Dec. 19, 2007
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Maryland women's lacrosse team is ranked fourth in the nation in Lacrosse magazine's annual preseason college rankings, released December 19. The Terrapins finished the 2007 season 16-4 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
Northwestern was picked No. 1 in the country as the three-time defending national champion. ACC rivals Virginia and Duke are ranked No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, ahead of the Terps while Syracuse rounds out the top five.
Maryland returns eight starters and 23 letterwinners in 2008 from a squad that went 16-4 and 4-1 in the ACC last season. Even though the Terps lose their top scorer from a year ago in Krista Pellizzi, the offense returns 73 percent of the scoring, or 320 of the 439 points scored.
Seniors Dana Dobbie and Kelly Kasper are two retuning All-Americans for Maryland in 2008. Dobbie was a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy in 2007 and the 2007 ACC Player of the Year. She ranked fourth in the nation in draw controls. Kasper was also an All-ACC honoree which marks the second-straight season she was named an All-American and a member of the conference team.
Lacrosse Magazine 2008 Preseason Rankings
1. Northwestern
2. Virginia
3. Duke
4. Maryland
5. Syracuse
6. Penn
7. Princeton
8. North Carolina
9. Johns Hopkins
10. Yale
11. Georgetown
12. Notre Dame
13. Vanderbilt
14. James Madison
15. Penn State
16. Denver
17. Boston University
18. Dartmouth
19. Rutgers
20. Richmond
