tl20010510-000 "Thursday www.thetowerlight.com Wei ligh Published twice-weekly by students of Towson University 5/10/01 Glasser drops Texas pres. offer 3 Glen woods may be restored Lithgow lends voice to 'Slime 10 Baseball loses 7-5 to Richmond 17 Departments News. 3 Campus briefs. 5 Nation 8 Police Blotter 8 AU. 9 Wrasslin' Weekly 11 The High Road 14 In a Theater Near You ] 4 Sports 17 Fast Break 17 . 22 Tigers take shot at NCAAs 12-3 Towson gets sixth seed, prepares to face ACC champ Duke in first round Adam S. Reisinger The Towerlight In February, the talk around the Tiger lacrosse program, which features a roster of 35 underclassmen, focused on the future and how good the Tigers would be in the Colonial Athletic Association. Little was said about this year's team, though head coach Tony Seaman was cautiously optimistic. Now, 15 games and one America East title later, the 2001 Tigers are the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Not that senior faceoff specialist Justin Berry ever expected less. ""Honestly, I've imagined stuff like this since I was a fresh-man,"" he said. ""When I came here, I thought it would be like this. I expect a lot of my team-mates, and we all push each other really hard. So, to be quite honest, I really did expect to be here."" Still, this is new territory for everyone on Towson's roster, and the coaches will have their work cut out for them. ""I don't have a guy on this team who has any idea what this is like,"" head coach Tony Seaman said. ""Coach [Stan] Ross and coach [Paul] Cantabene and I have all been there. Coach Ross won a nation-at championship so he can real-ly tell these guys what it's about. Just to get there and the fever and the crowds, it's going to be great."" Towson (12-3) was placed in the South Region, and will play at UMBC on Saturday at noon Saul Stoagenke 'The Towerlight Senior midfielder Justin Berry will look to overcome a hamstring injury before Saturday's game against Duke. against Duke, who won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship last month, then got into the tournament via an at-large bid (the ACC Champion doesn't get an auto-matic bid). The Blue Devils (11-5) were one of the most inconsistent teams in the NCAA this season, losing to unranked Harvard back in March, but then upset-ting Virginia and Maryland to take the ACC crown. Duke's style of play is almost the exact opposite of Towson's, as the Blue Devils rely more on strength and defense than a fast-break offense. ""We just have to stay focused against Duke and bring our game,"" senior goaltender John Horrigan said. ""They're defi-nitely really well coached and they've got a lot of big, strong See DUKE,page 18 *FIRST ROUND **QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS Saturday, May 26 No. 8 Virginia (7-15) No. 1 Syracuse (11-2) Saturday, May 19 at Haar. (Noon) Sunday, May 13 at Army (45 min after Game 1) Hofstra (9-6) No. 4 Johns Hopkins (8-3) No. 5 Notre Dame (12-1) Sunday, May 13 .Army (Noon) Bucknell (10-3) Sunday, May 20 at Maryland (0 nun after Game 1) No. 6 Towson (12-3) satuLdt,44,;:p 12 (12 05 p,m,) Duke (11-5) No. 3 Rutgers Stiulium Rutgers University Piscataway, New Jerany (Noon) FINAL Monday, May 28 No. 7 Loyola (Md.) (9-3) Satuglaitip 12 (45 min after Game 1) Georgetown (11-2) Sunday, May 20 at Maryland (Noon) Maryland (13-2) Rutgers Stadium Rutgers University Piscataway, New Jersey (lion,.) No. 2 S at u anld;tyc..fti ai 19 (45 mine 0,11er Game 1) Princeton (1 1 -1) Rutgers Stadium Ruttp scl.n'vearys.ity New Jersey (45 nsinares after rondoojon ar Roan) Notional Chorripion * First-round doubleheaders will be played at UMBC (May 12) and Army (May 13) a a Quarterfinal doubleheaders will be played at Hofstra May 19) and Univ. of Maryland (May 20) Today High 82 Low 57 Friday High 88 Low. 55 Saturday High 80 Low 51 Sunday High 75 Low 49 "
