virginia's Dom Starsia is No. 4 at 72.1, Duke's Mike Pressler ranks No. 5 with a 71.6 win percentage, Maryland's Dick Edell is No. 6 at 69.2 and North Carolina's Dave Klarmann is listed at No. 9, winning 65.56 percent.

Sunday's game pits the No.6 and No.7 winningest active coaches as Edell goes up against UMBC's Don Zimmerman, who has a 68.0 win percentage in 14 seasons at Johns Hopkins (1984-90) and UMBC (1994-present).

Winningest Active Coaches (By Win Percentage)

* Minimum 100 games coached, through May 1

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 game against UMBC on May 6, and will also cover any postseason action involving the Terps.

Check Out 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's Last Game:

No. 7 Maryland 12, Yale 9

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- No. 7 Maryland held off a feisty Yale team, defeating the Bulldogs on Senior Night at Byrd Stadium, 12-9. Senior captain Brian Zeller had his best game of the season as he posted a season-high four goals including the decisive game-winner to make the game 10-8 with 11 seconds left in the third quarter. Zeller added his fourth goal to make it 11-8 early in the fourth. Zeller's first goal of the game, which came with nine seconds left in the first quarter was the 100th point of his Maryland career.

Freshman attacker Mike Mollot (Holbrook, N.Y.) set his career high in scoring recording six points -- all in the first half as he scored Maryland's second and third goals and assisted in the first, fourth, sixth and eight goals as Maryland (9-4) built a 9-6 halftime lead.

Junior midfielder Chris Malone extended his personal point-scoring streak to 17 games, dating back to last season, after scoring twice in the first half. Maryland senior Geoff Burnham (Vestal, N.Y.), playing his final regular-season home game at Byrd Stadium, scored just his third career goal with one second left in the first half. The Terps' other goals came from Mike LaMonica (Lutherville, Md.), who opened Maryland's scoring, Matt Urlock, who scored his 10th goal in the last six games and Mike Morsell, who closed the Maryland scoring with his career-high ninth goal.

Yale (8-5) fought hard throughout the game, cutting the lead to 9-8 with two quick goals to open the third quarter as Brian Hunt scored his second goal of the game and Todd Merchak tallied 1:37 into the second half to bring Yale within one. Hunt led all Bulldogs with six points with two goals and four assists. Mike Morris added two goals.

In nets, Pat McGinnis made 12 saves while Yale goalie Eric Wenzel posted 13 saves.

Box Score

Scoring: Yale - Brian Hunt 2-4-6, Mike Morris 2-0-2, Ryan Floyd 1-1-2, Chris McIntyre 1-1-2, Todd Merchak 1-0-1, Patrick Moylan 1-0-1, Mike Scaglione 1-0-1, Marko Lujic 0-1-1. Maryland- Mike Mollot 2-4-6, Brian Zeller 4-0-4, Chris Malone 2-0-2, Geoff Burnham 1-0-1, Mike LaMonica 1-0-1, Mike Morsell 1-0-1, Matt Urlock 1-0-1, Marcus LaChapelle 0-1-1.
Goalies: Yale- Eric Wenzel (13 saves, 12 GA, 60:00). Maryland - Pat McGinnis (12 saves, 9 GA, 60:00).

Team Stats:

Att.: 746

The Last Maryland-UMBC Game:

No. 11 UMBC 7, No. 9 Maryland 6

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 9 Maryland Terrapins made a valiant comeback in the second half after trailing 7-2 at halftime, but lost to No. 11 UMBC, 7-6, at Byrd Stadium before 2,473 on May 8, 1999.

The Terps scored three goals in a 1:29 span early in the fourth quarter to cut UMBC's lead to 7-6, but were unable to complete the rally as UMBC goalie Andrew Hampson made seven of his 18 saves to secure the win for the Retrievers. With the win, UMBC (11-3), secured a bid to the NCAA Tournament, while the Terrapins (9-5) were held out of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1990.

UMBC jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first quarter as Josh Hahn scored with just one second left in the first period. Maryland cut the lead to 5-2 on goals by Marcus LaChapelle and Nate Watkins. Then UMBC's Casey Hard scored his second and third goals of the game prior to halftime to give his team the 7-2 lead.

Maryland got second-half goals from Mike LaMonica, Chris Malone, LaChapelle and Chris Lamy.

Maryland goalie Kevin Healy made eight saves.

The Terps outshot UMBC, 55-24, including 16-1 in the fourth quarter and picked up 41 of the game's 72 groundballs. The game saw only one on-field penalty called as Maryland's Geoff Burnham was whistled for slashing with 1:38 left in regulation. Maryland won 11 of 16 face-offs behind Brian Haggerty, who won 10 draws.

Box Score

Scoring: UMBC: Casey Hard 3-0-3, Chris Turner 1-1-2, Dan Marohl 1-0-1, Josh Hahn 1-0-1, Charlie Gibson 1-0-1, John Harasym 0-1-1, Jeffrey Ratcliffe 0-1-1. Maryland: Marcus LaChapelle 2-0-2, Chris Malone 1-1-2, Nate Watkins 1-0-1, Mike LaMonica 1-0-1, Chris Lamy 1-0-1.
Goalies: UMBC: Andrew Hampson (18 saves, 6 GA, 60 min.). Maryland: Kevin Healy (8 saves, 7 GA, 60 min).

Team Stats:

Att: 2,473

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 (8.33).

ACC Team Scoring Defense (As of April 24)

Man-Down Unit Impresses

On the defensive side, Maryland has allowed just 11 extra-man goals this season for an 80.4 man-down defense.

In last week's NCAA stats 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 45 of 56 penalties without allowing a goal. Opponents have scored on just 19.6 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 38.8 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 19 of its 49 opportunities.

As of the NCAA stats on 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 10 of 13 games this season.

Mike LaMonica leads the Terps in man-up goals with five. Brian Zeller has scored four of his 11 goals on the extra-man.

Zeller Reaches 100 Career Points

Senior captain Brian Zeller surpassed the 100-point plateau with his best game of the season against Yale on April 28. Zeller scored a season-high four goals in lifting the Terps to the 12-9 win. Zeller's first goal of the game, with nine seconds left in the first quarter, represented his 100th career point.

He scored the eventual game-winner on an extra-man opportunity with 11 seconds left in the third quarter.

Zeller has been hot over the last three games totaling nine points over the stretch. He equaled a season-high with four points (two goals, two assists) against Duke in the ACC Semifinals on April 21.

Zeller has 103 career points heading into the UMBC game with 68 goals and 35 assists.

He is 26 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 24, and are the most he has recorded in a single-season. With 26 overall points this season, Zeller is third on the team in scoring.

Zeller's Career Numbers

Zeller Back To No. 10

Since Brian Zeller has return to No. 10 he has recovered from an early-season scoring slump. Zeller switched back to No. 10, the number he had worn from 1996-1999, after wearing No. 24 to start the 2000 season. He had been wearing No. 24 as a tribute to Scott Hochstadt, Maryland's fifth all-time leading goal-scorer, who entered school with Zeller in 1996.

In the five games since the return to No. 10 on April 8, Zeller has tallied 10 points (seven goals and three assists). He had scored just four goals in No. 24.

The Numbers Game Zeller In No. 10 and No. 24

McGinnis Continues To Star

All-ACC selection Pat McGinnis has been outstanding in his first season as the Terps' starting goalie. In 13 games, the junior goalie has a sensational 8.21 goals against average and a .628 save percentage. He has allowed just 102 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 against 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.

Malone Tops In Goals

After scoring twice against Yale on April 28, All-ACC selection Chris Malone has built his team-high goal scoring total to 22. Malone is five points behind Mike Mollot (34 points) as the highest scoring Terp with 29 points.

Malone set his career-high of four goals at North Carolina and equaled it in goals with four against Johns Hopkins on April 15.

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

Malone Nets Career High

All-ACC selection 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 22 goals this season, Malone has surpassed his single-season career high of 10 goals set last season. With 29 points, he also passed his single-season points high of 19 which he also set in 1999.

Malone's Career Numbers

Malone In The First Half

Chris Malone gets it done in the first half. He has recorded 19 goals and five assists for 24 points in the first half. 86.4 percent of his goals have come in the first half including all four of his goals against North Carolina and Johns Hopkins. Overall, 82.7 of his points have come in the first half (24 of 29).

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

Malone's Scoring Streak

Chris Malone is the only Terp to have recorded a point in all 13 games this season after scoring two goals against Yale. He has scored goals in 11 of 13 games in 2000.

Malone's point-scoring streak dates back to last season having notched points in 17 straight games (24 goals and 12 assists) for 36 points.

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 13 games. The preseason honorable mention All-American attackman leads the Terps in points with 34 and leads in assists with 24 after recording a career-high six points -- all in the first half against Yale on April 28.

Mollot equaled his career high in points against the Bulldogs with two goals, coming 4:03 apart in the first quarter and four assists all prior to halftime. He set the career-high with one goal and five assists against Towson on March 11.

He has recorded a point in 12 of 13 collegiate games with the Terps. He has posted nine multi-point games and has recorded more than three points in five games.

Mollot had the assist on the game-tying goal against Navy and scored the game-winner with 5:01 left in regulation against the Mids. 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 Semifinals 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 fourth on the Terps in total points with 23 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 (Lutherville, Md.) has netted a new career single-season best in goals, as he stands with 16 after scoring once in Maryland's last three games.

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 16 goals for 18 points. He surpassed his freshman totals of nine goals and 11 points, seven games into the 2000 season. He is tied with Buggs Combs for fourth on the team in scoring.

His goals per game average is just under 1.0 goal per game, after netting 25 goals in 26 games.

Mike LaMonica has scored at least one goal in 12 of the Terps' last 15 games, accumulating 20 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 and recorded one goal.

The sophomore has scored 10 goals over the last six games, netting his first career hat trick at Johns Hopkins, a pair against Virginia and the game-tying goal versus Navy. He scored in his sixth straight game against Yale. He also scored two against Virginia for the second 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 game at Johns Hopkins.

Overall, Combs has 13 goals and five assists for 18 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.

Seniors Play Home Finale

Coming off their second ACC Championship game in three seasons, seven Maryland seniors played their final regular-season home game at Byrd Stadium, a 12-9 win over Yale on April 28. The win marked the final home game for seven seniors: Geoff Burnham, Jason Carrier (Boonton Township, N.J.), Casey Connor (Baltimore, Md.), Dan Hughes (Westminster, Md.), Marcus LaChapelle, Jeff Shirk (Boonton Township, N.J.) and Brian Zeller.

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.

Burnham Nets Two In 2000

Defensive midfielder Geoff Burnham scored his second goal of the season and third of his career in his final regular-season home game against Yale. Burnham's goal came with one second left in the first half as he took a pass from Marcus LaChapelle behind the Yale cage and beat the goalie.

Burnham's other goal came as he scored on a full-field rush after Carrington King won a face-off in the fourth quarter against Delaware on March 15. 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 56. Only goalie Pat McGinnis has more groundballs with 84.

Morsell Passes Career Marks

Mike Morsell has emerged as a weapon for the Terps this season with his top game coming when he scored the game-winner against Towson on March 11. With nine goals and one assist for 10 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.

Morsell has scored one goal four other times with one in each game against Duke in the regular-season and in the ACC Semifinals, as well as one goal against Delaware and Yale.

Carroll's Career Game

Sophomore face-off specialist Brian Carroll (East Rockaway, N.Y.) had a career game against Duke in the ACC Semifinals on April 21. He won a season-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, 112, winning 45 for a 40.2 win percentage.

Moran Pressed Into Action

Freshman Ryan Moran (Setauket, N.Y.) has been used as Maryland's primary face-off specialist during much of this season. 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."

Overall, Moran has taken 75 draws, winning 30 for a 40.0 win percentage.

Watkins Nets First Of 2000

Sophomore midfielder Nate Watkins (Elmira, N.Y.) 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.

Hochstadt Scores Again

Sophomore Craig Hochstadt (Columbia, Md.) 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.

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 (Stony Brook, N.Y.), Chris Edwards (Baltimore, Md.) , Brett Harper (Columbia, Ohio), Sean Leary (Troy, Mich.) and Ricky Sears (Chevy Chase, Md.) also scored in their initial college games.

Freshman Jamie Daue (Lutherville, Md.) 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 (5/1/00)

Others Rec. votes: Yale, Army, Villanova, Harvard, Denver, Massachusetts

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 (5/1/00)

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 267 wins.

5

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

6

Mike Mollot equaled his career-high in points with six (two goals and four assists) against Yale -- all of which came in the first half.

10

Matt Urlock has 10 goals in his last six games, including his first career hat trick at Johns Hopkins.

10

Since returning to No. 10, Brian Zeller has scored seven goals in five games after netting just four goals in the first eight games while wearing No. 24.

8.21

Pat McGinnis has a 8.21 goals against average, which ranks among the national leaders

19.6

Maryland's opponents have scored on just 19.6 percent its their extra-man opportunities (11-for-56), which ranks No. 5 in the nation.

22

Chris Malone leads the team in goals with 22.

24

Mike Mollot leads the Terps in assists with 24. He also leads the team in points with 34.

75

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

80.0

Maryland has won 80.0 of the games against UMBC (16-4) since the series started in 1976

82.3

Maryland has been successful on 82.3 percent of its clears this season.

100

Brian Zeller surpassed the 100-point plateau with four goals against Yale on April 28. Overall, he has 68 goals and 35 assists for 103 points.

156

Dick Edell is the ACC's all-time leader in victories with a 156-72 record in 17 years at Maryland.

267

Dick Edell ranks fourth all-time in career-coaching wins with a 267-119 lifetime record.

TERPS IN THE NCAA STATS (thru April 24)

Team Scoring Defense