March 17, 2001
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The top-ranked University of Maryland women's lacrosse team went on a scoring spree today at Ludwig Field, beating the Brown Bears, 20-9, in front of the home crowd.
In the win, senior All-American Jen Adams broke the all-time NCAA record for assists as she had three and moved her career total to 133. In breaking the record, Adams killed two birds with one stone as she broke not only the NCAA record, but also the Maryland school record as the all-time mark of 132 was set by Kelly Amonte, who played for the Terrapins from 1993-96. With the record, Adams is now Maryland's all-time leader in assists, points and goals as she had broken the other two marks (also held by Amonte) earlier this year.
In the win over Brown (0-2), Maryland (5-0, 3-0 ACC) got scoring from everywhere as nine Terps rattled the cage and 11 got into the scoring column. Leading the way were Adams and Quinn Carney who had four goals apiece. Freshman Kelly Coppedge came up with her first collegiate hat trick as she had three goals and an assist while senior Tori Wellington tied her career high with three goals of her own. In addition, senior Allison Comito tied her career high with three assists and freshman Julie Shank scored the first two goals of her career.
Maryland spent most of the day in Brown's end of the field and it showed in the statistics as the Terps out-shot the Bears, 45-13. The 20 goals were the most by a Maryland team since April 1st of last year -- a span of 17 games -- when the Terrapins scored 24 versus James Madison.
The Terrapins will return to action on Wednesday, March 21st, when they will host the Retrievers of UMBC. That contest will begin at 4:00 p.m. at Ludwig Field.
GAME SCORING
BROWN 3 1 -- 4
#1 MARYLAND 12 8 -- 20
Half-Time Team, Goal (Assist) BU-UM
1-27:07 Maryland, Tori Wellington (unassisted) 0-1
1-23:39 Brown, Jocelyn Moore (unassisted) 1-1
1-22:52 Maryland, Jen Adams (FPS) 1-2
1-17:02 Maryland, Allison Comito (unassisted) 1-3
1-16:34 Maryland, Molly Lambert (Carney) 1-4
1-12:23 Maryland, Quinn Carney (Adams) 1-5
1-12:01 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (Adams) 1-6
1-11:51 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (Adams) 1-7
1-9:57 Brown, Meredith Goodell (Rottenberg) 2-7
1-9:33 Maryland, Julie Shank (Robinson) 2-8
1-8:23 Maryland, Quinn Carney (Comito) 2-9
1-7:26 Maryland, Quinn Carney (unassisted) 2-10
1-4:06 Maryland, Tori Wellington (FPS) 2-11
1-2:56 Brown, Rebekah Rottenberg (Zabel) 3-11
1-1:11 Maryland, Courtney Martinez (Robinson) 3-12
2-27:38 Maryland, Jen Adams (Comito) 3-13
2-26:23 Maryland, Meg McNamara (Hobbs) 3-14
2-21:20 Maryland, Jen Adams (Comito) 3-15
2-18:59 Maryland, Jen Adams (unassisted) 3-16
2-12:18 Maryland, Quinn Carney (FPS) 3-17
2-6:45 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (Wellington) 3-18
2-4:51 Maryland, Tori Wellington (unassited) 3-19
2-3:25 Maryland, Julie Shank (Coppedge) 3-20
2-2:00 Brown, Katie Zabel (Connolly) 4-20
TEAM STATS
Category Maryland Brown
Shots 32-13--45 7-6--13
Saves 1-3--4 8-3--11
Draw Controls 9-2--11 5-5--10
Groundballs 19-16--35 14-14--28
Turnovers 8-3--11 9-7--16
Caused Turnovers 11-4--15 6-4--10
Free Position Shots 2-1--3 1-2--3
Fouls 11-8--19 5-2--7
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Maryland Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Jen Adams 4-3--7
Quinn Carney 4-1--5
Kelly Coppedge 3-1--4
Tori Wellington 3-1--4
Allison Comito 1-3--4
Julie Shank 2-0--2
Katie Robinson 0-2--2
Molly Lambert 1-0--1
Courtney Martinez 1-0--1
Meg McNamara 1-0--1
Courtney Hobbs 0-1--1
Brown Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Rebekah Rottenberg 1-1--2
Jocelyn Moore 1-0--1
Meredith Goodell 1-0--1
Katie Zabel 1-0--1
Robin Betterel 0-1--1
Maggie Connolly 0-1--1
GOALIES
Maryland Goalies Saves GA Min.
Alexis Venechanos 1 3 41:23
Virginia Solomon 3 1 18:37
Brown Goalies Saves GA Min.
Niki Caggiano 11 20 60:00
ATTENDANCE: 338
