Terry Riordan

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Terry Riordan
Born (1973-07-27) July 27, 1973 (age 51)
NationalityAmerican
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight230 pounds (104 kg)
ShootsLeft
PositionAttack
MLL team
Former teams
Los Angeles Riptide
Long Island Lizards
NCAA team Johns Hopkins University
Pro career 2001
Career highlights
  • 7th in NCAA Division I career goals
  • 1st in career point at Johns Hopkins

Terry Riordan (born July 27, 1973) is a former professional lacrosse player. He was a member of Major League Lacrosse's Los Angeles Riptide and plays attack. He also played for the Long Island Lizards in 2001 and 2002. Terry's brother James played lacrosse at Penn and another brother, Dan, had a brief career in the NLL. In 2008, Riordan scored 13 goals with 2 assists in helping the Riptide to a 7 and 5 record. [1]

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College career

Riordan played high school lacrosse in Baldwin, Long Island where he was All-County. He attended Johns Hopkins University where he led the Blue Jays to three NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship semifinal and one quarterfinal appearance. He was a four-time All-American and twice named to the first team. He is fourth all-time in goals scored in NCAA history and is currently the all-time goal scorer and all-time Blue Jays points leader as well. Riordan won the Jack Turnbull Award and Lt. Raymond Enners Award in 1995. [2]

Acting career

In addition to his career in professional lacrosse, Terry pursued professional acting attending the Lee Strasberg institute. He appeared in the television series Rescue Me, As the World Turns and The Guiding Light. Riordan was also in the 2007 Broadway revival, The Ritz. [3]

Statistics

Johns Hopkins University

  
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsPPG
1992143717543.93
1993144719664.64
1994144810584.14
1995145217694.93
NCAA Totals56184 [a]63247 [b]4.41
[a] 11th in NCAA Division I career goals
[b] 1st in career point at Johns Hopkins

MLL

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamGPGAPtsLBPIMGPG2ptGAPtsLBPIM
2001Long Island1336238217.52602840
2002Long Island1028230243.52300341.0
2007Los Angeles122933281.02600641.0
MLL Totals357371005311.56150217122.0

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References

  1. "Los Angeles Riptide Bio". LARiptide.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-10.
  2. "The Johns Hopkins Gazette". JHU.edu.
  3. "Catching Up With: Terry Riordan". LAX.com. Archived from the original on 2001-03-03.

Awards

Preceded by
Scott Bacigalupo
Lt. Raymond Enners Award
1995
Succeeded by