Terry Riordan

Terry Riordan
Born July 27, 1973 (1973-07-27) (age 38)
Position Attack
Height
 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
NCAA Team Johns Hopkins University
MLL Team
F. Teams		 Los Angeles Riptide
Long Island Lizards
Nationality  United States
Pro Career 2001–present
Shoots Left

Terry Riordan (born July 27, 1973) is a professional lacrosse player. He is a member of Major League Lacrosse's Los Angeles Riptide and plays attack. He also played for the Long Island Lizards in 2001 and 2002. Terry's brother James played lacrosse at Penn and another brother, Dan, had a brief career in the NLL. In 2008, Riordan scored 13 goals with 2 assists in helping the Riptide to a 7 and 5 record.[1]

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College career

Riordan played high school lacrosse in Baldwin, Long Island where he was All-County. He attended Johns Hopkins University where he led the Blue Jays to three NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship semifinal and one quarterfinal appearance. He was a four-time All-American and twice named to the first team. He is fourth all-time in goals scored in NCAA history and is currently the all-time goal scorer and all-time Blue Jays points leader as well. Riordan won the Jack Turnbull Award and Lt. Raymond Enners Award in 1995.[2]

Acting career

In addition to his career in professional lacrosse, Terry pursued professional acting attending the Lee Strasberg institute. He appeared in the television series Rescue Me, As the World Turns and The Guiding Light. Riordan was also in the 2007 Broadway revival, The Ritz.[3]

Statistics

MLL

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM GP G 2ptG A Pts LB PIM
2001 Long Island 13 36 2 38 21 7.5 2 6 0 2 8 4 0
2002 Long Island 10 28 2 30 24 3.5 2 3 0 0 3 4 1.0
2007 Los Angeles 12 29 3 32 8 1.0 2 6 0 0 6 4 1.0
MLL Totals 35 73 7 100 53 11.5 6 15 0 2 17 12 2.0

Johns Hopkins University

   
Season Team GP G A Pts PPG
1992 14 37 17 54 3.93
1993 14 47 19 66 4.64
1994 14 48 10 58 4.14
1995 14 52 17 69 4.93
NCAA Totals 56 184 63 247 4.41

See also

References

  1. ^ "Los Angeles Riptide Bio". LARiptide.com. 2008. http://www.lariptide.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=26. 
  2. ^ "The Johns Hopkins Gazette". JHU.edu. http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/janmar96/feb2696/26lax.html. 
  3. ^ Lax.com "Catching Up With: Terry Riordan". LAX.com. http://www.lax.com/stories/409 Lax.com. 

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