June 4, 2004

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Maryland's All-American defensemen Lee Zink and Chris Passavia were selected back-to-back in the first round of Major League Lacrosse's 2004 College Draft on Thursday night at Sacred Heart University.

Zink was taken fifth overall by the Baltimore Bayhawks. Passavia was the sixth overall choice by the Boston Cannons. Maryland joined national champion Syracuse as the only schools to have more than one first-round draft pick.

The Terps dynamic duo on the close defense continued to pile up honors as both were named USILA First Team All-Americans on Monday and were selected to the play in the 63rd Annual North/South All-Star Game on June 12.

Zink will join four former Terps with the Bayhawks in defensemen Casey Connor and Brian Reese along with attacker Andrew Combs and midfielder Kip Fulks. Maryland assistant coach Paul Cantabene also plays for Baltimore.

Passavia will be the only Terp on Boston's roster.

Several other Terps are playing in Major League Lacrosse this season: goalie Brian Dougherty with Long Island, midfielders Mike Mollot and Nate Watkins along with defenseman Michael Howley with Rochester, midfielder Ryan Moran is with the Philadelphia Barrage while midfielder Chris Malone and defenseman Frank Luciano are with New Jersey.

Complete draft results are below.

Round 1
MLL Team Draftee Pos. College/Univ.
Baltimore@ Michael Powell A/M Syracuse
Rochester Ryan Boyle A Princeton
Philadelphia$ Tillman Johnson G Virginia
Rochester+ Sean Lindsay M Syracuse
Baltimore Lee Zink D Maryland
Boston% Chris Passavia D Maryland

Round 2
Philadelphia Conor Ford A Johns Hopkins
New Jersey* Walid Hajj M Georgetown
Boston Ronnie Staines D North Carolina
Philadelphia$ Ben DeFelice M (FO) Towson
Baltimore Mike Levin G Brown
Boston% Kevin Frew M (FO) North Carolina

Round 3
Philadelphia Steve Vallone M Syracuse
Rochester Tony Russo G Ohio State
Boston Jeff Bryan A Army
Rochester+ Kevin Dougherty M Syracuse
Baltimore Kevin Boland M Johns Hopkins
Long Island Corey Harned D/M Johns Hopkins

Round 4
Philadelphia Greg Bice D Ohio State
Rochester Eric Martin D Salisbury
Boston Brian Nee A Syracuse
New Jersey Peter Vlahakis M Fairfield
Baltimore Matt Alrich A Delaware
Long Island Andrew Murray M (FO) Salisbury

Round 5
Philadelphia Andrew Roth M Cortland
Rochester Brian Joy M Hobart
Boston Drew Pfarr M Towson
New Jersey Tom Daniels M Dartmouth
Baltimore Blaise Fletcher D Bucknell
Long Island Steve Berger M Washington Coll.

Key: @ from Philadelphia $ from Boston + from New Jersey % from Long Island * from Rochester