Loyola Greyhounds men's lacrosse
Loyola Greyhounds | |
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Baltimore, Maryland | |
Conference | Patriot League |
Nickname | Greyhounds |
Colors | Green and gray[1] |
NCAA Tournament championships | |
(1) - 2012 | |
NCAA Tournament Runner-Up | |
(2) - 1981*, 1990 | |
NCAA Tournament Final Fours | |
(5) - 1981*, 1990, 1998, 2012, 2016 | |
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals | |
(17) - 1981*, 1988–91, 1993–95, 1997–99, 2001, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
(27) - 1979*, 1981*, 1988–2001, 2007–08, 2010, 2012–14, 2016–19, 2021 | |
Conference Tournament championships | |
(6) - 2001, 2012, 2014, 2016–18 | |
Conference regular season championships | |
(10) - 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012–14, 2016–19 *Division II |
The Loyola Greyhounds men's lacrosse team represents
Loyola, a
History
Beginnings
The Loyola Greyhounds men's lacrosse team was founded in 1938 and coached by Jack Kelly.[8] Kelly coached five seasons before leaving after 1942, with an overall winning record consisting of 21 wins and 14 losses. The Greyhounds struggled after Kelly left, going through two coaches in two seasons, both of which did not break .250. In 1947 began the reign of the program's longest active coach until that time, Bishop Baker. Baker coached for six consecutive seasons, almost breaking even with wins and losses. He was followed by John Mohler, who only coached for one year.[8]
Charles Wenzel
For 17 seasons, from 1954 to 1970, the Greyhounds were coached by Charles Wenzel. Under Wenzel, the Greyhounds went .379.[8]
Dave Cottle
In 1999, the Greyhounds went undefeated in the regular season before losing in the quarterfinals of the
Charley Toomey
Following Cottle's long coaching tenure, Loyola hired Bill Dirrigl as their head coach. After four seasons Dirrigl was fired and Loyola graduate Charley Toomey took over as head coach in 2006. In both
The Greyhounds captured the first national championship in Loyola's Division I history in a 9–3 victory over
Season Results
The following is a list of Loyola's season results since the institution of NCAA Division I in 1971 (Loyola competed in NCAA Division II until 1983):
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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James Barnhardt (Independent) (1971–1972) | |||||||||
1971 | James Barnhardt | 5–8 | |||||||
1972 | James Barnhardt | 1–10 | |||||||
James Barnhardt: | 6–18 (.250) | ||||||||
Rick Buck (Independent) (1973–1974) | |||||||||
1973 | Rick Buck | 3–10 | |||||||
1974 | Rick Buck | 2–12 | |||||||
Rick Buck: | 5–22 (.185) | ||||||||
Jay Connor (Independent) (1975–1982) | |||||||||
1975 | Jay Connor | 3–9 | |||||||
1976 | Jay Connor | 7–5 | |||||||
1977 | Jay Connor | 6–7 | |||||||
1978 | Jay Connor | 7–7 | |||||||
1979 | Jay Connor | 11–4 | NCAA Division II First Round
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1980 | Jay Connor | 10–2 | |||||||
1981 | Jay Connor | 11–5 | NCAA Division II Runner–Up
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1982 | Jay Connor | 6–7 | |||||||
Jay Connor: | 61–46 (.570) | ||||||||
Dave Cottle (Independent) (1983–2000) | |||||||||
1983 | Dave Cottle | 5–9 | |||||||
1984 | Dave Cottle | 10–4 | |||||||
1985 | Dave Cottle | 8–5 | |||||||
1986 | Dave Cottle | 7–4 | |||||||
1987 | Dave Cottle | 8–3 | |||||||
1988 | Dave Cottle | 12–2 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1989 | Dave Cottle | 10–1 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1990 | Dave Cottle | 11–3 | NCAA Division I Runner–Up
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1991 | Dave Cottle | 9–4 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1992 | Dave Cottle | 8–4 | NCAA Division I First Round
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1993 | Dave Cottle | 8–5 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1994 | Dave Cottle | 11–2 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1995 | Dave Cottle | 11–4 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1996 | Dave Cottle | 7–6 | NCAA Division I First Round
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1997 | Dave Cottle | 10–4 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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1998 | Dave Cottle | 13–2 | NCAA Division I Final Four
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1999 | Dave Cottle | 12–1 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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2000 | Dave Cottle | 11–3 | NCAA Division I First Round
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Colonial Athletic Association ) (2001–2002)
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2001 | Dave Cottle | 10–4 | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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Dave Cottle: | 181–70 (.721) | ||||||||
Bill Dirrigl ( Colonial Athletic Association ) (2002–2003)
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2002 | Bill Dirrigl | 9–4 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
Bill Dirrigl (Independent) (2003–2004) | |||||||||
2003 | Bill Dirrigl | 7–6 | |||||||
2004 | Bill Dirrigl | 4–8 | |||||||
Bill Dirrigl (ECAC Lacrosse League) (2005–2006) | |||||||||
2005 | Bill Dirrigl | 5–8 | 4–2 | T–3rd | |||||
Bill Dirrigl: | 25–26 (.490) | 9–2 (.818) | |||||||
Charley Toomey (ECAC Lacrosse League) (2006–2013) | |||||||||
2006 | Charley Toomey | 6–6 | 5–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2007 | Charley Toomey | 7–6 | 5–2 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round
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2008 | Charley Toomey | 7–7 | 6–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round
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2009 | Charley Toomey | 9–5 | 6–1 | T–1st | |||||
2010 | Charley Toomey | 9–5 | 6–1 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round
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2011 | Charley Toomey | 8–5 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
2012 | Charley Toomey | 18–1 | 6–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Champion
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2013 | Charley Toomey | 11–5 | 6–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round
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Charley Toomey (Patriot League) (2014–Present) | |||||||||
2014 | Charley Toomey | 15–2 | 8–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round
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2015 | Charley Toomey | 7–8 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
2016 | Charley Toomey | 14–4 | 7–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Final Four
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2017 | Charley Toomey | 10–6 | 6–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round
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2018 | Charley Toomey | 13–4 | 7–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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2019 | Charley Toomey | 12–5 | 7–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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2020 | Charley Toomey | 4–2 | 1–0 | † | † | ||||
2021 | Charley Toomey | 10–6 | 4–3 | 2nd (South) | NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
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2022 | Charley Toomey | 8–8 | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||||
2023 | Charley Toomey | 9–8 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
2024 | Charley Toomey | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
Charley Toomey: | 178–94 (.654) | 99–27 (.786) | |||||||
Total: | 565–431–7 (.567) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.
Players
The Greyhounds have graduated many All-American players: 13 first team, 25 second team, 18 third team, and 68 honorable mentions. Additionally, one of the All-Americans, Pat Spencer, received both of the sport's player of the year awards, the Tewaaraton Award and Enners Award, in 2019. Many have also played professionally. There have been 23 National Lacrosse League players and 12 Major League Lacrosse players.[6]
Alumni in the MLL
The following Loyola lacrosse players are currently or have played Major League Lacrosse.
Player | Year | Team |
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Matt Shearer | 2001–02 | Baltimore |
Matt Dwan | 2001–03 | Baltimore |
Mike Batista | 2001–06 | Boston |
Jamie Hanford | 2001–06 | Bridgeport, Baltimore, New Jersey |
Gewas Schindler | 2003–04 | Rochester
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Steve Brundage | 2006 | Chicago
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Paul Cantabene | 2001–06 | Baltimore |
Mark Frye | 2001–07 | Baltimore, Washington |
Tim Goettelmann | 2001–10 | Long Island
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Dan Kallaugher | 2007–09 | Chicago
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Tim McGeeney | 2001–active | Baltimore |
Gavin Prout | 2001–active | Baltimore, Rochester, Toronto |
Bobby Horsey | 2004–active | New York, Philadelphia |
Greg Leonard | 2008 | Washington |
Paul Richards | 2008–active | Washington |
Shane Koppens | 2009–active | Denver |
P.T. Ricci |
2009–active | Washington, Chesapeake, Boston |
2013-2016 |
References
- General
- "2008 Men's Lacrosse Media Guide". Loyola College. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- "Official Men's Lacrosse Homepage". Loyola College. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- Specific
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- ^ "Loyola Maryland Becomes First ECAC Lacrosse League Member to Win National Championship," ECAC Lacrosse League, Monday, May 28, 2012. Archived August 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "NCAA CHAMPS! Loyola Wins First NCAA Lacrosse Title, 9–3, Over Terps," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Monday, May 28, 2012.
- ^ a b Wallace, William N. (May 28, 1990). "Eager Loyola Set To Face Syracuse". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
Loyola, a Jesuit college of 3,000 undergraduates (updated), has little athletic tradition. No Greyhound team has ever played for a Division I championship; lacrosse moved to the Division I level only eight years ago.
- ^ "About Loyola". Loyola College. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
Loyola enrolls 3,500 undergraduate and 2,600 graduate students
- ^ a b Media Guide, pg 48
- ^ Preston, Mike (2006-05-03). "Loyola on Bubble as Hopkins Pops In". Accessmylibrary.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ a b c d "Loyola Men's Lacrosse Year-By-Year Records". Loyola University Maryland. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- NCAA. p. 3 (51). Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Syracuse Loses Lacrosse Title". The New York Times. 1995-06-11. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ Wallace, William N. (May 13, 1999). "Loyola Has Tough Road". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ Media Guide, pg 43
- ^ "Loyola to Play Duke in First Round of NCAA Tournament". ECACSports.com. May 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "Inside Lacrosse - NCAA Men's LACROSSE 2010, 2011 AND 2012 SITE SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED". Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "College Lacrosse News".
- ^ "Covering lacrosse from the ground (Ball) up". 13 April 2007.
- ^ "College Lacrosse News".
- ^ "Last Second Overtime Goal Lifts No. 10 Hopkins Over No. 1 Men's Lax," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Saturday, April 28, 2012.
- ^ "Sawyer Named Tewaaraton Award Finalist," Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Thursday, May 10, 2012.