Dec. 30, 2004

College Park, Md. - Coming off its first ACC championship since 1998, the Maryland men's lacrosse team is ranked No. 5 in the Preseason Face-Off Yearbook Coaches' Poll conducted by Inside Lacrosse. The poll was compiled from 56 coaches' surveys.

Maryland, which went 13-3 last season, was also ranked No. 5 in each of the last two preseason polls. Every opponent on the Terps' 2005 schedule is either ranked among the top 25 or received votes in the preseason poll.

The Terrapins will take on five of the top eight teams: hosting No. 1 Johns Hopkins (April 15), No. 6 Georgetown (February 26), No. 7 North Carolina (March 26), and visiting No. 4 Navy (April 8) and No. 8 Virginia (April 2).

The Terps will also face No. 2 Syracuse (February 19) and No. 3 Princeton (February 12) in preseason scrimmages.

Maryland will be led by its pair of preseason first-team All-Americans Joe Walters (Attack) and Bill McGlone (Midfield). Walters, the 2004 ACC offensive player of the year, was a USILA first team All-American last season. Brendan Healy was also honored as a third team All-American at midfield.

Division I Face-Off Yearbook Preseason Poll
1. Johns Hopkins- 1370 points (35 first place votes)
2. Syracuse- 1309 points (19 first place votes)
3. Princeton- 1207 points
4. Navy- 1195 points (2 first place votes)
5. Maryland- 1177 points
6. Georgetown- 1066 points
7. North Carolina- 1011 points
8. Virginia- 1007 points
9. Cornell- 818 points
10. Notre Dame- 746 points
11. Towson- 714 points
12. Rutgers- 634 points
13. Duke- 622 points
14. Ohio State- 604 points
15. UMass- 530 points
16. Army- 425 points
17. Loyola- 418 points
18. Penn- 387 points
19. Brown- 348 points
20. Hobart- 267 points
21. Penn State- 238 points
22. Villanova- 229 points
23. Dartmouth- 216 points
24. Denver- 209 points
25. Hofstra-173 points

Others Receiving Votes: Albany 137, UMBC 133, Delaware 129, Harvard 100, Bucknell 77, Yale 63, Binghamton 24, Fairfield 22, Air Force 12, Stony Brook 7, Butler 5, Colgate 5, Vermont 5, Holy Cross 2, Marist 1, Quinnipiac 1

Division I Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-Americans
First Team
Attack
Jed Prossner, Sr, North Carolina
Joe Walters, Jr, Maryland
Kyle Barrie, Sr, Johns Hopkins
Ian Dingman, Jr, Navy
Midfield
Kyle Harrison, Sr, Johns Hopkins
Bryant Will, Sr, North Carolina
Bill McGlone, Jr, Maryland
Matt Rewkowski, Sr, Johns Hopkins
Face-Off
Andy Corno, Sr, Georgetown
LSM
Brodie Merrill, Sr, Georgetown
Defense
Tom Garvey, Sr, Johns Hopkins
Mitch Hendler, Sr, Navy
Brett Moyer, Jr, Hofstra
Jack Reid, Jr, UMass
Goal
Matt Russell, Jr, Navy

Second Team
Attack
Brian Crockett, Jr, Syracuse
Pat Walsh, Jr, Notre Dame
Matt Ward, Jr, Virginia
Chris Cara, Sr, Bucknell
Midfield
Joe Boulukos, Jr, Cornell
Ben Grinnell, Sr, Dartmouth
Graham Gill, Sr, Navy
Matt Zash, Jr, Duke
Face-off
Scott Davidson, Sr, Denver
LSM
Rob Bateman, Sr, Virginia
Defense
Oliver Barry, Sr, Princeton
Stephen McElduff, Jr, North Carolina
Steve Panarelli, So, Syracuse
Jon Urbana, Sr, Villanova
Goal
Greg Havalchak, Jr, Rutgers

Third Team
Attack
Matt Danowski, So, Duke
Jason Doneger, Sr, Princeton
John Walker, Jr, Army
Chazz Woodson, Sr, Brown
Midfield
Steve Looney, Jr, Navy
Brendan Healy, Jr, Maryland
Justin Redd, Sr, Cornell
Sean Morris, Jr, UMass
Face-Off
Chris Pieczonka, Sr, Navy
LSM
John Bennett, So, Princeton
Defense
Greg McCarthy, Sr, Hobart
Reyn Garnett, Jr, Georgetown
Pat Keeley, Sr, Dartmouth
DJ Driscoll, Jr, Notre Dame
Goal
Jay Pfeifer, Sr, Syracuse