Fresh off its 10-8 win over Georgetown, 17th-ranked Navy (7-3) will be back in action Friday night under the lights when it battles longtime rival Maryland (6-3) ... the Navy-Maryland showdown, sponsored by STX, is slated for a 7:06 pm faceoff at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Friday's game will be the fifth and final regular-season home game for the Mids' 13 seniors ... there will be a pregame ceremony honoring the senior players and their parents.

Anchored by a 15-save effort by senior Tommy Phelan, Navy held off a mounting comeback by Georgetown to snap a five game losing streak to the Hoyas ... junior attackman Tim Paul had a hand in each of the Mids' last four goals (2G, 2A) of the game, while fellow attackman Brendan Connors turned in his first collegiate hat trick.

Maryland, meanwhile, suffered a heart-wrenching loss to top-ranked Virginia in a 10-9 seven-overtime marathon contest in Charlottesville Saturday ... the Terps owned a 6-9 lead with 13:32 to play in the game, but they gave up three straight goals over the course of one minute to allow the Cavaliers to knot the game up ... UVA's Brian Carroll scored the equalizer with 4:39 to play in regulation and sealed the win with an unassisted score in the seventh overtime..

Friday's game will be televised by CBS College with Major League Lacrosse Director of Broadcast Content Jason Chandler (play by play) and former Syracuse All-American Paul Carcaterra (analyst) calling the action.

Additionally, the contest will be broadcast over the radio waves by (WNAV 1430 AM, WFED 1050 AM) with Pete Medhurst handling the call, beginning with the Navy lacrosse pregame show at 6:45 pm ... in addition, the game will be streamed online (audio AND video) with live stats available at NavySports.com.

Previewing Maryland

• Eighth-year head coach Dave Cottle has led his Terrapins to a 6-3 record, featuring wins over ACC foes Duke and North Carolina ... meanwhile the three losses have been at the hands of Georgetown, UMBC and Virginia.

• The Terps are trying to brush off a 10-9 loss against top-ranked Virginia last weekend in what was the longest collegiate lacrosse game in NCAA?history, an amazing seven overtimes ... it lasted one more extra period than Navy's 2002 loss to North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

• Maryland owned a 6-9 lead with 13:32 to play in the game, but the Terps gave up three straight goals over the course of one minute to allow the Cavaliers to knot the game up ... UVA's Brian Carroll scored the equalizer and sealed the win with an unassisted score in OT.

• Maryland sophomore attackman Grant Catalino seems to do it all for the Terps ... he is the team's leader in points (33), goals (18) and assists (15) ... he is the only Maryland player who has turned in multiple game-winners and also has punched in three extra-man scores.

• Notre Dame transfer Will Yeatman has a balanced attack with 11 goals and 13 assists, while sophomore Ryan Young has gunned in 14 goals for the Terps.

• Junior Bryn Holmes has gotten it done from the faceoff "x", winning 60.7 percent (65-107) of his draws.

• Brian Phipps and Jason Carter have split the starting duties between the pipes ... Phipps has started four games and owns a 7.66 GAA and 57.5 save percentaged, while Carter has turned away 54.5 percent of the shots and yields a 6.54 GAA in five starts.

Navy vs. Maryland -- The Series

• On Friday night, Navy and Maryland will meet for the 64th-consecutive year ... it's the second-longest continuous lacrosse series between Navy and another opponent ... only Army has played Navy longer (next week is the 77th-straight year the two have met).

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2009-04-02