LACROSSE. Hobart Statesmen. GAME 2 Hobart (0-1) vs. BuckNEll (1-0) 2007 schedule. probable starters

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1 Hobart Statesmen LACROSSE GAME 2 Hobart (0-1) vs. BuckNEll (1-0) 2007 schedule Feb 18 at Syracuse L, vs. Bucknell 1 p.m. Mar 3 BINGHAMTON 1 p.m. 6 ROBERT MORRIS 5 p.m. 10 at Hartford 1 p.m. 13 MARIST 3 p.m. 17 *GEORGETOWN 1 p.m. 24 *RUTGERS 1 p.m. 31 *FAIRFIELD 1 p.m. Apr 7 *at Penn State 1 p.m. 14 *MASSACHUSETTS 1 p.m. 21 *at St. John s 1 p.m. 24 CANISIUS 7 p.m. 28 *at Loyola 1 p.m. May 4 at Cornell 7 p.m RESULTS Feb 25 vs. Bucknell W, 10-8 Mar 4 vs. Ohio State W, Hartford W, at Binghamton L, *at Georgetown L, *at Rutgers L, 7-8 (ot) 28 at Syracuse W, 9-8 Apr 1 *at Fairfield L, *PENN STATE L, *at Massachusetts L, at Canisius W, *ST. JOHN S W, *LOYOLA L, 6-11 May 5 Cornell L, 6-15 *ECAC Lacrosse League game probable starters A 1 Jeff Colburn (SO, 6-5, 185) A 13 Daryl Veltman (JR, 6-0, 180) A 20 Jamie Kirk (JR, 6-0, 185) M 17 Mike Suits (FY, 6-2, 190) M 25 Nick Currie (JR, 6-1, 190) M 36 Sean Murphy (JR, 5-6, 160) FO 39 Dan Spinella (JR, 5-11, 200) LSM 22 Matt Ranaghan (SR, 6-4, 205) D 7 Ricky Evans (SO, 5-8, 175) D 8 Chris Keough (SR, 6-0, 185) D 23 Adam Del Preore (FY, 6-0, 190) G 37 Brandon Baer (SR, 5-7, 160) Series Snapshot: Hobart and Bucknell will meet for the 20th time with the Statesmen holding a 16-3 series lead. The two schools first squared off on the lacrosse field in 1963, when Hobart posted a 15-1 victory over the Bison. In fact, the Statesmen won the first eight contests and is currently riding a three-game win streak against Bucknell. WHEN LAST WE MET: Hobart kicked off its 104th season with a 10-8 win over Bucknell at the Haverford School on Feb. 25, Daryl Veltman led the charge with four points (2-2), while Sean Murphy scored a game-high three goals. John Togneri led the Bison with two goals and an assist. Togneri tied the game, 7-7, with 9:17 remaining, but the Statesmen answered with back-to-back goals less than a minute apart and finished the contest on a 3-1 run. DOME DOWNER: Hobart lost its season opener last Sunday to third-ranked Syracuse by a score of The Statesmen held an 11-9, but the Orange closed out the contest with four unanswered goals to reclaim the Kraus-Simmons Trophy. Tightly contested throughout, neither side led by more than two goals. Daryl Veltman and Jeff Colburn paced Hobart with two goals and two assists each. STANDING TALL: Senior goalie Brandon Baer made his first collegiate start against the third-ranked Orange. The 5-foot-7 Bayville, N.Y., native stood on his head, making several point-blank, lunging saves and finishing the afternoon with 15 stops. Baer began the season with just two saves in nine and a half career minutes. FOR STARTERS: Hobart is in season opening games, following last week s lost to Syracuse. The Statesmen had won back-to-back season openers, knocking off Butler in 2005 (11-7) and Bucknell in 2006 (10-8). Hobart has opened seven seasons against Syracuse with the Orange holding a 5-2 lead in those contests. TEWAARATON WATCH: Junior attackman Daryl Veltman is among the 51 players considered early contenders for the Tewaaraton Trophy. Hobart s leading scorer in each of his first two seasons, Veltman opened the 2007 campaign with two goals and two assists at third-ranked Syracuse on Feb. 18. He is tied for sixth in career assists (33) and eighth in both goals (52) and points (85) among Division I Statesmen. In 2005, Veltman scored 50 points and was named the ECAC Rookie of the Year. He followed that effort up with a 31-point season last year, earning second-team All-ECAC honors. A FRATERNITY OF TWO: Daryl Veltman is the second Statesman to be named to the Tewaaraton preseason watch list. Two-time All-American defenseman Greg McCarthy 05 was the first, earning a spot on the 2005 preseason list. HOME SWEET HOME: While the 2007 season begins with away games at Syracuse and vs. Bucknell, Hobart will benefit from a home-heavy schedule. The Statesmen will play at the friendly confines of McCooey Field or Boswell Field eight times. March will be especially friendly with six of the seven games Hobart

2 face-off PRESEASON POLL Team 2006 Record 1 Virginia Johns Hopkins Syracuse Princeton Georgetown Duke Maryland Cornell Navy Massachusetts Towson Loyola Pennsylvania Denver Hofstra Notre Dame Penn State UMBC Delaware Albany North Carolina Dartmouth Harvard Army Hobart 6-8 NIKE/IL Media POLL No Name pts 1 Johns Hopkins (12) Syracuse (1) Princeton (2) Georgetown Maryland Duke Cornell Virginia Massachusetts Navy Notre Dame Denver Towson North Carolina Delaware Loyola Drexel Hofstra Pennsylvania UMBC 34 Others receiving votes: Albany 13, Colgate 8, Dartmouth 6, Penn State 5, Ohio State 2, Hobart 1. plays in the month at home. WELCOME TO THE CLUB: The Statesmen s 12-7 win over St. John s on April 22, 2006, was the 700th victory in the storied history of Hobart lacrosse. In 105 varsity seasons, the Statesmen have an all-time record of (.631). Hobart is just the third collegiate lacrosse program to reach 700 wins, joining Johns Hopkins and Syracuse universities. WHAT S IN A NAME: Hobart s Matt Ranaghan and Matt Smalley led the team to a edge in ground balls at the Carrier Dome. Both players collected a game-high seven GBs. Last season, Hobart ranked fourth in the nation in ground balls per game, collecting per game. Only Virginia (46.94), Denver (42.12), and Georgetown (39.07) picked up more GBs than the Statesmen. Smalley picked up 58 ground balls in 2006, ranking 27th in the nation (4.46/g). HOMECOMING: Today s game will serve as a homecoming of sorts for four Statesmen who hail from Maryland: senior Chris David (Georgetown Prep/Silver Spring), sophomore Will Harrington (Friends School/Baltimore), and first-years Neal Brown (Landon/Potomac) and Daniel Keegan (Georgetown Prep/Rockville). DOUBLE DUTY: Three Statesmen play more than one sport at Hobart. Junior midfielder DAN SPINELLA and sophomore defenseman JUSTIN HAGER helped the football team to the NCAA Tournament as a fullback (3.5 yds/att) and linebacker (40 tkls, INT), respectively, while sophomore goalie PETER HANSEN plays for the squash team. OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN: Senior defenseman Chris Keough and junior midfielder Sean Murphy will serve as co-captains for the 2007 season. COACH K: Head Coach Matt Kerwick is in his sixth season at the helm of his alma mater s lacrosse program. The 2002 Patriot League Coach of the Year has a record at Hobart and is in 11 seasons as a head coach, including three-year stints at Alfred University and Randolph-Macon College. Last summer, Kerwick served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Lacrosse team that earned a silver medal at the ILF World Championship. CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION: Hobart has made 25 appearances in the NCAA Tournament (4 Division I, 6 Division II, 15 Division III) and has won 16 national championships (1 USILA, 2 NCAA DII, 13 NCAA DIII). Hobart is one of only two schools to compete in the NCAA Tournament in all three divisions (Cortland State is the other). ON THE AIR: All of Hobart s lacrosse games are broadcast by WEOS-FM (89.7/90.3 in Geneva, 88.1 in Ithaca). Outside of WEOS s broadcast area, fans can tune into the station s streaming audio online at Veteran radio man TED BAKER will describe the play-by-play, while Mike Black will provide the color commentary. HOBART S ONLINE HOME: The official online home of Hobart and William Smith Athletics is located at Fans can access schedules, box scores, statistics, rosters and more.

3 Hobart College Lacrosse Hobart Overall Team Statistics All games (as of Feb 23, 2007) Overall: Conf: Home: Away: Neut: TEAM STATISTICS HOB OPP SHOT STATISTICS... Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored average Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game Assists MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES... Goals-Opportunities Conversion Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN... Total Goals Man-up Man-down Unassisted Overtime GROUND BALLS FACEOFFS (W-L) Faceoff W-L Pct CLEARS Clear Pct PENALTIES... Number Minutes... 1:30 2:30 ATTENDANCE... Total Dates/Avg Per Date... 0/0 1/5252 Neutral Site #/Avg... 0/0 GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Hobart Hobart Opponents Opponents SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total SHOTS ON GOAL BY PRD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Hobart Hobart Opponents Opponents

4 Hobart College Lacrosse Hobart Overall Individual Statistics All games (as of Feb 23, 2007) Overall: Conf: Home: Away: Neut: SHOTS GOALS---- ## Name GP-GS G A Pts Sh Shot% SOG SOG% GW UP DN GB Faceoff Pct Pen-Min Daryl Veltman Jeff Colburn Jamie Kirk Sean Murphy James Dussich Nick Currie Mike Lazore Mike Suits Tyler Cassell Chris David Wesley McDonald Dan Spinella Brandon Baer Jamie Sprague Rafe Mattingly Adam Del Preore Matthew Ranaghan Daniel Keegan Chris Hurley Matt Smalley Chris Keough Ricky Evans Total Opponents GOAL AVERAGE--- --SAVES-- -RECORD- Shots ## Name GP-GS Minutes GA GAAvg Saves Pct W L T Faced 37 Brandon Baer : Total : Opponents : GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Hobart Hobart Opponents Opponents SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ATTENDANCE SUMMARY HOB OPP Hobart Total Opponents Dates/Avg Per Date... 0/0 1/5252 Neutral Site #/Avg... 0/0 SHOTS ON GOAL BY PRD 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Hobart Opponents CLEARS: Hobart , Opponents MAN-UP OPPS: Hobart , Opponents

5 Hobart College Lacrosse Individual Career History (Feb 23, 2007) Brandon Baer TOTAL GOALIE GP Minutes GA GaAvg Saves SavePct W L T Sho : : : TOTAL : Tyler Cassell TOTAL Jeff Colburn TOTAL Nick Currie TOTAL

6 Chris David TOTAL James Dussich TOTAL Ricky Evans TOTAL Justin Hager TOTAL Peter Hansen TOTAL GOALIE GP Minutes GA GaAvg Saves SavePct W L T Sho : TOTAL :

7 Brad Hester TOTAL GOALIE GP Minutes GA GaAvg Saves SavePct W L T Sho : TOTAL : Chris Hurley TOTAL Daniel Keegan TOTAL Chris Keough TOTAL Jamie Kirk TOTAL

8 Mike Lazore TOTAL Rafe Mattingly TOTAL Wesley McDonald TOTAL Sean Murphy TOTAL Sam Orr TOTAL

9 Justin Porter TOTAL Matthew Ranaghan TOTAL Matt Smalley TOTAL John Soden TOTAL Dan Spinella TOTAL

10 Mike Suits TOTAL Daryl Veltman TOTAL

LACROSSE. Hobart Statesmen. GAME 1 #25 Hobart (0-0) at #3 Syracuse (0-0) 2007 schedule. probable starters

LACROSSE. Hobart Statesmen. GAME 1 #25 Hobart (0-0) at #3 Syracuse (0-0) 2007 schedule. probable starters Hobart Statesmen LACROSSE GAME 1 #25 Hobart (0-0) at #3 Syracuse (0-0) 2007 schedule Feb 18 at Syracuse 1 p.m. 24 vs. Bucknell 1 p.m. Mar 3 BINGHAMTON 1 p.m. 6 ROBERT MORRIS 5 p.m. 10 at Hartford 1 p.m.