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With second chance, Pressler has Bryant taking big first steps

LACROSSE INSIDER

March 15, 2009|By Mike Preston

When Pressler was hired at Duke in 1991, the Blue Devils were thinking about dropping the program. They had limited scholarships, had no full-time assistants and were the laughingstock of the Atlantic Coast Conference. By the time Pressler left, he had compiled a 153-82 record, won three ACC championships, played in 10 NCAA tournaments and appeared in the 2005 Division I championship game.

The Bulldogs have three good senior attackmen in Zack Greer (17 goals, 11 assists), Kevin Hoagland (12, 4) and Bryan Kaufmann (12, 4). Greer, a former Duke star, is the best finisher in the college game.

Pressler has a 29-10 record at Bryant and has won two Northeast-10 Conference titles. He has a new locker room, stadium and turf fields and uses them in trying to make recruiting inroads in Baltimore and nationally in places such as San Francisco and Dallas.

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"I just told our guys that being at the top is terrific, but it's the journey in getting there that is great," Pressler said. "I'm still doing things the same way, not much different than I did at Duke."

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