No. 6 Maryland Men's Lacrosse Wraps Up Regular Season Against Penn At "The Linc" Saturday At 5 PM
5/5/2005 8:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
May 5, 2005
College Park, Md. - The sixth-ranked Maryland Terrapins, coming off winning their second-straight ACC Championship travel to Philadelphia, Pa., to battle Penn in the final regular season game of 2005. The game will be televised live on CN8. Mick Moninghoff will handle the play-by-play duties, while Pet Medhurst will be doing color commentary.
• The game will be played at Lincoln Financial Field, the site of the 2005 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Final Four. It will also mark the second consecutive weekend that the Terps have played in an NFL stadium. Last weekend the Terps won the ACC Title at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.
• The Terps, who are coming off back-to-back victories over the third and second-ranked teams in the country, are lead by the third-winningest coach in college lacrosse, Dave Cottle, who boasts a career record of 223-86 (.722). He is in his fourth season at the helm of the Terrapin program and has led the Terps to a 42-16 (.724) record.
• Penn, which has struggled this season with a 2-10 record, are coming off of a bye week. The Quakers last played on April 23 when they beat Loyola 9-8 in Philadelphia. Penn is coached by Brian Voelker, a 1990 alumnus of Johns Hopkins, who is in his third season as head coach of the Quakers. Voelker has a 15-24 career record in his two-plus seasons.
Top 5 Terp Tidbits
• Maryland leads the all-time series with Penn 5-0. The Terps defeated the Quakers, 4-3, in the very first Maryland men's lacrosse game in 1924.
• The Terps have a 6-1 record on artificial turf this season.
• Of the Terps' 117 goals, 77 (65.8%) have come from juniors, including 27 by Joe Walters.
• Fourteen different Terps have scored goals through 13 games, with two having scored points in every game.
• The Terps are 2-1 in NFL stadiums, dating back to the 2003 NCAA Semifinals.
| Tale
of the Tape |
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Maryland |
Category |
Penn |
9.0 |
Goals/Game |
6.9 |
7.7 |
Opp.
Goals/Game |
9.3 |
39.3 |
Shots/Game |
31.2 |
22.9 |
Shot
Pct. |
22.1 |
21.6 |
Shots
on Goal/Game |
16.2 |
55.0 |
Shots
on Goal Pct. |
51.7 |
12.2 |
Saves/Game |
9.5 |
61.2 |
Save
Pct. |
50.4 |
34.8 |
Groundballs/Game |
22.4 |
30.1 |
Opp.
Groundballs/Game |
23.2 |
13.3 |
Turnovers/Game |
12.9 |
9.2 |
Caused
Turnovers/Game |
1.9 |
53.3 |
Face-Off
Pct. |
48.1 |
82.8 |
Clear
Pct. |
85.4 |
78.2 |
Opp.
Clear Pct. |
81.9 |
3.8 |
Penalties/Game |
2.1 |
2.8 |
Penalty
Minutes/Game |
1.5 |
38.0 |
Man-Up
Conversion Pct. |
25.0 |
42.2 |
Opp.
Man-Up Conversion Pct. |
44.4 |
NCAA Tournament Coming Up
• The 2005 NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed on Sunday, May 8 between 9:30 and 10:00 p.m., and televised live on ESPNEWS. The Terps could potentially be a top-four seed and would receive a bid to host a home game on the weekend of May 14-15. Details will be available on umterps.com.
• The quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament will be held on May 21 at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field and May 22 at Princeton's Princeton Stadium. The quarterfinal games will be aired on numerous regional sports networks including Comcast SportsNet, FOX Sports Net New York, New England Sports Network (NESN) and Empire Sports Network. The NCAA Semifinals will be held at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday, May 28 and the Championship will take place on Memorial Day Monday, May 30 at 12 Noon. Nearly 29,000 tickets have been sold for the Final Four.
The Maryland/Penn Series
• Saturday's game will be just the sixth-ever between Maryland and Penn -- two of the oldest lacrosse programs in the nation. Maryland has won all five meetings.
• The 2004 meeting, a 13-5 Terp victory, was Senior Day at Byrd Stadium, but it was sophomores Bill McGlone and Joe Walters that stole the show. McGlone totaled a career-best seven points on two goals and a career-high five assists, while Walters scored a hat trick and added another three assists for a six-point effort. Ian Healy also had a banner day against the Quakers, tying his career-high with two goals.
• Prior to last year's game, the two team's last met in the 1987 NCAA Quarterfinals. In that game Maryland beat the Quakers, 12-8, at Byrd Stadium. In the win four Maryland All-Americans had multi-goal games: Brendan Hanley (4), Tom Worstell (3), Kirk Thuston (2) and Phil Willard (2).
• Before the '87 NCAA meeting, the Terps and Quakers played three times prior to 1930. The Terps won the first game, 4-3 in 1924 -- in the first-ever varsity recognized lacrosse game at Maryland. Maryland also won 9-1 in 1926 and 15-2 in 1930.
Coaching Match-Up
• Now in his 23rd season as a head coach, Cottle comes into the game with a 223-86 career record for a 72.2 win percentage, third-highest among active coaches. His win total is eighth among active coaches. He is 42-16 (72.4) in his three-plus seasons at Maryland.
• Penn's Brian Voelker is 15-24 (38.5) in his second college head coaching season. Voelker spent nine seasons at his alma mater Johns Hopkins, including his playing career. He also served as head coach of the Baltimore Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse in 2001 leading the Bayhawks to the very first MLL championship game.
• Cottle has a 3-4 lifetime record against Penn, with six games coming while he was at Loyola from 1983-2001. Voelker is 0-1 against Maryland as a head coach, but faced them many times while at Hopkins.
Maryland-Penn Connections
• Penn assistant coach Chris Malone was a two-time All-American at Maryland, earning third-team honors in 2000 and honorable mention accolades in 2001. Malone finished his career with 60 goals and 37 assists for 97 points. He was a two-time recipient of the William Cole Memorial Award, presented to Maryland's outstanding midfielder of the year.
• Penn features nine players who played high school lacrosse with six current Terrapins.
• Notably, the Penn roster features four players from St. Paul's School in Baltimore, who played with current Terp Brent Hargest.
• Landon School is also represented by Terps Brendan and Ian Healy, while Penn's roster features Landon alums Andrew Blechman, Alex Staffier. Those four players were coached at Landon by the father of former Terp attackman J.R. Bordley.
Individual Terps vs. Penn
• Juniors Bill McGlone and Joe Walters enjoyed big days in last year's meeting with the Penn Quakers at Byrd Stadium. McGlone set career-highs for points (7) and assists (5), while Walters scored three times and assisted on three others for a six-point game.
• Senior Ian Healy is the only other current Terp to have a multiple-point game vs. Penn. He tied his career-best with two goals vs. the Quakers.
• Goalie Harry Alford played nearly three minutes in last year's game and did not allow a goal or make a save.
• Three current Terps saw action as face-off men a year ago. Thomas Alford won four of eight, David Tamberrino won his only face-off, while Chris Feifs lost his only draw.
Terps Among ACC, 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.
• On defense, Maryland is up another five spots, making it 10 spots in two weeks, to 10th in the nation in scoring defense (7.69), which is also third the ACC.
• Maryland is 19th in the nation in face-offs, winning 53.3% of its draws (2nd in the ACC).
• The team's two wins this past weekend also moved the Terps into the top 20 in winning percentage (18th, .615).
• In goal, Harry Alford, coming off his MVP performance in the ACC tournament, is up four spots to fourth in the nation in save percentage at 61.4, which is second in the ACC. He is also up six spots to 10th in country in goals against average with a 7.60 GAA, which is third in the ACC. Alford is also leading the ACC in saves per game at 12.0.
• David Tamberrino ranks among the nation's best in face-off percentage (19th, .559), which also ranks him third in the conference.
• Will Dalton is second in the ACC in face-off percentage, winning 56.5% of his draws, but does not qualify for NCAA rankings because he has not taken at least 40% of Maryland's total face-offs.
• Individually, Joe Walters is seventh in the conference in goals per game at 2.08 and eighth in points per game at 3.0. The junior attackman is also tied for ninth in the ACC in assists per game at 0.92. Walters is also first in the league in shots per game (8.85) and is tied for fourth with four man-up goals.
• Bill McGlone is 10th in the conference with 1.54 goals per game and eighth in shots per game (5.38).
• Checking other ACC stat charts, Xander Ritz is sixth in assists per game (1.08). Brendan Healy is fifth in shots per game (6.69) Andrew Schwartzman is tied for third with two game-winning goals and is tied for fourth with four man-up goals.
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 eight victories this season the Terrapins are shooting 27.0% (87 goals/322 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 186 of its 322 shots on goal in its eight wins, but just 95 of 189 shots were on net in three defeats.
• The Terps' shooting relates directly to their scoring. In eight victories Maryland is averaging just under 11 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 five away from College Park (5 road, 2 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 8.08 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 20.1% (65/323). Shots on goal percentage shows another advantage for home games, 59.0% to 52.6%.
• 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 14 goals and six 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 87 saves in eight games with a 7.17 GAA and a .604 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 13 games in 2004, the Terps kept opponents scoreless for stretches of 20 or more minutes seven 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 has 33 groundballs and has caused 15 turnovers this season, which leads the team.
• 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 16 groundballs and 10 caused turnovers in six games. Overall this season he has 19 groundballs and is tied for second on the squad with 14 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 13 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. Sophomore Jimmy Borell has seen time at defensive middie as well and has used his speed and athleticism to pick up 26 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 tied for second on the team with 14 caused turnovers and is also third with 35 groundballs.
• In goal, Harry Alford has been stellar, stopping all manner of shots. He's played all but nine minutes for the Terps, making 156 saves with a save percentage of 61.4 and a 7.60 GAA.
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. 7 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). But neither are unranked now. Dartmouth is now ranked 13th, while UMBC is ranked 20th. North Carolina was ranked when they played the Terps, but are unranked now.
Streaking Terps
• Two Terps entered the Duke game with point-scoring streaks, and both of those came out in tact.
• Joe Walters' point scoring streak is now at 29 after scoring three goals and adding an assist vs. the Blue Devils. In the semifinal game vs. Virginia, Walters' 27-game goal scoring streak came to an end vs. the Cavaliers. Ironically, the last time, and only time in his 44 career games as a Terp, that Walters was held without a point was in the 2003 NCAA Semifinals vs. Virginia in M&T Bank Stadium on May 24.
• Xander Ritz extended his point scoring streak to 13 games with two assists vs. Duke.
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.
• 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.
Terps' 80th Season of Lacrosse
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 658-213-4, 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 NCAA tournament at Byrd Stadium.
• Since 2000, Maryland is 66-24 for a .733 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 ninth on the all-time goal scoring list with 103 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.
alters, 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
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.
