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No. 6 Terps Hit The Road For The First Time In 2005 At No. 9 Towson
March 10, 2005 College Park, Md. - No. 6 Maryland Hits The Road For The First Time In 2005 At No. 9 Towson • Maryland -- under the leadership of the third-winningest coach in lacrosse Dave Cottle, now in his fourth year with Maryland -- enter the game 1-1 on the season after pounding No. 5 Georgetown, 13-6, in the season opener and losing to Duke, 10-8, last week. • The Tigers are 3-0 on the season with all three wins coming on the road. Towson opened the season with a 7-5 win at Loyola, before heading out the the Pioneer Face-Off Classic in Denver, Colo. The Tigers easily handled Air Force in the first game, 15-6, behind Jonathan Engelke scored four goals and added an assist. Goalie Reed Sothoron stopped 13 saves in Towson's 10-8 come-from-behind victory over host school Denver last Sunday afternoon. • Under Cottle, the Terps have a 2-1 record in road openers, including a 12-8 victory at Towson in 2003. In the three road openers under Cottle, Maryland has averaged 11.3 goals game, while holding its opponents to 7.3 goals per game. • Under Coach Tony Seaman, Towson is 3-3 in home openers and have lost its last two. The last time the Tigers faced Maryland in their home opener was 1997, with the Terps taking an easy 17-9 decision.
The Maryland-Towson Series • In the last game at Towson between the teams, the Terps got a dynamic performance from then-freshman Joe Walters, who scored the first four goals of his career and added an assist for his first five-point game as a Terp to lead Maryland to a 12-8 victory. Ian Healy, the only other current Terp to score at Towson, added a goal and an assist in the win. • The two schools first played in 1971, a 22-6 Maryland win on April 3. The teams did not meet again until 1981 and have met at least once per season since. • The Tigers have never beaten Maryland on their home field. The Terps are a perfect 11-0 at Towson, although Towson has won three times in the regular season in College Park: Towson, 14-7 (4/12/94), Towson, 13-9 (3/14/92) and Towson, 8-7 (3/17/90). • Towson has won the only two meetings between the two schools in the postseason. The Tigers beat the Terps 15-11, in the NCAA Semifinals at Syracuse on May 25, 1991. Towson also upset Maryland in College Park in the 2001 NCAA Quarterfinals 12-11. Towson-Maryland Connections • Towson offensive assistant coach Andrew "Buggs" Combs is in his third year on the sidelines after a standout playing career at Maryland. Combs was a 2001 Terp lacrosse All-American, who became the second player in the storied history of Maryland lacrosse to score 50 goals in a season, which he did three years ago. Combs is also the son of Towson football coach Gordy Combs. • Former Maryland coach Dick Edell, who retired from the school on Sept. 3, 2001, is a 1968 Towson graduate and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1980. • Maryland's Jacob Baxter is the brother of recent Towson grad and All-American Adam Baxter. Jacob is a redshirt freshman this season with the Terps. • Many Terps and Tigers have been high school teammates as well. Former Severn School teammates Michael Phipps will oppose Todd MacMullan and Michael Houser. Long Island natives from Baldwin, Matt Aksionoff and Casey Cittadino will be on opposing sidelines after playing together in high school. Jay Feeley and Kyle Batton will face each other after graduating from Dulaney last spring. Terp freshmen Joe Amoyal and Jeff Reynolds will be facing fellow Calvert Hall grads Matt Eckerl, Anthony Miele and Nick Williams. Former Boy's Latin (Md.) teammates Scott Slosson, Bobby Griebe and Adam Hagelin will reunite, while St. Mary's high school will be represented by Will Dalton and Jason Carter on the Maryland side and Patrick Haley, Mike Raszewski and Ted Turnblacer from Towson. Freshmen Andrew Urquhart and Fred Lee will meet for the first time in college after being teammates at Fairfield Prep in Connecticut. Individual Terps Vs. Towson • Joe Walters scored the first four goals of his collegiate career in the 12-8 win at Towson in 2003 and added a goal in last year's 8-6 victory. The Healy brothers have each scored on the Tigers. Ian had a goal and assist in the 2003 game, while Brendan scored twice and added an assist last season. Xander Ritz put up a three-point game vs. the Tigers last year with a goal and two assists, while Bill McGlone had a goal. • Junior face-off specialist David Tamberrino was 0-1 vs. Towson in draws last year. Coaching Match-Up • Towson's Tony Seaman is in his seventh year Towson with a 216-111 record in 24 years at Towson, Johns Hopkins, Penn and C.W. Post. He is 52-38 in seven-plus years with the Tigers starting in 1999. Harry Saves The Day
• The 25 saves were the most by a Maryland goalie since the 1997 season when Sean Keenan made 26 saves in a 12-4 win over Rutgers. • Alford's 25-save performance is the highest total in season opener dating back to the 1997 season. The previous best for saves in a season opener since 1997 was 17 by Danny McCormick vs. Duke in 2003. • For his efforts vs. the Hoyas, Alford collected Inside Lacrosse's National Player of the Week honors, as well being named the ACC player of the week. Streaking Terps
• Walters' kept his goal scoring streak alive at 9:45 in the second quarter with an unassisted goal to give Maryland a 2-1 lead, a lead they would never surrender on the way to a 13-6 victory. Against Duke, Walters took a more aggressive approach and picked up his 19th career hat trick, including two man-up goals. Terps' 80th Season of Lacrosse • Since 2000, Maryland is 59-20 for a .747 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. Maryland In Season Openers • 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.) 12 straight in Season Openers • The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener over the last 12 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. McGlone and Walters Up For Tewaaraton Award • Walters, a semifinalist for the award as a sophomore, scored 46 goals and tallied 22 assists for 68 points in 2004 and was a USILA first team All-American and the ACC Player of the Year. • McGlone, one of the top midfielders in the country, was second on the team in goals and points in 2004 with 25 and 36, respectively. • The Tewaaraton Trophy is awarded each year to the top male and female varsity lacrosse player, as chosen by the selection committee. The fifth annual award will be given at a banquet on Thursday, June 2. Ten finalists (five male, five female) will be invited to the banquet for the announcement. The event will take place in Washington D.C. at the National Geographic Society headquarters. 2005 Captains: I. Healy, Hereth, McGlone, Webb
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