General Information C Quick Facts AROLINA Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 (oldest public university in the United States) Enrollment: 26,359 (16,144 undergraduates, 7,857 graduate stu- dents, 2,358 professional students) Chancellor: James Moeser (Texas ‘61) Athletic Director: Dick Baddour (North Carolina ‘66) M Senior Associate Athletic Director for Olympic Sports: Beth Miller (Appalachian State ‘68) EN Affiliation: NCAA Division I ’ Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference S Nickname: Tar Heels L Mascot: Rameses the Ram ACROSSE School Colors: Carolina Blue and White Athletic Department Web Site: www.TarHeelBlue.com The Old Well Carolina Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach: John Haus (North Carolina ‘83) Record at UNC: 21-17, 3 years Office Phone: (919) 962-2516 Series Versus Opponents . .42 Assistant Coaches: Michael Burnett (North Carolina ‘83); Greg All-Time Scores . .45 Paradine (North Carolina ‘93); Pal Olmert (North Carolina ‘89) All-Time Lettermen’s List . .48 Home Field: Fetzer Field Team Records . .50 Seating Capacity: 5,700 Individual Records . .51 Lacrosse Secretary: Donna Cheek Career Stats Leaders, Best Single Season Performances . .52 Head Athletic Trainer: Cody Malley Team Award Winners . .53 Assistant Trainers: Courtney Hoffman, Akshay Patel, Kristen Atlantic Coast Conference Honors . .54 Henderson, Margery Ellis All-Americas . .55 Primary Care Physician: Mario Ciocca USILA Award Winners, North South Game Participants . .56 Orthopaedist: Spero Karas UNC Lacrosse in NCAA, ACC Tournament Play . .57 UNC Athletic Communications Fetzer Field . .58 Men’s Lacrosse Media Contact: Dave Lohse, Associate Athletic Athletic Academic Support Program . .59 Communications Director The University of North Carolina . .60 Email Address: [email protected] Carolina's Athletic Heritage . .62 Lohse’s Office Phone: (919) 962-7257 The Educational Foundation . .64 Lohse’s Home Phone: (919) 967-7272 2004 Seniors, 2004 Schedule . .Back Cover Lohse’s Cell Phone: (919) 641-4128 Athletic Communications Office Fax: (919) 962-0612 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 www.TarHeelBlue.com Media and fans can follow the Carolina men’s lacrosse team and the Shipping Address: Sports Information, 300 Skipper Bowles Drive, rest of the UNC athletic program from anywhere in the world on the Chapel Hill, NC 27514 official web site of North Carolina athletics. Associate Athletic Director for Communications: Steve Kirschner; TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results, features and Assistant Athletic Communications Directors: Kevin Best, Matt more for all 28 of Carolina’s varsity sports. Bowers, Dana Gelin; Administrative Assistant: Lee Snyder; Interns: Scott MacDonald, David Applegate Supporting UNC Men’s Lacrosse TABLE OF CONTENTS The University of North Carolina and Nike extended their agreement for 2004 Preseason All-Americas . .Front Cover eight more years beginning in July 2002. The agreement provides each var- 2004 Team Picture . .Inside Front Cover sity team with shoes, apparel, equipment bags and other products. It also General Information . .1 provides $100,000 annually to the Chancellor's Academic Enhancement ACC Top 50 Honorees . .2 Fund for undergraduate teaching and $100,000 annually to the athletic 2004 Carolina Lacrosse Team Preview . .3 department to reward Olympic sport programs and coaches for academic Retired Numbers, National Hall of Fame Honors . .5 and athletic excellence. 2004 Carolina Quick Facts . .6 2004 Carolina Numerical Roster . .7 2004 Men’s Lacrosse Brochure 2004 Schedule, 2004 Opponents . .8 2004 Player Profiles . .10 Player head shots, team picture and many current player action photos by Jeff 2004 Statistics & Results . .29 Camarati. Additional action photography Physical Development Program . .30 contributed by Karen Jonas. Other photos Saluting the Great Carolina Lacrosse Heritage . .31 from UNC Athletic Communications Head Coach John Haus . .33 Archives. Covers designed by Dana Gelin. Assistant Coaches . .35 The 2004 University of North Carolina Carolina Athletic Administration . .37 men’s lacrosse media guide was written and edited by Dave Lohse, Associate Director of History of Carolina Lacrosse . .38 Athletic Communications. Year by Year Results . .41 2004 Carolina Men’s Lacrosse Media Guide • Page 1 Carolina Lacrosse And The ACC Top 50 Fifteen University of North Carolina players were included on the Haus was named the National Player of the Year in 1986 when he led list of the 50 greatest Atlantic Coast Conference men’s lacrosse players Carolina to the NCAA championship. He was a first team All-America of all time, announced August 27, 2002 by the ACC Office. UNC's rep- in 1984, 1986 and 1987 and was also named All-ACC each of those resentatives were diverse in nature and included Harper Peterson, a years. great star on teams in the late 1960s, as well as a trio of National Harper Peterson (1968-70, Huntington, N.Y.) ranks as one of the ACROSSE Players of the Year--goalkeeper Tom Sears, defenseman Tom Haus and prolific scorers in Carolina history. He ranks sixth on the all-time goal L attackman Dennis Goldstein. scoring chart with 99 from 1968-70. Peterson was a first-team All- The 2002-03 school year marked the 50th anniversary season of the America attackman each of those three years. S ’ ACC and each conference sport was honored with a Top 50 Team, des- Tom Sears (1980-83, Timonium, Md.) made more saves in his ignating the 50 best performers in those sports over the past half centu- career (629) than any other Carolina goalkeeper in history. A first-team EN ry. All-America in 1981 and 1982, he won the Enners Award as the M Following is the complete list of Tar Heel honorees: National Player of the Year in 1982 and the Kelly Award as the Joe Breschi (1987-90, Towson, Md.) led a trio of ACC champi- National Goalkeeper of the Year in 1981 and 1982. Sears was the ACC onship teams from 1987-90. He was named a first-team All-ACC Player of the Year in ’82 when he also won the Brine Award as the defenseman in both 1989 and 1990. He was selected as the MVP of the MVP of the national championship game. Sears was two-time All- ACC Tournament in 1990. Breschi was a first-team All-America selec- ACC and was a third team All-America in 1983 as well. tion in 1990. Joey Seivold (1983-87, Parkton, Md.) also made All-America AROLINA Jim Buczek (1989-92, Columbia, Md.) was named the ACC teams all four years at Carolina just as his brother did. He was a first C Rookie of the Year in 1989 and he led the Tar Heels to four ACC cham- team All-America selection at midfielder in both 1984 and 1985. pionships and the 1991 NCAA title. He was named a first-team All- Seivold was named All-ACC twice in his career. In 1987 he was America midfielder in 1992 when he won the McLaughlin Award as named a first-team Academic All-America by CoSIDA and Verizon. the NCAA Midfielder of the Year. He was first-team All-ACC in 1990 Peter Voelkel (1980-83, Baltimore, Md.) won the McLaughlin and 1992. Award as the National Midfielder of the Year in 1983. He was the Michael Burnett (1980-83, Arnold, Md.) was a dynamic attackman MVP of Carolina teams, twice, in 1981 and 1983. A key middie on the who was named ACC Player of the Year in 1981, the first Tar Heel to 1981 and 1982 NCAA championship teams, Voelkel was named All- win the award. He played on two ACC and NCAA championship ACC three times and was a first-team All-America in both 1982 and teams at Carolina. He was a first team All-America in 1981 and 1982 1983. and second team in 1983. He made All-ACC three years in a row Jason Wade (1993-96, Davidsonville, Md.) ranks ninth in all-time (1981-83). He ranks third at Carolina in scoring with 190 points, and goal scoring at UNC with 95. He was named a first-team All-America second in assists with 106. in 1996 when he also was tapped for the McLaughlin Award as the Randy Cox (1981-84, Holbrook, N.Y.) excelled as a defenseman National Midfielder of the Year. He was also the ACC Player of the for the Tar Heels on a pair of ACC and NCAA championship teams Year in 1996. from 191-84. He was named All-ACC in 1983 and 1984 and was cho- Ryan Wade (1991-94, Davidsonville, Md.) was a first team All- sen as the ACC Player of the Year in 1984. Cox was a second team All- America midfielder in 1993 and 1994 and a second team selection in America in 1983. 1992. He was named the ACC Player of the Year in both 1993 and Mac Ford (1982-85, Timonium, Md.) was the ACC Player of the 1994. Wade played on four ACC championship teams and the 1991 Year in 1985. He was a second team All-America attackman in 1984 NCAA title winning squad. He ranks 10th at Carolina in goals scored and a first team selection in 1985. Ford was also twice named All- with 91 and second at UNC in career ground balls with 323. ACC. He ranks seventh in UNC history in scoring with 172 points and second in goals scored with 111. Dennis Goldstein (1987-91, Stony Brook, N.Y.) was named the National Player of the Year in 1991 on Carolina’s undefeated NCAA championship team. He played on three ACC championship teams for the Tar Heels. He was a third team All-America in 1990 and a first team All-America in 1991. He was named All-ACC twice. Goldstein is tied for third on Carolina’s all-time scoring chart with 190 points.