May 17, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Led by attackmen Andrew "Buggs" Combs
(Baltimore, Md.) and Mike Mollot (Holbrook, N.Y.) the Maryland men's
lacrosse team advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the fifth time in
six years after topping Hofstra, 14-12 last Sunday at UMBC. Combs (four
goals) and Mollot (three goals, four assists) combined for 11 points for
the second straight week to lift the Terps to the first round win.
The No. 6 seed Terps will face No. 3 seed Princeton in the round of
eight on Saturday, May 20 in New Brunswick, N.J. at Rutgers Stadium. The
game will start at approximately 4 p.m. as the second game in a
doubleheader following the opener between No. 1 seed Syracuse and
unseeded Georgetown (a 14-12 winner over No. 8 Cornell in the first
round).
The Terps, in their 24th NCAA Tournament, second most of any team in
NCAA history, have advanced to the quarterfinals for the ninth time
since 1986 when the tournament expanded to 12 teams.
Saturday's game against Princeton pits the two teams which faced off
for the 1997 and 1998 national championship games with the Tigers
winning both times. Saturday's game will also be played on the same
field at Rutgers, where Princeton captured the '98 final.
Game Facts and Coverage:
Game 16: No. 6 seed Maryland (No. 6 USILA) vs. No. 3 seed Princeton (No.
3 USILA)
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2000
Time: Approximately 4 p.m., second game in doubleheader which begins at
1 p.m. with No. 1 seed Syracuse vs. Georgetown
Site: Rutgers Stadium (41,500), New Brunswick, N.J.
2000 Records: Maryland: 11-4 (1-2 ACC), Princeton: 10-2 (6-0 Ivy League)
Series History: Maryland leads 28-10-1. Last Meeting: May 25, 1998 -
Princeton 15, Maryland 5 in NCAA Championship game at Rutgers.
The Coaches:
Maryland: Dick Edell (269-119 overall/28th yr., 158-72 at
Maryland/17th yr.)
Princeton: Bill Tierney (178-53 overall/16th yr., 144-46 at
Princeton/13th yr.)
TV Coverage: Doubleheader live on Empire Sports at 1 p.m. Tape delayed
on Fox Sports New York at 4 p.m. (talent: Barry Landers and Bob Rule).
Radio Coverage: Maryland: WMUC (88.1 FM) or on the Internet at
www.wmuc.umd.edu. (talent: Steve Tishco and Rob Jemella)
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)
Georgetown 14, No. 8 Cornell 12, No. 7 Duke 13, Hobart 1
- Sunday, May 14 - at Catonsville, Md. (host UMBC)
Notre Dame 15, No. 5 Loyola 13, No. 6 Maryland 14, Hofstra 12
NCAA Quarterfinals
- Saturday, May 20 - at New Brunswick, N.J. (host Rutgers)
No. 1 Syracuse (12-1) vs. Georgetown (12-2), 1 p.m.
No. 3 Princeton (10-2) vs. No. 6 Maryland (11-4), 45 minutes later
- Sunday, May 21 - at Baltimore, Md. (host Johns Hopkins)
No. 2 Virginia (12-1) vs. No. 7 Duke (11-4), Noon
No. 4 Johns Hopkins (8-3) vs. Notre Dame (10-3), 45 minutes later
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:
No 6 seed Maryland enters Saturday's quarterfinal tournament game
against Princeton with an 11-4 record (1-2 in the ACC), coming off a
14-12 win over Hofstra at UMBC last Sunday. During the regular season,
the Terps 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), Duke (7-6) in the ACC Semifinals, Yale (12-9 and UMBC (15-7).
Maryland's losses came against Duke (9-8), Virginia (11-6), Johns
Hopkins (20-11) and Virginia (11-7) in the ACC championship.
Maryland is ranked No. 6 in the STX/USILA Coaches Poll and the
Baltimore Sun poll of May 8, and No. 7 in the Warrior/Inside Lacrosse
Media Poll of May 8.
No. 3 seed Princeton enters Saturday's postseason match with a 10-2
record (6-0 Ivy League). The Tigers captured the Ivy League's automatic
qualifier with a perfect record in conference play. Princeton's wins
have come against Johns Hopkins (15-11), Hofstra (11-8), Rutgers (15-5),
Yale (17-5), Penn (10-4), Brown (10-7), Harvard (12-6), Cornell (9-5),
Dartmouth (10-7) and Hobart (12-6). Their losses have come to the top
two seeds in the NCAA Tournament, Virginia (15-8) and Syracuse (16-4).
The Tigers split their first two games of the season before winning
nine of 10 to finish the regular season. They received a first-round bye
as the No. 3 seed.
Princeton is ranked third in all three major polls of May 8 (STX/USILA
Coaches Poll, Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll and Baltimore Sun
poll).
LaxPower Ratings:
Maryland is ranked No. 8 in the LaxPower poll of May 8, 2000. The Terps
have a 94.60 power rating. Maryland has the most difficult schedule
among the ACC teams, ranking No. 4 nationally. Maryland trails only
Johns Hopkins, Syracuse and Princeton in the strength of schedule
category.
Princeton ranks No. 4 in the LaxPower ratings with a 96.27 and has the
third-most difficult strength of schedule.
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 11-4 record this season, Edell has the best career ACC record
at 158-72 (.687), all at Maryland. On March 11, Edell became the first
coach to reach the 150-win plateau at an ACC school, with the win over
Towson.
With a lifetime record of 269-119 (.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 (281-153), who succeeded Edell at Army
in 1984.
He is the fourth all-time winningest coach in men's lacrosse annals,
overall. 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 (16 in Division I after the 2000 selection),
including 12 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 281-153
2. Dick Edell, Maryland 269-119
3. Glenn Thiel, Penn State 245-155
4. Tom Hayes, Rutgers 238-183
Winningest All-Time Coaches (By Wins):
1. Dick Garber, Massachusetts 300
2. Roy Simmons, Jr., Syracuse 290
3. Jack Emmer, Army 281
4. Dick Edell, Maryland 269
5. Carl Runk, Towson 262
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.
Virginia's Dom Starsia is No. 3 at 72.2, Duke's Mike Pressler ranks No.
5 with a 71.9 win percentage, Maryland's Dick Edell is No. 6 at 69.3 and
North Carolina's Dave Klarmann is listed at No. 8, winning 65.8 percent.
Saturday's game pits Edell against the winningest active coach in men's
college lacrosse, Bill Tierney. In stints at Rochester Institute of
Technology and Princeton, Tierney has won 77.1 percent of his games
(178-53).
Winningest Active Coaches (By Win Percentage)
1. Bill Tierney, Princeton 77.1% 178-53
2. Dave Urick, Georgetown 75.1% 227-74
3. Dom Starsia, Virginia 72.2% 192-74
4. Dave Cottle, Loyola 72.15% 171-66
5. Mike Pressler, Duke 71.9% 173-68
6. Dick Edell, Maryland 69.3% 269-119
7. Don Zimmerman, UMBC 67.6% 123-59
8. Dave Klarmann, No. Carolina 65.8% 100-52
9. Tony Seaman, Towson 65.4% 172-91
10. Jack Emmer, Army 64.7% 281-153
* Minimum 100 games coached, through May 14
Edell Leads In NCAA Trips:
Among all active coaches Dick Edell leads the pack in career NCAA
Division I appearances with his 16th this spring. Overall, Edell has led
his team to 19 NCAA Tournament appearances (three at Division II
Baltimore, four at Army and 12 at Maryland). He has led the Terps to the
NCAA Tournament in 12 of his 17 seasons.
Princeton's Bill Tierney has coached 12 teams to the NCAA Tournament,
two at RIT and the last ten at Princeton, all since 1990.
NCAA Tournament Apperances For 2000 Coaches:
Coach (Schools) Overall D-I
1. Dick Edell (Balt., Army, Maryland) 19 16
2. Dave Urick (Hobart, Georgetown) 14 4
3t. Dave Cottle (Loyola) 13 13
3t. Dom Starsia (Brown, Virginia) 13 13
5. Bill Tierney (RIT, Princeton) 12 10
6. Mike Pressler (Ohio Wesleyan, Duke) 11 6
7. Kevin Corrigan (Notre Dame) 8 8
8. B.J. O'Hara (Hobart) 7 2
9. John Danowski (C.W. Post, Hofstra) 6 6
10. John Haus (Washington, J. Hopkins) 5 2
11. John Desko (Syracuse) 2 2
12. Dave Pietramala (Cornell) 1 1
WMUC Broadcast Information:
Maryland's student radio station WMUC (88.1 FM) will broadcast
Maryland's NCAA quarterfinal game against Princeton on Saturday. A
pregame show will air approximately 30 minutes prior to faceoff. WMUC's
broadcasts can be heard live on the Internet at wmuc.umd.edu.
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Maryland's Last Game:
2000 NCAA First Round
No. 6 Maryland 14, Hofstra 12
CATONSVILLE, Md. -- No. 6 Maryland advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals
for the fifth time in six years with a 14-12 win over unseeded Hofstra
on Sunday at UMBC.
Maryland attackmen Andrew "Buggs" Combs and Mike Mollot combined for
11 points to lead the charge. Mollot finished with a career-high seven
points (three goals, four assists), combining for 19 over the last three
games. Combs scored Maryland's final three goals including the
decisive goal which broke an 11-11 tie as he scored 5:55 into the fourth
quarter to put the Terps up 12-11. Combs continued his barrage, scoring
with 5:37 and 2:18 left in regulation to make it 14-11. Hofstra's Tom
Kessler closed the scoring with his fourth goal of the game with 1:18
left in the contest.
After Hofstra scored first, Maryland scored five unanswered goals to
close the first quarter with a 5-1 lead. In the first-period run, Chris
Malone scored the third and fourth goals, both on assists from Mollot.
Maryland's other goals in the run came from Mike LaMonica, Brian Zeller
and Combs.
Hofstra bounced back late in the third after the Terps moved ahead 9-5
on a pair of goals by Mollot and a tally by Zeller. The Dutch scored the
final four goals of the period including two by Kessler to tie the game
at 9-9.
Zeller finished with three goals. LaMonica and Malone each scored
twice. In nets, Pat McGinnis made 13 saves. Maryland outshot the Dutch,
43-41 while Hofstra won the groundball battle 46-43.
Box Score
No. 10 Hofstra (11-5) 1 1 7 3 --12
No. 6 Maryland (11-4) 5 1 3 5 --14
Scoring: Hofstra- Joe Kostolansky 4-1-5, Tom Kessler 4-0-4, Scott Dooley
1-1-2, Adam Hananel 1-1-2, Joe Barile 1-0-1, Doug Shanahan 1-0-1, Ramar
Clash 0-1-1, Bob Parrinelli 0-1-1.
Mayland- Mike Mollot 3-4-7, Andrew Combs 4-0-4, Chris Malone 2-2-4,
Brian Zeller 3-0-3, Mike LaMonica 2-0-2, Marcus LaChapelle 0-1-1.
Goalies: Hofstra- Michael Demeo (11 saves, 14 GA, 60:00). Maryland -
Pat McGinnis (13 saves, 12 GA, 60:00).
Team Stats:
Category: Hofstra, Maryland
Shots: 8-4-14-15=41, 17-7-9-10=43 Saves: 6-2-1-2=11, 4-1-1-7=13
Face-Offs: 19/29, 10/29
Groundballs: 9-6-15-16=46, 10-6-13-14=43
Clears: 13/18, 18/24
Extra-Man Opp.: 1/5, 2/2
Penalties: 3/3:00, 6/4:30
Att.: 4,128
Maryland's 24th Time At NCAA's:
Maryland is making its 24th overall NCAA Tournament appearance in 2000.
The Terps have played in the second most tournaments since the event
began in 1971. Only Johns Hopkins has played in more, having appeared in
the last 29 tournaments, only missing the 1971 event.
Virginia has also played in 24 NCAA Tournaments, playing in the last
eight.
Princeton has played in 11 tournaments, all since 1990, the Tigers only
NCAA appearances. Princeton has won five NCAA titles in 1992, '94, '96,
'97 and '98.
NCAA Tournament Apperances For 2000 Teams:
1. Johns Hopkins 29 (72-00)
2t. MARYLAND 24 (71-79, 81-83, 86-87, 89, 91-98, 00)
2t. Virginia 24 (71-74, 78-86, 88, 90-91, 93-00)
4. Syracuse 20 (79-81, 83-00)
5. Cornell 15 (71, 74-80, 82-83, 87-89, 95, 00)
6. Loyola 13^ (88-00)
7. Princeton 11 (90-00)
8. Hofstra 10 (71, 73-75, 78, 93, 96-97, 99)
9. Notre Dame 9 (90, 92-97, 99-00)
10. Duke 7 (92, 94-95, 97-00)
11. Georgetown 4 (97-00)
12. Hobart 2* (98, 00)
^-Loyola played in two D-II (79, 81)
*-Hobart played in six D-II (74-79) and 15 D-III (80-94)
Maryland Record In NCAA's:
The Terps have won the third-most Division I NCAA Tournament games,
compiling a 32-21 overall record in 53 games. Only Johns Hopkins (45-21)
and Syracuse (34-14) have won more Division I games.
Maryland is fifth by percentage (.604).
NCAA Records For 2000 Teams (By Wins):
1. Johns Hopkins 45-21 .682
2. Syracuse 34-14 .708
3. MARYLAND 32-21 .604
4. Virginia 25-21 .543
5. Cornell 19-12 .613
6. Princeton 18-5 .783
7. Loyola 8-13^ .381
8. Duke 5-6 .454
9. Georgetown 4-3 .571
10. Hofstra 2-10 .167
11. Notre Dame 2-8 .200
12. Hobart 0-2 * .000
^-Loyola went 0-2 in D-II
*-Hobart went 13-4 in D-II and 42-2 in D-III
Against Common Opponents:
The Terps have compiled a 3-3 mark against common opponents shared with
Princeton. They defeated Cornell, Hofstra and Yale with losses coming to
Johns Hopkins and Virginia twice.
Princeton has won four of five games against common opponents,
defeating Cornell, Hofstra, Johns Hopkins and Yale. They also lost to
Virginia, 15-8.
Against Common Opponents
Opponent: Maryland Princeton
Cornell: W, 8-7 W, 9-5
Hofstra: W, 14-12 W, 11-8
Johns Hopkins: L, 11-20 W, 15-11
Virginia: L, 6-11, L, 7-11 L, 8-15
Yale: W, 12-9 W, 17-5
Against The 2000 Field:
Maryland is 3-4 against teams in the NCAA Tournament with victories
coming against Cornell, Duke in the ACC Semifinals and unseeded Hofstra
in the first round of the tournament. The Terps' losses to tournament
teams came against Virginia (twice), Johns Hopkins and Duke.
Princeton has a 4-2 record against teams in the field. The Tigers
defeated Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Hofstra and Hobart.
Records Against 2000 NCAA Tournament Teams:
Syracuse 6-1 .857
Virginia 5-1 .833
Princeton 4-2 .667
Loyola 4-3 .571
Duke 3-3 .500
Johns Hopkins 3-3 .500
Maryland 3-4 .429
Georgetown 2-2 .500
Notre Dame 1-2 .333
Cornell 1-4 .200
Hofstra 1-4 .200
Hobart 1-5 .167
Maryland As The No. 6 Seed:
Maryland is the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the third time.
On all three occasions, the Terps have won their first game of the
tournament.
Maryland As The No. 6 Seed
1983
First Round: #6 Maryland 13, #3 Virginia 4
Semifinals: #2 Syracuse 12, #6 Maryland 5
1992
First Round: #6 Maryland 13, Duke 11
Quarterfinals: #3 Princeton 11, #6 Maryland 10
2000
First Round: #6 Maryland 14, Hofstra 12
Terps Against No. 3 Seeds:
Maryland has won three of five games against No. 3 seeds including the
last meeting when an unseeded Terps squad upset No. 3 seed Syracuse in
the 1997 semifinals.
In Maryland's first time as a No. 6 seed against a No. 3 seed in the
1983 semifinals, the Terps upset Virginia, 13-4 in Charlottesville.
Maryland also topped a No. 3 seed in the 1979 semifinals as the No. 2
Terps notched a 15-10 victory over Navy in College Park.
The Terps' two losses to the No. 3 seeds came to Princeton, 11-10, in
the 1992 quarterfinals and Syracuse, 13-9 in the 1995 championship.
Maryland Against No. 3 Seeds:
1979
Semifinals: #2 Maryland 15, #3 Navy 10
1983
First Round: #6 Maryland 13, #3 Virginia 4
1992
Quarterfinals: #3 Princeton 11, #6 Maryland 10
1995
Championship: #3 Syracuse 13, #4 Maryland 9
1997
Semifinals: Maryland 18, #3 Syracuse 17
The Maryland-Princeton Series:
Maryland holds a 28-10-1 advantage against Princeton as the teams head
into their 40th meeting on Saturday.
Princeton has won the last three meetings, all in the NCAA Tournament,
including the last two in the national title games in 1997 and '98.
Princeton defeated the Terps in the teams' only NCAA quarterfinal
meeting, 11-10 on May 16, 1992 at Princeton.
The Terps have won 28 of the 36 regular-season meetings dating to the
1927 inaugural game, a 13-6 Maryland win. The Terps have won the last
five regular season games including the last tie in Maryland history,
6-6 on March 30, 1968.
The Last 10 Meetings (Maryland-Princeton)
May 25, 1998 Princeton 15, Maryland 5 NCAA F (Rut)
May 26, 1997 Princeton 19, Maryland 7 NCAA F
May 16, 1992 Princeton 11, Maryland 10 NCAA F
March 17, 1977 Maryland 13, Princeton 3
March 1976 Maryland 13, Princeton 3
March 1971 Maryland 19, Princeton 3
March 28, 1970 Maryland 9, Princeton 3
March 1969 Maryland 9, Princeton 5
March 30, 1968 Maryland 6, Princeton 6 TIE
March 1967 Maryland 10, Princeton 9 OT
Home Team In Bold
Terps & Tigers The Last Time -- 1998 Championship Game:
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Princeton punctuated its claim as one of
college lacrosse's great programs by beating Maryland 15-5 for its third
straight NCAA title and fifth in seven years.
Goalie Corey Popham, who was in danger of losing his job on the eve of
the Final Four, was the star of the final, making 17 saves as Princeton
(14-1) beat Maryland (14-3) for the title for the second straight year.
Princeton, the second seed in the tournament, was led by its senior
attack line. Jesse Hubbard scored four goals - all in the fourth quarter
- Chris Massey had three and Jon Hess two goals and four assists.
Scott Hochstadt had two goals for No. 5 seed Maryland, which lost the
title game for the third time in four years.
The 1997 title game was also a rout, 19-7. However, this one was
actually tied 3-3 at halftime before the Tigers broke things open with
five straight goals in the third period.
Hess set up Lorne Smith's tie-breaking goal with 12:32 left in the
quarter and then struck again, breaking Maryland's spirit on an open-net
goal with 10:19 left. Maryland defenseman Brian Reese made a bad pass
to goalie Kevin Healy while advancing the ball up the field and Hess
scooped up the loose ball and scored on an uncontested breakaway.
The play seemed to demoralize Maryland, which knocked off top-seeded
Loyola in the semifinals at Rutgers Stadium. Josh Sims, Hess and Massey
scored over the next five-plus minutes and the lead was suddenly 8-3.
Even when Maryland got chances in the span, Popham came up big. He
stopped Erik Osberg in close and stopped a breakaway by Matt Hahn, the
Terps' all-time leader goal scorer who was blanked in the final.
Maryland, which trailed by seven goals at halftime in '97, got goals
from Frank Radin and Bob Hanna in a one-minute second quarter span to
leave the field tied at 3-3.
After Brian Zeller scored to give Maryland an early 1-0 lead, Smith
and John Wynne scored 1:07 apart to put Princeton ahead 2-1. Massey
scored from six yards out early in the second quarter to stretch the
lead to 3-1.
MARYLAND-PRINCETON CONNECTIONS
Jersey Terps Return Home:
Three Mountain Lakes High School graduates return to the Garden State
as the Terps battle Princeton at Rutgers. Senior captains Jeff Shirk and
Jason Carrier have been friends since their childhood days in Boonton
Township, N.J. and came to Maryland together in 1996.
Freshman Frank Luciano joins the duo to make a trio of Terps from
Mountain Lakes, all of which call Boonton Township their hometown.
Terrapins From Long Island
No. Player Yr. Hometown/High School
37 Jeff Shirk Sr. Boonton Twp./Mountain Lakes
44 Frank Luciano Fr. Boonton Twp./Mountain Lakes
48 Jason Carrier Sr. Boonton Twp./Mountain Lakes
Going To H.S. Together:
Maryland (11) and Princeton (4) have nine players that graduated from
the same high school.
- Chaminade High School grads Brian Carroll (East Rockaway, N.Y.) and
Ryan Moran (Setauket, N.Y.) will face former high school mate Rob Torti
on the Princeton side.
- Boys' Latin grads Chris Edwards (Baltimore, Md.), Jamie Daue
(Lutherville, Md.), Craig Hochstadt (Columbia, Md.) and Davis Rose
(Lutherville, Md.) played on the same team as Princeton junior Ryan
Mollett.
- St. Paul's High School is represented on both teams' rosters.
Maryland features Buggs Combs, Keith Helman (Lutherville, Md.) and Alex
Poole (Hunt Valley, Md.), while Princeton senior Chris Berrier played
for the Crusaders.
- Maryland sophomore Rob Hoffman played high school ball with Princeton
freshman Josh White. Terps' senior Marcus LaChapelle also played at St.
Mary's.
Tigers from Maryland:
The Princeton roster features 12 players which hail from Maryland.
Included in the dozen is leading scorer and senior midfielder Josh Sims,
who attended the McDonogh School in Baltimore. Sims is one of three
Tigers from McDonogh (Joe Rosenbaum and Brad Dumont).
Tigers from Maryland:
No. Player Yr. Hometown/High School
3 Owen Daly Fr. Baltimore/McDonogh
4 Josh Sims Sr. Edgewater/Severn
5 Joe Rosenbaum Fr. Lutherville/McDonogh
6 Ryan Mollett Jr. Taneytown/Boys' Latin
22 Brad Dumont Fr. Baltimore/McDonogh
25 Damien Davis Fr. Cockeysville/Gilman
28 Chris Merrier Sr. Lutherville/St. Paul's
29 Winship Ross Jr. Harwood/St. Albans
31 Jamie Sullivan Sr. Bethesda/Potomac
36 Josh White Fr. Annapolis/St. Mary's
38 Billy Whitridge Sr. Glyndon/Gilman
41 Willis Wu Sr. Crownsville/Severn
TERPS IN THE NCAA's
1971 (National Finalists)
First Round: #3 Maryland 10, #6 Air Force 1
Semifinals: #3 Maryland 10, #2 Navy 7
Championship: #1 Cornell 12, #3 Maryland 6
1972 (Semifinals)
First Round: #1 Maryland 9, #8 Rutgers 3
Semifinals: #4 Johns Hopkins 9, #1 Maryland 6
1973 (NATIONAL CHAMPIONS)
First Round: #1 Maryland 16, #8 Brown 4
Semifinals: #1 Maryland 18, #4 Wash. & Lee 5
Championship: #1 Maryland 10, #2 J. Hopkins 9, 2OT
1974 (National Finalists)
First Round: #1 Maryland 12, #8 Rutgers 6
Semifinals: #1 Maryland 19, #4 Cornell 10
Championship: #2 Johns Hopkins 17, #1 Maryland 12
1975 (NATIONAL CHAMPIONS)
First Round: #3 Maryland 19, #6 Hofstra 11
Semifinals: #3 Maryland 15, #7 Wash. & Lee 5
Championship: #3 Maryland 20, #4 Navy 13
1976 (National Finalists)
First Round: #1 Maryland 17, #8 Brown 8
Semifinals: #1 Maryland 22, #4 Navy 11
Championship: #2 Cornell 16, #1 Maryland 13, OT
1977 (Semifinals)
First Round: #3 Maryland 14, #6 Wash. & Lee 8
Semifinals: #2 Johns Hopkins 16, #3 Maryland 9
1978 (Semifinals)
First Round: #3 Maryland 15, #6 Virginia 10
Semifinals: #2 Johns Hopkins 17, #3 Maryland 11
1979 (National Finalists)
First Round: #2 Maryland 16, #7 Syracuse 13
Semifinals: #2 Maryland 15, #3 Navy 10
Championship: #1 Johns Hopkins 15, #2 Maryland 9
1981 (First Round)
First Round: #1 Johns Hopkins 19, #8 Maryland 14
1982 (First Round)
First Round: #2 Johns Hopkins 14, #7 Maryland 9
1983 (Semifinals)
First Round: #6 Maryland 13, #3 Virginia 4
Semifinals: #2 Syracuse 12, #6 Maryland 5
1986 (Quarterfinals)
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinals: #5 North Carolina 12, #4 Maryland 10
1987 (Semifinals)
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinals: #1 Maryland 12, #8 Penn 8
Semifinals: #4 Johns Hopkins 13, #1 Maryland 8
1989 (Semifinals)
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinals: #4 Maryland 12, #5 Adelphi 11, OT
Semifinals: #1 Syracuse 18, #4 Maryland 8
1991 (Semifinals)
First Round: #7 Maryland 13, Rutgers 7
Quarterfinals: #7 Maryland 16, #2 Brown 13
Semifinals: Towson State 15, #7 Maryland 11
1992 (Quarterfinals)
First Round: #6 Maryland 13, Duke 11
Quarterfinals: #3 Princeton 11, #6 Maryland 10
1993 (First Round)
First Round: #8 Army 15, Maryland 11
1994 (First Round)
First Round: #8 Duke 14, Maryland 9
1995 (National Finalists)
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinals: #4 Maryland 14, Notre Dame 11
Semifinals: #4 Maryland 16, #1 Johns Hopkins 8
Championship: #3 Syracuse 13, #4 Maryland 9
1996 (Quarterfinals)
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinals: #7 Johns Hopkins 9, #2 Maryland 7
1997 (National Finalists)
First Round: Maryland 14, #7 Georgetown 10
Quarterfinals: Maryland 10, #2 Virginia 9
Semifinals: Maryland 18, #3 Syracuse 17
Championship: #1 Princeton 19, Maryland 7
1998 (National Finalists)
First Round: #5 Maryland 18, Butler 10
Quarterfinals: #5 Maryland 11, #4 Johns Hopkins 10, OT
Semifinals: #5 Maryland 19, #1 Loyola 8
Championship: #2 Princeton 15, #5 Maryland 5
2000
First Round: #6 Maryland 14, Hofstra 12
Quarterfinals #3 Princeton vs. #6 Maryland
NCAA's By The Numbers
1
Dick Edell has coached in 19 NCAA Tournaments, regardless of division,
equaling the most of any coach in NCAA Tournament history. Syracuse's
Roy Simmons, Jr., also coached in 19 tournaments, all in Division I.
2
Maryland and Princeton played each other in two of the last three
championships games (1997 and 1998).
2
Maryland has played in 24 NCAA Tournaments, only Johns Hopkins (29) has
played in more.
3
Maryland has played in the national championship game in three of the
last five years.
3
Maryland won its third straight first round game, defeating Hofstra
14-12 last Sunday.
4
Maryland has advanced to the quarterfinals for the fourth time in six
years.
6
Maryland is the No. 6 seed for the third time in history.
15
Brian Zeller leads all active Terps in career NCAA Tournament scoring
with 15 points on 12 goals and three assists.
16
Dick Edell has coached in 16 NCAA Division I Tournaments, the most among
active coaches.
19
Dick Edell has coached in 19 NCAA Tournaments, regardless of Division,
leading Baltimore to three Division II tournaments, Army to four events
and Maryland to 12.
24
Maryland is playing in its 24th NCAA Tournament, tying Virginia as the
second most by any school. Only Johns has appeared in more at 29.
32
Maryland has a 32-21 record all-time in NCAA Tournament games, the third
most of any school since the event began in 1971.
.604
Maryland has a .604 win percentage in NCAA Tournament games, the
fifth-highest among the schools in the 2000 Tournament.
1975
The year of the last Maryland-Hofstra NCAA Tournament game, a 19-11 Terp
victory. That was also the last year Maryland captured the national
championship.
Individual Terps In NCAA's:
Senior midfielder Brian Zeller (Forest Hill, Md.) leads all Maryland
players in NCAA Tournament scoring. He has 12 goals and three assists
for 15 points in three tournaments after netting a hat trick against
Hofstra in the 2000 first round.
Zeller recorded his first career hat trick to lift Maryland past
Syracuse, 18-17, and into the 1997 national championship game. Zeller
followed that with a goal in the '97 final against Princeton.
He followed the 1997 performance with a strong showing in the '98
tournament tallying five goals and two assists in helping the Terps to
the final against Princeton. He set his career-high of five points
against Johns Hopkins in the 1998 semifinals with three goals and two
assists for five points. He also scored against Butler in the first
round and Princeton in the championship.
Zeller's hat trick against Hofstra, marked the third of his NCAA
Tournament career -- one each during each season's tourney.
Junior Chris Malone (Timonium, Md.) had his first career multi-point
game in the '98 semifinals against Loyola with a goal and an assist.
Against Hofstra, he posted two goals and two assists for four points,
bring his career scoring total in tournament games to seven points
(three goals and four points).
Freshman Mike Mollot tallied a career-high seven points in his first
NCAA Tournament game with three goals and four assists against Hofstra
on May 14. Fellow attacker Andrew "Buggs" Combs scored four goals
against Hofstra for his first points in post season action.
Sophomore Mike LaMonica (Lutherville, Md.) scored two goals in his NCAA
Tournament debut against Hofstra.
Jon Kemezis (Crofton, Md.), Geoff Burnham (Vestal, N.Y.) and Dan Hughes
(Westminster, Md.) have also scored one goal apiece in NCAA Tournament
play. Kemezis and Burnham scored in the 1998 first round defeat of
Butler while Hughes scored in the 1998 quarterfinal against Johns
Hopkins.
Goalie Pat McGinnis (Ellicott City, Md.) has seen action in three NCAA
Tournament games playing a total of four minutes in 1998 against Loyola
in the semis and Princeton in the final. He made his first start in an
NCAA Tournament against Hofstra and stopped 13 shots, while allowing 12
goals.
Individual Terps In NCAA Tournaments (G-A-Pts.):
Brian Zeller 12-3-15
Chris Malone 3-4-7
Mike Mollot 3-4-7
Andrew Combs 4-0-4
Mike LaMonica 2-0-2
Geoff Burnham 1-0-1
Dan Hughes 1-0-1
Jon Kemezis 1-0-1
Marcus LaChapelle 0-1-1
Pat McGinnis 64 min., 16 svs, 13 GA, 12.1 GAA
One-Goal Masters:
The Terps won a one-goal game for the fifth time this season by
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 loss
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.
2000 One-Goal Games:
March 4, 2000 Duke 9, Maryland 8
March 11, 2000 Maryland 13, Towson 12
March 18, 2000 Maryland 8, Cornell 7
March 25, 2000 Maryland 10, North Carolina 9
April 8, 2000 Maryland 6, Navy 5
April 21, 2000 Maryland 7, Duke 6
1989 One-Goal Games:
March 25, 1989 Maryland 11, C.W. Post 10 (ot)
April 1, 1989 Maryland 5, North Carolina 4
April 15, 1989 Maryland 6, Navy 5
April 28, 1989 Duke 7, Maryland 6
May 21, 1989 Maryland 12, Adelphi 11
Winning The Close Ones:
Maryland has shown they can win the close games. After defeating
Hofstra, 14-12 in the 2000 NCAA First Round, the Terps have a 6-1 record
in one or two-goal games. Never before in the 75-year history of
Maryland lacrosse have the Terps won as many games decided by one or two
goals.
Five other Maryland teams (1997, 1995, 1992, 1989 and 1924) won four
games by one or two goals. Both the '92 and '89 teams played seven games
decided by two goals of less, but only won four.
Best Records In One or Two Goal Games In A Year:
2000 6-1
1924 4-0
1997 4-2
1995 4-2
1992 4-3
1989 4-3
Mollot Makes Mark At Maryland:
Freshman attacker Mike Mollot is atop the Maryland scoring chart after
15 games. The preseason honorable mention All-America attackman leads
the Terps in points with 47 and leads in assists with 32 after a
career-high seven-point (three goals and four assists) day against
Hofstra in the NCAA First Round. The three goals marked a single-game
best for the first-year player.
Mollot has totaled an amazing 19 points over his last three games,
netting six points (two goals and four assists) in the Terps' last two
regular-season games against Yale on April 28 and at UMBC on May 6. He
has posted six or more points in a game on four occasions this season.
He notched his first six-point game with one goal and five assists
against Towson on March 11. Against Yale, Mollot had two goals, coming
4:03 apart in the first quarter, and four assists all prior to halftime.
He has recorded a point in 14 of 15 games with the Terps. He has posted
11 multi-point games and has recorded more than three points in seven
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's Three-Point Games:
Feb. 27 Mount St. Mary's 2 G, 2 A, 4 Pts.
Mar. 4 at Duke 3 A, 3 Pts.
Mar. 7 Bucknell 1 G, 3 A, 4 Pts.
Mar. 11 Towson 1 G, 5 A, 6 Pts.
Apr. 28 Yale 2 G, 4 A, 6 Pts.
May 6 at UMBC 2 G, 4 A, 6 Pts.
May 14 Hofstra (NCAA 1st Rd.) 3 G, 4 A, 7 Pts.
Mollot Tops Freshman In Assists:
Mike Mollot has asserted himself as one of the nation's top feeders in
his first collegiate lacrosse season. In the most recent
NCAA statistics of May 7, he leads all freshman in the nation in
assists. With 28 helpers in 14 regular-season games, Mollot was tied for
15th in the nation in assists.
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 five games totaling 13 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.
After netting a hat trick against Hofstra in the first round, Zeller
has 107 career points. Heading into the Princeton game he has 72 goals
and 35 assists.
He is 22 points away from cracking the Maryland 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 32, and are the most he has recorded in a single-season. With
30 overall points this season, Zeller is third on the team in scoring.
Zeller's Career Numbers:
Year GP Goals Asst. Pts.
1996 2 1 0 1
1997 16 12 1 13
1998 16 20 13 33
1999 14 24 6 30
2000 15 15 15 30
Career 63 72 35 107
Zeller Back To No. 10:
Since Brian Zeller has returned to jersey No. 10 against Navy on April
8, 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 seven games since the return to No. 10 on April 8, Zeller has
tallied 14 points (11 goals and three assists). He had scored just four
goals in No. 24. He has scored 73.3 percent of his goals while wearing
No. 10.
The Numbers Game- Zeller In No. 24 and No. 10:
Stats No. 24 (2/27-3/31), No. 10 (4/8-pres.)
Games Played 8, 7
Goals 4, 11
Assists 12, 3
Points 16, 14
Goals Per Game 0.50, 1.57
Points Per Game 2.00, 2.00
Zeller's Multi-Point Games:
Brian Zeller has recorded nine multi-point games in 2000 including
three games of four points.
Mollot's Multi-Point Games:
Feb. 27 Mount St. Mary's 2 A, 2 Pts.
Mar. 7 Bucknell 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts.
Mar. 11 Towson 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts.
Mar. 15 Delaware 3 A, 3 Pts.
Mar. 18 at Cornell 1 G, 1A, 2 Pts.
Mar. 25 at North Carolina 1 G, 3 A, 4 Pts.
Apr. 21 Duke (ACC) 2 G, 2 A, 4 Pts.
Apr. 28 Yale 4 G, 4 Pts.
May 14 Hofstra (NCAA 1st Rd.) 3 G, 3 Pts.
McGinnis Continues To Star:
All-ACC selection Pat McGinnis has been outstanding in his first season
as the Terps' starting goalie. In 15 games, the junior goalie has a
sensational 8.44 goals against average and a .617 save percentage. He
has allowed 121 goals. He has allowed seven goals or fewer seven times
this season, most recently in the win over UMBC on May 6.
As of the May 7 NCAA statistics, McGinnis ranked No. 8 in the nation in
save percentage and No. 9 in goals against average.
McGinnis gave up three goals apiece 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:
Having scored two goals in each of the Terps' last three games, All-ACC
selection Chris Malone has built his team-high goal scoring total to 26.
Malone is 12 points behind Mike Mollot (47 points) as the highest
scoring Terp with 35 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 nine games this year with four
against North Carolina and Johns Hopkins and two apiece versus Mount St.
Mary's, Duke, Towson, Navy, Yale, UMBC and Hofstra in the NCAA's.
Malone Nets Career Highs:
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 26 goals this season, Malone has surpassed his single-season
career high of 10 goals set last season. With 35 points, he also passed
his single-season points high of 19 which he also set in 1999.
Malone's Career Numbers:
Year GP Goals Asst. Pts.
1998 17 6 4 10
1999 14 10 9 19
2000 15 26 9 35
Career 46 42 22 64
Malone In The First Half:
Chris Malone gets it done in the first half. He has recorded 21 goals
and six assists for 27 points in the first half. Overall, 80.7 percent
of his goals have come in the first half including all four of his goals
against North Carolina and Johns Hopkins. Both goals in the Hofstra game
came in the first half. Overall, 77.1 of his points have come in the
first half (24 of 31).
Malone's Numbers By Half (G-A-Pts.)
Game 1st Half 2nd H Total
2/27 Mt. St. Mary's 2-0-2 0-0-0 2-0-2
3/4 at Duke 1-0-1 1-0-1 2-0-2
3/7 Bucknell 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-1-2
3/11 Towson 1-1-2 1-1-2 2-2-4
3/15 Delaware 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-1
3/18 Cornell 0-1-1 1-0-1 1-1-2
3/25 North Carolina 4-0-4 0-0-0 4-0-4
3/31 Virginia 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1
4/8 Navy 2-0-2 0-0-0 2-0-2
4/15 Johns Hopkins 4-1-5 0-0-0 4-1-5
4/21 Duke 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1
4/23 Virginia 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1
4/28 Yale 2-0-2 0-0-0 2-0-2
5/6 UMBC 0-0-0 2-0-2 2-0-2
5/14 Hofstra (NCAA) 2-1-3 0-1-1 2-2-4
Totals 21-6-27 5-3-8 26-9-35
Malone's Scoring Streak:
Chris Malone is the only Terp to have recorded a point in all 15 games
this season after scoring two goals in each of the last three games. He
has scored goals in 13 of 15 games in 2000.
Malone's point-scoring streak dates back to last season having notched
points in 19 straight games (28 goals and 12 assists).
Malone Earns Honors:
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.
Buggs Coming To Life:
Andrew "Buggs" Combs set his career-high in goals with a five-goal
outburst against UMBC on May 6. Combs scored three goals -- including
the game-winner -- in the Terps' 9-0 run which blew out the Retrievers.
The five points equaled his career high set in the 1999 season opener
against Mount St. Mary's when he netted two goals and assisted on three
scores.
Combs followed the UMBC showing with another outstanding at
Catonsville, Md., against Hofstra in the NCAA First Round. Combs scored
four goals to give him nine goals in two games at UMBC.
Earlier in the season, Combs netted three goals in Terps' wins over
Cornell and Delaware. He set that career high against Towson on March 7,
1998.
Combs tallied two-goal games against Mount St. Mary's, at Johns Hopkins
and against Virginia in the ACC final on April 23. Overall, he six
multiple goal games.
Overall, Combs has 22 goals and five assists for 27 points, ranking him
fifth on the team in points. He has surpassed his single-season
career-high totals in goals and points.
Combs' Career Numbers:
Year GP Goals Asst. Pts.
1998 11 6 3 9
1999 14 9 4 13
2000 15 22 5 27
Career 40 37 12 49
Combs Earns Honors:
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.
He earned his second Student-Athlete of the Week Award on May 15 after
lifting Maryland to its first-round over Hofstra.
LaChapelle Near The Top:
Senior attacker Marcus LaChapelle stands fourth on the Terps in total
points with 28 and third in assists with 14 after recording a helper
against Hofstra.
He scored a goal in the first six games of the season before being
shutdown at North Carolina on March 25. The 14 goals represent a
single-season best for LaChapelle.
He broke out of a recent scoring slump with a goal and three assists
for four points against UMBC on May 6. He had not posted more than one
point in his previous six games.
Earlier this season, LaChapelle 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
Year GP Goals Asst. Pts.
1997 13 0 2 2
1998 16 1 8 9
1999 13 9 18 27
2000 15 14 14 28
Career 57 24 42 66
LaMonica Knows Goals:
Sophomore midfielder Mike LaMonica (Lutherville, Md.) has scored goals
in 12 of Maryland's 15 games this season including the last five after
scoring twice against Hofstra on May 14.
LaMonica has netted a new career single-season best in goals, as he
stands with 19.
Earlier this year, he set his single-game career highs of four goals
and four points against Towson on March 11. All four goals came in the
first half. The star performance was especially sweet for LaMonica whose
mother, Linda Filbert, is a gymnastics coach for the Tigers.
Overall, LaMonica has 19 goals and 22 points. He surpassed his freshman
totals of nine goals and 11 points, seven games into the 2000 season.
His goals per game average in his career is exactly 1.0, after netting
28 goals in 28 games.
LaMonica has scored at least one goal in 14 of the Terps' last 17
games dating to 1999, accumulating 23 goals in that span.
After being held without an assist through nine games of the 2000
season, LaMonica tallied two assists at Johns Hopkins on April 15. He
added his third assist at UMBC on May 6.
LaMonica's Career Numbers:
Year GP Goals Asst. Pts.
1999 13 9 2 11
2000 15 19 3 22
Career 28 28 5 33
Urlock Earns More Time, Goals:
Sophomore Matt Urlock (Lutherville, Md.) 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 and recorded one
goal. He has started four of the last five games.
Urlock has scored 10 goals over the last eight 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. He was held scoreless
against UMBC on May 6.
Last season, Urlock scored against Johns Hopkins for his first goal
against a ranked team and finished his freshman season with three goals.
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, Casey Connor, Dan
Hughes, Marcus LaChapelle, Jeff Shirk and Brian Zeller.
All seven seniors have played in three NCAA Tournaments -- 1997, 1998
and 2000. Maryland advanced to the championship game in both '97 and
'98. These Terps also captured the 1998 ACC championship during the
seniors' sophomore season.
Connor Scores First Career Goal:
Defender Casey Connor scored his first career goal in his 60th college
game at UMBC on May 6. Connor's goal came with 7:01 left in regulation
and gave the Terps a 13-6 lead on the way to the 15-7 victory.
The senior captain ranks third on the team in groundballs with 47.
Connor's only other career point came as an assist during his sophomore
season against Rutgers on April 25, 1998.
Howley Earns First Assist:
Defender Michael Howley (Wantagh, N.Y.) posted his first career assist
against UMBC with a pass to fellow freshman Mike Mollot for the helper
on the goal that tied the game at 5-5.
The ACC Rookie of the Year has been a stalwart in front of Pat McGinnis
helping Maryland to a 8.29 team goals against average. Howley has
started the last 13 games and recorded 23 groundballs this 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 60. Only
goalie Pat McGinnis has more groundballs with 87.
Morsell Passes Career Marks:
Mike Morsell (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) has emerged as a weapon for the
Terps this season. He recorded his best game when he scored twice,
including 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 that
multiple-goal game against Towson, netting two goals.
Morsell has scored one goal four other times with one in each game
against Duke, 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,
122, winning 48.
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 performance against
North Carolina for which head coach Dick Edell called Moran the "hero of
the game."
Overall, Moran has taken 92 draws, winning 37.
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 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.
Hochstadt Scores Again:
Sophomore Craig Hochstadt (Columbia, Md.) got back in the scoring
column against UMBC with a goal during the Terps' 9-0 run on the way to
the 15-7 victory on May 6. Hochstadt was in the scoring column in
consecutive games against North Carolina on March 25 and Virginia on
March 31. Overall, he has six goals and three assists for nine 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.
Defense, Defense, Defense:
The Terps have been ranked in the top 12 in the nation in team defense
all season, allowing just 8.53 goals per game.
Man-Down Unit Impresses:
On the defensive side, Maryland has allowed just 15 extra-man goals
this season for a 76.9 man-down defense percentage.
In last week's NCAA stats of May 7, with an 76.7 kill percentage,
Maryland ranked No. 10.
The Terps have killed off 50 of 65 penalties without allowing a goal.
Opponents have scored on just 23.1 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
39.6 percent of its chances after scoring twice against Hofstra.
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 21 of its 53 opportunities.
Maryland's extra-man unit has scored at least one goal in 11 of 15
games this season.
Mike LaMonica leads the Terps in man-up goals with five. Brian Zeller
has scored four of his 15 goals on the extra-man.
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-winningest coach in collegiate lacrosse history
with 269 wins.
5
Maryland has won five games by one goal this season. That is a school
record.
9
Andrew "Buggs" Combs has recorded nine goals in two games over the last
two weeks.
8.44
Pat McGinnis has an 8.44 goals against average, which ranks among the
national leaders.
11
Since returning to jersey No. 10, Brian Zeller has scored 11 goals in
seven games after netting just four goals in the first eight games while
wearing No. 24.
19
Mike Mollot has recorded 19 points over the last three games including
a career-high seven points (three goals, four assists) vs. Hofstra in
the NCAA First Round.
23.1
Maryland opponents have scored on just 23.1 percent their extra-man
opportunities (15-for-65)
which ranks No. 10 in the nation.
26
Chris Malone leads the team in goals with 26.
32
Mike Mollot leads the Terps in assists with 32. The total is also the
most by any freshman in the nation.
47
Mike Mollot leads the Terps in points with 47.
75
This is Maryland's 75th season of varsity men's lacrosse.
81.5
Maryland has been successful on 81.5 percent of its clears this season.
107
Brian Zeller surpassed the 100-point plateau with four goals against
Yale on April 28. Overall, he has 72 goals and 35 assists for 107
points.
158
Dick Edell is the ACC's all-time leader in victories with a 158-72
record in 17 years at Maryland.
269
Dick Edell ranks fourth all-time in career-coaching wins with a 269-119
record.
All-ACC For Malone & McGinnis:
A pair of Maryland juniors, midfielder Chris Malone and goalie Pat
McGinnis were selected to the All-ACC team by conference coaches.
Malone has led the Terps in goals all season and currently tops the
chart with 26 tallies. He is also second on the team in overall scoring
with 35 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 8.44 goals against average and a .617
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 was named the ACC Rookie of
the Year, as announced by conference coaches. Howley has been a mainstay
on Maryland's defense all season, starting the last 14 games. He has
recorded 25 groundballs and helped Maryland's defense to allow just 8.53
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, Pat McGinnis, Matt Urlock 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 team for the second time in his
career as he also earned the honor in 1998 when Maryland claimed the
title. Over the 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.
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 (5/8/00)
No. Team Rec. Points LW
1. Syracuse (6) 12-1 196 2
2. Virginia (4) 194 12-1 1
3. Princeton 178 10-2 5
4. Johns Hopkins 169 8-3 6
5. Loyola 159 11-2 3
6. MARYLAND 144 10-4 7
7. Georgetown 141 11-2 4
8. Duke 135 10-4 8
9. Cornell 122 10-3 9
10. Hofstra 108 11-4 10
11. Navy 101 9-4 11
12. Hobart 84 7-6 12
13. Notre Dame 78 9-3 13
14. North Carolina 75 8-6 14
15. Delaware 53 10-5 15
16. Brown 44 8-6 16
17. Bucknell 40 8-4 17t
18. UMBC 32 7-7 17t
19. Penn State 19 7-7 20
20. Army 8 8-7 RV
Others receiving votes: Yale, Hartford, Denver, Towson, Villanova
2000 Inside Lacrosse Media Poll (5/8/00):
No./Team/Pts./LW
1. Virginia (6) 215 1
2. Syracuse (5) 214 2
3. Princeton 195 4
4. Johns Hopkins 181 6
5. Loyola 175 3
6. Georgetown 160 5
7. MARYLAND 154 7
8. Duke 150 8
9. Cornell 136 9
10. Hofstra 126 11
11. Navy 108 10
12. Hobart 97 12
13. Notre Dame 82 13
14. North Carolina 75 14
15. Brown 56 17
16. Delaware 52 15
17. Bucknell 40 16
18. UMBC 27 19
19. Yale 20 20
20. Penn State 16 RV
Others receiving votes: Hartford 12, Army 7, Denver 4, Ohio State 3,
Massachusetts 3, Harvard 2.
2000 Baltimore Sun Poll (5/8/00):
No./Team/Rec./LW
1. Virginia 12-1 1
2. Syracuse 12-1 2
3. Princeton 10-2 4
4. Johns Hopkins 8-3 6
5. Loyola 11-2 3
6. MARYLAND 10-4 7
7. Duke 10-4 8
8. Cornell 10-3 9
9. Georgetown 11-2 5
10. Notre Dame 9-3 10
11. Hofstra 11-4 12
12. Navy 9-4 11
13. Hobart 7-6 15
14. North Carolina 8-6 14
15. Delaware 10-6 13
2000 LaxPower Power Ratings (5/8/00):
No. Team Rating SOS Rec. LW
1. Syracuse 99.90 2 12-1 2
2. Virginia 99.35 7 12-1 1
3. Johns Hopkins 96.63 1 8-3 6
4. Princeton 96.27 3 10-2 5
5. Loyola 96.07 6 11-2 3
6. Cornell 95.36 9 10-3 9
7. Georgetown 95.13 16 11-2 4
8. Maryland 94.60 4 10-4 7
9. Duke 94.39 12 9-4 8
10. Hofstra 93.59 19 11-4 10
11. Navy 93.41 29 9 -4 11
12. Hobart 92.84 13 7-6 12
13. North Carolina 91.84 5 8-6 14
14. Brown 91.81 17 9-6 16
15. Notre Dame 91.15 24 9-3 13
Week-By-Week In The Polls:
Date Coaches Media Sun
Preseason 8 -- 9
Feb. 27 -- 8 --
March 6 9 9 9
March 13 9 9 8
March 20 7t 8 7
March 27 6 6t 6
April 3 7 8 7
April 10 7 7 7
April 17 9 9 9
April 24 7 7 7
May 1 7 7 7
May 8 6 7 6
TERPS IN THE NCAA STATS (thru May 7):
Team Scoring Defense
No. Player GP W-L GA Avg.
1. Navy 13 9-4 78 6.00
2. Bucknell 12 8-4 86 7.17
3. Denver 14 10-4 103 7.36
4. Cornell 13 10-3 101 7.77
5. Virginia 13 12-1 102 7.85
6. Princeton 12 10-2 95 7.92
7. Syracuse 13 12-1 107 8.23
8. Notre Dame 12 9-3 99 8.25
9. MARYLAND 14 10-4 116 8.29
10. Brown 15 9-6 125 8.33
Man-Down Defense
No. Team Stops/Att. Pct.
1. Bucknell 52/62 83.9
2. Johns Hopkins 47/57 82.5
3. Sacred Heart 69/84 82.1
4. Brown 71/89 79.8
4. Syracuse 71/89 79.8
6. Georgetown 50/63 79.4
7. St. Joseph's 87/112 77.7
8. Butler 59/76 77.6
9. Providence 45/58 77.6
10. MARYLAND 46/60 76.7
Man-Up Offense
No. Team Goals/Att. Pct.
1. Villanova 29/60 48.3
2. Duke 30/63 47.6
3. Loyola 27/60 45.0
4. Ohio State 23/53 43.4
5. Georgetown 25/60 41.7
6. Virginia 22/53 41.5
7. Lehigh 32/78 41.0
8. UMBC 30/74 40.5
9. Bucknell 14/36 38.9
10. North Carolina 25/65 38.5
11. Fairfield 18/48 37.5
12. VMI 25/67 37.3
13. MARYLAND 19/51 37.3
Assists Per Game
No. Player GP Asst. APG
1. Ryan Powell, Syracuse 13 43 3.31
2. Brian LaMastro, Hartford 16 52 3.25
3. Jack McTigue, Villanova 14 42 3.00
3. Dan Denihan, J. Hopkins 11 33 3.00
5. Jim Lindsay, Albany (N.Y.) 9 25 2.78
6. Conor Gill, Virginia 13 35 2.69
7. Jason Lavey, Delaware 16 43 2.69
8. David Cohen, Lehigh 14 37 2.64
9. Keith Cromwell, Rutgers 13 34 2.62
10. Dan Marohl, UMBC 14 32 2.29
11. Bert Whitelock, St. Joseph's 16 36 2.25
12. Andy Flick, Georgetown 13 29 2.23
13. Tim Pearson, Army 14 31 2.21
14. Rich Santoro, Holy Cross 13 28 2.15
15. Mike Mollot, Maryland 14 28 2.00
15. Sean Semler, Canisius 13 26 2.00
15. Dave Ulrich, Notre Dame 12 24 2.00
Save Percentage
No. Player GP GA Svs. Sv.%
1. Trevor Tierney, Princeton 12 84 160 65.6
2. Mickey Jarboe, Navy 13 76 140 64.8
3. Keith Cynar, Harvard 13 115 203 63.8
4. Rob Mulligan, Syracuse 13 96 167 63.5
5. Mike Abeles, Ohio State 14 121 208 63.2
6. Todd Schreiner, Lehigh 14 130 222 63.1
7. Brian Schmeyer, Marist 13 117 196 62.6
8. Pat McGinnis, Maryland 14 109 182 62.5
Goals Against Average
No. Player GP Min GA GAA
1. Mickey Jarboe, Navy 13 748 76 6.10
2. Derek Kenney, Virginia 13 707 82 6.96
3. Trevor Tierney, Princeton 12 688 84 7.33
4. Brian Berger, Denver 12 675 87 7.73
5. Rob Mulligan, Syracuse 13 742 96 7.76
6. Justin Cynar, Cornell 13 780 101 7.77
7. Kirk Howell, Notre Dame 12 701 91 7.79
8. Dave Mullen, Delaware 16 889 120 8.10
9. Pat McGinnis, Maryland 14 800 109 8.18
10. Beret Dickson, Brown 15 863 121 8.41
NCAA D-I Single Game Saves In 2000
Player vs. Team Saves Date
Mike Abeles, Ohio State vs.Hopkins 28 4/8/00
Pat McGinnis, Maryland vs. Virginia 27 3/31/00
John Lilly, Holy Cross vs. Colgate 27 4/8/00
Marc Ferrandino, Butler vs. Colgate 26 3/31/00
Marc Ferrandino, Butler vs. Georgetown 26 3/15/00
2000 SEASON HONORS:
Geoff Burnham, Sr., Def, Midfield (Vestal, N.Y.)
WMAR-TV
WMAR-TV Scholar-Athlete (4/11)
Jason Carrier, Sr., Defense (Boonton Twp., N.J.)
College Lacrosse USA
Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
Face-Off Magazine
Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
Andrew Combs, So., Attack (Baltimore, Md.)
ACC
ACC Player Of The Week (3/20)
ACC All-Tournament (2000 Season)
University of Maryland
Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week (3/20)
Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week (5/15)
Casey Connor, Sr., Defense (Baltimore, Md.)
College Lacrosse USA
Preseason Second Team All-American
Preseason All-ACC Team
Face-Off Magazine
Preseason Second Team All-American
ACC Player To Watch
Michael Howley, Fr., Defense (Wantagh, N.Y.)
ACC
ACC Rookie of the Year (2000 Season)
Marcus LaChapelle, Sr., Attack (Severna Park, Md.)
WMAR-TV
WMAR-TV Scholar-Athlete (3/31)
Chris Malone, Jr., Midfield (Timonium, Md.)
ACC
All-ACC (2000 Season)
College Lacrosse USA
Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
Face-Off Magazine
ACC Player To Watch
University of Maryland
Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week (3/27)
Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week (4/18)
Pat McGinnis, Jr., Goalie (Ellicott City, Md.)
ACC
All-ACC (2000 Season)
ACC All-Tournament (2000 Season)
Mike Mollot, RFr., Attack (Holbrook, N.Y.)
Face-Off Magazine
Preseason Honorable Mention All-American
ACC Player To Watch
University of Maryland
Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week (3/13)
Jeff Shirk, Sr., Def. Midfield (Boonton Twp., N.J.)
College Lacrosse USA
Preseason Third Team All-American
Face-Off Magazine
Preseason First Team All-American
ACC Player To Watch
Balimore Sun
Preseason All-American
Matt Urlock, So., Attack (Lutherville, Md.)
ACC
ACC All-Tournament (2000 Season)
Brian Zeller, Sr., Midfield (Forest Hill, Md.)
ACC
ACC All-Tournament (2000 Season)
ACC Player Of The Week (5/1)
College Lacrosse USA
Preseason Second Team All-American
Preseason All-ACC Team
Face-Off Magazine
Preseason Second Team All-American
ACC Player To Watch
University of Maryland
Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week (5/1)
