March 2, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The Maryland men's lacrosse team plays the Providence Friars for just the second time ever in the Terps' 2008 home opener Monday afternoon. The game is slated for a 3 p.m. start at Ludwig Field.
• The game is scheduled to be shown on ACC Select on tape delay, roughly two hours following the game's conclusion.
• Maryland is 2-1 on the young season and is coming off of its first loss of the 2008 season, a 15-7 defeat at No. 2 Duke this past Saturday. Freshman Travis Reed continued his torrid start to the season with another three goals, bringing his team leading totals to nine goals and 10 points. Fellow frosh Ryan Young was also in the points column for the third-straight game with a pair of assists, both of which came on goals by Reed.
• The Friars are 0-2 on the year with both losses coming in overtime. Providence dropped its opener to Fairfield by a 7-6 score. The Friars then lost at Air Force 8-7. Senior attackman Devin McBride leads the Friars in scoring with five goals on just eight shots. Sophomore attackman Jackson Fallon is next on the team with three points on a goal and two assists. Robert Bryan has played all 125 minutes in cage for Providence and has a 55.9 save percentage and a goals against average of just over seven.
Tickets and Game Promotions
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Parking Information:
General Information: After 4 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends, there is no charge for parking in Lots Z1 or 1b or in Regents Drive Garage. Lots R2 and R3 are limited to vehicles displaying current valid permits for the respective lots at all times.
Weekdays Before 4 p.m.: Fans arriving on campus before 4 p.m. on weekdays should park in Union Lane Garage (located between Cole Field House and Stamp Student Union). Rates are $2.00 per hour ($10.00 per day maximum). The garage may only be accessed via Campus Drive and Union Lane, at the top level of the garage. The exit lanes are located at the bottom level of the garage. If the Union Lane Garage is unavailable, fans should park in the Stadium Drive Garage located behind Byrd Stadium. Regulations at the Stadium Drive Garage are similar to those at Union Lane Garage. Rates at Stadium Drive Garage are $2 per hour ($10 per day maximum). Stadium Drive Garage is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to midnight. The Stadium Drive Garage is closed on weekends.
Weekdays After 4 p.m. - Fans arriving on campus after 4 p.m. on weekdays can park free in Lot Z1 or Lot 1b, both of which are located between Cole Field House and Ludwig Field, or in Regents Drive Garage, which is located on Regents Drive between Stadium Drive and Field House Drive. However, due to the construction of the new Biosciences Research Building on Field House Drive between Stamp Student Union and the Bio-Psych Building, fans should note that the walk from Regents to Shipley will be longer than usual because of limited or no pedestrian access in certain construction areas on Field House Drive. Directional signs will be posted.
| Tale
of the Tape |
Maryland |
Category |
Providence |
11.7 |
Goals/Game |
6.2 |
9.3 |
Opp.
Goals/Game |
7.2 |
34.0 |
Shots/Game |
22.0 |
34.3 |
Shot
Pct. |
29.5 |
25.0 |
Shots on Goal/Game |
12.5 |
73.5 |
Shots on Goal Pct. |
56.8 |
8.3 |
Saves/Game |
9.5 |
47.2 |
Save
Pct. |
55.9 |
30.7 |
Groundballs/Game |
29.0 |
30.7 |
Opp.
Groundballs/Game |
30.0 |
19.0 |
Turnovers/Game |
N/A |
14.7 |
Caused
Turnovers/Game |
N/A |
43.8 |
Face-Off
Pct. |
51.5 |
77.6 |
Clear
Pct. |
65.9 |
77.2 |
Opp.
Clear Pct. |
48.5 |
2.3 |
Penalties/Game |
4.0 |
2.2 |
Penalty
Minutes/Game |
3.0 |
55.6 |
Man-Up
Conversion Pct. |
14.3 |
42.9 |
Opp.
Man-Up Conversion Pct. |
12.5 |
Coaching Match-Up
• Now in his 26th season as a head coach,
Dave Cottle comes into the game with a 250-99 career record for a 71.6 win percentage, sixth-highest among active coaches with at least 100 career wins. His win total is fifth among active coaches. He is 69-29 (70.4) in his seven seasons at Maryland. This will be the first time that Cottle has coached a team against the Friars.
• Providence's Chris Burdick is 67-80 (456) in 11 years as head coach at Providence.
Series History vs. Providence
• This will be just the second meeting between the Terrapins and the Friars.
• The only other meeting came in 1999 and ended with an 18-5 victory for Maryland. Jon Kemezis scored four times and added an assist to pace the Terps, while Brian Zeller had a hat trick.
Opponent Connections
• Only two pairs of former teammates will be on the field Monday afternoon.
• Maryland sophomore Dan Halayko and Friar freshman midfielder Kevin Flahive were teammates at Niskayuna High School.
• Freshman attackman Ryan Young graduated from Manhasset High School, but he was only there for his senior year. Before that he played at Chaminade High School, which is where Providence sophomore Colin Tigh graduate from. The two would have been teammates at Chaminade during the 2006 season.
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. This season the Terps were 2-1 in its three-game road trip to open the season, bringing its record to 25-1 (.962).
Streaking Terps
• Just three games into the 2008 season and a lot of streaks have been extended and broken for the Terps.
• Jeremy Sieverts is now the Terp with the longest current point-scoring streak. He extended his current run to six games with two goals at Duke.
• So far in 2008, only three Terps - Sieverts and freshmen attackmen Travis Reed and Ryan Young - have points in every game. Reed is the only Terrapin to have scored a goal in every game so far.
• 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.
• Dan Groot had his point-scoring streak stopped at six in the Terps' 15-7 loss at No. 2 Duke on March 1.
Terps' 83rd Season Of Lacrosse
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 685-226-4 (.751), 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 92-36 for a .719 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.
Media Information
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