2006 Men’s Lacrosse Gamenotes Contact: Kerrin Perniciaro (315) 443-3341 [email protected] Weekly Release March 18, 2006 2006 Schedule/Results First Time Orange and Blue Jays Meet in the (1-2) February Month of March with Two Losses Apiece 25 #15 ARMY W, 14-10 #10/11 Syracuse (1-2) travels to Homewood Field in Baltimore to face #13/14 Johns Hopkins (2-2) on Saturday, March 18, at 1 p.m. The game will be televised LIVE nationally March by ESPNU and broadcast locally in Baltimore by WMAR. It marks the second-straight season 4 at #3 Virginia L, 15-20 the Orange takes a 1-2 record into its meeting with the Blue Jays. It is also the first time in 22 10 #10 GEORGETOWN L, 8-10 18 at #13/14 Johns Hopkins 1:00 p.m. month-of-March encounters that both teams enter this contest with two losses. 28 HOBART 7:00 p.m. SU is coming off a 10-8 loss to Georgetown at home last Friday. The Orange won its season opener against Army, but lost a 20-15 decision at undefeated Virginia a week later. April Hopkins, the defending national champion, lost 11-6 at Hofstra last weekend. The Blue 1 LOYOLA 4:00 p.m. Jays’ other loss was a 6-4 setback to Princeton at home on March 4, which snapped a school- 8 PRINCETON 2:00 p.m. record 37-game home winning streak. 11 at Cornell 7:00 p.m. This will be the 42nd meeting between these two teams. JHU owns a 24-16-1 advantage 15 at Rutgers 12:00 p.m. in the all-time series. The last time Syracuse won at Homewood Field was March 14, 1998 21 ALBANY 7:00 p.m. by a score of 14-13. In its last three trips to Homewood, the Orange is 0-3. The Blue Jays 29 MASSACHUSETTS 2:00 p.m. are 6-4 against Syracuse in the last 10 meetings, and have won three of the last four, including May last year’s 12-11 overtime victory at the Carrier Dome. Hopkins has won four of the last five 6 at Colgate 1:00 p.m. regular-season meetings. 13-14 NCAA First Round at campus sites 20 NCAA Quarterfinal at Stony Brook Rommel, Brooks Out for the Season 21 NCAA Quarterfinal at Towson 27 NCAA Semifinal Niewieroski to Miss Hopkins Game at Lincoln Financial Field Two starting midfielders will miss the remainder of the season due to injury. Preseason (Philadelphia, Pa.) first-team All-American Greg Rommel injured his right thumb during the first quarter of the 29 NCAA Final at Lincoln Financial Field Virginia game, while junior Steven Brooks hurt his left knee early in the Army contest. (Philadelphia, Pa.) Sophomore midfielder/attackman Greg Niewieroski will not play against Johns Hopkins after being hurt in an off-the-field incident last Saturday. His status for the rest of the season Home Games in BOLD CAPS has yet to be determined. Stepping in to contribute at midfield are freshmen Dan Hardy and Pat Perritt, who started last week on SU’s first offensive middie line along with senior Brian Crockett. Other Radio and Television midfielders who now have to produce include freshman Matt Abbott, freshman Kenny Nims, Radio sophomore Steve Babbles, senior Kieran Murphy and sophomore Brendan Loftus. SU’s games will be broadcast on the school’s flagship radio station for lacrosse, LIVE Streaming Video for Lacrosse Added to WNSS 1260 AM. Brian Higgins will handle play-by-play duties, while Syracuse equipment Orange All Access manager Kyle Fetterly will serve as the color Syracuse University will offer live video streaming of all home men’s and women’s analyst for the sixth-straight season. The lacrosse games as part of the department’s All Access subscription service on www.suathletics. games can be heard through SU’s Orange All com. Audio for the men’s games will be provided by the Syracuse ISP radio network. Other Access package at www.suathletics.com. select away games may be added to the package. To subscribe to the Orange All Access WAER FM 88 will also broadcast all package, click on the Orange All Access link on left side of the home page. the games, led by Dan Bumpus and Chris For optimal results in viewing streamed video, computers must have a high-speed internet Villani. connection and the latest version of Windows Media Player (a free download at www. microsoft.com/windowsmedia). Bandwidth constraints of service providers can affect the Television quality of the picture. Time Warner Sports 26 will televise all The University launched its All Access service on suathletics.com in August 2005 to seven home games LIVE this season. The provide on-demand video coverage of SU athletics. The service includes comprehensive video final regular-season game at Colgate is also highlights, interviews, press conferences and behind-the-scenes features of all sports. All under consideration. CSTV is scheduled to Access also includes live streaming audio of game broadcasts, as well as archived features and televise the April 11th contest at Cornell, while coaches shows. Cost of the All Access subscription service is $9.95 per month or $79.95 for a ESPNU has the March 18th game at Hopkins. full year. Nine-Time NCAA Champions • 83 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 93 • 95 • 00 • 02 • 04 2006 Game Notes Game 4 at Hopkins The SU-Hopkins Series Last Year’s SU vs. Hopkins Game Blue Jays Lead, 24-16-1 12-11 Blue Jays in Overtime Date Score W-L-T Location Junior midfielder Greg Peyser scored an unassisted goal with 1:34 4/30/21 4-4 (T) Syracuse, N.Y. remaining in overtime to lift No. 1-ranked Johns Hopkins (4-0) to a 4/29/22 3-1 (W) at Johns Hopkins 12-11 victory against seventh-ranked Syracuse (1-3) at the Carrier 4/26/30 2-8 (L) Syracuse, N.Y. Dome. Peyser’s game-winning goal gave Hopkins its first lead of the 5/9/31 0-20 (L) at Johns Hopkins night. 5/7/34 6-11 (L) at Johns Hopkins The Orange jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter and built 3/30/63 7-10 (L) at Johns Hopkins its largest margin of six goals (7-1) by 3:42 of the second period. 5/1/65 6-21 (L) Syracuse, N.Y. Freshman attackman Mike Leveille had a hat trick by that point. He 5/7/66 1-14 (L) at Johns Hopkins would go on to record a career-high five goals, with two more scores in the fourth quarter. 5/6/67 9-17 (L) Syracuse, N.Y. Hopkins had its own rookie rise to the occasion. Freshman 5/4/68 7-20 (L) at Johns Hopkins midfielder Paul Rabil provided an answer with three-straight goals to 5/24/80 11-18 (L) at Baltimore, Md. cut the SU lead to 7-4 with 5:40 left in the third quarter. Peyser tallied (NCAA Playoffs) his first goal of the night more than a minute later to bring Hopkins to 5/28/83 17-16 (W) at New Brunswick, N.J. within 7-5. (NCAA Playoffs) SU junior midfielder Greg Rommel scored off a pass from junior 5/26/84 10-13 (L) at Newark, Del. attackman Brian Crockett to push the Orange advantage back up to (NCAA Playoffs) three goals, 8-5, with 3:43 left in the third quarter. 3/9/85 6-8 (L) at Johns Hopkins The Blue Jays recorded the final two goals of the third quarter to 5/25/85 4-11 (L) at Providence, R.I. pull within 8-7 with 26 seconds remaining. Kyle Harrison and Jake (NCAA Playoffs) Byrne capped off a 6-1 Hopkins run from the end of the second quarter 3/8/86 11-10 (W) at Johns Hopkins until the end of the third. Syracuse senior midfielder Jarett Park found Leveille camped out 3/7/87 15-14 (W) Syracuse, N.Y. on the crease for the freshman’s fourth goal of the night. The score 3/5/88 19-7 (W) at Johns Hopkins gave the Orange a 9-7 lead at 13:44 of the fourth quarter. Harrison 3/4/89 13-14 (L) at Johns Hopkins netted his second goal to keep the Jays hanging around, 9-8, but 5/29/89 13-12 (W) at College Park, Md. Leveille once again pushed it back to a two-goal game (10-8) when he (NCAA Playoffs) caught his own rebound off a Jesse Schwartzman save and deposited 3/24/90 18-10 (W) Syracuse, N.Y. his second chance safely into the goal with 11:24 remaining in the 3/23/91 12-18 (L) Syracuse, N.Y. fourth quarter. 5/19/91 11-8 (W) at Baltimore, Md. Hopkins would go on to score four of the game’s next five goals. (NCAA Playoffs) Peter LeSueur set up Joseph Malo at the 7:44 mark, but Park used 3/21/92 14-15 (L) at Johns Hopkins a spin dodge in traffic to give Syracuse an 11-9 edge with 6:37 5/23/92 21-16 (W) at Philadelphia, Pa. remaining in regulation. That would be the Orange’s final goal of the night. Peyser registered his second goal at the 5:11 mark and Rabil (NCAA Playoffs) notched his fourth goal with 1:42 left in regulation to tie the game at 5/7/93 21-17 (W) Syracuse, N.Y.