No. 10 Maryland Hosts Drexel Saturday
2/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
The No. 10 Maryland (2-1) men's lacrosse team welcomes the Drexel Dragons to College Park, Md., for its second home game of the 2015 season. The Terps and Dragons are slated for a noon start at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 28.
Event Information
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Quick-Hitters
• Maryland has played Drexel just once in its 90-year history, defeating the Dragons, 12-0, on the campus of College Park in 1943.
• The Terrapins bounced back from a loss to Yale by leading wire-to-wire in a victory against No. 11 Penn Tuesday in College Park. Maryland jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and took full grasp on the game with a five-goal third quarter.
• Head coach John Tillman captured his 50th career win at Maryland (70th overall) with Tuesday's victory against No. 11 Penn. He is the fastest coach in Maryland history to reach the milestone, joining Jack Faber & Al Heagy (224), Dick Edell (171), Dave Cottle (99) and Bud Beardmore (91).
• Maryland won its 23rd consecutive game when scoring at least 10 goals with its victory against Penn. It was Maryland's first double-digit scoring game of the season. The Terps have not lost when scoring at least 10 goals since an 13-11 loss to Colgate on May 5, 2012.
• Junior goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr currently ranks fifth nationally in goals against average (6.00) and eighth nationally (1st in Big Ten) in save percentage (.640).
• Bernlohr captured the first Big Ten honor in Maryland lacrosse history after being awarded Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his effort against Navy on Feb. 14. Making his first career start, Bernlohr made 12 saves and held the Midshipmen to just one goal.
• The Terps are 38-3 all-time in the month of February, including a 12-1 record under Tillman. Maryland's loss to Yale was the first in Tillman's tenure in February.
• Maryland currently ranks first in the Big Ten in man-up offense, scoring goals at a 43-percent rate (3-7). Matt Rambo leads the team with two man-up goals.
• Attackmen Matt Rambo and Dylan Maltz had breakout games against No. 11 Penn, combining for five goals and four assists to lead the Terps offensively. Rambo had three goals and two assists, and currently leads Maryland with 10 points on the season.
• Senior Jay Carlson needs just one game-winning goal to move into a tie for second all-time in Maryland history with Grant Catalino and Joe Cummings, who both scored nine GWG's. Carlson has scored in seven straight games - the longest active Maryland streak.
Maryland Home Schedule Info
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The Count Down
10 ... Since 2002 Maryland has won 113 of the 122 games (93%) in which it has scored 10 or more goals. The Terps have won 23 straight games in such situations.
9 ... Maryland is 133-27 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .830 winning percentage. The Terps are 14-1 since 2014 in such situations.
8 ... Maryland was a perfect 8-0 at home last season (4-2 on the road).
7 ... The Terps were 7-0 against unranked opponents in 2014 (25-2 overall during Tillman's tenure).
6 ... Maryland has lost just six times when leading after the first quarter under Tillman (37-6).
5 ... Matt Rambo posted five points against No. 11 Penn, tying his career-high in assists (2).
4 ... Coach Tillman's 50 wins is the most ever for a Maryland head coach in his first four seasons. (50-20 overall)
3 ... Three Terps were selected in the MLL Draft in January: Joe LoCascio (17th - Florida), Charlie Raffa (24th - Chesapeake) and Casey Ikeda (54th - Florida).
2 ... Dylan Maltz tallied career-highs with two goals and two assists against No. 11 Penn.
1 ... Only one program - Maryland - has earned a bid in every NCAA tournament since the field expanded to 16 in 2003.
| Tale of the Tape | ||
| Maryland | Category | Drexel |
| 8.3 | Goals Per Game | 9.7 |
| 6.0 | Opponents' Goals Per Game | 14.3 |
| 36.7 | Shots Per Game | 44.7 |
| 22.7 | Shot Percentage | 21.6 |
| 18.7 | Shots on Goal Per Game | 23.0 |
| 50.9 | Shots on Goal Percentage | 51.5 |
| 10.7 | Saves Per Game | 9.7 |
| 64.0 | Save Percentage | 40.3 |
| 24.7 | Groundballs Per Game | 34.7 |
| 21.0 | Opponents' Groundballs Per Game | 34.0 |
| 13.7 | Turnovers Per Game | 14.7 |
| 7.3 | Caused Turnovers Per Game | 5.0 |
| 45.1 | Face-Off Percentage | 61.0 |
| 95.1 | Clear Percentage | 82.7 |
| 85.5 | Opponents' Clear Percentage | 91.5 |
| 4.3 | Penalties Per Game | 5.3 |
| 2.8 | Penalty Minutes Per Game | 5.7 |
| 42.9 | Man-Up Conversion Percentage | 56.2 |
| 30.8 | Opponents' Man-Up Conversion Percentage | 46.7 |
Coaching Match-Up
• John Tillman is in his eighth season as a head coach, and fifth with the Terps, with a 70-39 career record for a .642 winning percentage. Tillman is 50-20 (.714) as Maryland's head coach, recently becoming the fastest in program history to reach the 50-win milestone.
• Drexel's Brian Voelker is in his sixth season as head coach of the Dragons, compiling a 50-31 career record. Voelker led Drexel to the 2014 CAA Tournament Championship and an NCAA Quarterfinal berth, finishing 13-5 overall.
Series history vs. Drexel
• Maryland has met Drexel just one time in its 90-year history, defeating the Dragons, 12-0, in College Park in 1943.
Last time out
• Maryland regained its winning ways with an 11-7 defeat of No. 11 Penn Tuesday in its home-opener. The Terrapins scored more than 10 goals for the first time all season, exploding for five goals in the third quarter.
• Attackmen Matt Rambo and Dylan Maltz had breakout games against No. 11 Penn, combining for five goals and four assists to lead the Terps offensively. Rambo had three goals and two assists, and currently leads Maryland with 10 points on the season.
• Goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr needed to make only eight saves in the victory, allowing seven goals.
Terps fall to No. 14 Yale
• Maryland dropped its first game of the season with a 10-6 loss to Yale in New Haven, Conn. The Terps and Bulldogs traded leads throughout the game, before Yale seized the game with four goals in the final frame.
• Junior Henry West posted a pair of goals for the second consecutive game, while transfer Dylan Maltz tallied his first and second career goals in a Maryland uniform.
Get To 10 And Win
• Since 2002, Maryland has won 113 of the 122 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .926 winning percentage.
• The Terps have won 23 straight games when scoring at least 10 goals, last falling to #12 Colgate, 13-11, on May 5, 2012.
| Record When Scoring 10+ Goals | ||
| Year | W-L | Loss |
| 2015 | 1-0 | |
| 2014 | 11-0 | |
| 2013 | 8-0 | |
| 2012 | 10-2 | at UNC, 10-11 |
| at Colgate, 11-13 | ||
| 2011 | 9-1 | Johns Hopkins, 11-12 ot |
| 2010 | 12-1 | Virginia, 10-11 |
| 2009 | 6-2 | Georgetown, 10-13 |
| at UNC, 16-10 ACC SF | ||
| 2008 | 9-0 | |
| 2007 | 8-1 | Virginia, 10-11 |
| 2006 | 8-0 | |
| 2005 | 5-0 | |
| 2004 | 10-1 | Hopkins, 10-13 |
| 2003 | 8-0 | |
| 2002 | 7-1 | Virginia, 10-11 |
Holding Opponents To Single-Digits
• Maryland is 133-27 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .831 winning percentage.
• The Terps have also won 87 percent (65-10 record overall) of its games since 2009 when allowing less than 10 goals.
• The Terps are 14-1 when allowing nine goals or less since the beginning of 2014.The Terps' lone loss last season came to eventual national finalist Notre Dame, 6-5, at the ACC Tournament.
Consecutive 10-Win Seasons
• Maryland's 12-8 win over 8th-ranked Notre Dame on April 19, 2014 extended the Terps' streak of double-digit win seasons to 12, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.
• There are only four programs with a current streak of at least six-straight 10-win seasons:
- Maryland (12): 2014 (13-4), 2013 (10-4), 2012 (12-6), 2011 (13-5), 2010 (12-4), 2009 (10-7), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (10-6), 2006 (12-5), 2005 (11-6), 2004 (13-3), 2003 (12-4)
- Notre Dame (9): 2014 (12-6), 2013 (11-4), 2012 (13-3), 2011 (11-3), 2010 (10-7), 2009 (15-1), 2008 (14-3), 2007 (11-4), 2006 (10-5)
- Duke (7): 2014 (17-3), 2013 (16-5), 2012 (15-5) 2011 (14-6), 2010 (16-4), 2009 (15-4), 2008 (18-2), 2007 ( 17-3)
- North Carolina (6): 2014 (10-5), 2013 (13-4), 2012 (11-6), 2011 (10-6), 2010 (13-3), 2009 (12-6)
• Cornell's string of seven-straight 10+ win seasons came to an end in 2012 with a 9-4 final mark. Virginia's streak of eight-consecutive seasons with 10+ wins ended in 2013 with a 7-8 record, while Siena saw its run of six 10-win seasons end in 2013 also.
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, Army and Cornell 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.
| All-Time Winningest Programs (prior to 2015 season) | ||
| Team | W-L-T | Pct. |
| 1. Johns Hopkins | 944-308-15 | .751 |
| 2. Syracuse | 855-328-16 | .720 |
| 3. Navy | 763-333-14 | .694 |
| 4. Maryland | 760-257-4 | .746 |
| 5. Army | 749-363-7 | .672 |
| 6. Cornell | 722-457-27 | .610 |
| The Road To 700 Wins | ||
| Team | Seasons | Games Played |
| Maryland | 84 | 940 |
| Syracuse | 84 | 993 |
| Army | 92 | 1,029 |
| Navy | 99 | 972 |
| Johns Hopkins | 105 | 932 |
| Cornell | 117 | 1,171 |
Terps' 90th Season Of Lacrosse
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 760-257-4 (.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 89 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 12-6. 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.
• Prior to the 2015 season, Maryland is 38-13 in the 2010s for a .750 winning percentage - on pace for the best decade in Maryland history.
Three Taken In MLL Draft
• Led by senior midfielder Joe LoCascio, three Maryland men's lacrosse student-athletes were chosen in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft.
• LoCascio was chosen 17th overall by the Florida Launch, and was quickly followed by Charlie Raffa, who was selected 24th overall by the Chesapeake Bayhawks.
• Defender Casey Ikeda was the final Terp taken in the draft, chosen 54th overall by Florida.
2015 Team Captains
• Senior Charlie Raffa and Casey Ikeda will represent the Terrapins as captains for the 2015 season.
Inaugural Big Ten Season
• The 2015 season marks the University of Maryland's men's lacrosse team's inaugural campaign competing in the Big Ten Conference. It follows an announcement from the conference office on June 3, 2013 that the Big Ten had secured six men's teams when Johns Hopkins was accepted as a sport affiliate member for men's lacrosse only. The Big Ten has six men's programs: Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.
• The six programs that will comprise Big Ten men's lacrosse boast 56 national championships, with schools that have competed for more than a century. Johns Hopkins has been an independent since 1883 and leads all schools with 44 national championships. Maryland has claimed 11 national titles, while Rutgers has also won a national championship.
• The Scarlet Knights launched men's lacrosse in 1887, followed by programs starting in 1913 for Penn State, 1924 for Maryland and 1953 for Ohio State. Michigan instituted a men's lacrosse program in 2012. Maryland, Ohio State and Penn State each qualified for the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship this season, with the Buckeyes advancing to the quarterfinals.
