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Top-Four
Showdown At Byrd: No. 1 Terps Vs. No. 4 Navy This Saturday
Undefeated Maryland aims for best start since 1987.
#4 NAVY (7-1) at #1 MARYLAND (8-0)
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2004 * 1:00 p.m.
BYRD STADIUM (48,055/Grass), COLLEGE PARK, Md.
Television: WMAR-TV Channel 2
Live Audio: WMUCSports.com * Live Stats: umterps.com
Top-Four Showdown At Byrd: No. 1 Terps Vs. No. 4 Navy
* The No. 1 men's lacrosse team in the nation and the only
undefeated team, the Maryland Terrapins play host to No. 4 Navy this Saturday at
Byrd Stadium. Face-off is set for 1 p.m., in a game that will be televised
locally on WMAR-TV Channel 2 in Baltimore. The TV broadcast is the second of
three appearances by the Terps on WMAR -- Maryland will also have the 100th game
vs. Johns Hopkins (April 17) televised live. Scott Garceau, Keith Mills and Mark
Dixon will be joined by former Maryland coach Dick Edell in the booth for the
call of the game. The game will also be available live over the Internet at
WMUCSports.com with live stats available on umterps.com.
* The Terps (8-0) come into the game after pounding defending
national champion Virginia, 11-2, last Saturday at Byrd Stadium. The Terps'
defense anchored by goalie Tim McGinnis (Ellicott City, Md.) along with close
defensemen Chris Passavia (Stony Brook, N.Y.), Dave Wagner (Severna Park, Md.)
and Lee Zink (Rowayton, Conn.) limited the Cavaliers to their fewest goals in a
game since 1984 and the fewest against the Terps since 1955. Maryland kept
Virginia's top seven scorers pointless including All-Americans John Christmas,
Matt Ward and Joe Yevoli. With the stellar defense, the Terps now have the
nation's top goals against average, allowing just 6.13 goals per game. The Terps
also come into the game -- tied with Navy -- for the second-highest scoring
offense in the nation at 12.75. ACC leading scorer Joe Walters (Rochester, N.Y.)
leads the team in points with 34 on 22 goals and 12 assists after a four-point
game vs. Virginia. Fellow sophomore attacker Xander Ritz (Wayne, Pa.) had three
goals and three assists vs. Virginia and is second on the team in scoring with
24 points, leading in assists with 14.
* The win over Virginia gave Maryland its first outright ACC
regular-season championship since 1998, also the last time the Terps went 3-0 in
the league. The Terps will be the No. 1 seed in the 2004 ACC Tournament held in
Chapel Hill, N.C., on the weekend of April 23-25. Maryland last won the ACC
Tournament title also in 1998. The 8-0 start overall is also the best since
1998. The last time the Terps started 9-0 was 1987, when they started the year
12-0.
* Navy comes into the game on Saturday in the midst of its
best season in more than a decade with a 7-1 record, riding a six-game winning
streak. The Mids have reeled off consecutive victories over North Carolina (9-8
in OT), Bucknell (11-5), Hobart (13-8), Colgate (21-6), Army (18-10) and
Georgetown (7-5). The most recent win over the Hoyas came last Saturday and
marked the first time since 1992 that the Mids beat Georgetown. Navy is led by
sophomore Ian Dingman, who is tied with the Terps' Joe Walters for fifth in the
nation in points per game (4.25). Dingman tops the Mids' scoring charts with 21
goals and 13 assists for 34 points. Joe Bossi is second in points (23) and goals
(19). The Mids' offense is averaging 12.75 goals per game, tied with the Terps
for second in the nation. In goal, freshman Matt Russell has emerged as the
starter and has a 6.70 goals against average -- sixth in the country. The
Midshipmen are allowing just 6.85 goals per game -- sixth in the nation. Their
total scoring margin of 5.88 is only second to Maryland at 6.63 for the best in
the country.
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Top 9 Terp Tidbits
* The Terps have led for 86.9 percent of gametime this season, leading for
417:11 of 480 total minutes over eight games. They have trailed for just 17:56,
or 3.7 percent of gametime.
* Maryland won its first ACC regular-season title since 1998 with the win over
Virginia. 1998 was also the last time the Terps went 8-0 to start the year.
* Maryland has only allowed 14 first-half goals, outscoring opponents, 56-14.
Over the last six games, UM has given up just nine first-half goals.
* Tim McGinnis is first in the nation in GAA at 5.70, including 4.69 in his last
six games.
* Of the Terps' 102 goals, 59 have come from sophomores (58 percent), including
a team-high 22 by ACC leading scorer Joe Walters. The Terps' top four scorers
are all sophomores.
* Of the Terps' 102 goals, a sophomore has either scored or assisted 78 of them
(76 percent).
* Joe Walters has at least three goals in six games this season and has scored a
goal in 22 of 24 career games.
* Twenty different Terps have scored goals through eight games, including 12 vs.
Butler, 11 at Duke and nine vs. Bucknell.
* Both All-American defensemen Chris Passavia and Lee Zink are on the Tewaaraton
Trophy "Watch List" for the nation's top lacrosse player award. Tim
McGinnis was added to the list last week.
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Terps At Top of ACC, NCAA Stat Lists
* Maryland is the only undefeated team in the nation at 8-0.
Brown, which was the only other undefeated team, lost to Syracuse last weekend,
13-6. The Terps as a team are ranked among the nation's best in several
statistics and have several players at the top the stat charts as well.
* On defense, Maryland has the best goals against average in
the country at 6.13 per game, that mark also tops the ACC.
* The Terps are tied with Navy for second in the nation in
total goals with 102 and goals per game (12.75).
* The Terps are also first in the country in goal-scoring
margin at +6.63 per game.
* Individually, Joe Walters leads the ACC in scoring with 34 as well as in
points per game at 4.25. His total points ranks him tied for third in the nation
while the points per game is tied for fifth overall.
* Walters is also seventh in the nation in total goals with
22.
* In goal, Tim McGinnis is first in the nation in goals
against average with a 5.70 GAA. He is also third in country in save percentage
at 68.0, which is also the best in the ACC.
* Checking other ACC stat charts, Joe Walters leads in
game-winning goals with three. Xander Ritz ranks second in the league in assists
(14) and assists per game (1.75), also good for 15th nationally.
* Paul Gillette is tied for second in the ACC in groundballs
per game at 4.25 while teammate Lee Zink is fourth at 3.71.
Series History With Navy
* The Maryland-Navy rivalry is the second-longest in Terrapin
lacrosse history with Maryland holding a 49-28-1 advantage, dating to 1924. The
49 wins are the second-highest number of victories Maryland has against any
team. Maryland has defeated Duke 51 times.
* Maryland has won the last 11 meetings in the series
including last year's 9-7 win in Annapolis. That win was preceded by four
straight 6-5 decisions: at Maryland on April 8, 2000 and April 5, 2002, and at
Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis on April 10, 1999 and again on April 7,
2001.
* Navy's last win in the series came in 1992, as the Mids
upset Maryland, 11-3 in College Park.
* Last's year's game broke the uncanny streak of 6-5 games as
the Terps beat Navy, 9-7, at Rip Miller Field on April 5, 2003. Joe Walters had
four goals in the victory while Dan LaMonica had six assists for the Terps. Paul
Gillette and Justin Smith (University Park, Md.) also scored for the Terps.
* In the last game at Byrd Stadium, Mike Morsell scored three goals for the
Terps as Maryland held off a furious rally by Navy as they scored the game's
final two goals to make it 6-5. Maryland's Chris Passavia forced Navy's Ben
Bailey to turn over the ball in the waning seconds to preserve the win. Bailey
scored three times for the Midshipmen.
* During the 1990s, Maryland won nine of the 10 meetings.
* The last meeting between the teams when both were ranked in
the top four came in 1986, when the No. 2 Terps downed the No. 4 Midshipmen,
11-8, at Byrd Stadium.
* 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.
Coaching Match-Up
* Maryland head coach Dave Cottle is currently the third
winningest active coach in the country with a 72.9 win percentage with a record
of 210-78. He is also 29-8 (78.4) as head coach of the Terps. Navy's Richie
Meade is in his 10th season at Navy and has a 68-55 (55.3) record with the Mids.
He is 95-78 overall in 14 years as a coach for a 54.9 win percentage.
* Head coach Dave Cottle has a 3-0 lifetime record against
Navy. In addition his two wins over 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 was the first between Cottle and Navy's Richie Meade as head coaches.
Playing With the Lead
* Maryland has played with the lead most of the season and has
barely trailed through eight games. The Terps have been ahead for 417:11 of 480
total minutes this season. They have only been behind for 17:56 total -- 3.7
percent of game action. The Terps have been tied for 9.3 percent a total of
44:53 minutes -- mostly coming at the start of games.
* In five of eight games, the Terps have never trailed,
leading wire-to-wire, scoring first and never falling behind. They took the lead
within the first minute against Towson and Bucknell.
* They have led for more than 94 percent of a game on four
occasions.
Terps' High-scoring Offense
* The Terps' offense has continued to be a major story early
in 2004, as Maryland is averaging 12.75 goals per game through the first six
weeks of action -- tied for second in the nation. The Terps have scored at least
14 goals in four games and at least 10 in six games. Maryland blasted Duke for a
17-12 ACC win in Durham on March 6 -- for its most goals in an ACC game since
1983. The 19 goals vs. Butler are tied for the third-most by any team in
Division I this season and are the most by a Terp team since 2002. Navy holds
the top mark this year with a 21-6 win over Colgate.
* The Terps have looked to underclassmen for much of their
offense as 59 of the 102 goals (58 percent) have come from sophomores with a
quartet of second-year players topping the team in points: Joe Walters, Xander
Ritz, Bill McGlone and Brendan Healy. Overall, sophomores have been involved in
78 of the Terps' 102 goals this season with either the goal or assist (76
percent).
* Attacker Joe Walters continues to lead the way, as he has 22
goals -- scoring three or more in six of eight games this season. He netted a
career-high tying four goals at Duke and was named ACC Player of the Week on
March 8. He has tallied at least three goals in four of the last five games. He
posted a career-high seven points vs. Bucknell. He has at least one goal in 22
of his 24 career games at Maryland. Overall, he has 80 career points (3.33 ppg).
Walters also has three of the team's eight game-winning goals in 2004 -- also
most in the ACC. Walters netted his 50th career goal in his 22nd career game vs.
Butler. He now has 55 career goals.
* Attacker Xander Ritz has been an infusion of talent on
attack after transferring from Delaware. He is currently second on the team in
points with 24 on 10 goals and a team-high 14 assists, which ranks second in the
ACC. He had his career game in the season opener at Georgetown on Feb. 28 -- his
Terrapin debut -- as he had three goals and four assists for seven points. He
was named Inside Lacrosse's National Player of the Week as well as ACC Co-Player
of the Week. He had a goal and two assists in the win over Towson on March 13
and added a goal vs. Bucknell. He had two assists at UMBC as well as a goal and
assist vs. Butler. He assisted two goals at North Carolina. Ritz posted a
six-point game with a three-goal, three-assist performance vs. Virginia last
weekend. He has at least one point in each game this season. Overall, dating to
last season at Delaware, he has a 11-game point streak.
* Midfielder Bill McGlone is second in goals with 14 and third
in points with 17. He had his biggest game as a Terp at Duke on March 6, as he
tallied his first career hat trick and added two assists for a five-point day.
McGlone surpassed last season's totals of four goals and five points, in just
two games -- as he is running with the first midfield. He had one goal in each
game over a three game stretch before busting out for a career-high four goals
vs. Butler. He is the only Terp besides Walters to have scored a goal in every
game this season.
* Sophomore midfielder Brendan Healy (Great Falls, Va.) is
fourth in scoring with 14 points on eight goals and six assists. Against Towson,
as he scored two goals and added an assist for a career-best three points.
Towson was also his first multi-goal game as a Terp. He notched his first-career
hat trick vs. Bucknell and added a goal and assist at UMBC. He posted a goal and
two assists vs. Butler for his third three-point game this season.
* Senior midfielder Justin Smith has been the steady
upperclassman on the first line, as he has nine goals in 2004. He had his
first-career hat trick as a Terp vs. Towson and scored two more vs. Bucknell.
Smith was held pointless for the first time this season at UMBC. He got back on
track with a goal vs. Butler. Overall, he has 38 goals in his last 31 games.
* Senior attacker J.R. Bordley (Vienna, Va.) also had his most
productive day as a Terp at Duke, as he scored back-to-back goals in a 4-0 run
in the second quarter and added an assist for a career-high three points. He
returned to action at UMBC, and scored in the first quarter. He opened the
scoring against Virginia with his fifth goal of the season. He has five goals
and three assists in seven starts this year.
* Freshman attacker Mike Brown (West Hartford, Conn.) has been
a key player of late, scoring two goals in each of the last four games at UMBC,
vs. Butler, at UNC and Virginia. Overall, he is the top freshman goal scorer
with nine markers and 11 points. Brown netted the game-tying goal and the
eventual game-winner at UNC. He has been a clutch player, scoring six of his
nine goals in the fourth quarter. He scored back-to-back goals in a 38-second
span vs. Virginia. Classmate Michael Phipps (Severna Park, Md.) has nine points
(five goals, four assists). He scored back-to-back goals in 59 seconds at UNC.
He netted the second goal of the Virginia game giving him goals in two straight
games and in all three ACC games this season.
More On The Super "O"
* The Terps have been sensational in the first half, as they
have outscored opponents 56-14 in the first 30 minutes.
* The second quarter has been the knockout quarter for the
Terps as they have outscored their opponents, 32-8, in the second period.
Against Georgetown, they built a 2-1 first-quarter lead to a 9-1 halftime lead
with a 7-0 second quarter. Against Duke, it was more of the same, as the Terps
outscored the Blue Devils, 6-1, in the second period to break a 4-4 tie and lead
8-4 at half. The Terps outscored Towson and UMBC, 3-1 in the second period. In
the Butler win, UM scored four goals in the second to build a 10-0 halftime
lead. The Terps jumped out on Virginia, building a 6-1 halftime lead on the way
to the 11-2 win at Byrd Stadium.
* In eight games, the Terps have had 20 different goal
scorers. On three occasions, nine or more players have scored goals in a game,
showing the Terps are certainly spreading the wealth. In the win at Duke, 11
players scored goals including five players who tallied their first career
goals: freshman Mike Brown, junior Peter Ellis (Ross, Calif.), sophomore Ryan
Lang (Northport, N.Y.), junior Dave Matz (Woodstock, Vt.) and freshman Michael
Phipps.
* Nine Terps scored vs. Bucknell including Phipps and Matz
with their second goals of the year. Sophomore Bret Caretsky (Northport, N.Y.)
tallied his first career goal in the win.
* Against Butler, a season-high 12 players scored goals and 17
had points. Four players tallied their first career goals in the win: redshirt
freshmen Brent Hargest (Cockeysville, Md.) and Patrick Howell (Arlington, Va.),
freshman Thomas Alford (Washington, D.C.), who had two goals and junior college
transfer Terence Dorsey (Baltimore, Md.).
* Maryland's extra-man unit is 7-for-20 this season (35.0
percent) through eight games -- tied for 15th nationally. They were a perfect
4-for-4 in the win at Georgetown, scoring once in each quarter. Joe Walters,
Bill McGlone, Justin Smith and Ian Healy tallied the goals. The last time
Maryland netted four extra-man goals was in the 2003 opener against Duke, as
they went 4-for-6. The perfect day was especially sweet as the Terps worked hard
on improving the EMO. Last season, they scored just four goals on their final 41
man-up chances spanning the final 10 games. Smith had his second EMO goal vs.
Towson.
The Terps' Stifling Defense
* With all the talk of the Terps' offense clicking at such a high rate, the
heralded defense has been equally impressive this season. Maryland has been
strong on defense in eight games, limiting opponents to a 6.13 GAA, best in the
nation. Over the last six games, the team GAA is 5.33 including the nation's top
goalie Tim McGinnis with a 4.69 personally in the last five games.
* Similar to last season, Maryland has held opponents
scoreless for long stretches of game time. In 16 games last season, the Terps
kept opponents scoreless for stretches of 20 or more minutes on 10 occasions.
They have done it six times already this season in eight games -- with two
streak coming against Virginia.
* Against Georgetown, the Hoyas were held off the board for
23:22 spanning the first quarter to the early third quarter. The Hoyas trailed
9-1 at halftime, scoring just once in the game's first 34:05. Georgetown turned
the ball over 25 times, with 14 of them being forced by a Terp. Senior captain
and All-American Lee Zink led the way with four caused turnovers.
* Maryland pitched a shutout for the first 29:10 of the Towson
game, before allowing a goal with 50 seconds left in the first half. Maryland
then shutout the Tigers for the entire third quarter -- limiting them to one
goal over the game's first 49:37.
* Against Bucknell, the Terps held the Bison scoreless until 11:54 left in the
first half, marking the second game in a row they have blanked an opponent in
the first quarter. Bucknell was also held to just one goal until 12 seconds were
left in the first half -- a stretch of 29:48, allowing just one goal.
* At UMBC, it was more of the same, as the stifling defense
kept the Retrievers off the board for 29:12 bridging the second through fourth
quarters. After scoring early in the fourth quarter, Maryland locked them down
for the next 10:40 -- allowing just one goal in 39:52. Tim McGinnis made eight
saves in the fourth quarter at UMBC, allowing just four goals all game.
* The Butler game provided the best shutdown defense for the
Terps, as they held the Bulldogs off the scoreboard for the first 39:11,
shutting them out in the first half. Once Butler scored with 5:49 left in the
third quarter, they did not allow another goal until the final minute of the
quarter -- giving up one goal in 44:28.
* Maryland had is best defensive performance of the season
against defending national champion Virginia as they held the Cavaliers to just
two goals -- their lowest total since May 1984. The two goals allowed were the
fewest by the Wahoos in the series since an 18-0 shutout in 1955. The Terps held
Virginia scoreless for the first 24:41 of the game and then for the final 27:59
of the game. Maryland blanked Virginia's top seven scorers, holding them all
pointless including All-Americans John Christmas, Matt Ward and Joe Yevoli.
Top-Notch Defenders
* In goal, graduate student Tim McGinnis has allowed six or
fewer goals in six of eight games this season. Overall, he has a 5.70 goals
against average and a 68.0 save percentage. He had 15 saves in the win over
Towson, giving up just one goal through the first 49:37. He had 13 saves at UMBC
including eight in the fourth quarter. He blanked Butler for the entire first
half. Against No. 4 North Carolina, he made 14 saves and gave up nine goals to
the high-scoring Tar Heels and was named ACC Player of the Week. McGinnis had
his best game as a Terps against Virginia, racking up 17 saves, allowing just
two goals for a single-game 89.5 save percentage and was named the UnderArmour
TerpVision Player of the Game.
* Senior captains and All-Americans Chris Passavia and Lee
Zink have been stellar this season. They have sliced and diced their opponents,
combining to force 47 turnovers in eight games. Passavia leads the team with 25.
They have combined to scoop up 47 groundballs as well to rank second and third
in the team - Zink (26) and Passavia (21). The duo has consistently shut down
opponents' top scoring threats. They held Georgetown's All-American tandem of
Walid Hajj and Neal Goldman to one assist between the two. Passavia forced
Duke's top scorer Matt Danowski into six turnovers. Against Bucknell, the Terps
held the nation's leading scorer Chris Cara to just one goal, as he came into
the game averaging over six points a game. Butler's top player Kyle Tietjen, who
came into the Maryland game with the most goals in the nation was also held
scoreless. Against UNC, Scott Falatach was held to one assist by Zink, while
that week's national top goal-scorer Jed Prossner was forced into six turnovers
by Passavia. Against Virginia, Passavia and Zink held the Cavaliers top scorers
and preseason All-Americans John Christmas and Matt Ward pointless and forced
them into three turnovers apiece.
* Other defenders have stepped up their play including fellow
senior captain Dave Wagner along with juniors Gavin Webb (Columbus, Ohio) and
Tyler Hereth (Glastonbury, Conn.) and have been valuable contributors. In his
first season as a starter, Wagner has 16 groundballs. Webb has 18 groundballs in
his time.
* Captain and short-stick defensive midfielder Paul Gillette
has been steady and consistent as usual and leads the team with 34 groundballs
through eight games, with seven coming at Duke where he also scored and assisted
a goal. The team's unsung hero also has assists in four of the last five games
and has six total points, seeing time on the second midfield in addition to his
defensive duties.
* Short-stick defenders Drew Virk (Ross, Calif.) and Ryan Lang
have been strong in helping the defense as well.
100th Maryland/Hopkins Game: April 17, 2004
* Maryland will play Johns Hopkins for the 100th time in
lacrosse history on April 17, 2004. The game will be played at Hopkins' Homewood
Field in Baltimore. It will be televised live on WMAR Channel 2 in Baltimore and
nationally on College Sports Television (CSTV).
* Maryland and Hopkins are the two most storied lacrosse
programs in the nation, with the rivalry beginning with back in 1895 as Hopkins
defeated the Maryland Agricultural College. The Blue Jays (32) and Terps (26)
have played in the first and third most NCAA Tournaments since the event began
in 1971, respectively. Maryland (108) and Hopkins (171) have produced the most
first team All-Americans in the history of lacrosse dating to the first awards
in 1922.
* This year's historic event will feature both teams wearing
"throwback jerseys." The Terps will wear the mode of the early 70s
when they won two NCAA championships including the 1973 title when they beat the
Blue Jays in double-overtime, 10-9 on June 2, 1973.
* The logo to the right will be worn by both teams on their
commemorative jerseys. Following the game, the jerseys will be auctioned off for
charity with Maryland's funds going to the Ronald McDonald House of Baltimore.
Hopkins' money will go to the Hopkins Children's Hospital.
* Overall, Hopkins holds a 62-36-1 lead in the series. Since
the Terrapins elevated to a varsity sport in 1924, Maryland has a 36-52-1 record
against Johns Hopkins. There has been at least one Maryland-Hopkins game every
year since 1924 with the exception of 1944 and 1945 when World War II kept the
schools from fielding teams.
Terps' 79th Season of Lacrosse
* The Terps have an all-time record of 645-205-4, 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 78 seasons
with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 12-4.
The program's 600th win came against Duke on April 21, 2000, 7-6 in the ACC
Semifinals at Byrd Stadium.
* Since 2000, Maryland is 53-16 for a .768 win percentage. In
the decade of the 1990s, Maryland recorded its most wins in any decade with 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.
Passavia & Zink Up For Tewaaraton
* Maryland All-American defensemen Chris Passavia and Lee Zink are among the 26
men named to the 2004 Tewaaraton Watch List. This preseason list highlights the
players to watch, as all NCAA Division I, II and III players vie for the most
coveted and prestigious award in varsity lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Trophy.
* Graduate goalie Tim McGinnis was added to the "Watch
List" after his sensational start this season.
* The Tewaaraton Trophy is presented annually following the
collegiate season to the top female and male varsity collegiate lacrosse players
in the United States. The trophy will be presented in Washington, D.C., on June
3, 2004, at a banquet honoring the finalists and trophy winners. The ceremony
will be held at the National Geographic Society Auditorium and will be broadcast
by CSTV. Former Maryland coach Dick Edell is serving as the Chair of the
committee which presents the award. Scholarship money is given to the
recipient's college or university general scholarship fund. The Foundation
committee honors Native American heritage with the name "Tewaaraton,"
the name the Mohawk nation gave to their game and the progenitor of present day
lacrosse which has received approval from the Mohawk Council of Elders.
Four Terps Named Preseason All-Americans
* The Terps placed two players on the Face-Off Magazine
Preseason All-American list. Maryland will be led by its pair of preseason
first-team All-American defensemen, Chris Passavia and Lee Zink . Both Passavia
(second team) and Zink (third team) were USILA All-Americans last season. The
Terps also feature two preseason Honorable Mention All-Americans in attacker Joe
Walters and midfielder Justin Smith.
2004 Team Captains: Gillette, Passavia, Wagner, Zink
* The Terps have named a quartet of captains for the 2004
season. They will be led by seniors: midfielder Paul Gillette (Millersville,
Md.), defenseman Chris Passavia (Stony Brook, N.Y.), defenseman David Wagner
(Severna Park, Md.) and defenseman Lee Zink (Rowayton, Conn.). All four players
are defensive standouts for the team and were voted captains by their teammates
during the fall season.
WMUC 88.1 FM
* WMUC (88.1 FM) and www.wmucsports.com will broadcast up to
14 games men's lacrosse games in 2003. A tentative schedule has been set up, but
is subject to change due to other Maryland sporting events. The action will be
called by Mark Zaner, Josh Madden, C.J. Holley, Steve DeClue, Bryan Mann and
Jeff Sundrun. A half-hour pregame show precedes each game.
Media Information
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men's lacrosse news emailed directly to you as soon as it breaks, email men's
lacrosse contact Jason Yellin at jyellin@wam.umd.edu with the message
"Men's Lacrosse Email" as the subject and you will receive every
update distributed about the team.
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* Terps on the Web: For up-to-date game stories, statistics,
schedules and results, and other Maryland athletic department information,
please locate www.umterps.com.
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