[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3150]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING THE TERRAPINS MEN'S LACROSSE TEAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 
    MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK FOR WINNING THE 2022 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE 
 ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 699, submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 699) congratulating the Terrapins 
     men's lacrosse team of the University of Maryland, College 
     Park for winning the 2022 National Collegiate Athletics 
     Association Division I men's lacrosse national championship.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate the 
University of Maryland's Men's Lacrosse Team for winning the NCAA 
Division 1 championship. The Terrapins completed an historic undefeated 
season, winning 18 games--an NCAA record for the most victories in a 
season without a loss. The perfect season culminated with a 9-7 victory 
over Cornell University for the national championship.
  Lacrosse is the oldest organized team sport in North America, dating 
back among Indigenous communities to 1100 AD. Jesuit missionaries in 
Canada documented the Mohawk people playing the game in 1757. Here in 
the United States, lacrosse is popular nationwide, but New York and 
Maryland remain the ``hotbeds'' of lacrosse. The game became popular in 
the Baltimore area in the 1890s. The NCAA began hosting a tournament to 
determine the national champion in 1971. In the 51 years since then--
there was no tournament in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic--the 
Terps have won four national championships, Johns Hopkins University--
JHU--has won nine, and Loyola University Maryland has won one. Maryland 
universities have been national champion or runner-up in 37 of the 51 
years the NCAA has hosted the tournament.
  The Terps' championship season was particularly sweet, coming on the 
heels of a one-goal loss to the University of Virginia--UVA--in last 
year's championship match. That was the team's only loss last season; 
over the last 2 years, the Terps have gone 33-1. This year' team was 
the first Division 1 team to go undefeated since 2006 and just the 
fourth undefeated team over the past 30 years, joining UVA, JHU, and 
Princeton in that exalted club. The championship is the second for head 
coach John Tillman, who has guided the Terps to the NCAA tournament all 
11 years he has been the head coach.
  Lacrosse is truly a team sport. There are a few players, however, 
whose contributions deserve special recognition. Logan Wisnauskas--
attack--became the first Terp to record 100 points in a single season 
and then went on to win the Tewaaraton Award as the Nation's top 
collegiate player after a 61 goal, 42 assist, 103 point season. Anthony 
DeMaio--midfield--scored the 100th goal of his career during the 
national championship game and scored 17 goals in the postseason. He 
scored three straight goals during a span of 2:09--and four overall for 
his fifth hat trick in his last six games--as Maryland ended the first 
quarter on a 4-0 run to take a lead the team would not relinquish. 
Goalie Logan McNaney was the 2022 NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding 
Player, making 17 saves against Cornell and 61 saves in the tournament. 
Wisnauskas, DeMaio, McNaney, Luke Wierman--faceoff--and Ajax 
Zappitello--defense--were named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team.
  I congratulate all the players, coaches, and staff for guiding the 
Terps through a season for the record books and making all Marylanders 
proud. The players are: Noah Beacham, Colin Burlace, Jack Brennan, B.J. 
Burlace, Chace Cope, Joshua Coffman, Jonathan Donville, Anthony DeMaio, 
Bubba Fairman, Gabe Goforth, John Geppert, Garrett Gibbons, Jake 
Higgins, Geordy Holmes, Matthew Kopp, Charlie Koras, Keegan Khan, Jack 
Koras, Shea Keethler, Daniel Kelly, Kyle Long, Eric Malever, Drew 
Morris, Logan McNaney, Jackson Marshall, Daniel Maltz, Brett Makar, 
Jack McDonald, Owen Murphy, Roman Puglise, Owen Prybylski, Matt Rahill, 
Michael Roche, Nick Redd, King Ripley, Eric Spanos, Ryan Siracusa, Alex 
Smith, Westin Schmidt, Justin Sherrer, Gavin Tygh, Kevin Tucker, Logan 
Wisnauskas, Zach Whittier, Alex Wicks, Dawson Wynne, Luke Wierman, and 
Ajax Zappitello.
  The coaches are: John Tillman, head coach; Bobby Benson, assistant 
coach; Jesse Bernhardt, assistant coach; and Carroll Kennedy, volunteer 
assistant coach. The staff includes: Tim Ahner, equipment manager; 
Heather Arianna, academic adviser; Anthony Benyarko, MS, ATC, CES--
athletic trainer; Colleen Carrion, MS, RD, CDN, CSSD--sports nutrition; 
Ben Hoffman, strength and conditioning; Clara Hollander, director of 
operations; Sharle Kekuewa, marketing strategy and fan experience; Eric 
Mantz, facilities, operations and events; Josh Schmidt, media 
relations; Sydnee Strong, student-athlete development; and Brian 
Thornburg, development.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed 
to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 699) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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