COLLEGE PARK, MD. - The No. 5 Maryland men's lacrosse team hosts in-state rival Navy on Saturday, April 10 at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Face-off is set for 12 noon. The game will be televised on nationally on ESPNU and locally on WMAR. Scott Garceau will handle the play-by-play, while Mark Dixon will provide analysis.

• The game between the Terps and the Midshipmen can alsop be heard on the Terrapin Sports Radio Network'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 6-2 on the season and is looking to snap a two-game losing streak this season and a two-game skid to the Mids. Despite being shutout last week vs. Virginia, Grant Catalino continues to lead the Terps with 31 points on 15 goals and 16 assists. Brian Phipps is coming off a season-best 16 saves vs. the Cavaliers.

• Navy is also looking to right its ship after dropping a 13-12 decision in overtime to Georgetown on April 2. Senior Patrick Moran leads the Mids in scoring with 27 points on 20 goals and seven assists. Defensively, Navy's RJ Wickham has been solid in goal with a .629 save percentage and an 8.28 goals against average.

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 ... Brian Phipps has played against the Mids twice and has averaged just over 10 saves per game in the two meetings (10.5).
9 ... Dick Corrigan scored nine goals (the second highest single-game total in school history) vs. the Mids in the Terps' 17-10 win in 1958.
8 ... Last week, Will Yeatman scored four goals on eight shots vs. Virginia in his first start at attack this year.
7 ... Seven Terps have registered seven or more goals in 2010.
6 ... Brian Phipps needs just four more to become just the sixth goalie on Terrapin history with 400 career saves.
5 ... Only five current Terps have tallied points vs. the Mids in their careers.
4 ... Grant Catalino needs four points to tie Alan Lowe for 25th on the career points list with 124.
3 ... Maryland won only three of the 13 face-offs taken the last time the Terps and Mids played in College Park (5-4 Navy, 2008).
2 ... Will Yeatman and Ryan Young each had two goals to account for all four of Maryland's goals in last season's 10-4 loss to Navy in Annapolis.
1 ... The Terps have won only one game vs. Navy in the past six years. Prior to that the Terps had won 11 straight over the Mids.

Coaching Match-Up
• Now in his 28th season as a head coach, Dave Cottle enters today's game with a 274-113 career record for a 70.8 win percentage, seventh-highest among active coaches with at least 100 career wins. His win total is seventh among active coaches. He is 93-43 (68.4) in nine seasons at Maryland.

• Navy's Richie Meade is in his 16th season at Navy and has a 136-85 (61.5) record with the Mids. He is 163-108 overall in 20 years as a coach for a 60.1 winning percentage.

• Cottle has a 4-5 lifetime record against Navy. In addition his 3-5 record vs. Navy while at Maryland, Cottle led Loyola to a 19-8 victory over Navy in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 1993. The 2002 game marked the first meeting of Cottle and Meade as head coaches.

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

• The Maryland-Navy rivalry is the second-longest in Terrapin lacrosse history with Maryland holding a 50-34-1 advantage, dating to 1924. The 50 wins are the second-highest number of victories Maryland has against any team. Maryland has defeated Duke 54 times.

• Maryland has won 12 of the last 17 meetings. Prior to 2007's double-OT Terrapin win, Navy had taken three straight by a total of five goals - a 9-6 decision in College Park in 2004, a 9-8 win at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in 2005 and a 7-6 win at Byrd Stadium in 2006. The two teams have played in one-goal games in four of the last five games and eight of the last 11 have been decided by one goal.

• When Navy and Maryland get together it's fair to assume it is going to be a close game. During the past 29 meetings, 16 have ended with a winning margin of one or two goals, including four straight 6-5 Terp victories from 1999-2002.

• The one-goal game streak came to an end with a one-sided 10-4 Navy victory in Annapolis in 2009. Will Yeatman and Ryan Young scored two goals apiece for the Terps, but that was all the offense could muster. Maryland had a 2-1 lead after the first quarter, but Navy outscored the Terps 6-0 in the second and third quarters combined to take control of the game.

• The run of one-goal games was pushed to four in 2008 with a game that could have been dubbed "A Tale of Two Halves." The Mids scored all five of their goals in the first half, while the Terps did the same in the second half, but could only muster four scores to give Navy a 5-4 decision. Jason Carter was tremendous in the second half for Maryland in cage, stopping six Navy shots. Offensively the Terps were led by Dan Groot and Max Ritz, who each had a goal and an assist and Ryan Young, who had a pair of assists.

• In a double-overtime thriller on April 6, 2007 in Annapolis the Terps pulled out a miraculous 8-7 win over the Mids, thanks in large part to three tremendous individual efforts. All-America defender Ray Megill provided the initial spark, getting the Terrapins back in the game after the Mids went on a three-goal run to build a two-goal lead. Megill took his first-ever collegiate face-off, won the ball clean and scored to cut the Navy advantage to one. Navy maintained a one-goal lead as the seconds dwindled down. As the clock neared 0:00, junior midfielder Drew Evans laced a low-to-high shot from 16 yards to send the game into overtime. After the game went to a second OT, sophomore midfielder Dan Groot snapped Navy's three-game winning streak with a tough shot from the left alley.

• The one-goal games continued in 2006 as the Mids pulled out a 7-6 victory at Byrd Stadium on April 8. The game , which was scheduled for April 7, was pushed back a day due to a large thunderstorm. It was another last-second goal that lifted Navy to the win over the Terps. This time it was attackman Ian Dingman scoring the game-winner with just eights seconds left in the game. Joe Walters scored a pair of goals for Maryland, while Bill McGlone, Max Ritz, Dan Groot and Xander Ritz scored the remaining Maryland goals.

• The 2005 game was another of those one-goal affairs as the Mids and Terps battled into the game's final seconds before Navy emerged with a 9-8 win on Graham Gill's game-winning goal with 14 seconds left in the contest.

• The most goals the Terps have ever scored on the Mids in a single game came in 1998's 21-7 Maryland victory.

• Maryland has also won all four meetings in the NCAA Tournament. The Terps captured their last national championship in 1975 with a 20-13 win over Navy. Maryland also defeated Navy in NCAA semifinal games in 1971, 1976 and 1979.

Terps On ESPNU
• Saturday's game vs. Navy will be televised nationally on ESPNU. It will be the Terps' 30th game on ESPNU since 2006. Maryland is 16-13 (.552) all-time in games broadcast on ESPNU.

The Stretch: Carolina, Virginia, Navy, Hopkins
• Since 1978 Maryland's schedule has been highlighted by a four-game stretch in the middle of its season: North Carolina, Virginia, Navy and Johns Hopkins. In the 33-year span only four times has the stretch been interrupted with another game added in between one of these traditional four (1981, 1997, 2001, 2003).

• Overall, Maryland is 58-72 (.446) since 1978 vs. those four teams during that time (up to and including UNC and Virginia this year).

• The Terps have swept the four games only once - in 1987. Only twice (1981 & 1988) has Maryland lost all four games. Six times (1978, 1979, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001) the Terps have won three of the four games. Johns Hopkins broke up the Terps' bid for a perfect stretch four times, while Carolina and Virginia broke it up one time each.

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 73 games in which the Terps have scored 10 or more goals for a .918 winning percentage.

• Last week the Terps lost to No. 1 Virginia by a final of 11-10, giving Maryland its first loss when scoring 10 or more goals this season.

• 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. Maryland is 6-2 on the year and has shot better than 30% in all five of the eight contests.

• Since 2005 the Terps are a remarkable 35-2 (.946) when shooting 30% or better in a game. The first game Maryland lost during that stretch was a 13-10 decision to Georgetown in 2009 (the Terps shot 10 of 30 for 33.3% vs. the Hoyas). The second loss came this season in the controversial 11-10 loss to No. 1 Virginia on April 3. The Terps shot 10 of 33 for 30.3%..

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. Virginia again proved to be a thorn in Catalino's side, holding him without a point for the first time this season.

• 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 13 players (for a total of 21 times) have totaled 18 points or more in the first eight games of a season. Four of those 21, totaling seven times, are on this year's team.

• Junior Grant Catalino is on an amazing pace (15-16=31). His total trails only Joe Walters' 35 points in the 2004 season and his own 32 points from last year. 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 eight games since 2002. Catalino is on the list three times, also making it for his 2009 season and his freshman season in 2008 when he had 18 points on 13 goals and five assists.

• Ryan Young is 13th on the list with 23 points on nine goals and 14 assists. He is also on the list with 20 points (6-14) in 2008.

• Will Yeatman and Travis Reed are also on the list for their efforts in past seasons. Yeatman had 19 points on nine goals and 10 assists in 2009, while Reed had 15 goals and three assists for 18 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. Young showed off his shooting touch at No. 2 North Carolina with a pair of goals, including a man-up tally. In the Virginia game, Young had a goal and two assists to help the Terps nearly overcome an early six-goal deficit.

• With the two assists vs. Virginia, Young has 53 for his career, placing 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. The list was changed after the Virginia game when Yeatman was moved back to attack and Cummings was switched to the first midfield.

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.

• While Yeatman's time in the midfield was productive, and provided necessary time for the Terps' younger midfielders to gain experience, his move back to his natural attack position was phenominal. In his first game back starting on attack, Yeatman scored a career high four goals and added an assist vs. No. 1 Virginia.

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.

• Brian Phipps posted a season-best 16 saves, including eight in the first quarter, vs. Virginia. The Terp defense allowed just five goals over the final three quarters to the high-scoring Cavaliers. Brett Schmidt had two groundballs and four caused turnovers and shutout Shamel Bratton while he was guarding him. Max Schmidt and Ryder Bohlander combined for three groundball and five caused turnovers. Dean Hart and Brian Farrell hooked up to score the final goal of Maryland's 3-0 run in the third quarter.

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 eight games in 2010. The first 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). Maryland also came up short in groundballs vs. Virginia, which had a 12-1 lead in groundballs after one quarter, but the Terps fought back and were outdone for the game by four, 34-30.

• Maryland has been especially strong when the ball is on the ground in 6-on-6 situations. If you take out face-offs, Maryland has 219 groundballs (the Terps have won 16 face-offs on violations) for a per-game average of 27.4. Terrapin opponents have 167 groundballs if you take off the 81 face-offs won without a violation. That gives Maryland's opponents with a per-game groundball average of 20.9.

• Overall this season Maryland has a groundball percentage of .540, 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 eight 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 six goals and nine 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 three assists so far this year and has 17 goals and 11 assists for 28 career points. Easily the highest-scoring defender in school history, Farrell's 28 points ties him for 23rd 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 No. 2 UNC on March 27. Or maybe it's ACC schools that Hart has on his radar as he scored his second goal (off an assist from Farrell) in as many games in the 11-10 loss to No. 1 Virginia.

• 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 47-17 (.734) when playing on the Maryland campus. At Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium Maryland is 28-12 (.700) 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 709-240-4 (.746), 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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