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GAME 14 • APRIL 19, 2014 • BELLARMINE VS. VIRGINIA • KLÖCKNER STADIUM • CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Men’s Lacrosse Contact: Vincent Briedis O: (434) 982-5533 • [email protected] ON THE WEB: VirginiaSports.com VIRGINIA ON TWITTER: @Briedis_UVa, @UVAMensLacrosse • 5 NCAA NATIONAL TITLES • 17 ACC TITLES • 11 LACROSSE HALL OF FAMERS • 3 TEWAARATON TROPHY WINNERS • 341 USILA ALL-AMERICANS SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME DETAILS Date Opponent Time/Result TV VIRGINIA Venue: Klöckner Stadium Feb. 6 No. 12 LOYOLA W, 14-13 (OT) Capacity: 8,000 Feb. 8 at Richmond W, 13-12 CAVALIERS Playing Surface: Natural Grass Feb. 16 at Drexel W, 11-10 Record: 8-5, 1-4 ACC Series vs. BU: UVa leads, 2-0 Feb. 22 RUTGERS W, 19-12 HEAD COACH: Dom Starsia, 22nd season in Charlottesville: UVa leads, 2-0 Feb. 25 at Mount St. Mary’s W, 14-6 UVa Record: 255-89 • Career Record: 356-135 • Record vs. BU: 2-0 March 1 No. 8 SYRACUSE* W, 17-12 ESPN3/ESPNU Last Meeting: 2013 (UVa, 12-7) March 8 at No. 15 Cornell L, 9-12 Webcast: Cavaliers Live March 16 at No. 11 Notre Dame* L, 9-18 ESPNU Live Stats: VirginiaSports.com March 22 No. 9 JOHNS HOPKINS W, 11-10 (OT) ESPNU BELLARMINE March 24 VMI W, 21-3 KNIGHTS School Websites: VirginiaSports.com March 30 at No. 4 Maryland* L, 6-9 ESPNU Athletics.Bellarmine.edu Record: 6-4, 3-2 Away April 5 at No. 5 North Carolina* L, 11-10 ESPNU April 11 No. 2 DUKE* L, 15-17 ESPNU HEAD COACH: Kevin Burns, third season April 19 BELLARMINE 1 p.m. BU Record: 17-19 • Career Record: 17-19 • Record vs. UVa: 0-1 Apr. 26 vs. North Carolina ACC SC ! 7:30 p.m. ESPN3 May 10-11 NCAA First Round TBA ESPNU GAME OVERVIEW May 17-18 NCAA Quarterfinals $ TBA ESPN2 or ESPNU Virginia returns to action on Saturday for a non-conference tilt with the Bellarmine Knights. Senior Day festivi- May 24 NCAA Semifinals & TBA ESPN or ESPN2 ties will take place prior to the game as 13 members of the men’s lacrosse program will be taking part in their final regular season game at Klöckner Stadium. Faceoff is set for 1 p.m. May 26 NCAA Finals & TBA ESPN or ESPN2 UVa is ranked No. 9 in the USILA coaches poll and is No. 10 in Warrior/Inside Lacrosse media poll. Bellarmine is All Times Eastern; *ACC game; ! PPL Park (Chester, Pa.), $ not ranked. James M. Shuart Stadium (Hofstra) or Delaware Stadium (Delaware), & M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, Md.) THE SERIES VS. THE KNIGHTS Saturday marks the third all-time meeting between the Cavaliers and the Knights, a series that began in 2006 Rankings: UVa BU during Bellarmine’s second season at the NCAA Division I level. Virginia rocked Bellarmine 21-10 as part of the Warrior/IL Media 10 NR Cavaliers’ perfect 17-0 NCAA title season. UVa hosted the Knights on Senior Day in 2013 and came away with a USILA Coaches 9 NR 12-7 win. Bellarmine head coach Kevin Burns is in his third season with the Knights. Bellarmine comes to Charlottesville VIDEO WEBCAST: Cavaliers Live 6-0 in the non-conference portion of its schedule. Bellarmine is 13-11 under Burns after going 4-8 during his first Play-by-Play: John Freeman season as head coach of the Knights. Analyst: Doug Tarring VIRGINIA’S PROBABLE LINEUP Attack Yr. G-A-P Other Notes 14 Owen Van Arsdale Jr. 10-24-34 28 GBs Owns 37 career starts on Attack FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 32 James Pannell So. 34-6-40 20 GBs Named ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 11) • UVa and Bellarmine are meeting for the third 41 Mark Cockerton Sr. 37-12-49 26 GBs Has 115 career goals playing both Attack & Middie time in series history and for the second straight First Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes season. 1 Greg Coholan So. 12-11-23 7 GBs Made two starts in redshirt freshman season • Counting Saturday’s game, all three meetings 3 Ryan Tucker Jr. 19-5-24 42% Shooter Shot clocked as high as 103-mph at Team USA U19 camp with the Knights occured at Klöckner Stadium on 24 Rob Emery Sr. 12-5-17 14 GBs Face-Off Yearbook All-American (second-team) Senior Day. UVa also hosted Bellarmine in 2006 and 2013 on Senior Day. Second Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes • Prior to the game, 13 members of the UVa men’s 11 Pat Harbeson Sr. 4-6-10 24 GBs Has seen time on second midfield all four years lacrosse program will be honored during Senior 12 Tyler German Jr. 8-5-13 3x9 FOs Scored first career goals vs. No. 12 Loyola Day festivities as they take part in their final reg- 45 Zed Williams Fr. 5-9-14 11 GBs Inside Lacrosse’s No. 4 recruit in the country ular season game at Klöckner Stadium. Face-off Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes • UVa averages 42.9 ground balls per game in its 26 Mick Parks Jr. 0-2-2 119x237 FOs Career at the Faceoff X is .523 (357x682) wins and only 28.2 ground balls in its three losses 44 Chris LaPierre Sr. 2-1-3 35 GBs Two-time USILA AA who missed 2013 with injury this season. 46 Joe Lisicky Sr. 0-0-0 17 CTs Fifth-year transfer from Lynchburg College • Mark Cockerton’s 115 career goals ranks No. 11 Close Defense Yr. G-A-P Other Notes all-time at UVa and is currently No. 8 in the 6 Tanner Scales So. 0-0-0 18 CTs 2013 ACC Rookie of the Year nation among active players. 20 Greg Danseglio Jr. 0-3-3 44 GBs All-ACC Academic Team 27 Scott McWilliams Sr. 2-1-3 19 CTs Face-Off Yearbook All-American (third-team) Goalie Yr. GAA/Sv% Rec. Notes 9 Matt Barrett Fr. 11.50/.461 8-5 Inside Lacrosse’s No. 1 goalie in the country VIRGINIA HEAD COACH DOM STARSIA/COVERING THE CAVALIERS PAGE 2 Widely regarded as one of the best teachers, motivators COVERING THE CAVALIERS and tacticians in the game, UNIQUELY UVA Dom Starsia is in his 22nd sea- The University of Virginia is an institution rich with history and tradition. Here is some of the terminology that contributes to UVa’s culture. son at the helm of the Virginia Grounds: The term used by students, faculty and alumni to refer to the University dating as far back as Thomas Jefferson. “Campus” is never used. men’s lacrosse program. First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year: Instead of freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. Why you may ask? To be a “senior” implies Under Starsia’s guidance, his that a person has reached the final phase of learning, a feat that Thomas Jefferson believed to be impossible, arguing instead that education is a Cavalier squads have won four life-long process. NCAA titles and reached the final four 13 times. He has Commonwealth: Virginia is one of four constituent states of the United States of America that officially uses the name “Commonwealth” instead won more games than any coach in Atlantic Coast of the word state in all references. The other three commonwealths are Kentucky, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Conference and Virginia history, sporting a 255-89 CREDENTIALS (.743) record since coming to Charlottesville in 1993. Admission to the press box is by official credential only and is strictly limited to members of the working press, radio and television personnel. In 22 seasons with Virginia, Starsia has coached 343 Please allow ample time for the mailing of credentials or they will be left at the Will Call window at Klöckner Stadium. games, fittingly his 300th game at Virginia was the Special requests should be made in advance. Parking is always available on an unreserved basis at University Hall. Normal pregame and postgame 2011 NCAA title game against Maryland at Baltimore’s information is supplied. M&T Bank Stadium. PHOTOGRAPHERS Requests for photo passes must be made in advance through the Athletics Media Relations Office. Photographers must observe the field markings for lacrosse. No tri-pod equipment may be used on the field level, for the safety of the players and photographers. HALL OF FAMER STARSIA TOPS NCAA DI WINS LIST • Virginia head coach Dom Starsia is one of the most RADIO accomplished coaches in the history of the college game Broadcasts are made from the radio broadcast facilities in Klöckner Stadium. There is one courtesy line available for use by visiting radio crews. Adequate space is available for the visiting team needs. Arrangement for broadcasts must be validated in advance through the UVa Athletics coaching at Brown (1983-92) and Virginia (1993-pres- Media Relations Office. ent) • He passed Jack Emmer for most career wins by a head INTERVIEWS All requests for interviews with coaches and players should be made through Vincent Briedis in the Athletics Media Relations Office. Postgame coach while coaching at a NCAA Division I school with interviews are conducted at field level following the postgame handshake. Locker rooms are closed. UVa’s quarterfinal win over Cornell in 2011 • He becomes the second UVa head coach to hold the WHEN COVERING A GAME AT KLÖCKNER STADIUM When covering a game at Klöckner Stadium, please include the umlaut above the letter ‘o’ in Klöckner. Mac users can do this by clicking Alt-u or record as Jim Adams retired with 284 career victories Option-u and then typing the letter o.