"Dave Pietramala" (born 1967) is the current Head Coach for the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays lacrosse/Johns Hopkins University Men's Lacrosse team. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest defensemen in lacrosse history,[http://hopkinssports.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/pietramala_dave00.html Player Bio: Dave Pietramala :: Men's Lacrosse] and is a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He is the only person to win an NCAA national championship as both a player and coach, and the only person to be named both player and coach of the year. Born in Hicksville, New York, he went to St. Mary's High School.

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What a luxury it is to have both Jesse and Scott returning. Both of these young men have proven they can handle the job and both have won big games for us. To see them work together to make each other better is part of what has made this team so close.

They gave us what I would call an old-fashioned rear-end kicking.

I think they put so much pressure on themselves to live up to their expectations, and we played like that [for a while]. We were tight. We learned the world didn't end because we lost to a good team. Now we can put that loss behind us. Once we got one, two and another [score], it was like we had forgotten who we were and now, we remember.

The last thing we can afford right now is to make excuses. We're inexperienced at some spots, that's the way it is. We have injuries, so does everyone, that's the way it is.

I don't think people should expect us to blow people out. We are not like that right now. We played against a very good team. I'm just excited that we got a win over a playoff team.

I am not upset with this outcome. We got a good lead and they battled back. It was good for us to have to respond to that and we did.

With Princeton playing one week earlier we agreed to play one week earlier. I thought this was a great game for us to play before Princeton.

Despite its youth, this group demonstrated uncanny poise in the fall. With the losses we suffered not just on attack but at midfield as well that poise will be crucial to our offensive success this season.