Dec. 18, 2002

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University Information
Location: College Park, Md. 20742
Founded: 1807
Enrollment: 34,160
President: C.D. Mote, Jr. (California '59)
Athletic Director: Deborah A. Yow (Elon '74)
Nickname: Terrapins, Terps
Colors: Red, White, Black and Gold
Affliation: NCAA Division I
Conference: Atlantic Coast
Home Field: Byrd Stadium Field (48,055, grass & lights)

Athletic Media Relations Information
Associate A.D./Media Relations: Dave Haglund
Assistant Director Media Relations/Lacrosse Contact: Jason Yellin
Media Relations Office Phone: 301-314-7064
Media Relations Fax: 301-314-9094
Yellin's Office Phone: 301-314-7062
Yellin's Home Phone: 410-953-0575
Yellin's Email address: jyellin@wam.umd.edu
Terps Website: www.umterps.com
Byrd Stadium Press Box: 301-405-7810

Lacrosse Coaching Staff Information
Head Coach: Dave Cottle (Salisbury '78) /2nd year at Maryland
Cottle Overall: 190-74 (.720)/20 years - third active winningest pct.
Assistant Coach: Dave Slafkosky (Johns Hopkins '74) /20th year at UM
Assistant Coach: Paul Cantabene (Loyola '93) /1st year at UM
Assistant Coach: Steve Gorski (UMBC '96)/ /1st year at UM
Student Assistant Coaches: Brian Carroll, Mike LaMonica, Nate Watkins
Men's Lacrosse Office Phone: 301-314-7114
Men's Lacrosse Office Fax: 301-314-9826
Cottle's Email address: dc264@umail.umd.edu

2002 Men's Lacrosse Schedule
Day Date Opponent Location Time
Sat. Feb. 8 DELAWARE, PRINCETON, YALE (Quad-Scrimmage) COLLEGE PARK TBA
Sat. Feb. 15 at Syracuse (Scrimmage) Syracuse, N.Y. TBA

Sat, Feb. 22 GEORGETOWN COLLEGE PARK Noon
Sat. Mar. 1 DUKE* (WMAR-TV) COLLEGE PARK 1:00 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 8 at Towson (WMAR-TV) Towson, Md. 1:00 p.m.
Tue. Mar. 11 BUCKNELL COLLEGE PARK 3:00 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 15 at Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 22 NORTH CAROLINA* COLLEGE PARK 1:00 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 29 at Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. 2:00 p.m.
Sat. Apr. 5 at Navy Annapolis, Md. Noon
Sat. Apr. 12 JOHNS HOPKINS (WMAR-TV) COLLEGE PARK 8:00 p.m.
Fri. Apr. 18 ACC Semifinals at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 6:00/8:30 p.m.
Sun. Apr. 20 ACC Final at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 3:00 p.m.
Fri. Apr. 25 UMBC (WMAR-TV) COLLEGE PARK 7:30 p.m.
Mon. Apr. 28 BUTLER COLLEGE PARK 7:00 p.m.
Sat. May 3 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 2:00 p.m.
Sat. May 10 NCAA First Round Campus Sites Noon/3:00 p.m.
Sun. May 11 NCAA First Round Campus Sites Noon/3:00 p.m.
Sat. May 17 NCAA Quarterfinals (ESPN Reg.) Syracuse, N.Y Noon/3:00 p.m.
Sun. May 18 NCAA Quarterfinals (ESPN Reg.) Towson, Md. Noon/3:00 p.m.
Sat. May 24 NCAA Semifinals (ESPN2) Baltimore, Md. Noon/3:00 p.m.
Mon. May 26 NCAA Championship (ESPN) Baltimore, Md. 11:00 a.m.

Home games in BOLD CAPS are played at Byrd Stadium, *-ACC games
All dates and times are subject to change.

Men's Lacrosse Team Information
2002 Record: 9-4 (.692); ACC Record: 1-2 (.667)/3rd place
2002 USILA Final Ranking: 10th
2002 NCAA Tournament Results: Did Not Qualify
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 28/12; Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3
All-Time Program Record: 625-201-4 (.746)
NCAA Championships: 2 (1973, 1975)
NCAA Finalists: 7 (1971, 1974, 1976, 1979. 1995, 1997, 1998)
2003 Captains: Brett Harper, Danny McCormick, Michael Howley, Mike Mollot, Ryan Moran,

2002 Men's Lacrosse Honors
USILA All-Americans: Michael Howley (Second Team), Mike Mollot (Second Team0, Chris Passavia (Third Team), Dan LaMonica (Honorable Mention), Dan McCormick (Honorable Mention), Nate Watkins (Honorable Mention)
USILA North-South Game: Brian Carroll, Nate Watkins
ACC Player of the Week: Mike Mollot (March 11)
All-ACC Selections: Michael Howley, Dan LaMonica, Mike Mollot, Chris Passavia
ACC All-Tournament Team: Brian Carroll
Baltimore Sun Player of the Week: Mike Mollot (March 11)
Warrior Inside Lacrosse National Player of the Week: Mike Mollot (March 11)
Tewaaraton Trophy Candidate: Michael Howley
WMAR Scholar-Athetes: Carrington King (March 9), Mike Mollot (April 13)
Inside Lacrosse/Face-Off Magazine Preseason All-Americans: Michael Howley (First Team), Dan LaMonica (Third Team), Mike LaMonica (Honorable Mention), Mike Mollot (Honorable Mention), Chris Passavia (Honorable Mention)
Lacrosse Magazine Preseason All-Americans: Michael Howley (First Team)
360lacrosse.com Preseason All-Americans: Michael Howley (Second Team), Dan LaMonica (Honorable Mention), Mike LaMonica (Honorable Mention), Mike Mollot (Honorable Mention), Chris Passavia (Honorable Mention)

2003 Top Returning Players ('02 stats)
No. Name Pos. Yr. GP/GS G A Pts. GB
1 Mike Mollot M/A R-Sr. 13/1 23 23 46 23
11 Dan LaMonica A Jr. 13/11 15 24 39 35
34 Ryan Moran M Sr. 13/2 15 4 19 18
27 Matt Brock M Sr. 13/0 8 1 9 12
5 J.R. Bordley A Jr. 12/10 5 0 5 12
18 Paul Gillette M Jr. 13/12 1 2 3 60
42 Michael Howley D Sr. 13/13 1 1 2 48
44 Chris Passavia D Jr. 13/13 1 0 1 38
13 Brett Harper DM Sr. 13/12 1 0 1 34
29 Lee Zink D Jr. 13/12 0 0 0 28

No. Goalies Pos. Yr. GP/GS Sv. GA GAA Sv.%
3 Dan McCormick G R-Sr. 13/13 122 83 6.73 59.5

Top Letterwinners Lost ('02 stats)
Name Pos. GP/GS G A Pts. GB
Nate Watkins M 13/0 24 7 31 32
Mike LaMonica M 13/13 24 4 28 36
Mike Morsell A 13/2 13 10 23 8
Alex Poole M 13/0 5 6 11 21
Craig Hochstadt M 13/0 6 2 8 2
Brian Carroll FO 13/13 159/256, 62.1% 63

2003 Top Newcomers
No. Name Pos. Yr. Hometown/High School
2 Brian Hunt R-Sr. A West Chester, Pa./Unionville (Yale)
10 Brendan Healy Fr. M Great Falls, Va./Landon (Md.)
15 Joe Walters Fr. A Rochester, N.Y./Irondequoit
16 Justin Smith Jr. M Berlin, Md./DeMatha (UMBC)
20 David Tamberrino Fr. FO Lutherville, Md./Loyola
22 Michael Hartofolis Fr. A/M Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's
23 Bret Caretsky Fr. A Northport, N.Y./Northport
37 Teddy Murphy Fr. G Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury
39 Bill McGlone Fr. M Swarthmore, Pa./Ridley
48 Patrick Howell Fr. M Arlington, Va./Bishop O'Connell