Dec. 23, 2003

TOWSON, Md. - Coming off a trip to the NCAA semifinals, the Maryland men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 5 in the Preseason Face-Off Magazine Coaches' Poll conducted by Inside Lacrosse. The poll surveyed all 53 Division I men's lacrosse coaches.

Maryland, which went 12-4 last season, was also ranked No. 5 in last season's preseason poll. The Terps will take on six of the top 10 teams: No. 1 Virginia (April 3), No. 2 Johns Hopkins (April 17), No. 6 Georgetown (Feb. 28), No. 8 North Carolina (March 27), No. 9 Duke (March 6), No. 10 Towson (March 13) and 10 of the overall top 25 with No. 16 Notre Dame (May 1), No. 18 Navy (April 10), No. 19 UMBC (March 20) and No. 23 Bucknell (March 16) also on the schedule.

The Terps will also face No. 3 Syracuse (Feb. 21) and No. 4 Princeton (Fe.b 14) in preseason scrimmages.

Maryland will be led by its pair of preseason first-team All-American defenseman, Chris Passavia and Lee Zink. Both Passavia (second team) and Zink (third team) were USILA All-Americans last season. The Terps also feature two preseason Honorable Mention All-Americans in attacker Joe Walters and midfielder Justin Smith.

Division I Preseason Face-Off Coaches' Poll

1.Virginia Cavaliers: Votes: 1244 (26 first place)
2. Johns Hopkins Blue Jays: Votes: 1243 (24 first place)
3. Syracuse Orangemen: Votes: 1137 (3 first place)
4. Princeton Tigers: Votes: 1089
5. Maryland Terrapins: Votes: 1070
6. Georgetown Hoyas: Votes: 972
7. UMass Minutemen: Votes: 941
8. North Carolina Tar Heels: Votes: 840
9. Duke Blue Devils: Votes: 771
10. Towson Tigers: Votes: 743
11. Hofstra Pride: Votes:735
12. Cornell Big Red: Votes: 668
13. Loyola Greyhounds: Votes: 610
14. Rutgers Scarlet Knights: Votes: 594
15. Penn State Nittany Lions: Votes: 586
16. Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Votes: 528
17. Ohio State Buckeyes: Votes: 421
18. Navy Midshipmen : Votes: 418
19. UMBC Retrievers: Votes: 339
20. Dartmouth Big Green: Votes: 316
21. Army Black Knights: Votes: 249
22. Yale Bulldogs: Votes: 161
23t. Bucknell Bison: Votes: 117
23t. Denver Pioneers: Votes: 117
25. Harvard Crimson: Votes: 114

Division I Preseason All-Americans

First Team
A Kyle Barrie JR Johns Hopkins
A Michael Powell SR Syracuse
A Ryan Boyle SR Princeton
A John Christmas JR Virginia
M Kyle Harrison JR Johns Hopkins
M Kevin Boland SR Johns Hopkins
M Sean Lindsay SR Syracuse
M Walid Hajj SR Georgetown
F/O Andy Corno JR Georgetown
LSM Rob Bateman SR Penn State
D Chris Passavia SR Maryland
D Brett Hughes SR Virginia
D Lee Zink SR Maryland
D Ronnie Staines SR North Carolina
G Tillman Johnson SR Virginia

Second Team
A Joe Yevoli JR Virginia
A Jeff Zywicki SR UMass
A Jed Prossner JR North Carolina
A Sean Greenhalgh JR Cornell
M Conor Ford SR Johns Hopkins
M Kyle Dixon SO Virginia
M Ned Britt SR Yale
M Ben Grinnell JR Dartmouth
F/O Jack deVilliers JR Virginia
LSM Corey Harned SR Johns Hopkins
D Pat Keeley JR Dartmouth
D Matt Garcia JR UMass
D Brian Zuchelli SR Hofstra
D Greg Bice SR Ohio State
G Andrew Goldstein JR Dartmouth

Third Team
A Matt Rewkowski JR Johns Hopkins
A Stephen Brundage SR Loyola
A Jason Doneger JR Princeton
A Delby Powless SR Rutgers
M Scott Davidson JR Denver
M Bryant Will JR North Carolina
M Tom Daniels SR Dartmouth
M Steve Vallone SR Syracuse
F/O Peter Vlahakis SR Fairfield
LSM Brodie Merrill JR Georgetown
D Tim DeBlois SR Cornell
D Ricky Schultz SR Princeton
D Cory Vann SR Denver
D Jack Reid SO UMass
G Greg Havalchak SO Rutgers

Honorable Mention

Attack:
A Joe Walters SO Maryland
A Pat Walsh SO Notre Dame
A John Walker SO Army
A Brian Crockett SO Syracuse
A Matt Ward SO Virginia
A Jamie Coffin SO Dartmouth
A Ian Dingman SO Navy
A Andy Gallagher SO UMBC
A Andrew Collins SR Cornell
A Jeff Bryan SR Army
A Chris Cara JR Bucknell
A Neal Goldman SR Georgetown
A Dan Berger SR Notre Dame

Midfield:
M Justin Smith SR Maryland
M Matt Zash SO Duke
M Chris Doyle JR UMass
M Justin Redd JR Cornell
M Greg Peyser SO Johns Hopkins
M Will Jones JR Penn State
M Jeff Biggs SR Denver
M Ryan Metzbower SR Delaware
M Joe Boulukos SO Cornell
M John Keysor SO Hofstra
M Tom Werney JR Fairfield
M Graham Gill JR Navy
M Brian Myers SR Towson
F/O Ben DeFelice SR Towson
F/O Matt Lucas SR Villanova
F/O Dan Kallaugher SO Yale
F/O Kevin Frew SR North Carolina

LSM/Defense:
LSM Chris McKay SR Butler
LSM Todd Montgomery SR Yale
LSM Tommy Morris SR Navy
D Blaise Fletcher SR Bucknell
D Brian O'Rorke SR Providence
D Brett Moyer SO Hofstra
D Jon Urbana JR Villanova
D John Wendling SR Duke
D Bernie Cannon SR Loyola
D Andy Braziel SR Georgetown
D Matt O'Malley SR Penn State

Goalie:
G Tony Russo SR Ohio State
G Jake McKenna SR Harvard
G Reed Sothoron JR Towson
G Mike Gabel JR Vermont
G Paul Spellman JR North Carolina
G Mike Levin SR Brown
G Jay Pfeifer JR Syracuse