Feb. 28, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The No. 4 Maryland men's lacrosse team hits the road for its third-straight game when it travels to Durham, N.C., for a showdown with No. 2 Duke. The game is scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. start on Saturday, March 1 at Duke's Koskinen Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU. Eamon McAnaney will handle the play-by-play, while 2006 Tewaaraton Trophy winner Matt Ward will provide color commentary.
• Maryland is 2-0 on the young season, coming off of an impressive 11-6 road victory over then-No. 4 Georgetown and a 17-7 win at Mount St. Mary's. So far, the Terps have been led by a their freshmen starting attackmen - Grant Catalino (7-1=8), Travis Reed (6-1=7) and Ryan Young (4-2=6). Defensively, Maryland has been solid with goalies Jason Carter and Brian Phipps splitting time in the cage.
• The Blue Devils are 2-0 on the season and are coming off of a 2007 season that saw them come within a goal of the NCAA title. Duke is led by Matt Danowski, the 2007 Tewaaraton Trophy winner. The fifth-year senior now has 272 career points on 135 goals and 137 assists. Duke opened it's 2008 season with a 16-4 win over then-No. 15 Bucknell on Feb. 16. The Blue Devils followed that win with a 19-7 victory over Vermont on Feb. 23.
| Tale
of the Tape |
Maryland |
Category |
Duke |
14.0 |
Goals/Game |
17.5 |
6.5 |
Opp.
Goals/Game |
5.5 |
38.0 |
Shots/Game |
48.0 |
36.8 |
Shot
Pct. |
36.5 |
28.0 |
Shots
on Goal/Game |
32.5 |
73.7 |
Shots
on Goal Pct. |
67.7 |
6.5 |
Saves/Game |
10.0 |
50.0 |
Save
Pct. |
64.5 |
33.5 |
Groundballs/Game |
46.5 |
23.0 |
Opp.
Groundballs/Game |
32.0 |
19.5 |
Turnovers/Game |
N/A |
15.5 |
Caused
Turnovers/Game |
N/A |
48.9 |
Face-Off
Pct. |
64.7 |
78.4 |
Clear
Pct. |
88.6 |
71.8 |
Opp.
Clear Pct. |
75.0 |
3.0 |
Penalties/Game |
7.0 |
2.3 |
Penalty
Minutes/Game |
5.5 |
71.4 |
Man-Up
Conversion Pct. |
42.9 |
50.0 |
Opp.
Man-Up Conversion Pct. |
23.1 |
Coaching Match-Up
• Now in his 26th season as a head coach, Dave Cottle comes into the game with a 250-98 career record for a 71.8 win percentage, sixth-highest among active coaches with at least 100 career wins. His win total is fifth among active coaches. He is 69-28 (71.1) in his seven seasons at Maryland.
• Duke's John Danowski is in his 26th season as a head coach and is seventh among active Division I head coaches with 221 coaching victories. Danowski holds an all-time record of 238-142 (.626). He is in his second season at Duke and has a 19-3 (.864) record with the Blue Devils.
• Cottle has an 9-10 career record against Duke while coaching at Loyola and Maryland. He was 4-4 vs. Duke while at Loyola. He is 5-6 vs. the Blue Devils as the coach at Maryland.
• Cottle has a 7-2 lifetime record against Danowski. Prior to last season's 14-7 loss to Duke, the previous eight games came while he was at Loyola and Danowski was at Hofstra. Danowski's Pride won the first game 13-12 in 1993 before Cottle's Greyhounds won the next seven meetings in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Series History vs. Duke
• Maryland and Duke battle for the 71st time on Saturday evening. The Terps hold a 54-16 edge (.771) in the series that dates back to 1940. Maryland's 54 wins against the Blue Devils are the most against any opponent. Twelve of the last 31 games in the series have been decided by one goal; eight of the last 19, including four of the last 11 -- with Duke holding a 3-1 advantage in those four contests.
• Last season's meeting was the first road game for the Blue Devils since their 2006 season was cancelled. Duke responded with a 14-7 victory behind a six-goal, seven-point effort from Matt Danowski. Max Ritz led the Terps in the game with a three-point effort on two goals and an assist.
• The 2006 season saw the rivalry escalate even more as the teams entered the game ranked first and second in the nation. The game more than lived up to the hype as the two squads battled and needed overtime to decide the victor. In that overtime, Xander Ritz sent the Terps home with the 8-7 win after scoring his fifth goal of the game with 1:14 remaining in the first extra period.
• In 2005 the two teams played three times with the Blue Devils winning two of the three games. It was the second time in the series the two squads played three times in a season. In 1992 the two teams played in early March, again in the ACC Tournament and in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Maryland won all three games that season.
• In the 2005 NCAA Semifinals, Duke ended Maryland's season with a 18-9 defeat at Lincoln Financial Field. Bill McGlone gave the Terps a 1-0 lead, but the Blue Devils responded with nine unanswered goals and took a 10-3 lead into halftime. Joe Walters scored three times in the third quarter, but Maryland could not close the deficit.
• In 2005's ACC Final, Maryland turned in its finest defensive effort of the year. The Terps held Duke, the nation's highest scoring offense, scoreless for more than 40 minutes en route to a 9-5 victory at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on May 1. ACC Tournament MVP Harry Alford made 15 saves on the afternoon, while freshman Will Dalton helped the Terps control the ball on face-offs, winning 7-of-10 draws. Offensively Maryland was led by All-American Joe Walters who scored his second straight hat trick vs. the Blue Devils, while adding an assist. Freshman attackman Max Ritz also chipped in a pair for goals in the victory.
• The 2005 regular season game saw Maryland dominate Duke at the Maryland Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, but the Blue Devils found a way to get out of College Park with a 10-8 victory. All-American Joe Walters scored a hat trick for the Terps, but Duke outscored Maryland 6-3 in the second half to secure the win. Michael Phipps scored two goals and added an assist for his second career three-point game.
Individual Terps vs. Duke
• Senior
Max Ritz leads all current Terps in scoring against Duke with five points on four goals and one assist.
• Overall, only five current players have scored goals vs. Duke with one other having assisted on scores.
Opponent Connections
• Maryland and Duke have several former high school teammates suiting up for Saturday's match-up. (See list to the right.)
• Notably, former Landon School products will square off as the Terps' Mike Griswold and Rob Morrison will face a trio of Duke players in Gibbs Fogarty, Chris Tkac and Joe Tkac. All five were coached by Rob Bordley, father of former Terp J.R. Bordley.
• The game with Duke is also a family affair for the Ward family as Maryland sophomore Nick is the younger brother of Michael, who is a fifth-year senior for the Blue Devils.
• The familial connections don't stop there. Two Maryland freshmen have brothers on the Blue Devils' roster. Grant Catalino's older brother, Mike, is a junior midfielder and Ryan Young's older brother, Michael, is a senior midfielder and his twin brother Kevin is also with the Blue Devils.
Defense Ready To Meet Expectations
• On paper this year's Maryland defense may appear to have some holes, but the 2008 Terrapin defense is looking to uphold the Terps' tradition of great defenses. Sure, the unit lost two second team All-Americans in seniors
Ray Megill and
Steve Whittenberg and also three-year starting long pole
Ryan Clarke, but one look at the talent this year's "D" and you'll see it's more than capable. Three-year starter
Joe Cinosky returns for his senior season along with a trio of experienced seniors in
Ryne Adolph,
Jacob Baxter and
Zach Hinton. Talented freshman
Max Schmidt is expected to see plenty of playing time as well at close defense. At long pole sophomore
Brian Farrell is one of the best in the NCAA and the Terps have depth behind him in senior
Matt Rankin, junior
Chris Rhine and sophomore
Dan Halayko. Redshirt junior
Jeff Reynolds is back after missing 14 games in 2007 with a torn ACL. This season he's set to pair up with sophomore
Bryn Holmes to give Maryland one of the best short-stick tandems in the country.
• During the last four seasons, Maryland held its' opponents scoreless for long stretches of game time. The 2004 Terps kept opponents scoreless for stretches of 20 or more minutes eight times. In 2005 Maryland did 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. The 2006 season saw the Terrapin defense do it 10 times in 17 games. In 2007 Terp "D" had 11 20+ minute scoring droughts to its credit in 16 contests.
• The emphasis on team defense was evident in the Terps' 2008 opener at No. 4 Georgetown. Maryland held the lauded Hoya offense to just six goals and two of those came when Georgetown converted on man-up opportunities. The Terrapin defense held Georgetown's starting attack and first midfield, which combined for 95 goals (6.3 per game) in 2007, to just three scores.
• The defense was solid in allowing just seven goals at Mount St. Mary's on a rainy, foggy afternoon. The fog was the most difficult on the defense as it made the ball very hard for the goalies to see shots clearly. Even so, the Terrapins came up with a good defensive effort, holding the Mount to just one goal over a 22-minute span covering parts of the first, second and third quarters. Junior Mike Griswold led the Terps with three caused turnovers on the afternoon. Overall, 12 Terps combined to force 19 of the Mount's 25 turnovers.
Where's The Beef? Check The "D"
• How big is Maryland's defense this season? Well, Towson head coach Tony Seaman, who's Tigers have a big defensive unit of their own, had this to say: "We're certainly nothing like the bullies down at Maryland with size or strength ...". Take a look at the top seven close defensemen and/or long poles for the Terps in 2008 - the average for the group is 6-foot-3, 221 pounds.
Brian Farrell: 6-5, 240
Mike Griswold: 6-4, 230
Max Schmidt: 6-4, 230
Joe Cinosky: 6-3, 225
Zach Hinton: 6-3, 205
Jacob Baxter: 6-1, 230
Ryne Adolph: 6-1, 190
Road Work
• For just the second time in program history, the Terps will open the season with three-straight games away from College Park. In 1978 Maryland opened with a pair of games in North Carolina - a 25-11 win at NC State and a 14-7 win at Duke - before beating Dartmouth, 16-3, in a neutral site game at Garden City, Long Island.
• 2008 marks the 12th time in the 83 years of Maryland lacrosse that the Terps will open a season with at least two road games. In the previous 11 seasons (1952, 1954, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 2001, 2004 and 2006) Maryland has a combined record of 23-0 in those road games.
Streaking Terps
• Just two games into the 2008 season and a lot of streaks have been extended and broken for the Terps.
• Dan Groot extended his point-scoring streak to six with a four-point effort on two goals and a pair of assists in the Terps' 17-7 win at Mount St. Mary's.
• Jeremy Sieverts exteneded his point scoring streak to five with one assists at Mount St. Mary's.
• Senior midfielder/attackman Max Ritz had both his 17-game multi-point streak and 20-game point scoring streak snapped at Georgetown. The last time Ritz did not have at least a point in a game was on April 30, 2006 vs. Virginia in the ACC tournament final. The last time Ritz failed to have multiple points in a contest was on May 21, 2007 when he had just one goal in the Terps NCAA tournament quarterfinal victory over Princeton.
• Long pole Brian Farrell had his point scoring streak stopped at four against Mount St. Mary's.
Terps' 83rd Season Of Lacrosse
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 685-225-4 (.752), 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 82 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 10-6. 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 92-35 for a .724 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.
Two Terps Named To Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List
• A pair of seniors - defenseman
Joe Cinosky and midfielder/attackman
Max Ritz-- were named to the preseason "Watch List" for the 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy. For Cinosky this is his second time on the list, while Ritz is making his first appearance.
• The Tewaaraton Trophy is awarded each year to the top male and female varsity lacrosse player, as chosen by the selection committee. The seventh annual award will be given at a banquet in June. The event will take place in Washington D.C. at the National Geographic Society headquarters.
Three Terps Named To U.S. U-19 Team
• Three Terrapin freshmen will represent the University of Maryland this summer at the 2008 ILF Under-19 World Championships, which are scheduled for July 3-12 in Coquitlam, British Columbia.
• Midfielder Tony Mendes, defender Max Schmidt and attackman Ryan Young were selected to the 23-man roster following a four-day tryout last summer in Baltimore.
Freshmen Starters
• There was a lot of speculation about which freshmen would start in the season opener at Georgetown. The question was answered with four (see below). But freshmen starting the season opener is nothing new for the Terps under Coach Cottle. Since 2002 there have now been eight Terrapins that have started the season opener as freshmen.
2002: None
2003: Joe Walters vs. Duke
2004: None
2005: Max Ritz vs. Georgetown
2006: Dan Groot vs. Georgetown
2007: Brian Phipps vs. Bellarmine
2008: Grant Catalino, Travis Reed, Max Schmidt and Ryan Young at Georgetown
A Memorable Debut
• Freshman
Grant Catalino scored four goals in the Terps' 11-6 season-opening win at Georgetown on Feb. 23. That performance marked the most goals by a Maryland freshman since Rob Wurzburger tallied four scores in a 19-4 win over Hambden-Sydney.
• For his performance against the Hoyas, Catalino was named both the ACC Player of the Week (along with UNC goalie Grant Zimmerman) and the University of Maryland's male athlete of the week.
A Family Affair
• Many school's refer to their sports programs as families, but under Coach Cottle the Maryland men's lacrosse program has really become a family affair. Since arriving in College Park in 2002, Cottle has had eight sets of brothers don the red and black together for at least one season.
Harry & Harry: 2004-05-06-07
Brendan & Ian Healy: 2003-04-05
Bryn & Travis Holmes: 2007
Dan & Mike LaMonica: 2002
Chris & Willy Passavia: 2002-03
Brian & Michael Phipps: 2007
Max & Xander Ritz: 2005-06
Mark & Michael White: 2008
Fathers And Sons
• Maryland's family tradition doesn't end with brothers. Fathers and sons are also part of the Terps' tradition and that's never been more evident than this season. This year's Maryland men's lacrosse roster features three players whose father's not only played at Maryland, but won a nation title together. Mike Farrell, father of Brian, Wilson Phipps, father of Brian, and Jake Reed, father of Travis, were all members of the Terps' 1975 NCAA championship squad.
Maryland In Season Openers
• Maryland has a 79-3-1 (.958) lifetime record in season openers dating back to the 1924 season. The Terps have won their last 15 openers and 23 of the last 24, with the only loss coming to Duke in 1993, when they fell to Duke 9-5 on March 6.
• After losing their 1925 opener to Yale, 5-3, the Terps went on to win 40 consecutive season openers from 1926 through 1967. The streak was broken when Maryland tied Princeton, 6-6, in the 1968 opener. Following the deadlock, Maryland went on to win its next 14 openers, giving the Terps a 54-0-1 record over a 57-year span (Maryland did not field a team in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II.)
15 Straight In Season Openers
• After beating No. 4 Georgetown to open the 2008 season the Terps now have a 15-game winning streak in season openers. Five of those wins came against Villanova (1994-98) and the last nine over Denver, Mount St. Mary's, Air Force, Hobart, Duke, Georgetown (four times) and Bellarmine. Over the 15-year stretch, Maryland outscored its foes 204-78 (an average score of 13.6-5.2) in those games.
• The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener over the last 15 years. Maryland has not allowed an opponent to score 10 or more goals in a season opener since Syracuse beat the Terps, 16-13 on March 9, 1983.
2008 Captains: Adolph, Cinosky, Dalton, Evans & Ritz
• Five players have been named team captains for the 2008 season. The quintet, which was voted on by the team during the preseason, consists of seniors
Ryne Adolph,
Joe Cinosky,
Will Dalton,
Drew Evans and
Max Ritz.
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