The Game: Johns Hopkins wraps up the home portion of its 2011 regular season as the Blue Jays (10-2) welcome Charles Street rival Loyola (8-3) to Homewood Field for JHU’s annual Homecoming game.

 

Last Time Out: Johns Hopkins ran its winning streak to five games with a 14-5 win over Navy at Homewood Field last Saturday night. Loyola picked up an 11-8 win against Hobart last Saturday in its final home game of the season.

 

These are the Facts: Johns Hopkins enters this week’s game against Loyola with an all-time record of 909-293-15 (.753). The Blue Jays own nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA titles for a total of 44 national championships.

 

Series History: Johns Hopkins and Loyola are meeting for the 49th time in a series that dates to a 20-1 Johns Hopkins win in 1939. JHU leads the series 45-3 and the Blue Jays have currently won 11 straight against the Greyhounds. All three of Loyola’s wins in the series came between 1994 and 1999. A complete look at the series history can be found on page 13.

 

First to 900: Johns Hopkins’ 10-6 win at Towson in the 2011 season opener not only got the season off on the right foot for the Blue Jays, but also made history. The win was the 900th all-time in school history, making Johns Hopkins the first program to record 900 all-time wins. JHU now has 909 all-time wins to its credit.

 

April Reign: Flipping the calendar to April has usually been a good sign for the Blue Jays, who are 47-7 (.870) under head coach Dave Pietramala in games played in April. JHU is 26-3 at home, 19-3 on the road and 2-1 on a neutral field in April under Pietramala’s guidance.

 

That’s 616 Games Over .500: The Blue Jays’ all-time record is now 909-293-15 (.753) … that’s 616 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 121 straight seasons, they would still be one game over .500.

 

Something Has to Give: Both Johns Hopkins and Loyola enter this week’s game riding five-game winning streaks. Neither team has lost a game since the calendar flipped to April.

 

Family Ties: Johns Hopkins associate head coach Bill Dwan is the older brother of Loyola assistant coach Matt Dwan, who serves as the Greyhounds’ defensive coordinator.

 

Senior Day: The 2011 Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team will honor its seniors and graduate students during a pregame ceremony before the JHU-Loyola game on Saturday.

 

Chris Gardner Awards to be Presented: Johns Hopkins will present Chris Gardner Player of the Game awards to a member of both teams at the conclusion of the JHU-Loyola game. Chris Gardner was a member of the Blue Jay men’s lacrosse team before being diagnosed with cancer. He received his treatment at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center before losing his battle in the fall of 1997. Starting with the 1998 season, Johns Hopkins has played one game each season in Chris’s honor. A dollar is added to the cost of all tickets for the game each season with all proceeds benefitting the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Chris’s mom, Kathleen Van Haverbeke, has returned to Homewood every year to present the award to a member of both teams.

 

Putting the Comeback in Perspective: Maryland led the game against Johns Hopkins 7-2 at the half and 8-3 with less than nine minutes remaining in the third quarter before the Blue Jays rallied for the improbable 12-11 win in overtime. This comeback marked the first time Johns Hopkins has won a game after trailing by five goals since March 18, 2005, when the Blue Jays erased a 7-1 second-quarter deficit and beat Syracuse by, ironically, a score of 12-11.

 

A Tough Stretch: The game at fourth-ranked Maryland on April 16 capped a month-long run that included games against Syracuse (ranked #1 at the time of the game), Virginia (2nd), North Carolina (4th) and Maryland (4th). All four of those games were decided by one goal with the Blue Jays winning three of the four.

 

One-Goal Games: Johns Hopkins improved to 39-15 under head coach Dave Pietramala in one-goal games with the win at Maryland. The Blue Jays have won their last three games decided by one goal.

 

Working Overtime: JHU’s win over Maryland in overtime improved the Blue Jays’ record to 17-9 in overtime under head coach Dave Pietramala. JHU had lost three straight overtime games prior to the 12-11 win over Maryland.

 

Striking the First Blow: Senior Chris Boland opened the scoring for the Blue Jays with an unassisted goal just 45 seconds into last week’s win over Navy. Boland’s goal came on JHU’s first shot of the game and marked the seventh time the Blue Jays have scored on their first shot of the game this season. For good measure, graduate student Ben Smith scored six seconds later on JHU’s second shot of the game.

 

After 12: The win against Navy gave JHU a 10-2 record. This is the Blue Jays’ best record after 12 games since 2005, when they were 12-0. It also marks the fifth time since head coach Dave Pietramala took over that the Blue Jays have won at least 10 of their first 12 games.

 

Bassett Stands Tall: Sophomore goalie Pierce Bassett turned in an outstanding performance in the 5-4 loss at Syracuse and came back with another impressive showing against Virginia. The Arizona native posted 16 saves, including 14 in the second half, against Syracuse and came back with 14 saves in the win against Virginia. After battling a stomach flu for two days prior to the North Carolina game (he didn’t practice on Friday or Saturday before the game vs. UNC), he posted seven saves, including one in the final 20 seconds to help secure the win over the Tar Heels. He notched eight saves, including a big one in overtime, in the win at Maryland and eight more in the win over Navy.
Bassett currently ranks third in the nation in goals against average (6.57) and fifth in save percentage (.600).

 

Dolente Among National Leaders: Senior co-captain and faceoff specialist Matt Dolente continues to rank among the top faceoff specialists in the nation this season. He has won 138-of-206 (.670) and counts a team-high 78 ground balls to his credit. He currently ranks third in faceoff winning percentage and ninth in ground balls per game (6.50).
Dolente enjoyed a tremendous showing against North Carolina as he won a career-high 16 faceoffs (on 22 attempts) and grabbed a game-high six ground balls to fuel the victory. He matched those 16 faceoff wins against Albany (on 20 attempts) and grabbed a career-high 12 ground balls against the Great Danes. In last week’s win vs. Navy, he was 13-of-19 with seven ground balls and also assisted on Ben Smith’s goal early in the first quarter.
For his career he is now 386-of-720 (.536) and ranks fifth in JHU history in faceoff attempts and faceoff wins. He also grabbed the 200th ground ball of his career against Albany and now has 224 to his credit. He needs 11 ground balls to move into the top 20 in school history in that category.

 

Super Seven: While the Blue Jays may not have any midfielders destined to earn First Team All-America honors this season, they do have seven who have performed steadily throughout the season. The first unit of sophomores John Ranagan and John Greeley and freshman Rob Guida has started all 12 games together thus far, while the second group of senior Mark Goodrich, junior Marshall Burkhart, sophomore Lee Coppersmith and freshman Eric Ruhl has been nearly as productive. Among the seven, only Goodrich is a senior, and even he has a year of eligibility remaining after missing the entire 2010 season with an injury.
The seven have combined for 56 goals and 28 assists in 12 games – an average of seven points per game (4.7 goals, 2.3 assists). As the weather gets hotter, the luxury of having seven experienced and productive midfielders should pay dividends for the Blue Jays.
Below is a closer look at JHU’s top seven middies:

 

John Ranagan (So.)
14g, 11a (JHU’s leading scorer at midfield)

 

John Greeley (So.)
10g, 9a (Goal, assist and point totals already ahead of 2010)

 

Rob Guida (Fr.)
9g, 1a (Has started all 12 games)

 

Eric Ruhl (Fr.)
8g, 2a (Back-to-back 1g, 1a efforts after missing three games)

 

Lee Coppersmith (So.)
8g, 0a (First career hat trick vs. Virginia)

 

Mark Goodrich (Sr.)
5g, 2a (Only senior among JHU’s top seven middies)

 

Marshall Burkhart (Jr.)
2g, 3a (Key goal in comeback win at Maryland)

 

Attack Oriented: The Blue Jays got another strong performance from their starting attack of Kyle Wharton, Chris Boland and Zach Palmer in last week’s 14-5 win over Navy as the trio combined for 14 points on seven goals and seven assists. Wharton punched up four goals in the win, while Boland added two goals and two assists. Palmer scored once and added a career-high five assists to pace the Blue Jays with six points. The five assists are the most by a Johns Hopkins player since Paul Rabil had five in the 2007 national championship game against Duke. The 14 combined points, which came on the heels of a 12-point showing for the trio in the 12-11 overtime win at Maryland, push the combined point total for the three to 106 for the year.
Boland and Palmer are tied for the team-lead in scoring as both have 38 points, while Wharton counts 28 points to his credit. Boland leads the team with 26 goals, while Palmer counts a team-best 21 assists to his credit. Wharton’s four-goal effort vs. Navy moved his season total to 22.

 

Must be the Speech: Johns Hopkins has outscored the opposition 36-16 in the first quarter this season and 37-21 in the third quarter.

 

For Openers: Johns Hopkins opened the 2011 season with back-to-back road games at Towson and Delaware. Since the inception of the NCAA Tournament in 1971, JHU has opened a season with consecutive road games just twice before this season (1979, 1987). In each of those two years, the Blue Jays won the national championship.

 

Streaking: Johns Hopkins is 99-29 in its last 128 regular season games dating back to the end of the 2001 season and 115-36 since the start of the 2002 season.

 

Poll Position: The Blue Jays check in at number two in the USILA Coaches Poll and number three in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll this week. The Johns Hopkins Sports Information Office uses the USILA Poll to represent JHU’s official ranking at the time of a game. Prior to falling out of the top 20 of the USILA Poll on April 26 and May 3, 2010 (JHU was receiving votes in both polls), the Blue Jays had been ranked in the top 20 in 367 consecutive polls dating back to the first poll in 1973.

 

A Half Century: Kyle Wharton played in his 50th career game vs. Siena and classmates Matt Dolente and Tim Donovan joined him in the half century club as they played in their 50th career game against Manhattan. Wharton has played in a team-high 59 career games, while Dolente and Donovan have both played in 57 career games.

 

State Rivalries: Without question the Blue Jays play one of the most difficult schedules in the nation and a big part of the schedule are the in-state rivalries the Blue Jays have. Including the wins over Towson, UMBC, Maryland and Navy this season, JHU is 52-4 (.929) against teams from Maryland under head coach Dave Pietramala. JHU had won 23 straight games against teams from Maryland until the loss to Maryland last season.

 

Youth Shall Be Served: It’s no secret that Johns Hopkins lost five players (Steven Boyle (A), Michael Kimmel (M), Matt Drenan (D), Sam DeVore (D), Michael Gvozden (G)) who were mainstays in the JHU lineup over the last four years. The group helped the Blue Jays to a national championship in 2007 and a runner-up finish in 2008. Collectively they combined for 238 starts during their career. Fast forward to 2011 and the makeup of the Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team is much different, and much younger. How much younger? The entire 47-man roster for Johns Hopkins this season had a combined total of just 91 career starts to its credit entering the season.

 

Youth Gone Wild: Johns Hopkins continues to display its youth throughout the lineup as the Blue Jays have featured the same starting lineup in all 12 games – a starting 10 that features six sophomores and two freshmen.
Take a quick look at the JHU scoring charts and the class division is obvious. JHU seniors/grad. students have combined for 58 goals and 22 assists (80 points) through 12 games, while the sophomores lead the way with 51 goals and 42 assists (93 points). Add in 24 goals and seven assists for the JHU freshmen and 55.1% of the team’s goals and 65.3% of the team’s assists have been compiled by players with at least two years of eligibility remaining.

 

Offense-Defense: Johns Hopkins ranks ninth in the nation in scoring offense (11.33) and third in scoring defense (6.67). JHU is one of just three teams in the nation that ranks among the top 10 nationally in both categories. The Blue Jays are joined on this exclusive list by Maryland and Yale.

 

Offensive Notes of Interest: Below are several notes about the JHU offense to date:
• The Blue Jays have scored on their first shot of the game seven times this season. • Johns Hopkins ranks ninth in the nation in scoring offense (11.33), second in scoring margin (+4.67), 14th in assists per game (6.25) and 10th in points per game (17.58). • In the last six quarters (plus overtime at Maryland), Johns Hopkins has scored 24 goals. • Johns Hopkins scored 10 goals in the first half against Navy. That’s the most the Blue Jays have scored in the first half of a game since March 1, 2008, when JHU jumped to a 10-1 halftime lead against Princeton in the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic. • JHU was held to just two goals in the first half at Maryland, but erupted for 10 in the second half and overtime. • JHU has scored at least two goals in 37 of 48 quarters this season. • In wins against Delaware (18) and Siena (16) JHU scored 16 or more goals in back-to-back games for the first time since 2005, when JHU totaled 22 vs. Marist and 19 vs. UMass in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. • JHU’s 18 goals against 16th-ranked Delaware are the most for the Blue Jays against a nationally-ranked team since April 5, 2005, when they punched up 19 against 14th-ranked Albany. • Johns Hopkins’ eight goals in the third quarter against Delaware are the most in a quarter by a JHU team since May 14, 2005, when JHU punched up eight in the second quarter of a 22-6 win against Marist in the first round of the NCAAs.

 

Defensive Notes of Interest: Below are several notes of interest concerning the JHU defense: • JHU has allowed a total of 80 goals on 356 shots (.225 shooting percentage). • Before allowing 11 goals against Virginia, Hopkins held its first seven opponents to eight goals or less for the first time since 1979. • The Blue Jays rank third in the nation in scoring defense (6.67). • Johns Hopkins has held the opposition scoreless for a stretch of 14 minutes or longer 18 times in 12 games. The Blue Jays have held the opposition scoreless for 10 minutes or longer 27 times. • Johns Hopkins has held the opposition to one goal or less in 27 of 48 quarters this season. • The starting attack units the Blue Jays have faced this season have combined for a total of 26 goals and 24 assists in 12 games (an average of 4.16 points per game). Six of those units have been held to three points or less and only three, North Carolina (5g, 2a), Virginia (4g, 4a) and Siena (4g, 3a), have generated more than five points.

DEFENSE LEADS SYRACUSE PAST RUTGERS, 12-2

E. HARTFORD, Conn. – No. 4 Syracuse (12-1, 4-0) remained unbeaten in BIG EAST play with a 12-2 win against Rutgers (5-7, 0-3) in the second game of the ESPNU Warrior Classic on Saturday, April 23 at Rentschler Field. The Orange defense nearly pitched a shutout, holding the Scarlet Knights scoreless for a stretch of 53:30. During that time, Syracuse reeled off 11 goals to put the game away.

The victory was the 57th for SU’s senior class, tying the Class of 1986’s school record for wins over a four-year period. The Orange’s 2011 seniors are 57-7 in 64 games since the start of the 2008 season.

Junior Tommy Palasek (Rocky Point, N.Y.) had a career day, finishing with six points on three goals and three assists. The Orange also got four points (2g, 2a) from sophomore JoJo Marasco (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.). Junior Collin Donahue (Camillus, N.Y.), who played two years at Rutgers before transferring to Syracuse, had two goals against his former team. Senior Jovan Miller (Syracuse, N.Y.) also scored twice.

However, the story of the game was defense. The Orange surrendered the game’s opening goal, an unassisted tally by Will Mangan at the 11:04 mark of the first period. The next Rutgers goal didn’t come until there was 2:34 left in the game. In between, the Orange defense put up a goose egg. It was a virtuoso performance that included forcing a season-high 24 turnovers and harassing the Scarlet Knights into an 11-for-18 (.611) showing on clears.

“I thought we rode extremely well,” SU head coach John Desko said after the game. “Our riding helped our cause. I think we got a couple off goals off our ride. Any time a team is holding the ball like they (Rutgers) were trying to against us, it’s great to ride them and get those possessions back.”

Rutgers’ 53:30 scoring drought is the longest on record for a Syracuse opponent dating back to the late 1980s when times of goals became available. Its two goals were the fewest against the Orange since Binghamton managed two in a 16-2 Syracuse win on March 22, 2008.

Despite being locked down for the majority of the game, Rutgers hold a brief 1-0 advantage after Mangan’s goal. But Miller tied the score with 2:50 left in the first quarter on a rocket from 10 yards out, and Marasco gave the Orange a 2-1 lead heading into the second quarter, scoring off a restart with 15 seconds to play in the opening period.

Marasco’s tally seemed to ignite of the Syracuse offense. The Orange rattled off three goals in the first nine minutes of the second quarter to extend its advantage to 5-1. Then, with less than a minute to play in the half, Marasco intercepted a Rutgers clearing pass and found Donahue for his first goal to push the lead to 6-1 at the intermission.

In the third quarter, Palasek and senior Josh Amidon (LaFayette, N.Y.) found the cage and lead swelled to seven, 8-1. Palasek’s third-quarter strike may have been SU’s prettiest goal of the day. Senior Joel White (Cortland, N.Y.) set it up by shoveling the ball to classmate Stephen Keogh (Toronto, Ontario) as he was being knocked to the ground. Keogh picked up the ball and flipped it to Palasek for the layup.

Syracuse poured in three more goals in the fourth quarter before Kory Kelly’s man-up goal ended the Rutgers drought. Following Kelly’s goal, SU freshman Billy Ward (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) put the finishing touches on the win, notching his first career goal with 24 seconds remaining.

Syracuse outshot the Scarlet Knights, 35-16, for the game. Nine of Rutgers’ shot attempts came in the fourth quarter when the Orange was subbing liberally.

Despite not facing many shots, SU senior goalie John Galloway (Syracuse, N.Y.) finished with six saves. He allowed one goal in a little more than 54 minutes of work. Galloway gave way to freshman Matt Lerman (Villanova, Pa.), who played the last 5:59 and totaled two saves.

The Orange’s victory sets up a showdown with undefeated and top-ranked Notre Dame to decide the BIG EAST regular-season championship on Saturday, April 30. Faceoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Carrier Dome. The game will be televised live nationally on ESPNU.

Game Notes: The Orange is now 10-0 all-time in BIG EAST play … The victory was SU’s seventh straight against Rutgers … Senior Jeff Gilbert (Liverpool, N.Y.) was credited with his first assist of the season on Marasco’s first-quarter goal … White collected eight ground balls against the Scarlet Knights to pass Pat McCabe and Toby Price for fifth SU’s all-time ground ball … White has 264 career ground balls and he’s averaging seven ground balls per game in SU’s last four outings … Attendance for the ESPNU Warrior Classic, which also included Hofstra versus Massachusetts, was 4,748.

- SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: NEW YORK’S COLLEGE TEAM -

#15 UMass Falls To #8 Hofstra, 14-5

Minutemen hosts regular-season finale next Friday vs. Delaware

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – In the first game of the ESPNU Warrior Classic on Saturday, the 15th-ranked Minutemen suffered a 14-5 loss to No. 8 Hofstra at Rentschler Field. UMass falls to 8-4 overall (3-2 CAA) while the Pride now stand at 12-1 and 4-1 in CAA play. The Minutemen will look to get back on track in a pivotal conference matchup when UMass hosts its regular-season finale next Friday vs. Delaware on Senior Night at 7 PM at Garber Field.

Hofstra bolted out to a 7-0 advantage after leading 2-0 through the first 15 minutes of play. Jay Card tallied four goals on the day while Adrian Sorichetti had his first career hat trick with two goals coming in the second half. Jamie Lincoln, Stephen Bentz, and Lance Yapor all added two goals for the Pride.

Anthony Biscardi netted his 18th goal of the season with 3:19 left in the second quarter, and Stephen Zorkers beat the buzzer to make it 7-2 at halftime with his first goal of the season. Massachusetts made a run with three straight scores in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter, with Art Kell scoring back-to-back tallies before Colin Fleming capped off the run with his 12th goal of the season.

Hofstra controlled nearly every statistical category over the Minutemen throughout the game, leading in shots, (47-22), ground balls (32-20) and face-offs (15-6).

SYRACUSE LACROSSE REMAINS UNDEFEATED, HOLDS OFF PRINCETON, 7-5

PRINCETON, N.J. – Top-ranked Syracuse (9-0) extended its winning streak to nine games with a 7-5 win against Princeton (2-6) before a crowd of 5,401 Saturday, April 9 at Princeton Stadium. The Orange held the Tigers scoreless in the fourth quarter and scored twice in the final period to emerge victorious.

Senior Stephen Keogh (Toronto, Ontario) recorded his 19th career hat trick, leading the Orange with three goals, including the game-winner with 7:30 left in regulation. Classmate Jeremy Thompson (Nedrow, N.Y.) had two points (1g, 1a) in the victory.

Playing without injured star John Lade (Randolph, N.J.), Syracuse also received a tremendous performance from its defense Saturday. The Orange gave up only five goals, the third time in the last four outings Syracuse held its opponent to five goals or less. It killed all five of Princeton’s man-up opportunities, including a one-minute penalty against sophomore Brian Megill (Clark, N.J.) for slashing late in the fourth quarter while clinging to a 6-5 lead.

Redshirt sophomore David Hamlin (New Hartford, N.Y.) made his first career start in place of Lade. He drew Princeton attackman Luke Armour as his primary assignement and held him to one goal for the game.

It appeared Princeton would provide little resistance to Syracuse early on. The Orange opened up a quick 2-0 lead on goals by senior Josh Amidon (LaFayette, N.Y.) and Thompson in first two minutes of the game. After Armour got the Tigers on the board at the 8:11 mark, senior Joel White (Cortland, N.Y.) delivered a bounce pass to an open Keogh for a layup with 1:43 remaining the first to push the SU lead to 3-1.

In the second quarter, Princeton’s Chris McBride scored unassisted with 8:44 left in the half to pull the Tigers within one, 3-2. But the Orange defense blanked the Tigers for the rest of the period, and Syracuse got goals from Keogh and junior Tommy Palasek (Rocky Point, N.Y.) to go up 5-2 at the half.

However, Princeton refused to left Syracuse pull away. Mike Grossman and McBride found the cage less than a minute apart to reduce the Orange lead to 5-4 with 9:24 left in the third quarter. Tom Schreiber made it three straight Tiger goals when he found the cage with 29 seconds to go in the period to tie the game at five.

Princeton’s defense held the Orange scoreless for a stretch of 26:55, including the entire third quarter. Goalie Tyler Fiorito made five of his 10 saves in the third frame to give the Tigers’ offense an opportunity to knot the score. It wasn’t until redshirt sophomore Steve Ianzito (Clay, N.Y.) found Keogh inside for a 6-5 SU lead with 7:30 left in the fourth quarter that the Orange finally broke the scoring drought.

That was all the Syracuse defense needed. The Tigers generated just two shots the rest of the game.

Junior Kevin Drew (Katonah, N.Y.) put the finishing touches on the win, firing a shot into the empty Princeton net from 12 yards out while falling to the ground with 1:17 remaining to produce the final score. Fiorito was caught out of position on the play when he left the cage in an attempt to force turnover.

Senior goalie John Galloway (Syracuse, N.Y.) recorded six saves against the Tigers to earn his 53rd career victory. His save on Jeff Froccaro’s shot while Princeton was man-up with 2:36 to play in the fourth quarter gained possession for the Orange and ultimately led to Drew’s insurance tally.

McBride’s two goals paced the Tigers. Schreiber also finished with two points on one goal and one assist.

The Orange held the advantage at the faceoff X for the first time in six games. The Orange won eight draws to five for Princeton. Thompson led the way, winning five of his eight attempts. Syracuse also owned the advantage in ground balls, 29-26.

Syracuse returns home to the Carrier Dome on Tuesday, April 12 for a 7 p.m. showdown with Cornell. The game will be televised live locally on Time Warner Sports.

Game Notes: Ianzito’s assist on Keogh’s game-winner was the first of his college career … Keogh has nine career game-winning goals, including four this season … Saturday’s game was the 200th of John Desko’s head coaching career … It also marked the first time in the 23 meetings between Princeton and Syracuse since 1992 that one of the participants was unranked at the time of the game … Princeton’s 2001 NCAA title team celebrated its 10th anniversary Saturday and was recognized in a ceremony at halftime.

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Catch a replay of the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team’s 11-4 win over Hobart yesterday when the game is aired on Big Ten Network. The game, part of the network’s StudentU programming, will be shown at 2 p.m. Monday (April 11).  Sam Obermyer and former Buckeye Andrew Stimmel call the action between the Buckeyes and Statesmen.

The Big Ten Network is available to up to 73 million homes nationwide and is available across North America on satellite providers including DIRECTV, DISH Network and Shaw Direct (Canada), telco companies such as Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-Verse, and on cable in 22 of America’s top 25 media markets.  The network has cable distribution agreements with Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox (Cleveland), Insight Communications, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, RCN, Service Electric, Shaw (Canada) and more than 250 additional cable operators across North America. Customers of DIRECTV and DISH Network have access to the network regardless of where they live. Verizon FiOS and AT&T’s U-Verse are rolling out the network across the country.

Visit http://www.bigtennetwork.com/dpp/about_us/ChannelFinder to find out what channel Big Ten Network is on in your area.

For a recap, video highlights, photo gallery and postgame audio from Coach Myers following the win over Hobart, visit http://go.osu.edu/hob0409.

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