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April 27, 2000
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia makes the first trip in school history to Ohio to face the Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
The Cavaliers sport the nation’s longest winning streak (10 games) and are 10-1 overall this season.
They captured the ACC championship at last weekend’s ACC Tournament with an 11-7 win over Maryland in the finals.
Ohio State is 6-6 overall and has won its last two contests (and three of the last four).
This is the second year in a row the Cavaliers have ventured west. Last season they defeated Butler 16-11 in Indianapolis.
McKnight, Starsia Named ACC’s Best
Senior attackman Drew McKnight was named the ACC Player of the Year, while head coach Dom Starsia was named the conference’s Coach of the Year in voting by the league’s four head coaches.
McKnight has been instrumental in leading one of the nation’s most potent offenses. The Virginia Beach, Va., native leads the ACC in scoring (46 points, 4.18 per game). He is also second in the conference in assists (22, 2.00 per game) and goals (24, 2.18 per game).
McKnight accumulated 20 goals and 20 assists in just eight games this season, as fast as any Cavalier has reached these figures in the last 30 years.
His selection marks the second year in a row a Cavalier has been selected the player of the year. Tucker Radebaugh, an assistant coach at UVa this season, won the award last season.
Starsia was named the conference’s top coach for the second year in a row as he led the Cavaliers to the ACC title again this season. He has led the Cavaliers to a 10-1 overall record and the #1 spot in the polls. Virginia has won its last 10 games, including two wins in last weekend’s ACC Tournament to win the league crown. Starsia also won the award in 1995 and 1997.
Under Starsia’s tutelage, Virginia has produced 41 All-Americans, 28 All-ACC selections, four ACC Rookies of the Year and three ACC Players of the Year. He has an 89-28 record in eight seasons at UVa, while guiding his team into the NCAA playoffs every year.
The Series vs. the Buckeyes
Virginia has won both games (both played in Charlottesville) vs. Ohio State, a 12-8 win in 1968 and a 21-0 whitewash last season.
Last season’s shutout was just the sixth in school history and the first since 1986.
Virginia got off to a slow start in the first quarter of last season’s contest, scoring just one goal. But the Cavaliers broke loose for eight second quarter tallies, including five in the opening five minutes, to take control and set the tone for the rest of the way.
Current assistant coach Tucker Radebaugh led the scoring parade wtih five goals (a career high) and two assists. Conor Gill posted a career-high five assists, while Drew McKnight had two goals and three assists.
UVa’s starting defense, including Columbus native Mark Koontz in just his second collegiate start, stymied the Buckeye offense. Ohio State took just 10 shots in the game and didn’t get its first good look until the final quarter. A trio of Cavalier goalkeepers recorded three saves.
Six Common Opponents
Virginia and Ohio State have six opponents in common this season. The chart below shows the results of these common opponent games.
| UVa | OSU | |
| Duke | W-12-7 | L-16-7 |
| Radford | W-15-3 | W-16-7 |
| Butler | haven’t played yet | L-9-8 |
| No. Carolina | W-13-7, 17-16 | L-13-8 |
| Johns Hopkins | W-16-8 | L-12-7 |
| Stony Brook | W-19-5 | L-7-6 |
Virginia Has Nation’s Longest Winning Streak
The Cavaliers bring a 10-game winning streak into the game against Ohio State. The current winning streak, the nation’s longest, is Virginia’s longest since a 10-game skein in 1997. The school record is an 11-game streak in 1972-73. (The longest collegiate winning streak is 12 games from 1972-73.)
Overall Virginia has won 17 of its last 18 games dating back to last season’s ACC Tournament to mark the best 18-game stretch in school history.
Virginia Looks to Extend School Record
This is the seventh time this season the Cavaliers have played a game away from home. Over the last two years the Cavaliers have established themselves as a very good team when playing on the road. Going back to last season, Virginia has won 12 consecutive games at road or neutral sites (six road games, six neutral site games).
The 12-game winning streak in games away from Charlottesville is the longest such streak in school history. The previous record of nine wins away from Charlottesville was held by the 1994 squad.
The last time Virginia lost away from Charlottesville was a 10-9 overtime loss to Duke on April 18, 1999.
Virginia Wins Second Consecutive ACC Crown
Top-seed Virginia topped Maryland 11-7 last Sunday in the finals of the ACC Tournament to claim its second consecutive ACC title. The title is Virginia’s 14th overall and third since the conference moved to a tournament championship format in 1989. Conor Gill was named the tournament MVP as he scored one goal, Virginia’s eighth-the eventual game-winner-and assisted on four others for a game-high five points.
The Cavaliers held off a furious Maryland comeback in the second half as the Terps rallied from an 8-2 deficit early in the second half to cut the score to 8-7, 55 seconds into the fourth quarter on Matt Urlock’s second goal of the game. Freshman A.J. Shannon bumped UVa’s lead to two goals by taking a feed from Gill in front and firing a shot past goalie Pat McGinnis with just over five minutes to play. Jay Jalbert added his second goal of the game a short time later, while long stick middie Peter Ragosa closed out the scoring with a fast break goal with 1:23 left.
Virginia wasted little time in getting on the scoreboard as Jay Jalbert scored an extra-man goal 2:12 into the game. Maryland’s Nate Watkins tied the game at 1-1 on his first goal of the season with 11:53 left in the first, but goals by Drew McKnight and David Bruce just 36 seconds apart gave UVa a 3-1. The first quarter ended with UVa ahead 4-2.
The Cavaliers shut out Maryland in the second quarter, while getting two goals from Ian Shure and one from Shannon to take a 7-2 lead to the locker room at halftime.
Gill upped the lead to 8-2 early in the third quarter with his only goal of the afternoon on a fast break.
Down by six, Maryland answered Gill’s goal a short time later. Neither team scored for almost seven minutes before the Terps erupted for three goals in the last 3:43 of the third quarter to trim UVa’s lead to 8-6.
Faceoff specialists Jason Hard and David Jenkins were outstanding in helping Virginia gain possession which became especially important in the second half as the Cavaliers had to hold off an inspired Maryland comeback. Hard won 10 of 12 draws in the game, while Jenkins claimed seven of 10. In the second half, they were even more impressive, winning all 11 faceoffs. Jenkins also paced the Cavaliers with 13 ground balls, tying his season high.
Shure Propels Virginia into ACC Finals
Sophomore attackman Ian Shure scored the game-winning goal-his career-high fourth of the game-with 11 seconds left in the second overtime to give Virginia a thrilling 17-16 comeback win over North Carolina last Friday night in the longest ACC Tournament game ever. The game, which was just the second overtime game in ACC Tournament history, also featured the most goals ever in a conference tournament game (33), breaking the record of 32 set by Virginia (19) and Duke (13) in 1994.
Virginia rallied with six of the game’s final seven goals after falling behind 15-11 as UNC’s Joel Miller scored his second goal of the game with 14:47 left in the fourth quarter. Shure scored the game’s next two goals at 12:21 and 11:36 to draw Virginia within two at 15-13. North Carolina midfielder Austin Garrison scored his career-best fifth goal of the game to give the Tar Heels a 16-13 lead with 7:34 left in regulation.
The Cavaliers came back with vengeance as they shut down the Carolina offense, which registered its highest offensive output of the season with 16 goals. Virginia scored three goals in a span of just under two minutes on goals by Conor Gill, Jay Jalbert and Jason Hard’s game-tying goal with 2:35 left in the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers forced overtime by giving up just one goal in the game’s final 22 minutes.
The Cavaliers had two extra-man opportunities in the first overtime period but were turned back by goalie Kris Blindenbacher’s two saves.
The Tar Heels had a chance to win in overtime but Jeff Sonke’s game-winning bid was blocked out front by defenseman Doug Worthen.
North Carolina had another attempt at a win a short time later, but Ryan Curtis knocked the ball out of Chase Martin’s stick in front of the UVa goal. Mark Koontz scooped up the loose ball and raced down field. He hit Shure just past midfield with a fine pass. Shure raced uncontested toward the Carolina goal and got past the one defender in his way. Having beaten the defender Shure managed to sneak an off-balance shot past Blindenbacher for the winner.
Cavaliers Claim 14th ACC Title
The Cavaliers won the ACC Tournament last weekend to claim their second consecutive ACC championship and the 14th overall. This season’s title marks the first time since 1983-85 (when the champion was determined through regular season play) that they have won back-to-back championships.
Virginia’s title this season makes the Cavaliers the first team since North Carolina in the early ’90s to win consecutive ACC championships. The Tar Heels won the first six ACC Tournaments from 1989-94, but the champion had alternated between the four ACC schools every year until this season.
Five Cavaliers Named All-ACC
Five Cavaliers were named to the 2000 All-ACC squad, the largest contingent of Wahoos since 1997, in voting by the league’s head coaches. Two Cavaliers are repeaters from last season-Ryan Curtis and Jay Jalbert-while Conor Gill, Mark Koontz and Drew McKnight were selected for the first time.
Gill and McKnight give UVa two All-ACC attackmen for the first time since 1997, when Doug Knight and Michael Watson were selected.
Jalbert’s selection marks UVa’s first two-timer in the midfield since Andy Kraus in 1988-89.
Known for their offensive prowess, it’s not unusual to see several Cavalier attackmen or midfielders selected. But this season the ACC coaches have properly rewarded the UVa defense for its outstanding play in 2000 with the selection of Curtis and Koontz. This marks the first time since 1991 (George Glyphis and Mike Schattner) that two Cavalier defensemen were named All-ACC. Curtis joins Tommy Smith (1996-97) as the only two-time All-ACC defensemen under Dom Starsia, while Koontz is UVa’s first sophomore defenseman named to the all-league team since Scott Lind in 1984.
Gill and Koontz are the only sophomores named to this season’s All-ACC team.
UVa Remains #1 in the Polls
This is the first time since 1980 that Virginia has been the nation’s top-ranked team this late in the season. The Cavaliers began the season atop the polls, but lost their opener to Syracuse and dropped from the top spot. They moved back into the #1 spot last week following Syracuse’s loss to Cornell on April 11.
The last time UVa was ranked #1 anytime prior to this year was for several weeks early in the 1996 season.
Virginia’s week-by-week rankings are listed below.
| STX/USILA | Inside Lacrosse | Baltimore Sun | |
| Preseason | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| March 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| March 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| March 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| March 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| April 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| April 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| April 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| April 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
McKnight Bears Down on ’90-90′
Drew McKnight has been a remarkably consistent scorer throughout his career, scoring between 19 and 25 goals and assisting on between 20 and 24 more goals.
This season, however, McKnight’s scoring has exploded. He leads the ACC in scoring, averaging 4.18 points per game (46 points) and is second (behind teammate Conor Gill) in the conference in assists (2.00/g). McKnight also leads the team with 24 goals (also second in ACC).
McKnight has scored 24 goals and added 22 assists for 46 total points and barring something unexpected should easily surpass all of his previous offensive highs.
He is only two assists away from tying his career high, while he needs just one goal to equal that career high.
For his career he has recorded 90 goals and 88 assists and is bidding to become only the fourth player in school history with at least 90 goals and 90 assists.
The members of the ’90-90′ club are listed (chronologically) below. McKnight’s place on UVa’s goals, assists and points lists is listed on page four.
| Who? | Goals | Assists |
| Tom Duquette | 107 | 92 |
| Kevin Pehlke | 138 | 101 |
| Michael Watson | 142 | 98 |
| Drew McKnight | 90 | 88 |
Jenkins Named National Player of the Week
Midfielder David Jenkins was named the Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Men’s Division I Player of the Week for his performance in leading the Cavaliers to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship this past weekend.
The junior from Dedham, Mass., made a huge impact as UVa defeated North Carolina and Maryland en route to a second straight league championship.
In Friday’s 17-16 double overtime semifinal win over North Carolina, Jenkins won 14 of 19 faceoffs, grabbed 13 ground balls and scored twice. In the final, an 11-7 win over Maryland, Jenkins won seven of 10 faceoffs and scooped up 13 ground balls. He and teammate Jason Hard combined to win all 11 faceoffs in the second half as the Cavaliers held off a Terrapin rally.
The 13 ground balls represent a season high for the Cavaliers this spring.
Jenkins has won 61.7 percent of his faceoffs this season (74 of 120), while scoring five goals and assisting on two others. His 63 ground balls trail Hard by two for the team lead.
Hard, Jenkins Are Unsung Heroes
Faceoff specialists Jason Hard and David Jenkins don’t get a lot of the attention that some of their teammates get, but their play last weekend was perhaps the primary reason Virginia won the ACC Tournament.
In the wins over North Carolina and Maryland, the duo combined to win 41 of 59 faceoffs. They also added five goals, including two by both in the narrow win over North Carolina in the semifinals.
Their faceoff prowess was exceptional down the stretch in the fourth quarter against North Carolina. Trailing 15-11 early in the fourth, they proceeded to win five of the next six faceoffs to get the possessions they needed to whittle away at the lead. The Cavaliers scored the final three goals of regulation, including two shortly after faceoffs, to force overtime.
Their performance in the finals against Maryland was just as important as it was against North Carolina two days before. They won 17 of 22 faceoffs vs. the Terps, including all 11 in the second half.
Virginia jumped to an 8-2 lead early in the third quarter before Maryland roared back with five unanswered goals to cut the lead to one.
The importance of winning faceoffs paid off for the Cavaliers as they scored the game’s final three goals to pull out the win.
Hard scored three goals in the tournament and won two-thirds of his faceoffs (20 of 30), while Jenkins snatched 26 ground balls (13 each game) and won 72.4 percent (21 of 29) of his draws.
Defense Stiffens in Second Half
Virginia has found itself in several tight contests this season, including games against Syracuse, Princeton and most recently, North Carolina.
The Cavaliers fell behind to Syracuse 9-5 in the season opener and then blanked the Orangemen in the third quarter. The shutout that period enabled Virginia to claw its way back into the contest, eventually knotting the score and forcing overtime.
UVa got off to a slow start offensively (and defensively) against Princeton and fell behind 4-2 after 15 minutes of play. But the Cavaliers used an 11-2 run in the second and third periods to build a 13-6 lead at one point. Entering the fourth quarter with a 13-8 lead, the Cavalier defense pitched a shutout in the fourth quarter and handed the Tigers their first loss of the season.
Despite giving up a season-high 16 goals to North Carolina in a double overtime thriller in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament last weekend, Virginia’s defense clamped down when it was absolutely necessary. Down 15-11 early in the fourth quarter, the Cavalier defenders gave up just two goals in the final 29 minutes of play and forced the Tar Heels to misfire on its final seven shots of the game. Virginia also controlled the ground balls in the fourth quarter and overtime periods by a 32-17 margin.
In fact, it was the Cavalier defense that set up Ian Shure’s game-winning goal. Tar Heel attackman Chase Martin worked free in front of the Cavalier cage, but was jumped by Ryan Curtis, who knocked the ball loose. Mark Koontz scooped up the loose ball and raced up field. Just past midfield he hit a cutting Shure with a perfect pass that enabled Shure to get behind his defender and slide a shot past goalie Kris Blindenbacher for the winner with just 11 seconds left in the period.
In the ACC finals against Maryland, the Cavaliers let an 8-2 lead get trimmed to 8-7 with 14 minutes to play. The defensive lull ended shortly after Maryland’s seventh goal as Maryland only managed two shots in the final 14 minutes of the game. Virginia also won the battle of the ground balls 16-6 and added three goals to stretch the lead back to a comfortable margin.
Virginia held a 10-5 lead at halftime against Rutgers and used a third quarter shutout of the Scarlet Knights to push the lead to double digits.
Overall Virginia has posted eight shutout quarters this season. The Cavaliers have also had some long stretches where they haven’t allowed a goal-22:28 vs. Syracuse, 15:26 vs. Princeton, 26:11 vs. Rutgers, 35:01 vs. Stony Brook, 45:35 vs. Maryland, 39:37 vs. Radford and 20:34 vs. Duke.
The Cavaliers have allowed just 13 goals in the third quarter and 19 in the fourth quarter. However, it must be noted that most of the fourth quarter goals have come when the game’s outcome has pretty much been decided.
Scoring Comes From Unlikely Sources
Head coach Dom Starsia and his coaching staff were no doubt looking to midfielders Jay Jalbert and Hanley Holcomb to be the Cavaliers’ big guns in the offensive zone this season. But so far, the Cavaliers have gotten a lot of their offense from some unlikely sources.
Although a proven offensive player, Drew McKnight has almost surely surpassed what was expected of him. He has found the back of the net 21 times already and is on a pace to easily surpass his career high of 25 goals established last year.
Fifth-year midfielder/attackman David Bruce has been a reserve throughout his career, never scoring more than 11 goals. He moved to the midfield for his final season and the move has paid off. Using the knowledge gained over the previous four years, Bruce has tallied 15 goals. It took him just five games to surpass his previous career high for goals. Bruce has made opponents pay in 2000 with good positioning around the crease that has enabled him to score almost all of his goals from in close.
Ian Shure missed all of last season due to a knee injury and saw limited action as a freshman two years ago. But playing at full strength, Shure has contributed 13 goals so far (on just 37 shots).
A.J. Shannon, a highly regarded freshman from Canada, leads UVa’s rookies wtih 11 goals while running with the first midfield. He goals have come in pairs-two against Syracuse, Rutgers, Stony Brook, North Carolina and Duke.
Faceoff specialist Jason Hard has been more involved on offense this season than in the past and has scored 10 goals. Like Bruce, it took him only five games to exceed his previous career high (five in 1997).
Jalbert has not had to make as much noise offensively this season, but he is showing signs of warming up as the temperature rises. He is second on the team with 18 goals, and has scored 15 in the last six games. He scored a season-high four goals vs. Stony Brook and Radford.
Holcomb has had a particularly tough time this season, scoring just five times, while battling leg injuries early in the spring. He has scored two goals in two of the last three games (Radford, Duke).
UVa Defense Among Nation’s Best
Virginia is allowing just 7.22 goals per game this season and is third in the nation in scoring defense.
Since allowing 13 goals in the opener to Syracuse, Virginia hasn’t allowed more than eight goals in a game. The current eight-game streak of allowing fewer than 10 goals is the longest since the 1986 squad also put together an eight-game stretch of allowing fewer than 10 goals.
The defense is also proving adept at limiting the opposition’s shot opportunities lately. In the last six games, Virginia has held the opponents to fewer than 20 shots three times, while allowing an average of 22.8 shots per game.
UVa’s man-down defense has also been outstanding. So far this season Virginia has relinquished just 13 goals in 49 extra-man opportunities (.265) and ranks 12th nationally in man-down defense. In the last five games Virginia’s opponents have scored on just five of 24 extra-man situations.
Virginia’s man-down defense was particularly effective in the earlier win over North Carolina. The Cavaliers were whistled for seven penalties, but the Tar Heels were able to score just once in a man-advantage situation. The Tar Heels’ difficulty in scoring with a man advantage proved fatal to their chance to win. In fact, North Carolina took just five shots when it had the man advantage.
Bruce Records Three Hat Tricks vs. Nationally Ranked Teams
When David Bruce decided to return for his fifth year this season he wasn’t sure what his role would be for head coach Dom Starsia. He missed all of the 1998 campaign due to a knee injury and played on the second attack unit last season. With Drew McKnight, Conor Gill and Ian Shure penciled into the starting attack this season, Bruce volunteered to move to the midfield despite never having played there in college before, to get more time.
Whatever Bruce lacked for playing in the midfield, he makes up for with good overall knowledge of the game. And he’s put his four years of college experience to good use so far this season.
Finding himself in the right place at the right time, Bruce has capitalized on virtually all of his scoring chances this season.
In the season opening loss to Syracuse, Bruce scored three times, with all three scores coming from point-blank range.
Bruce’s scoring parade continued in the win over Princeton as he scored three times for the second game in a row. All three goals came in just over a nine-minute span in the middle of the first half and helped erase an early deficit.
He scored three goals against Johns Hopkins for his third hat trick of the season.
He is fourth on the team with 15 goals. It took him just five games to exceed his previous career high of 11 goals in 1997.
McKnight Becomes 20-20 Man
Senior attack Drew McKnight is the 27th Cavalier in the last 30 years to score 20 goals and record 20 assists in a season. As one of the nation’s leading attackmen, his offensive ability has never been questioned.
But considering some of the offensive standouts-Tom Duquette, Kris Snider, Roddy Marino, Kevin Pehlke, Tim Whiteley, Doug Knight, Michael Watson, Tucker Radebaugh-that have worn the orange and blue throughout the years, perhaps it is interesting to note that McKnight got to ’20 & 20′ as fast as anyone. It took him just eight games to reach 20 goals and 20 assists, the same amount of time it took Tom Duquette in 1970, Mike Caravana in 1982, and Doug Knight and Michael Watson in 1997. Since 1970, no Cavalier has gotten to ’20 & 20′ as fast as this group.
Hard, Jenkins Share Faceoff Duties
Jason Hard and David Jenkins give head coach Dom Starsia the rare luxury of having two of the nation’s top face-off men.
They began alternating face-offs last season and the change in strategy proved to be beneficial to both players.
Jenkins finished second in the nation in winning percentage last season (.643), while Hard was sixth (.628).
This season it’s much the same. Hard is 10th nationally with a 62.1 winning percentage while Jenkins is 21st at 58.2 pecent.
Overall Virginia is sixth in the country in face-off winning percentage at 60.0 percent.
Virginia has won the face-off battle in eight of nine games this season (every game but last week’s Duke contest).
THE SERIES
vs. Ohio State
(UVa leads 2-0)
All-Time Results:
| Year | UVa | OSU | site |
| 1968 | 12 | 8 | UVa |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 | UVa |
UVa goals: 33
OSU goals: 8
UVa at home: 2-0
CAREER LEADERS
Goals
| 4. | Chase Monroe | 116 |
| 5. | Tom Duquette | 107 |
| 6. | Jay Jalbert | 106 |
| Tucker Radebaugh | 106 | |
| 8. | Jeff Nicklas | 104 |
| 9. | Roddy Marino | 97 |
| 10. | Pete Eldredge | 94 |
| 11. | Drew McKnight | 90 |
Assists
| 1. | Tim Whiteley | 159 |
| 2. | Kris Snider | 144 |
| 3. | Jay Connor | 129 |
| 4. | Mike Caravana | 104 |
| 5. | Kevin Pehlke | 101 |
| 6. | Michael Watson | 98 |
| 7. | Tom Duquette | 92 |
| 8. | Drew McKnight | 88 |
Points
| 1 | Doug Knight | 249 |
| 2 | Tim Whiteley | 244 |
| 3 | Michael Watson | 240 |
| 4 | Kevin Pehlke | 239 |
| 5 | Kris Snider | 209 |
| 6 | Jay Connor | 203 |
| 7 | Tom Duquette | 199 |
| 8 | Tucker Radebaugh | 181 |
| 9. | Drew McKnight | 178 |
| 10 | Mike Caravana | 168 |
| 11. | Roddy Marino | 160 |
| 12. | Jeff Nicklas | 147 |
| 15. | Jay Jalbert | 144 |
THE STARSIA PROFILE
Dom Starsia is in his eighth year at UVa and his 18th season overall on the collegiate level.
A 1974 graduate of Brown, he was the head coach at his alma mater from 1983-92. He compiled a 101-46 (.687) record at Brown before coming to UVa.
He has won the Morris Touchstone award as the Division I Coach of the Year twice-1985 and 1991, while at Brown. His 100th win came in 1992, when his Bruins topped Cornell to wrap up an NCAA bid.
His Brown teams won two Ivy League championships (’85 and ’91) and went to the NCAA Tournament four of his last six seasons.
In addition to leading Virginia to its first national championship in 27 years last year, he has been tapped the ACC Coach of the Year four times (co-coach in 1995, ’97, ’99, ’00).
Virginia has participated in the NCAA Tournament every year under his direction, including three appearances in the championship game.
Virginia claimed two USILA national award winners in the same season for the first time ever in 1996 as Doug Knight was named Player of the Year and Michael Watson was chosen Attackman of the Year.
Two more Cavaliers received USILA national awards in 1999 as Ryan Curtis was selected Defenseman of the Year and Jay Jalbert was named Midfielder of the Year.
Under Starsia’s tutelage, Virginia has produced 41 All-Americans, 28 All-ACC selections, four ACC Rookies of the Year and two ACC Players of the Year.
| at Brown | at UVa | |
| Overall | 101-46 | 89-28 |
| One-Goal games: | 10-14 | 10-13 |
| In Overtime: | 2-4 | 6-7 |
| When his team scores 10+ goals: | 88-13 | 83-17 |
| When opponents score 10+ goals: | 21-33 | 30-22 |
| When his team scores | 13-33 | 5-11 |
| When both teams score 10+ goals: | 21-13 | 32-17 |
| When neither team scores at least 10 goals: | 12-13 | 5-5 |
| NCAA Trn.: | 2-5 | 11-6 |
| At home (UVa only): | 50-8 (.862) | |
| Away (UVa only) | 26-14 (.650) | |
| Neutral (UVa only): | 13-6 (.684) |
THIS WEEK’S POLLS
STX/USILA poll
(April 24, 2000)
| Pts. | |
| 1. Virginia (9) | 199 |
| 2. Syracuse (1) | 191 |
| 3. Loyola | 177 |
| 4. Georgetown | 168 |
| 5. Princeton | 163 |
| 6. Johns Hopkins | 148 |
| 7. Maryland | 136 |
| 8. Duke | 133 |
| 9. Cornell | 112 |
| 10. Navy | 108 |
| 11. North Carolina | 107 |
| 12T. Hobart | 83 |
| 12T. Notre Dame | 83 |
| 14. Hofstra | 77 |
| 15. Delaware | 53 |
| 16. Brown | 44 |
| 17. Bucknell | 32 |
| 18. UMBC | 24 |
| 19. Penn State | 18 |
| 20. Massachusetts | 14 |
Others receiving votes (in order): Harvard, Yale, Army, Denver, Hartford.
Inside Lacrosse media poll
(April 25, 2000)
| Rank (No. 1 Votes) | Total Points |
| 1. Virginia (7) | 216 |
| 2. Syracuse (4) | 213 |
| 3. Loyola | 198 |
| 4T. Princeton | 172 |
| 4T. Georgetown | 172 |
| 6. Johns Hopkins | 166 |
| 7. Maryland | 159 |
| 8. Duke | 153 |
| 9. North Carolina | 125 |
| 10. Navy | 117 |
| 11. Cornell | 116 |
| 12. Notre Dame | 99 |
| 13. Hobart | 81 |
| 14. Delaware | 80 |
| 15. Hofstra | 73 |
| 16. Brown | 46 |
| 17. Bucknell | 27 |
| 18. UMBC | 23 |
| 19. Yale | 16 |
| 20. Harvard | 14 |
Others receiving votes: Penn State 12, Army 10, Massachusetts 7, Butler 4, Denver 3, Hartford 3, Lehigh 1.
The Baltimore Sun
Records through April 23
| record | |
| 1. Virginia | 10-1 |
| 2. Syracuse | 10-1 |
| 3. Loyola | 9-1 |
| 4. Princeton | 8-2 |
| 5. Georgetown | 10-1 |
| 6. Johns Hopkins | 6-3 |
| 7. Maryland | 8-4 |
| 8. Duke | 8-4 |
| 9. Cornell | 8-3 |
| 10. Notre Dame | 8-3 |
| 11. Navy | 8-4 |
| 12. North Carolina | 7-5 |
| 13. Brown | 7-5 |
| 14. Delaware | 8-4 |
| 15. Hobart | 6-4 |