ANNAPOLIS, MD – Junior attackman Andy Warner scored his only goal of the game with 10 seconds remaining in the first overtime to lift host Navy to a 9-8 victory over visiting Johns Hopkins at Navy Marine Corps Stadium Saturday afternoon. The win snaps a 36-game losing streak for the Midshipmen against the Blue Jays that dated to 1974 and improves Navy’s record to 6-7 on the year. Johns Hopkins dropped its second straight and falls to 5-7.
In a game of runs, it was Navy that had the last one as the Midshipmen erased an 8-6 deficit late in the third quarter and held Johns Hopkins scoreless for the final 22:30 to seal the victory.
A Brendan Connors goal with 10 seconds remaining in the third quarter ignited the game-ending spree for the Mids. With time winding down in the period, Ryan O’Leary found Connors cutting across the slot unmarked and hit him in stride. Connors wasted little time slipping home his 17th goal of the season to make it a one-goal game entering the final period.
Navy’s only goal of the fourth quarter came at the 9:39 mark as senior Patrick Moran blew home an extra-man goal home from 13 yards out. While neither team scored again until Warner’s game-winner, it wasn’t for a lack of chances. Navy’s R.J. Wickham twice came up with big saves in the final nine minutes of regulation and Johns Hopkins’ Pierce Bassett stuffed Warner in tight less than a minute into overtime.
Wickham then kicked aside a shot by Michael Kimmel with 2:39 remaining in overtime and Navy forced a Kimmel turnover 15 seconds later. Warner’s goal came just over a minute after a Navy timeout and seconds after Nikk Davis missed an open net on a nifty back-door feed.
The Blue Jays had hopped out to a 5-0 lead in the first quarter as Kyle Wharton and Kimmel both scored a pair of goals and sophomore Tom Palasek added a goal of his own to spark the game-opening spree. Palasek and Wharton went back-to-back in a span of 17 seconds late in the quarter to fuel the run, which ended with Kimmel’s second goal with just 46 seconds remaining in the period. The Blue Jays outshot Navy 13-6 in the opening 15 minutes, but as quickly as they had crafted the five-goal lead, it was gone.
The Midshipmen needed just 40 seconds of the second quarter to get on the board as Moran dodged hard to the goal and scored from in tight. The margin remained four until midway through the period when Navy erupted for three goals in a span of just under two minutes.
Bucky Smith’s first goal of the season started the three-goal flurry, which was capped by a Joe Lennon goal and included an own goal. A minute before Lennon actually scored his own goal, he was stopped by Basset on a drive to the cage from the side. Hopkins’ Matt Dolente tried to scoop up the loose ball, but instead directed it past Bassett just inside the far post.
A Jay Mann goal with 2:30 remaining in the second quarter and the first of Connors’ two goals on the day with 43 seconds remaining accounted for a 6-5 Navy lead at the half.
In keeping with the first half flow of the game, it was Hopkins’ turn to answer with another run of its own. Palasek slipped inside his defender and scored from in close with 11:30 remaining and senior Steven Boyle dodged from behind the goal and bounced one home to give the Blue Jays a 7-6 lead with 5:55 on the clock in the third quarter. Palasek completed the first hat trick of his career just over two minutes later, but that would be the last goal of the game for the Blue Jays, who went more than 19 minutes without scoring twice in the game.
Navy got a team-high three points from Wanter (1g, 2a), while Moran and Connors both scored two goals to pace Navy offensively. Wickham, who entered the game ranked second nationally in save percentage, posted eight saves in goal and Navy held advantages in shots (40-32), ground balls (35-21) and faceoffs (13-of-21).
Johns Hopkins was led by Palasek’s three goals, while Boyle (1g, 2a), Kimmel (2g) and Wharton (2g) also registered multi-point games for the Blue Jays, who got a career-high 14 saves from Bassett.
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Wednesday, April 28 when the Blue Jays host Towson at 7 pm. The Blue Jays must win their remaining two games to be eligible for selection to the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Teams must have a .500 record to be eligible for an at-large bid to the tournament.
#17 Johns Hopkins (5-7) 5-0-3-0-0/8
Navy (6-7) 0-6-1-1-1/9
Goals: J: Palasek-3, Wharton-2, Kimmel-2, Boyle. N: Moran-2, Connors-2, Warner, Lennon, Smith, Mann, Team. Assists: J: Boyle-2. N: Warner-2, O’Leary, Sullivan. Saves: J: Bassett-14. N: Wickham-9. Shots: J-32. N-40. EMO: J: 0-for-1. N: 1-for-2. Attendance: 10,128.
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This Saturday’s matchup between Johns Hopkins and Maryland might be the most anticipated regular season rivalry game this spring and maybe ever. Knowing that last season’s match left both everything on the table and a Dead Sea type of salty taste on the Terps’ tongues, every fan looking for a spicy game should get their fill this Saturday at the Smartlink Day of Rivals.
The Blue Jays lead this 106 year series, dating back to 1895 with a tally of 58-37-1. Johns Hopkins’ Coach, Dave Pietramala does a weekly check in with a local Baltimore radio station. With much admiration for Coach Cottle and the Terps, Pietramala had this to say about getting some steam with a win over Albany and looking ahead to the Smartlink Day of Rivals “they (Maryland) are an extremely emotional, hard working, talented team; I think it’s important that we took a little confidence from our last win as we head into a game in this kind of venue with a team like them” (Mark Viviano show 105.7). Meaning that this game
Hopkins is going to need the confidence as they have been struggling through the beginning half of the season. Last year they came into M & T Bank for the inaugural Day of Rivals with a 5-4 record. Having dropped one to Hoftra back in March, they just broke even with a domineering win over Albany 19-7. Hopkins has had to play a bunch of young talent these past couple weeks with names like Tom Palasek and John Ranagan jumping in for Senior Max Chautin so we will have to see how this young group will fair when it comes down to dealing with an experienced Maryland defense.
The Terrapins come in as the favorite with a 7-2 record. Their only losses coming from the #1 (Virginia) and #3 (North Carolina) teams in the nation (That’s certainly going to be a great ACC tournament). But I regress as this one is much more that another game. This one is for the first win against the Blue Jays that Maryland has seen in four years. This is also for pride, power, standings, with a splash of revenge thrown in for good measure.
Maryland has been on a rampage this spring as their win column have seen great victories over Georgetown, Duke, and last week’s victory over Navy, who will also be in “the house that Ray built” on Saturday. With all three attackman: Grant Catalino (18,16), Ryan Young (10,18), and Travis Reed (10,11) above 20 points scoring, they will lead this well balanced offense into battle this weekend. This “very emotional, hard working, talented team” can also add youth to that list of characteristics as both the starting close defensive and attack units are all made up of juniors with a sophomore thrown in the mix as well. With that type of talent being directed by a veteran, senior captain goalie in Brian Phipps, the Blue Jays might have a long ride back across town Saturday night.
But time will only tell when the final whistle sounds at M & T Bank this weekend at the 2nd Annual Smartlink Day of Rivals. It’s the 106th meeting but the century old rivalry won’t be the matter of concern Saturday night, as much as the two hours that these teams will have to battle it out for rights to this year’s crown.
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BALTIMORE, MD – The second-ranked Syracuse men’s lacrosse team jumped to an 8-1 third-quarter lead and held off a late rally by seventh-ranked Johns Hopkins as the Orange picked up a 10-7 win before 6,504 fans at Homewood Field Saturday evening. The win, the fourth straight for Syracuse over Johns Hopkins, runs the Orange record to 4-1 on the the year. The Blue Jays dropped their second straight and slip to 4-3.
Senior Max Bartig fueled the 8-1 run to open the game for the Orange as he opened the scoring less than three minutes into the game and later added back-to-back goals in the first seven minutes of the third quarter to push a 5-1 halftime lead to 7-1. Junior Stephen Keogh’s second goal of the game made it 8-1 less than a minute after Bartig’s third goal of the game, but JHU, which had been held off the board for more than 23 minutes, rallied.
Senior Steven Boyle sandwiched a pair of goals around a tally by freshman Zach Palmer and sophomore Tom Palasek scored on a nifty dodge from the side to slice the deficit to 8-5 less than 90 seconds into the fourth quarter.
A goal by Jeremy Thompson for Syracuse 45 seconds after Palasek’s goal halted the four-goal run for the Blue Jays, but Palasek struck again just over five minutes later to make it 9-6 and freshman John Greeley scored his second goal of the game with just under three minutes remaining to bring the Blue Jays within two at 9-7.
The Blue Jays hopes for a comeback were dashed just nine seconds after Greeley’s goal as Joel White scooped up the ground ball on the ensuing faceoff and raced into the Blue Jay zone, where he got his hands free from eight yards out to the left of Blue Jay goalie Michael Gvozden and blew home his first goal of the season.
The story of the game was the performance of the Syracuse defense, which kept the Blue Jays away from the goal for nearly three full quarters before the late-game rally. Junior John Galloway posted nine saves, including seven in the second half – two of which came on back-to-back shots from in close in the first 90 seconds of the third quarter. What could have been a 5-2 deficit for the Blue Jays if either of those two shots go was instead a 6-1 hole when Bartig scored at the 13:37 mark.
Bartig led the Orange with his three goals, while Thompson and Keogh added two goals apiece. Senior Cody Jamieson added one goal and three assists for Syracuse, which held advantages in shots (37-26), groundballs (36-25) and faceoffs (14-of-20).
Boyle totaled two goals and two assists, while Greeley and Palasek’s two-goal games were the first of their career. Gvozden was solid goal for the Blue Jays as he posted 14 saves, including several of the highlight-reel variety.
Johns Hopkins returns to action next Saturday when the Blue Jays play at top-ranked Virginia.
#2 Syracuse (4-1) 3-2-3-2/10
#7 Johns Hopkins (4-3) 0-1-2-4/7
Goals: S: Bartig-3, Thompson-2, Keogh-2, Jamieson, Marasco, White. J: Boyle-2, Palasek-2, Greeley-2, Palmer. Assists: S: Jamieson-3, Daniello-2, Amidon. J: Boyle-2, Palasek, Palmer. Saves: S: Galloway-9. J: Gvozden-14. Shots: S-37. J-26. EMO: S: 2-for-2. J: 1-for-4. Attendance: 6.504.
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HEMPSTEAD, NY – The 10th-ranked Hofstra men’s lacrosse team used a six-goal run to pull away from visiting Johns Hopkins in the second half and the Pride went on to post a 14-6 victory over the Blue Jays at rain and wind-swept Shuart Stadium Saturday evening. The win improves Hofstra’s record to 2-1, while the Blue Jays slip to 4-2 with the loss.
The Pride put the game away with the six-goal run after the Blue Jays had sliced a 6-2 halftime deficit to 6-4 in less than 90 seconds early in the third quarter. Jamie Lincoln answered the mini-run by Johns Hopkins when he swept across the top of the box and took a quick pass from Jay Card and blew one inside the near post. The 7-4 lead held until the final five minutes of the period, when the Pride added two goals by Stephen Bentz and a final goal by Mike Skudin with just 1.2 seconds remaining to push the lead to 10-4 entering the final quarter.
The Pride got a goal by Adrian Sorichetti while up two men with 4:54 remaining in the first half and Lincoln blew one home from 12 yards out at the top of the box less than two minutes later to close the first-half scoring.
A 12-yard laser by senior Michael Kimmel 36 second into the third quarter sliced the deficit to 6-3 and John Greeley’s first career goal less than a minute later made it 6-4, but Lincoln’s goal three minutes later ignited the game-turning run, which lifted the Pride to their third straight win against Hopkins at home.
Lincoln led the Pride with five goals and three assists, while Card added two goals and a game-high four assists. The Pride held advantages in shots (34-19) and ground balls (28-22) and converted on 3-of-4 extra-man chances.
Senior Steven Boyle led the Blue Jays with two goals and one assist.
Note: The game was delayed 14 minutes in the first quarter when the high winds knocked the power out at the stadium.
The Blue Jays fell behind 4-1 at the end of the first quarter and trailed 6-2 at the half as the Pride scored in settled offense, in transition and with a two-man advantage in the first 30 minutes. A Mike DeNapoli goal less than five minutes into the first quarter opened the scoring, but was answered less than a minute later by Blue Jay senior Tom Duerr, who slipped through traffic from the side and slipped a five-yarder past Hofstra goalie Rob Bellairs.
Hofstra got back-to-back goals from Jamie Lincoln and Jay Card in a span of just 21 seconds midway through the quarter and Johns Hopkins head coach Dave Pietramala inserted Steven Burke in goal for the Blue Jays after Card’s goal.
DeNapoli’s second goal, which came on a quick restart after the Blue Jays were called for offsides, came less than two minutes later, but Burke proved his mettle early in the second quarter when he stuffed Card in-tight while the Pride were playing a man down and Duerr buried an extra-man goal a short time later to make it 4-2.
Blue Jays Fall to 3-1 With Overtime Loss
BALTIMORE, MD – Scott MacKenzie scored his only goal of the game 59 seconds into overtime to lift seventh-ranked Princeton to an 11-10 victory over fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins in the second game of the 2010 Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium. The win, Princeton’s second straight against the Blue Jays, lifts the Tigers to 2-0 on the season, while Johns Hopkins slips to 3-1 and had its nine-game regular-season winning streak snapped.
Princeton appeared to have the game in hand with possession late in the fourth quarter behind the Blue Jay goal on a restart, but Blue Jay goalie Michael Gvozden forced a turnover and JHU quickly worked the ball up field to senior midfielder Michael Kimmel, who carried into the Princeton zone with a full head of steam and blew a shot past Princeton goalie Tyler Fiorito to tie the game at 10-10 with 14 seconds remaining. As it would turn out, the Blue Jays never had possession again.
Princeton won the faceoff after Kimmel’s goal, but couldn’t score in the final seconds, but the Tigers won the only faceoff in overtime and worked the ball to junior Jack McBride at the top of the box to Gvozden’s right. He skipped a pass through traffic to MacKenzie, who was parked just above the goal line to Gvozden’s left. With time and room, he stepped into a shot and slipped it just inside the near post for the game-winner.
Princeton led 7-4 at the half as McBride scored all three of his goals before halftime and the Tigers held the Blue Jays scoreless for the final 18:50 before the break. After Hopkins took a 4-3 lead on a Nate Matthews goal with 3:50 remaining in the first quarter, Jack McBride and Chris McBride scored back-to-back goals to give Princeton a 5-4 lead early in the second quarter. A Tyler Moni goal 31 seconds after Jack McBride’s tally made it 6-4 and Jack McBride accounted for the 7-4 halftime score.
It took more than five minutes for the Blue Jays to gain an offensive possession in the third quarter, but they then needed less than two minutes after that to pull within one as attackmen Kyle Wharton and Tom Duerr struck for back-to-back goals midway through the period to draw the Blue Jays to within 7-6.
An opportunisitic Jeff Froccaro goal for Princeton – he swept in a loose ball in front of the goal after a nifty Gvozden save – gave the Tigers a two-goal lead back, but JHU answered seven seconds later on Steven Boyle’s 14th goal of the season and senior midfielder Max Chautin used a nice hesitation dodge from the side to get inside his defender and handcuffed Fiorito from seven yards out to draw the Blue Jays even at 8-8.
Frocarro, who scored three goals last week, added his third and fourth goals of the game to give the Tigers a 10-8 lead with less than six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but JHU freshman Zach Palmer tallied a highlight-reel backhanded goal with 4:44 remaining and Kimmel fired home the game-tying goal just over four minutes later. That set the stage for MacKenzie’s game-winner, which gave Princeton its first back-to-back wins against Johns Hopkins since 2000 and 2001.
Froccaro led Princeton with four goals and grabbed eight of the Tigers’ 24 ground balls while winning 10-of-17 faceoffs. Jack McBride added three goals and one assist and Rob Engelke chipped in with three assists for the Tigers, who also got eight saves from Fiorito and held advantages in shots (37-27), ground balls (24-23) and faceoffs (13-12).
Boland and Duerr led the Blue Jays with two goals apiece, while Kimmel (1g, 2a) and Boyle (1g, 1a) were also multi-point scorers for the Blue Jays. Gvozden posted10 saves for the Blue Jays, who out-scored Princeton 6-3 in the second half, but never led again after Matthews’ goal late in the first quarter was answered by Jack McBride’s goal with one second remaining in the period.
#7 Princeton (2-0) 4-3-2-1-1/11
#5 Johns Hopkins (3-1) 4-0-4-2-0/10
Goals: P: Froccaro-4, J. McBride-3, Moni-2, C. McBride-1, MacKenzie-1. J: Boland-2, Duerr-2, Boyle, Wharton, Matthews. Kimmel, Palmer, Chautin. Assists: P: Engelke-3, Chanenchuk-2, C. McBride-2, J. McBride-1. J: Kimmel-2, Boyle-1, Donovan-1, Greeley-1. Saves: P: Fiorito-8. J: Gvozden-10. Shots: P-37. J-27. EMO: P: 0-for-0. J: 1-for-1. Attendance: 19,742.
BALTIMORE, MD – The fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team got a 9-1 run that bridged the second and fourth quarters and midfielder Michael Kimmel (Towson, MD/Loyola) and attackmen Steven Boyle (Derry, NH/Pinkerton Academy) and Kyle Wharton (Garnet Valley, PA/Haverford School) combined for 11 goals and six assists to pace a 15-7 win over 13th-ranked Delaware at Homewood Field Tuesday evening. The win improves JHU’s record to 2-0 this season and 7-0 all-time against the Blue Hens, who slip to 2-1 with the loss.
The Blue Jays led just 6-4 after a John Austin (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham-Wading River) goal for Delaware with 6:53 remaining in the second quarter before Boyle ignited the 9-1 run with the first of his four goals on the night. Boyle’s goal was the last scored in the first half, which ended with Hopkins holding a 7-4 lead despite being outshot 26-15 in the first two periods.
JHU’s high-scoring trio then took over Kimmel drew a double-team at the top of the box and quickly fed senior Max Chautin (Northport, NY/Northport) for his first goal of the season less than two minutes into the third quarter and Boyle and Wharton struck less than two minutes apart a short time later to extend the lead to 10-4 midway through the period. A Martin Cahill (Malden, MA/The Governor’s Academy) goal with 3:48 remaining in the period halted the 4-0 run, but the Blue Jays struck for five goals in a span of just over four minutes midway through the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 15-5.
Kimmel again ignited the spree as he threaded a pass to Boyle on the backdoor for a man-up goal with 10:44 remaining before freshmen John Ranagan (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown) and Zach Palmer (Oshawa, Ontario/The Hill Academy) struck for unassisted goals less than 90 seconds apart to make it 13-5. A laser from Wharton with 6:29 left was followed eight seconds later by Boyle’s fourth of the game off a feed from junior Eric DiProspero (Chadds Ford, PA/Unionville) to account for JHU’s final goal.
Delaware got two more goals from Cahill in the final six minutes – the second of which came on the extra-man – to account for the 15-7 final score.
Hopkins led 2-0, 4-2 and 6-3 before Austin tallied the goal that drew the ‘Hens to within 6-4 midway through the second quarter. That two-goal margin held for more than three minutes before Boyle’s seventh goal of the season ignited the decisive 9-1 run for the Blue Jays.
In a game that saw the Blue Jays get at least a point from nine different players, it was Kimmel’s three goals and personal-best four assists for a career-high seven points that led the way. Boyle, who opened the season with an eight-point showing against Manhattan, added four goals and one assist, while Wharton matched those totals for a five-point effort of his own. The five-point showing matched Wharton’s career high.
Senior Michael Gvozden (Millersville, MD/Severna Park) led the Blue Jay defense as he posted 12 saves. JHU held the Blue Hens’ leading scorer, senior Curtis Dickson (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia/Riverside), to just one goal. Dickson entered the game with 11 goals and four assists in two games.
Cahill led the Blue Hens with four goals and fellow midfielder Kevin Kaminski (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) added one goal and one assist, but no other Delaware player managed more than one point and the ‘Hens connected on just 7-of-40 shots in the game.
#13 Delaware (2-1) 2-2-1-2/7
#5 Johns Hopkins (2-0) 4-3-3-5/15
Goals: D: Cahill-4, Kaminski, Dickson, Austin. J: Boyle-4, Wharton-4, Kimmel-3, Palmer-2, Chautin, Ranagan. Assists: D: Elsmo, Kaminski, Lombard, Rollins, Smith. J: Kimmel-4, Boyle, DiProspero, Lightner, Palasek, Wharton. Saves: D: Fossner-16. J: Gvozden-12. Shots: D-40. J-34. EMO: D: 1-for-2. J: 2-for-4. Attendance: 575.
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BALTIMORE, MD – Senior attackman Steven Boyle (Derry, NH/Pinkerton Academy) scored a career-high six goals and totaled a personal-best eight points and the fifth-ranked Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team held visiting Manhattan scoreless for the first 53:12 as the Blue Jays opened the 2010 season with a 14-3 win over the Jaspers at chilly Homewood Field Friday evening. Hopkins scored all 14 of its goals in the first three quarters before Manhattan scored three unanswered to close the game.
Boyle had a hand in seven of JHU’s first nine goals as he scored five times and handed out both of his assists in the first 32 minutes of the game. He scored back-to-back unassisted goals in the first seven minutes to give the Blue Jays a 2-0 lead before Mike Maydick (Chatham, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) and Michael Kimmel (Towson, MD/Loyola) scored back-to-back goals in a seven-minute span to push the lead to 4-0 early in the second quarter.
While the Blue Jay defense was limiting the Jaspers to three combined shots in the second and third quarters, Boyle helped put the game away as he counted three goals and two assists on JHU’s five goals after Kimmel’s tally. He sandwiched assists on goals by Nate Matthews (Baltimore, MD/St. Paul’s) and Hunter Rodgers (Paradise Valley, AZ/Brophy Prep) around his third goal of the game to make it 7-0 at the half and needed just 96 seconds of the third quarter to added two more goals to make it 9-0.
Hopkins added five more goals in the final six minutes of the third quarter to make it 14-0 after three periods. Included was the first career goal by freshman Zach Palmer (Oshawa, Ontario/The Hill Academy), two more by Matthews and goals 60-seconds apart by Boyle and sophomore Will McCance (The Woodlands, TX/The Woodlands).
Manhattan’s James Synowiez (Owego, NY/Owego Free Academy) sandwiched a pair of extra-man goals around a tally by Tyler Sabens (Falmouth, MA/Falmouth) in the final 6:47 to account for the final scoring. The Jaspers took 16 of their 23 shots, grabbed 11 of their 24 ground balls and earned three of their five faceoff wins in the fourth quarter. Junior Jon Fiorillo (Painted Post, NY/Corning West), made his first career start in goal for the Jaspers and totaled 12 saves.
Senior Michael Gvozden (Millersville, MD/Severna Park) registered five saves in 47 minutes of action for Johns Hopkins before giving way to sophomore Steven Burke (Potomac, MD/Bullis School), who posted four saves while allowing three goals over the final 13 minutes. Johns Hopkins allowed just seven shots and forced 19 turnovers in the first three quarters. The 53:12 the Blue Jays held the Jaspers scoreless is the longest single-game shutout streak for Johns Hopkins under head coach Dave Pietramala. The previous long was 49:11 against Mount St. Mary’s in 2008.
Boyle had twice scored four goals in a game and his previous career-high of seven points came in a 15-7 win against Navy last season. Matthews tallied the first hat trick of his career and Kimmel added an assist to go along with his second quarter goal. The Blue Jays held commanding advantages in shots (40-23), ground balls (45-24) and faceoffs (15-of-20). Senior Michael Powers (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) and junior Matt Dolente (Phoenixville, PA/Malvern Prep) were an identical 7-of-9 on faceoffs for the Blue Jays.
Johns Hopkins improved to 8-2 in season-openers under Pietramala, who picked up career victory number 130 with the win. The Blue Jays will return to action on Tuesday, February 23 when they host Delaware at 5 pm on ESPNU.
Manhattan (0-1) 0-0-0-3/3
#5 Johns Hopkins (1-0) 3-4-7-0/14
Goals: M: Synowiez-2, Sabesn. J: Boyle-6, Matthews-3, Kimmel, Rodgers, Palmer, McCance, Maydick. Assists: M: Sabens. J: Boyle-2, Kimmel, Donovan, Wharton. Saves: M: Fiorillo-12. J: Gvozden-5, Burke-4. Shots: M-23. J-40. EMO: M: 2-for-4. J: 0-for-2. Attendance: 1,400.
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Nov. 6, 2009
BALTIMORE, MD – U.S. Lacrosse recently announced the final 23-man roster for the 2010 U.S. men’s national team that will compete in the FIL World Championships in Manchester, England next summer (July 14-24). Among the 23 are three former Johns Hopkins standouts as Paul Rabil ‘07, Stephen Peyser ‘07 and Shawn Nadelen ‘01 all made the final cut. Rabil and Peyser are two of the 10 midfielders named to the team, while Nadelen is one of the six defenders selected.
Nadelen was a four-year regular for the Blue Jays from 1998-2001 and served as a captain during Pietramala’s first season as the head coach at Johns Hopkins. Nadelen earned Second Team All-America honors as a senior and twice guided the Blue Jays to the Final Four during his career. He is entering his sixth season as the defensive coordinator at Towson University and has had a very successful professional career with the Washington Bayhawks. He is the last remaining original member of the franchise as he has been with the Bayhawks since the formation of the league in 2001.
“Our men’s lacrosse program is very proud of the accomplishments of Paul, Stephen and Shawn,” Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala noted. “We are confident they will represent the United States with great character and integrity, much the same way they represented Johns Hopkins University during their time here.”
Since the World Championships debuted in 1974, Rabil, Peyer and Nadelen are the 24th, 25th and 26th Johns Hopkins players to be selected to the U.S. Team and each will be making their first appearance on the team. Johns Hopkins has been represented by at least two players in each of the 10 championships.
Rabil was a four-time All-American and three-time first team selection during his career at Johns Hopkins from 2005-08. A member of JHU’s 2005 and 2007 NCAA Championship teams, he graduated as JHU’s career scoring leader among midfielders with 111 goals and 67 assists for 178 points. He is also JHU’s career scoring leader in NCAA Tournament games with 28 goals and 23 assists for 51 points in 14 games. He has continued his career at the professional level as a member of the MLL’s Boston Cannons.
Peyser twice earned All-America honors during his career from 2005-08. He garnered third team honors as a junior and second team honors as a senior. He was also a member of JHU’s 2005 and 2007 NCAA Championship teams and finished his career ranked eighth in school history in career faceoffs taken (500) and ninth in school history in career faceoffs won (285) and career faceoff winning percentage (.570). In addition, he ranks 20th in career ground balls (235) and totaled 49 goals and 23 assists. Peyser is a member of the MLL’s Long Island Lizards.
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Release: 08/04/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 2009 “Thumbs Up” event will feature the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team taking on Johns Hopkins Oct. 9, Ohio State head coach Nick Myers announced Tuesday. The fall-ball scrimmage will be held at 7 p.m. under the lights at Upper Arlington High School in Columbus.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Michael Robert Breschi Memorial Athletic Scholarship Fund, the largest memorial scholarship endowment in the Ohio State athletics department. The scholarship was created in memory of Michael Breschi, the son of former Ohio State lacrosse coach Joe Breschi, who passed away tragically in March 2004 when he was just 3 years old.
Myers is looking forward to going up against another STX-sponsored school to showcase lacrosse in the non-traditional season while also raising money for the MRB scholarship.
“We are excited to welcome Coach Pietramala and the Blue Jay lacrosse family to Columbus for the 2009 ‘Thumbs Up’ event,” Myers said. “It gives our men an opportunity to play the nation’s best and honor the memory of Mike. The Michael Robert Breschi scholarship goes to a senior lacrosse player every year and is regarded by our men as one of the highest honors one can receive in our program. We want to thank the Upper Arlington community for hosting this special event and Coach Pietramala for bringing his team out.”
Dave Pietramala, JHU’s head coach who led the squad to NCAA titles in both 2005 and 2007, and the Blue Jays will remain in Columbus the following day to attend the Buckeye football game vs. Wisconsin Oct. 10 in Ohio Stadium.
“The Johns Hopkins lacrosse program is thrilled about our opportunity to join with the Buckeyes in an effort to promote lacrosse in Ohio and to contribute to the Michael Breschi Scholarship fund,” Pietramala said.
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