#5 Georgetown (0-0) at #4 Maryland (0-0)

Date and Time: Saturday, February 26, 2005 at 3 p.m.
Location: Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex (1,000), College Park, Md.
Tickets: $5 - Adults; $3 - Youth

HOYAS AND TERPS OPEN 2005 LAX SEASON
The #4 and #5 lacrosse programs in the nation open up against each other today in College Park. This is the second consecutive season that the Hoyas and Terps have begun the year and last season's contest dinged the Hoyas with a 14-5 loss at home. It was the first opening game loss for Head Coach Dave Urick since 1995. Urick and Hoyas are 13-2 all-time in season openers but Georgetown has never beaten Maryland in three attempts. The last time the Hoyas paid a visit to College Park was in 2003 and GU lost a penalty filled contest 9-5 late in the season.

Georgetown boasts four Preseason All-Americans, including First Team members Brodie Merrill at LSM and Andy Corno as a face-off specialist. Seven starters return to a team that was seconds away from holding off eventual national champion Syracuse in last season's NCAA Quarterfinals.

The defense is loaded with four of five starters returning, Merrill, Reyn Garnett (close defense), John Trapp (close defense) and Rich D'Andrea (goalie) all returning. So with the defense solidified it will be the offensive side of the ball that needs to step up. The midfield has seasoned returnees Nick Miaritis, Garrett Wilson, Brice Queener and Pete Cannon to rely upon but the attack is young. Junior Sean Denihan will lead GU's attacking corps and will be joined by last season's third leading goal scorer and ECAC Rookie of the Year sophomore Trevor Casey.

The third attack slot will be filled by any number of players including junior Kyle Morin or freshmen Matt McBride and Brendan Cannon. Maryland's scoring options return completely intact for 2005 as all four top scorers from a season ago return. Joe Walters leads the Terps offense after netting 46 goals last season and adding 22 assists. Unlike the Hoyas the Terps defense is the question mark as every starting defender from last season has moved on.

You Should Know...
The Hoyas are one of only four programs in the nation to have gone to the past eight NCAA Tournaments. GU is joined by Johns Hopkins, Syracuse and Princeton in this elite group.

You Should Also Know...
Senior Andy Corno already owns all of Georgetown's career records in face-offs. He owns the most wins (462), the most attempts (709) and the highest win % (.652). Corno also is GU's all-time best groundball collector (255).

FLASHBACK 2004
#5 Maryland at #6 Georgetown - February 28, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After scoring the opening goal of the season on a Kevin Langtry strike from Keith Schroeder, the #6 Georgetown University men's lacrosse team (0-1) watched the #5 University of Maryland Terrapins (1-0) go on a 9-0 run that eventually led to a 14-5 Terps win in front of a crowd of 2,743 at Harbin Field. It is the first loss is a season opener for Georgetown since a 13-8 loss to Syracuse in 1995. Georgetown goalie Rich D'Andrea came out for the opener looking sharp. D'Andrea stopped 7-of-9 shots in the first period, but was unable to hold the Terps down in the second. Maryland outscored Georgetown 7-0 in the quarter, taking a 9-1 lead into the break. Georgetown's offense picked up in the second half, scoring three goals in the third period and another in the fourth, but the Hoyas were still unable to stop the Maryland offense, which added two goals in the third and three in the fourth. Andy Corno provided a bright spot for the Hoyas with one goal and winning 16 of the game's 23 face-offs. Xander Ritz and Joe Walters who each had three goals led Maryland. The Terps starting goalie, Tim McGinnis opened his Division I career with a 13 save performance and five goals against. The Terrapins out shot the Hoyas by four (42-38), but had seven more shots on goal (28-21). Maryland scored on each of its four extra man situations. The Hoyas scored once on four man-ups.

Score by Periods 1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland (1-0) 2 7 2 3 14
Georgetown (0-1) 1 0 3 1 5

Goals
Maryland: Ritz 3, Walters 3, McGlone 2, Smith 2, Healy, Bordley, Healy, Hartofilis.
Georgetown: Langtry, Schroeder, Corno, Trice, Mills.

Assists
Maryland: Ritz 4, Healy, McGlone.
Georgetown: Goldman, Langtry, Schroeder.

Shots Groundballs Face-offs
MD: 42 MD: 34 MD: 7-23
GU: 38 GU: 39 GU: 16-23

Saves
Maryland: 16 McGinnis 13 (5 GA - 51:48), Alford 3 (0 GA-8:12).
Georgetown: 14 D'Andrea 14 (14 GA).

AT THE HELM
Head coach Dave Urick is in his 16th season as the head coach of the Hoyas and has led GU to not only its first winning season, but also 14-consecutive winning seasons thereafter. Urick's record at Georgetown is 150-59 (.717) and his overall record in 25 years as a head coach is 272-89 for a .753 winning percentage, second among active coaches.

Urick's 272 career wins rank him fifth among active lacrosse coaches. Urick gained his 250th win in a NCAA Tournament First Round game on May 12, 2002 against Manhattan. Urick coached his 200th game at Georgetown on March 27th, 2004 against Duke (GU won 9-8). On July 23, 1998 Urick was inducted to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Urick led Georgetown to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 1997 and earned GU's first ever NCAA Tournament victory the next year with a 9-8 triumph over UMBC. Since that 1997 appearance Georgetown has not missed the tournament and is on an eight-year run, with their best result being in the 1999 season when the Hoyas advanced to the NCAA semifinals. Prior to arriving on the Hilltop Urick won 10-consecutive Division III NCAA Lacrosse Championships at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y. Urick has amassed a career 37-8 postseason record during his 18 trips to the NCAAs.

ECAC PRESEASON HONORS
Three Hoyas were named to the ECAC Preseason All-League squad, as well as an ECAC Defensive Player of the Year selection. Senior captain Brodie Merrill, junior Sean Denihan, and Andy Corno were all selected to the squad.

PICKED TO CAPTURE 2005 ECAC TITLE
Georgetown University men's lacrosse team was picked to capture the ECAC title for the sixth consecutive year by the league's coaches. The Hoyas have won the ECAC title the last five of six years.

SEASON OPENERS
Georgetown had won its last eight season openers until last season's 14-5 loss to Maryland. Under Head Coach Dave Urick GU boasts a 13-2 record in opening games. The only other loss came in 1995 when Georgetown lost 13-8 against Syracuse.

NEW TO THE LEAGUE
The ECAC has expanded the league with three new additions: Hobart College, Loyola College (Md.), and St. John's University.

SEVENTH IN PRESEASON RANKINGS
Georgetown was ranked seventh in the Lacrosse Magazine's annual preseason rankings.

ANOTHER HALL INDUCTION
Georgetown University's Dave Urick and Kim Simons were inducted into the Potomac Chapter of the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame on January 22, 2005.

HOYAS TO PLAY IN THE FIRST 4
GU will be competing against Syracuse in the The First 4 on March 12, 2005. The First 4 is an elite NCAA lacrosse invitational created to showcase the top Division I men's college lacrosse programs in the country. The inaugural First 4 will be held at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles, California. Georgetown will be one of four teams competing, joined by North Carolina, Notre Dame, and Syracuse.

FOUR PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS
Four Hoyas were on the 2005 Face-Off Yearbook and Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Teams. Seniors Andy Corno and Brodie Merrill both earned Preseason First Team All-America accolades while junior Reyn Garnett was named a Preseason Second Team All-American and senior Nick Miaritis was a Preseason Honorable Mention All-American.

TEN INKED FOR 2006 SEASON
Head Coach Dave Urick announced that ten student-athletes have signed the National Letter of Intent, committing to join the Hoyas in the fall of 2005. Five of the athletes originate from Maryland. Brennan Kelly, a defensemen from the McDonogh School, will help to contribute. Phil Mufarrij, Stoddert Nibley, Jake Samperton, and Scott Smith, will join Georgetown after graduating from the Landon School. Mufarrij and Smith will be helping the Hoyas on defense, while Nibley is a midfielder, and Samperton plays attack. The Hoyas also signed two recruits from New York, with Jordan Loftus and Cullen Molinari joining Georgetown. Loftus, who plays attack, is a student from Immaculate Heart Central. Molinari is a midfielder from Manhasset High School. Rounding out the mix is Stephen Bauer, Todd Cochran, and Chris Taylor.

NCAA TOURNAMENT STREAK
Georgetown's men's lacrosse program has played in the NCAA Tournament for eight straight seasons. Only three other men's lacrosse programs in the nation can claim they have been to the last eight consecutive tournaments, Hopkins, Princeton and Syracuse.

TEWAARATON WATCH
Brodie Merrill and Andy Corno were named to Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List.. They will by vying for the fifth annual Tewaaraton Award, the most coveted and prestigious award a varsity lacrosse player can receive and a symbol of excellence in college lacrosse.

2004 ECAC CHAMPIONS
With GU's 7-6 victory over Rutgers last season the Hoyas completed the 2004 season with a 3-0 league mark and earned their second consecutive ECAC conference crown. The Hoyas have won the ECAC crown in four of the league's first five seasons.

CORNO "RULES"
Andy Corno has been a dominant presence at the face-off circle for the past three seasons. Corno reset the Hoya record books as he currently owns GU's all-time face-off wins record (462 - #2 is Matt Pappas with 358) all-time face-off attempts (709 - #2 is Matt Pappas with 623) and all-time face-off win percentage (.652 - #2 is Scott Baughman with .582). He also holds down the #1 and #2 spots for single season face-off wins with 186 in 2004 and 181 in 2003.

GROUNDBALL KING
Beyond Andy Corno's face-off presence he has also earned himself the title of Georgetown's Groundball King. He surpassed former king, Kyle Sweeney, who secured 229 in his career, last season. Corno has 255 groundballs in his three seasons of action.

ALL GAME, EVERY GAME
Brice Queener has played in every game of his Hoya career. He has suited up in all 45 games that the Blue and Gray have played in since the 2002 season. He is the only senior to have done that.

LAST YEAR'S DEFENSE
The 2004 Hoya defense held 11 of 15 opponents to under their season scoring average. On the year Georgetown limited its opponents to an average of 2.69 goals under their season total.

MIARITIS MAGIC
Nick Miaritis is one of Georgetown's leading offensive threats . He netted the game winner with 15 seconds remaining against Rutgers last season and finished the year ranked fourth on the team in scoring (26), goals (16) and assists (10). His career best goal scoring game came last season with three at Loyola.

SECOND YEAR PRESENCE
Trevor Casey is a sophomore attackman who started all 15 games for the Hoyas as a freshman and earned the ECAC's Rookie of the Year Award. He placed third on the team in goal scoring with 20 and ranked fifth in points with 24. Casey netted a career high five goals in GU's 16-7 win against Mt. St. Mary's. He scored a goal in 10 of GU's 15 games and hit for multiple scores in six contests.

NATIONAL LEADERS
Andy Corno was tops in the nation in 2004 for face-offs with a .681 win percentage at the "X". Corno's 7.62 ground balls per game average ranked third in the land while fellow Hoya Brodie Merrill ranked tied for fifth in the land (6.14).

GU'S HISTORIC LSM
Brodie Merrill has taken over the reigns of Georgetown's historic long stick position. He has kept up the defensive brilliance required of the position and has continued the tradition of helping on the offensive end netting four career goals and recording one assist. Merrill's offensive prowess comes from his time as a Canadian box lacrosse star.

UP AT THE BREAK
GU posted a 10-2 mark when up at the break last season with both losses coming against Syracuse (GU up 6-5; GU up 5-3). In 2003 GU went 9-1 when up at halftime with that loss also coming in the final regular season game at home to Syracuse when GU held a 6-3 lead after two quarters.

BELTWAY BATTLES
The Hoyas went 2-2 in Beltway battles last season, losing at home to both Maryland and Navy and defeating Loyola in Baltimore and Towson at home.

DOUBLE DIGIT WINS
Georgetown's men's lacrosse program has registered double digit wins the past eight straight seasons.

2004 ECAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
The Hoyas' won four ECAC Defensive Player of the Week Awards, one Rookie of the Week and four Offensive Player of the Week awards last year. In 2003 GU was honored with five total player of the week awards.

COACHING LEADER
Georgetown head coach Dave Urick is ranked third among active Division I men's lacrosse coaches in win percentage. Urick has won 150 of 209 Division I men's lacrosse games for a 71.8% win percentage.

ECAC COMPETITION
In Georgetown's three plus seasons of ECAC league play the Hoyas have only lost three times. GU boasts a 22-3 overall record in ECAC contests and has won the league crown four of five seasons.

MINDING THE NET
Junior Rich D'Andrea is between the pipes for the third consecutive season as GU's starter. D'Andrea is 20-8 as the Hoya starter and boasts a 7.67 career GAA.

NEW FACES
Newcomers make up 32% of the Hoyas roster this season as 16 fresh faces put on the Blue and Gray for the first time in their careers.

HOYAS AT HOME
The Hoyas have been defeated seven times in Washington, D.C. in the last six years. The Hoyas have a 34-7 home record the last six seasons with the losses coming to Maryland (2004) and Navy (2004), Syracuse (2004,
2003 & 2001), UMass (2002), and Duke (1999).

ROAD WARRIORS
In the past four years of play the Hoyas have lost seven games away from home. The Blue and Gray boast a 26-7 mark away from Harbin Field during that time.

NEUTRAL LOCALES
Since 1999 Georgetown has a 9-6 record when playing an opponent on a neutral field.

TOUGH SCHEDULING
The Hoyas battle eight teams in the Inside Lacrosse Preseason top 25 (Syracuse, Maryland, UMass, Navy, Duke, Loyola, Rutgers and Penn State).

CAPTAINS FOR 2005
Four seniors were chosen team captains for the 2005 season. Seniors Andy Corno, Rich D'Andrea, Brodie Merrill and Nick Miaritis will all share the leader role this season. Three of the four received national pre-season award hype being named Inside Lacrosse Face Off Yearbook All Americans (Corno, Merrill and Miaritis).

LEADING THE SOUTH
Dave Urick kept the coaching hat on this past summer, as he coached the South team in the 2004 North-South All-Star Game. It was the third time that Urick has coached in North-South game after coaching in the 1992 and 1984 games.

MVP STATUS
Assistant coach Scott Urick is one of eight Hoyas currently playing in Major League Lacrosse but he is the only Hoya ever to be named the MLL All-Star game MVP and ranks fourth all-time in the league for goals scored with 123.

NEXT ON THE DOCKET
The Hoyas stay on the road for game #2 with a showdown against new ECAC member St. John's. It will be pupil versus mentor as Rick Sowell, St. John's head coach, is a former assistant under Urick. Game time is set for 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 5. The Hoyas own the all-time series lead 4-0 with the last meeting coming in 1995.

Internet: Listen live as broadcasted by MD's student radio - www.wmuc.umd.edu or tune into 88.1 FM in the College Park area

Series: MD leads series 3-0
At Georgetown: MD leads 1-0
At Maryland: MD leads 1-0
Neutral Location: MD leads 1-0
Current Streak: MD three straight
Last Game: MD 14 at GU 5, 02/28/04

Georgetown University Information
Coach: Dave Urick (Cortland St. ‘70)
GU Record: 150-59/16th year
Overall Record: 272-89/26th year