|
Father and Son Square Off When Terps Host Dartmouth
March 22, 1999 COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland men's lacrosse coach Dick Edell will coach against his son Gregg Edell this Tuesday when the Terps (4-1) play host to Dartmouth (1-1) at 4 p.m. in Byrd Stadium. It is the first time, the senior Edell and his son, a junior attacker for the Big Green, will be on opposing sidelines. The No. 7 Terrapins will close out their extended seven-game homestand to begin the season as they renew their ACC rivalry with No. 16 North Carolina (4-2) on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Byrd Stadium. The Terps have won the last three meetings in the heated rivalry, including both matchups last season. Five of the last seven games have been decided by one goal, dating back to 1994. RECORDS & RANKINGS
Dartmouth has a record of 1-1 following a win over Holy Cross, 23-13 and a narrow 10-9 loss to Villanova last Saturday. Last season, the Big Green compiled a 6-7 record and were not ranked. North Carolina comes into Saturdays game with a 5-2 record fresh off a thrilling 10-9 upset win over 1998 national champion Princeton. The Heels have also defeated Colgate, Butler, Air Force and Denver. Their losses came in back-to-back games against Navy and Penn. Last season, North Carolina went 7-8 and lost to Duke in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In the 1999 STX/USILA poll of March 15, Maryland was ranked No. 7 and North Carolina is ranked No. 16. In the most recent Face-Off Yearbook media poll of March 22, Maryland is ranked No. 7 and North Carolina jumped to No. 13 on the heels of their upset win over Princeton. Dartmouth is not ranked in either poll. Marylands schedule this season features nine teams ranked in the top 20 of the STX/USILA and Face-Off Yearbook media polls.
COACHES
Currently, Edell has a career ACC record of 142-64 (.689). With a lifetime record of 253-111 (.694) over the last 26 years following stints at the University of Baltimore, Army and Maryland, Edell is the nations second-winningest active coach. Ironically, the only coach Edell trails on the active list is Jack Emmer (268-141), who succeeded Edell at Army in 1984. "Big Man" as he is affectionately known, has led his teams to 19 NCAA Tournament appearances (15 in Division I), including 11 at Maryland. He has also led the Terps to three ACC championships and three NCAA championship game appearances. He was named the national coach of the year by the USILA in 1978 and 1995. He was also selected as the ACC Coach of the Year in 1989, 1992 and 1998. Dartmouths Rick Sowell (Washington College 86) is in his first season as the head coach of the Big Green. He came to Dartmouth from Georgetown, where he has been an assistant coach for seven years. Prior to Georgetown, Coach Sowell spent three years (1988-91) as head coach of boys' lacrosse at Mount St. Albans High School in Washington, D.C. His coaching career began at his alma mater Washington College in Chestertown, MD, where he helped lead the Shoremen to the NCAA Division III national title game in 1986 and the semifinal round in 1987. He also played for the NLLs Baltimore Thunder for five years, earning All-Pro in 1990, 1991 and 1992. Dave Klarmann of North Carolina is in his ninth season at the helm of the Tar Heels. He has led them to a 91-39 record since 1991. The Heels have qualified for the NCAA Tournament in seven of his eight seasons. Klarmann led North Carolina to the NCAA championship in his first season as a head coach in 1991. He also led them to the title game in 1993. In their last four appearances, North Carolina has lost in the first round of the tournament
TERP-TOWSON GAME RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 5
SERIES HISTORY
The Last Three Games Vs. Dartmouth Mar. 1978 Maryland 16, Dartmouth 3 Apr. 2, 1955 Maryland 16, Dartmouth 6 Apr. 7, 1954 Maryland 20, Dartmouth 7
Since Maryland and North Carolina began their series in 1964, Maryland holds a 26-17 (.605) advantage. Maryland has won the last three games, including two last season, 13-8 in the ACC Tournament semifinals and 12-11 in the regular-season meeting at Chapel Hill. Five of the last seven meetings with North Carolina have been decided by one goal. The Terps lost their only NCAA Tournament meeting with the Heels in 1986, 12-10. In ACC Tournament action, Maryland picked up its first win over the UNC since the tournament started in 1989 with last seasons 13-8 win on April 17, 1998. The Terps had dropped the first six games against the Heels in the ACCs all during a stretch from 1990 to 1995 The Last 10 Games Vs. North Carolina Apr. 17, 1998 Maryland 13, North Carolina 8 (ACC) Mar. 21, 1998 Maryland 12, North Carolina 11 Mar. 22, 1997 Maryland 13, North Carolina 12, OT Mar. 23, 1996 North Carolina 17, Maryland 16 Apr. 21, 1995 North Carolina 14, Maryland 9 (ACC) Mar. 25, 1995 Maryland 13, North Carolina 12 Apr. 22, 1994 North Carolina 8, Maryland 7 (ACC) Mar. 26, 1994 North Carolina 12, Maryland 7 Apr. 25, 1993 North Carolina 18, Maryland 10 (ACC) Mar. 27, 1993 North Carolina 18, Maryland 10
TERPS ON WMAR-TV
WMAR Broadcast Schedule Sun. Mar. 7 Duke 11, Maryland 10 Fri. Mar. 12 Loyola 14, Johns Hopkins 5 Sun. Mar. 14 Maryland at Towson ppd. (snow) Sun. Mar. 21 Georgetown 11, UMBC 6 Sun. Mar. 28 Syracuse at Towson 1:00 p.m. Sat. Apr. 3 Towson at Loyola 1:00 p.m. Sat. Apr. 10 Syracuse at Loyola 1:00 p.m. Sun. Apr. 11 Ohio State at Johns Hopkins 1:00 p.m. Fri. Apr. 16 Johns Hopkins at Maryland 8:00 p.m. Sun. Apr. 25 Towson at UMBC 1:00 p.m. Sun. May 2 Johns Hopkins at Towson 1:00 p.m. Sat. May 8 UMBC at Maryland 1:00 p.m. TERPS ON WMUC RADIO
Remaining WMUC Broadcast Schedule Sat. Mar. 27 North Carolina 1:00 p.m. Sat. Apr. 3 at Virginia 2:00 p.m. Sat. Apr. 10 at Navy 1:00 p.m. Fri. Apr. 16 Johns Hopkins 8:00 p.m. Fri. Apr. 23 ACC Tourney TBA Sat. May 8 UMBC 1:00 p.m.
TERP TICKETS
MARYLAND SPORTS ON THE INTERNET
TERRAPIN FANPHONE
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURN TO MARYLAND
The semifinals take place on Saturday, May 29, with action getting underway at noon. The championship game will be played Monday, May 31 at 10:55 a.m. All of the action will be broadcast live on ESPN. College Park has been the site of eight NCAA championship games (1972, 79, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97), the most of any site. The semifinals and championship game will also be played at College Park in 2000, before they return to Rutgers in 2001 and 2002.
MARYLAND (4-1, 0-1 ACC) F25 DENVER (7/-) W, 13-5 F27 PROVIDENCE (7/-) W, 18-5 M7 * DUKE (7/3) L,10-11 M17 PENN STATE (7/12) W, 19-10 M20 CORNELL (7/13) W, 11-6 M23 DARTMOUTH 4:00 p.m. M27 * NORTH CAROLINA 1:00 p.m. A3 * at Virginia 2:00 p.m. A10 at Navy 1:00 p.m. A16 JOHNS HOPKINS (WMAR-TV) 8:00 p.m. A23 ACC Semifinals @ Chapel Hill, N.C. A25 ACC Championship @ Chapel Hill, N.C. M1 at Yale 1:00 p.m. M5 at Towson 7:30 p.m. M8 UMBC (WMAR-TV) 1:00 p.m. M15 NCAA First Round @ Towson, Md. M16 NCAA First Round @ Providence, R.I. M22 NCAA Quarterfinals @ Princeton, N.J. M23 NCAA Quarterfinals @ Hempstead, N.Y. M29 NCAA SEMIFINALS @ COLLEGE PARK M31 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP @ COLLEGE PARK
PRESEASON HONORS
College Lacrosse USA Preseason All-Americans
Baltimore Sun Preseason All-Americans
MARYLANDS LAST GAME
Both Zeller and Hochstadt finished the day with three goals, and are first and second on the team in goals with 14 and 10, respectively. Hochstadt continued to write his name into the Maryland record book as he scored his 100th career goal to close the first-quarter onslaught with four seconds left. Hochstadt became the 10th player in Terrapin mens lacrosse history to crack the 100-goal plateau. Hochstadt also moved into the top 20 in all-time point scoring with three today. In his four-year career, Hochstadt now has 129 points to rank in a tie for 19th all-time with Pat OMealley, who played at Maryland from 1971-74. Two Terps scored their first college goals. Junior defenseman Jason Carrier (Boonton Township, N.J./Mountain Lakes) and freshman attacker Nate Watkins (Elmira, N.Y./Horseheads) got into the scoring column for the first time for Maryland. Sophomore attacker Andrew "Buggs" Combs (Baltimore, Md./St. Pauls) added a pair of goals in the win and attacker Marcus LaChapelle (Severna Park, Md./St. Marys) added two more assists to raise his team-high total to 13. Cornell (2-2) played a strong game in the second and third quarters, outscoring Maryland 5-1 over the periods and cut the Terps lead to 8-5 with 5:32 left in the third quarter on a goal by Andrew Schardt (Liverpool, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse). Attacker Josh Morgan (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) scored two goals in the second quarter, when the Big Red outscored Maryland 3-1. Box Score No. 13 Cornell (2-2) 0 3 2 1 - 6 No. 7 Maryland (4-1) 7 1 0 3 - 11
Scoring
Goalies
THE LAST MARYLAND-DARTMOUTH GAME:
The 1978 season saw the Terps capture their 18th ACC championship as they finished 9-2 overall, falling to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA semifinals, 17-11. Boneillo led the team in scoring with 66 points. Larry Kimball had 41 goals to top Maryland in that category.
THE LAST MARYLAND-NORTH CAROLINA GAME
North Carolina opened the scoring in the game with a bounce shot from Justin Bowman six minutes into the contest. The Terrapins answered with the final three goals of the quarter as Andrew Whipple and Hahn both assisted and scored for the Terps first two goals and Brian Zeller scored from Frank Radin with just 33 seconds remaining in the period to give Maryland the 3-1 advantage at the break. UNCs Jeremy Carey opened the scoring in the second quarter just 42 seconds into the period with a dive to cut the deficit to one. Hahn doubled the margin four minutes later as he stuffed in a rebound to make the score 4-2. Carolina went on a 2-0 run in two minutes as Chase Martin and Billy Walsh both tallied for the Tar Heels to tie the score at 4-4. But Marylands Whipple put the Terps up by one at the break with an unassisted dodge with 4:55 to go in the first half. North Carolina tied the game for a second time as Jeff Sonke took a pass from Bowman to the cage two minutes into the second half on an extra-man situation. Whipple again put Maryland up by one a minute later, but Bowman scored his second goal with just over ten minutes remaining in the third quarter. The teams held each other scoreless for the final ten minutes of the third quarter, setting the stage for Hahns heroics.
EDELL VS. UNC, KLARMANN
TERPS VS. DARTMOUTH
TERPS VS. NORTH CAROLINA
EDELL AMONG THE LEADERS
Winningest Active Coaches (By Wins) 1. Jack Emmer, Army 268-141 2. Dick Edell, Maryland 252-111 3. Tom Hayes, Rutgers 233-165 4. Glenn Thiel, Penn State 232-146
HOCHSTADT REACHES 100-GOAL PLATEAU
In ninth place on the list is Ed Mullen (1972-76) with 102 goals. Bill Pettit (1962-64) is eighth with 103 goals and Dave Dempsey (1970-74) is seventh with 107. Hochstadt would have to scored 49 more goals this season to break the record 149, set by Matt Hahn last season. Hochstadt has also broken into the top 20 on the all-time point-scoring list after his three-goal performance against Cornell. Hochstadt is tied for 19th on the all-time list with Pat OMeally (1971-74) with 129 points. He could pass Dempsey for 18th on the list with a six-point week. Dempsey tallied 134 points during his career from 1970-74.
All-Time Goal Scorers (Career) 1. Matt Hahn (1995-98) 149 2. Rob Wurzberger (1988-91) 137 3. Frank Urso (1973-76) 127 4. Pete Worstell (1977-81) 126 5. Jim Wilkerson (1980-83) 117 6. Mark Douglas (1988-91) 109 7. Dave Dempsey (1970-74) 107 8. Bill Pettit (1962-64) 103 9. Ed Mullen (1972-76) 102 10. Scott Hochstadt (1996-Pr.) 101
|