NCAA First Round: #7 Lehigh vs. Maryland Sunday, May 13, 2012 7:30 PM 2012 NCAA Division I Men's LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Saturday, May 12 Saturday, May 19 Saturday, May 26 Monday, May 28 Sunday, May 13 Sunday, May 20 1) *Loyola (14-1) Saturday, May 12 at 5 p.m. Live on ESPNU/ESPN3 Canisius (6-7) Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland Saturday, May 19 8) *North Carolina (11-5) Live on ESPN2/ESPN3 Saturday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. Live on ESPNU/ESPN3 Denver (8-6) Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts Saturday, May 26 5) *Virginia (11-3) Sunday, May 13 at 1 p.m. Live on ESPN2/ESPN3 Live on ESPN/ESPN3 Princeton (11-4) PPL Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sunday, May 20 4) *Notre Dame (11-2) Live on ESPNU/ESPN3 Sunday, May 13 at 5:15 p.m. Live on ESPNU/ESPN3 Gillette Stadium Yale (11-4) Foxborough, Massachusetts Monday, May 28 1 p.m. National Champion Live on ESPN/ESPN3 3) *Duke (13-4) Saturday, May 12 at Noon Live on ESPN/ESPN3 Syracuse (9-7) PPL Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6) *Massachusetts (15-0) Sunday, May 20 Saturday, May 12 at 2:30 p.m. Live on ESPNU/ESPN3 Live on ESPNU/ESPN3 Colgate (13-3) Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts Saturday, May 26 7) *Lehigh (14-2) Live on ESPN2/ESPN3 Sunday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. Live on ESPNU/ESPN3 Maryland (9-5) Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland Saturday, May 19 Live on ESPN2/ESPN3 2) *Johns Hopkins (11-3) Sunday, May 13 at 3 p.m. Live on ESPNU/ESPN3 Stony Brook (7-9) All times are Eastern and are subject to change due to television scheduling. Junior Dante Fantoni Patriot League Tournament MVP LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE SCHEDULE/RESULTS February 11 at Saint Joseph’s W, 11-4 GAME 17: MARYLAND AT #7 LEHIGH 18 #10/10 VILLANOVA L, 17-7 25 MANHATTAN W, 13-0 28 at #19/18 Penn W, 10-4 MARYLAND TERRAPINS (9-5, 1-2 ACC) March at #7 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (14-2, 5-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE) 3 at #4/4 North Carolina W, 9-8 6 at VMI W, 6-2 11 #15/16 YALE W, 11-7 ULRICH SPORTS COMPLEX • BETHLEHEM, Pa. 17 ARMY* W, 7-6 20 at #17/17 Penn State W, 9-5 NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND • SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012 • 7:30 PM 24 HOLY CROSS* W, 12-3 ESPNU/ESPN3 (JOE BENINATI & RYAN BOYLE) 30 at RV/#19 Navy* (CBS SN) W, 9-4 April SETTING THE SCENE 7 at #17/16 Colgate* L, 11-10 (OT) Following a historic regular season, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse will play its first-ever NCAA Tournament 14 #18/18 BUCKNELL* W, 9-8 game on Sunday night when the seventh-seeded Mountain Hawks host Maryland at 7:30 p m. The game 21 at Lafayette* W, 16-6 27 vs. RV/#19 Army (PL Semifinals) (CBS SN) W, 13-7 will air live nationally on ESPNU and ESPN3 com. with Joe Beninati and Ryan Boyle on the call . Lehigh 29 at #11/10 Colgate (CBS SN) W, 16-14 is the first Patriot League team to host a first round game since Navy in 2005. Sunday’s winner will face the winner of #2 Johns Hopkins and Stony Brook next Saturday in Annapolis, Md . May 13 #10/10 MARYLAND (ESPNU/ESPN3.com) 7:30 PM The Mountain Hawks wrapped up their first Patriot League Tournament Title with a thrilling 16-14 *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS win over Colgate last Sunday, April 29 . Lehigh’s offense has come alive of late, scoring 45 goals over *Rankings are Coaches Poll, then Nike/Inside Lacrosse Poll its last three games to up its season average to 10.50. That figure is more than last season’s 10.44 aver- (All rankings updated to day-of -game) age which led the Patriot League . Junior Dante Fantoni has been a big reason why, posting 14 points over his last three games, including nine in the Patriot League Tournament to earn Tournament MVP LEHIGH IN THE POLLS honors . He’s all the way up to 41 points for the season (22 goals, 19 assists), second on the team behind classmate David DiMaria’s 44 (22 goals, 22 assists) . Date Coaches Inside Lacrosse/Media Preseason RV -- 2/20 -- -- DiMaria was also named to the All-Tournament Team, along with fellow juniors Mike Noone and Ryan 2/27 -- -- 3/5 16 15 Snyder . Lehigh avenged a heartbreaking 11-10 overtime loss to Colgate during the regular season, going 3/12 11 11 up 16-11 with 11:03 remaining to erase much doubt. The Raiders scored the final three goals, but didn’t pull 3/19 11 10 within two until 23 seconds to go . The win came over a strong Colgate team, who went on to beat Sunday’s 3/26 7 7 4/2 7 7 opponent (Maryland) in its regular season finale to earn an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament. 4/9 11 11 4/16 12 10 4/23 9 8 Sunday’s game is already sold out, selling out Tuesday morning, barely 24 hours after going on sale . 4/30 7 7 The Ulrich Sports Complex record came this season vs . Bucknell (2,096) while Sunday has a chance 5/7 4 8 to shatter that mark . MEDIA INFORMATION Game notes continued on page three . Men’s Lacrosse Contact: . .Justin Lafleur LEHIGH’S PROJECTED LINEUP AT A GLANCE... Office . (610) 758-6631 Cell: . (610) 577-5222 ATTACK G-A-Pts • Lehigh’s 14 wins are tied for second in 1 David DiMaria Jr ., 6-1, 196 22-22-44 Team-leader in pts, 1st team All-League the nation, only behind UMass’ 15 . E-mail: . .jul310@lehigh .edu 9 Dante Fantoni Jr ., 5-11, 186 22-19-41 41-game point streak, PL Tourn MVP • Lehigh is one of only five schools to send both its men’s basketball and 17 Adam Johnston Sr ., 6-2, 183 21-3-24 Third on team in goals men’s lacrosse team to the 2012 NCAA Tournament, along with North Caro- MIDFIELD lina, Duke, Notre Dame and Loyola BY THE NUMBERS 2 Brian Hess Jr ., 6-2, 192 9-3-12 1st career hat trick in PL Title game and one of only two schools to win a tournament game this year (along Lehigh Maryland 11 Roman Lao-Gosney Sr ., 6-0, 198 19-5-24 Co-Captain, 1st Team All-League 19 Cameron Lao-Gosney Sr ., 6-0, 184 13-9-22 Co-Captain, 2nd Team All-League with UNC) . Overall Record 14-2 9-5 • The team’s 10-1 start and nine- Goals/Game 10 .50 10 .93 FACE-OFFS game winning streak marked school Goals Allowed/Game 6 .62 7 .86 records . 22 Ryan Snyder Jr ., 5-10, 201 1-1-2, 92 GB .510 FO percentage (132-259) • Lehigh has reached double-digit Shot Pct. .296 .316 victories for the fifth time in school Shots/Game 35 .5 34 .6 CLOSE DEFENSE history while setting a school record Shots Allowed/Game 28 .6 29 .5 16 Lukas Mikelinich So ., 5-11, 180 0-0-0, 16 GB 10 CT (career-high 4 at Penn) with 14 wins . Assists 86 89 23 Mike Noone Jr ., 6-3, 207 0-1-1, 38 GB 28 CT (team leader) • Freshman goalie Matt Poillon was 40 Ty Souders So ., 6-1, 210 0-1-1, 31 GB 15 CT, 1st Team All-League named the top rookie in the nation in Man-Up Percentage .533 (24-45) .432 (16-37) an Inside Lacrosse article on Mar . 21 . Groundballs 454 445 He’s currently second nationally in SHORT STICK DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD Turnovers 207 170 GAA and fourth in save percentage . 12 Noah Molnar Jr ., 6-2, 225 2-0-2, 20 GB 21 CT (second on team) Caused Turnovers 135 115 • Junior Dante Fantoni is riding a 32 Jimmy Cahill So ., 5-11, 184 0-0-0, 14 GB 8 CT (5GB, 2CT in PL Tournament) 41-game point streak dating back to Faceoffs (W-L) 160-327 150-306 freshman year, the seventh longest Faceoff Percentage .489 .490 LONG STICK DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD active streak in the nation . Clears 247-286 213-241 28 Dylan O’Shaughnessy Fr ., 6-5, 215 1-0-1, 13 GB 11 CT (Career-high 3 GB in PL Semis • Lehigh is 13-0 when allowing Clear Percentage .864 .884 48 Blaise Fullen Sr ., 6-3, 214 1-1-2, 8 GB 7 CT, Goal in PL Title Game single-digit goals this season . • Junior Mike Noone has 26 ground- Penalties/Minutes 59/47:00 55/48:30 balls and 18 caused turnovers over Home Attendance 5,365 23,335 GOALIE GAA, Save % his last six games . He was named PL Dates/Avg. 6/894 7/3,334 30 Matt Poillon Fr ., 5-10, 185 6 .54, .595 Patriot League Goalie of the Year Defensive Player of the Week three 2nd nationally in GAA, 4th in save% times in a four-week span . Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2012 LEHIGH MEN’S LACROSSE • GAME 17: MARYLAND AT #7 LEHIGH • NCAA FIRST ROUND• MAY 13, 2012 • PAGE 2 MOUNTAIN HAWKS GARNER PATRIOT LEAGUE POSTSEASON AWARDS Following a historic regular season, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team has racked in Defense – Ty Souders, Lehigh, So.