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

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player. He was a member of

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

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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,

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where he was All-County. He attended

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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 Jack Turnbull Award 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

Awards

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