Carolina Men’s Lacrosse • General Information & Table of Contents Carolina Lacrosse Quick Facts Chapel Hill, N.C. Table of Contents Location: 2010 Team Picture & Captains, 2009 All-Americas . .Front Cover Established: December 11, 1789 (UNC is the oldest public university in the United States) 2010 Top Returnees . .Inside Front Cover Enrollment: 17,136 undergraduates, 8,177 postgraduates UNC Quick Facts, Table of Contents . .Page 1 Chancellor: Holden Thorp Preseason Outlook With Head Coach Joe Breschi . .Page 2 Athletic Director: Dick Baddour 2010 Roster . .Page 4 Senior Associate Athletic Director for Olympic Sports: Beth Miller 2009 Statistics . .Page 5 NCAA Division I, Football Bowl Subdivision, 28 varsity sports Affiliation: The 2010 Tar Heels . .Page 6 Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference Nickname: Tar Heels 2010 Team Picture, 2009 Season Review Notes . .Page 26 School Colors: Carolina Blue and White UNC Athletic Department . .Page 27 Mascot: Rameses The Ram (Live for football, costumed for other sports) Head Coach Joe Breschi . .Page 28 Motto: Lux Libertas (Light and Liberty) Head Assistant Coach Pat Myers . .Page 30 Endowment: $2.16 billion Assistant Coaches Chris Fiefs & Brian Holman . .Page 31 3,295 Faculty: Lacrosse Support Staff, UNC in the Community . .Page 32 Campus: Suburban, 729 acres Athletic Department Web Site: www.TarHeelBlue.com Fetzer Field . .Page 33 University Website: www.unc.edu Lacrosse History . .Page 34 Carolina Men’s Lacrosse Information Year-by-Year Records & Finishes . .Page 38 Head Coach: Joe Breschi (North Carolina ‘90) Series Records . .Page 39 Record at UNC: 12-6, One Season All-Time Scores . .Page 41 Career Record: 104-69, 12 seasons (11 at Ohio State,1 at UNC) School Records . .Page 44 Office Phone: (919) 962-5216 Career Leaders & Season Leaders . .Page 47 Head Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coord.: Pat Myers (Ohio State ‘03) Office Phone: (919) 962-2890 Team Award Winners . .Page 48 Assistant Coach: Chris Fiefs (Maryland ‘07) Miscellaneous ACC Award Winners . .Page 50 Office Phone: (919) 962-5226 USILA All-Americas . .Page 51 Assistant Coach: Brian Holman (Johns Hopkins ‘83) National Award Winners, North-South Game . .Page 52 Home Fields: Fetzer Field (Grass) Carolina Lacrosse in Tournament Play . .Page 53 : 5,700 Seating Capacity Varsity Monogram Winners . .Page 54 Lacrosse Secretary: Donna Cheek Head Athletic Trainer: Nina Walker The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . .Page 56 Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers: Evan Allen, Ashley Littleton Carolina Athletic Tradition . .Page 57 Undergraduate Assistant Athletic Trainer: Stephanie Romich Student-Athlete Services . .Page 58 Team Physician: Mario Ciocca Educational Foundation . .Page 60, Inside Back Cover Orthopaedic Surgeon: Jeff Spang 2010 Seniors & Schedule . .Back Cover Friends of Carolina Lacrosse Coordinator: Gary Burns Table Coordinator/Official Timekeeper: Randy Cox Video Coordinator: Michael Brown TarHeelBlue.com: Team Managers: D.J. Achterman, Matt Higbie Official Home of the Tar Heels On the World Wide Web Academic Advisor: Spencer Welborn Media and fans can follow the Carolina men’s lacrosse team and the entire UNC Strength & Conditioning Coach: Eric Biener athletics program from anywhere in the world on the official world wide web site of UNC Athletic Communications North Carolina athletics. TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results, fea- Men’s Lacrosse Media Contact: Dave Lohse tures, podcasts, media guides and game notes plus much more for all 28 of Car- Statisticians: Bill Hurd, Caralyn Duke, David Hulme olina’s varsity sports. TarHeelBlue.com is a partner in CBS College Sports’ Online Scoreboard Operator: Walter Holt program based in Carlsbad, Calif. and New York, N.Y. Based on average hits and individual page views, TarHeelBlue.com ranks as the most popular site in the CBS Lohse’s Email Address: [email protected] College Sports’ Online family of college websites. Lohse’s Office Phone: (919) 962-7257 Lohse’s Cell Phone: (919) 641-4128 Athletic Communications Office Fax: (919) 962-0612 Nike Supports UNC Athletics The University of North Carolina and Nike signed a new 10-year contract in May Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 2009 for Nike to continue as the exclusive supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and Shipping Address: Athletic Communications, Maurice J. Koury Natatorium, accessory products. Nike will provide the athletic department with shoes, uniforms, 300 Skipper Bowles Drive, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 coaching gear, balls and other equipment. Nike also gave the University $2 million for the Chancellor’s Academic Enhancement Fund to support faculty. “The Univer- sity of North Carolina is proud of its long-standing relationship with Nike,” says Di- Through the fall semester of 2009, the University of North rector of Athletics Dick Baddour. “This partnership has benefitted all 28 varsity sports and provided millions of dollars for academics and student scholarships at Carolina has won 39 national championships, including six the University.” in menʼs basketball. 2010 North Carolina Men’s Lacrosse Brochure Credits Head shots by Jeffrey A. Camarati, athletic department photographer. Team picture by Jeffrey A. Camarati. Other action photogra- phy for covers and interior pages contributed by Jeffrey A. Camarati and Peyton Williams as well as Athletic Communications photo in- terns. Other photos from UNC Athletic Com- munications Archives. Covers designed by Dana Gelin of the Athletic Communications Office. The 2010 University of North Carolina men’s lacrosse media guide was written and edited by Dave Lohse, associate athletic communications director. Page 1 • 2010 North Carolina Men’s Lacrosse Guide A Preseason Conversation With Coach Breschi • Carolina Men’s Lacrosse Tar Heel head lacrosse coach Joe Breschi sat tremendous work ethic and he will make an im- down with associate athletic communications di- pact for us. He’s done a terrific job of doing extra rector Dave Lohse prior to the season to talk work outside of practice. He’s terrific off ball. about the upcoming 2010 Carolina lacrosse sea- And he’s a competitor. He and Marcus (Holman) son. are two terrific additions to the attack.” Lohse: Coach, what are some of the points Lohse: Coach, let’s talk about the team po- of emphasis you and the coaching staff are ad- sition by position, and see how things are going dressing heading into the 2010 season? to line up. We’ll start with the attack unit. Coach Breschi: “I think one of things we are Coach Breschi: “Obviously it’s going to be looking at is the special teams. We want to be- Billy Bitter at the quarterback position. Our of- come a better riding team and a better clearing fense runs through Billy. He knows he will be tar- team. The first half of last season, I thought we geted every game. We’re trying to fine tune his did a nice job in those areas but the second half vision and have him see the field more. We also of the year I thought we tailed off in our efficiency. don’t want him have to shoulder as much of the Billy Bitter became We also want to be better both in man up and offense as he did last year. We’ll need to have Junior defenseman UNC’s first first-team man down situations. the other guys help out more because the oppos- Ryan Flanagan was All-America in four “One of the critical things we are changing is ing players are immediately going to slide to Billy. the team’s defensive years last season. the commitment we are making to become a Obviously he’s the guy everyone is expecting a MVP in 2009. two-way midfield oriented team. That is the ulti- big year from. mate goal of the program moving forward. “We missed having Gavin Petracca in fall ball. Whether we can do it fully and do it with three He was injured in the fall but it’s still his position midfield lines we are going to make that attempt coming back as our vocal leader on the offensive which we did a little bit of in the fall. end of the field. He’s a great shooter and a great “I would say those are the critical things – the field general. In essence, he was kind of our special teams, man up, man down, riding, clear- leader of the offense last year with his outstand- ing, being a better inbounds riding team than we ing organizing skills. It was fun to see improve were last year and embracing a two-way midfield last year. He demanded a lot of his teammates. concept. He put guys in the right spots. He settled the ball “We always want to play fast. We always down. He’s more of the field general of the of- want to be aggressive defensively and get the fense. While not holding the ball as much or car- ball on the ground because I think that is where rying it as much as Billy, Gavin was the we are our best. quarterback of the offense in a different fashion. “Ultimately the switch to playing the two-way “Then I’d have to go with Marcus Holman, Ed midfielder will be the biggest change you’ll see Prevost and Thomas Wood as the next three As a freshman, James in UNC lacrosse.” guys on our depth chart. As of today we are five Sophomore Jimmy Petracca started the Lohse: Now that we are a year into your deep in this position and it may go in that order. Dunster is projected last half of the season stewardship of the program, how has the transi- We may go with Marcus if we were to start today. as an all-star nominee in goal in 2009. tion gone? He’s very similar to Bart Wagner but doesn’t in 2010. Coach Breschi: “I think the biggest thing have the experience of a Bart Wagner.