Nov. 17, 2008

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland men's lacrosse coach Dave Cottle has released the Terps' 2009 schedule. The schedule features six games against 2008 NCAA tournament teams and has Maryland taking part in two major events at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium.

The Terps are coming off last year's 10-6 campaign that saw them reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament for the 28th time. Maryland will return seven starters, including all three sophomore attackmen and its tandem goalie duo of Brian Phipps and Jason Carter.

"We're excited about the challenges that this schedule presents to us," said Cottle. "We have high expectations for this season and this schedule will help us prepare for where we want to be at the end of the season."

Following two weekends of preseason scrimmages with Loyola, Delaware and Princeton, the 2009 schedule kicks off with a pair of neutral-site games in Jacksonville, Fla. Maryland opens the season on Feb. 13, the earliest opening game in the Terps' 84-year history, against Presbryterian. The Terrapins will then take part in the Wounded Warrior Project, which assists men and women injured in the line of duty serving in the U.S. military, with a game against Air Force on Feb. 14.

The following weekend finds Maryland returning to College Park for its home opener against D.C.-area rival Georgetown on Feb. 21.

The Terps will then take part in the third annual Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Feb. 28. The Maryland-Duke game will be the second game in the Face-Off Classic doubleheader, with Johns Hopkins and Princeton meeting in the opener.

The team plays at Towson on March 7, before hosting UMBC on March 14. The Terps then return to College Park the following day for their first-ever meeting with Bryant on March 15.

The Terps conclude their ACC schedule with back-to-back games with North Carolina and Virginia the last two weeks of March. Maryland hosts the Tar Heels on March 21, before heading to Charlottesville, Va., to face the Cavaliers on March 28.

Maryland plays at Navy on April 3 in a primetime Friday night game on April 3 before returning to M&T Bank Stadium on April 11 to face arch-rival Johns Hopkins in the inaugural Inside Lacrosse Day of Rivals event. The Blue Jays-Terrapins game will cap the doubleheader will feature the annual Army-Navy game in the opener.

Maryland then hosts Binghamton on "Senior Day" on April 14. The Terps play at Penn on April 18 before traveling to Chapel Hill, N.C., for the 2009 ACC Tournament, which will be held at North Carolina's Fetzer Field on April 24 and 26.

The final tune-up before the NCAA Tournament comes on May 2 at Yale. The NCAA Tournament will begin on the weekend on May 9-10 and conclude with the National Championship game on Memorial Day, May 25, in Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

A Two-Event Ticket Package for the Face-Off Classic and Day of Rivals is available now. Package prices are $20 for groups of 10 or more, $40 for Lower Level reserved seats and $60 for Club Level seats. Fans purchasing these packages will receive priority seating. Reserved parking passes are also available for $15 per event date. Fans interested in ordering tickets for both events have the following options available to them (please use reference code laxfan09 when placing your order to receive priority as a previous Face-Off Classic buyer): No. 1: Call the Baltimore Ravens box office at 410-261-RAVE. If you are interested in ordering group tickets, then please call the Ravens box office during regular business hours (9am - 5pm, Mon-Fri); No. 2: Go online to www.ticketmaster.com; No. 3: Go online to www.faceoffclassic.com or www.dayofrivals.com to download a ticket order form and follow the instructions. The same form enables you to conveniently order tickets for both events. Single event tickets will go on sale beginning November 28.

2009 Maryland Men's Lacrosse Schedule
Day	Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Sat.	Jan. 31	LOYOLA/DELAWARE (Scrimmage)	College Park, Md.	Noon & 2 p.m.
Sat.	Feb. 7	PRINCETON (Scrimmage)	Princeton, N.J.	Noon
Fri.	Feb. 13	vs. Presbyterian	Jacksonville, Fla.	4:00 p.m.
Sat.	Feb. 14	vs. Air Force	Jacksonville, Fla.	1 p.m.
Sat.	Feb. 21	GEORGETOWN (ESPNU)	College Park, Md.	1:00 p.m.
Sat.	Feb. 28	vs. Duke * (Face-Off Classic) (ESPNU)	Baltimore, Md.	2:30 p.m.
Sat.	Mar. 7	at Towson	Towson, Md.	2:00 p.m.
Sat.	Mar. 14	UMBC (ESPNU/WMAR)	College Park, Md.	1 p.m.
Sun.	Mar. 15	BRYANT	College Park, Md.	1:00 p.m.
Sat.	Mar. 21	NORTH CAROLINA * (ESPNU)	College Park, Md.	2 p.m.
Sat.	Mar. 28	at Virginia * (ESPNU)	Charlottesville, Va.	3:30 p.m.
Fri.	Apr. 3	at Navy	Annapolis, Md.	7 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 11	vs. Johns Hopkins (Day of Rivals) (ESPNU)	Baltimore, Md.	2 p.m.
Tues.	Apr. 14	BINGHAMTON	College Park, Md.	3 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 19	at Penn	Philadelphia, Pa.	1 p.m.
Fri.	Apr. 24	ACC Semifinals	Chapel Hill, N.C.	TBA
Fri.	Apr. 26	ACC Finals	Chapel Hill, N.C.	3:30 p.m.
Sat.	May 2	at Yale	New Haven, Conn.	1 p.m.
Sat.-Sun.	May 9-10	NCAA First Round	Campus Sites	TBA
Sat.-Sun.	May 16-17	NCAA Quarterfinals	Annapolis, Md. (or) Hempstead, N.Y.	TBA
Sat.	May 23	NCAA Semifinals (Gillette Stadium)	Foxborough, Mass.	TBA
Mon.	May 25	NCAA Finals (Gillette Stadium)	Foxborough, Mass.	1:00 p.m.
Home games in CAPS are played at Ludwig Field Dates, times and locations are subject to change. *-ACC game