March 22, 2004
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BUTLER (5-2) at #2 MARYLAND (5-0)
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2004 * 7:00 p.m.
LACROSSE & FIELD HOCKEY COMPLEX (2,000/Turf)
COLLEGE PARK, MD
Live Stats: umterps.com * Audio: WMUCRadio.com
No. 2 Maryland Hosts Butler Before heading To UNC
* No. 2 Maryland plays host to Butler of the Great Western Lacrosse League at the new Lacrosse & Field Hockey Complex this Tuesday at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live over the Internet at WMUCRadio.com. Live stats will also be available on umterps.com. The Terps will head to Chapel Hill, N.C., later this week to play ACC rival North Carolina on Saturday, March 27 at Fetzer Field.
* The Terps continue to be ranked No. 2 in the Geico/STX USILA Coaches' Poll as they have posted a 5-0 record to start the year and are just one of four undefeated teams remaining in the country after four weeks of action along with No. 1 Johns Hopkins (5-0), Brown (4-0) and Yale (4-0).
* Maryland comes off a 9-4 win at No. 13 UMBC last Saturday. Sophomore attacker Joe Walters (Rochester, N.Y.) continued his torrid scoring stretch with a natural hat trick -- scoring three consecutive goals in the second quarter. He added an assist for a four-point game, giving him 11 points for the week after a career-high seven points vs. Bucknell last Wednesday. Walters leads the team with 21 points on 14 goals and seven assists. Freshman attacker Mike Brown (West Hartford, Conn.) made the most of his playing time, scoring twice in the second half to seal the win. Graduate goalie Tim McGinnis (Ellicott City, Md.) made 13 saves, including eight in the critical fourth quarter. He has allowed just four goals in each of his last two games and has a 6.39 goals against average after five starts.
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Top 5 Terp Tidbits
* Maryland has only allowed 10 first-half goals outscoring opponents, 33-10. They have given up just just five in the last three games.
* Maryland has beaten Butler in both previous meetings, by a combined score of 36-19.
* Of the Terps' 62 goals, 38 have come from sophomores(61 percent), including a team-high 14 by Joe Walters.
* Sixteen different Terps have scored goals through five games, including nine vs, Bucknell last Wednesday and 11 at Duke.
* Both All-American defensemen Chris Passavia and Lee Zink are on the Tewaaraton Trophy "Watch List" for the nation's top lacrosse player award.
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* Butler comes into the game with a 5-2 record. The beat Wheeling Jesuit (ranked No. 10 in Division II), 15-10, last Saturday. They have also picked up wins over Hobart (7-6), Canisius (5-4), VMI (15-6) and Sacred Heart (13-12). Their losses have come to Marist (9-7) and undefeated Yale (10-9). Junior attacker Kyle Tietjen leads the way with 27 points on 21 goals and six assists. He had five against Wheeling Jesuit last weekend. In goal, Sam Ashley has a 6.65 GAA, starting all six games.
Maryland-Butler Series History
* Maryland has won both previous games vs. Butler, winning 18-9 last season in Boca Raton, Fla., and 18-10 in the NCAA First Round at Johns Hopkins on May 10, 1998. This will be the first game between the schools at one of their campuses.
* In last season's game at the St. Andrew's School in Boca Raton, Maryland used a 9-0 run in the third quarter to blitz the Bulldogs, 18-9. Fourteen different Terps recorded points led by Dan LaMonica, who had five on two goals and three assists. Attackers Brian Hunt and Joe Walters each had three goals and one assist. Other current Terps to score in the game were J.R. Bordley (Vienna, Va.) and Ian Healy (Great Falls, Va.). Paul Gillette (Millersville, Md.) and Bill McGlone each had assists in the win.
* In the first game between the teams, the No. 5 seeded Terps downed the GWLL Champion Bulldogs, 18-10, in the 1998 NCAA Tournament first round at Johns Hopkins. Matt Hahn became Maryland's all-time leading goal-scorer as he had four goals in the win. Andrew Whipple had eight points on three goals and five assists as the Terps advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals, where they beat Johns Hopkins a week later. That 1998 team reached the NCAA title game for the third time in four years, falling to Princeton.
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No. 2 Maryland
2004 Record: 5-0 (1-0 ACC)
2003 Record: 12-4 (2-1 ACC/First-Tie)
2004 Ranks: 2nd (USILA), 2nd (IL/Media)
Head Coach: Dave Cottle (Salisbury '78)
Coach's Record: 207-78 (.726)/22nd season
Coach's Record at UM: 26-8 (.764)/3rd season
Ass't Coach: Dave Slafkosky (Johns Hopkins '74)
Ass't Coach: Paul Cantabene (Loyola '93)
Ass't Coach: Steve Gorski (UMBC '96)
Leading Scorer (G-A=P): Joe Walters (14-7=21)
Butler
2004 Record: 5-2 (0-0 GWLL)
2003 Record: 5-8 (1-4 GWLL /First-Tie)
2004 Ranks: Not Ranked (USILA), (IL/Media)
Head Coach: Craig Kahoun (Butler '96)
Coach's Record: 25-36 (.410)/6th season
Coach's Record at BU: 25-36 (.410)/6th season
Ass't Coach: Garett Rosencrans (Butler '01)
Ass't Coach: Nick Meyers (Butler '01)
Leading Scorer (G-A=P): Kyle Tietjen (21-6=27)
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Coaching Match-up
* Head coach Dave Cottle has recorded a 6-0 career record against Butler, 5-0 while he served as the head coach at Loyola along with his win over the Bulldogs last season. He is 3-0 all-time against Butler's Craig Kahoun.
* Cottle comes into the game with a 207-78 career record for a 72.6 win percentage -- third among all active coaches. He is also 26-8 as head coach of the Terps. Kahoun, who is just the second head coach in the 12-year history of Butler's lacrosse program is 25-36 (.410) in six seasons at the helm after starring for the Bulldogs.
Terps' High-Scoring Offense
* The Terps' offense has continued to be a major story early in 2004, as Maryland is averaging 12.40 goals per game through the first four weeks of action -- seventh in the nation The Terps have scored at least 14 goals in three of five games. Maryland blasted Duke for a 17-12 ACC win in Durham on March 6 -- for it most goals in an ACC game since 1983.
* Joe Walters continues to lead the way, as he has 14 goals -- scoring three or more in four of five games this season. He netted a career-high tying four goals at Duke and was named ACC Player of the Week. He has tallied three goals in each of his last two games and had 11 points last week, posted a career-high seven points vs. Bucknell. He has at least one goal in 19 of his 21 career games at Maryland. Overall, he has 67 career points (3.19 ppg). Walters also has three of the team's five game-winning goals in 2004.
* The Terps have looked to underclassmen for much of their offense as 38 of the 62 goals (61 percent) have come from sophomores with a trio topping the team in points: Joe Walters, Xander Ritz (Wayne, Pa.) and Bill McGlone.
* Attacker Xander Ritz has been an infusion of talent on attack after transferring from Delaware. He is currently second on the team in points with 14 on six goals and eight assists. He had his career game in the season opener at Georgetown -- his Terrapin debut -- as he had three goals and four assists for seven points. He was named Inside Lacrosse's National Player of the Week as well as ACC Co-Player of the Week. He had a goal and two assists in the win over Towson last Saturday and added a goal vs. Bucknell. He had two assists at UMBC, as he has at least one point in each game this season.
* Midfielder Bill McGlone had his biggest game as a Terp against Duke, as he tallied his first career hat trick and added two assists for a five-point day. McGlone surpassed last season's totals of four goals and five points, in just two games -- as he is running with the first midfield. He has had one goal in each of the Terps last three games and is the only Terp besides Walters to have scored in every game this season.
* Sophomore midfielder Brendan Healy notched his first-career hat trick vs. Bucknell and added a goal and assist at UMBC. He now has seven goals and 10 points. Against Towson, as he scored two goals and added an assist for a career-best three points. Towson was also his first multi-goal game as a Terp.
* Senior midfielder Justin Smith (University Park, Md.) has been the steady upperclassman on the first line, as he has eight goals after his first-career hat trick as a Terp vs. Towson and two more vs. Bucknell. Smith was held pointless for the first time at UMBC.
* Senior attacker J.R. Bordley also had his most productive day as a Terp at Duke, as he scored back-to-back goals in a 4-0 run in the second quarter and added an assist for a career-high three points. He returned to action at UMBC, and scored in the first quarter. He has four goals and two assists in four starts this year.
* The second quarter has been the knockout quarter for the Terps as they have outscored their opponents, 22-5, in the second period. Against Georgetown, they built a 2-1 first-quarter lead to a 9-1 halftime lead with a 7-0 second quarter. Against Duke, it was more of the same, as the Terps outscored the Blue Devils, 6-1, in the second period to break a 4-4 tie and lead 8-4 at half. The Terps outscored Towson and UMBC, 3-1 in the second period.
* In five games, the Terps have had 16 different goal scorers led by Walters' 14. In the win at Duke, 11 players scored goals including five players who tallied their first career goals: freshman Mike Brown, junior Peter Ellis (Ross, Calif.), sophomore Ryan Lang (Northport, N.Y.), junior Dave Matz (Woodstock, Vt.) and freshman Michael Phipps (Severna Park, Md.).
* Nine Terps scored vs. Bucknell including Phipps and Matz with their second goals of the year. Sophomore Bret Caretsky (Northport, N.Y.) tallied his first career goal in the win.
* Maryland's extra-man unit is 6-for-13 this season (46.2 percent) through five games. They were a perfect 4-for-4 in the win at Georgetown, scoring once in each quarter. Walters, McGlone, Justin Smith and Ian Healy (Great Falls, Va.) tallied the goals. The last time Maryland netted four extra-man goals was in the 2003 opener against Duke, as they went 4-for-6. The perfect day was especially sweet as the Terps worked hard on improving the EMO. Last season, they scored just four goals on their final 41 man-up chances spanning the final 10 games. Smith had his second EMO goal vs. Towson.
Defense Shuts Downs Opponents
* With all the talk of the Terps' offense clicking at such a high rate, the heralded defense has been equally impressive this season. Maryland has been strong on defense in five games, limiting opponents to an 6.80 GAA, including 5.67 over the last three games.
* Similar to last season, Maryland has held opponents scoreless for long stretches of game time. In 16 games, last season, the Terps kept opponents scoreless for stretches of 20 or more minutes on 10 occasions. They have done it three times already this season.
* Against Georgetown, the Hoyas were held off the board for 23:22 spanning the last first quarter to the early third quarter. The Hoyas trailed 9-1 at halftime, scoring just once in the game's first 34:05. Georgetown turned the ball over 25 times, with 14 of them being forced by a Terp. Senior captain and All-American Lee Zink (Rowayton, Conn.) led the way with four caused turnovers.
* Maryland pitched a shutout for the first 29:10 of the Towson game, before allowing a goal with 50 seconds left in the first half. Maryland then shutout the Tigers for the entire third quarter -- limiting them to one goal over the game's first 49:37.
* Against Bucknell, the Terps held the Bison scoreless until 11:54 left in the first half, marking the second game in a row, they have blanked an opponent in the first quarter. Bucknell was also held to just one goal until 12 seconds were left in the first half -- a stretch of 29:48, allowing just one goal.
* At UMBC, it was more of the same, as the stifling defense kept the Retrievers off the board for 29:12 bridging the second through fourth quarters. After scoring early in the fourth quarter, Maryland locked them down for the next 10:40 -- allowing just one goal in 39:52. Tim McGinnis made eight saves in the fourth quarter at UMBC, allowing just four goals all game.
* In goal, graduate student Tim McGinnis has allowed six or fewer goals in four games this season. Overall, he has 6.38 goals against average and a 64.7 save percentage. He had a season-high 15 saves in the win over Towson, giving up just one goal through the first 49:37. He had 13 saves at UMBC including eight in the fourth quarter.
* Senior captains and All-Americans
Chris Passavia (Stony Brook, N.Y.) and
Lee Zink (Rowayton, Conn.) have been stellar early on this season. They have sliced and diced their opponents, combining to force 30 turnovers in five games while scooping up 29 groundballs as well. Zink leads the team with 16 caused turnovers and is second with 18 groundballs.
* Other defenders have stepped up their play including fellow senior captain Dave Wagner (Severna Park, Md.) along with juniors Gavin Webb (Columbus, Ohio) and Tyler Hereth (Glastonbury, Conn.).
* Captain and short-stick defensive midfielder Paul Gillette has been steady and consistent as usual and leads the team with 20 groundballs through five games with seven coming at Duke where he also scored and assisted a goal. The team's unsung hero also has assists in each of the last two games and has four total points, seeing time on the second midfield.
Terps' 79th Season of Lacrosse
* The Terps have an all-time record of 642-205-4, 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 78 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 12-4. The program's 600th win came against Duke on April 21, 2000, 7-6 in the ACC Semifinals at Byrd Stadium.
* Since 2000, Maryland is 50-16 for a .758 win percentage. 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.
Passavia & Zink Up For Tewaaraton
* Maryland All-American defensemen Chris Passavia and Lee Zink are among the 26 men named to the 2004 Tewaaraton Watch List. This preseason list highlights the players to watch, as all NCAA Division I, II and III players vie for the most coveted and prestigious award in varsity lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Trophy.
* The Tewaaraton Trophy is presented annually following the collegiate season to the top female and male varsity collegiate lacrosse players in the United States. The trophy will be presented in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2004, at a banquet honoring the finalists and trophy winners. The ceremony will be held at the National Geographic Society Auditorium and will be broadcast by CSTV. Former Maryland coach Dick Edell is serving as the Chair of the committee which presents the award. 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 which has received approval from the Mohawk Council of Elders.
Four Terps Named Preseason All-Americans
* The Terps placed two players on the Face-Off Magazine Preseason All-American list. 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.
2004 Team Captains: Gillette, Passavia, Wagner, Zink
* The Terps have named a quartet of captains for the 2004 season. They will be led by seniors: midfielder Paul Gillette (Millersville, Md.), defenseman Chris Passavia (Stony Brook, N.Y.), defenseman David Wagner (Severna Park, Md.) and defenseman Lee Zink (Rowayton, Conn.). All four players are defensive standouts for the team and were voted captains by their teammates during the fall season.
Putting On The Ritz: Xander Earns Honors
* Maryland sophomore attacker Xander Ritz had a huge first week at Maryland. After his seven-point performance against Georgetown in the Terps' 14-5 on Feb. 28, he has been named Inside Lacrosse's National Division I Player of the Week, the ACC Co-Player of the Week and the Maryland Student-Athlete of the Week.
* In his first game as a Terrapin, Ritz put on a star performance with a career-high seven points on three goals and four assists as the Terps cruised past No. 6 Georgetown at Harbin Field on Feb. 28. Ritz opened the Terps' scoring to start a 9-0 run as Maryland built a 9-1 halftime lead. Ritz tallied the Terps' sixth goal -- the eventual game-winner -- in that run. He also assisted four other goals including the final goal of the game for the 14-5 final. The seven points were the most by any Maryland player since Mike LaMonica had eight on May 4, 2002.
100th Maryland/Hopkins Game: April 17, 2004
* Maryland will play Johns Hopkins for the 100th time in lacrosse history on April 17, 2004. The game will be played at Hopkins' Homewood Field in Baltimore. It will be televised live on WMAR Channel 2 in Baltimore and nationally on College Sports Television (CSTV).
* 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 (32) and Terps (26) have played in the first and third most NCAA Tournaments since the event began in 1971, respectively. Maryland (108) and Hopkins (172) have produced the most first team All-Americans in the history of lacrosse dating to the first awards in 1922.
* This year's historic event will feature both teams wearing "throwback jerseys." The Terps will wear the mode of the early 70s when they won two NCAA championships including the 1973 title when they beat the Blue Jays in double-overtime, 10-9 on June 2, 1973.
* The logo to the right will be worn by both teams on their commemorative jerseys. Following the game, the jerseys will be auctioned off for charity with Maryland's funds going to the Ronald McDonald House of Baltimore. Hopkins' money will go to the Hopkins Children's Hospital.
* Overall, Hopkins holds a 62-36-1 lead in the series. Since the Terrapins elevated to a varsity sport in 1924, Maryland has a 36-52-1 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.
Terps On WMAR-TV Three Times In 2004
* WMAR-TV (channel 2) in Baltimore will continue its bold concept of telecasting college lacrosse in the state of Maryland by presenting the TOYOTA Lacrosse Game of the Week. Beginning Saturday, March 6 and continuing through Saturday, May 8, WMAR will broadcast 10 games live. Included in the package are three Maryland games. The Terps will be featured on WMAR, three times during the 2004 season: March 13, when Towson comes to Byrd Stadium, April 10, when the Terps host Navy and April 17 when Maryland travels to Johns Hopkins for the 100th Maryland/Hopkins game. Scott Garceau, Keith Mills, Mark Dixon and former Terp coach Dick Edell make up WMAR's broadcast team that will bring the Baltimore area great lacrosse television coverage.
CSTV Package Features Terps Twice
* College Sports Television (www.cstv.com), the fastest-growing independent cable network, will feature college lacrosse powers such as Princeton, Virginia, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins and Maryland as part of its CSTV Lax college lacrosse schedule, the sport's first live nationally televised game of the week series. In addition, CSTV Lax will televise five NCAA Lacrosse Championship games live: Men's Division II and III, and Women's Division I, II and III.
* The national network is available on DirecTV Channel 610 as well as certain cable systems across the country.
WMUC 88.1 FM
* WMUC (88.1 FM) and www.wmucsports.com will broadcast up to 14 games men's lacrosse games in 2003. A tentative schedule has been set up, but is subject to change due to other Maryland sporting events. The action will be called by Mark Zaner, Josh Madden, C.J. Holley, Steve DeClue, Bryan Mann and Jeff Sundrun. A half-hour pregame show precedes each game. Tentatively, WMUC is scheduled to broadcast every game with the exception of the Bucknell game on March 16.
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