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DATE: May 29, 2002
CONTACT: Paul Krome, pkrome@lacrosse.org
U.S. Men's Lacrosse Team Set For Second Exhibition
Game Saturday
Baltimore — The 2002 U.S. Men’s Lacrosse Team, bound
for Perth, Australia, July 5-15 for the International Lacrosse Federation
(ILF) World Championship, continues its exhibition schedule at 3
p.m. Saturday against the Capital Lacrosse Club All-Stars at Georgetown
Prep School in Rockville, Md. The U.S. team is coming off a 14-10
win over the New Jersey Pride of Major League Lacrosse in its exhibition
opener Sunday.
The game will be part of the 2002 Sport Automotive Potomac Lacrosse
Classic, hosted by the Potomac Chapter of US Lacrosse. At 12:30
p.m., Washington, D.C.-area senior boys high school all-stars will
square off against their Baltimore-area counterparts. A minimum
donation of $10 will be collected from each car entering the Georgetown
Prep campus, and all proceeds will go towards the U.S. team’s
trip to Australia.
"We’re grateful to the Potomac Chapter of US Lacrosse
for helping us bring a U.S. team exhibition game to the greater
Washington, D.C., area," said Chris Hupfeldt, general
manager of the 2002 U.S. Men’s Team. "We’re looking
forward to being a part of the Potomac Classic. It should be a great
day and a great opportunity for lacrosse fans to see their team
that will go for gold in Australia."
The U.S. team, seeking its sixth straight ILF championship, will
play six exhibition games through June 27 as final tuneups for the
ILF tournament.
"The Potomac Chapter of US Lacrosse is happy to host and support
the 2002 U.S. Men’s Team. We look forward to hosting future
national teams, including the under-19 team and the women’s
teams," said Homer Schwartz, secretary of the Potomac
Chapter. "I’d like to thank Robert Fogarty of Sport Automotive
for helping us put on the Potomac Lacrosse Classic."
Midfielder Scott Doyle (Georgetown University ’01)
scored four goals and attackman Darren Lowe (Brown ’92)
passed out eight assists to lead the U.S. over the Pride in Bridgewater,
N.J. The U.S. also got multiple-goal efforts from attackman Kevin
Lowe (Princeton ’94) and midfielder Kevin Cassese
(Duke ’03), and Cassese and midfielder Scott Bross (Duke
’01) combined to win 18 of 23 faceoffs as the U.S. led by as
many as six in the win. The U.S. was without four collegiate players
who were competing for the NCAA Division I championship at Rutgers
University over the weekend.
"We did a good job, considering we were missing some people
and bumped some other people up. We’re off to a good start,"
said Jack Emmer, head coach of the U.S. team. "Usually
you practice first and then play games. We’re playing four
exhibition games and then practicing, so it’s a real credit
to these guys. I’m very excited that we could get together
and play as well as we did."
The Capital Lacrosse Club All-Stars feature former collegiate All-Americans
Dudley Dixon (Johns Hopkins), Lindsey Dixon (Towson),
Matt Rienzo (Georgetown), Kyle Sweeney (Georgetown)
and Brian Zeller (Maryland).
The U.S. team’s third exhibition game comes Saturday, June
15 against the Hudson Valley All-Stars at Mahopac High School in
Mahopac, N.Y.
Directions to exhibition games.
US Lacrosse, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, is the national
governing body of men's and women's lacrosse.
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