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April 8, 2003
No. 5 MARYLAND (7-1) vs. No. 1 JOHNS HOPKINS (6-1)
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2003 * 8 p.m.
BYRD STADIUM (48,055/Grass), COLLEGE PARK, MD.
TV: WMAR Channel 2, CSTV * Radio: 88.1 FM (WMUC), WMUCSports.com
* Maryland and Johns Hopkins will meet for the 99th time in history as the No. 5 Terps host the No. 1 Blue Jays this Saturday at 8 p.m., at Byrd Stadium. The game will be televised live on WMAR-TV (Channel 2 in Baltimore) for the sixth consecutive season and will also be the premier live sporting event telecast by the new all-college sports network CSTV (Channel 610 on DirecTV). The broadcast team of Scott Garceau, Keith Mills, Quint Kessenich and former Terp coach Dick Edell will call the action for WMAR, which will be simulcasted on CSTV. The game will also be broadcast on WMUC (88.1 FM) and be accessible over the Internet at www.WMUCSports.com.
It will also be a special night as men's lacrosse program and coach Dave Cottle will honor the 30th anniversary of the 1973 Maryland national championship team, which defeated Johns Hopkins, 10-9 in double overtime on June 2, 1973, to claim Maryland's first NCAA title in men's lacrosse. A special halftime ceremony will take place to honor the team.
The Greatest Rivalry In Lacrosse
* Maryland and Hopkins are the two most storied lacrosse programs in the nation, with the rivalry beginning with back in 1895 as Hopkins defeated the Maryland Agricultural College. The Blue Jays (31) and Terps (25) have played in the first and third most NCAA Tournaments since the event began in 1971, respectively. Maryland (107) and Hopkins (169) have produced the most first team All-Americans in the history of lacrosse dating to the first awards in 1922.
* Overall, Hopkins holds a 61-36-1 lead in the series. Since the Terrapins elevated to a varsity sport in 1924, Maryland has a 36-51-1 record against Johns Hopkins. There has been at least one Maryland-Hopkins game every year since 1924 with the exception of 1944 and 1945 when World War II kept the schools from fielding teams.
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LAST 20 MD-JHU GAMES
April 13, 2002 #3 JHU 9, #6 UM 8 ot
April 14, 2001 #5 UM 10, #2 JHU 9
April 15, 2000 #8 JHU 20, #7 UM 11
April 16, 1999 #3 JHU 13, #7 UM 3
May 17, 1998 #5 UM 11, #4 JHU 10 ot (NCAA QF)
April 11, 1998 #6 JHU 10, #1 UM 6
April 12, 1997 #7 JHU 13, #4 UM 9
May 19, 1996 #7 JHU 9, #2 UM 7 (NCAA QF)
April 13, 1996 #1 UM 12, #4 JHU 9
May 27, 1995 #4 UM 16, #1 JHU 8 (NCAA SF)
April 15, 1995 #1 JHU 16, #3 UM 15
April 16, 1994 #6 JHU 12, #8 UM 10
April 16, 1993 #4 JHU 19, #11 UM 11
April 18, 1992 #7 UM 13, #3 JHU 9
April 20, 1991 #6 UM 11, #3 JHU 8
April 21, 1990 #12 JHU 17, #11 UM 11
April 22, 1989 #1 JHU 10, #4 UM 9
April 23, 1988 #2 JHU 11, #11 UM 7
May 23, 1987 #4 JHU 13, #1 UM 8 (NCAA SF)
April 18, 1987 #1 UM 11, #4 JHU 7
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* The last two-games have been one-goal affairs and three of the last five have been one-goal games. Maryland won the last game at Byrd Stadium in dramatic fashion, 10-9 on April 14, 2001 as the No. 5 Terps scored four fourth-quarter goals to overcome a 8-6 deficit entering the final stanza. 2001 first team All-American Pat McGinnis made a career-high 21 saves and was named the WMAR Player of the Game in the win. Hopkins came back for its own one-goal win last season on April 13, 2002, as Kyle Barrie scored with 1:45 left in the first overtime to give the Jays the 9-8 win.
* This is the 13th straight meeting between the teams when each was ranked in the top-eight in the nation. In seven of the last 10 meetings, the team with a lesser ranking has won the game including two of the last three games as No. 5 Maryland beat No. 2 Hopkins in 2001 and when No. 8 Hopkins defeated No. 7 Maryland in 2000.
* This game also marks the seventh time in the last 20 meetings that either Maryland or Hopkins comes into the game ranked No. 1. In those seven games, the No. 1-ranked team has been upset by the lower-ranked team three times with the most recent occurrence coming in 1997 as the No. 6 Hopkins squad handed the top-ranked Terps their first loss after an 8-0 start. The last time Hopkins came into the rivalry ranked No. 1, Maryland handed the Jays a 16-8 loss in the NCAA Semifinals at Byrd Stadium on May 27, 1995. Since 1978, this will be the 13th time in 33 games the Maryland-Hopkins battle has featured the nation's No. 1 team and the 16th time in 33 games that both teams were ranked in the top five in the nation.
Quick Team Capsules
* No. 5 Maryland (7-1 overall) comes into the game riding a three-game win streak after a 9-7 win at Navy last Saturday. In the win freshman sensation Joe Walters (Rochester, N.Y.) scored four goals in a game for the fourth time this year including the game-winner with 3:05 left in regulation. Walters leads the ACC and the Terps in points per game (3.5) and goals per game (2.75). Overall he has 22 goals and six assists for 28 points. The Terps also have the top two assist-makers in the ACC in senior Mike Mollot (Holbrook, N.Y.) and junior Dan LaMonica (Parkton, Md.) who are posted 1.63 and 1.50 assists per game, respectively. LaMonica had a career-high six assists against Navy last Saturday. His six helpers were he most by a Terp since Tim Cox also has six against Navy on April 14, 1990. Senior goalie Danny McCormick (McLean, Va.) leads the league in goals against average (7.45) and save percentage (.633).
* No. 1 Johns Hopkins (6-1 overall) finishes its tour of the ACC this weekend as it has beaten all three conference teams, besides Maryland, consecutively over the past three weeks beating Virginia 8-7 on March 22, North Carolina 11-10 in overtime on March 29 and pounding Duke last Saturday, 19-6 at Homewood Field. Their three game-win streak comes on the heels of their only loss, a 15-14 defeat to then-No. 4 Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on March 15. They opened the year with wins over Princeton, Albany and Pennsylvania. Sophomore attacker Kyle Barrie leads the Jays in scoring with 31 points on 20 goals and 11 assists. He scored five goals and three assists for eight points against Duke. Senior Bobby Benson leads the club in goals with 21 and has 27 total points. Senior goalie Rob Scherr has a 8.43 goals against average and a 54.3 save percentage. Johns Hopkins has won 34 of its last 35 games in the month of April with the only loss coming to Maryland on April 14, 2001 at Byrd.
Terps Winning On WMAR
* Maryland has won five of the last six games televised by WMAR-TV in Baltimore. This season they defeated Towson, 12-8 on March 8 at Towson Stadium. Last season, the Terps went 2-1 on WMAR, beating Towson and Navy before falling to Hopkins. In 2001, the Terps were a perfect 2-0 on WMAR's airwaves with wins over Duke and Hopkins. The 5-1 winning run streak comes after Maryland had lost six straight games televised by WMAR from 1998-2000.
The Terps Against No. 1
* Maryland has beaten the No. 1 team in the nation four times since 1987 including three times since 1995. In fact, the Terps have posted wins over the No. 1-ranked team in three of their last five games with the top-ranked team. Of those wins, the last two have come when the Terps were ranked No. 5 as they are this week. And all four came at Byrd Stadium.
* Maryland's last win over a No. 1 team -- ironically -- came against current head coach Dave Cottle and Loyola, as No. 5 Maryland upset the top-ranked Greyhounds, 19-8, in the NCAA Semifinals at Byrd Stadium on May 23, 1998.
* The Terps beat No. 1 Virginia on March 30, 1996 with a 13-11 win at Byrd.
* Maryland also defeated a No. 1 Johns Hopkins team the last time the Jays came into the series ranked No. 1, with a 16-8 victory on May 27, 1995 in the NCAA Semifinals at Byrd Stadium.
Individual Terps Vs. Johns Hopkins
* Six different current Terps have scored against Johns Hopkins in their Maryland careers.
* Dan LaMonica tallied three goals -- including the game-winner with 4:59 left in regulation -- and added an assist in the 2001 game for a four-point day in his debut vs. Hopkins. Last season, he has two assists at Homewood Field and now has six career points vs. JHU.
* Mike Mollot had three goals and an assist in last year's game and now has three goals and three assists for six points vs. Hopkins in three career games.
* Senior Matt Urlock (Lutherville, Md.), notched his first career hat trick in the 2000 game to give him four goals vs JHU in his career. He also scored the first goal of the game in the 1999 meeting.
* Seniors Jamie Daue (Lutherville, Md.) and Ryan Moran (Setauket, N.Y.) also have scored vs. Hopkins in last year's game.
* Goalie Danny McCormick will make his second start vs. Hopkins. He made 12 saves in last year's overtime thriller. He played the final 11 minutes of the 2000 game making three saves and allowing four goals as a redshirt-freshman.
* Coach Dave Cottle has won three of 11 career games against Hopkins, 10 of which came while coaching at Loyola. He led the Greyhounds to back-to-back wins against Hopkins in 1998 (10-7) and 1999 (14-5). Against coach Dave Pietramala, Cottle is 0-2, as his Loyola team dropped a 13-10 decision on May 4, 2001 in addition to last year's game.
Terps Top ACC Stat Charts
* When looking at the ACC statistics, the Terps rank No. 1 in every team and individual category with the exception of one -- groundballs.
* In the team stats, the Terps have the No. 1 scoring offense at 12.0 goals game and the top defense, allowing just 7.50 goals game. They also lead the league in goal differential outscoring opponents by 4.5 goals per game.
* On the individual side Joe Walters tops the conference in points per game (3.5 ppg) and goals per game (2.75 gpg). Fellow attacker Brian Hunt (West Chester, Pa.) ranks seventh on both the scoring (2.75 ppg) and goals (1.88 gpg) charts.
* In the assists column, Mike Mollot and Dan LaMonica are 1-2 with Mollot at 1.63 assists per game and LaMonica with 1.50 per contest.
* In face-offs, the Terps are led by junior Jeremy Pastula (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.),. who comes off a sensation 9/12 outing against Navy. He leads the league in win percentage at 67.4 (29/43). Ryan Moran is fifth at 55.9 win percentage.
* Goalie Danny McCormick leads in save percentage (63.3) and goals against average (7.45).
Mollot, Hunt: The ACC's Best
* Mike Mollot and Brian Hunt rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively among all active ACC players in career scoring. Mollot tops the charts with 153 points on 64 goals and 89 assists. Hunt has the most goals of any ACC player with 93 along with 57 assists for 150 points. Hunt did accumulate 128 of the points at Yale.
* Just a junior, Dan LaMonica is fifth on the list and is the only non-senior with more than 100 career points in the ACC. He has 109 points on 47 goals and 62 assists.
On The Offensive, Terps Scoring At High Rate
* No. 5 Maryland has continued its winning ways with a high-scoring offense that is tallying 12.00 goals per game to rank No. 5 in the nation in goals per game. The Terps have posted at least 12 goals in five of their seven victories this season with a high of 18 vs. Butler in Florida on March 25.
* Saturday's game will be a battle of two of the top scoring teams in the country as Hopkins scores 13.14 goals per game.
* Joe Walters and Brian Hunt lead the scoring parade. Walters tops the club with 22 goals and 28 points through eight games. The left-handed attacker Walters posted his fourth four-goal game of the year at Navy and his third four-point game in a row coming on the heels of the Butler game. He also posted four-goal efforts vs. Bucknell and Towson. He was named the WMAR-TV Star of the Game and Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week after the Towson game.
* A Tewaaraton Trophy "Player to Watch," Hunt came to Maryland after graduating from Yale last spring, has 15 career hat tricks dating back to his career with the Bulldogs after posting three this season, most recently vs. Butler on March 25. His 40-game point scoring streak came to an end at Virginia as he was held off scoring sheet for the first time since his sixth college game in 1999. He had scored a point in 40 consecutive games which he played. He began a new streak with a goal and assist at Navy and has 150 career points (3.2 PPG). Hunt's 150 career points are second to only Mike Mollot in career points among players in the ACC.
* Senior midfielder and Tewaaraton Trophy candidate Mike Mollot moved into a tie for 10th place on Maryland's all-time career assist chart with and assist vs. Butler and now has 89 for his career. He also stands in a three-way tie 16th on the Terps' all-time career scoring chart with 153 points after a goal at Navy. Along with Mollot, Scott Hochstadt (1996-99) and John Lamon (1976-79) also have 153 career points. He now has 64 goals and 89 assists in three-plus seasons. His 153 points are the most among all active players in the ACC.
* Senior midfielder Ryan Moran has 11 goals to rank third on the team in goals after scoring once vs. Butler. Moran, set a new career-high with four goals vs. Bucknell this season on March 11. the four goals set a new career-high. He now has all 26 of his goals in his last 19 games, dating back to last season -- after never scoring his first two years with Maryland. He has picked up his assist rate in the last two games with three helpers in the wins at Virginia and Navy.
* Junior Dan LaMonica has seven goals and 12 assists for 19 points. He became the 31st Terp to pass the 100-point plateau with two goals and three assists vs. Butler on march 25. He now has 109 career points on 47 goals and 62 assists in two-plus years of action. His six assists against Navy were a personal career high and the most by a Terp since Tim Cox also had since against Navy on April 14, 1990.
* The Terps' extra-man unit has been sensational early in this season scoring on 39 percent of its opportunities. Maryland has scored 16 goals on 41 chances led by Ryan Moran, who has four EMG's. Joe Walters has three and Brian Hunt, Dan LaMonica and Mike Mollot each have two extra-man tallies as well. In comparison, last season the Terps scored just 17 extra-man goals the entire season, on 63 chances (27 percent). The defense has held opponents to just 13 EMG's on 44 chances (29.5 percent).
Defense Holds Opponents Down
* The Terps' defense, the nation's best last year allowing seven goals a game, and has continued its prowess, allowing 7.50 goals per game, backstopped by preseason honorable mention goalie Danny McCormick. 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 to keep opponents at bay. Gillette leads the team in groundballs with 38, while Harper tops in caused turnovers with 17.
* Against Virginia, the Terps shutdown what was the fifth-highest scoring offense in the country and held the Cavaliers to just seven goals. Maryland limited the Virginia attack to four goals on 17 shots with Howley, Passavia and Zink pressuring the attackers.
* Overall, the Terps have outscored their opponents 96-60 (12.00-7.50) per game -- a 4.5 goal margin. Even more amazing is that opponents have just eight goals total in the second quarter and 12 in the third quarter for a combined total of 20 for the second and third quarters. In contrast the Terps have 48 goals in the middle periods (a 28 goal margin).
* The Terps' defense has continued to be stellar as it has had several runs of holding its opponents scoreless.
* Against Duke, the Terps held the then-No. 7 Blue Devils without a goal for 38 minutes spanning the final three quarters and to just one goal for nearly 50 minutes from midway in the first quarter until late in the fourth quarter.
* Against Towson, Maryland held the Tigers without a goal for almost 18 minutes from the second to the third quarter and with just one goal from the late second to late fourth quarters.
* After a high-scoring 6-6 first quarter with Bucknell, Maryland buckled down and held the Bison off the scoreboard for more than 30 minutes and nearly shut them out for the second and third quarters before a fluke Bison goal with one second left in the third quarter.
* Maryland kept host Stony Brook to just one goal in the first 33:11 of the game in building a 15-1 lead in the early third quarter. With the score tied 1-1, Maryland went on a 14-goal run holding Stony Brook scoreless for 27:32.
* The Terps kept Butler scoreless for a stretch of 24:32 from late in the second quarter until early in the fourth quarter.
* Maryland blanked Virginia for a spell of 33:06 from the mid-first quarter until 4:14 left in the third quarter. Over that time, the Terps reeled off seven consecutive goals to build a 7-2 lead.
* Against Navy, the Maryland defense was on top of its game against as it allowed just one goal over a span of 33:42 from the second through late fourth quarter.
Mollot Moves Up Career Charts
* Senior captain Mike Mollot moved into a tie for 16th place all-time on Maryland's scoring charts in the program's storied lacrosse history with a goal at Navy and now has 153 points. He is currently tied with Scott Hochstadt (1996-99) and John Lamon (1976-79). Mollot currently has 64 goals and 89 assists for 153 points in three-plus seasons. He can move up to 15th with three points vs. Johns Hopkins and to 14th with five more points.
* 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 moved into a tie for 10th place on the school's all-time career assist list with an assist vs. Butler. He currently has 89 career assists and can move to ninth with three more helpers.
* Junior Dan LaMonica became the 31st Terp with 100-plus points in his career as he tallied two goals and added three assists vs. Butler on March 25. He now has 109 career points on 47 goals and 62 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 has scored 15 goals and added seven assists in his Maryland debut and now has 150 career points on 93 goals and 57 assists.
Howley & Mollot Up For Tewaaraton
* 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.
Gillette & McCormick Honored By ACC, UM
* Junior defensive midfielder Paul Gillette (Millersville, Md.) was named ACC Men's Lacrosse Player of the Week and Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week on March 31 after leading the Terrapins to a 2-0 week including an 8-7 upset of No. 2 Virginia on March 29 at Klockner Stadium.
* Gillette keyed Maryland's 18-9 win over Butler on March 25 in Florida, with a career-high nine groundballs. He also added an assist in the win as he continued his solid defense. Against No. 2 Virginia, Gillette was again a star on defense in helping the Terrapins to hold the Virginia offense scoreless for 33:06 spanning the first three quarters. He scooped up four groundballs. Gillette also assisted the go-ahead goal, which gave Maryland the 3-2 lead.
* 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 on March 3 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 Face Georgetown on Apr. 28
* The Maryland-Georgetown game has 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. That date was originally occupied by the Maryland-Butler game, which was moved to Boca Raton, Fla., on March 25, with the Terps winning 18-9.
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.
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