2001 Season

The Hornets finished the 2001 season 8-6, which includes a 4-2 mark in ODAC play. The squad certainly had exciting matches, as three of their wins and three of their losses were decided by two goals or less. Josh Paris led the team in goals scored and points, with 34 and 41, respectively. Brandon Childs dished out a team- high 23 assists.

All-ODAC:
Ryan Johnson (1^st Team)
Jason Jeffries (2^nd Team)
Paris (2^nd Team)

2001 Memories:

From Chris Johnson 2004 Grad

Spring Break – Our midweek game was cancelled and we were coming off a bad loss to St. Mary's to open the season. This sequence of events led to us to have two-a-days in the illustrious Wake Field House for week solid. We were the only 30 or so people on campus that week, and we sustained on a diet of Fazzoli's spaghetti (don't even think about asking for lasagna) and Domino's pizza. Coach Johnson had come across a secret stash of "dead balls" that he swore would improve our indoor practices. These balls were heavier then a normal lacrosse ball and were a shade of grayish brown that exactly matched the walls of Wake. Since there were three freshmen goalies on the team, who all needed a lot of work at that early point in the season there was no lack of shooting drills during those two-a-days. The combination of daily Fazzoli's, shooting intensive two-a-day practices using heavy balls that were camouflaged against the walls of the field house and constant phone calls from friends in the Florida Keys and Cancun led to a lot of contemplating my place in life during Spring Break 2001.

2001 (8-6)
St. Mary’s L, 12-13
Franklin & Marshall L, 7-11
Widener W, 12-10
Western New England W, 17-8
Roanoke W, 14-13
Hampden-Sydney L, 10-11
Randolph-Macon W, 12-7
Guilford W, 26-2
Whittier L, 10-15
Greensboro W, 20-11
Washington and Lee L, 7-15
Virginia Wesleyan W, 11-8
Marymount W, 11-10
Ohio Wesleyan L, 9-10