March 10, 2003
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No. 3 MARYLAND (2-0) vs. No. 19 BUCKNELL (2-1)
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2003 * 3:00 p.m.
ARTIFICIAL TURF FACILITY (1,000/Turf), COLLEGE PARK, MD.
Live Audio: www.wmucradio.com & 88.1 FM (WMUC)
* The No. 3 Maryland men's lacrosse looks to keep its undefeated start intact as the Terps host the No. 19 Bucknell Bison at the Artificial Turf Facility this Tuesday at 3 p.m. The game will be broadcast live over the Internet on WMUCRadio.com and on 88.1 FM (WMUC).
* Maryland comes into the game with a 2-0 record after a 12-8 victory over local foe Towson last Saturday before a live television audience on WMAR Channel 2 in Baltimore. Freshman attacker Joe Walters (Rochester, N.Y.) scored his first four collegiate goals to power Maryland to the victory at Towson. Walters was named the WMAR Star of the Game after his performance. Maryland is now undefeated, 11-0, all-time vs. the Tigers at Towson. Graduate attackman Brian Hunt (West Chester, Pa.) posted his second straight four-point game on three goals and an assist in the win. Hunt now has 14 career hat tricks dating to his career at Yale and has scored a point in 35 consecutive games he has played in. Junior face-off specialist Jeremy Pastula (Yorktown, N.Y.) had his best day as a collegian, winning 11 of the 12 face-offs, he took for a 91.7 win percentage.
* Maryland's attack unit has compiled 14 of the team's 25 goals and 21 of the team's 38 points. Hunt leads the team in scoring with eight points on six goals and two assists. Walters is second with seven points on four goals and three assists and Dan LaMonica (Parkton, Md.) has four goals and two assists. In the midfield Ryan Moran (Setauket, N.Y.) leads the way with a pair of two goals games for four on the young season.
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No. 3 Maryland:
2003 Record: 2-0 (1-0 ACC)
2003 Ranks: 3rd (USILA), 4th (Media) 3rd (Sun/WMAR)
Head Coach: Dave Cottle (Salisbury '78)
Coach's Record: 192-74 (.722)/21st season
Coach's Record at UM: 11-4 (.722)/2nd season
Ass't Coach: Dave Slafkosky (Johns Hopkins '74)
Ass't Coach: Paul Cantabene (Loyola '93)
Ass't Coach: Steve Gorski (UMBC '96)
Leading Scorers (G-A-P): Brian Hunt (6-2-8)
No. 19 Bucknell:
2003 Record: 2-1 (0-0 Patriot)
2003 Ranks: 19th (USILA), RV (Media)
Head Coach: Sid Jamieson (Cortland '64)
Coach's Record: 221-216 (.506)/26th season
Coach's Record at BU: 221-216 (.506)/26th season
Ass't Coach: Frank Ferorjaka (Hobart '89)
Leading Scorer (G-A-P): Chris Cara (4-7-11)
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* The Terps' defense, was the nation's best last year allowing seven goals a game, he continued its prowess, allowing 7.50 goals per game, backstopped by goalie Danny McCormick (McLean, Va.) Preseason first-team All-Americans Michael Howley (Wantagh, N.Y.) and Chris Passavia (Stony Brook, N.Y.) have teamed with Lee Zink (Rowayton, Conn.) and defensive middies Brett Harper (Columbus, Ohio) and Paul Gillette (Severna Park, Md.) to keep opponents at bay. Gillette leads the team in groundballs with 13, while Zink tops in caused turnovers with five.
* Bucknell enters the game with one of the nation's stingiest defenses, allowing just 5.67 goals per game and just two goals in each of their last two games as the Bison defeated Harvard and Butler by identical, 10-2 scores. Goalie Justin Sussman has a 5.56 GAA and has stopped 76 percent of the shots he has faced. Bucknell opened the season with a 13-3 loss to then-No. 9 North Carolina on Feb. 22. Chris Cara leads the Bison in scoring with four goals and seven assists. He posted a seven-point game against Butler, with two goals and five assists. Andrew "Worthy" Sanders has four goals and five assists for nine points.
The Series With Bucknell
* The Terps have won all four games against Bucknell, outscoring the Bison 52-19 in the meetings. Maryland has outscored the Bison by an average of 13-5.
* In the Terps' first trip to Lewisburg, Pa., last season, Maryland posted a convincing 16-6 win over the Bison on March 12, 2002. Thirteen different players scored goals led by Dan LaMonica, who had three. Current student assistant coach Nate Watkins added two in the win. Other returning players with goals in the win included Matt Brock (Manakin-Sabot, Va.), Paul Gillette, Michael Howley, Mike Mollot (Holbrook, N.Y.), Ryan Moran, Chris Passavia, and Willy Passavia (Stony Brook, N.Y.). Maryland scored on 16 of its 34 shots in the game.
* For Chris Passavia, the goal was the first of his collegiate career and marked the first time, he and his brother Willy scored in the same game at Maryland.
* Maryland won the last game in College Park, 8-4 at Byrd Stadium on March 27, 2001. The game originally scheduled for March 6, 2001 was postponed due to a snow storm in the east. Andrew "Buggs" Combs led the Terps with four goals, while Mike LaMonica (2g, 1a) and Mike Mollot (1a, 2g) posted three-point games.
* The Terps won the 2000 meeting, 9-3 at Byrd Stadium as the team's renewed the series that started in 1981. In that first game, Maryland topped Bucknell, 19-6 on March 28, 1981 in the first round of the Loyola Invitational Tournament in Baltimore.
* Against teams from the current Patriot League, Maryland has an overall record of 30-20 with wins coming against Hobart and Bucknell last season. The series records are: Army (19-19), Bucknell (4-0), Hobart (3-0), Lafayette (1-0), Lehigh (3-1); the Terps have never played Colgate.
Individual Terps Vs. Bucknell
* Eight different Terps have scored against Bucknell over the past three years. Mike Mollot leads the way with four goals and eight assists for 12 points. Last season, he had a goal and four assists in the win at Bucknell.
* Dan LaMonica posted one of his seven career hat tricks vs. Bucknell last season and added two assists. Overall, he has six points against the Bison.
* Graduate midfielder Joe Parker (Crofton, Md.), who is expected to make his Terps' debut vs. Bucknell, took on the Bison as a member of fellow Patriot League for Colgate last season and scored two goals in the April 14th game.
* Matt Brock, Paul Gillette, Michael Howley, Ryan Moran, Chris Passavia and Willy Passavia also scored vs. Bucknell last season.
* Danny McCormick has played 54 minutes in two games vs. Bucknell, making 11 saves and allowing just four goals for a 4.44 goals against average.
* Coach Dave Cottle has a 2-0 record against the Bison, recording his second-career coaching win over Bucknell with a 15-8 victory early in the 1983 season and the 16-6 win with Maryland last season.
Howley and Mollot Named Tewaaraton Candidates
* Sixteen of the most talented male and female collegiate varsity lacrosse players in the United States and additional "players to watch" have been selected as candidates for the third annual Tewaaraton Award, the most coveted and prestigious award a varsity lacrosse player can receive and a symbol of excellence in college lacrosse. The five finalists will be announced in May.
* From Maryland, senior defenseman Michael Howley and senior midfielder/attackman Mike Mollot has been named to the list of the Top 16 candidates in the nation. Also, graduate attackman Brian Hunt has been named to the "Players to Watch" list. In addition, former Maryland coach Dick Edell is serving as the Vice Chair of the committee which presents the award.
* The Tewaaraton Trophy is presented annually following the collegiate season to the top female and male varsity collegiate lacrosse players in the United States. Scholarship money is given to the recipient's college or university general scholarship fund. The Foundation committee honors Native American heritage with the name "Tewaaraton," the name the Mohawk nation gave to their game and the progenitor of present day lacrosse and has received approval from the Mohawk Council of Elders.
Mollot Moves To No. 19 On Scoring Chart
* Senior captain Mike Mollot moved into 19th place all-time on Maryland's scoring charts in the program's storied lacrosse history against Duke and now has 136 points. With two points vs. Duke, he passed Dave Dempsey (1970-74), who had 134. Mollot currently has 58 goals and 78 assists for 136 points in three-plus seasons.
* Mollot became the 30th player in Maryland history to surpass the 100-point plateau with the seven points against Towson on March 9, 2002.
* Mollot is two assists shy of the Terps' top 14 in career assists. Brendan Hanley had 80 from 1985-88 to rank 14th.
* Junior Dan LaMonica is on track to become the 31st Terp with 100-plus points in his career as he comes into action vs. Bucknell with 96 career points on 44 goals and 52 assists in two-plus seasons.
* Graduate student Brian Hunt piled up 128 points in his three seasons at Yale and ranks 10th all-time in Bulldog history in scoring. He had 78 goals and 50 assists from 1999-2001 with Yale. With the Terps, Hunt scored six goals and added two assists in his Maryland debut and now has 135 career points on 84 goals and 52 assists.
McCormick Named ACC Player of the Week & MD. Athlete of Week
* Terps' senior goalie Danny McCormick posted a career-high 17 saves in the ACC and season-opening win over Duke and was named ACC Player of the Week and Maryland Player of the Week for his performance. McCormick and the Terps' defense held Duke scoreless for a span of 38 minutes from the early second quarter through the late fourth quarter. McCormick had a span of 50 minutes in which he stopped 16 of 17 Blue Devils shots on goal.
Terps Move Butler Game to Florida; Face Georgetown on Apr. 28
* The Maryland-Butler game originally scheduled for April 28 in College Park will now be played on March 25 at 7 p.m. in Boca Raton, Fla., at the St. Andrew's School. Both teams will be in Florida during spring break and will play the game during their time in the Sunshine State. It will be the Terps' second trip to the Sunshine State in three years, as they played the 2001 ACC Championships in Orlando.
* With the movement of the game with Butler, the Maryland-Georgetown game has now been rescheduled for April 28 at Byrd Stadium at 7 p.m.. The Terps and Hoyas were planning to open the 2003 season on Feb. 22, but the game was postponed due to unplayable field conditions at Maryland's Artificial Turf Facility. It will be the first regular-season game between the teams.
Terps' 78th Season of Lacrosse
* The Terps, now in the fourth season of the new century, have an all-time record of 627-201-4, dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished every one of its previous 77 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 9-4. The program's 600th win came against Duke on April 21, 2000, 7-6 in the ACC Semifinals at Byrd Stadium.
* In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland recorded its most wins in any decade with a 95-47 record. The .669 winning percentage matched Maryland's win percentage of the 1980s when the Terps went 83-41 and also compiled a .669 win percentage. This decade, the Terps are now 35-12 (.745).
Six Terps Named Preseason All-Americans
* The Maryland men's lacrosse team has placed six players on the Inside Lacrosse/Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-America list. Senior defenseman Michael Howley and junior defender Chris Passavia were both named to the preseason first team. Last season Howley was a USILA second-team All-American and Passavia was a member of the third team.
* Senior midfield/attackman Mike Mollot was named a second team preseason All-American after he was a USILA second teamer last season. Junior attacker Dan LaMonica was also named to the second team. Last season, he was a USILA honorable mention All-American.
* Goalie Danny McCormick was named to the preseason honorable mention list after being a USILA honorable mention All-American last year. Newcomer attackman Brian Hunt, who comes to Maryland as a graduate student after playing at Yale, was also named a preseason honorable mention All-American as he makes his debut as a Terp this spring. Hunt missed all of last year with a broken ankle.
Leading Scorers All Around
* It is believed that the 2003 Maryland men's lacrosse team is in the process of making NCAA sports history as the Terps have a roster unlike any other in the history of college athletics. Maryland has a roster that has four players who led their respective teams in scoring in their last seasons of action. It is still being researched by the NCAA, but it is believed that this is the first instance of its kind in any sport.
* Maryland returns its own leading scorer from 2002 in senior Mike Mollot, who had 46 points on 23 goals and 23 assists last season. The Terps have added three new players who join the team from other Division I programs where each of them led their respective teams in scoring in their last year of action.
* Graduate student Brian Hunt topped Yale's scoring chart in 2001 and finished fourth in the nation in points with 58 on 28 goals and 30 assists.
* Joe Parker, who is also a graduate student, played one year of lacrosse at Colgate last season, where he also led the team in points with 48 on 29 goals and 19 assists.
* Finally, junior transfer Justin Smith, who comes to the Terps from UMBC, was the Retrievers' leading scorer last season with 24 points on 18 goals and six assists.
2003 Schedule Notes
* For 2003, Maryland has added several new opponents including Georgetown, Stony Brook, Butler and Notre Dame. The Terps will also continue their long-time rivalries with ACC foes Duke, North Carolina and Virginia along with local battles against Johns Hopkins, Navy, Towson and UMBC.
* "We are very excited about our schedule for the spring of 2003," said Dave Cottle, who enters his second season at the helm of the Terps' program. "We feel we have added some games against top-quality opponents that make it one of the toughest schedules in the nation."
* The Terps will appear on the WMAR Channel 2 Television Game of the Week for a school-record three occasions. Maryland will be featured in the first game of the package as they travel to Towson on March 8 for a 1 p.m. face-off. The greatest rivalry in lacrosse renews once again on WMAR for the sixth year in a row as Johns Hopkins comes to College Park for a Saturday, April 12, prime time match-up. The Terps will also play in a televised prime-time game as they host UMBC on April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
* Maryland was scheduled to open the WMAR broadcast schedule on March 1 against Duke, but the game was unable to be aired due to its rescheduled date and time on March 2.
* The Terps take on seven teams that finished in last season's final USILA/STX Poll (No. 1 Johns Hopkins, No. 3 Virginia, No. 4 Georgetown, No. 9 Duke, No. 12 North Carolina, No. 15 Navy and No. 18 Towson). They also play five teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 2002: Duke, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Stony Brook and Virginia.
* The games with Georgetown, Stony Brook, Butler and Notre Dame will all be the first regular-season meetings against those teams. The Terps have faced the Hoyas, Bulldogs and Fighting Irish each once before, all in NCAA Tournament games.
* The ACC Tournament will be held in Charlottesville, Va., on April 18 and 20, 2003 at the University of Virginia, the site of the Terps' last ACC title in 1998.
Media Information
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* Terps on the Web: For up-to-date game stories, statistics, schedules and results, and other Maryland athletic department information, please locate www. umterps.com on the Internet.
ACC STANDINGS
Team W-L Pct. ACC Pct.
Maryland 2-0 1.000 1-0 1.000
Virginia 3-0 1.000 0-0 .000
North Carolina 1-2 .333 0-0 .000
Duke 3-1 .750 0-1 .000
Last Week's Action:
Mar. 8: Maryland 12, Towson 8
Duke 10, Loyola 4
Virginia 10, Princeton7
Notre Dame 10, North Carolina 8
This Week's Action:
Mar. 11: Lehigh at Duke, 1 p.m.
Bucknell at Maryland, 3 p.m.
Notre Dame at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.
Mar. 12: North Carolina at Ohio State, 3 p.m.
Mar. 14: Villanova at Duke, 1 p.m.
Mar. 15: Denver at North Carolina, 1 p.m.
Maryland at Stony Brook, 1 p.m.
Mar. 16: Towson at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.
PROBABLE STARTERS
ATTACK
2 Brian Hunt Gr., 6-0,181 6-2-8 137 career pts., 14 hat tricks
15 Joe Walters Fr., 6-0,185 4-3-7 WMAR Star (4 goals vs. TU)
11 Dan LaMonica Jr., 5-10,170 4-2-6 96 career pts., 4 g. on 5 shots
FIRST MIDFIELD
1 Mike Mollot R-Sr., 5-11,190 1-2-3 137 career pts., 16 in row w/pt
28 Willy Passavia Sr., 5-10,180 1-0-1 Scored first UM goal of '03
34 Ryan Moran Sr., 5-11,180 4-1-5 all 19 career goals in last 13g.
SECOND MIDFIELD
4 Ian Healy R-So., 5-7,170 2-1-3 Two goals in return from inj.
22 Justin Smith Jr., 6-1,220 1-0-1 18 goals in last 9 games
33 Jamie Daue Sr., 6-5,195 0-1-1 First pt. of year vs. Towson
FACE-OFF MIDFIELD
13 Brett Harper (LSM) Sr., 5-11,186 5 GB, 4 CT 100th career GB vs.Duke
34 Ryan Moran (F-O) Sr., 5-11,180 11/19, 6 GB Won 61.5% vs.Duke
18 Paul Gillette (SSM) Jr., 5-10,165 13 GB, 4 CT 6 GB vs. TU, 7 vs. Duke
CLOSE DEFENSE
29 Lee Zink Jr., 6-4,195 6 GB, 5 CT Leads UM in caused TO
40 Chris Passavia Jr., 6-1,210 6 GB, 4 CT Preseason 1st Team AA
42 Michael Howley Sr., 6-1,205 6 GB, 3 CT Tewaaraton Candidate
GOALIES
3 Danny McCormick R-Sr., 5-9,170 7.50 GAA, 28 sv. ACC POW (Mar. 3)
