May 12, 2005

College Park, Md. - The No. 3 seeded Maryland men's lacrosse team hosts No. 11 Penn State in the NCAA Tournament First Round this Saturday night at Byrd Stadium. Face-off is set for 7:30 p.m., as the Terps (9-5 overall) battle the Nittany Lions (9-5) for the first time since 1999. Live audio feeds of the game will be available via WMUCSports.com, Maryland's student radio station. Live stats of the game will be available on umterps.com.

• The Terps are making their 28th NCAA Tournament appearance, the second most of any school in NCAA history. ACC Champion Maryland returns to the event after a trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals last season. Penn State is making its second appearance in the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament earning an at-large berth out of the ECAC.

• The winner of the Maryland/Penn St. game will take on the winner of the No. 6 Georgetown (9-4)/Army (11-5) game on Sunday, May 22 at Princeton's Princeton Stadium. The Hoyas and Black Knights play in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 15 at noon at North Kehoe Field.The other quarterfinal at Princeton Stadium will pit the winner of the No. 7 Towson (11-4)/Cornell (10-2) game against the winner of the No. 2 Duke (14-2)/Fairfield (11-4) game.

Top 5 Terp Tidbits
• Maryland leads the all-time series with Penn State 29-0. The Terps and Nittany Lions first played in 1924, the first for lacrosse as a varsity sport at the University of Maryland.

• The Terps are 2-1 at Byrd Stadium this season.

• Of the Terps' 138 goals, 84 (60.9%) have come from juniors, including 28 by Joe Walters.

• 21 different Terps have scored goals through 14 games, with 16 different players scoring goals vs. Penn.

• The Terps are 7-2 all-time in NCAA first round games (Maryland has also received six byes).

Maryland's 28th Time At NCAA's
• Maryland is making its 28th overall NCAA Tournament appearance in 2005. The Terps have played in the second-most tournaments since the event began in 1971. Only Hopkins has played in more with 34. Penn State is making just its second NCAA appearance, with the first coming two years ago in 2003 with an 11-6 loss at Towson.

• Marist is the only team making its NCAA Tournament debut. Along with Penn State, Fairfield is the only other school making its second trip to the NCAAs.

• The Terps have captured two NCAA championships, 1973 and 1975, and reached the NCAA Semifinals 18 times, most recently in 2003.

Maryland's Record In NCAA's
• The Terps have won the third-most Division I NCAA Tournament games, compiling a 35-25 overall record in 60 games. Only Johns Hopkins (52-26) and Syracuse (48-16) have won more Division I games.

• Maryland is fifth by percentage (.583) among all teams ever to play in the tournament (Princeton, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins and Cornell are ahead).

• The Terps have captured two titles. Only six other schools have ever won the NCAA Championship: Syracuse (9), Johns Hopkins (7), Princeton (6), North Carolina (4), Cornell (3), Virginia (3).

Cottle In The NCAA Tournament
• This is Dave Cottle's third NCAA Tournament appearance as the head coach of Maryland. He is coaching his 17th team to the NCAA Tournament, with the first 14 coming during his stint at Loyola. All 14 of his appearances with the Greyhounds came consecutively starting with the 1988 season and going through the 2001 campaign.

• Overall, Cottle is 11-16 in NCAA Tournament games, which ranks him fifth among all coaches in the 2005 Tournament in wins. Only Princeton's Bill Tierney (28-9), Virginia's Dom Starsia (19-14), Syracuse's John Desko (17-2), and Towson's Tony Seaman (12-17) have more tournament wins to their credit.

• With his 17th tournament appearance, Cottle now ranks tied for third all-time in most NCAA Tournament Division I appearances as a head coach behind only Syracuse's Roy Simmons Jr. (19) and Towson's Tony Seaman (18). Cottle is tied with former Maryland coach Dick Edell and current Virginia coach Dom Starsia. With his streak of 14-consecutive tournaments while at Loyola, Cottle is second only to Simmons Jr. (19), for the longest-consecutive steak.

• Cottle has led his teams to the NCAA Quarterfinals on 14 occasions and to the NCAA semifinals three times, making an appearance in the 1990 championship game where Loyola fell to Syracuse, 21-9. He also reached the NCAA semifinals as the No. 1 seed with Loyola, but lost to Maryland, 19-8, at Byrd Stadium on May 23, 1998. At Maryland he has lead the Terps to one semifinal berth, but fell to eventual champion Virginia, 14-4, at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on May 24, 2003.

Current Terps In The NCAA Tournament
• Heading into the NCAA first round game, only 19 current members of the Maryland roster had ever played in an NCAA Tournament game.

• Joe Walters leads all current Terps in career NCAA scoring with six goals and nine assists for 15 points. He had a goal and two assists in 2003's first-round win over Ohio State and followed that up with a goal and three assists vs. UMass in the quarterfinals. He was shutout (goals or assists) for the only time in his career in the 2003 semifinals. In last season's opening round game vs. Army, Walters scored three times and added three assists for six points. In the quarterfinal loss to Princeton, Walters scored once and added an assist.

• Junior Brendan Healy scored the first goal of his collegiate career vs. Virginia in the NCAA Semifinal was the first of his career. Last season he scored twice in each of the Terps' NCAA games and added an assist vs. Princeton in the quarterfinals.

• All-ACC midfielder Bill McGlone had his finest NCAA Tournament game last season it the first round vs. Army. He scored twice, including the game winner, and added two assists to help beat Army 16-12. He also scored one goal in the 2003 quarterfinals vs. UMass and last year's quarterfinals vs. Princeton.

• In addition to Walters, Healy and McGlone, only two other current Terps have scored goals in NCAA Tournament play - seniors Ian Healy and Dave Matz. Andrew Schwartzman has tallied an assist in NCAA play.

• Thomas Alford and David Tamberrino have each seen time taking face-offs in the NCAA's, while goalie Teddy Murphy saw late action during the 2003 quarterfinals and semifinals.

Series History vs. Penn State
• Sunday's game will be the 30th meeting between Maryland and Penn State -- two of the oldest lacrosse programs in the nation. Maryland has won all 29 previous meetings.

• This will be the schools' first meeting in the NCAA Tournament.

• The last time these two schools met was on March 17, 1999 with the Terps coming away with a 19-10 victory. Maryland was paced by All-American Brian Zeller, who scored a career-high five goals, and Scot Hochstadt, who added three goals and an assist. The game was competitive through the first half (Maryland lead 10-8 at the break), but the Terps broke the game open in the third quarter with five unanswered goals from Hochstadt, Zeller, Mike LaMonica, Deau Pich and James Mollica.

• The series was renewed in 1998 after a 17 year hiatus. The second-ranked Terrapins raced out to a 7-3 lead at the half before putting the game away with another seven goals in the second half en route to a 14-6 win. Leading the way for Maryland was Andrew Whipple, who scored twice and assisted on four other goals. Kevin Healy won his fourth game of the season by stopping 15 Nittany Lion shots.

• Prior to a home-and-home series in 1979-80, the two schools met for eight straight years from 1962-69. Maryland and Penn State met for nine consecutive seasons from 1935-1943.

Coaching Match-Up
• Now in his 23rd season as a head coach, Cottle comes into the game with a 224-86 career record for a 72.3 win percentage, third-highest among active coaches. His win total is tied for eighth among active coaches. He is 43-16 (72.9) in his three-plus seasons at Maryland.

• Penn State's Glenn Thiel is in his 28th season as a head coach and is second among all active Division I head coaches in career victories with 282 (Jack Emmer with 325 is first). Thiel holds an all-time record of 282-185 (.604), which ties him with former Maryland head coach Dick Edell for fourth on the all-time wins list. He is currently in his 18th season as head coach at his alma mater and has lead the Nittany Lions to a 205-149 (.579) mark. Thiel guided Penn State to its only NCAA Tournament berth in 2003. Prior to his tenure at Penn State, Thiel was the head coach at Virginia for eight seasons, leading the Cavaliers to the 1972 NCAA title and a semifinal berth in 1974. Before coaching at UVA, Thiel spent two seasons at the Community College of Baltimore.

• Cottle has a 7-1 lifetime record against Penn State, with all eight games coming while he was at Loyola from 1983-2001. Thiel is 5-7 all-time vs. Maryland. He was 5-3 vs. the Terps while coaching at Virginia from 1970-77 and is winless vs. Maryland in four attempts as the Nittany Lion head coach.

Maryland-Penn State Connections
• Only four members of the Penn State lacrosse team played high school lacrosse with a current Terp.

• Severn School will be represented by Maryland's Michael Phipps and Mike Bailey from Penn State.

• Penn State has two players, Sean Etter and Tommy Zichelli, who were high school teammates with Jacob Baxter at Severna Park High School.

• One pair of Pennsylvania teammates from Springfield High School are Ryne Adolph and Greg Gurenlian.

• Eight members of the Penn State lacrosse team hail from the state of Maryland, while the Terps have five natives of the Keystone State on their roster.

Terps Among NCAA Stat Leaders
• The Terps as a team are ranked among the nation's best in several statistics and have several players at the top the ACC stat charts as well.

• Coming off a perfect 4-4 performance vs. Penn, the Terrapin man-up offense is ranked seventh in the nation.

• On defense, Maryland is 10th in the nation in scoring defense (7.57).

• The 21-6 victory over Penn also pushed the Terps into the top 25 in scoring margin, checking in at 12th with a 2.29 margin.

• Maryland is 18th in the nation in face-offs, winning 54.5% of its draws.

• The team is up four spots to 14th in winning percentage (.643).

• In goal, Harry Alford, the ACC Tournament MVP, is seventh in the nation in save percentage at 61.2. He is also 11th in country in goals against average with a 7.49 GAA.

• David Tamberrino, coming off of a 12 for 19 performance vs. Penn at the X, finishes the regular season ranked 17th in face-off winning percentage at .567.

Shooting Tells The Story
• Coach Dave Cottle is on record saying that good teams will shoot at least 30%. As it turns out 30% is the magic number for the Terps this season.

• In Maryland's nine victories this season the Terrapins are shooting 29.9% (108 goals/361 shots). In their five losses the Terps are shooting just 15.9% (30 goals/189 shots).

• Maybe just as telling is the shots on goal percentage. Maryland has put 213 of its 361 shots on goal in its nine wins, but just 95 of 189 shots were on net in five defeats.

• The Terps' shooting relates directly to their scoring. In nine victories Maryland is averaging just nearly 12 points per game. In their five losses the Terps are scoring a mere six goals per game.

Home vs. Away
• A lot is made in sports about the home-field advantage and for the Maryland men's lacrosse team in 2005 it's with good reason. The Terps have played five games at home and nine away from College Park (5 road, 4 neutral) and the numbers show a decided edge for Terps when they are on familiar ground.

• Maryland is averaging 10.4 goals per game in its five home games, but that number dips to 9.51 on the road.

• Shooting percentage, which is one of Coach Dave Cottle's key statistics, is another tell-tale stat. In College Park the Terps are shooting 27.7% (52/188), but on the road they are shooting 23.8% (83/362). Shots on goal percentage shows another advantage for home games, 59.0% to 54.4%.

• Joe Walters, the team's leading scorer overall, is also Maryland's leading scorer in both home and away games. The junior All-American has racked up 13 goals and six assists at home, while amassing 15 goals and eight assists on the road.

• Harry Alford has been spectacular no matter where he's played this year. The Kelly Award candidate has made 69 saves in the team's five home games with a 8.28 GAA and a .627 save pct. On the road the super-Sophomore has racked up 92 saves in nine games with a 7.04 GAA and a .601 save pct.

Face-Off Turn Around
• Last year the face-off circle was not kind to the Terps, who were only able to control 46.4 percent of 362 draws. This season Maryland has turned things around, winning 129 of 243 attempts - a 53.1 winning percentage.

• Leading the way for Maryland is junior face-off specialist David Tamberrino. A reserve face-off guy last year (16-32/50%), Tamberrino has taken 145 face-offs and has won 81 - a 55.9 winning percentage, which ranks second in the ACC and 17th in the nation.

• Freshman Will Dalton used his 6-5, 245-pound frame to his advantage in the Terps' 9-4 win over North Carolina, winning six of nine face-offs, all in the second half to help Maryland pull away from the Tar Heels. He gave the Terps a much needed boost from the X vs. Virginia in the ACC Semis, winning seven of 11 face-offs after Maryland lost the first four draws of the game. He did it again for the Terps in the finals against No. 2 Duke, winning seven of 10. He was awarded for his efforts by being named to the all-tournament team. For the seasod Dalton is 26 of 46 and leads the team with a 56.5 winning percentage.

Harry Saves The Day
• In his first career start sophomore goalie Harry Alford stopped an amazing 25 Georgetown shots to help lead the Terps to a 13-6 victory over the No. 5 Hoyas. The 25 saves were the most by a Maryland goalie since the 2000 season when Pat McGinnis made 27 saves in a 11-6 loss to Virginia. It is also the second-highest save total in the NCAA this season, behind only Wagner's Chris Sochacki's 28 saves vs. Stony Brook on March 5.

• Alford's 25-save performance is the highest total in season opener dating back to the 1997 season. The previous best for saves in a season opener since 1997 was 17 by Danny McCormick vs. Duke in 2003.

• For his efforts vs. the Hoyas, Alford collected Inside Lacrosse's National Player of the Week honors, as well being named the ACC player of the week.

• Alford turned in another 20-save performance one month later on March 26, in Maryland's 9-4 win over No. 19 North Carolina in College Park. Alford made 12 saves in the third quarter alone.

• For his efforts against the Tar Heels, in addition to stopping 12 shots in the Dartmouth game, Alford won his second ACC player of the week award, the first multi-time winner of 2005.

• Anyone who saw the overtime vs. Virginia in the ACC Semifinals would be hard pressed to say that Alford did not save the day for the Terps. He turned away a point-blank shots by UVa's Bud Petit and saved and controlled the rebound shot by Brendan Gill to give Maryland posession that lead to the game-winning goal.

• It was a tough act to follow, but Alford did just that in the ACC Finals vs. No. 2 Duke. Alford and the Maryland defense surrendered an early 2-0 lead to the Blue Devils, the highest scoring team in the NCAA this season, but that would be it for more than 40 minutes. Duke did not score again for 40:15, during which time the Terps built a 6-2 lead. Alford finished the game with 15 saves and was named tournament MVP. He would also earn his second Inside Lacrosse National Player of the Week honor, the only player to win the award more than once this season.

Defense Proves To Be Strong
• Heading into the 2005 season the big question mark surrounding the Terps was their defense. The entire starting close defense from 2004, consisting National Defensive Player of the Year Lee Zink and All-Americans Chris Passavia and Dave Wagner, Team MVP short-stick D-middie Paul Gillette, and All-America goalie Tim McGinnis were lost to graduation. Taking that group's place figured to be no easy task, but it's proving to be easier than previously imagined. Take a look at how this year's defense stacks up:

• Similar to last season, Maryland has held opponents scoreless for long stretches of game time. Through 14 games in 2004, the Terps kept opponents scoreless for stretches of 20 or more minutes eight times. This year Maryland has done it on seven occasions, and was just seconds away from keeping the high-powered Duke (1st meeting) and Navy offenses off the board for more than 20 minutes.

• Against Georgetown, the Hoyas scored to take a 1-0 lead at the 10:02 mark of the first quarter. Maryland's defense, lead by sophomore goalie Harry Alford, who totaled 25 saves in the 13-6 victory, didn't allow the fifth-ranked Hoyas another goal until 4:34 in the second quarter, a total time of 20:26. Maryland kept Georgetown off the board for a 15-minute stretch following that goal, while the offense built an 11-2 lead. The Hoyas didn't register their third goal of the game until 4:32 in the third quarter, a span of 15:02.

• Maryland pitched a shutout for the first 19:34 of the Duke game, coming just 26 seconds short of the 20-minute mark.

• Against Towson, the Terps held the Tigers to five goals (they had been averaging 10.6 in their first three games) and held their starting attack to just one goal and one assist on a remarkable four shots. The Maryland defense turned up the intensity when Towson took a 3-2 lead at 12:48 of the second quarter. The Terrapin defense held the Tigers scoreless for the next 27:38, while the offense built a 6-3 lead. Towson pulled to within one goal, 6-5, at 11:55 of the fourth, but Maryland only allowed the Tigers two shots over the final 11:55 and finished with a 9-5 win over the ninth-ranked team in the country.

• At Bucknell, the Bison scored at the 12:50 mark of the second quarter and did not net another goal until 2:31 in the third, a span of 25:19.

• In the Dartmouth loss, the Big Green tied the game at 1-1 at the 3:22 mark of the first quarter. The Maryland "D" held strong for the remainder of the first half with Harry Alford only have to make one save in the second quarter. Dartmouth didn't get on the board again until 12:55 in the third, a span of 20:27.

• The Terrapin defense held the 19th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels scoreless for the first 25 minutes of the Terps' 9-4 win. The four goals allowed was the lowest total for the Terps since limiting Virginia to two goals in Maryland's 11-2 win on April 3, 2004.

• Twice in the Terps 9-8 loss to Navy, Maryland held the Mids to just one goal in 19+ minutes of action. The second span, bridging the third and fourth quarters allowed the Terps to go on a 5-1 run to take a 8-7 lead.

• For the first time since 2002, the Maryland defense shut out an opponent for an entire half, holding Fairfield scoreless in the second half in the Terps' 9-6 victory. The last time a Maryland team held an opponent scoreless for a half was Feb. 26, 2002 when the Terps shutout Mount St. Mary's 18-0. The last time the Terps held an opponent scoreless for two consecutive quarters was also in 2002, on March 23 against North Carolina. Maryland kept the Tar Heels off the board in the second and third quarters en route to a 7-5 win.

• After suffering a 10-2 loss at Virginia on April 2, the Terp defense exacted a bit of revenge in the ACC Semis vs. the Wahoos. The Cavaliers took a 6-5 lead at 3:56 in the third quarter and added another goal for a 7-5 lead at 11:29 of the fourth, but those would be the last goals UVa would score. The Terp defense lead by goalie Harry Alford kept the Cavs scoreless for the remainder of the fourth quarter and allowed the Terp offense time to send the game into overtime. Alford stopped two shots on his doorstep in the extra period before Maryland scored the gamewinner. In all, the Terrapin defense allowed just one goal in 21:36 of action to the usually high-powered Virginia offense.

• The Terp defense turned in its finest performance of the season in the 9-5 victory over No. 2 Duke in the ACC Finals. The Blue Devils entered the tournament as the nation's highest scoring offense, scoring more than 13 goals per game. But Harry Alford and the Maryland defense found a way to shut down Duke's high-octane offense. After surrendering a 2-0 lead to the Blue Devils in the first quarter, the Terrapin defense shutout Duke for the next 40:15, the longest span the Terp "D" has shut down an offense this season. Alford finished the game with 15 saves and was named tournament MVP. Sophomore defender Ray Megill was named to the all-tournament team for his role in shutting out ACC rookie of the year Zach Greer for the first time this season.

• Sophomore Steve Whittenberg, a transfer from Air Force, has been the model of consistency for the Terps. A starter in all 13 games, Whittenberg has picked up four, five, four, six, and three groundballs, respectively, in the team's first five games. On the season he is tied for third on the team with 35 groundballs and has caused 16 turnovers this season, which is tied for the team lead.

• Another sophomore defender who has made his presence felt is Ray Megill. The native of Clark, N.J., was a starter during the preseason, but an ankle injury forced him to the bench and limited his minutes during the early part of the season. He got his chance to start when Sean Sullivan went down with an injury following the Dartmouth game and has made the most of it. Since joining the starting close defense unit in the North Carolina game, Megill has 17 groundballs and 12 caused turnovers in seven games. Overall this season he has 20 groundballs and is tied for first on the squad with 16 caused turnovers.

• Short-stick defensive midfielders Travis Holmes and Ryan Lang have been stellar early on this season. They have sliced and diced their opponents, combining to force 12 turnovers in 14 games while scooping up 32 groundballs as well. The duo showed their offensive side in the Terps' 14-10 win at No. 18 Bucknell when Lang assisted Holmes' goal at the 1:14 mark of the third quarter. That goal sparked a 6-0 Maryland run that sealed the game for the Terrapins. Lang, who has also seen time with the second midfield unit, scored his second collegiate goal in the 21-6 win over Penn on 5/7. Sophomore Jimmy Borell has seen time at defensive middie as well and has used his speed and athleticism to pick up 28 groundballs and cause two turnovers. Freshman Jeff Reynolds has seen increased playing time over the past several games as a short-stick D-middie and has picked up eight groundballs and caused one turnover. In the ACC Semifinal win over Virginia Reynolds scored his first point as a Terp by picking up the assist on Max Ritz's second-quarter goal.

• Another factor in the Maryland defense has been the emergence of long-pole defensive midfielder Ryan Clarke, who is second on the team with 14 caused turnovers and is also tied for third with 35 groundballs.

Terps Tops In Strength Of Schedule
• According to the Wobus computer rankings, Maryland has played the toughest schedule in all of college lacrosse this season.

• The Terps have played five of the teams in the top seven of this week's USILA Geico/STX Coaches' Poll, including No. 2 Duke and No. 6 Virginia twice each.

• Of Maryland's 12 games so far this season only two have been against an unranked opponent (UMBC on March 19 and Dartmouth on March 22).

Streaking Terps
• Two Terps entered the Penn game with point-scoring streaks, and both of those came out in tact.

• Joe Walters' point scoring streak is now at 30 after scoring a goal and adding two assists vs. Penn.

• Xander Ritz extended his point scoring streak to 14 games with a goal and an assist vs. Penn.

Here's a breakdown of the Terps' current streaks:
• Walters, who also entered the season with a 16-game goal and point scoring streaks, kept his scoring streaks alive at 9:45 in the second quarter vs. Georgetown with an unassisted goal to give Maryland a 2-1 lead, a lead they would never surrender on the way to a 13-6 victory. Against Duke, Walters took a more aggressive approach and picked up his 19th career hat trick, including two man-up goals. A frustrating shooting day at Towson couldn't keep Walters out of the net. The national player of the year candidate scored twice and assisted on another goal for a three point afternoon. It was another three-point effort for Walters in the 14-10 win at No. 18 Bucknell to extend his goal and point scoring streaks. Walters picked up an assist on a Dave Matz goal midway through the second quarter, but didn't score a goal until 3:41 in the third to give Maryland a 7-4 lead. He would go on to score his second of the game in the fourth as part of a 6-0 Terps' run to put the game away. The UMBC game saw Walters tie career highs with six goals and one assist. In the loss to Dartmouth, Walters scored twice and added two assists for a four-point game. North Carolina tried to shut Walters down, but the All-American still managed to score two goals in the 9-4 win. Like the rest of the Maryland offense, Walters struggled in Maryland's 10-2 loss at Virginia, but he kept his streaks alive with a man-up goal in the third quarter. At Navy, Walters scored his 21st career hat trick to run his goal and point scoring streaks to 25. In the Hopkins game, Walters scored a goal and assisted Brendan Healy's man-up goal to push his streaks to 26. The streaks reached 27 with a goal in Maryland's 9-6 win at Fairfield. While his goal scoring streak ended at 27 vs. Virginia, Walters' extended his point-scoring streak to 28 with an assist vs. the Cavaliers in the ACC Semifinals. Walters bounced back from the Virginia shutout to score his 22nd career hat trick vs. Duke in the ACC Championship game. He also added an assist against the Blue Devils. A goal and two assists vs. Penn sent Walters' point scoring streak to 30.

• Xander Ritz is the only other Terp to score a least a point in each of the 12 games. Ritz scored a goal in the Georgetown win and had an assist vs. Duke. He had his best game of the season in the Towson victory with two goals and two assists for his first four-point game of 2005. At Bucknell he assisted McGlone's first quarter goal to extend his point scoring streak to four. Against UMBC he assisted McGlone's third goal of the game and tallied another assist on Ian Healy's second goal of the season. He had another two-point game vs. Dartmouth, but this time those points came on goals, including the only man-up goal of the game and a goal at 1:22 of the fourth quarter to pull the Terps within a goal of the Big Green. Ritz kept his scoring streak alive in the UNC victory, assisting Michael Phipps' first quarter goal. In the Virginia loss, Ritz scored an unassisted goal in the fourth quarter to cut the Cavalier lead to 6-2. A goal and assist at Navy extended Ritz's scoring streak to nine games. Ritz had his 24th-career multi-point game to push his point scoring streak to 10 games with a goal and assist vs. Hopkins. He had another multi-point game with a goal and an assist in the 9-6 win at Fairfield. The junior All-America candidate scored a goal and added two assists vs. Virginia in the ACC Semifinals to send his point-scoring streak to 12. That streak reached 13 games with another two assists against Duke in Maryland's 9-5 win in the ACC title game. A goal and an assist vs. Penn at Lincoln Financial Field, the home of his favorite NFL team, extended Ritz's streak to 14, one shy of his career best.

Terps' 80th Season of Lacrosse
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 659-213-4, 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 79 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 13-3. The program reached the 650-win milestone with a 16-12 win over Army in the first round of the 2004 NCAA tournament at Byrd Stadium.

• Since 2000, Maryland is 67-24 for a .736 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.

Walters Makes Tewaaraton Semifinal List
• Junior attackman Joe Walters is among 16 players on the 2005 Tewaaraton Trophy semifinal list as announced by the Tewaaraton Award Foundation on April 25. The 16 nominees, who represent 14 schools, will be trimmed to five finalists for the award, which will be presented on June 2.

• Walters, a semifinalist for the award as a sophomore, scored 46 goals and tallied 22 assists for 68 points in 2004 and was a USILA first team All-American and the ACC Player of the Year. This season he leads the team with 27 goals and 39 points. Earlier this season, he became just the 14th player in the history of Maryland lacrosse to score 100 goals during his career. He is currently tied for eighth on the all-time goal scoring list with 107 goals.

• Bill McGlone, one of the top midfielders in the country, was on the preseason "Watch List" but was not among the 16 to make the semifinalist list.

• The Tewaaraton Trophy is awarded each year to the top male and female varsity lacrosse player, as chosen by the selection committee. The fifth annual award will be given at a banquet on Thursday, June 2. The event will take place in Washington D.C. at the National Geographic Society headquarters.

Walters, McGlone Named All-ACC
• Maryland junior All-Americans Bill McGlone and Joe Walters were named to the 2005 All-ACC team prior to the start of the ACC Tournament.

• Walters, the 2004 ACC Player of the Year and 2004 ACC Tournament MVP, is now a two-time All-ACC selection, while this is McGlone's first time making the team.

2005 All-ACC Men's Lacrosse Team
Rob Bateman, Virginia, Grad, Midfield
Mike Culver, Virginia, Junior, Defense
Matt Danowski, Duke, Sophomore, Attack
Aaron Fenton, Duke, Senior, Goalkeeper
Tony McDevitt, Duke, Sophomore, Defense
Bill McGlone, Maryland, Junior, Midfield
Jed Prossner, North Carolina, Senior, Attack
Joe Walters, Maryland, Junior, Attack
Matt Ward, Virginia, Junior, Attack
Matt Zash, Duke, Junior, Midfield

Healy Elected Into Phi Beta Kappa
• Maryland midfielder Ian Healy has recently been elected into membership of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and largest academic honor society.

• For more than 200 years, the Phi Beta Kappa Society has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. The Society's distinctive emblem, a golden key, is widely recognized as a symbol of academic achievement.

2005 Captains: I. Healy, Hereth, McGlone, Webb
• Four players have been named team captains for the 2005 season. The quartet, which was voted on by the team during the fall season, consists of seniors Ian Healy, Tyler Hereth and Gavin Webb, along with junior Bill McGlone.