GAME 9 • MARCH 22, 2014 • JOHNS HOPKINS 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: 6-2, 1-1 ACC Feb. 22 RUTGERS W, 19-12 Series vs. JHU: JHU leads, 57-28-1 HEAD COACH: Dom Starsia, 22nd season in Charlottesville: JHU leads, 19-14 Feb. 25 at Mount St. Mary’s W, 14-6 UVa Record: 253-86 • Career Record: 354-132 • Record vs. JHU: 15-11 March 1 No. 8 SYRACUSE* W, 17-12 ESPN3/ESPNU Last Meeting: 2013 (JHU, 15-8) March 8 at No. 15 Cornell L, 9-12 Television: ESPNU/ESPN3 in HD March 16 at No. 11 Notre Dame* L, 9-18 ESPNU Live Stats: VirginiaSports.com March 22 No. 9 JOHNS HOPKINS 4:30 p.m. ESPNU JOHNS HOPKINS March 25 VMI 7 p.m. BLUE JAYS School Websites: VirginiaSports.com March 30 at Maryland* 12 p.m. ESPNU HopkinsSports.com Record: 5-1, 2-0 Away April 5 at North Carolina* 3 p.m. ESPNU April 11 DUKE* 6 p.m. ESPNU HEAD COACH: Dave Pietramala, 14th season April 19 BELLARMINE 1 p.m. JHU Record: 152-51 • Career Record: 175-68 • Record vs. UVa: 6-10 Apr. 25 ACC Championship SF! 5/7:30 p.m. ESPNU Apr. 27 ACC Championship F! 1 p.m. ESPNU GAME OVERVIEW May 10-11 NCAA First Round TBA ESPNU Virginia returns home to Klöckner Stadium for a non-conference tilt with Johns Hopkins in the battle for the May 17-18 NCAA Quarterfinals $ TBA ESPN2 or ESPNU Doyle Smith Cup. Faceoff is set for 4:30 p.m. UVa is ranked No. 10 in both the USILA coaches and Warrior/Inside May 24 NCAA Semifinals & TBA ESPN or ESPN2 Lacrosse media polls. Johns Hopkins is ranked No. 8 in the media poll and No. 9 in the coaches poll. May 26 NCAA Finals & TBA ESPN or ESPN2 All Times Eastern; *ACC game; ! PPL Park (Chester, Pa.), $ THE SERIES VS. THE BLUE JAYS Saturday marks the 68th straight season the Cavaliers and the Blue Jays have clashed in an all-time series that James M. Shuart Stadium (Hofstra) or Delaware Stadium began in 1904. Johns Hopkins holds the all-time advantage with a 57-28-1 mark, however Virginia has won six (Delaware), & M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, Md.) of the last nine meetings, including a streak of six in a row before dropping the last three matchups. Virginia’s 86 all-time games against the Blue Jays equals the most games the Cavaliers have played against any opponent in Rankings: UVa JHU their history. Warrior/IL Media 10 8 JHU head coach Dave Pietrmala is in his 14th season with the Blue Jays and is coming off a 9-5 season in 2013. USILA Coaches 10 9 JHU failed to make the NCAA Tournament in 2013, the first time that has happened on Charles Street in 42 years, snapping the longest such streak in all of college sports. TELECAST: ESPNU/ESPN3 Play-by-Play: Mike Corey Analyst: Matt Ward VIRGINIA’S PROBABLE LINEUP Attack Yr. G-A-P Other Notes RADIO: WINA 1070 AM 14 Owen Van Arsdale Jr. 7-20-27 21 GBs Owns 32 career starts on Attack Play-by-Play: John Freeman 32 James Pannell So. 24-4-28 10 GBs Named ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 11) Analyst: Doug Tarring 41 Mark Cockerton Sr. 28-10-38 16 GBs Has 106 career goals playing both Attack & Middie Sideline: Jack Bird First Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes 1 Greg Coholan So. 6-8-14 6 GBs Made two starts in redshirt freshman season FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 3 Ryan Tucker Jr. 15-3-18 50% Shooter Shot clocked as high as 103-mph at Team USA U19 camp • Saturday’s clash with Johns Hopkins is the 87th meeting 24 Rob Emery Sr. 9-4-13 9 GBs Face-Off Yearbook All-American (second-team) between two of the sports’ most historic programs. • UVa has faced Hopkins more than any other program. Second Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes • UVa is one win away from becoming the eighth NCAA DI 11 Pat Harbeson Sr. 3-2-5 20 GBs Has seen time on second midfield all four years program to amass 600 all-time wins. Syracuse (2) and 12 Tyler German Jr. 5-3-8 3x9 FOs Scored first career goals vs. No. 12 Loyola Maryland (4) are the other ACC teams to reach the mile- 45 Zed Williams Fr. 2-2-4 9 GBs Inside Lacrosse’s No. 4 recruit in the country stone. • UVa has scored 13 goals in the final 32 seconds of 32 regu- Face-off Midfield Yr. G-A-P Other Notes lation periods. That means 12.3 percent of UVa’s 106 goals 26 Mick Parks Jr. 0-2-2 82x159 FOs Career at the Faceoff X is .530 (320x604) have come in the final 32 seconds of a period. Ryan Tucker 44 Chris LaPierre Sr. 1-0-1 18 GBs Two-time USILA AA who missed 2013 with injury has scored goals with one-tenth and five-tenths of a second left in a period this season. 2014 is a stark contrast to 2013 46 Joe Lisicky Sr. 0-0-0 13 CTs Fifth-year transfer from Lynchburg College when the UVa defense allowed 17 goals in the final 30 sec- Close Defense Yr. G-A-P Other Notes onds of a period, including 11 scores in the final 10 seconds 6 Tanner Scales So. 0-0-0 28 GBs 2013 ACC Rookie of the Year of a period. 20 Greg Danseglio Jr. 0-3-3 28 GBs All-ACC Academic Team • Mark Cockerton’s 106 career goals ranks No. 13 all-time at UVa and is currently No. 6 in the nation among active 27 Scott McWilliams Sr. 1-0-1 9 CTs Face-Off Yearbook All-American (third-team) players. Goalie Yr. GAA/Sv% Rec. Notes 9 Matt Barrett Fr. 12.00/.435 6-2 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 253-85 CREDENTIALS (.749) 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 338 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.