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HOYAS 9, Statesmen 7 GEORGETOWN 9, Hobart 7 March 20, 2004 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Facing a three-goal deficit early Score by period 1234 Tot in the third quarter, Hobart scored three unanswered Hobart (2-3) 2221 7 goals against sixth-ranked Georgetown to tie the Georgetown (4-1) 3312 9 contest early in the fourth quarter, but the Hoyas used SCORING a pair of late tallies to escape with a 9-7 victory at Hobart: Mike Conklin 2-0; Chris David 2-

KEVIN COLTON/SPORTSPICS.NET 0; Mark Williamson 1-1; Patrick Meade 1-0; Harbin Field. Statesman goalie DAN VALENTE (pic- Mark Conklin 1-0; Jamie Giles 0-1. tured) was superb in the face of the Georgetown Georgetown: Walid Hajj 3-1; Nick Miaritis 2-3; Neal Goldman 2-1; Kevin Langtry 0-2; attack, recording a career-high 19 saves. Sean Denihan 1-0; Wes Trice 1-0; Trevor Meeting for the 10th time, the two schools traded Casey 0-1. a pair of goals in the opening quarter, before the Hoyas GROUND BALLS (4-1) used a three-goal surge spanning the first and Hobart: 36 (Chris Keough 8). second frames to build a 5-2 lead. Georgetown: 41 (Brodie Merrill 7). The teams once again traded a pair of goals from SHOTS midway through the second quarter to the 13:18 mark Hobart 31; Georgetown 40. of the third, leaving Georgetown a 7-4 advantage. PENALTIES Hobart 6 for 4:30; Georgetown 4 for 3:00. Enter CHRIS DAVID. The native of nearby Silver Springs, Md., and a graduate of Georgetown Prep MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES Hobart 0-4; Georgetown 2-6. netted his first collegiate goal at the 7:49 mark of the FACEOFFS third to spark the Statesmen’s ill-fated comeback. He Hobart 8-20; Georgetown 12-20. struck again just 30 seconds later to pull Hobart (2-3) within one. Sophomore MIKE CONKLIN erased that CLEARS deficit at the 10:08 mark of the final frame. Hobart 23-30; Georgetown 18-20. The Hoyas called on Walid Hajj for the game-winner at the 8:23 mark and the senior set up an GOALIES insurance goal 1:28 later. Hobart: Dan Valente 2-3 (60:00, 28-19). Valente was in the zone all afternoon, slamming the door on several point-blank attempts by the Georgetown: Rich D’Andrea 4-1 (60:00, 18-11). Hoyas, while improving his season numbers to an impressive .629 save percentage and a 7.76 goals against average. ATTENDANCE-1684. STATESMEN 18, Leopards 7 HOBART 18, Lafayette 7 March 27, 2004 GENEVA, N.Y.—Hobart lacrosse fans had to wait for nearly a month to see their Score by period 1234 Tot team at home, but the Statesmen made it worth the wait. Hobart scored the first Lafayette (1-7, 0-2) 0223 7 five goals of its first home game of 2004 and cruised to an 18-7 Hobart (3-3, 3-1) 5445 18 victory over visiting Lafayette at drizzly McCooey Field. MARK WILLIAMSON led the SCORING attack with five goals and an assist. Lafayette: Bart Seifert 1-2; Matt Lukof 1-1; Drew Weisman 1-0; Sean Burek 1-0; Leo Williamson opened the scoring at the 12:21 mark of the first quarter with an Stinson 1-0; Mike Scolaro 1-0; Mark Sluzar unassisted goal. Six minutes later he earned the assist on MIKE CONKLIN’S extra- 1-0; Brendan Heck 0-1; Leo McCabe 0-1. Mark Williamson ’04 Hobart: Mark Williamson 5-1; Nate Hill 2- man score. Conklin struck again just 27 seconds later, followed by another 2; Patrick Meade 2-0; Mike Conklin 2-0; Williamson goal at the 5:13 mark. CHRIS SCANLON closed the opening frame Brian Joy 1-1; Chris David 1-1; Chris scoring with another extra-man goal. Scanlon 1-0; Nate Molinari 1-0; Hunter Campbell 1-0; Chris Keough 1-0; Michael The Leopards seemed ready to make a game of it with back-to-back scores by Leo Stinson and Bart Steele 1-0; Jarrett Moffitt 0-1. Seifert to start the second quarter, but Hobart responded with four GROUND BALLS unanswered to take a 9-2 lead into halftime. Lafayette: 23 (Leo McCabe 4). Seifert finished with a goal and two assists to lead Lafayette. Hobart: 55 (John Soden 8). Three Statesmen scored their first collegiate goal in the fourth SHOTS quarter. CHRIS KEOUGH was the first, intercepting a pass by goalie Lafayette 33; Hobart 57. Chris Rosa near midfield and lobbing a shot into the cage 30 yards PENALTIES away. MICHAEL STEELE and HUNTER CAMPBELL followed suit a short Lafayette 6 for 5:00; Hobart 7 for 5:30. time later with their first college goals. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES KEVIN COLTON/SPORTSPICS.NET The Statesmen dominated this contest in every statistical Lafayette 0-6; Hobart 3-5. category, outshooting the Leopards 57-33, holding a 55-23 advantage FACEOFFS Lafayette 8-29; Hobart 21-29. on ground balls, winning 21-of-29 faceoffs, and scoring on 3-of-5 extra-man opportunities, while killing all six Lafayette man-up tries. CLEARS Lafayette 17-27; Hobart 17-21. JOHN SODEN controlled the X, winning 15-of-19 restarts and GOALIES picking up a game-high eight ground balls. MATT MURPHY also Lafayette: Michael Koch 1-5 (27:36, 17-8), enjoyed a strong outing, collecting seven ground balls. Chris Rosa (26:13, 15-7), Kevin DeVito In goal for Hobart, DAN VALENTE and MIKE DeSANTIS made (6:11, 1-0), Hobart: Dan Valente 3-3 (30:00, 9-7), seven saves each, while Michael Koch, Kevin DeVito, and Rosa Mike DeSantis (30:00, 12-7). combined for 15 stops for the Leopards. ATTENDANCE-874.

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ORANGE 16, Statesmen 10 SYRACUSE 16, Hobart 10 March 30, 2004 SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Over the final 40 minutes of the contest, Hobart outscored Syracuse 9-8. Unfortunately, Score by period 1234 Tot the Orange exploded out of the gate for an 8-1 lead, to stave off the Statesmen 16-10. The loss dropped Hobart (3-4) 1432 10 Hobart to 3-4 overall, while Syracuse improved to 5-1. Syracuse (5-1) 7234 16 With the contest barely two minutes old and the score tied at one apiece, the host Orange rattled off SCORING seven unanswered goals to put the Statesmen in an early hole. Hobart: Mark Williamson 4-1; Nate Hill 2- 0; Brian Joy 1-1; Patrick Meade 1-0; Chris The Statesmen attack sprang to life late in the second quarter, registering four straight goals in a Scanlon 1-0; Mike Conklin 1-0; Nate span of just three minutes and 22 seconds to cut the Syracuse lead to 8-5. Attackman MARK WILLIAMSON Molinari 0-1. Syracuse: Michael Powell 4-2; Sean (pictured) scored back-to-back tallies thirty-four seconds Lindsay 3-0; Jarett Park 2-0; Steve Vallone apart to close out the run. 2-0; Brian Crockett 1-1; Brian Nee 1-1; The Orange struck once more before the break to take a Greg Rommel 1-0; Kevin Dougherty 1-0; Steve Lykudis 1-0; Geoff Keough 0-1; Zack 9-5 lead into the locker room. Wallace 0-1. Hobart scored three of the first four goals of the second GROUND BALLS half to cut the Syracuse lead to 10-8 with 12:17 remaining in Hobart: 37 (Matt Murphy 6). the third frame. Midfielder BRIAN JOY provided the lift with a Syracuse: 41 (Steve Panarelli 6). goal and an assist. SHOTS The eventual national champions responded with back- Hobart 44; Syracuse 45. KEVIN COLTON/SPORTSPICS.NET to-back goals to end the third quarter and quell the States- PENALTIES men threat. Hobart 7 for 5:30; Syracuse 6 for 4:30. Williamson scored his fourth and final goal of the MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES evening just 1:53 into the fourth quarter, but the Orange Hobart 2-5; Syracuse 3-6. replied with another big run, scoring the next four goals to FACEOFFS Hobart 13-29; Syracuse 16-29. take a 16-9 advantage. Michael Powell scored two goals during the run to finish the game with four goals and two CLEARS Hobart 22-31; Syracuse 27-31. assists. GOALIES MIKE CONKLIN closed out the scoring at the 5:39 mark of Hobart: Dan Valente 3-4 (60:00, 26-10). the fourth quarter with a man-up goal assisted by Williamson. Syracuse: Jay Pfeifer 5-1 (60:00, 22-12). DAN VALENTE finished the game with 10 saves in the net. ATTENDANCE-4462.

STATESMEN 13, Bison 9 HOBART 13, Bucknell 9 April 3, 2004 GENEVA—Hobart scored an important Patriot League victory on soggy McCooey Field with a 13-9 Score by period 1234 Tot decision over visiting Bucknell. NATE HILL led the charge with two goals and five assists, matching his Bucknell (4-5, 2-2) 2223 9 career-high in both assists and points. Hobart (4-4, 4-1) 2254 13 A nail-biter in the first half, Hobart scored the game’s opening goal when MIKE CONKLIN fired home SCORING a feed from Hill. It was the first of three Hill to Conklin tallies on the night. Bucknell: Patrick Christensen 5-1; Chris Cara 1-3; Patrick O'Hearn 1-0; Wes Fechet From the opening score until the horn signaled the end of the first half, the teams traded goals, 1-0; Kirk Klett 1-0; Craig Fleishman 0-1; heading into the break tied 4-4. John Salvesen 0-1. The Bison took their first lead of the contest 49 seconds into the third frame on Chris Cara’s goal. Hobart: Nate Hill 2-5; Mike Conklin 4-0; Chris David 3-1; Mark Williamson 1-2; CHRIS DAVID tied the game at 5-all with the first of his three goals on the night, all in the third quarter. Chris Scanlon 1-0; Patrick Meade 1-0; Rory Bucknell grabbed its final lead of the game with 7:16 remaining in the third on a man-up goal by Kirk Melvin 1-0; Mark Conklin 0-1. Klett. Just over a minute later, David forged the sixth and final tie. GROUND BALLS Shortly thereafter, things began to slip away from the Bison. Nearly perfect in the opening 30 Bucknell: 27 (Ryan Goodman 5). minutes (12-13 clears, 7-10 faceoffs, 1 penalty for 30 seconds), Hobart rode Bucknell on 7-of-15 clear Hobart: 42 (Dan Valente 9). attempts in the second half, won 9-of-15 faceoffs, and converted all three man-up opportunities. SHOTS Bucknell 35; Hobart 40. The first extra-man score, by Conklin, gave the Statesmen an 8-6 lead. It was the first time either team had led by more than a single goal in the teams’ annual meeting since the fourth quarter of the PENALTIES Bucknell 4 for 3:30; Hobart 5 for 4:30. 2002 showdown, a game Hobart won 12-11 on McCooey Field. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES Back-to-back even strength goals followed by consecutive extra-man goals, ballooned the Bucknell 3-5; Hobart 3-4. Statesmen’s lead to 11-6 with 10:03 remaining. FACEOFFS The Bison managed back-to-back goals of their own near the eight minute mark, but Hill fed Bucknell 13-25; Hobart 12-25. Conklin on two straight tallies 46 seconds apart to seal the victory. CLEARS In goal, Hobart DAN VALENTE made 15 saves for the win, while gathering a game-high nine ground Bucknell 20-28; Hobart 23-30. balls, including several interceptions that prevented in-close scoring chances. Matt Baran turned away 16 GOALIES shots for the Bison. Bucknell: Matt Baran 4-5 (60:00, 29-16). Patrick Christensen led Bucknell with five goals and an assist. Hobart: Dan Valente 4-4 (60:00, 24-15). Hobart’s GREG McCARTHY did an excellent job of limiting Cara’s effectiveness. Cara entered the ATTENDANCE-548. game averaging a Division I-high 5.5 points per game, but was held to a goal and three assists with only two of those points coming at even strength.

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STATESMEN 8, Raiders 4 HOBART 8, Colgate 4 April 7, 2004

GENEVA, N.Y.—The Statesmen clinched a berth in the Patriot FOXALL ART Score by period 1234 Tot League Tournament behind the hot goaltending of DAN Colgate (5-5, 1-2) 0211 4 VALENTE in an 8-4 victory over Colgate at McCooey Field. Hobart (5-4, 5-1) 1241 8 Valente made 13 saves on the night, including nine in the SCORING fourth quarter. Colgate: Jeff Vander Meulen 2-0; Ramsey Brame 1-1; Brian Robinson 1-0. Hobart posted its 23rd consecutive victory over the Raiders Hobart: Chris Scanlon 2-0; Nate Hill 0-2; and joined PL front-runner Navy as the first two teams to earn a Brian Joy 1-0; Patrick Meade 1-0; Mark Williamson 1-0; Chris David 1-0; Rory spot in the four-team tournament. Melvin 1-0; Sean Reed 1-0. A defensive slugfest from start to finish, CHRIS SCANLON GROUND BALLS notched the only goal of the first quarter to give Hobart the Colgate: 30 (Andrew Houston 6; Jonathan lead. Forty-eight seconds into the second frame, Colgate pulled Pico 6). even on a goal by Brian Robinson. Hobart: 38 (Patrick Meade 6). The Statesmen responded with back-to-back goals to take a SHOTS 3-1 lead. RORY MELVIN gave Hobart the lead for good netting a Colgate 36; Hobart 32. man-up goal at the 7:06 mark. MARK WILLIAMSON netted his PENALTIES Colgate 4 for 3:00; Hobart 6 for 4:30. team-leading 24th goal of the season just a short time later. Colgate stayed close, pulling within one with the final goal MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES Colgate 1-6; Hobart 1-4. of the first half off the stick of Jeff Vander Meulen. Mr. Third Quarter, Chris David FACEOFFS After the break, the teams traded goals to make it a 4-3 Colgate 6-16; Hobart 10-16. contest, before Hobart’s offense finally roared to life with four unanswered goals. PAT MEADE opened the CLEARS barrage on an acrobatic jump shot for his ninth of the season. He was followed just two minutes later by Colgate 18-25; Hobart 22-26. Mr. Third Quarter, CHRIS DAVID. All of David’s first seven colleguate goals were scored during the third GOALIES quarter. Colgate: Andrew Jarolimek 5-5 (60:00, 19- Scanlon tacked on his second goal of the game to close the third quarter and SEAN REED closed out 11). Hobart: Dan Valente 5-4 (60:00, 17-13). the run at the 12:36 mark of the fourth, leaving Hobart an 8-3 advantage. From then on the spotlight belonged to Valente. His nine-save fourth quarter performance included ATTENDANCE-250. three stops on point-blank shots.

STATESMEN 8, Nittany Lions 7 (OT) HOBART 8, Penn State 7 April 10, 2004 GENEVA, N.Y.—CHRIS SCANLON scored 32 seconds into overtime to lift the Statesmen over Penn State at Score by period 1234OTTot Boswell Field. The Statesmen and the Nittany Lions have met 10 times since 1995, with six of those Penn State (3-5) 04120 7 games decided by just a single goal, including four in overtime. Hobart (6-4) 11411 8 Penn State won the faceoff to start the extra session, but the ball was knocked loose in front of the SCORING Nittany Lions bench. After a short scrum and an inadvertent whistle, Hobart (6-4) was awarded Penn State: Will Cutler 4-0; Patrick Heim 1-0; Will Jones 1-0; John Eremus 1-0; Chris possession. Goalie DAN VALENTE threw a pass over the PSU defense 10 yards past midfield to Scanlon, Gannett 0-1; Greg Hale 0-1; Gil Pearsall 0- who ran into the restraining box unchecked and fired a low screamer past goalie Josh LaGrow. 1; Nate Whitaker 0-1. Hobart: Nate Hill 2-2; Chris Scanlon 2-0; The Statesmen appeared to have sealed the victory late in the fourth quarter when CHRIS DAVID Mark Williamson 1-1; Brian Joy 1-0; Mike drove the crease from behind the net, rolled back towards the end line and beat LaGrow with a zero- Conklin 1-0; Chris David 1-0; Dan Valente angle shot over his right shoulder with 1:15 remaining in regulation. 0-1. The Nittany Lions had three possessions in the final 65 seconds, but it wasn’t until the last that they GROUND BALLS managed a shot. Following a PSU timeout with 4.6 ticks remaining, Will Cutler heaved a desperation Penn State: 22 (Josh LaGrow 5). Hobart: 44 (John Soden 9). shot from the top of the box that took a strange bounce past a screened Valente, beating the clock by five SHOTS tenths of a second to force overtime. Valente finished with nine saves. Penn State 30; Hobart 44. LaGrow allowed seven goals and posted 13 saves in 57 minutes and 23 seconds. Mike Stoltz allowed PENALTIES the other goal in three minutes and nine seconds of relief work while LaGrow served an illegal body Penn State 7 for 4:30; Hobart 6 for 4:00. check penalty. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES NATE HILL scored just three minutes into the contest to give Hobart a 1-0 lead and the only goal of Penn State 2-5; Hobart 0-7. the first quarter. He led Hobart with two goals and two assists. FACEOFFS The Nittany Lions roared back in the second session, netting four unanswered goals. Cutler fueled Penn State 4-17; Hobart 13-17. the run with back-to-back-to-back tallies. He led Penn State with four goals. CLEARS Hobart trailed 4-2 at the half after MARK WILLIAMSON scored his team-leading 25th goal to close out Penn State 19-32; Hobart 18-24. the first half scoring. The Statesmen jumped back in front in the third quarter, outscoring their guests 4-1 GOALIES and reclaiming the lead on a goal by BRIAN JOY with 2:26 left in the frame. Penn State: Josh LaGrow 1-3 (57:23, 20- 13), Mike Stoltz (3:09, 1-0). PAT HEIM knotted the game at 6-all, setting up the drama of the final two minutes. Hobart: Dan Valente 6-4 (60:32, 16-9). Hobart outshot Penn State 44-30, held a 44-22 advantage on ground balls, and won 13-of-17 ATTENDANCE-784. faceoffs, while limiting the Nittany Lions to just 19-of-32 clearing. PSU did score on two of its five man- up opportunities, while holding the Statesmen scoreless on seven tries.

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Buckeyes 13, STATESMEN 12 (OT) Ohio State 13, HOBART 12 (OT) April 17, 2004 GENEVA, N.Y.—Hobart led by seven goals late in the third quarter, but eighth-ranked Ohio State staged a Score by period 1234OTTot furious comeback to avoid an upset and escape Boswell Field with a 13-12 win in overtime. Ryan Laffey Ohio State (9-2) 02371 13 scored the game-winner for Ohio State with 8.7 seconds remaining in the first overtime. Hobart (6-5) 42510 12 MARK WILLIAMSON scored with 9:54 remaining in the third quarter to give the Statesmen an 11-4 SCORING lead. He posted a game-high five points on two goals and three assists. Ohio State: Anthony Gilardi 4-0; Craig Nolan 2-1; Ryan Laffey 1-2; Kyle Olson 1-1; The Buckeyes still trailed by seven with two Shaun Lyons 1-1; Tom Randisi 1-1; Ben minutes remaining in the third frame, but Anthony Wolff 1-1; Andrew Bender 1-0; Chris Brown 1-0; Jason Bloom 1. Gilardi started an 8-0 OSU run with a man-up goal Hobart: Mark Williamson 2-3; Nate Hill 2- at the 1:49 mark. Gilardi scored twice more during 2; Chris Scanlon 3-0; Brian Joy 1-2; Mike the run, including his 13th tally of the season that Conklin 2-0; Chris David 1-0; Nate Molinari 1-0. tied the contest at 11 with 50 seconds left in regulation. Josh Lesko won the ensuing faceoff and GROUND BALLS Ohio State: 38 (Greg Bice 6). Kyle Olson finished a feed from Shaun Lyons to Hobart: 45 (Matt Murphy 7; John Soden 7). KEVIN COLTON/SPORTSPICS.NET give the Buckeyes their first lead of the game with SHOTS 28 ticks remaining. Ohio State 42; Hobart 54. Hobart won the subsequent faceoff to give the PENALTIES Statesmen life. Looking to get a shot off, BRIAN JOY Ohio State 8 for 5:00; Hobart 5 for 3:00. slipped to his knees near the top of the restraining MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES box, but managed to get a pass off to CHRIS Ohio State 2-5; Hobart 2-8. SCANLON, who fired a blistering shot from 15-yards FACEOFFS Ohio State 7-28; Hobart 21-28. out past goalie Tony Russo to force overtime. Russo Mark Williamson scores one of his two goals against OSU. finished with 13 stops. CLEARS In the extra session, Hobart outshot Ohio State 3-2, but Laffey’s charge and point-blank shot from Ohio State 24-27; Hobart 24-28. the left of goalie DAN VALENTE ended the Statesmen’s hopes of an upset. Valente finished with 14 saves. GOALIES Ohio State: Tony Russo 9-2 (63:51, 25-13). NATE HILL chipped in two goals and two assists, while Scanlon recorded a hat trick. JOHN SODEN Hobart: Dan Valente 6-5 (63:51, 27-14). dominated the faceoff X, winning 21 of the 28 restarts while collecting seven ground balls. ATTENDANCE-3019. The Statesmen outshot the Buckeyes 54-42, but OSU controlled the fourth quarter with a 16-5 shot advantage. Hobart’s Achilles’ heel proved to be an 0-for-4 showing in man-up opportunities in the fourth quarter. The Statesmen finished 2-of-8 for the game. Clearly a disappointing loss for unranked Hobart, but the Statesmen came closer to knocking off Hobart 14, ARMY 8 OSU than second-ranked Navy (12-9) and 13th-ranked Duke (16-9). Hobart was one of only two teams April 24, 2004 to score more than nine goals against the Buckeyes’ stingy defense (North Caroline is the other). Score by period 1234 Tot Hobart (7-5, 6-1) 3263 14 Army (9-4, 4-3) 3032 8 SCORING Statesmen 14, BLACK KNIGHTS 8 Hobart: Nate Molinari 4-0; Mike Conklin 3-0; Nate Hill 2-2; Brian Joy 2-0; Mark WEST POINT, N.Y.—Midfielder NATE MOLINARI scored four goals and attackman MIKE CONKLIN added Williamson 1-3; Patrick Meade 1-0; Rory three as visiting Hobart upset No. 13 Army 14-8 at Shea Stadium. The loss secured the No. 2 seed in the Melvin 1-0; Mark Conklin 0-1; Alex Jessup Patriot League Tournament for the Statesmen and knocked the 0-1; Matt Murphy 0-1. Army: Jeff Bryan 4-0; Jim Wagner 2-2; Black Knights out of the PL title chase. John Walker 0-2; Mike Obringer 1-0; Hobart peppered the Army cage all afternoon, firing 56 shots, Marko Kostovic 1-0; Erik Nerdalen 0-1. including 33 in the second half, at the Black Knights' backstop. The GROUND BALLS Statesmen attack kicked it into high gear after halftime, scoring nine Hobart: 50 (Chris Keough 6). times to ensure their final Patriot League regular season contest Army: 32 (Matt Luyster 8). ended victoriously. SHOTS Hobart 56; Army 34. Army led 3-2 with 5:52 remaining in the opening frame on one KEVIN COLTON/SPORTSPICS.NET of four goals scored by Jeff Bryan, but Hobart replied with three PENALTIES Hobart 10 for 9:30; Army 7 for 5:00. straight goals to take a 5-3 lead into the locker room. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES The teams traded goals for the first nine minutes of the second Hobart 1-4; Army 1-7. half to up the scoring ledger to 8-6. At that point, Hobart answered FACEOFFS with three tallies in the final five minutes of the frame to open Hobart 10-23; Army 13-23. things up 11-6. Conklin finished off his hat trick with a man-down CLEARS tally that seemed to take the wind out of the Black Knights' sails. Hobart 20-28; Army 14-23. Molinari and BRIAN JOY added scores in short order. GOALIES Molinari’s third goal at 3:47 of the fourth quarter gave Hobart a Hobart: Dan Valente 7-5 (60:00, 21-13). 12-8 advantage, and prompted Army to pull its goalie, which Army: Matt Darak 9-4 (56:21, 33-21), Geoff Costa (03:39, 3-1). allowed the Statesmen to score twice into an open cage. DAN VALENTE earned the win in goal for Hobart with 13 saves, ATTENDANCE-905. Caption while Matt Darak made 21 stops in 56 minutes.

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PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL Patriot League Semifinal HOBART 10, Bucknell 9

Statesmen 10, Bison 9 FOXALL ART April 30, 2004 ANNAPOLIS, Md.—The 19th-ranked Hobart Statesmen advanced Score by period 1234 Tot Bucknell (6-8) 3132 9 to the Patriot League Championship game with a dramatic 10-9 Hobart (8-5) 2044 10 victory over Bucknell at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial SCORING Stadium. The Statesmen erased a three-goal third quarter deficit Bucknell: Chris Cara 2-2; Patrick and a two-goal fourth quarter deficit to earn a berth in the Christensen 3-0; Kirk Klett 2-0; Wes conference title tilt with host Navy. Fechet 1-1; Steve Case 1-0; Brendan Fitzgibbons 0-1. “Good teams win ugly and it doesn’t get much uglier than Hobart: Mike Conklin 3-0; Patrick Meade that for us,” Coach MATT KERWICK said. 2-1; Mark Williamson 1-2; Chris Scanlon Hobart looked out of sync in the first half, matching a 1-1; Brian Joy 1-0; Chris David 1-0; Matt Kanellis 1-0, Nate Hill 0-1. season low with just two goals (Penn State). The Bison GROUND BALLS expanded their 4-2 halftime lead in the early going of the third Bucknell: 35 (Blaise Fletcher 5). quarter with three goals, including a man-down score. Hobart: 49 (Chris Keough 9). The Statesmen trailed 7-4 late in the third quarter, when SHOTS PAT MEADE strapped the team on his back. He fired home back- Bucknell 36; Hobart 38. to-back blistering shots 22 seconds apart to get Hobart within PENALTIES one to close the frame. Bucknell 7 for 5:00; Hobart 5 for 4:30. In the fourth quarter, NATE MOLINARI completed the The Statesmen penned in the Bison, 10-9. MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES comeback with a 20-yard dart to the upper right corner of the Bucknell 1-5; Hobart 1-7. cage. FACEOFFS The 7-7 deadlock didn’t last long. The Bison won the ensuing faceoff and went straight to goal, Bucknell 6-23; Hobart 17-23. reclaiming the lead with just 13 ticks run off the clock. Bucknell made it 9-7 at the 9:04 mark, but the CLEARS Bucknell 21-29; Hobart 23-31. Statesmen wouldn’t go away. deposited a crease pass from Meade to get Hobart back within a single score with GOALIES MIKE CONKLIN Bucknell: Matt Baran 6-8 (60:00, 25-15). 8:26 remaining. Hobart: Dan Valente 8-5 (60:00, 22-13). The Statesmen evened the contest with 5:02 to go. Conklin raced into the attack zone in an ATTENDANCE-817. unsettled situation, shot, and hit the post. He pulled the ground ball out of the scrum in front of the Bison cage and ripped his 22nd goal of the season. Conklin finished with a team-high three goals. At the 2:50 mark, CHRIS DAVID gave Hobart its first lead since netting the contest’s opening goal, Patriot League Championship finishing a falling down shot from 10-yards out. NAVY 9, Hobart 8 The Statesmen faced one last charge from the Bison. Just inside the final minute, Hobart was flagged May 02, 2004 for a cross checking penalty, but an errant centering pass was intercepted by defenseman MATT MURPHY Score by period 1234 Tot and the Statesmen ran out the final 35 seconds. Hobart (8-6) 2222 8 JOHN SODEN was a beacon of consistency at the faceoff X, winning 17-of-23 restarts, while Navy (12-2) 1530 9 defenseman CHRIS KEOUGH picked up a game-high nine ground balls. SCORING In goal, DAN VALENTE made 13 saves to pick up his eighth win of the season. Hobart: Nate Hill 3-2; Mark Williamson 2- 0; Nate Molinari 2-0; Chris David 1-0; Chris Keough 0-1; Chris Scanlon 0-1. Navy: Graham Gill 3-1; Ben Horn 2-1; PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP Steve Looney 2-0; Billy Looney 1-1; Ben MIDSHIPMEN 9, Statesmen 8 Bailey 1-0; Ian Dingman 0-1; Dan Harris 0-1. GROUND BALLS ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Facing a five goal deficit early in the third quarter, Hobart scored four unanswered Hobart: 53 (Dan Valente 7). Navy: 55 (William Wallace 9). goals against second-ranked Navy spanning parts of the third and fourth quarters, but the Midshipmen SHOTS were able to keep the Statesmen scoreless for the final 11 minutes of the game to win the Patriot League Hobart 33; Navy 34. Championship 9-8 at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. Hobart’s scoring effort was led by NATE HILL’s three PENALTIES goals and two assists. Hobart 2 for 1:30; Navy 3 for 2:00. The 19th-ranked Statesmen led 2-1 through the first 15 minutes on goals by and CHRIS DAVID MARK MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES WILLIAMSON. Navy erupted for five second quarter goals to take a 6-4 lead at halftime. Hobart 0-3; Navy 0-2. The Midshipmen came out of the break on fire, scoring three straight goals in less than five minutes FACEOFFS to take a 9-4 lead early in the third quarter. Navy’s Graham Gill recorded two of the three tallies and Hobart 8-21; Navy 13-21. finished the game with three goals and an assist. CLEARS NATE MOLINARI sandwiched a pair of goals around two Hill scores to close out the game’s scoring. Hobart 19-35; Navy 26-30. Molinari’s marker at the 11:04 mark of the fourth quarter proved to be the last goal for either team. He GOALIES finished with two goals, as did Williamson. Hobart: Dan Valente 8-6 (60:00, 24-15). Navy: Matt Russell 11-1 (60:00, 17-9). Hobart’s fourth quarter shutout, marked the first time Navy was held scoreless for an entire quarter. Not only did the Mids not score in the fourth quarter, they did not score for nearly 27 minutes as their ATTENDANCE-1222. final goal of the game was with 11:51 remaining in the third quarter. DAN VALENTE was solid all afternoon. He finished the game with 15 saves for the Statesmen.

NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 1974, ’75, ’76, ’77, ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’85, ’86, ’87, ’88, ’89, ’90, ’91, ’92, ’93, ’94, ’98, 2000, ’02, ’04 25 HOBART COLLEGE 2004 GAME SUMMARIES

STATESMEN 12, Big Red 10 HOBART 12, Cornell 10 May 07, 2004 GENEVA, N.Y.—MARK WILLIAMSON scored with 1:52 remaining to break a 10-all tie and propel 17th- Score by period 1234 Tot ranked Hobart to a 12-10 win over ninth-ranked Cornell. A perfectly executed takeaway near midfield Cornell (8-4) 3322 10 by defenseman CHRIS KEOUGH and a heads-up pass left Williamson with one man to beat. Hobart (9-6) 2334 12 “I looked up and [the Cornell defender] was playing me to the inside so I said, ‘I’ve got to take this SCORING lane,’ and sprinted right to the cage,” Williamson said. “The slide was coming so I had to hurry. There Cornell: Sean Greenhalgh 4-0; Kevin Nee 3-0; Andrew Collins 0-3; Justin Redd 0-3; was an opening in the lower left and I just dropped it in.” Ian Rosenberger 2-0; Joe Boulukos 1-0; NATE HILL added an open net score as the Big Red attempted to regain possession with 45 seconds Brian Clayton 0-1; Doug Needham 0-1. Hobart: Brian Joy 3-0; Patrick Meade 3-0; remaining to seal the victory. Mark Williamson 2-1; Nate Hill 1-2; Mike An electric atmosphere, McCooey Field was filled beyond capacity with hundreds of fans sitting on Conklin 2-0; Nate Molinari 1-1; Chris the hillside overlooking the field and a couple hundred more lining the fence at field level and beyond Scanlon 0-1. the gate. The record crowd of 3,116 was treated to an amazing display of drama and excitement. GROUND BALLS Cornell broke a 3-all tie midway through the second quarter with three straight tallies, including Cornell: (Tim DeBlois 7). Hobart: (John Soden 5). back-to-back scores by Kevin Nee. However, the Statesmen managed the final two tallies of the frame to SHOTS creep back within one, 6-5, heading into halftime. Cornell 24; Hobart 44. The Big Red staked itself to a two-goal advantage at the 6:30 mark of the third quarter on the PENALTIES second of Sean Greenhaulgh’s game-high four goals. Cornell 3 for 2:00; Hobart 3 for 2:30. erased that lead with back-to-back goals 75 seconds apart. With 2:07 remaining in the BRIAN JOY MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES third quarter, NATE MOLINARI put Hobart in front for the first time since the first quarter. Grenhaulgh Cornell 2-2; Hobart 1-3. evened the contest with 33 ticks left in the third quarter with Cornell’s second shot of the period. FACEOFFS Trailing by two midway through the final frame thanks to goals by MIKE CONKLIN and PAT MEADE, Cornell 13-26; Hobart 13-26. Cornell pulled within one at the 7:18 mark thanks to Greenhaulgh and evened the contest for the sixth CLEARS and final time with 2:53 remaining. This time Nee did the honors, netting his 23rd goal of the year on a Cornell 21-28; Hobart 23-27. two-man advantage. GOALIES Hobart could have run away with the contest, if not for outstanding play of goalie Matt McMonagle Cornell: Matt McMonagle 7-2 (60:00, 31- (season-high 19 saves). DAN VALENTE made 10 stops for the Statesmen. 19). Joy and Meade led Hobart with three goals apiece, while Williamson added two goals and an assist. Hobart: Dan Valente 9-6 (60:00, 20-10). Hill chipped in three points (1-2) as well. ATTENDANCE-3116.

NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND CORNELL 11, Hobart 5 May 15, 2004 BIG RED 11, Statesmen 5 Score by period 1234 Tot Hobart (9-7) 0203 5 ITHACA, N.Y.—Hobart lost to Cornell 11-5 at the Big Red’s Schoellkopf Field in the first round of the Cornell (9-4) 1334 11 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Tournament. The Statesmen completed their most successful Division SCORING I season with a 9-7 record, while Cornell advances to the quarterfinal round with a 9-4 record. Hobart: Nate Hill 2-0; Mark Williamson 2- The game began under ominous skies and seven minutes later rain accompanied by a symphony of 0; Chris David 1-0; Nate Molinari 0-1; and lightning descended on the stadium, forcing the suspension of play for 49 minutes. Less than Andrew Narog 0-1; John Soden 0-1. Cornell: Justin Redd 1-4; Joe Boulukos 3-0; a minute after play resumed, Joe Boulukos scored the first of his game-high three goals to give the Big Andrew Collins 0-3; Kevin Nee 2-0; Mike Red its first lead. Riordan 2-0; Ian Rosenberger 2-0; Sean Eighteen seconds into the second quarter, Hobart CHRIS DAVID netted the equalizer. Greenhalgh 1-0. Back-to-back man-up goals midway through the second frame gave Cornell a 3-1 lead, before MARK GROUND BALLS Hobart: (Matt Murphy 5). WILLIAMSON scored at the 5:05 mark to halve the Statesmen’s deficit. Cornell: (JD Nelson 7). Boulukos closed the first half scoring to give the Big Red a 4-2 lead at the break. SHOTS In a sequence that took some of the wind out of Hobart’s sails, the Statesmen ripped shots that Hobart 38; Cornell 34. struck the pipe and the crossbar in the final 10 seconds of the half. Hobart took four shots in the opening PENALTIES 30 minutes that struck iron. Hobart 4 for 3:30; Cornell 3 for 2:00. Cornell dominated the third quarter, holding the Statesmen scoreless for the entire stanza while MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES adding three tallies to their side of the ledger. Matt McMonagle came up big in goal for the Big Red, Hobart 0-3; Cornell 3-4. turning back five shots in the third quarter en route to a 14-save performance. FACEOFFS At the other end of the field, Cornell’s offense used a maddening patience to simply wear down Hobart 10-19; Cornell 9-19. Hobart’s defense. The Big Red passed around the perimeter until the perfect opportunity presented itself, CLEARS converting on nearly every try. The Statesmen played good defense for most of the game, but they simply Hobart 20-28; Cornell 28-32. were forced to play too much defense. GOALIES Hobart: Dan Valente 9-7 (60:00, 21-10). Trailing 8-2 early in the fourth quarter, Williamson struck for his team-leading 35th goal of the Cornell: Matt McMonagle 8-2 (60:00, 19- season, breaking the team’s scoring drought that lasted nearly 24 minutes. NATE HILL added a pair of goals 14). in the final 11 minutes as the defenses loosened up during the seven-goal fourth quarter. ATTENDANCE-1957. Goalie DAN VALENTE recorded 10 saves in the game and finished the season with an 8.84 goals against average, the lowest by a Hobart starter since the program moved to Division I in 1995.

26 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 STATESMEN LACROSSE ECAC LACROSSE LEAGUE SETH SIDITSKY SETH SIDITSKY

2005 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

FEBRUARY 16 Georgetown at Delaware ...... 7 p.m. 13 Georgetown at Mt. St. Mary’s 4 p.m. 19 Ohio State at Penn State ...... 1 p.m. Hartford at St. John’s ...... 3 p.m. 16 MASSACHUSETTS at HOBART .... 1 p.m. 26 1Butler vs. Hobart ...... 1 p.m. 19 GEORGETOWN at HOBART ...... 1 p.m. LOYOLA at GEORGETOWN ...... 1 p.m. Georgetown at Maryland ...... 1 p.m. Army at Rutgers ...... 1 p.m. Rutgers at Syracuse ...... 3 p.m. Towson at Loyola...... Noon Penn State at Stony Brook ..... 1 p.m. ST. JOHN’S AT PENN STATE ...... 1 p.m. Massachusetts at Hofstra ...... Noon Brown at Massachusetts ...... 3 p.m. 19 Penn State at Bucknell ...... 7:30 p.m. 27 Notre Dame at Penn State ..... 1 p.m. ST. JOHN’S at LOYOLA ...... 1 p.m. UMBC at Loyola ...... 3 p.m. 2Robert Morris vs. St. John’s ... 1 p.m. 22 Stony Brook at Rutgers ...... 7 p.m. 23 HOBART at ST. JOHN’S ...... 1 p.m. Massachusetts at Sacred Heart 3 p.m. GEORGETOWN at MASSACHUSETTS 1 p.m. MARCH 26 RUTGERS at HOBART ...... Noon PENN STATE at RUTGERS ...... 1 p.m. 2 St. John’s at Fairfield ...... 1 p.m. Duke at Georgetown ...... 1 p.m. Loyola at Penn...... 1 p.m. 5 Binghamton at Hobart ...... 1 p.m. Fairfield at Penn State ...... 1 p.m. 26 Canisius at Hobart ...... 4 p.m. GEORGETOWN at ST. JOHN’S ... 1 p.m. MASSACHUSETTS at LOYOLA..... 1 p.m. 29 Villanova at Penn State .... 7:30 p.m. LOYOLA at PENN STATE ...... 1 p.m. Air Force at St. John’s ...... 1 p.m. 30 HOBART at LOYOLA ...... 1 p.m. Rutgers at Delaware ...... 1 p.m. 29 Syracuse at Hobart...... 7 p.m. RUTGERS at GEORGETOWN ..... 1 p.m. Yale at Massachusetts ...... 1 p.m. 30 RUTGERS at ST. JOHN’S ...... 3 p.m. Syracuse at Massachusetts ...... 1 p.m. 8 Penn State at Duke ...... 3 p.m. 30 St. John’s at Delaware...... 7 p.m. Marist at Loyola...... 3 p.m. APRIL 9 Manhattan at Rutgers ...... 3 p.m. 2 Fairfield at Hobart ...... 1 p.m. MAY Massachusetts at Harvard ...... 3 p.m. Navy at Georgetown ...... 1 p.m. 6 Hobart at Cornell ...... 7 p.m. 12 Hobart at Ohio State ...... Noon LOYOLA at RUTGERS...... 1 p.m. 7 MASSACHUSETTS at RUTGERS .. 1 p.m. 3Syracuse vs. Georgetown .. 7:30 p.m. PENN STATE at MASSACHUSETTS Noon Loyola at Johns Hopkins ...... 3 p.m. Stony Brook at Massachusetts .Noon Lafayette at St. John’s ...... 1 p.m. 8 PENN STATE at GEORGETOWN .. Noon St. John’s at Drexel ...... 2 p.m. 5 Mt. St. Mary’s at Penn St. . 7:30 p.m. 1at St. Paul’s School, Brooklandville, Md. Loyola at Duke ...... 3 p.m. 9 HOBART at PENN STATE ...... 1 p.m. 2at Haverford School, Haverford, Pa. 15 Hobart at Robert Morris ...... 3 p.m. 4Vermont vs. Georgetown ...... 1 p.m. 3at The Home Depot Center, Los Angeles 4at Manhasset, N.Y. Rutgers at Towson ...... 7 p.m. Princeton at Rutgers ...... 1 p.m. Massachusetts at Albany ...... 1 p.m. ST. JOHN’S at MASSACHUSETTS 1 p.m. Wagner at Loyola ...... 3:30 p.m. Syracuse at Loyola ...... 1 p.m.

NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 1974, ’75, ’76, ’77, ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’85, ’86, ’87, ’88, ’89, ’90, ’91, ’92, ’93, ’94, ’98, 2000, ’02, ’04 27 HOBART COLLEGE 2005 OPPONENTS

Butler Binghamton Bearcats Ohio State Buckeyes Feb. 26 • 1 p.m. • Brooklandville, Md. March 5 • 1 p.m. • Geneva, N.Y. March 12 • Noon • Columbus, Ohio

Head Coach Steve Forsythe Head Coach Kevin McKeown Head Coach Tom Randisi Stan Ross JR • Defense Ed Stephenson JR • Goalie Joe Breschi SR • Midfield Location: Indianapolis, Ind. Location: Binghamton, N.Y. Location: Columbus, Ohio Founded: 1855 Founded: 1946 Founded: 1870 Enrollment: 4,400 Enrollment: 13,385 Enrollment: 55,043 President: Dr. Bobby Fong President: Lois B. DeFleur President: Karen A. Holbrook Colors: Blue, White Colors: Dark Green, Black, White Colors: Scarlet, Gray Conference: Great Western Lacrosse League Conference: America East Conference: Great Western Lacrosse League Home Field (cap.): Jesse Owens Stadium (10,000) Home Field (cap.): Varsity Field (500) Home Field (cap.): East Gym Complex (2500) Surface: Natural Grass Surface: Natural Grass Head Coach: Stan Ross (Loyola ’96) Press Box Phone: (614) 247-7108 Head Coach: Ed Stephenson (Towson ’92) Record at School: First season Head Coach: Joe Breschi (North Carolina ’90) Career Record: First season Record at School: 15-22 (3 seasons) Career Record: 15-22 (3 seasons) Record at School: 59-42 (7 seasons) Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4 Career Record: 59-42 (7 seasons) Starters Returning/Lost: 9/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 16/9 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 20/8 2004 Record: 5-8 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 33/14 2004 Record: 10-6 2004 Record: 12-4 Lacrosse Contact: John Dedman Lacrosse Contact: Thomas Moore Lacrosse Contact: Leann Parker Phone: (317) 940-9994 Phone: (607) 777-2956 Fax: (317) 940-9808 Phone: (614) 688-0294 Fax: (607) 777-4597 Fax: (614) 292-8547 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: butlersports.com Web site: athletics.binghamton.edu Web site: ohiostatebuckeyes.com 2005 Schedule 2005 Schedule 2005 Schedule Feb. 19 at Duke ...... 1 p.m. Feb. 26 at Villanova ...... 3 p.m. Feb. 19 at Penn State ...... 1 p.m. 26 vs. Hobart ...... 1 p.m. March 5 at Hobart ...... 1 p.m. 26 NAVY ...... Noon March 6 vs. Holy Cross ...... Noon 9 at Drexel ...... 7 p.m. March 5 at Maryland-Baltimore County .. 1 p.m. 12 at Marist ...... 1 p.m. 16 at Cornell ...... 4 p.m. 12 HOBART ...... Noon 16 QUINNIPIAC ...... 3:30 p.m. 21 at Hofstra ...... 6 p.m. 19 QUINNIPIAC ...... Noon 19 at Notre Dame ...... 1 p.m. April 2 VERMONT ...... 2 p.m. 26 at Brown ...... 1 p.m. 30 BELLARMINE ...... 4 p.m. 5 at Colgate ...... 7 p.m. April 2 at Duke ...... 1 p.m. 9 at Butler ...... 1 p.m. April 2 ROBERT MORRIS ...... 1 p.m. 9 ALBANY ...... 2 p.m. 13 at Maryland-Baltimore County .. 4 p.m. 15 ROBERT MORRIS ...... 4 p.m. 9 OHIO STATE ...... Noon 22 at Denver ...... 7:30 p.m. 17 at Princeton ...... 1 p.m. 16 HARTFORD ...... 2 p.m. 23 at Quinnipiac ...... 1 p.m. 24 at Air Force ...... Noon 22 at Air Force ...... 3 p.m. 30 at Stony Brook ...... 3 p.m. 29 NOTRE DAME ...... 7 p.m. 24 at Denver ...... Noon May4&7 America East Tournament ...... TBA May 1 FAIRFIELD ...... Noon 29 FAIRFIELD ...... 4 p.m. 7 ARMY ...... Noon 2004 Results 2004 Results 2004 Results at Lafayette ...... W, 11-4 vs. Hobart ...... W, 7-6 PENN STATE ...... L, 4-5 at Hofstra ...... L, 9-14 at Navy ...... W, 12-9 vs. Marist ...... L, 7-9 at Cornell ...... L, 6-9 vs. Canisius ...... W, 5-4 at Maryland-Baltimore County ...... L, 7-8 (2ot) at Villanova ...... L, 6-10 DREXEL ...... W, 8-4 VMI ...... W, 15-6 COLGATE ...... L, 7-8 vs. Quinnipiac ...... W, 14-7 vs. Yale ...... L, 9-10 at Wagner ...... W, 11-1 at Marist ...... W, 11-3 vs. Sacred Heart ...... W, 13-12 (2ot) STONY BROOK ...... W, 9-7 vs. Hartford ...... W, 16-8 WHEELING JESUIT ...... W, 15-10 MARYLAND-BALTIMORE COUNTY ... W, 5-4 at Notre Dame ...... W, 9-8 at Maryland ...... L, 4-19 at Hartford ...... W, 13-5 DUKE ...... W, 16-9 at Fairfield ...... L, 12-15 QUINNIPIAC ...... W, 13-9 BUTLER ...... W, 12-5 at Ohio State ...... L, 5-12 SIENA ...... L, 6-7 at Hobart ...... W, 13-12 (ot) NOTRE DAME ...... L, 5-15 at Vermont ...... W, 8-7 AIR FORCE ...... W, 9-2 DENVER ...... L, 5-16 DREXEL ...... W, 8-2 DENVER ...... W, 9-8 (ot) at Albany ...... W, 9-8 AIR FORCE ...... L, 6-13 at Fairfield ...... W, 10-7 STONY BROOK ...... W, 7-6 (ot) at North Carolina ...... L, 6-12 ALBANY ...... L, 4-10 at North Carolina ...... L, 6-13

28 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 STATESMEN LACROSSE 2005 OPPONENTS

Robert Morris Colonials March 15 • 3 p.m. • Moon Township, Pa. March 19 • 1 p.m. • Geneva, N.Y. March 26 • 1 p.m. • Geneva, N.Y.

Head Coach Ryan Knuth Head Coach Brodie Merrill Head Coach Greg Havalchak Kenneth Davis FY • Midfield Dave Urick SR • Defense Jim Stagnitta JR • Goalie Location: Moon Township, Pa. Location: Washington, D.C. Location: New Brunswick, N.J. Founded: 1921 Founded: 1789 Founded: 1766 Enrollment: 4,800 Enrollment: 6,537 Enrollment: 33,583 President: Edward A. Nicholson President: John J. DeGioia President: Dr. Richard L. McCormick Colors: Blue, White, with Red Colors: Blue, Gray Color: Scarlet Conference: Independent Conference: ECAC Lacrosse League Conference: ECAC Lacrosse League Home Field (cap.): Home Field (cap.): North (2000) Home Field (cap.): Yurcak Field (5000) RMU Island Sports Center (1000) Surface: Natural Grass Surface: Natural Grass Surface: Natural Grass Press Box Phone: (202) 687-5120 Press Box Phone: (732) 445-6290 Head Coach: Kenneth Davis Head Coach: Dave Urick (Cortland ’70) Head Coach: Jim Stagnitta (Penn ’84) Record at School: First season Record at School: 150-59 (15 seasons) Record at School: 20-23 (3 seasons) Career Record: 26-29 (4 seasons) Career Record: 272-89 (25 seasons) Career Record: 156-65 (15 seasons) Starters Returning/Lost: First season Starters Returning/Lost: 7/3 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: First season Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 34/12 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 18/7 2004 Record: First season 2004 Record: 11-4 2004 Record: 8-6 Lacrosse Contact: Ken Baker Lacrosse Contact: Kevin Rieder Lacrosse Contact: Mike Basford Phone: (412) 262-8587 Phone: (202) 687-2492 Phone: (732) 445-4200 Fax: (412) 262-8557 Fax: (202) 687-2491 Fax: (732) 445-3063 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.rmu.edu/athletics Web site: guhoyas.com Web site: scarletknights.com 2005 Schedule 2005 Schedule 2005 Schedule Feb. 19 vs St. Joseph’s ...... 4 p.m. Feb. 26 at Maryland ...... 1 p.m. March 5 at Delaware ...... 1 p.m. 27 vs. St. John’s ...... 1 p.m. March 5 at St. John’s ...... 1 p.m. 9 MANHATTAN ...... 3 p.m. March 5 DREXEL ...... 1 p.m. 12 vs. Syracuse ...... 10:30 p.m. (EST) 15 at Towson ...... 7 p.m. 9 vs. Sacred Heart ...... 7:30 p.m. 16 at Delaware ...... 7 p.m. 19 ARMY ...... 1 p.m. 12 at Virginia Military Institute ...... 1 p.m. 19 at Hobart ...... 1 p.m. 22 STONY BROOK ...... 7 p.m. 15 HOBART ...... 3 p.m. 26 DUKE ...... 1 p.m. 26 at Hobart ...... 1 p.m. 23 at Mount St. Mary’s ...... 2 p.m. April 2 NAVY ...... 1 p.m. 30 at St. John’s ...... 3 p.m. April 2 at Butler ...... 1 p.m. 9 vs. Vermont ...... 1 p.m. April 2 LOYOLA...... 1 p.m. 5 at Canisius ...... 6 p.m. 13 at Mt. St. Mary’s ...... 4 p.m. 9 PRINCETON ...... 1 p.m. 9 at Bellarmine ...... TBA 16 LOYOLA ...... 1 p.m. 16 at Syracuse ...... 3 p.m. 15 at Ohio State ...... 4 p.m. 23 at UMass ...... 1 p.m. 24 at Siena ...... Noon 30 RUTGERS ...... 1 p.m. 23 PENN STATE ...... 1 p.m. May 1 at Wagner ...... Noon May 8 PENN STATE ...... Noon 30 at Georgetown ...... 1 p.m. May 7 MASSACHUSETTS ...... 1 p.m. 2004 Results MARYLAND ...... L, 5-14 2004 Results CORNELL ...... W, 14-4 vs. Dartmouth ...... W, 13-9 at Penn State ...... W, 10-8 DELAWARE ...... W, 12-4 DELAWARE ...... W, 10-5 at St. Joseph’s ...... W, 10-3 HOBART ...... W, 9-7 QUINNIPIAC ...... W, 17-4 at Duke ...... W, 9-8 at Army ...... L, 11-12 NAVY ...... L, 5-7 TOWSON ...... L, 4-7 vs. Vermont ...... W, 13-5 at Fairfield ...... W, 7-6 (3ot) at Loyola ...... W, 14-10 MANHATTAN ...... W, 10-6 UMASS ...... W, 12-10 at Princeton ...... L, 7-9 MT. ST. MARY’S ...... W, 16-7 SYRACUSE ...... W, 14-10 at Rutgers ...... W, 7-6 at Penn State ...... W, 10-6 SYRACUSE ...... L, 9-13 GEORGETOWN ...... L, 6-7 TOWSON ...... W, 15-8 at Massachusetts ...... L, 6-9 vs. Syracuse ...... L, 7-8 at Princeton ...... L, 4-12

NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 1974, ’75, ’76, ’77, ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’85, ’86, ’87, ’88, ’89, ’90, ’91, ’92, ’93, ’94, ’98, 2000, ’02, ’04 29 HOBART COLLEGE 2005 OPPONENTS

Syracuse Orange Fairfield Stags Penn State Nittany Lions March 29 • 7 p.m. • Geneva, N.Y. April 2 • 1 p.m. • Geneva, N.Y. April 9 • 1 p.m. • University Park, Pa.

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Head Coach Jay Pfeifer Head Coach Tom Werney Head Coach Top Player John Desko SR • Goalie Ted Spencer r-SR • Midfield Glenn Thiel Cl • Pos Location: Syracuse, N.Y. Location: Fairfield, Conn. Location: University Park, Pa. Founded: 1870 Founded: 1942 Founded: 1855 Enrollment: 10,800 Enrollment: 3,300 Enrollment: 41,445 President: Nancy Cantor President: Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. President: Dr. Graham Spanier Color: Orange Color: Cardinal Red Colors: Blue, White Conference: Independent Conference: Great Western Lacrosse League Conference: ECAC Lacrosse League Home Field (cap.): (49,550) Home Field (cap.): Lessing Field (1500) Home Field (cap.): Jeffrey Field (5000) Surface: Artificial Turf Surface: Natural Grass Surface: Natural Grass Press Box Phone: (315) 443-4241 Press Box Phone: (203) 254-4000, x3187 or x3188 Press Box Phone: (814) 865-2553 Head Coach: John Desko (Syracuse ’79) Head Coach: Ted Spencer (Massachusetts ’85) Head Coach: Glenn Thiel (Penn State ’66) Record at School: 80-19 (6 seasons) Record at School: 66-63 (9 seasons) Record at School: 196-144 (27 seasons) Career Record: 80-19 (6 seasons) Career Record: 66-63 (9 seasons Career Record: 273-180 (37 seasons) Starters Returning/Lost: 4/6 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/6 Starters Returning/Lost: 8/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 28/14 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 19/14 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 17/9 2004 Record: 15-2 2004 Record: 5-9 2004 Record: 6-7 Lacrosse Contact: Kerrin Perniciaro Lacrosse Contact: Julie Greco Phone: (315) 443-3341 Phone: (203) 254-4000 ext. 2878 Lacrosse Contact: Matt Conti Fax: (315) 443-2076 Fax: (203) 254-4117 Phone: (814) 865-1757 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (814) 863-3165 Web site: www.suathletics.com Web site: fairfieldstags.com E-mail: [email protected] Web site: gopsusports.com 2005 Schedule 2005 Schedule Feb. 26 ARMY ...... 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 HOLY CROSS ...... 1 p.m. 2005 Schedule March 5 VIRGINIA ...... 3 p.m. March 2 ST. JOHN’S ...... 1 p.m. Feb. 19 OHIO STATE ...... 1 p.m. 12 vs. Georgetown ...... 10:30 p.m. (EST) 6 vs. Sacred Heart ...... 7 p.m. 27 NOTRE DAME ...... 1 p.m. 18 JOHNS HOPKINS ...... 7 p.m. 12 vs. Yale ...... 7 p.m. March 5 LOYOLA...... 1 p.m. 26 at Princeton ...... 1 p.m. 19 HARVARD ...... 1 p.m. 8 at Duke ...... 3 p.m. 29 at Hobart ...... 7 p.m. 23 AIR FORCE ...... 3 p.m. 19 at Stony Brook ...... 1 p.m. April 2 BROWN ...... 4 p.m. 26 at Penn State ...... 1 p.m. 26 FAIRFIELD ...... 1 p.m. 9 at Loyola ...... 1 p.m. April 2 at Hobart ...... 1 p.m. April 2 at Massachusetts ...... Noon 12 CORNELL ...... 7 p.m. 6 PROVIDENCE ...... 7 p.m. 5 MOUNT ST. MARY’S ...... 7:30 p.m. 16 RUTGERS ...... 4 p.m. 9 MARIST ...... 1 p.m. 9 HOBART ...... 1 p.m. 22 ALBANY ...... 7 p.m. 17 NOTRE DAME ...... 1 p.m. 16 ST. JOHN’S ...... 1 p.m. 30 at Massachusetts ...... 1 p.m. 23 MARYLAND ...... 1 p.m. 19 at Bucknell ...... 7:30 p.m. 2004 Results 29 at Butler ...... 4 p.m. 23 at Rutgers...... TBA May 1 at Ohio State ...... Noon 29 VILLANOVA ...... 7:30 p.m. ARMY ...... W, 10-8 7 DENVER ...... 7 p.m. at Virginia ...... W, 18-12 May 8 at Georgetown ...... Noon NOTRE DAME ...... W, 19-13 2004 Results 2004 Results at Johns Hopkins ...... L, 5-17 PROVIDENCE ...... W, 8-7 (2ot) at Ohio State ...... W, 5-4 at Princeton ...... W, 14-12 at Holy Cross ...... W, 12-9 at Notre Dame ...... L, 7-17 HOBART ...... W, 16-10 PENN STATE ...... W, 10-6 at Fairfield ...... L, 6-10 at Brown ...... W, 13-6 BROWN ...... L, 7-12 vs. Providence ...... W, 11-4 LOYOLA ...... W, 13-8 vs. Colgate ...... W, 9-8 GEORGETOWN ...... L, 8-10 at Cornell ...... W, 12-10 at Harvard ...... L, 7-15 at Rutgers...... L, 10-14 at Dartmouth ...... L, 9-12 at Denver ...... W, 11-10 ALBANY ...... W, 18-8 RUTGERS ...... L, 6-7 (3ot) MASSACHUSETTS ...... L, 8-17 MASSACHUSETTS ...... W, 17-10 BUTLER ...... W, 15-12 at Hobart ...... L, 7-8 at Georgetown ...... W, 13-9 at Denver ...... L, 9-16 at Mt. St. Mary’s ...... W, 16-7 ALBANY ...... W, 21-13 at Air Force ...... L, 6-12 BUCKNELL ...... W, 12-7 vs. Georgetown ...... W, 8-7 at Notre Dame ...... L, 7-16 RUTGERS ...... L, 6-10 vs. Johns Hopkins ...... W, 15-9 YALE ...... L, 10-11 at Villanova ...... L, 9-11 vs. Navy ...... W, 14-13 OHIO STATE ...... L, 7-10 VIRGINIA ...... W, 10-8

30 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993