Ryan Lang Bio

Lang's Honor Roll
2006 Team Captain

On Lang: Started the 2005 season at defensive midfield before making the transition to the second midfield unit toward the end of the season ... starts the season at defensive midfield, but could see time with the second midfield unit as well ... a tough, physical player ... great character player with intelligence ... good student who posted a 4.0 grade point average in his first college semester ... a solid player who will be a key contributor this season, according to Dave Cottle.

Ryan Lang

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Northport, N.Y.
	High School: Northport

	Height / Weight: 5-11 / 195
	Position: Defensive Midfield
	Major: Finance

As a junior (2005): Gutsy effort in 13-6 season opening win over No. 5 Georgetown (2/26) ... picked up one groundball and caused two Hoya turnovers ... three groundballs and two caused turnovers in 10-8 loss to Duke (3/5) ... three goundballs in 9-5 win at No. 9 Towson (3/12) ... earned his first career assist on Travis Holmes' goal that sparked a 6-0 Terp scoring run in 14-10 win at No. 18 Bucknell (3/15) ... also picked up five groundballs vs. the Bison ... caused a turnover in 16-10 win over UMBC (3/19) ... one groundball in 7-6 loss to Dartmouth (3/22) ... one groundball in 9-4 win over No. 19 North Carolina (3/26) ... one groundball in 10-2 loss at No. 3 Virginia (4/2) ... one groundball in 9-8 loss at No. 8 Navy (4/8) ... one groundball in 11-6 loss to No. 1 Johns Hopkins (4/15) ... one groundball in 9-6 win at No. 15 Fairfield (4/23) ... one groundball in 9-5 win over No. 2 Duke (5/1) to win the ACC championship ... scored his first goal of the season in 21-6 drubbing of Penn (5/7) at Lincoln Financial Field ... scored a goal and picked up one groundball in 14-10 win over No. 11 Penn State (5/14) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament ... two groundballs in 18-9 loss to No. 2 Duke (5/28) in the NCAA Semifinals ... named to the Maryland and ACC Honor Rolls.

As a sophomore (2004): Played in 15 of 16 games as a reserve short-stick defensive midfielder, grabbing 11 groundballs ... scored first career goal in transition in 17-12 win at No. 6 Duke (3/6) ... saw his most playing time as a short-stick defender in 9-4 win at No. 13 UMBC (3/20) ... had four groundballs vs. the Retrievers ... grabbed two groundballs in 13-5 win over No. 13 Penn (5/8) ... named to the Maryland and ACC Honor Rolls.

As a freshman (2003): Freshman midfielder who played in four games ... played at Notre Dame (5/3) ... saw action in three of four games early in the season vs. Butler (3/25), at Stony Brook (3/15) - in his return to Long Island - and made debut vs. Bucknell (3/11) ... named to the Maryland and ACC Honor Rolls.

Before Maryland: Lettered in lacrosse and football for two seasons at Northport High School in Northport, N.Y. ... helped the Tigers to the Suffolk County and Long Island championships as a senior ... also won both titles along with the state crown as a junior in 2001 ... on the football field was named all-division as a senior.

Personal: Son of Sandy and Mike Lang ... brother of Sean and Dan ... majoring in finance ... switched from No. 40 to No. 11 before the 2004 season.

Ryan Lang's Career Statistics
Year	GP/GS	G	A	Pts.	Shots	EMG	GWG	GB	Pen.
2003	4/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0:00
2004	15/0	1	0	1	1	0	0	11	1/0:30
2005	17/0	2	1	3	8	0	0	22	4/2:00
Total	36/0	3	1	4	9	0	0	34	5/2:30

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