The 1993 team produced another double digit win season, as the Hornets went 10-5 and featured many record-setting performances. Kevin Collins had a single game record eight assists, which currently stands as the most all time. Mike Marchetti had an explosive offensive year, scoring 54 goals which is good for 3rd all time in the goals scored category. He also had 13 assists, which places him 5th all time in the total points category with 67. Brent Meyer posted 32 assists, 6th all-time, and BJ Hinkle had 129 ground balls, which places him 5th in that respective category.
All ODAC: All-America:
Chad Brown (1st Team)
Mike Marchetti (2nd Team)
Brent Meyer (2nd Team)
B.J. Hinkle (2nd Team)
Brent Babbitt
Memories: The 1993 season started off with an extremely disappointing loss to an upstart Limestone program. Without a doubt the team overlooked them and really saw this as no more than a scrimmage or final tune up for the real upcoming season. Unfortunately this was a real game and the loss really brought us together as a group and we became extremely focused on turning our potential into reality on the field. Our next opponent was Ithaca College who was ranked #2 in the country at the time. They were loaded with returning starters from a team that made the DIII final 4 the previous year. The week of practice leading up to the game was inspired, the entire team was embarrassed by the loss to Limestone and determined to let the Lacrosse world know that Lynchburg College was for real. The first half of the Ithaca game was pure chaos, our mantra the entire week was “Keep Moving, never stand still.” Ithaca was flat out stunned and simply couldn’t handle our energy and emotion that game. The final score was I believe LC 12 Ithaca 9….but I could be mistaken. Ithaca staged a furious rally in the fourth quarter but we had put the game too far out of reach for them to ever get too close. As the final seconds ticked away our fellow students rushed the field and piled on top of the team, at the time it was the biggest victory in LC Lacrosse history. 1993 ended up being a solid year and we built off the Ithaca victory, following that game we were ranked Nationally in the top 20 for the entire year.
The 1993 season started off with an extremely disappointing loss to an upstart Limestone program. Without a doubt the team overlooked them and really saw this as no more than a scrimmage or final tune up for the real upcoming season. Unfortunately this was a real game and the loss really brought us together as a group and we became extremely focused on turning our potential into reality on the field. Our next opponent was Ithaca College who was ranked #2 in the country at the time. They were loaded with returning starters from a team that made the DIII final 4 the previous year. The week of practice leading up to the game was inspired, the entire team was embarrassed by the loss to Limestone and determined to let the Lacrosse world know that Lynchburg College was for real. The first half of the Ithaca game was pure chaos, our mantra the entire week was “Keep Moving, never stand still.” Ithaca was flat out stunned and simply couldn’t handle our energy and emotion that game. The final score was I believe LC 12 Ithaca 9….but I could be mistaken. Ithaca staged a furious rally in the fourth quarter but we had put the game too far out of reach for them to ever get too close. As the final seconds ticked away our fellow students rushed the field and piled on top of the team, at the time it was the biggest victory in LC Lacrosse history. 1993 ended up being a solid year and we built off the Ithaca victory, following that game we were ranked Nationally in the top 20 for the entire year.
Ed Bilderback
1993 (10-5)
Goucher W, 25-4
Limestone L, 7-10
Ithaca W, 12-9
Washington & Lee L, 9-10
Virginia Wesleyan W, 24-8
Mary Washington W, 16-8
St. Mary's W, 15-11
Hampden-Sydney W, 17-9
Pfeiffer W, 12-4
Roanoke L, 13-16
Randolph-Macon L, 10-14
Guilford W, 16-7
Marymount W, 22-7
Dickinson W, 13-10
Greensboro L, 14-15
