Maryland
North Carolina
Terps Overcome Cold, Slow Start; Beat UNC, 8-7
3/4/2001 7:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
March 4, 2001
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland women's lacrosse team overcame a slow start in the first half and a cold, rainy day in College Park to get a win over fifth-ranked North Carolina, 8-7.
In the win, the top-ranked Terrapins got five goals from star senior Jen Adams. With the five-goal effort, Adams overcame Kelly Amonte (1993-96) as Marylands all-time leading goal scorer. Adams now has 188 goals, one more than Amonte's total of 187.
Today's win was not, however, an easy one for Maryland. After exchanging a pair of goals with the Tar Heels in the game's first 10 minutes, Maryland (2-0, 2-0 ACC) fell behind after a burst of UNC scoring. With 10 minutes remaining in the half, the Terps found themselves in a 5-2 hole and struggling to find their offense. Adams came up with the answer.
At 5:50, Adams scored unassisted and then followed it up just over a minute later after a nice feed from senior Quinn Carney. Fellow senior Allison Comito chipped in another at 3:11, then Adams took a quick feed from Courtney Hobbs after a foul and scored her third goal in the final six minutes of the half. The Terps would take a 6-5 lead into the half.
In the second half, both teams performed in much the same way that the game had begun -- battling back and forth. The difference in the second half for the Terrapins was the play of sophomore goalie and first-year starter Alexis Venechanos.
After not making a save in the first half, Venechanos came up with a half dozen saves in the second half -- many at close range -- in helping Maryland to victory. After Adams added two more goals in the second half, the Terps had a 8-7 lead in the final minutes and just needed to hang on. That feat was not as easy as anticipated as Maryland had what could have been a costly turnover with a minute left and UNC ended up with a free position shot with 15 seconds remaining. Venechanos was again up to the task, however, and made her final save as the clock ticked toward zero.
In today's win, Maryland overcame its largest deficit since last year's Duke game to open the 2000 season. In that contest, the Terps were down 8-4 in the first half before coming back and winning, 14-10.
Maryland will now have six days off before hitting the field again next Saturday versus Syracuse. The Orangemen, ranked ninth in the IWLCA preseason poll, will square off with the Terps at 1:00 p.m. at Ludwig Field.
GAME SCORING #5 NORTH CAROLINA 5 2 -- 7 #1 MARYLAND 6 2 -- 8Half-Time Team, Goal (Assist) UNC-UM 1-24:28 Maryland, Courtney Hobbs (unassisted) 0-1 1-24:04 North Carolina, Amy Havrilla (McInnes) 1-1 1-22:35 North Carolina, Christine McPike (unassisted) 2-1 1-21:57 Maryland, Quinn Carney (unassisted) 2-2 1-19:24 North Carolina, Betsy Gaines (unassisted) 3-2 1-15:30 North Carolina, Erin McInnes (Stone) 4-2 1-10:28 North Carolina, Amy Havrilla (McInnes) 5-2 1-5:50 Maryland, Jen Adams (unassisted) 5-3 1-4:44 Maryland, Jen Adams (Carney) 5-4 1-3:11 Maryland, Allison Comito (unassisted) 5-5 1-0:06 Maryland, Jen Adams (Hobbs) 5-6 2-25:33 North Carolina, Christine McPike (unassisted) 6-6 2-19:08 Maryland, Jen Adams (unassisted) 6-7 2-16:26 North Carolina, Christine McPike (FPS) 7-7 2-7:31 Maryland, Jen Adams (Comito) 7-8
TEAM STATS Category Maryland North Carolina Shots 19-8--27 8-11--19 Saves 0-6--6 9-4--13 Draw Controls 9-2--11 3-1--4 Groundballs 6-8--14 13-7--20 Turnovers 3-5--8 6-6--12 Caused Turnovers 4-8--12 5-5--10 Free Position Shots 3-1--4 1-3--4 Fouls 7-10--17 12-1--13
INDIVIDUAL SCORING Maryland Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts. Jen Adams 5-0--5 Quinn Carney 1-1--2 Allison Comito 1-1--2 Courtney Hobbs 1-0--1
Duke Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts. Christine McPike 3-0--3 Erin McInnes 1-2--3 Amy Havrilla 2-0--2 Betsy Gaines 1-0--1 Lindsay Stone 0-1-1
GOALIES Maryland Goalies Saves GA Min. Alexis Venechanos 6 7 60:00
Duke Goalies Saves GA Min. Melissa Coyne 13 8 60:00
ATTENDANCE: 367
