Loyola Greyhounds men's lacrosse

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Loyola Greyhounds
Loyola Greyhounds logo.svg
Founded1938
University Loyola University Maryland
Head coach Charley Toomey (since 2006 season)
Stadium Ridley Athletic Complex
(capacity: 6,000)
Location Baltimore, Maryland
Conference Patriot League
Nickname Greyhounds
ColorsGreen 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 University Maryland in NCAA Division I lacrosse. Its home matches are played at the Ridley Athletic Complex. Charley Toomey has served as its head coach since 2006. It became a member of the Patriot League along with the university's other intercollegiate athletic programs on July 1, 2013. The Greyhounds were a member of the ECAC Lacrosse League from 2005 to 2013. It became the first member of the conference to win a national championship in 2012. [2] It was also the first national title in the university's Division I history. [3]

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Loyola, a Jesuit university with over 3,700 undergraduates, has produced 13 USILA First Team All-Americans, 25 Second Team All-Americans, 18 Third Team All-Americans, and 68 Honorable Mention All-Americans. [4] [5] [6] The Greyhounds local rivals are the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, located just down Charles Street. The annual lacrosse game played between these two institutions is known as the "Battle of Charles Street". [7] The program also has another significant rival in Baltimore, maintaining an annual series with the Towson Tigers since 1959.

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

Men and women's lacrosse play home games at the Ridley Athletic Complex Ridley Athletic Complex.jpg
Men and women's lacrosse play home games at the Ridley Athletic Complex

From 1983 to 2001, for almost two decades under Head Coach Dave Cottle, Loyola saw growth in to their lacrosse program. In 1982, Loyola moved up from NCAA Division II lacrosse. [4] Starting in 1983, Cottle brought the Greyhounds national attention. The Greyhounds advanced to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship game where they were defeated by the Syracuse Orangemen. [9] The 1990 championship, however, was revoked from Syracuse when investigations deemed the activity between coach Roy Simmons, Jr.'s wife Nancy and star player Paul Gait illegal. She signed the lease of his car earlier that season. Though the NCAA has yet to remove Syracuse from the record book, Loyola was the runner up and technically is the next in line for the trophy. [10]

In 1999, the Greyhounds went undefeated in the regular season before losing in the quarterfinals of the 1999 NCAA tournament. [11] His run lasted 19 seasons, beginning in 1983 through 2001, Cottle coached his teams to a winning record of 181 wins and 70 losses, including a run of 14 straight seasons where Loyola received an NCAA tournament bid. [8]

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 2007 and 2008, Toomey led the Greyhounds to the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. [12] [13] The 2010 and 2011 NCAA lacrosse championships were held at M&T Bank Stadium. Loyola, worked in conjunction with Johns Hopkins, Towson, and UMBC to run these events. [14] The Hounds failed to advance to the 2009 NCAA lacrosse playoffs despite having the ninth place RPI, the third highest strength of schedule, and a 9-5 record. Instead Brown gained the slot because of their wins over Cornell and University of Massachusetts. Brown had an RPI of twelve, their schedule ranked a low of thirty six, and were ranked third in the Ivy League. [15] Coach Toomey compared the 2009 Greyhound's dilemma to that of the 2006 Harvard squad saying, "I can remember in 2006, Harvard gets in at 6-6, losing their last three games, and they said, ‘It's not a numbers thing, it's a strength-of-schedule thing.’ ... So what is it going to be? Is it going to be big wins or numbers? If it's numbers, we look doggone good. If it's about big wins, then we might be on the outside looking in." [16] Harvard made the tournament over Toomey's squad that season, the reason being that their 'big wins' were not as competitive as Harvard's record, RPI and SOS. RPI vs. Big wins has been a very large argument in the NCAA tournament selection process the past few years. [17]

The Greyhounds captured the first national championship in Loyola's Division I history in a 9–3 victory over Maryland at Gillette Stadium on May 28, 2012. They finished at 18–1, establishing a new program record for most wins in a campaign. [3] Its only loss was a regular-season-ending 10–9 overtime defeat at home to Johns Hopkins on April 28. [18] The team was led by attackers Eric Lusby and Mike Sawyer. Lusby was named the Championship's Most Outstanding Player after scoring four times in the Final and whose 17 goals were the most in a single NCAA tournament. He also set the school record for most goals in a single season with 54. Sawyer, who had previously set the school's new single-season scoring mark earlier in the season, was Loyola's first-ever Tewaaraton Trophy finalist. [3] [19]

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):

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
James Barnhardt (Independent)(1971–1972)
1971James Barnhardt 5–8
1972James Barnhardt 1–10
James Barnhardt:6–18 (.250)
Rick Buck (Independent)(1973–1974)
1973Rick Buck 3–10
1974Rick Buck 2–12
Rick Buck:5–22 (.185)
Jay Connor (Independent)(1975–1982)
1975Jay Connor 3–9
1976Jay Connor 7–5
1977Jay Connor 6–7
1978Jay Connor 7–7
1979Jay Connor 11–4 NCAA Division II First Round
1980Jay Connor 10–2
1981Jay Connor 11–5 NCAA Division II Runner–Up
1982Jay Connor 6–7
Jay Connor:61–46 (.570)
Dave Cottle (Independent)(1983–2000)
1983Dave Cottle 5–9
1984Dave Cottle 10–4
1985Dave Cottle 8–5
1986Dave Cottle 7–4
1987Dave Cottle 8–3
1988Dave Cottle 12–2 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1989Dave Cottle 10–1 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1990Dave Cottle 11–3 NCAA Division I Runner–Up
1991Dave Cottle 9–4 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1992Dave Cottle 8–4 NCAA Division I First Round
1993Dave Cottle 8–5 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1994Dave Cottle 11–2 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1995Dave Cottle 11–4 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1996Dave Cottle 7–6 NCAA Division I First Round
1997Dave Cottle 10–4 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
1998Dave Cottle 13–2 NCAA Division I Final Four
1999Dave Cottle 12–1 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
2000Dave Cottle 11–3 NCAA Division I First Round
Dave Cottle (Colonial Athletic Association)(2001–2002)
2001Dave Cottle 10–4 NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
Dave Cottle:181–70 (.721)
Bill Dirrigl (Colonial Athletic Association)(2002–2003)
2002Bill Dirrigl 9–45–01st
Bill Dirrigl (Independent)(2003–2004)
2003Bill Dirrigl 7–6
2004Bill Dirrigl 4–8
Bill Dirrigl (ECAC Lacrosse League)(2005–2006)
2005Bill Dirrigl 5–84–2T–3rd
Bill Dirrigl:25–26 (.490)9–2 (.818)
Charley Toomey (ECAC Lacrosse League)(2006–2013)
2006Charley Toomey 6–65–2T–2nd
2007Charley Toomey 7–65–22nd NCAA Division I First Round
2008Charley Toomey 7–76–11st NCAA Division I First Round
2009Charley Toomey 9–56–1T–1st
2010Charley Toomey 9–56–12nd NCAA Division I First Round
2011Charley Toomey 8–54–22nd
2012Charley Toomey 18–16–01st NCAA Division I Champion
2013Charley Toomey 11–56–1T–1st NCAA Division I First Round
Charley Toomey (Patriot League)(2014–Present)
2014Charley Toomey 15–28–01st NCAA Division I First Round
2015Charley Toomey 7–85–3T–3rd
2016Charley Toomey 14–47–1T–1st NCAA Division I Final Four
2017Charley Toomey 10–66–2T–1st NCAA Division I First Round
2018Charley Toomey 13–47–1T–1st NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
2019Charley Toomey 12–57–11st NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
2020Charley Toomey 4–21–0††
2021Charley Toomey 10–64–32nd (South) NCAA Division I Quarterfinals
2022Charley Toomey 8–86–2T–2nd
2023Charley Toomey 9–84–45th
2024Charley Toomey 7–85–3T–3rd
Charley Toomey:184–101 (.646)104–30 (.776)
Total:571–438–7 (.565)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

†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.

PlayerYearTeam
Matt Shearer2001–02 Baltimore
Matt Dwan2001–03Baltimore
Mike Batista2001–06 Boston
Jamie Hanford 2001–06 Bridgeport, Baltimore, New Jersey
Gewas Schindler2003–04 Rochester
Steve Brundage2006 Chicago
Paul Cantabene 2001–06Baltimore
Mark Frye2001–07Baltimore, Washington
Tim Goettelmann2001–10 Long Island
Dan Kallaugher2007–09 Chicago
Tim McGeeney2001–activeBaltimore
Gavin Prout 2001–activeBaltimore, Rochester, Toronto
Bobby Horsey2004–activeNew York, Philadelphia
Greg Leonard2008Washington
Paul Richards2008–activeWashington
Shane Koppens2009–active Denver
P.T. Ricci 2009–activeWashington, Chesapeake, Boston
2013-2016

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