April 14, 2005
Loyola (4-4; 3-1) at
#5 Georgetown (7-2; 2-0)
Sat., April 16, 2005
1 p.m.
North Kehoe Field
Washington, DC
Date and Time: Saturday, April 16, 2005 at 1 p.m.
Location: North Kehoe Field (1,474), Washington, DC
Tickets: $5 - General Admission; Students Free with I.D.
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The Scoop
The tables have turned in the Georgetown-Loyola series; after Loyola won 23-of-24 games to begin the rivalry the Hoyas have won the past three meetings. The Greyhounds are Georgetown's oldest and most faced foe in men's lacrosse history. Today's game will be the 28th meeting all-time between the institutions and the 15th time the schools have met in D.C. Loyola leads the overall series 23-4, including a 13-1 mark in Washington. The schools took two hiatus' in the series between 1987-1993 and 1998-2000; otherwise they have met every season since 1970. This will be the first time the two teams have faced as ECAC members with Loyola joining the conference this year. The showdown marks the first of four straight conference games for Georgetown to end the season.
The Hoyas played their ninth road game at Mt. St. Mary's on Wednesday and won a 14-10 affair. GU had nine separate players net a goal in the game, led by senior Brice Queener who set a new career high with four scores. GU's offense has been spread out with 21 different Hoyas scoring a goal. Seven players have five or more goals and four have had three or more goals in a game. Trevor Casey, Nick Miaritis and Sean Denihan all have over 10 scores this season with 13, 12 and 11 respectively.
Georgetown has won two ECAC league games this season, defeating St. John's and Hobart. Loyola is 3-1 in league play with wins coming against St. John's, UMass and Rutgers. The Greyhounds lone league loss was at Penn State, 16-14. All four of Loyola's losses have come against Top 20 teams including last weekend's 12-6 setback against #7 Syracuse. LC is scoring just over eight goals a game and limiting the opposition to 7.6. Matt Monfett leads the offense with 13 goals and goalie Michael Fretwell leads the defense with a 7.48 GAA and .579 save %.
You Should Know...
Andy Corno is five groundballs away from a career total of 300. He already owns the groundball record. Fellow senior Brodie Merrill is closest to Corno's record but has 235 compared to Corno's 295.
You Should Also Know...
Senior Nick Miaritis and junior Sean Denihan have been GU's top players against Loyola in the past. In his career Miaritis has five goals and one assist against the Greyhounds while Denihan has four goals and one assist, all coming in last season's showdown.
Complete Game Notes:
Loyola at Georgetown (04/16/05)
