Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse

Maryland Terrapins
Founded 1924 (varsity); 1895 (club)
University University of Maryland
Coach John Tillman (7th season)
Conference Big Ten
Location College Park, Maryland
Stadium Maryland Stadium
(capacity: 54,000)
Nickname Terps
Colors Red, White, Black, and Gold[1]
                   
Pre-NCAA era championships
(9) – 1928, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1967
NCAA Tournament championships
(3) – 1973, 1975, 2017
NCAA Tournament Runner-Up
(11) – 1971, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
NCAA Tournament Final Fours
(25) – 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
(36) – 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances
(40) – 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Conference Tournament championships
(6) – 1998, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2016, 2017
Conference regular season championships
(31) – 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

The Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I lacrosse as a member of the Big Ten Conference (B1G). They have traveled to 20 final fours since 1975, and after a 42 year drought, finally won their third NCAA championship in 2017.

Maryland was a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference before withdrawing on July 1, 2014. Since 1924, Maryland has secured numerous national and conference championship honors, including three NCAA tournament championships, eight Wingate Memorial Trophy titles and one United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association championship.[2] Maryland is the only major college lacrosse team to have never finished a season with a losing record.[3]

History

Since 1922, a total of 110 first-team All-American honors have been bestowed upon Maryland players. Six Terrapins have received All-American honors each of their four years. Frank Urso is one of just four college players to be named a first-team All-American all four years.[2] Johns Hopkins, located nearby in Baltimore, is considered the Terrapins' rival in lacrosse. The two schools have played more than 100 times since the series began in 1895,[4] and members of the media and fans widely consider it the "greatest rivalry" in college lacrosse.[5][6] In 2015, the rivalry shifts to the inaugural season of lacrosse sponsorship by the Big Ten Conference, which welcomed both Maryland and Johns Hopkins as new members (the Blue Jays in men's lacrosse only).

Since the team's inaugural season in 1924, Maryland has never finished with a losing record, a feat unmatched by any other major college lacrosse team. The Terrapins have finished four seasons with a winning percentage of .500.[3]

While 1924 was Maryland's official first season, Maryland teams had competed against the best in lacrosse as early as 1895 with games on record against Johns Hopkins, Penn State, Navy, Harvard, Cornell and others.

In 1924, Maryland, under the guidance of coach R. V. Truitt, entered the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse League (USILL). In its first contest in the association, it snapped Navy's 46-game winning streak and then beat undefeated Johns Hopkins, the Southern Division championship team, 4–2.[7] The following season, Maryland captured the Southern Division title by beating the Doug Turnbull-led Hopkins squad, 3–1.[7]

In 1926, the USILL was succeeded by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA), which did not have a limitation on number of member schools.[8] For the next five decades, Maryland remained a national power, alongside Johns Hopkins, Navy, and St. John's.[8] The dominance of these four schools located in the state of Maryland was due in large part to the high caliber of the sport at the interscholastic level. Lacrosse was the preeminent spring sport at the public Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and Baltimore City College, as well as the city's private high schools.[8] The importance of lacrosse was magnified by the lack of any major professional teams in Baltimore until the creation of the Colts in 1947 and the return of the Orioles in 1954.[8]

Maryland finished the 1928 season with a 9–1 record, the loss coming at the hands of Johns Hopkins. Three other association members finished with one loss: Hopkins, Navy, and Rutgers. The four squads were awarded Gold Medals as the best teams in the nation.[8] That year, arrangements were made for the inclusion of a lacrosse exhibition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. American Olympic Committee president General Douglas MacArthur established a committee to organize the country's participation in the lacrosse event. Representation of the United States was determined by a tournament of intercollegiate and amateur teams that involved Maryland, Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, Army, Navy, and the Mount Washington Lacrosse Club. Maryland advanced to the finale, where they were defeated by Hopkins in front of 15,000 spectators.[9] In 1929, the undefeated St. John's Johnnies handed Maryland its first homefield loss in thirteen years.[10]

The undefeated 1955 Maryland lacrosse team

Before the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, lacrosse proponents arranged for another an exhibition tournament. To decide the representative for the United States, the American Olympic Lacrosse Committee held an eight-team single-elimination tournament featuring Maryland, Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, St. John's, Rutgers, Crescent Athletic Club, Mount Washington Lacrosse Club, and an all-star team composed of American Indian players from the Six Nations. Maryland defeated Mount Washington at Baltimore Stadium in front of 6,000 spectators in a doubleheader that also featured Johns Hopkins narrowly beat St. John's. In the semifinals, a small crowd of 500 watched Maryland beat the Crescents and Hopkins beat Rutgers in foul rainy weather. Hopkins defeated Maryland in the final before a crowd of 5,000 to secure their place as the United States representatives for the Olympics.[11]

In 1935, Maryland finished with one loss, as did St. John's and Navy. Princeton, however, was undefeated and accounted for the Navy loss, and therefore took the national title.[10] The following season, Maryland coach Jack Faber guided the undefeated Terps to secure the inaugural Wingate Memorial Trophy (awarded to the USILA champions).[10] In 1937, Maryland finished undefeated again and shared the national co-championship with William F. Logan's Princeton.[10] Faber led Maryland to back-to-back outright USILA titles in 1939 led by Jim Meade and Rip Hewitt, and in 1940 led by Milton Mulitz and Oscar Nevares.[12]

In 1955 and 1956, co-head coaches Faber and Al Heagy guided the Terrapins to two more undefeated seasons and consecutive national championships.[13] Maryland split the USILA championship with two other one-loss teams, Army and Johns Hopkins, in 1959.[13] In 1967, Maryland suffered one loss to Navy, that decade's dominant team, but Hopkins in turn defeated the Midshipmen which resulted in a three-way tie for the championship between the trio.[13]

Maryland (white jerseys) in action against Denver in 2006.

On March 29, 2009, the Maryland–Virginia regular season match resulted in the longest lacrosse game in NCAA history, extending into seven overtime periods. An unintentional whistle by the officiating staff negated what would have been a game-winning goal by Terrapins attackman Grant Catalino in the first overtime. Virginia went on to win with a goal in the seventh overtime, 10–9, and preserved its perfect record, 11–0, while Maryland slid to 6–3.[14]

In 2011, Maryland defeated first-seeded Duke to recapture the ACC tournament championship after a six-year hiatus. Attackman Grant Catalino was named the tournament MVP.[15]

On May 29, 2017, Maryland defeated 3rd-seeded Ohio State to win its third NCAA national championship (12th overall) and end the national title drought that began after its last championship in 1975.

Coaching records

Coach Wins Losses Ties Notes
Truitt 22 8 1
Faber 26 4
Faber/Heagy 225 52 1
Heagy 21 5
Howard 32 7 1
Beardmore 90 26
Mattessich 26 15
Edell 171 76
Cottle 99 45
Tillman 96 29
TOTAL 782 264 3

Championships

National championships

Starting in 1926, the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) began rating college lacrosse teams and awarding gold medals to the top teams. Maryland was the recipient of one of these in 1928, alongside Johns Hopkins, Navy, and Rutgers, all of whom suffered just one regular season collegiate defeat.[16] From 1936, the USILA awarded the Wingate Memorial Trophy to the regular season intercollegiate champions. In 1971, the National Collegiate Athletic Association began hosting a men's lacrosse tournament to determine the national champions.[2]

Year Type Coach Record
1928 USILA Gold Medal (with Johns Hopkins, Navy, and Rutgers) Jack Faber 9–1
1936 USILA Championship Jack Faber & Al Heagy 7–0
1937 USILA Co-Championship (with Princeton) Jack Faber & Al Heagy 7–0
1939 USILA Championship Jack Faber & Al Heagy 6–1
1940 USILA Championship Jack Faber & Al Heagy 10–0
1955 USILA Championship Jack Faber & Al Heagy 11–0
1956 USILA Championship Jack Faber & Al Heagy 10–0
1959 USILA Co-Championship (with Army and Johns Hopkins) Jack Faber & Al Heagy 10–1
1967 USILA Co-Championship (with Johns Hopkins) John Howard 8–1
1973 NCAA Tournament Championship Bud Beardmore 10–0
1975 NCAA Tournament Championship Bud Beardmore 8–2
2017 NCAA Tournament Championship John Tillman 16-3

Conference regular season championships

Year Conference Coach Overall record Conference record
1955 Atlantic Coast Conference Jack Faber & Al Heagy 11–02–0
1956 10–0 2–0
1957 9–1 2–0
1958 8–1 2–0
1959 10–1 2–0
1960 7–3 2–0
1961 6–2 2–0
1963 10–2 2–0
1965 11–2 3–0
1966 John Howard 9–1 3–0
1967 8–1 2–0
1968 8–1–1 2–0
1972 Bud Beardmore 8–2 2–0
1973 10–0 3–0
1974 8–2 3–0
1976 10–1 2–0
1977 8–2 3–0
1978 9–2 4–0
1979 9–2 4–0
1980 5–5 3–1
1985 Dick Edell 7–5 2–1
1987 12–1 3–0
1989 10–4 3–0
1998 14–3 3–0
2001 13–3 2–1
2003 Dave Cottle 12–4 2–1
2004 13–3 3–0
2009 10–7 2–1
2013 John Tillman 10–4 2–1
2014 John Tillman 13–4 4–1
2015 Big Ten Conference 15–4 4–1
2016 13–2 5–0
2017 16–3 4–1

Conference tournament championships

The Atlantic Coast Conference has held a men's lacrosse tournament since 1989. The Big Ten Conference began hosting a men's lacrosse tournament in 2015.

Year Conference Coach Overall record Conference record Tournament record
1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Dick Edell 14–3 3–0 2–0
2004 Dave Cottle 13–3 3–0 2–0
2005 11–6 1–2 2–0
2011 John Tillman 13–4 1–2 2–0
2016 Big Ten Conference 15–2 5–0 2–0
2017 16–3 4–1 2–0

References

  1. ↑ "Media Relations - Maryland Terrapins Athletics - University of Maryland". Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 2009 Media and Recruiting Guide, University of Maryland, 2009.
  3. 1 2 The Terrapin Men's Lacrosse Blog: 2009 Edition, University of Maryland, April 29, 2009.
  4. ↑ Kanen, Mike (13 April 2012). "Why Hopkins-Maryland Always Matters". The Quad, The New York Times College Sports Blog. Retrieved 2014-11-09. Since the programs’ initial meeting in 1895, the Jays hold a 68-38-1 edge over the Terps
  5. ↑ Larossa, Ernie (April 14, 2004). "A Look Back At The Maryland/Hopkins Series History". Atlantic Coast Conference. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
  6. ↑ The Rivalry, Johns Hopkins Magazine, June, 2004.
  7. 1 2 David G. Pietramala, Bob Scott, Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition, p. 14, Baltimore: JHU Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8018-8371-7.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Pietramala, p. 15.
  9. ↑ Fischer, p. 151.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Pietramala, p. 16.
  11. ↑ Donald M. Fischer, Lacrosse: A History of the Game, pp. 152–155, JHU Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8018-6938-2.
  12. ↑ Pietramala, p. 17.
  13. 1 2 3 Pietramala, p. 18.
  14. ↑ Virginia outlasts Maryland in 7 overtimes, International Herald Tribune, March 29, 2009.
  15. ↑ Men's Lacrosse Championship, Atlantic Coast Conference, April 24, 2011.
  16. ↑ David G. Pietramala, et al, Lacrosse: Technique and Tradition, p. 15, 2006, Baltimore: JHU Press, ISBN 0-8018-8410-1.
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