COLLEGE PARK, MD. -

The No. 4 Maryland men's lacrosse team hosts No. 1 Virginia on Saturday, April 3 at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Face-off is set for 8 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPNU. Carter Blackburn will handle the play-by-play, while Quint Kessenich and Matt Striebel will provide analysis.

• The game between the Terps and the Cavaliers will be the season debut of Maryland men's lacrosse on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network. The game can be heard on TSRN's flagship station, ESPN Radio 1300 AM in Baltimore and surrounding areas. Steve Stofberg (Maryland '94) returns for his fifth season as the vioce of Terrapin lacrosse. He will be joined in the booth by analyst Tim McGinnis, who was an All-American goalie for the Terps in 2004.

• Maryland is 6-1 on the season and 1-1 in conference play after dropping a 9-7 decision at No. 2 North Carolina last Saturday. Grant Catalino continues to lead the Terrapin offense with 31 points on 15 goals and 16 assists. Defensively, Maryland is led by Brett Schmidt, who has 18 groundballs and eight caused turnovers, and long pole Brian Farrell, who has 22 groundballs and a team-leading 14 caused turnovers.

• Virginia is 9-0 on the year, but is just beginning its conference slate. The Cavaliers are coming off of a 15-6 victory over Johns Hopkins last Saturday. The Wahoos boast six players with double-digit goals, led by sophomore attackman Chris Bocklett with 26 goals. Defensively, goalie Adam Ghitelman has started all nine games and has a 6.81 goals against average and a .647 save percentage. .

Ticket Information & Promotions
• Maryland men's lacrosse can watch the Terps in luxury in 2010. The Suites at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium can be leased either on a season or single-game basis. Suites are available along the South sideline on levels 2,3 and 4 of the new facility. Suite leases are available for a single game for $1,200 or a season package for $4,000. Interested fans can e-mail Beth Deskins or call her at 301-314-7019. Season tickets are also available for purchase with two packages offered to Terrapin fans. Package one features reserved season tickets for just $40.00 each. Reserved tickets are located in the premium Mezzanine seating area and include such features as chair backs, armrests, and over head heaters. It is also the only seating under cover to protect you from inclement weather. The second package featuteres general admission tickets for only $24.00 for adults and $16.00 for senior citizens (62 and up) and youth (17 and under). Ticket packages can be purchased online at umterps.com or by calling the Terrapin ticket office at 1-800-462-8377.

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The Count Down
10 ... Grant Catalino is 10th in the country in points per game with 4.43 ppg. Ten of the top 200 players ranked in that category will be playing on Captial One Field at Byrd Stadium Saturday night.
9 ... Travis Reed leads all current Terps with nine career points vs. Virginia.
8 ... In eight of the last 10 years, Maryland and Virginia have met multiple times in a season (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008).
7 ... The 2009 meeting between Maryland and Virginia went an NCAA record seven overtimes.
6 ... Maryland has upset the No. 1 team in the country six times since 1978.
5 ... Will Yeatman had five points on two goals and three assists last season vs. the Cavaliers
4 ... Grant Catalino needs four points to tie Alan Lowe for 25th on the career points list with 124.
3 ... Brian Phipps needs three saves to tie Kevin Healy for seventh on the all-time saves list with 383.
2 ... The Terps are No. 2 in the NCAA in man-up offense, converting on 62.5% of their extra-man opportunities.
1 ... The last time Virginia came to College Park as the No. 1 team in the country, the Terps topped the Wahoos 13-7.

Coaching Match-Up
• Now in his 28th season as a head coach, Dave Cottle enters today's game with a 274-112 career record for a 71.0 win percentage, seventh-highest among active coaches with at least 100 career wins. His win total is seventh among active coaches. He is 93-42 (68.9) in nine seasons at Maryland.

• Dom Starsia, also in his 28th season as a head coach, has won 73.5 percent of his games at Brown and Virginia (309-111) overall record) and is fifth on the active coaches' winning percentage list. His 309 wins ranks him second among active coaches in overall career wins.

• Cottle has a 8-15 record vs. Virginia. He went 3-5 vs. Virginia while he was the coach at Loyola, but none of the games came against a Dom Starsia-led team. Cottle is 5-10 against the Wahoos while at Maryland. Prior to 2002, the last time Cottle coached against Virginia came in 1991, finishing a run of eight games in a nine-year span.

Series History vs. Virginia
• All-Time Series vs. Virginia

• The Maryland-Virginia rivalry is the third-longest in Terrapin lacrosse history with Maryland holding a 45-37 (.549) advantage, dating to the first game -- a Terps' 10-1 victory on April 24, 1926. The 45 wins are the third-highest number of victories Maryland has against any team. The Terps have defeated Duke 55 times and Navy 49 times.

• Last season it took seven overtimes (the longest Division I men's lacrosse game in history) for Virginia to eek out a 10-9 victory in Charlottesville. The win was not without controversy as an official's inadvertant whistle wiped off a goal by Grant Catalino just nine seconds into the first overtime. Will Yeatman was a dominant force in the game, accounting for two goals and three assists. Brian Phipps was spectacular in cage, stopping 11 Wahoo shots.

• The two teams played three times in 2008. In the regular-season game the then-No. 4 Terps knocked off the newly minted No. 1 Cavaliers, 13-7, at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Freshman Travis Reed had a breakout performance, scoring a hat trick, assisting on two other goals and grabbing three groundballs. Not to be outdone, goalie Jason Carter made a career-best 15 saves to help seal the victory for the Terrapins.

• The two teams then hooked-up in the 2008 ACC tournament for the fifth straight season and the Cavaliers prevailed with an 11-8 win on their home field in Charlottesville. Grant Catalino led the Terps with three points on a pair of goals and an assist.

• The Wahoos also took the rubber match, a controversial 8-7 overtime thriller in the NCAA Quarterfinals in Annapolis. Early in the fourth quarter, with the Maryland holding a 7-6 lead, Travis Reed appeared to give Maryland a two-goal cushion, but a Cavalier defender pushed Ryan Young into the crease before the goal, nullifying the score. The Cavaliers went on to tie the game in regulation before scoring the game-winner with just 34 seconds left in the first overtime period.

• These two teams locked up in a classic in the semifinals of the 2007 ACC tournament. Maryland jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but the Cavaliers rallied to take a four-goal lead at 10-6 in the fourth quarter. That's when Maryland stormed back, but the comeback fell short and Virginia was able to hold on for an 11-10 win. Dan Groot led Maryland with five points on four goals and an assist.

• In 2007's regular season meeting, the second-ranked Cavaliers defeated the No. 8 Terps 12-8 in Charlottesville. Wahoo attackman Ben Rubeor scored five goals to pace Virginia, while Max Ritz (3-0) and Michael Phipps (1-2) each had three points for the Terps.

• On April 1 of last season, the No. 1 Cavaliers jumped out early, scoring just 15 seconds into the game, and never looked back, handing Maryland a 15-5 loss at Byrd Stadium. The Ritz brothers, Max and Xander, each scored two goals with Max also picking up a pair of assists. Bill McGlone scored the other goal for the Terps.

• The two schools hooked up again in the ACC title game and again it was Virginia taking the game, this time by an 11-5 margin. Brendan Healy and Bill McGlone each had three points in the loss.

• The 2005 regular season game was tough for the fourth-ranked Terps as they were handed a 10-2 loss at No. 3 Virginia on April 2. The Cavaliers held Maryland scoreless until the 4:51 mark of the third quarter when Joe Walters scored. It was the first time Maryland had been held without a goal in a half since a 7-2 loss at Virginia in 2001.

• Things were a little different in the rematch on April 29, 2005 in the ACC Semifinals. Brendan Healy gave Maryland a 1-0 lead in the first, but the 'Hoos scored three unanswered to take a 3-1 lead. But the Terps stormed back with a 3-0 run of their own on goals from Max Ritz, Healy and Xander Ritz to take a 4-3 lead into the half. The Cavaliers took a 7-5 lead into the fourth quarter, but Andrew Schwartzman and Bill McGlone scored the final to goals in regulation to send the game into sudden death. In the overtime period, freshman Max Ritz proved to be the hero for Maryland, but putting back a rebound off of a Mcglone shot to sent the Terps into the ACC finals with an 8-7 win.

• The 2004 regular season meeting between Maryland and Virginia saw the Terps enter the game as the No. 1 team in the country, the first time Maryland had earned the top ranking since 2001. Maryland lived up to its billing, pounding the Cavaliers 11-2 in College Park. Xander Ritz scored three goals and assisted on another three, while Joe Walters added a goal and three assists. The game was never really in doubt as the Terps opened the game with a 5-0 run. The Maryland defense was stellar all afternoon, holding Virginia's top seven scorers without a single point.

• The Cavaliers would not go so quietly in the 2004 ACC title game. The Terps built a 12-7 lead heading into the fourth quarter, behind a career-high six goals from Joe Walters, who would be named Tournament MVP. But the Wahoos scored four goals in the fourth and shutdown the Maryland offense to close the gap to 12-11.

• Maryland has won three of four meetings in the NCAA Tournament. The Terps topped the Cavaliers in a pair of first round games in 1978 and 1983 and won a 1997 quarterfinal game, 10-9, played at Byrd Stadium. In that last NCAA meeting, Virginia broke its three-game post-season losing streak to the Terps with a 14-4 win in the NCAA semifinals in Baltimore en route to the 2003 national championship.

Terps vs. No. 1
• Since 1978 (the first year rankings were recorded in the Terp media guide), Maryland has played a No. 1-ranked team on 24 occasions and has pulled off the upset six times.

• The most recent occasion of Maryland knocking off a No. 1 team came on Saturday, March 29, 2008. The No. 4 Terps controlled the game from the outset and pulled off a 13-7 win over No. 1 Virginia at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Redshirt junior goalie Jason Carter had a career-day vs. the Wahoos, stopping 15 shots. Freshman attackman Travis Reed led the Terrapin offense with a career-best five points on three goals and two assists.

• Prior to the victory over Virginia, Maryland last upset the nation's top-ranked team on March 4, 2006 when the Terps pulled out a thrilling 8-7 overtime victory at then-No. 1 Duke. Xander Ritz scored five goals vs. the Blue Devils, including the game-winner for the Terrapins. The last time the Terrapins faced a No. 1-ranked team was on April 1, 2006 against Virginia. The Wahoos, who would storm through an undefeated season en route to a national title, took that game by a 15-5 margin.

• Before that 2006 win over Duke, the last time the Terps defeated the nation's top team was on May 23, 1998 vs. Loyola in the NCAA Semifinals at Piscataway, N.J. Maryland's Matt Hahn scored five goals to help the Terrapins to a dominating 19-8 win over the Greyhounds, who were coached by current Maryland head coach Dave Cottle.

• Prior to 2008, the last time the Terps upset the No.1 team at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium was a 13-11 win over Virginia on March 30, 1996.

Terps On ESPNU
• Saturday's game vs. Virginia will be televised nationally on ESPNU. It will be the Terps' 29th game on ESPNU since 2006. Maryland is 16-12 (.571) all-time in games broadcast on ESPNU.

Get To 10 And Win
• One of the things Coach Cottle often says is that if the Terps score 10 goals or more the chances of winning are pretty good. Well, a look at the results since Cottle arrived in College Park in 2002 shows that when Maryland scores 10 or more goals there's not just a pretty good chance the Terrapins will win; it's an almost certainty. Since 2002 Maryland has won 67 of the 72 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .931 winning percentage.

• Last season the Terps lost to Georgetown, 13-10 on Feb. 21 and lost again when scoring 10 in the ACC Semifinals in a 16-10 defeat at North Carolina. Prior to that, Maryland had not lost when scoring 10 or more goals since dropping an 11-10 decision to Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament in Durham, N.C. The Terrapins got to 10 goals in the 100th game against Johns Hopkins, but the Blue Jays took the game 14-10. Virginia is the only team to beat the Terps twice when allowing 10 or more goals. The Wahoos did it first in 2002 with another 11-10 decision.

Shooting Tells The Story
• The difference between winning and losing for Maryland this season is simple - when the Terps shoot well they win. 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.

• Since 2005 the Terps are a remarkable 35-1 (.972) when shooting 30% or better in a game. The only game Maryland lost during that stretch was a 13-10 decision to Georgetown in 2009 (the Terps shot 10-of-30 for exactly 30% vs. the Hoyas).

Big Cat Plays Big During First Two Years
• How good was Grant Catalino in his first two seasons? The easy answer would be pretty good, but here's some numbers to back that claim up.

• In his first two seasons Catalino has the fifth-highest point total since freshman records were first kept in 1970.

1. Joe Walters (2003-04): 75-39=114
2. Frank Urso (1973-74): 68-42=110
2. Bob Boneillo (1977-78): 38-72=110
4. Dan LaMonica (2001-02): 40-50=90
5. Grant Catalino (2008-09): 54-35=89
6. Mike Mollot (2000-01): 34-53=88

• Catalino has picked up in 2010 right where he left off. In the opener at Bellarmine he tied his career high with four assists and added a pair of goals for a six-point game in the 12-7 victory. In the Georgetown game, Catalino was matched-up with preseason Big East defensive player of the year Barney Ehrman, but Catalino still managed to tally three points on a goal and two assists. Catalino showed that the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic is his own personal playground when he totaled six points on a career-best five goals, including the game winner in OT, in the Terps' 11-10 win over Duke. He was named the Player of the Game for the second straight year (last year in the Face-Off Classic he had two goals and four assists vs. the Blue Devils). Towson shadowed Catalino all over the field, but he still managed to get a point on an extra-man assist. Catalino showed his versatility against Penn by scoring twice, including once on the extra-man unit, and adding four assists. The Big Cat continued his hot shooting at UMBC, tying his career high with seven points on four goals, including the game-winner, and three assists. UNC tried to shutoff Catalino, but he sttill managed a munti-point game with a goal and an assist.

• With his second goal (out of five total on the day) vs. Duke Catalino became just the fifth Terp to reach the 100-point mark since Coach Cottle arrived in College Park in 2002. Catalino now has 120 career points on 69 goals and 51 assists. He needs four points to tie Alan Lowe for 25th on the all-time points list.

Fast Starts
• Since Coach Cottle arrived in College Park in 2002 only 12 players (for a total of 20 times) have totaled 17 points or more in the first seven games of a season. Four of those 20, totaling seven times, are on this year's team.

• Junior Grant Catalino is on an amazing pace (15-16=31). His total is only tied by Joe Walters' 2004 season that saw him finish with 68 points, which is the seventh-best single season in Maryland history. While Catalino is know for his shooting prowess, it is his passing skills that have him on top of this list. His 16 assists is the most by any Terp through six games since 2002. Catalino is also on the list for his 2009 season when he had 16 goals and 14 assists for 30 points.

• Ryan Young is 14th on the list with 20 points on eight goals and 12 assists. Young is one of only two players on this list more than twice (joining Walters, who is on there four times). He had 20 points (6-14) in 2008 and 17 (12-5) in 2009.

• Will Yeatman and Travis Reed are also on the list for their efforts in past seasons. Yeatman has 18 points on eight goals and 10 assists in 2009, while Reed had 14 goals and three assists for 17 points in 2008.

Young Blood
• Ryan Young has been the one constant to the Terps' attack during the past two seasons. The junior from Manhasset, N.Y., has missed just one game during his two years as a Terp and has only missed one start (the 2009 home finale when three senior attackmen were given the start vs. Binghamton). During his first two years he has racked up 67 points on 28 goals and 38 assists (which leads the team over that two-year stretch). And Young has accomplished all of this while running the Terrapin offense from the X-spot. In 2009 he led the team with a .388 shooting percentage, which is the highest for a Maryland starting attackman since 2007 when Michael Phipps shot .394 for the year.

• After being shutout in the Terps' opener at Bellarmine, Young rebounded with a career day at No. 13 Georgetown. Against the Hoyas, Young set career highs with six points and five assists (four coming in the first half to help keep Maryland in the game). Young followed that performance with a solid one-goal, two-assist day in the Terps' 11-10 overtime win vs. Duke in the Face-Off Classic. In the Terps' home opener vs. Towson, Young scored twice and picked up three groundballs. Young's torrid streak continued against Penn with a four-point effort on two goals and two assists. The hot streak continued for Young at UMBC as he racked up three assists in the 13-7 victory. With the three assists at UMBC, Young has 51 for his career, which rankes him second in the "Cottle Era" in assists behind only Joe Walters, who had 74 assists from 2003-06.

Attack Ranked Top Unit In Nation
• Maryland has long had one of the best attack units in the nation, but this year, according to Inside Lacrosse at least, the Terps' attack unit is the best in the country. One thing in Maryland's favor is the depth of the unit. The Terps go five deep, all upperclassmen, on attack with senior Will Yeatman, juniors Grant Catalino, Travis Reed and Ryan Young and sophomore Joe Cummings.

• While it is hard to compare units across the country time provides perspective on how good this Terp attack unit is. Since 2004, this attack unit returns with more goals, assists and points than any other, taking into account just the top four attackmen. Take a look (*-returned the following year):

• The unit's total of 138 points is the second-best of the past six years, topped only by the 158 points of the 2006 attack that featured Turnbull Award winner Joe Walters, All-American Xander Ritz and 2007 All-American Michael Phipps.

• The total for the 2009 unit and the returning total is even more impressive when you add the 12 goals and two assists for Cummings. Although he played some midfield as a freshman in 2009, Cummings played crease attack on the man-up unit. Cummings' totals raise the 2010 returning attack totals to 152 points on 85 goals and 67 assists.

• The 2010 unit will be tracked in the chart above to see how they stack-up against the recent Terp attack units.

No Time Off From Lax
• For the first time since picking up a lacrosse stick as a youngster Will Yeatman did not take the fall off from lacrosse to play football. The 6-foot-6, 250-pounder has always missed fall lacrosse practice in the past, but due to NCAA scholarship rules he did not practice with the Terrapin football team this past fall. Yeatman will play for the Maryland football team this fall.

• Yeatman asked to try playing midfield this year and has been solid - both offensively and defensively - in the early part of the season. Yeatman had one goal in the season opener at Bellarmine. But Yeatman made his most significant impact as a Terps in the 15-13 win at No. 13 Georgetown on Feb. 27. He scored his first hat trick as a Terp with all three goals coming in a span of 5:47 during Maryland's 7-0 come-from-behind run. Yeatman didn't get another hat trick, but he had two key goals, including an extra-man score, in the 11-10 overtime win vs. Duke at the Face-Off Classic. The entire first midfield failed to register a point in the Towson win, but Yeatman got back on track against Penn with an extra-man assist in the first quarter. The entire first midfield kicked things into gear at UMBC and Yeatman contributed one goal in the 13-7 win.

Weekly Award Winners
• New this year for the Maryland men's lacrosse team are weekly award given by the team captains and the coaching staff.

• For the Bellarmine game, junior close defenseman Ryder Bohlander was selected for the Coaches' Award, while sophomore midfielder Jake Bernhardt was the pick for the Captains' Award. Bohlander made his second career start in the season opener at Bellarmine and led the defense with a career-best two caused turnovers and a groundball. Bernhardt made his first career start vs. the Knights and set career-bests with three points and two goals.

• Senior midfielder Will Yeatman was a double winner following the Terps' 15-13 come-from-behind win at Georgetown. Yeatman was chosen for the Captains' Award and was co-recipient of the Coaches' Award with redshirt junior Brian Farrell. Yeatman had his first hat trick as a Terp vs. the Hoyas, scoring all three goals during Maryland's decisive 7-0 run that spanned the third and fourth quarters. Farrell was easily the best defensive player on the field vs. the Hoyas. The long pole, who missed nearly all of 2009 with a rib and internal injuries, returned to his All-America form and set career-bests with 10 groundballs and six caused turnovers. He also contributed to the offense with an assist on Scott LaRue's second quarter goal.

• The Captains' Awards for the Duke game go to senior goalie Brian Phipps and junior attackman Grant Catalino. Phipps made 15 saves vs. the No. 9 Blue Devils, including one in overtime, to go along with three groundballs. Catalino had a career-day in the Face-Off Classic with a career-best five goals, including the game winner, and one assist. The Coaches' Award was also split with senior short-stick defensive middies Dean Hart and Bryn Holmes being selected. Hart and Holmes were terrific on the defensive end, helping hold Duke's midfielders to just two goals and two assists. Both guys also played key roles in the game-ending sequence. Holmes made the big hit on Blue Devil midfielder Will McKee that caused a weak shot that Phipps was able to keep out of the goal. Once redshirt junior Brian Farrell scooped up the groundball, Hart hustled down the field running from defense to offense to keep Duke on its heels. Hart ended up getting the assist on Catalino's game-winner by taking a feed from Farrell and making a smart "one-more" pass to Catalino on the left wing.

• The Coaches' Awards for the Towson game go to long poles Jesse Bernhard and Dan Halayko. Bernhard, a freshman, finished with two groundballs and a caused turnover vs. the Tigers, while Halayko, a senior, set his career high with three caused turnovers and tied his career best with four groundballs.

The Captains' Awards for the Towson game go to the second midfield unit of freshman John Haus, sophomore Michael Shakespeare and redshirt sophomore Drew Snider. Towson chose to shutoff junior attackman Grant Catalino and the young midfield line made the Tigers pay by recording two goals apiece in the Terps' 12-8 victory.

• The Coaches' Award for the Penn game goes to junior attackman Ryan Young, who scored two goals and added two assists in the 10-7 win over the Quakers. Young scored both goals in a 17 second span in the first quarter. Penn had just cut the Terps' lead to 2-1 when Young scored his back-to-back goals. Young also finished the game with three groundballs and a caused turnover. The Captains' Awards for the Penn game go to a trio of short stick defensive midfielders: junior Dan Burns and seniors Dean Hart and Bryn Holmes. Burns and Hart each finished the game with one groundball and two caused turnovers, while Holmes scooped up seven groundballs, caused one turnover and won 10-of-19 face-offs.

• The Coaches' Awards for the UMBC game go to the entire man-down unit. One of the team's goals heading into the game was to not foul, and as fate would have it the Terps' man-down unit was on the field eight seconds into the game. The unit killed off that penalty and three more during the game to help the Terps to a decisive 13-7 road victory over the Retrievers. The Captains' Awards for the UMBC game was given to junior attackman Grant Catalino, who tied his career high with seven points on four goals and three assists.

Defense Ready To Meet Expectations
• On paper this year's Maryland defense looks to be one of the best in recent memory, which says a lot about this group of Terps, but also brings with it the pressure of living up to some pretty high standards. Maryland lost only one starter from this unit (2009 senior Mike Griswold), but the core remains in tact with 2009 All-American Max Schmidt returning to anchor the group. Along side him will be junior Brett Schmidt (no relation), who moved to close defense last season before the Duke game and turned in an All-American-caliber season. The third close defender spot was won in the preseason by junior Ryder Bohlander. The defense is sure to provide an offensive boost to the Terps thanks to the return of All-American long pole Brian Farrell, who missed all but three games in 2009 due to injury. The second long pole spot will be filled by senior Dan Halayko, who was the team's top long-stick middie during Farrell's absence. Preseason injuries junior long pole Chris Ready and sophomore Grant Oliver leaves the fourth defender and third long pole spot in the hands of freshman Jesse Bernhardt.

• During the last six 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. In 2008, the Terp defense had six 20+-minute scoring droughts. The 2009 Terps held opponents scoreless for 20 minutes or more eight times, including two separate stretches at Penn.

• Maryland's defense didn't get a 20-minute scoreless stretch at Bellarmine in the season opener, but it did hold the highly-motivated Knights, who were playing for their coach Jack McGetrick to whom the new locker room and concourse plaza was dedicated to prior to the game, off the board for 19:06. The starting close defense of Ryder Bohlander, Brett Schmidt and Max Schmidt combined for five groundballs and four caused turnovers. Junior Scott LaRue made the switch to defensive short-stick in the preseason and got into the scoring act with an assist on Grant Catalino's second goal.

• While the overall defensive stats don't look impressive, the defense came up big when it mattered most in the 15-13 come-from-behind win at No. 13 Georgetown. The Hoyas scored with 7:54 remaining in the third quarter to take an 11-7 lead, but the Terp "D" kept them off the board for the next 15:00 (not allowing another Hoya goal until the 7:54 mark of the fourth). That allowed the offense to go on a 7-0 scoring blitz to take a 14-11 lead. The defense also go into the scoing act at Georgetown. Freshman Jesse Bernhardt scored the fifth goal of the 7-0 run for his first career goal. Junior short stick Scott LaRue got his first career goal in the first half with the assist going to redshirt junior long pole Brian Farrell.

• In the Face-Off Classic vs. Duke the defense was sharp for most of the game, led by senior goalie Brian Phipps who made 15 saves in the 11-10 overtime win. While Grant Catalino scored the game-winner it was really set-up by four defensive players for Maryland. With Duke's Will McKee going for the game-ending goal with 2:01 on the clock, senior Bryn Holmes crashed down on him causing a near-certain goal to be changed to a weak shot that Phipps made a diving save on. With the ball on the turf in front of the Terrapin goal, redshirt junior Brian Farrell raced into the scrum to scoop up the loose ball and start the transition opportunity. He moved the ball up the field and flipped a pass to senior shortie Dean Hart, who in turn made the "one-more" pass to Catalino on the left win for the winning shot. In total, Maryland possessed the ball for eight seconds of the 1:50 played in the overtime.

• The Terps looked like they may get their first 20+ minute scoring drought of the season vs. Towson, but fell a few minutes shy, holding the Tigers off the board for just over 17 minutes in the first half of play. Sloppy, deteriorating field conditions hampered Maryland's aggressive defensive style, but the Terps still managed to hold the Tigers to two goals below their season average in the 12-8 win. Brian Farrell was up to his old tricks with a length-of-the-field charge for a goal and had chances for at least one more goal and a few assists on the day. Fellow long pole Dan Halayko had a terrific game, tying his career-high with four groundballs and setting his personal best with causing three turnovers.

• Maryland's "D" was solid in the Terps' 10-7 win over Penn, holding the Quakers three goals below their season average. Terp defenders were also offensive-minded in the Penn game with Brian Farrell scoring for the second straight game and Dan Burns and Dan Halayko picking up assists.

• The defense helped the Terps snap a three-game losing skid to the Retrievers in Maryland's 13-7 win at UMBC by holding the Retrievers to just seven goals. Brian Phipps was terrific in cage, stopping 12 shots, including nine in the first half of play. Max and Brett Schmidt combined for six groundballs and four caused turnovers, while Bryn Holmes' five-groundball day put him over the 200-groundball plateau for his career.

• Maryland may have dropped its first game of the season at No. 2 North Carolina, but the defense held the Tar Heels to just nine goals, three below their season average. Brett Schmidt had four groundballs and three caused turnovers, while Brian Farrell had two groundballs and one caused turnover. The Terps' "D" also helped on the offensive end with Farrell assisting Dean Hart on the game's first goal.

Groundball Battlers
• The Terps have been very good so far in 2010 when the ball is on the ground.

• Maryland is currently ranked third in the NCAA in groundballs per game with an average of 37.29. But total groundballs or groundballs per game is only part of the story. The rest of the story is the individual game battles when the ball is on the ground.

• The Terps have won the groundball battle in six of seven games in 2010. The only game Maryland didn't have the advantage in groundballs was vs. Duke in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic. The Blue Devils owned a 42-33 lead in groundballs, thanks in large part to an 11-3 advantage in the third quarter (Maryland outscored Duke, 3-2 in that quarter).

• Overall this season Maryland has a groundball percentage of .549, meaning that when the ball is on the ground a Terp will come up with it nearly 55 percent of the time.

Offensive Defenders
• Through seven games Terrapin defensive players have been surprisingly offensive. So far in 2010, seven Maryland defenders (close, long poles and short-stick d-middies) have scored goals or tallied assists. In total, Terrapin defenders have five goals and eight assists for 12 points.

• Leading the way, of course, is Brian Farrell. The redshirt junior not only returned to the field after missing most of 2009 due to injury, but he has also returned to his natural spot as a long pole. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound Baltimore native, has two goals and two assists so far this year and has 17 goals and 10 assists for 27 career points. Easily the highest-scoring defender in school history, Farrell's 27 points ranks 26th since 2002 at Maryland (the Cottle Era).

• Short-stick middie Scott LaRue has a bit of an advantage as a defensive scoring threat since he spent his first two years in College Park as an offensive midfielder. But the athletic junior made the switch to defensive short-stick during the preseason and has paid big dividends so far - LaRue has a goal and two assists in the Terps' first three games this season.

• Freshman long pole Jesse Bernhardt got into the scoring act in the Terps' 15-13 come-from-behind win at Georgetown. He scored the team's fifth goal in the decisive 7-0 run. Bernhardt's goal gave the Terrapins their first lead of the game (12-11) at the 13:54 mark of the fourth quarter.

• Senior shortie Dean Hart got into the scoring act in the Face-Off Classic vs. ACC rival Duke. He picked up the assist on the game-winning goal with 2:10 left in the first overtime to give Maryland an 11-10 victory. Carolina schools must be Hart's specialty as he scored the Terps' first goal in the 9-7 loss at UNC on March 27.

• Senior long pole Dan Halayko and junior short-stick Dan Burns got into the offensive act in the Terps' 10-7 win over Penn. Both guys picked-up assists in the transition game to help lead Maryland to the victory. Junior close defender Brett Schmidt added his name to the list with an assist on Grant Catalino's goal at North Carolina.

Consecutive 10-Win Seasons
• Last year's 7-3 victory over No. 7-seed Notre Dame did more than send the Terps into the NCAA Quarterfinals for the seventh time in the past eight seasons. That victory was also the 10th of the year for Maryland, giving it seven straight seasons with double-digit wins. (Special thanks to Patrick Stevens of D1Scourse.com).

• How does that stack up against the rest of the college lacrosse programs? Take a look at programs with at least four-straight 10-win seasons:
Maryland (7): 2009 (10-6), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (10-6), 2006 (12-5), 2005 (11-6), 2004 (13-3), 2003 (12-4)
Navy (6): 2009 (11-5), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (11-4), 2006 (11-4), 2005 (12-4), 2004 (15-3)
Cornell (5): 2009 (11-3), 2008 (11-4), 2007 (15-1), 2006 (11-3), 2005 (11-3)
Virginia (5): 2009 (14-2), 2008 14-4), 2007 (12-4), 2006 (17-0), 2005 (11-4)
Notre Dame (4): 2009 (15-1), 2008 (14-3), 2007 (11-4), 2006 (10-5)
UMBC (4): 2009 (12-4), 2008 (12-4), 2007 (11-6), 2006 (10-5)

The 700 Club
• Maryland's 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 was the program's 700th victory in 84 seasons of varsity men's lacrosse. The Terps join Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Navy and Army as the only programs with 700 or more Division I wins.

• Two things that make Maryland's accomplishment all the more impressive is that the Terps reached the 700-win plateau in just their 84th season. Only Syracuse reached win No. 700 in as few seasons, but it took the Orange 53 more games than Maryland. In fact, Maryland needed only 940 games to reach 700 wins and only Johns Hopkins needed fewer games (932) to hit the historic number, but the Blue Jays did so in their 105th season.

Home Sweet Home
• After playing all of their 2009 home games at Ludwig Field due to the renovations at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, the Terps return to their true home field in 2010. Maryland is scheduled to play four of its five home games at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, the lone exception being the mid-week game on March 15 vs. Penn, which will be played at Ludwig Field.

Home Cooking
• A lot is made in sports about the home-field advantage, and for the Maryland men's lacrosse team that advantage has held true since Coach Cottle arrived in College Park. Since 2002, the Terps are 76-16 (.746) when playing on the Maryland campus. At Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium Maryland is 28-11 (.718) under Cottle, while the Terps have gone 8-3 (.727) at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and 11-2 (.846) at Ludwig Field.

Terps' 85th Season Of Lacrosse
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 709-239-4 (.747), 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 84 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 10-6. The program reached the 700-win milestone with a 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 at Ludwig Field.

• During the decade of the 2000s, Maryland went 111-49 for a .694 win percentage, making it the winningest decade in Terrapin lacrosse history. In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland posted 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.

Terps In Pro Stadiums
• Maryland has played 11 games in an NFL stadium. All-time the Terps are 6-5 in professional stadiums.

• The Terps will play two games in 2010 in NFL Stadiums in the regular season. Maryland defeated Duke 11-10 in overtime in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic. Maryland will return to M&T Bank Stadium in April for the Smartlink Day of Rivals vs. Johns Hopkins.

• In 2009, Maryland topped Duke, 11-8, at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium and lost a 10-9 decision to Johns Hopkins in the inaugural Smartlink Day of Rivals.

• In 2006, the Terps were 1-1 at M&T Bank Stadium, defeating North Carolina, 10-9, in the ACC semis at M&T Bank Stadium before dropping an 11-5 decision to Virginia in the finals. Maryland then lost to UMass, 8-5, at Lincoln Financial Field in the NCAA Semifinals.

• In 2005, Maryland was 3-1 in NFL stadiums - 1-1 at Lincoln Financial Field and 2-0 at M&T Bank Stadium.

• Maryland lost to Virginia in the 2003 NCAA Semifinals in M&T Bank Stadium.

Maryland In Season Openers
• Maryland has a 81-3-1 (.959) lifetime record in season openers dating back to the 1924 season. The Terps have won their last 17 openers and 24 of the last 25, 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.)

17 Straight in Season Openers
• After beating Bellarmine to open the 2010 season the Terps have a 17-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), Bellarmine (twice) and Presbyterian. Over the 17-year stretch, Maryland outscored its foes 222-81 (an average score of 13.8-5.1) in those games.

• The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener over the last 17 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.

First-Time Opponents
• Maryland has played 74 different opponents in its 84 previous seasons. The 2010 season will add Colgate to that list. In the Terps' 74 first-time meetings Maryland is 70-4 in those games. Adelphi (12-13, 1982), Army (0-3, 1923), Syracuse (3-10, 1927) and Yale (3-5, 1925) are the only schools to beat the Terps the first time the schools met on a lacrosse field.

Terps Set To Compete At 2010 FIL World Championships
• A pair of former Terps survived the rigorous try-out process and were named to the U.S. men's national team that will represent the United States at the 2010 FIL World Championships in Manchester, England from July 14-24, 2010. Former Maryland All-Americans Joe Cinosky and Brian Dougherty were among the 23 players selected to the final Team USA roster.

• Team USA won't be the only roster with a Maryland presence. Senior midfielder Adam Sear was among the 23 players selected to the Australian National Team that will compete in Manchester.

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 11 sets of brothers, including four on this season's roster, don the red and black together for at least one season.

Harry & Thomas Alford: 2004-05-06-07
Jake & Jesse Bernhardt: 2010
Justin & Owen Blye: 2009-10
Brendan & Ian Healy: 2003-04-05
Bryn & Curtis Holmes: 2010
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: 2008-09-10

• 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.

• The Terrapin family tree doesn't stop there for Brian Phipps. He is the fourth in a line of Phipps that donned the red and black for Maryland. The Phipps-family legacy started in the 1940's with Louis Phipps, who was an honorable mention All-American in 1949. His son, Wilson, was a member of the 1975 Terrapin National Championship squad. Brian is the second of Wilson's sons to play for the Terps. Michael Phipps played for Maryland from 2004-07 and was an honorable mention All-American as a senior after leading the squad in scoring with 50 points.

2010 Captains: Farrell, Holmes and Phipps
• Three players have been named team captains for the 2010 season. The trio, which was voted on by the team during the preseason, consists of redshirt junior Brian Farrell and seniors Bryn Holmes and Brian Phipps. Farrell is the first junior to be named a team captain since 2005 when Bill McGlone was selected by his teammates.

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