Dalton was also all-county and all-metro as a junior and scored 24 goals and added 10 assists while winning 72 percent of his face-offs in 2003.
[1] As a freshman (2005) for the University of Maryland Terrapins, Dalton scored his first career goal in his collegiate debut in a 13-6 season-opening win over No.
5 Georgetown (2/26); scored one shot, one groundball and one caused turnover in a 10-8 loss to Duke (3/5); won his first collegiate face-off at the start of the third quarter in a 9-5 win at No.
Dalton was selected to the ACC All-Tournament team; received honorable mention for national player of the week award by Inside Lacrosse for his performance in the ACC Tournament; scored his first goal since the season opener in a 21-6 drubbing of Penn (5/7) at Lincoln Financial Field; won two-of-six face-offs, picked up one groundball and caused a turnover in a 14-10 win over No.
11 Penn State (5/14) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament; and won six-of-19 face-offs and picked up one groundball in 18-9 loss to No.
As a junior (2007), Dalton won 12-of-18 face-offs, made his first start with the first midfield unit, scored the first game-winning goal of his career, and had seven groundballs in an 11-6 season-opening win over Bellarmine (2/17).
[5] Dalton scored a goal, collected 11 ground balls, and won 12 of 18 face-offs in a three overtime loss to No.
[6] In a 16-4 victory over Air Force (3/16), he scored two goals, harvested two ground balls, and won four out of 12 face-offs.
[12] In a 16-10 win over Yale (5/3), Dalton scored two goals, collected five ground balls, and won 6 of 14 face-offs.
[16] Dalton began his NLL career as an undrafted free agent with the San Jose Stealth, replacing Tim Booth on face-offs.
Following his time with the San Jose Stealth, he played in the MLL for the Chesapeake Bayhawks and Denver Outlaws.
Dalton is currently the offensive coordinator for the St.Mary's High School (Annapolis) varsity men's lacrosse team.
In addition, he is the Program Director and Head Coach for ProStart Lacrosse, a men's high school club team, based out of Annapolis, MD.