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College Lacrosse's Biggest Rivalry: No. 7 Terps at No. 15 Johns Hopkins
April 10, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Lacrosse's biggest rivalry renews for the 104th time this Saturday afternoon, April 12, as seventh-ranked Maryland (7-3) travels to Homewood Field for a 2 p.m. showdown with No. 15 Johns Hopkins (3-5). The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU and shown locally on WMAR ABC2. Calling the game will be Scott Garceau on play-by-play, while Quint Kessenich will provide the commentary. • The game between the Terps and the Blue Jays can also be heard on ESPN Radio 1300 AM (WJFK) in Baltimore and surrounding areas. • Maryland comes into the game off of a disappointing 5-4 loss to No. 6 Navy last Friday in College Park. The game proved to be a tale of two halves as the Terrapin offense was shutout for the first half, but the Maryland defense returned the favor in the second half, holding the Mids without a goal in the final 30 minutes. • Hopkins enters the contest on a five-game losing streak - its longest losing streak since it dropped the final four games of the 1964 season and the first game in 1965. Hopkins has never had a six-game losing streak in its 125-year history.The Blue Jays last entered a Maryland-game with a losing record in 1990 when they were 3-4.
Coaching Match-Up • Hopkins' Dave Pietramala is in his eighth season at Hopkins and has a 88-25 (77.9) record with the Jays. He is 111-41 overall in 11 years as a coach for a 73.0 win percentage at both Hopkins and Cornell. • Head coach Dave Cottle has won four of 16 career games against Hopkins, 10 of which came while coaching at Loyola. He led the Greyhounds to back-to-back wins against Hopkins in 1998 (10-7) and 1999 (14-5). Against coach Dave Pietramala, Cottle is 1-5, as his Loyola team dropped a 13-10 decision on May 4, 2001, in addition to four losses while he has been at Maryland. His lone victory over Pietramala came in 2006 when the Terps dropped the Blue Jays 11-4 at Homewood Field.
Series History vs. Johns Hopkins • While this will be the 104th meeting between the two schools, Maryland's official record vs. Hopkins is 37-56-1. The first ten meetings between the two happened before lacrosse was an official sport at Maryland. This will also be the second time Maryland enters the game ranked higher than Hopkins since 2000. • Maryland is 11-22-1 all-time on the road vs. Hopkins. Prior to the Terps' 11-4 win in 2006, Maryland had dropped the last five played at Homewood Field. • Prior to 2004's 14-10 Hopkins win, the previous three games in the series were one-goal affairs -- with the two going to overtime. Six of the last 10 have been one-goal games. • The series returned to its one-goal history last season with the Blue Jays pulling out an 8-7 victory in overtime. Paul Rabil hit a running left-handed shot just 43 seconds into the extra session. Senior midfielder Chris Feifs had the finest outing of his college career in the game, scoring his first-ever hat trick. • The Terps snapped a four-game losing skid to Hopkins in 2006 with a decisive 11-4 win at Homewood Field on April 14. Leading the way was Attackman of the Year Joe Walters, who scored six goals and added two assists. Eight points and six goals were the most ever by a Maryland player against the Blue Jays. Bill McGlone chipped in with a pair of goals, while junior goalie Harry Alford was solid in the cage, stopping nine shots. • Before last season Hopkins had won the last four games, two (2003 & 2002) in overtime. The 2005 game saw the Blue Jays use a four-goal run in the third quarter to secure an 11-6 victory over the ninth-ranked Terrapins on April 15. Six different Terps scored in the game, led by Joe Walters, Xander Ritz and Dave Matz, who each scored one and added an assist. The loss dropped the Terps to 5-5 on the season, but they would go on a six-game winning streak en route to an ACC Tournament championship and a berth in the Final Four. • At Homewood Field on April 17, 2004, Hopkins raced out to an 8-1 lead in the first quarter en route to a 14-10 victory in the 100th meeting between the two schools. In the 2003 meeting at Byrd Stadium, on April 12, Joe McDermott scored the game-winner 1:21 into overtime for the 6-5 Hopkins win in front of 8,183 in attendance. • This game marks just the second time since 2002 that Hopkins does not come into the contest ranked No. 1 in the nation. Last year was the 10th time in the last 23 meetings that either Maryland or Hopkins comes into the game ranked No. 1. In those nine games, the No. 1-ranked team has been upset by the lower-ranked team three times with the most recent occurrence coming in 1998 as the No. 6 Hopkins squad handed the top-ranked Terps their first loss after an 8-0 start.
Individual Terps vs. Johns Hopkins • Senior co-captain Max Ritz has four career points vs. Hopkins and has at least one point in each of his three games against the Blue Jays. • Four midfielders have each scored goals vs. JHU, all coming in last season's 8-7 overtime loss. Dan Groot had a pair of goals, while Bryn Holmes, Adam Sear and Jeremy Sieverts each had one. • Senior midfielder Drew Evans picked up a pair of assists in Maryland's 2006 win over the Blue Jays. • In cage, both of Maryland's goalies have experience vs. Hopkins, but the degree of that experience is different. Brian Phipps played all 60:43 in the 2007-meeting, while Jason Carter played the final 1:55 in the 2006 Terrapin win at Homewood.
Maryland-Hopkins Connections • Two schools will have four alums in the game. Boys' Latin will have Brian Farrell, Travis Reed and Brett Weiss on the Maryland side and Trey Sheain on the Hopkins sideline. St. Mary's in Annapolis had a pair of players on either side. For the Terps, Will Dalton and Jason Carter are former Saints, as are Hopkins teammated Garrett Stanwick and Eric Zerrlaut. • Now is his 25th season as a Maryland assistant coach, Dave Slafkosky is a 1974 graduate of Johns Hopkins, where he played lacrosse from 1972-74. He helped the Blue Jays to the 1974 title, beating Maryland in the championship game, one year after the Terps had beaten Slafkosky and the Blue Jays in the title game.
Shooting Tells The Story • In Maryland's seven victories this season the Terrapins are shooting above 30% (33.0%, 95 goals/288 shots). In their three losses the Terps' shooting percentage is cut to 21.3% (19 goals/89 shots). • Another standout statistic from Terp wins and losses is man-up conversion percentage. Maryland has converted 11-of-23 opportunities (.478) in its seven wins, but is 2-of-10 (.200) in three defeats.
Home vs. Away • Maryland is averaging 11.6 goals per game in its home games, which is less than a one-goal difference from the 10.8 goals the Terps average on the road. • The Maryland defense has been very good whether it is playing at home or on the road, but the numbers favor the Terps when they are at home so far in 2008. Maryland is allowing opponents just 5.6 goals per game at home, but that inflates by to a still-respectable 8.7 gpg on the road. • Freshmen lead the Terps in scoring both at home and on the road. Ryan Young is the team's leading scorer overall, and is also tops in home scoring with three goals and 12 assists for 15 points. Another freshman attackman, Grant Catalino, leads the squad in scoring on the road with nine goals and three assists for 12 points.
Home Cooking
Streaking Terps • Only two Terps have current streaks longer than one game. Freshman attachman Grant Catalino extended his current point-scoring streak to six with a goal vs. Navy last Friday night. Fellow freshman Ryan Young is the only other Maryland player with a multi-game streak, but that only stands at two with a two-assist performance against the Midshipmen. • Freshmen attackman Ryan Young was the only Terp to have at least one point in every game until the North Carolina game. Young went scoreless for the first time in his Maryland career, ending his scoring streak at seven. • Jeremy Sieverts point-scoring streak ended at eight in the 16-4 win over Air Force. • Senior midfielder/attackman Max Ritz had both his 17-game multi-point streak and 20-game point scoring streak snapped at Georgetown. • Dan Groot had his point-scoring streak stopped at six in the Terps' 15-7 loss at No. 2 Duke on March 1.
Defense Ready To Meet Expectations • During the last four 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. So far in 2008, Maryland has held opponents scoreless for more than 20 minutes four times. • The emphasis on team defense was evident in the Terps' 2008 opener at No. 4 Georgetown. Maryland held the lauded Hoya offense to just six goals and two of those came when Georgetown converted on man-up opportunities. The Terrapin defense held Georgetown's starting attack and first midfield, which combined for 95 goals (6.3 per game) in 2007, to just three scores. • The defense was solid in allowing just seven goals at Mount St. Mary's on a rainy, foggy afternoon. The fog was the most difficult on the defense as it made the ball very hard for the goalies to see shots clearly. Even so, the Terrapins came up with a good defensive effort, holding the Mount to just one goal over a 22-minute span covering parts of the first, second and third quarters. Junior Mike Griswold led the Terps with three caused turnovers on the afternoon. Overall, 12 Terps combined to force 19 of the Mount's 25 turnovers. • The defense turned in its first shutout quarter of the season in the 13-5 win over Providence. The Terps held the Friars scoreless in the first quarter, allowing the offense to jump out to a 5-0 lead. Overall, Providence was held off the board for the first 23:30 of the game. Maryland forced 20 of the Friars' 21 turnovers. Leading the way was sophomore long pole Brian Farrell who had three caused turnovers to go along with four groundballs. • In the Terps' 12-7 win over No. 18 Towson, Maryland's "D" proved to be a physically dominant unit. The Terrapins forced 16 of the Tigers' 23 turnovers. Even more impressive was Maryland's plus-22 advantage in groundballs (53-31). Senior defender Ryne Adolph had a career-best six pick-ups off the turf and led a contingent of nine Terps who had at least four groundballs apiece. In addition to playing great on its side of the field, the defense also contributed on the offensive side of things vs. Towson as Brian Farrell scored two of Maryland's 12 goals. • The Maryland defense had its finest showing of the season to date against Air Force, holding the Falcons to just four goals. After surrendering three scores in the first quarter, the Terrapin defense tightened down and did not allow another goal for 44:03; the longest scoreless stretch for the season by the Terp "D". Maryland's defenders also got into the scoring act against Air Force. Five Terrapin defenders combined for a pair of goals and three assists. • At fifth-ranked North Carolina, the Terps bottled up the Tar Heels offense, holding them to just eight goals. Senior All-America candidate Joe Cinosky continued his dominant play with four groundballs and a pair of caused turnovers. In total, the Maryland defense held Carolina's starting attack to two goals and one assist. The "D" held the Tar Heels without a goal for 20:13, spanning the third and fourth quarters. That allowed the Maryland offense to go on a 5-0 scoring run and put the game out of reach. • A masterful performance by the Terrapin defense helped the Terps knock off then-No. 1 Virginia, 13-7. The Cavaliers were held to their lowest scoring output of the season and were held to just three goals in the first half. Virginia had entered the game averaging more than eight goals per game in the first half alone. Redshirt junior goalie Jason Carter was brilliant in the cage, stopping a career-best 15 saves in the victory. • The Terps held Navy to just five goals - more than four lower than its season average - and shutout the Midshipmen for the final 30:44 of the game. Joe Cinosky tied his career-high with five groundballs and also caused three of Navy's 24 turnovers. The Mids turned the ball over on 14 of their 16 second-half possessions against a tenacious Maryland defense.
Offensive Defenders • Sophomore long pole Brian Farrell leads the defense with five goals and an assist and is actually tied for 10th on the squad in points. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound Baltimore native, had scored at least one goal in four of the Terps' last six games. • Three short-sticks and one long pole each have two points on the year. Short-stick Spencer McAllister has two goals, while Dan Burns and Dean Hart each have two assists. Junior long pole Chris Rhine also has two points on a goal and an assist. • Sophomore long pole Dan Halayko has one goal, while senior All-America candidate Joe Cinosky and sophomore wrecking ball Bryn Holmes have added assists.
Where's The Beef? Check The "D" Brian Farrell: 6-5, 240 Freshmen Leading The Way • The season is just about a quarter gone (there's still a long way to go), but the top three scorers for the Terps right now are freshmen. This is rare air for the Maryland program. • Going back to 1962 only two Terrapins (Mike Mollot, who was a redshirt freshman, in 2000 and Joe Walters in 2003) led the team in points as a rookie. Only four (Walters, Matt Hahn in 1995, Rob Wurzburger in 1988 and Pete Worstell in 1977) led the team in goals and another four (Dan LaMonica in 2001, Mollot, Rob Chomo in 1991 and Tim Cox in 1989) led the squad in assists. • Travis Reed, Ryan Young and Grant Catalino are already approaching some freshmen milestones and are poised to climb the freshman class records in several categories. Reed is already tied for eighth, along with Dave Dempsey (1970) on the all-time freshman goals scored list with 18. Reed is also in 15th on the all-time freshman points list with 23. Young is in 14th spot on the freshman points list with 24, while Catalino is tied for 16th with Jack Lamon (1976) with 21 points. Young's 17 assists has him in eighth place on the freshman assist chart and needs just three more to tie Andrew Whipple (1995) and Frank Urso (1973) for sixth. Catalino moved into a tie with Rob Chomo (1992) and Ed Mullen (1972) for the 11th spot on the first-year goals list with 16. One more and he will tie Bob Boneillo (1977) for 10th.
Fast Starts • Since Coach Cottle arrived in College Park in 2002 only 11 players have totaled 20 points or more in the first 10 games of a season. Three of those are 2008 freshman attackmen Ryan Young, Grant Catalino and Travis Reed. Young's 17 assists is the second-best of any player in the last seven seasons through 10 games, behind only Dan LaMonica, who had 21 in 2002. The only rookie since 2002 to be on a better pace than Young, Reed and Catalino was Joe Walters in 2003 when he had 31 points on 25 goals and six assists through 10 games.
Freshmen Starters 2002: None
Memorable Debut • For his performance against the Hoyas, Catalino was named both the ACC Player of the Week (along with UNC goalie Grant Zimmerman) and the University of Maryland's male athlete of the week.
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 eight sets of brothers don the red and black together for at least one season. Harry & Thomas Alford: 2004-05-06-07 Fathers and Sons • 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. Terps' 83rd Season of Lacrosse • The Terps boast an all-time record of 690-228-4 (.751), 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 82 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 10-6. The program reached the 650-win milestone with a 16-12 win over Army in the first round of the 2004 NCAA tournament at Byrd Stadium. • Since 2000, Maryland is 98-39 for a .715 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.
Road Work • For just the second time in program history, the Terps opened the season with three-straight games away from College Park. In 1978 Maryland opened with a pair of games in North Carolina - a 25-11 win at NC State and a 14-7 win at Duke - before beating Dartmouth, 16-3, in a neutral site game at Garden City, Long Island. • 2008 marks the 12th time in the 83 years of Maryland lacrosse that the Terps will open a season with at least two road games. In the previous 11 seasons (1952, 1954, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 2001, 2004 and 2006) Maryland has a combined record of 23-0 in those road games. This season the Terps were 2-1 in its three-game road trip to open the season, bringing its record to 25-1 (.962).
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 eight sets of brothers don the red and black together for at least one season. Harry & Thomas Alford: 2004-05-06-07 Fathers And Sons • 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. Maryland In Season Openers • Maryland has a 79-3-1 (.958) lifetime record in season openers dating back to the 1924 season. The Terps have won their last 15 openers and 23 of the last 24, 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.)
15 Straight In Season Openers • After beating No. 4 Georgetown to open the 2008 season the Terps now have a 15-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) and Bellarmine. Over the 15-year stretch, Maryland outscored its foes 204-78 (an average score of 13.6-5.2) in those games. • The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener over the last 15 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.
2008 Captains: Adolph, Cinosky, Dalton, Evans & Ritz • Five players have been named team captains for the 2008 season. The quintet, which was voted on by the team during the preseason, consists of seniors Ryne Adolph, Joe Cinosky, Will Dalton, Drew Evans and Max Ritz. Media Information • Email Straight To You: If you would like the latest Maryland men's lacrosse news emailed directly to you as soon as it breaks, email men's lacrosse contact Patrick Fischer with "Men's Lacrosse E-Mail" as the subject and you will receive every update. • Terps on the Web: For up-to-date game stories, statistics, schedules and results, and other Maryland athletic department information, please log-on to www.umterps.com on the Internet. • GameTracker: Follow Terps games live in 2008 on your computer with GameTracker. Links for all games that will be available can be found at www.umterps.com.
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