Terry Riordan (born July 27, 1973) is a former professional

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

player. He was a member of

Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was a men's field lacrosse league in the United States. The league's inaugural season was in 2001. Teams played anywhere from ten to 16 games in a summertime regular season. This was followed by a four-team playoff ...

's Los Angeles Riptide and plays attack. He also played for the

Long Island Lizards The New York Lizards, originally the Long Island Lizards, were a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) team based in Hempstead, New York, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL. They lost the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to ...

in 2001 and 2002. Terry's brother James played lacrosse at Penn and another brother, Dan, had a brief career in the NLL. In 2008, Riordan scored 13 goals with 2 assists in helping the Riptide to a 7 and 5 record.

College career

Riordan played high school lacrosse in Baldwin, Long Island where he was All-County. He attended

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

where he led the Blue Jays to three NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship semifinal and one quarterfinal appearance. He was a four-time All-American and twice named to the first team. He is fourth all-time in goals scored in NCAA history and is currently the all-time goal scorer and all-time Blue Jays points leader as well. Riordan won the

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and Lt. Raymond Enners Award in 1995.

Acting career

In addition to his career in professional lacrosse, Terry pursued professional acting attending the

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institute. He appeared in the television series Rescue Me,

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and

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. Riordan was also in the 2007

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revival, The Ritz.

Statistics

Johns Hopkins University

:^{'' '} 11th in NCAA Division I career goals :^{'' '} 1st in career point at Johns Hopkins __________________________________________________________________________

MLL

References

External links

1993 NCAA Quarterfinals
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Awards

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