WASHINGTON, D.C.  -  Two former Georgetown University men’s lacrosse players were selected to play in the eighth annual Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game, which will be held at Denver’s INVESCO Field at Mile High on Thursday, July 16.

Major League Lacrosse had used an “East” vs. “West” format in the last two all-star games, but this year’s game will return to the popular “Old School” vs. “Young Guns” format, which was featured in the 2005 All-Star Game.  The “Young Guns” squad is comprised of players from the 2007-09 classes, while the “Old School” squad will be made up by those players from classes prior to and including 2006.

Former Georgetown All-American defensemen Brodie Merrill (B’05) and Kyle Sweeney (B’03) were selected to represent the “Old School” team.

Merrill was one of eight players from the Toronto Nationals, who are 4-2 and stand in second place in the league.  A two-time first-team All-American, Merrill has scored three goals and eight assists for 11 points and is second on the team with 34 ground balls.

This will be the fourth-straight all-star game appearance for Merrill, who has enjoyed a standout career since graduating from Georgetown in 2005.  Merrill was named the MLL Rookie of the Year in 2005 as a member of the Baltimore Bayhawks and then won back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year Awards with the Rochester Rattlers in 2006 and 2007.

Sweeney has scored two goals with eight assists for 10 points and has 26 groundballs in five games with the Boston Cannons.

Since joining the MLL as a third round pick of the Bridgeport (Conn.) Barrage in the 2003 draft, Sweeney spent most of his career with that team, including the team’s move to Philadelphia.  He was part of three MLL Championships with the team, winning the league title in 2004, 2006 and 2007, respectively.

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Hopkins Grabs Fifth Top 20 Finish in Last Seven Years

BALTIMORE, MD – Fueled by top-15 finishes in NCAA Championship competition by nine teams, Johns Hopkins University accumulated 620.50 points and finished 18th in the final 2008-09 U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup standings. The 18th-place finish is the fifth top 20 finish for JHU in the last seven years, while the 620.50 points the Blue Jays accumulated rank as the second-best total in school history. Williams grabbed first place with 1,066.50 points to claim its 13th Directors’ Cup, while Middlebury, Amherst, Washington (MO) and Cortland State round out the top five. Johns Hopkins was the only school from the state of Maryland to finish in the top 20 and the only school from the Centennial Conference to finish in the top 45.

The Directors’ Cup is awarded annually by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the U.S. Sports Academy and USA Today to the top overall athletic programs (Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA) in the country. Points in the standings are accumulated based on an institution’s finish in up to 18 sports (nine men • nine women) in NCAA Championship play. Johns Hopkins was represented in NCAA play by 13 of its 26 teams this year.

Hopkins finished off another highly successful year with a strong spring as six of the Blue Jays nine spring teams competed in the NCAAs. The baseball team made a late run, winning 15 of its last 20 games to advance to the regional championship game and pick up 64 points. The men’s and women’s tennis teams also grabbed 64 points apiece with NCA Sweet 16 appearances. The men’s lacrosse team added 60 points from its NCAA Quarterfinals appearance as the spring campaign contributed 252.00 points to the overall total of 620.50.

The efforts in the spring came on the heels of a winter that produced 164.50 points. The men’s and women’s swimming teams anchored JHU’s efforts in the winter as the women’s team earned 67.5 points with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, while the men totaled 66 points with an 11th-place showing. The Johns Hopkins men’s and women’s swimming teams have combined for over 100 points in the Directors’ Cup in each of the last 11 years. Junior Laura Paulsen took seventh in the one-mile run while the distance medley relay team also placed seventh, as the Blue Jays grabbed 31 points with a 39th-place finish.

Hopkins started off the year on a strong note as the men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey and women’s cross country teams combined to accumulate 204 points. The men’s and women’s soccer teams grabbed 64 points apiece by advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, while the field hockey team added 25 additional points with an appearance in the first round of the NCAAs. The women’s cross country team made its second straight trip the NCAA Championships and added 51 points with a 13th-place finish.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Former Buckeyes Anthony Kelly (2000-03) and Ricky Pages (2005-08) have been selected to play in the eighth annual Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game, which will be held at 10 p.m. ET July 16th at INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver and broadcast live on ESPN2. The Bud Light Skills Competition will be held at halftime; Kelly won the Hardest Shot contest at the event last year.

The game will feature an “Old School” vs. “Young Guns” format. The “Old School” squad is made up of players from classes prior to and including 2006, with the “Young Guns” featuring players from the 2007-09 classes.

Kelly, a faceoff specialist, is making his second-consecutive all-star appearance. He has played in five games for the Chicago Machine in 2009, winning 64-of-124 draws. Pages, a defenseman in his first year as a professional, has seen action in five games for the Long Island Lizards and has 17 groundballs to tie for fourth on the team.

Blue Jays Post 10-5 Record, Earn Record 38th Straight NCAA Tournament Bid

The Team: Johns Hopkins posted a 10-5 record and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinal before the Blue Jays were eliminated by top-seeded Virginia (19-8).

38 Special: Johns Hopkins made its 38th straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament this season – the longest active streak of qualifying for the tournament in the nation. The 38 straight appearances are just one of a number of impressive streaks the Blue Jays have relative to the NCAA Tournament. For a complete list of these streaks please see the box on page 2.

19 In a Row – Or 16 More Than Anyone Else: Johns Hopkins made its 19th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Quarterfinals. The next longest active streak is three (Duke).

These are the Facts: Johns Hopkins concluded the season with an all-time record of 892-283-15 (.756). The Blue Jays own nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA titles for a total of 44 national championships.

That’s 609 Games Over .500: The Blue Jays’ all-time record is now 892-283-15 (.756) … that’s 609 games over .500. To put this in perspective: JHU has played an average of just over 15 games per season under head coach Dave Pietramala. Using a 15-game season as a reference, if the Blue Jays posted a 5-10 record for 120 straight seasons, they would still be nine games over .500.

Five Earn All-America Honors: Johns Hopkins placed five players on the 2009 USILA All-America Team. It is the eighth straight year that Johns Hopkins has placed five or more players on the All-America Team.

Leading the way for the Blue Jays was senior defenseman Michael Evans, who grabbed first team honors after earning honorable mention status as a sophomore and third team honors as a junior. Midfielders Michael Kimmel (2nd Team) and Brian Christopher (3rd) and attackmen Steven Boyle (HM) and Kyle Wharton (HM) rounded out JHU’s All-America selections.

May Day: JHU is 29-7 (.806) in the month of May under Pietramala, including a perfect 15-0 at Homewood Field. Overall the Blue Jays have won 23 consecutive games at Homewood Field in the month of May. JHU’s last loss at home in May came on May 2, 1992, when Towson dropped the Blue Jays, 14-13, in overtime.

NCAA Notes of Interest: In addition to the breakdown to the right, below are some notes of interest concerning JHU’s history in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Blue Jays are 19-7 under Dave Pietramala in the NCAA Tournament. Pietramala’s 19 wins in the NCAA Tournament since 2002 are tied for the most by any coach (John Desko – Syracuse).
• JHU is 28-9 all-time in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.

A Brutal Stretch: Starting with the game against Princeton on February 28 and running through the game against Navy (4/18), Johns Hopkins played nine straight games against teams ranked in the top 20.
How difficult was the Blue Jays’ schedule in 2009? Consider …
• The cumulative record of JHU’s 15 opponents was 162-74 (.679).
• Johns Hopkins played nine of the 15 other teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament this season. As it turned out, JHU played its first seven games and nine of its first 10 against teams that qualified for the NCAAs.
• 12 of JHU’s 15 games this season were against teams ranked in the top 20.
• Ony two of JHU’s 15 opponents this season (Towson, Mount St. Mary’s) posted a record below .500 and 10 of JHU’s opponents posted 10 wins or more on the season.

Petro Passes Ciccarone: JHU head coach Dave Pietramala earned his 106th career victory at Johns Hopkins with the 12-11 victory over Brown in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. With the win he passed legendary coach Henry Ciccarone (1975-83) for second place on JHU’s career coaching victories list. Pietramala now sports a 106-30 (.779) record at Hopkins and trails only Bob Scott (1955-74) on the list. Scott posted a 158-55-1 record during his tenure.

Petro Earns Career Win Number 125: In addition to earning his 100th win as the head coach at Johns Hopkins, Dave Pietramala grabbed the 125th overall coaching victory of his career with the 15-7 win over Navy. He now sports an overall record of 129-47 (.733). This includes a 23-17 record in three seasons as the head coach at Cornell (1998-2000).

Poll Position: Johns Hopkins concluded the regular season ranked eighth in the USILA Coaches Poll and finished the year ranked seventh in the Inside Lacrosse/Nike Media Poll. There is a media poll at the end of the NCAA Tournament, but the USILA Poll is not conducted after the NCAA Tournament begins.

More Poll Position: Records indicate that the USILA began sponsoring a weekly coaches poll during the 1973 season. Since then there have been 357 weekly polls. Amazingly, Johns Hopkins has been ranked in the top 20 in all 357 of those polls and has been in the top 10 in 345 of the 357. Below is a breakdown of the Blue Jays in the USILA Coaches Poll since its inception on March 19, 1973:

Total Weeks: 357
Total Weeks at #1: 102
Weeks in top 5: 276
Weeks in top 10: 345
Weeks in top 20: 357

Streaking: Johns Hopkins is 82-20 in its last 102 regular season games dating back to the end of the 2001 season and 98-26 overall since the start of the 2002 season.

Attack Emerges: With the loss of standouts Paul Rabil and Stephen Peyser at midfield, it was no secret that the Blue Jay offense was likely to become more attack oriented. Starters Steven Boyle, Kyle Wharton and Chris Boland combined for 10 or more points six times in 11 starts together and nine or more points seven times in those 11 games.
Wharton led the team in goals (34) and ranked second in points (45), while Boland finished first in points (46), second in assists (18) and third in goals (28).
Boyle, who sat out the game at Mount St. Mary’s and played sparingly against Loyola, finished fifth in points (38) with 21 goals and 17 assists. After Boland entered the starting lineup against UMBC, the starting trio combined for 61 goals and 35 assists (8.7 ppg.) in the 10 games they started together.
The 128 points the starting attack unit generated this season in 15 games was 31 points more than JHU’s three starters on attack – Boyle, Kevin Huntley and Michael Doneger – combined for last season in 17 games.
The most exciting part of the Boland, Boyle, Wharton evolution is that all three are due to return in 2010.

Young Guns: A year ago the Blue Jay offense was a senior-laden group that was led by Paul Rabil, Kevin Huntley, Stephen Peyser and Michael Doneger, who combined for 108 goals and 34 assists. Fast forward to this season and the experience has been replaced by youth. In 2009, 120 of the Blue Jays’ 173 goals (69.4%) were scored by players who will return next season, while 90 of the team’s 108 assists (83.3%) were accumulated by players with at least one year of eligibility remaining.
Taking a look at the top of the scoring charts magnifies the Blue Jays’ youth even more: • Four of JHU’s top five scorers (Chris Boland-46, Kyle Wharton-45, Michael Kimmel-45, Steven Boyle-38) combined for 174 points this season. All four are due to return in 2010.
• JHU boasted five players with 18 or more goals (Kyle Wharton-34, Brian Christopher-30, Chris Boland-28, Steven Boyle-21, Michael Kimmel-20). Four of the five are due to return in 2010.
• Five players on the team had 11 or more assists (Michael Kimmel-25, Chris Boland-18, Steven Boyle-17, Brian Christopher-11, Kyle Wharton-11). Four of the five are due to returnin 2010.

Defensive Notes of Interest:
• JHU held the opposition scoreless for a stretch of 11 minutes or longer 25 times this season.
• Since the start of the 2007 season the Blue Jays have held the opposition scoreless for a streak of 14 minutes or longer 47 times. JHU turned this trick 10 times this season.
• The Blue Jays have held 22 of their last 36 opponents scoreless for a stretch of at least 18 minutes.
• Hopkins has held the opposition scoreless for 25 minutes or longer 14 times since the start of the 2007 season.
• Despite allowing 10 goals againt Towson, the Blue Jays held the Tigers scoreless for stretches of 12:30, 11:37 and 11:20. The Tigers were also a combined 1-of-15 shooting in the fourth quarter and overtime.
• Johns Hopkins held Maryland scoreless for a stretch of 20:02 from late in the third quarter until the final minute of the fourth.
• Johns Hopkins held Hofstra scoreless for stretches of 16:49, 11:56 and 11:21 in the 12-7 victory against the Pride. The Pride scored consecutive goals just once (late in the first quarter) against the Blue Jays.
• Johns Hopkins held Siena to just three goals in the season-opener. That’s the fewest JHU has allowed in a season-opener since 1982.
• The Blue Jays held Siena scoreless for the final 45:50 and limited the Saints to just six shots in the second half, including none in the third quarter.

Offensive Notes of Interest:
While the focus of any Dave Pietramala-coached team will always be defense, the Blue Jay offense has also been effective. Consider:
• Johns Hopkins finished the season ranked eighth in the nation in scoring offense (11.53), seventh in the nation in points per game (18.73) and fourth in assists per game (7.2). This is the highest Johns Hopkins has finished in scoring offense since 2005, when the Blue Jays placed sixth.
The Blue Jays’ offensive numbers are even more impressive when you look at the national scoring defense leaders. JHU played three of the top five and six of the top nine schools in the nation in scoring defense. In all, JHU played 12 of its 15 games against teams ranked in the top 23 in the nation in scoring defense.
• Despite the heavy losses mentioned earlier on offense (Paul Rabil, Kevin Huntley, Stephen Peyser, Michael Doneger), the Blue Jays actually averaged about one goal per game more than they did when they advanced to the national championship game last year (10.53) and won the national championship in 2007 (10.47). In fact, the 11.53 goals per game the Blue Jays averaged this season are the most for JHU since 2005 (11.63).
• JHU has scored in double figures 30 times in its last 38 games and is averaging 11.16 goals per game during that time (424 goals in 38 games).
• The 15 goals the Blue Jays scored against top-ranked Virginia during the regular season are the most by Johns Hopkins against a team ranked in the top five since March 20, 2004, when JHU knocked off then third-ranked Syracuse, 17-5.
• The Blue Jays scored 173 goals on 529 shots this season for a shooting percentage of .329 – the highest during Dave Pietramala’s tenure as the head coach at Homewood. As a team the Blue Jays scored on 31.2% of their shots last season (179-of-573). JHU connected on 28.8% of its shots en route to winning the national championship in 2007. Prior to this season the Blue Jays’ highest shooting percentage in the Pietramala era came in 2003, when they connected on 31.7% (224-of-706) of their shots. The last time JHU connected on better than 33% of its shots was in 1993 (211-of-607 /.348).

Kimmel Joins Elite Club: Junior Michael Kimmel enjoyed the finest season of his career and one of the finest seasons by a midfielder in the nation this season. Kimmel finished third on the team in points (45), led the team with a career-high 25 assists and finished fifth on the team in goals (20). He also ranked fourth on the team in ground balls (32), totaled two or more points in 13 of 15 games this season and had 23 points in his last seven games (9g, 14a).
With his late surge, Kimmel joined an exclusive club at Johns Hopkins, one which counts just three members. With his 45 points this season, Kimmel is just the third midfielder in school history to total 30 or more points as a freshman, sophomore and junior. He joins four-time First Team All-American Del Dressel and three-time First Team All-American Paul Rabil as the only middies in JHU history to turn this trick. Kimmel closed the season with 106 career points (56g, 50a).
In additon to the above, Kimmel is just the fourth Johns Hopkins player in the last 15 years to total 20 or more goals and 25 or more assists in one season (Paul Rabil-2007, Kevin Boland-2003, Dan Denihan-1999 & 2000).

Evans Grabs Schmeisser Award: Senior Michael Evans closed out a billiant career on defense this season with a selection as a First Team USILA All-American. He also became the first Johns Hopkins player to earn the Schmeisser Award as the nation’s top defenseman since Brian Kuczma in 1997.
Evans, who routinely drew the assignment of marking the opposition’s top attackman, started all 48 games over the last four years and ended his career tied for second on JHU’s career games played list (63). He totaled 16 ground balls and nine caused turnovers this season and is the first Johns Hopkins defenseman to earn First Team All-America honors since Tom Garvey in 2005.

One-Goal Turnarounds: With the 12-11 overtime win against Brown in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Johns Hopkins is now 35-11 in one-goal games since Dave Pietramala took over in 2001. The Blue Jays have won 22 of their last 29 and 26 of their last 34 one-goal games. In the nine seasons prior to Pietramala arriving (1992-2000) the Blue Jays were 12-10 in one-goal games.

More One-Goal Notes: The Blue Jays have come from behind to win 18 times during their last 22 one-goal wins. In 12 of those 18 come-from-behind one-goal wins the Blue Jays came back from a deficit of two goals or more. The latest of these come-from-behind one-goal wins came against Loyola, when the Blue Jays trailed 7-5 in the third quarter. JHU also erased a pair of four-goal deficits in the 11-10 (2OT) win at Towson. The four-goal deficit is the largest JHU has overcome to win a game since March 18, 2005, when the Blue Jays erased a 7-1 deficit and defeated Syracuse, 12-11, in overtime.

Extra, Extra: The 11-10 double overtime victory at Towson snapped a four-game losing streak in overtime for the Blue Jays, who made it two double-overtime victories in 10 days when they slipped past Loyola by the same score in the regular season finale. JHU added a 12-11 OT decision against Brown in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
JHU is 16-6 all-time in overtime under head coach Dave Pietramala’s guidance and won nine straight overtime games from 2004 through 2007 before dropping three straight games in OT last season and one earlier this year at North Carolina.

Players on the 2009 team who have scored game-winning goals in overtime during their career:

• Senior Brian Christopher netted the second game-winning overtime goal of his career at Towson (4-22-09) as he scored with just 1.2 seconds remaining in the second overtime to lift the Blue Jays to the improbable victory. He added his school-record third game-winning goal in overtime when he scored 25 seconds into the second overtime to lift the Blue Jays past Loyola and made it a stunning three OT game-winners in a four-game span when he beat Brown just 36 seconds into extra time in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Previously he also scored 1:22 into OT against Loyola on May 6, 2006.

• Junior Michael Kimmel became the first freshman in school history to score an overtime goal in an NCAA Tournament game when he netted the game-winner one-minute into overtime against Notre Dame in 2007.

Second-winningest coach in school history now signed through the 2015 season

BALTIMORE, MD – Tom Calder, Director of Athletics at Johns Hopkins University, announced today the signing of men’s lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala to a two-year contract extension. The extension pushes the agreement between Pietramala and Johns Hopkins through the 2015 season.

“We are fortunate to have the finest men’s lacrosse coach in the nation leading our program,” Calder noted. “Dave Pietramala’s coaching resume speaks for itself, but the success our players have had in the classroom and their extensive involvement in community service initiatives is something that we also take great pride in. The manner in which Dave and his players represent Johns Hopkins is exemplary and we look forward to many more years with Dave leading our program.”

Pietramala recently completed his ninth season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins and fashions a 106-30 (.779) record at Homewood. He led the Blue Jays to the national championship in 2005 and 2007 and runner-up finishes in 2003 and 2008. Hopkins also advanced to the national semifinals in 2002 and 2004 and has qualified for the NCAA Tournament in each of Pietramala’s nine seasons.

A tireless recruiter with an attention to detail, Pietramala moved into second place on the all-time coaching victories list at Johns Hopkins late in the 2009 season when he passed legendary coach Henry Ciccarone (105 wins from 1975-83). Only Hall of Fame coach Bob Scott, who totaled 158 wins in his 20-year coaching career from 1955-74, has won more games patrolling the sidelines at Homewood than Pietramala.

“The dedication our administration has shown to the men’s lacrosse program during my tenure is remarkable,” Pietramala noted. “Our coaches and players recognize the privilege it is to represent Johns Hopkins University and we take that privilege very seriously. It has been exciting to coach so many fine young men and we look forward to working with another outstanding group during the 2010 season. We look forward to building on the tradition of Johns Hopkins lacrosse under the leadership of our new President, Ron Daniels.”

Including his three seasons as the head coach at Cornell, Pietramala boasts an overall coaching record of 129-47 (.733). At Hopkins he has coached 51 USILA All-Americans, six of the seven players in program history who have earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, three MacLaughlin Award winners (midfielder of the year), one Tewaraaton Award winner (player of the year), one Enners Award winner (player of the year), one Kelly Award winner (goalie of the year), one Schmeisser Award winner (defenseman of the year) and one NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient.

Pietramala has defied the logic that great players can’t be great coaches. Generally regarded as one of the finest defensive players in the history of the game, Pietramala is the only person in the history of college lacrosse who has won an NCAA Division I Championship as a player (1987) and head coach (2005, 2007). In addition, he is the only person who has been named the national player of the year (1989) and national coach of the year (2000, 2002).

After guiding his first team at Johns Hopkins to an 8-4 record and a trip to the NCAA Quaterfinals, Pietramala orchestrated one of the most dominant four-year runs in recent history from 2002 through 2005. During that stretch the Blue Jays posted a 55-6 record, claimed the 2005 national championship and advanced to the 2003 national championship game. A quarterfinal appearance in 2006 was followed by the 2007 national championship and an appearance in the 2008 national championship game. JHU’s four appearances in the national championship game since 2003 are the most of any school in the nation.

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SMITHFIELD, R.I. – U.S. Lacrosse announced on Wednesday, June 10 the 40 players who have qualified for the 2010 U.S. men’s national training team following a three-day tryout at Bryant University. Among those named to the squad are former Syracuse standouts Matt Abbott, Steven Brooks, Mike Leveille and Ryan Powell.

The 40 players, tabbed by a 14-member player selection committee that included Orange head coach John Desko, advance with an opportunity to compete in the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship in Manchester, England from July 10-24, 2010. Team USA will compete in three training weekends during the fall of 2009. After those three weekends, the roster will be cut to the FIL-mandated size of 23 players for the World Games.

“I want to commend our selection committee in the professionalism and unbelievable insight. It was a very difficult task to get from 84 to 40. Speaking for the coaching staff, I couldn’t be more pleased with the 40 we selected,” said Team USA head coach  Mike Pressler. “We have a heck of a group with our 40 now, and that’s our team going into the fall of ’09.”

In addition to Abbott, Brooks, Leveille and Powell, former SU stars Dan Hardy, Sean Lindsay, Brendan Loftus and Jarett Park also were invited to try out.

Abbott was part of back-to-back Orange national championships in 2008 and 2009. He earned first-team All-America honors this past season and led Syracuse with 77 ground balls. Abbott collected 12 goals and 11 assists last year, including a dazzling pass to Kenny Nims for the tying the goal with less than five seconds to play in the NCAA title game against Cornell on May 25. Two days later, he was selected with the ninth overall pick in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) Draft by the Washington Bayhawks.

Leveille, Powell and Brooks are pro lacrosse veterans. Brooks and Leveille currently suit up for the Chicago Machine and Powell played for the Denver Outlaws and is now a member of Big Foot LC.

Abbott, Leveille and Brooks helped power the Orange to the NCAA Championship in 2008 while Powell was a member of the Orange’s 2000 NCAA Championship squad. Powell is one of eight members of the training team that competed on the 2006 U.S. squad that was coached by Desko.

2010 U.S. Men’s Training Team:
M Matt Abbott – Washington Bayhawks (Syracuse ’09)
M Stephen Berger – Long Island Lizards (Washington ’04)
A Ryan Boyle – Boston Cannons (Princeton ’04)
M Steven Brooks – Chicago Machine (Syracuse ’08)
A/M Kevin Buchanan – Washington Bayhawks (Ohio State ’08)
M Kevin Cassese – Boston Cannons (Duke ’03)
D Joe Cinosky – Toronto Nationals (Maryland ’09)
A/M Brandon Corp – Boston Cannons (Colgate ’09)
A/M Ned Crotty – Duke ‘09
A Matt Danowski – Long Island Lizards (Duke ’08)
G Brian Dougherty – Long Island Lizards (Maryland ’95)
D DJ Driscoll – Chicago Machine (Notre Dame ’06)
FO Chris Eck – Boston Cannons (Colgate ’08)
G Adam Fullerton – Denver Outlaws (Army ’08)
M John Glynn – Chicago Machine (Cornell ’09)
M Kyle Harrison – Denver Outlaws (Johns Hopkins ’05)
G Mickey Jarboe – Quicksilver LC (Navy ’00)
A Kevin Leveille – Chicago Machine (UMass ’03)
A Mike Leveille – Chicago Machine (Syracuse ’08)
D Eric Martin – Denver Outlaws (Salisbury ’04)
D Ryan McClay – Boston Cannons (Cornell ’03)
LSM Parker McKee – Duke ’10
A Brendan Mundorf – Denver Outlaws (UMBC ’06)
D Shawn Nadelen – Washington Bayhawks (Johns Hopkins ’01)
LSM Nick O’Hara – Toronto Nationals (Duke ’07)
M Stephen Peyser – Long Island Lizards (Johns Hopkins ’08)
D Nicky Polanco – Long Island Lizards (Hofstra ’02)
M Matt Poskay – Boston Cannons (Virginia ’06)
A Ryan Powell – Big Foot LC (Syracuse ’00)
M Paul Rabil – Boston Cannons (Johns Hopkins ’08)
D Jack Reid – Boston Cannons (Massachusetts ’06)
M Max Seibald – Denver Outlaws (Cornell ’09)
M Chris Schiller – Sailin’ Shoe LC (Penn State ’99)
FO Alex Smith – Washington Bayhawks (Delaware ’07)
M Matt Striebel – Chicago Machine (Princeton ’01)
LSM Kyle Sweeney – Boston Cannons (Georgetown ’03)
M Joe Walters – Toronto Nationals (Maryland ’06)
A Drew Westervelt – Denver Outlaws (UMBC ’07)
M Matt Zash – Long Island Lizards (Duke ’06)
D Lee Zink – Denver Outlaws (Maryland ’04)

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Tierney comes to DU with a 272-93 (.745) all-time coaching record

DENVER – Legendary Princeton men’s lacrosse coach Bill Tierney has been named the head men’s lacrosse at the University of Denver, Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation and Ritchie Center Operations Peg Bradley-Doppes announced today.

During his 22 seasons with Princeton, Tierney led the Tigers to six NCAA championships, eight NCAA championship games, 10 NCAA Final Four appearances and 14 Ivy League championships. He compiled a career record of 238-86 at Princeton and has a career collegiate record of 272-93 for an impressive .745 winning percentage.

“We are thrilled to announce the hiring of Bill Tierney as the newest men’s lacrosse coach at the University of Denver,” Bradley-Doppes said. “He is a tremendous addition to our coaching family and someone who will elevate our program into a national contender. Bill is one of the best coaches of any sport at any level and is highly regarded in collegiate lacrosse. He demands a lot of his student-athletes on the playing field, as well as in the classroom, and is the perfect coach to take our program to the next level.”

His impact on the student-athletes at Princeton has resulted in 26 first-team All-Americans, 73 first-team All-Ivy League selections, seven Ivy League Players of the Year, six Ivy League Rookies of the Year and over 20 USILA Scholar All-Americas. He has recruited and coached two winners of the Lt. Raymond J. Enners Award as the national player of the year (David Morrow in 1993 and Scott Bacigalupo in 1994).

“I would like to thank Princeton for 22 years of support and happiness, and for the ability to take this program to the level that it’s at now,” Tierney said. “I’d also like to thank the University of Denver for giving me this wonderful opportunity to start this new chapter in my life. Everyone from the Board of Trustees to Chancellor Robert Coombe and Peg Bradley-Doppes has been absolutely great during this entire process. I am looking forward to helping the DU men’s lacrosse program reach new heights.”

In 1992, Tierney won the Morris Touchstone Award as the Division I Coach of the Year to go along with the Division III Coach of the Year honor he received in 1983 at RIT. He was elected to the Long Island Chapter Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1994 and the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1999.

Outside of his collegiate coaching honors, Tierney has coached the United States to the World Championship in 1998, and was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame as part of the 2002 class.

Tierney replaces Jamie Munro, who resigned on May 7 after posting a 91-70 mark in 11 seasons. Tierney will begin as head coach of the Pioneers effective July 1, 2009.

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