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2005 Johns Hopkins Men’s Lacrosse Notes Hopkins Lacrosse 34 Straight NCAA Tournaments • 26 NCAA Semifinal Appearances • 16 NCAA Championship Games 8 NCAA Titles • 174 First Team All-Americans Season-Ending Notebook NCAA Champions • 16-0 The Team: Johns Hopkins closed out a storybook season with a thrilling run at the Final Four that Coaching Staff culminated with the program’s eighth NCAA Championship and 43rd overall national championship. Head Coach: Dave Pietramala (Johns Hopkins ‘90) The Blue Jays defeated Virginia, 9-8 in overtime, in the semifinals before coming back with an identical Career Record/Yrs: 86-27 (.761)/8 Years 9-8 win over Duke in the NCAA Championship Game. Record at Hopkins/Yrs: 63-10 (.863)/5 Years Associate Head Coach: Seth Tierney (Offensive Coordinator) Title Town: The win over Duke gave the Blue Jays their eighth NCAA Men’s Lacrosse championship Assistant Coaches: Bill Dwan (Defense), Dave Allan (Volunteer) (1974, 1978-80, 1984-85, 1987, 2005) and 43rd overall national championship in the sport. JHU Men’s Lacrosse Quick Facts Perfection: The Blue Jays didn’t enter the season with a goal of going undefeated, but after 16 Overall Record: 16-0 games they had done just that. The undefeated season is just the third for the Blue Jays since the NCAA Current Streak: Won 16 Tournament debuted in 1971 (1979/13-0 and 1984/14-0). Since the program was formed in 1883 Johns Post Season: NCAA Champions Hopkins has gone through a season undefeated and untied just nine times (1906, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1941, 1979, 1984, 2005). Captains: Kyle Harrison, Peter LeSueur Matt Rewkowski, Chris Watson JHU Sets Victories Record: The win over Virginia in the NCAA Semifinals was JHU’s school-record Athletic Trainer: Brad Mountcastle 15th of the season and the Blue Jays polished off their national championship season with the win over Duke that gave them 16 wins on the year. Hopkins had previously won 14 games in a season three All-Time Record: 849-263-15 (.760) times in its history (1980, 1984, 2003). National Championships: 43 NCAA Championships: 8 (1974, 78-80, 84-85, 87, 2005) Rare Feat: Johns Hopkins became the 11th team since the NCAA began sanctioning the men’s la- Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances: 35 crosse championship (1971) to win the title with an undefeated record. Prior to this season the last was NCAA Championship Game Appearances: 16 Princeton in 1997 (15-0). NCAA Semifinal Appearances: 26 More Rare: Johns Hopkins became just the third team to post a perfect 16-0 record and win the NCAA All-Time NCAA Tournament Record: 56-26 (.683) title. Cornell was the first in 1976 and North Carolina matched the mark in 1991. Home Field: Homewood Field These are the Facts: Johns Hopkins completed the 2005 season with an all-time record of 849-263- Surface: Artificial Turf 15 (.760) in 118 seasons of play. The Blue Jays own eight NCAA Championships, 29 USILA titles and Capacity: 8,500 six ILA titles for a total of 42 national championships. Sports Information Streaking: The Blue Jays’ 16-0 record in 2005 is the best in school history (in terms of total wins). Associate AD/SID: Ernie Larossa The 16-game winning streak is also the longest winning streak by a Johns Hopkins team since 1984-85, Larossa Office Phone: 410/516-0552 when the Blue Jays ripped off 19 straight wins. The school record for consecutive wins is 25, originally Larossa Home Phone: 410/529-5510 set from 1932-34 and matched from 1978-80. Hopkins’ current 16-game winning streak is the eighth- Larossa Cell Phone: 410/299-7437 longest in school history. SID Fax: 410/516-7482 34 In a Row: This year’s tournament bid was the 34th straight for the Johns Hopkins men’s Press Box Phone: 410/516-0243 lacrosse team. This is not only the longest streak in lacrosse it is the longest active streak of qualifying SID Email: [email protected] for an NCAA Tournament in any Division I team sport (see page 5 side-bar for more information). Internet Address: www.HopkinsSports.com 2005 Johns Hopkins Men’s Lacrosse Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time/Result Notes Mar. 5 @ #3 Princeton W/9-6 Blue Jays open game with 6-0 run - Byrne (3g, 1a), Barrie and Harrison (1g, 2a) 8 UMBC W/9-6 Greg Peyser career high four goals, Harrison (2g, 2a), Jake Byrne (1g, 1a) 12 Hofstra W/11-5 Benson career high three goals & four points, Braun 13-of-15 on faceoffs, G. Peyser (2g, 1a) 18 @ #7 Syracuse (OT) W/12-11 JHU erases 7-1 deficit - Rabil career-high 4 goals, Harrison (2g, 3a), Peyser (3g) game-winner in OT 26 #2 Virginia W/9-7 Schwartzman career-high 20 saves - Huntley (3g, 2a), all three goals in the fourth quarter Apr. 2 @ #17 North Carolina W/7-5 Rabil (3g), LeSueur (2g), Schwartzman (12 saves) / 12th straight win over North Carolina 5 #14 Albany W/19-6 Byrne (5g, 2a), Malo (4g), Harrison (1g, 5a) / JHU leads 7-1 after one and 12-2 at the half 8 #2 Duke (2OT) W/11-10 Huntley 3g, including 2OT game-winner / Harrison 2g, 2a / JHU closes game with 5-2 run 15 @ #9 Maryland W/11-6 Freshmen fuel victory - Huntley (3g, 1a), Rabil (2g, 1a), S. Peyser (2g) 23 #5 Navy (OT) W/9-8 Harrison (career-high 5g) ties game with 23 seconds left ... wins it in OT. 31st straight win over Navy 30 @ #12 Towson W/8-4 Schwartzman career-high 21 saves / Rabil 2g, 1a / LeSueur 2g / JHU outscores TU, 5-1 in 4th quarter May 7 Loyola ! W/12-6 JHU scores 1st eight goals of second half to extend 4-3 lead / Malo (1g, 3a), Byrne (2g, 1a), Rabil (2g) 14 Marist (NCAA 1st Round) W/22-6 Ties JHU record for most goals in NCAA game / Rabil (2g, 4a), Huntley (4g, 1a), freshmen (13g, 6a) 21 #8 Massachusetts (NCAA QF) W/19-9 Rewkowski career-high 4g and 1a / Harrison 2g, 3a / JHU jumps to 8-2 lead and cruises in 2nd half 28 #4 Virginia (NCAA SF) (OT) W/9-8 Byrne ties game with 1.4 seconds remaining / Erwin scores game-winner in OT 30 #2 Duke (NCAA Final) W/9-8 Harrison, G. Peyser, Huntley, Rabil (2g) / Schwartzman (12 saves) / JHU holds Duke scoreless for final 27:43 www.HopkinsSports.com • 2005 National Champions 2005 Season-Ending Notebook / 2 26th Semifinal Appearance: Johns Hopkins made its JHU’s Longest Winning Streaks Johns Hopkins’ Record... record 26th trip to the NCAA Semifinals this season. The Blue Jays were the only team returning from last season’s Rank Streak Year(s) In Under Current final four and made their fourth straight trip to the semifinals 1T. 25 ___________________1978-80 2005 Petro Streak and sixth in the last seven years. Johns Hopkins boasts an 25 ___________________1932-34 Overall: 16-0 63-10 W16 all-time record of 16-10 in semifinal games. For comparison, 3. 22 ___________________1980-81 only three other teams have even qualified for the tourna- 4. 20 ___________________1926-28 At home: 9-0 37-1 W36 ment 26 or more times: Virginia (28), Maryland (28) and 5T. 19 ___________________1984-85 On the road: 5-0 22-5 W8 Syracuse (26). At a neutral site: 2-0 4-4 W2 19 ___________________1940-42 7. 18 ___________________1968-69 Blue Jays Earn Top Seed: Johns Hopkins locked up the 8. 16 _____________________ 2005 On artificial turf: 12-0 49-3 W29 number one seed in the NCAA Tournament with the win over On grass: 4-0 13-6 W6 Loyola in the regular season finale. The Blue Jays have been On Fieldturf: 0-0 1-1 L1 seeded number one in each of the last four years and 11 times since the tournament began in 1971. This is the second time in JHU history the Blue Jays have been seeded number one in four straight tournaments. Hopkins During the day: 12-0 51-7 W12 earned the top seed in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986. These represent the only two times in the history of the At night: 4-0 12-3 W5 tournament a team has earned the number one seed four straight times. In overtime: 4-0 9-2 W5 Fastest 60: With the win over Marist in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Dave Pietramala tied In one-goal games: 5-0 21-4 W8 Ray Van Orman (1926-34) as the third-fastest coaches to reach 60 wins in Johns Hopkins history. Don Zim- merman (1984-90) won 60 of his first 68 games, while Henry Ciccarone (1975-83) won 60 of his first 69. On television: 11-0 35-8 W11 Van Orman needed 70 games to get 60 wins, a mark Pietramala tied with the win over Marist. Pietramala now sports an overall coaching record of 86-27 (.761), including a 63-10 (.863) mark at Hopkins. In weekday games: 6-0 13-1 W7 On the weekend (Sat/Sun.): 10-0 50-9 W10 Classic Comeback: The Blue Jays’ come-from-behind win over Syracuse on March 18 was Hopkins’ biggest come-from behind victory in over six years. JHU trailed 7-1 late in the 2nd quarter before rallying Against teams ranked 1-5: 6-0 17-8 W6 for a 12-11 overtime victory. The last time JHU had erased a six-goal deficit to win a game was on March 6, Against teams ranked 6-10: 3-0 14-1 W14 1999, when the Blue Jays erased a 9-3 deficit and beat Princeton, 12-11.