May 4, 2001

HANOVER, N.H. - The University of Maryland women's lacrosse team won a nailbiter over fourth-ranked Dartmouth, 12-11, tonight at Scully-Fahey Field in Hanover, N.H.

In front of 2,504 raucous fans, the Terrapins and Big Green waged what was arguably one of the most incredible wars in Maryland women's lacrosse history and it took a valiant Maryland comeback for the Terps to move to 18-0 on the season. The Terrapins got on the board first in the contest as Allison Comito started the game with a goal on a rebound at 26:13. Dartmouth played the same slow down pace in the first half that Maryland has seen so many times this year and 22 minutes in, the game was tied at 3-3.

After a Quinn Carney goal at 7:31, Dartmouth went on a run with three goals to end the first half and sent the Terps to the locker room down, 6-4. It was the first time this year that Maryland has trailed at the half.

The trouble continued for the Terps in the second half as the Big Green gave up the slow down approach and piled on three more goals in the first six minutes of the half to up their lead to five. That was when Jen Adams -- the two time national player of the year and this year's ACC Player of the Year -- went to work.

The senior native of Brighton, So. Australia scored five times in under 20 minutes with the fifth score knotting the game at 11 with 4:28 remaining after Dartmouth had just staked a one-goal lead a minute earlier. The game winner came a minute-and-a-half later as All-ACC defender Courtney Martinez scored her second goal of the year on a free position shot with 2:51 left. The Terps won the draw on the ensuing face off and ran out all but the final seven seconds of the clock, at which time the Big Green was too far from the Maryland goal to get a shot.

With her seven points, Adams now stands just two points from becoming the most prolific scorer in the history of women's collegiate lacrosse. She now has 419 points, just one shy of the 420 of Delaware's Karen Emas (1981-84) who set the record while playing in the NCAA, AIAW and USWLA.

Maryland will now close out its 2001 regular season on Sunday at Harvard at 1:00 p.m. Should the Terrapins win, it would be the sixth time in school history that the team finished the regular season undefeated and it would keep its hope alive of finishing its entire season unblemished, which would happen for just the fourth time in school history, joining the 1995, `96 and `99 teams.

GAME SCORING
#4 DARTMOUTH		6	5	--	11
#1 MARYLAND		4	8	--	12

Half-Time	Team, Goal (Assist)             	DC-UM
1-26:13 	Maryland, Allison Comito (unassisted)	0-1
1-20:25		Dartmouth, Jen Newitt (unassisted)	1-1
1-17:45		Dartmouth, Suzy Gibbons (unassisted)	2-1
1-16:15 	Maryland, Jen Adams (Robinson)  	2-2
1-14:57 	Maryland, Quinn Carney (unassisted)	2-3
1-8:44		Dartmouth, Jen Newitt (unassisted)	3-3
1-7:31  	Maryland, Quinn Carney (Adams)  	3-4
1-2:52		Dartmouth, Alison Moulin (FPS)  	4-4
1-2:37		Dartmouth, Suzy Gibbons (Moulin)	5-4
1-0:19		Dartmouth, Amy Zimmer (unassisted)	6-4
2-28:39		Dartmouth, Amy Zimmer (FPS)     	7-4
2-26:29		Dartmouth, Lana Smith (Moulin)  	8-4
2-24:04		Dartmouth, Alison Moulin (FPS)  	9-4
2-23:36 	Maryland, Jen Adams (unassisted)	9-5
2-22:37 	Maryland, Courtney Hobbs (unassisted)	9-6
2-21:16 	Maryland, Jen Adams (unassisted)	9-7
2-20:10 	Maryland, Jen Adams (unassisted)	9-8
2-17:44		Dartmouth, Lana Smith (unassisted)	10-8
2-15:39 	Maryland, Quinn Carney (unassisted)	10-9
2-8:16  	Maryland, Jen Adams (unassisted)	10-10
2-5:23		Dartmouth, Suzy Gibbons (unassisted)	11-10
2-4:28  	Maryland, Jen Adams (unassisted)	11-11
2-2:51  	Maryland, Courtney Martinez (FPS)	11-12

TEAM STATS
Category        	Dartmouth	Maryland
Shots           	8-7--15 	17-9--26
Saves           	9-2--11  	2-1--3
Draw Controls   	4-4--8  	7-12--19
Groundballs     	13-18--31	14-13--27
Turnovers       	18-15--33	3-3--6
Caused Turnovers	8-10--18	4-1--5
Free Position Shots	1-4--5  	2-3--5
Fouls           	6-10--16	3-3--6

INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Maryland Scorers	Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Jen Adams       	6-1--7
Quinn Carney    	3-0--3
Allison Comito  	1-0--1
Courtney Hobbs  	1-0--1
Courtney Martinez	1-0--1
Katie Robinson  	0-1--1

Dartmouth Scorers	Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Jen Newitt      	2-0--2
Suzy Gibbons    	3-0--3
Alison Moulin   	2-2--4
Amy Zimmer      	2-0--2
Lana Smith      	2-0--2

GOALIES
Maryland Goalies	Saves	GA	Min.
Alexis Venechanos	3	11	60:00

Dartmouth Goalies	Saves	GA	Min.
Sarah Hughes    	11	12	60:00


ATTENDANCE: 2,504