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.
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.
DENVER, CO – Four former Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse standouts competed in the 2009 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game on Thursday, July 16 and all four played key roles for the “Young Guns” in a thrilling 22-21 overtime loss to the “Old School”. The four combined for seven goals and four assists on the night.
Leading the Hopkins contingent in the game was Paul Rabil’08, who totaled three goals, including a two-pointer, and one assist for five points. The five points tied for the team high, but that wasn’t the extent of Rabil’s efforts on the night.
One year after making his first appearance in the game and the halftime skills competition, Rabil set an MLL record with a 111-mph shot to win the Fastest Shot competition at halftime. Rabil missed the cage on his first shot, but needed the record-setting shot to slip past Max Seibald, who had set a record of his own with a 110 mph shot just moments earlier.
Kevin Huntley ’08 nearly won the game for the Young Guns late in regulation as his second goal of the game was just inches from being a two-pointer that would have given his team a one-goal lead. Instead, it tied the game at 21 and led to overtime, where Old School won it in just 31 seconds. Huntley finished with two goals and two assists on the night.
Ground ball machine Matt Bocklet ’08 thrived in the up-and-down affair as he totaled one goal, one assist and three ground balls. His goal and assist both came in the second quarter.
Rounding out the former Blue Jays in the game was goalie Jesse Schwartzman `07. Schwartzman played the first half in goal and posted nine saves before giving way in the second half. In addition to launching several field-length passes, Schwartzman’s highlights for the night included a goal late in the second quarter. After a save, he carried the ball across midfield and into the offensive zone, where he dished off to Matt Danowski. Still uncovered, he made a move to the goal and Danowski fed him perfectly on the give-n-go and Schwartzman beat Mike Levin from the doorstep.
Young Guns Bolstered by Four Players, Coach From Johns Hopkins
July 16, 2009
BALTIMORE, MD- The Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse program will be well represented when the Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game takes place tonight (July 16) at Denver’s Invesco Field. The game will air live on ESPN2 at 10 pm and will feature four players (a fifth was selected, but is injured and will not participate) and one head coach who graduated from Johns Hopkins.
The format of the game has been changed back to the Old School vs. Young Guns format. Old School will be represented by players who entered the league between 2001 and 2006 while Young Guns features players who have entered since 2007.
Kyle Harrison `05, who plays for the host Denver Outlaws, was selected to play for the Old School team, but is injured and is not expected to play.
Headlining the Young Guns team are former Blue Jays Paul Rabil `08, Kevin Huntley `08, Jesse Schwartzman ’07 and Matt Bocklet ’08. Dave Huntley ’79, the head coach of the Toronto Nationals, will serve as the head coach of the Young Guns squad.
Rabil enters the All-Star festivities as the league’s leading scorer as he counts 22 goals (including four, two-point goals) and 10 assists to his credit for 36 points. He is making his second consecutive appearance in the All-Star game. He enters the game on a scoring tear as he has totaled 25 points in his last five games and dropped a nine-point masterpiece on the Washington Bayhawks on June 19.
Kevin Huntley, the 2008 MLL Rookie of the Year, is tied for 10th in the league in scoring with 19 goals (two, two-pointers) and five assists for 26 points. He is the second-leading scorer for the Washington Bayhawks through the first eight games of the season. Huntley has posted three or more points in six of the Bayhawks’ eight games this season.
Schwartzman was selected as a team co-captain for the Young Guns. He has been the goalie of record in all eight games for the Outlaws, who currently sit in first place in the MLL with a 6-2 record. Schwartzman ranks third in the league with a 12.01 goals against average and also fashions a .520 save percentage. The 98 goals the Outlaws have allowed are the second fewest in the league.
Bocklet is in his first season playing for Denver after debuting with the Bayhawks last season. He counts two goals and 27 ground balls to his credit through eight games. He ranks seventh in the league (third among non-faceoff specialists) in ground balls and is part of a Denver defense that ranks second in the league in scoring defense.
Dave Huntley’s Toronto Nationals are currently 4-5 and hold the fourth and final spot in the race for the playoffs. The Nationals have scored a league-high 131 goals entering the All-Star game.
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.
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).
Kyle Wharton scored 30 more goals this season than he did in 2008.
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.
Blue Jays, Greyhounds Meet in Regular-Season Finale For Both Teams
The Game: Johns Hopkins (8-4) closes the regular season at home with the annual season finale against Charles Street rival Loyola (9-4).
A Look Back: Johns Hopkins rans its winning streak to five games with a 12-5 win at Mount St. Mary’s on Monday night. The Greyhounds won their fourth straight with a 16-7 home victory against Hobart last Saturday.
These are the Facts: Johns Hopkins enters this week’s game against Loyola with an all-time record of 890-282-15 (.756). The Blue Jays own nine NCAA titles, 29 USILA titles and six ILA titles for a total of 44 national championships.
That’s 608 Games Over .500: With the win over Mount St. Mary’s, the Blue Jays’ all-time record is now 890-282-15 (.756) … that’s 608 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 eight games over .500.
Honoring the Seniors: Johns Hopkins will honors its seniors prior to the game against Loyola. Since arriving in the fall of 2005, the current senior class has helped guide the Blue Jays to a 41-19 (.683) record with one national championship (2007) and one national runner-up finish (2008). Johns Hopkins has qualified for the NCAA Tournament in each of the first three years of their career.
Honoring the Past: Johns Hopkins will add nine members to its Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday night and the nine will be recognized at halftime of the game against Loyola. Among the nine are former men’s lacrosse standouts Franz Wittelsberger `76 and Quint Kessenich `90. Wittelseberger graduated as JHU’s career leader in goals (151) and held that mark until 1995, when it was surpassed by Terry Riordan. He led JHU in goals scored (45) during the Blue Jays’ 1974 NCAA Championship season (1st NCAA title for JHU). Kessenich started in goal at Johns Hopkins from 1987-90 and helped the Blue Jays to the 1987 NCAA Championship. He twice earned First Team All-America honors and remains the only Johns Hopkins goalie to earn All-America honors four times in his career.
Senior Brian Christopher and the eighth-ranked Blue Jays host 13th-ranked Loyola on Saturday at 1 pm.
May Day: JHU is 27-6 (.818) in the month of May under Pietramala, including a perfect 13-0 at Homewood Field. Overall the Blue Jays have won 21 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.
April Reign: Flipping the calendar to April has usually been a good sign for the Blue Jays, who won four-of-five games in April last season to jump-start their run to the national championship game. Including the five wins this season (5-0), the Blue Jays are 41-4 (.911) under head coach Dave Pietramala in games played in April. JHU is 22-2 at home, 18-2 on the road and 1-0 on a neutral field in April under Pietramala’s guidance.
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 is the Blue Jays’ schedule? Consider …
The cumulative record of JHU’s 13 regular season opponents is currently 125-61 (.672).
This week’s game against 13th-ranked Loyola will be JHU’s 10th (of 13 regular season games) against a team ranked in the top 20.
Ony two of JHU’s 13 opponents this season (Towson, Mount St. Mary’s) currently have a record below .500.
Hitting the Century Mark: JHU head coach Dave Pietramala reached a milestone with the 14-9 win over Albany as the victory was his 100th as the head coach at Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays are now 104-29 (.782) on his watch and he is just the third coach in school history to win 100 games (Bob Scott-158, Henry Ciccarone-105).
Petro Earns Career Win Number 125: In addition to recently 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 enters this week’s game against Loyola with an overall record of 127-46 (.734). This includes a 23-17 record in three seasons as the head coach at Cornell (1998-2000).
Poll Position: Johns Hopkins enters this week’s game against Loyola ranked eighth in the USILA Coaches Poll. The Blue Jays are also ranked sixth in the Inside Lacrosse/Nike Media Poll. Loyola is ranked sixth in both polls.
More Poll Position: Records indicate that the USILA began sponsoring a weekly coaches poll during the 1973 season. Since then there have been 356 weekly polls. Amazingly, Johns Hopkins has been ranked in the top 20 in all 356 of those polls and has been in the top 10 in 344 of the 356.
Below is a breakdown of the Blue Jays in the USILA Coaches Poll since its inception on March 19, 1973:
Total Weeks: 356 Total Weeks at #1: 102 Weeks in top 5: 276 Weeks in top 10: 344 Weeks in top 20: 356 Most Consecutive at #1: 14: 4/12/04-5/9/05 Most Consecutive in top 5: 130: 3/19/73-3/23/87 Most Consecutive in top 10: 158: 3/19/73-3/25/90 Most Consecutive in top 20: 356: 3/19/73-present
Poll Notes: In some years a preseason poll was not conducted • In some years a preseason poll was conducted, but the second poll of that season may have been held until after several weeks of the season passed • In some years a poll was conducted after the NCAA Tournament.
Lucky Number Nine: Years ending with the number nine have been kind to the Blue Jays since the program’s inception in 1883. Johns Hopkins has played 13 seasons in years ending in nine (including 2009) and has compiled a 97-23-2 (.8030 record with seven national championships in those 13 years. The Blue Jays also played in the 1989 national championship game and advanced to the final four in 1999.
Streaking: Johns Hopkins is 81-20 in its last 100 regular season games dating back to the end of the 2001 season and 96-25 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. While the group was held in check in the losses to Princeton and UNC, it has more than held its own thus far. Starters Steven Boyle, Kyle Wharton and Chris Boland have combined for 10 or more points five times in nine starts together and nine or more points six times in those nine games.
Wharton currently leads the team in goals (28) and points (37), while Boland is second in goals (23) and points (36) and third in assists (13). Boyle, who sat out the game at Mount St. Mary’s, ranks fourth in points (33) with 18 goals and 15 assists. Since Boland entered the starting lineup against UMBC, the starting trio has combined for 51 goals and 29 assists (8.9 ppg.) in the nine games they’ve started together.
The 105 points the starting attack unit has generated this season in 12 games is already eight points more than JHU’s three starters on attack – Boyle, Kevin Huntley and Michael Doneger – combined for last season in 17 games.
Wharton, Boland and Boyle are currently among the top four scorers on the team. The last time JHU’s top three scorers were all attackmen was in 2001, when Bobby Benson, Adam Doneger and Conor Ford led the way.
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. Through 12 games, 102 of the Blue Jays’ 142 goals (71.8%) have been scored by players who will return next season, while 70 of the team’s 86 assists (81.4%) have been 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:
JHU’s top four scorers (Kyle Wharton-37, Chris Boland-36, Michael Kimmel-36, Steven Boyle-33) have combined for 142 points this season. All four are due to return in 2010.
JHU currently has five players with 17 or more goals (Kyle Wharton-28, Chris Boland-23, Brian Christopher-21, Steven Boyle-18, Michael Kimmel-17). Four of the five are due to return in 2010.
Five players on the team currently have 10 or more assists (Michael Kimmel-19, Steven Boyle-15, Chris Boland-13, Brian Christopher-10, Kyle Wharton-9). Four of the five are due to returning 2010.
Defensive Notes of Interest:
After allowing a total of 30 goals in back-to-back losses to Syracuse and Virginia, the Blue Jays have allowed a total of just 50 goals in their last six games (UNC/Albany/Maryland/Navy/Towson/MSM).
JHU held Mount St. Mary’s scoreless for stretches of 14:27 and 20:34. The five goals allowed against the Mount are the second fewest JHU has allowed this season (Siena-3).
Since the start of the 2007 season the Blue Jays have held the opposition scoreless for a streak of 14 minutes or longer 46 times. JHU has turned this trick nine times this season.
The Blue Jays have held 22 of their last 34 opponents – including 13 of 17 last season – 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, including seven times last 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 Navy scoreless for stretches of 17:16 and 12:48.
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 Albany scoreless for streaks of 20:32 and 11:32. The streak of 20:32 is the second longest scoring drought for an opponent this season.
Despite the loss, Johns Hopkins held North Carolina scoreless for stretches of 13:18 and 11:08.
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 enters the game against Loyola ranked seventh in the nation in scoring offense (11.3), seventh in the nation in points per game (19.0) and ninth in assists per game (7.16). The Blue Jays’ offensive numbers are even more impressive when you look at the national scoring defense leaders. JHU has played six of the top 10 and nine of the top 19 schools 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 are actually averaging nearly 1.5 goals 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 11.8 goals per game the Blue Jays are averaging this season are the most for JHU since 2004 (12.13).
JHU has scored in double figures 28 times in its last 35 games and is averaging 11.23 goals per game during that time (393 goals in 35 games).
The 15 goals the Blue Jays scored against top-ranked Virginia 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 have scored 142 goals on 427 shots this season for a shooting percentage of .333. 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. 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 is enjoying the finest season of his career and one of the finest seasons by a midfielder in the nation this season and has established himself as a legitimate contender for the the McLaughlin Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top midfielder.
Kimmel currently ranks second on the team in points (36), leads the team with a career-high 19 assists and ranks fifth on the team in goals (17). He also ranks fourth on the team in ground balls (26), has totaled two or more points in 10 of 12 games this season and has 14 points in his last four games (6g, 8a).
With his recent surge, Kimmel has joined an exclusive club at Johns Hopkins, one which counts just three members. With his 35 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 middies in JHU history to turn this trick.
Kimmel enters this week’s game against Loyola with 97 career points (53g, 44a).
One-Goal Turnarounds: With the 11-10 double overtime win at Towson, Johns Hopkins is 33-11 in one-goal games since Dave Pietramala took over in 2001. The Blue Jays have won 20 of their last 27 and 24 of their last 32 one-goal games. In the five seasons prior to Pietramala arriving (1996-2000) the Blue Jays were 5-8 in one-goal games.
More One-Goal Notes: The Blue Jays have come from behind to win 17 times during their last 20 one-goal wins. In 11 of those 17 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 at Towson (4-22-09), when the Blue Jays trailed by as many as four (twice) in the third quarter. 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: Last week’s 11-10 double overtime victory at Towson snapped a four-game losing streak in overtime for the Blue Jays. JHU is 14-6 all-time in overtime under head coach Dave Pietramala’s guidance and won seven straight overtime games from 2004 through 2007 before dropping three straight games in OT last season and one earlier this year at North Carolina.
Kocis Scores Three and Eleven Different Players Score
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Georgetown tied a season-high with six goals in a quarter and junior Scott Kocis (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) recorded his second-straight hat trick as the 17th-ranked Hoyas posted a 15-7 win over Rutgers in a key ECAC matchup in front of 931 fans at a sun-soaked Multi-Sport Field Saturday afternoon.
It was the fourth win in the last five games and the fifth in the last seven games for Georgetown, who improves to 7-6 overall and 3-3 in the ECAC. Rutgers falls to 4-10 overall and 2-4 in the league.
Eleven different players scored goals for Georgetown and 17 different players finished with at least one point as the Hoyas posted their highest score since beating Delaware, 18-10, in the fourth game of the 2007 season. The Hoyas jumped out to a 6-2 lead after the first quarter, led 8-2 at the break and 10-3 after three quarters before taking a 15-4 lead in the fourth quarter, the team’s biggest lead this season.
It did not appear to be Georgetown’s day in the early minutes. Junior Craig Dowd (East Northport, N.Y./Northport) gave the Hoyas a 1-0 lead at 13:41, but Rutgers responded immediately, two goals from Tad Stanwick giving the Scarlet Knights a 2-1 at 10:25. Georgetown, however, would score nine-straight goals to open a 10-2 lead and held Rutgers without a score until there was 2:52 left in the third quarter – a scoreless stretch of 37:33.
Senior Jake Samperton (Bethesda, Md./Landon) scored off a Dowd assist to tie the game at 2-all in the first quarter, and the Hoyas scored four more times – two from Kocis and one apiece from junior Rickey Mirabito (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Forks) and senior Chris Taylor (Mercer Island, Wash./Mercer Island) – to take a 6-2 lead.
Kocis scored his third goal of the day with 10:08 to play before the half, giving the Hoyas a 7-2 lead. Dowd picked up his third point of the day, and his second assist, when he fed junior Eric Reinhardt (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) for a score with 7:48 to play in the second quarter.
Samperton scored his second goal of the game – off an assist from junior Chris Nixon (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) – four minutes into the third quarter and the lead grew to 10-2 when Mirabito assisted junior Chris Schuville (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) with 3:16 to play. Justin Pennington from Rutgers scored with 2:52 to play in the third quarter to end the scoreless streak.
Rutgers pulled to within 11-4 on a Pennington man-up goal early in the fourth quarter, but the Hoyas responded with five-straight goals to open a 15-4 lead. Freshman Gerry Reilly (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) scored his first career goal at 7:30, senior Stoddie Nibley (Bethesda, Md./Landon) scored his second career goal at 4:46, freshman Francis McDonough (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) notched his first career score at 3:33 and sophomore David Shriver (Timonium, Md./Boys’ Latin) closed out the scoring at 2:13, with an assist from sophomore Jon Schoen (Darien, Conn./Darien).
The Hoyas won 14-of-25 face-off attempts, with senior Michael Shotwell (Fairfax, Va./St. Stephens-St. Agnes) capturing 10-of-15 and senior Dan Vinson (Pleasant Hill, Calif./DeLaSalle) winning 4-of-6 attempts. Shotwell added a team-high seven ground balls. Junior goalie Jack Davis (Glen Ridge, N.J./Glen Ridge) had another solid day in net, making 11 saves.
Georgetown held a 44-33 advantage in shots and won the ground ball battle, 32-29.
The Hoyas close out the regular season next Saturday, May 2, hosting ECAC rival Penn State. The game is slated to face-off at noon and it will air on a tape-delayed basis on Verizon FiOS.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – In front of an NCAA men’s lacrosse regular-season record crowd of 30,192 watched as the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team lost to No. 3 Notre Dame, 14-8, in sunny, warm Ohio Stadium Saturday.
Buckeye junior goalie Brandon Freeman made a career-best 18 saves in the defeat, while senior Jeff Ryan had four goals and an assist for his second-consecutive five-point game. Senior Joel Dalgarno’s goal in the first quarter was the 123rd of his career, as he tied the program record set by Terry Gilmore in 1979.
The loss drops the Buckeyes to 7-7 on the year and they end Great Western Lacrosse League play 3-2. Notre Dame, the only undefeated team in the nation, moves to 13-0 and wraps up the GWLL regular-season title with a 5-0 ledger. Notre Dame enters the GWLL tournament next weekend as the No. 1 seed and will take on Quinnipiac. Ohio State and Air Force will play in the other semifinal, with final seeding set after the Falcons’ game vs. Denver Saturday night.
Ohio State led 3-0 in the first quarter but Notre Dame outscored the Buckeyes, 4-1, including a goal with one second remaining, in the second quarter to send the teams into halftime tied at 4. The Irish scored the next seven goals to take the lead and push the score to 11-4. Ohio State ended the run with a goal with 3:16 left in the third quarter. Each team scored three times in the fourth.
The Buckeyes opened the scoring at 10:46 of the first quarter when Dalgarno found Mario Ventiquattro at the far post with a cross-crease pass. Dalgarno scored a goal of his own at 8:02. Junior Keith Lovett forced a turnover in the Buckeye zone and rushed the ball upfield, sending Dalgarno in on the Irish net for his record-tying goal. Ventiquattro added his second of the game at 6:45, set up by Ryan. Notre Dame got on the board when Zach Brenneman tallied at 4:24. Shots were 12-9 in favor of the Irish in the first quarter.
The Irish tied the game with the first two goals of the second quarter. Ryan Hoff scored at 10:11 and Peter Christman scored man-up with 3:00 on the clock. With Ohio State on a man-up chance, Ryan put Ohio State ahead when Justin Hayes found him with a quick-stick pass. The Irish tied the game with just one second remaining when Christmas found the back of the net on a rising shot from a sharp angle. Ohio State was outshot in the quarter, 11-6, with Freeman making five saves.
Notre Dame poured it on coming out of halftime, opening with a 7-0 run. Christman and Hoff (man-up) scored in 28 seconds to put the Irish up by two, followed by a goal from Brennaman at 10:58. The Irish scored four goals in 3:23, with goals from Duncan Swezey (7:23), Brennaman (5:50), Neal Hicks (5:43) and Hoff (4:00). Ohio State stopped the run when Ryan scored unassisted with 3:16 left in the quarter. Freeman made seven saves in the quarter, as the Irish outshot the Buckeyes, 20-7.
Notre Dame scored twice in 20 seconds in the fourth quarter, with goals from Grant Krebs at 11:45 and Hicks at 11:25. Freshman Eddie Bambino found the back of the net for the Buckeyes and 10:01. There was no scoring until Mike Pires set up Ryan at 3:17. Nicholas Beattie scored a goal for the Irish at 1:57 and Doug Ruhnke set up Ryan for the final goal with 39 seconds left. Shots were 10-8 for Notre Dame in the quarter.
Each team won 12 faceoffs, with senior Nick Carr going 8-5 for the Buckeyes. Lovett was 3-4 and had a team-best five groundballs in the game.
Notre Dame was 2-for-5 on EMO chances in the game. Ohio State was 1-for-2, with its last chance starting with three seconds left in regulation.
Postgame Notes
Dalgarno has a team-best 30 goals, 23 assists and 53 points this season. Dalgarno, who became the second Buckeye all-time (and in 30 years) to cross the 200-point mark for his career, now has 123 goals and 219 career points, ranking second in both categories in the Ohio State record book. He is tied with Terry Gilmore for first all-time in goals. Dalgarno has 97 assists to stand one back of second place Cliff Murray. He is on a 20-game point streak (49-34-83).
Ryan now is second on the team with a career-best 45 points, including a personal-high 29 goals and 16 assists. It was his third five-point game this season and the fifth of his career. It was the third four-goal game of his career and the second this season.
Ruhnke is on a six-game scoring streak (6-4-10).
Freeman topped the 15 saves he had at Air Force last Saturday. He has double-digit saves in each of his last three games.
The previous attendance record was 29,601 set in Ohio Stadium last year when the Buckeyes downed Denver in Ohio Stadium. The Buckeye game vs. Notre Dame preceded the Ohio State spring football game, which set the national attendance record for a spring football game with 95,722 fans in attendance.
