No. 8 Terps Travel to No. 15 Villanova Saturday
3/12/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
The 8th-ranked Maryland men's lacrosse team (4-1) kicks off a three-game road swing this weekend as it travels to No. 15 Villanova (5-1) for a 1 p.m. faceoff at Villanova Stadium.
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Quick-Hitters
• Maryland is 8-0 all-time against Villanova in a series that began in 1994, including a 3-0 road record. The Wildcats have scored more than seven goals just one time in the eight meetings (last season in a 12-10 loss).
• The Terps have outscored the Wildcats by an average margin of eight goals over the course of eight meetings (14-6).
• Senior attackman Jay Carlson has had immense success against Villanova in the past, posting seven goals and one assist in three career games. Carlson has scored a goal every time he has played the Wildcats, including a career-high five-goal performance in 2013 at Villanova Stadium.
• Maryland put together another impressive defensive effort last Saturday with an 11-4 victory over then-No. 10 Princeton. The Tigers had been averaging more than 14 goals/g heading into the contest. Sophomore Matt Rambo tallied his second hat trick of the season in the win.
• Senior defenseman Casey Ikeda garnered USILA National Defensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors for his role in holding Princeton to just four goals. Ikeda helped shut down the high-powered Tigers, while picking up one ground ball and causing a turnover.
• Maryland won its 25th consecutive game when scoring at least 10 goals with its victory against Princeton. It was Maryland's third consecutive double-digit scoring game of the season. The Terps have not lost when scoring at least 10 goals since a 13-11 loss to Colgate on May 5, 2012.
• Junior goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr currently leads the nation in goals against average (4.91) and save percentage (.696) after holding Princeton to just four goals and making 11 saves.
• The Terrapin defense has been sensational in its three-game win streak, holding its opponents to just 14 goals (4.7/g on 17 percent shooting.
• Senior Jay Carlson scored his ninth career game-winning goal against Drexel, moving into a tie for second all-time in Maryland history with Grant Catalino and Joe Cummings. Carlson has scored in eight straight games - the longest active Maryland streak.
• Head coach John Tillman captured his 50th career win at Maryland (70th overall) with his 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).
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The Count Down
10 ... Since 2002 Maryland has won 115 of the 124 games (93%) in which it has scored 10 or more goals. The Terps have won 25 straight games in such situations.9 ... Maryland is 134-27 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .830 winning percentage. The Terps are 16-1 since 2014 in such situations.
8 ... The Terps rank eighth in the country in man-down defense, holding opponents to goals on just 23.5 percent of their EMO opportunities.
7 ... The Terps were 7-0 against unranked opponents in 2014, and have won nine straight against unranked teams.
6 ... Villanova is averaging just six goals in eight all-time meetings against Maryland.
5 ... Jay Carlson had a career-high five goals against Villanova in 2013.
4 ... Charlie Raffa ranks fourth in Maryland history in ground balls (245).
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 ... Matt Rambo has recorded a team-high two hat tricks so far this season.
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 | Villanova |
| 9.6 | Goals Per Game | 11.7 |
| 5.0 | Opponents' Goals Per Game | 8.2 |
| 38.2 | Shots Per Game | 39.0 |
| 25.1 | Shot Percentage | 29.9 |
| 19.0 | Shots on Goal Per Game | 21.3 |
| 49.7 | Shots on Goal Percentage | 54.7 |
| 11.2 | Saves Per Game | 10.7 |
| 69.1 | Save Percentage | 56.6 |
| 25.2 | Groundballs Per Game | 23.0 |
| 21.4 | Opponents' Groundballs Per Game | 27.2 |
| 13.0 | Turnovers Per Game | 13.2 |
| 6.8 | Caused Turnovers Per Game | 6.3 |
| 48.9 | Face-Off Percentage | 41.4 |
| 86.6 | Clear Percentage | 85.1 |
| 84.6 | Opponents' Clear Percentage | 79.6 |
| 3.6 | Penalties Per Game | 4.2 |
| 2:30 | Penalty Minutes Per Game | 2:45 |
| 38.5 | Man-Up Conversion Percentage | 42.9 |
| 23.5 | Opponents' Man-Up Conversion Percentage | 37.5 |
Coaching Match-Up
• John Tillman is in his eighth season as a head coach, and fifth with the Terps, with a 72-39 career record for a .649 winning percentage. Tillman is 52-20 (.722) as Maryland's head coach, recently becoming the fastest in program history to reach the 50-win milestone.
• Villanova's Michael Corrado is in his ninth season at the helm for Villanova, posting a 70-59 career record. Corrado has led the Wildcats to back-to-back BIG EAST Tournament final appearances.
Series history vs. Villanova
• Maryland and Villanova have met eight times all-time dating back to their inaugural meeting in 1994. The two schools met five straight years from 1994-98, before renewing the series in 2012.
• Maryland has outscored Villanova by an average margin of eight goals, 14-6.
• Last season's meeting at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium was the closest in history between the teams, with the Terps winning, 12-10. The top-ranked Terps jumped out to a 7-0 first quarter lead and held a 9-2 halftime advantage. The Wildcats stormed back in the second half, however, outscoring Maryland, 8-3, in the rally effort.
Last time out
• Sophomore Matt Rambo tallied his second hat trick of the season to lead Maryland to an 11-4 victory over Princeton in a top-10 matchup.
• The Maryland defense was superb in the outing, holding the high-powered Princeton offense (previously averaging 14.7 goals/g) to just four tallies on 13 percent shooting. Casey Ikeda was named USILA National Defensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his effort.
• Charlie Raffa turned in his best game of the season, going 13-for-20 at the faceoff X to lead Maryland. The senior keyed a 6-0 third quarter Maryland run by winning 7-of-9 faceoffs in the frame.
Terps Cruise by Drexel
• After falling behind, 2-0, the Terps held Drexel scoreless for a stretch of 56:17 to cruise to a 12-3 victory on Feb. 28.
• Freshman LSM Matt Neufeldt gathered five ground balls in the win, completing an excellent two-game week in which he totaled eight ground balls and caused five turnovers. He was awarded Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts.
Terps Quell Quakers
• 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.
Get To 10 And Win
• Since 2002, Maryland has won 115 of the 124 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .927 winning percentage.
• The Terps have won 25 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 | 3-0 | |
| 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 135-27 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .833 winning percentage.
• The Terps have also won 87 percent (67-10 record overall) of its games since 2009 when allowing less than 10 goals.
• The Terps are 16-1 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.
