HOBART COLLEGE STATESMEN LACROSSE GAME 6: #16 RUTGERS (2-3, 0-0) AT #14 HOBART (4-1, 0-1) 2005 HOBART SCHEDULE Probable Starters DATE OPPONENT TIME Pos No Name Cl Ht Wt Gls Asst Pts GB Feb 26 vs. Butler ................. W, 11-7 A 12 Nate Hill SR 5-10 170 4 10 14 10 Mar 5 BINGHAMTON ........... W, 10-7 A 13 Daryl Veltman FY 6-0 180 11 4 15 9 12 at #19 Ohio State...... W, 9-6 A 21 Sean Reed SR 5-10 175 4 3 7 8 15 at Robert Morris .... W, 15-10 M 16 Nate Molinari r-JR 5-7 170 4 1 5 22 19 *GEORGETOWN ......... L, 9-11 M 32 Chris David SO 6-1 175 9 0 9 5 26 *RUTGERS ....................1 p.m. M 45 Chris Scanlon SR 5-10 190 3 4 7 5 29 SYRACUSE .................... 7 p.m. D 6 John Tammaro SR 6-2 215 0 0 0 7 Apr 2 FAIRFIELD .................... 1 p.m. D 33 Matt Murphy JR 6-4 215 0 2 2 19 9 *at Penn State ...........1 p.m. D 47 Greg McCarthy SR 6-4 220 0 0 0 9 16 *MASSACHUSETTS ........1 p.m. Svs GA GAA SV% 23 *at St. John’s ..............1 p.m. GK 18 Dan Valente SR 5-10 170 60 31 7.75 .659 26 CANISIUS......................4 p.m. FOW FOL Pct GB 30 *at Loyola ...................1 p.m. FO 31 John Soden SO 6-0 190 65 34 .657 20 May 6 at Cornell ...................7 p.m. *ECAC Lacrosse League game TODAY’S GAME—Hobart and Rutgers will square off for the first time as conference opponents, 2004 HOBART RESULTS and just the second time ever. The Statesmen captured the first meeting, 17-12, on Boswell Field in 1999. DATE OPPONENT TIME Feb 28 vs. Butler .................... L, 6-7 NCAA STATISTICS—Hobart ranks among the nation’s best in five of the seven team categories Mar 6 *at Holy Cross ......... W, 14-6 tracked by the NCAA. The Statesmen are third in man-down defense (.906), sixth in faceoff 13 *at Lehigh ............... W, 11-4 winning percentage (.618), sixth in winning percentage (.800), 13th in scoring offense, and 16 *at Navy ................... L, 8-13 18th in scoring margin (+2.6). 20 at Georgetown ........... L, 7-9 27 *LAFAYETTE .............. W, 18-7 POLL POSITION—The Statesmen moved up to No. 14 in the USILA Geico/STX Coaches Poll after a road-win over Robert Morris and a tough home loss to fifth-ranked Georgetown. Hobart 30 at Syracuse ............. L, 10-16 began the year ranked 20th in the preseason coaches poll. Apr 3 *BUCKNELL............... W, 13-9 7 *COLGATE ................... W, 8-4 THAT’S ODD—Earning NCAA Division I Tournament bids in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004, the 10 PENN STATE ........ W, 8-7 (ot) Statesmen haven’t been to the NCAA postseason in an odd year since elevating the program 17 OHIO STATE ...... L, 12-13 (ot) to Division I in 1995. 24 *at Army ................. W, 14-8 30 #vs. Bucknell ........... W, 10-9 TWO DOWN—Four of the teams on Hobart’s schedule this season have never faced off with the May 2 #at Navy ..................... L, 8-9 Statesmen. Hobart is halfway through the quartet of Binghamton (W, 10-7), Robert Morris 7 CORNELL ................. W, 12-10 (W, 15-10), Fairfield (April 2), and St. John’s (April 23). 15 $at Cornell ............... L, 5-11 *Patriot League game BACKSTOP SHOWDOWN—Today’s contest features two of the best goalies in the nation. In his #Patriot League Tournament $NCAA Tournament second season as Hobart’s starter, senior DAN VALENTE is third in the country in save percentage (.659) and 20th in goals against average (7.75), while Rutgers’ Greg Havalchak began the week eighth in save percentage (.639) and goals against average (6.50). CONTACT INFORMATION WING MAN—Junior long-stick midfielder ANDREW NAROG has excelled defensively and on the Director of Athletic Communications wing during faceoffs. He leads Hobart and ranks 18th in the nation in ground balls per game Ken DeBolt (5.2). Narog picked up a career-high eight ground balls against Binghamton earlier this year. Office Phone .......... (315) 781-3146 Office Fax ............ (315) 781-3531 PLAYMAKER—Senior attackman NATE HILL leads the ECAC and ranks ninth in the nation in E-Mail ............... [email protected] assists per game. At his present pace (2.0/g), he would finish with a career best 28 helpers, the Cell .................... (315) 945-1084 most by a Statesman since Matt Crowther ’96 logged 29 assists in 1994. AOL Instant Messenger ... hooks1181 www.hws.edu/athletics X FACTOR—Sophomore midfielder JOHN SODEN HOBART’S RECORD WHEN... leads the ECAC and ranks eighth in the nation USILA GEICO/STX COACHES POLL in faceoff winning percentage (.659). He’s won At Home ........................................1-1 at least 52 percent of his restarts in every game March 21 • Week 3 On The Road .................................3-0 this season. NO NAME RECORD POINTS PREV Scoring First ...................................2-0 1 Johns Hopkins 4-0 199 (9) 1 Opponent Scores First....................2-1 KING OF THE HILL—NATE HILL needs just 19 2 Virginia 6-0 190 (1) 2 3 Duke 7-0 181 3 points to pass as the top Leading after First Quarter .............3-1 JAMIE BRESLIN ’02 4 Maryland 4-1 170 4 scoring Division I Statesman. Hill sports 120 Trailing after First Quarter .............1-0 5 Georgetown 4-1 160 5 (50-70) points in 48 games, while Breslin 6 Army 3-1 138 8 Tied after First Quarter ..................0-0 recorded 138 (92-46) points in 52 games and Navy 5-1 138 6 Leading at Halftime .......................3-1 is tied for 19th on Hobart’s career points list. 8 Syracuse 1-3 126 7 Trailing at Halftime .......................1-0 9 Notre Dame 3-1 118 T9 10 Cornell 2-1 110 12 Tied at Halftime .............................0-0 HAMBURG HELPER—Speaking of Hill, the 11 Massachusetts 4-1 98 T9 Leading after Third Quarter ...........3-0 native of Hamburg, N.Y., handed out a career- 12 Towson 4-2 77 13 Trailing after Third Quarter ...........1-1 high six assists in Hobart’s 15-10 win at Robert 13 Hofstra 2-3 71 NR 14 HOBART 4-1 63 16 Tied after Third Quarter ................0-0 Morris on March 15. With 70 helpers to his credit thus far in his career, he ranks 11th on 15 Princeton 0-3 62 11 Score 20+ goals ..............................0-0 16 RUTGERS 2-2 56 14 the school’s all-time list, six away from 17 Bucknell 3-2 44 18 Score 15-19 goals ...........................1-0 matching No. 10 TOM GRIMALDI ’85. 18 Stony Brook 3-1 35 T20 Score 10-14 goals ...........................2-0 19 North Carolina 1-4 20 15 Score 0-9 goals ...............................1-1 3 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER—First-year attackman 20 Brown 2-1 19 17 DARYL VELTMAN recorded a hat trick in three Others receiving votes: Delaware (10), Albany Allow 20+ goals .............................0-0 (4), Denver (4), Villanova (4), Drexel (3). Allow 15-19 goals ..........................0-0 consecutive games (Binghamton, Ohio State, Allow 10-14 goals ..........................1-1 Robert Morris) and has at least three points in Allow 0-9 goals ..............................3-0 each of Hobart’s past four contests. The native of Georgetown, Ontario, leads the Statesmen in goals (11) and points (15). An exceptional lacrosse talent, Veltman played for the Canadian Day Games .....................................3-1 National team in the 2003 U-19 World Championships. Night Games ..................................1-0 On Artificial Turf...........................4-1 CONFERENCE DEBUT—Hobart made its ECAC Lacrosse League debut last Saturday against On Grass ........................................0-0 Georgetown. The Statesmen jumped out to a 6-1 first half lead, but the fifth-ranked Hoyas Hobart outshoots opponent ...........4-0 outscored their hosts 9-3 in the second half to escape Geneva with an 11-9 win. NATE HILL led Opponent has more shots ..............0-1 Hobart with two goals and two assists, while DAN VALENTE made 17 saves in the cage. Shots are even ................................0-0 OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN—Seniors DAN VALENTE, CHRIS SCANLON, and GREG McCARTHY, and Hobart has more GBs .....................4-0 red-shirt junior NATE MOLINARI will serve as captains for the 2005 season. Opp. has more GBs ........................0-1 Hobart wins more faceoffs ..............4-0 WATCH LIST—Senior defenseman GREG McCARTHY was one of 37 players named to the Tewaaraton Opp. wins more faceoffs .................0-1 Trophy watch list. Awarded to the top lacrosse player in the nation, McCarthy is the first Teams tie in faceoffs .......................0-0 Statesman to earn a spot on the watch list. Hobart has more penalties .............3-0 PRESEASON PRAISE—Senior defenseman GREG McCARTHY was named a Face-Off Yearbook third- Opp. has more penalties .................1-1 team preseason All-American, while senior attackman NATE HILL and sophomore faceoff specialist Teams tie in penalties ....................0-0 JOHN SODEN received honorable mention. Games decided by one goal ............0-0 By two goals ...................................0-1 LENDING A HAND—Head Coach MATT KERWICK will lend a coaching hand as an assistant with By three goals .................................2-0 the U.S. National Team at the 2006 International Lacrosse Federation World Championships By four goals ...................................1-0 in Canada. Denison University’s Mike Caravana, University of Albany Head Coach Scott By five-plus goals............................1-0 Marr, and Kerwick will assist Syracuse University boss John Desko. Against Top-20 Opponents ............1-1 LISTEN UP—All of Hobart’s lacrosse games can be heard live on WEOS-FM radio (89.7/90.3 in Against Top-10 Opponents ............0-1 Geneva/88.1 in Ithaca).