No. 5 Women's Lacrosse and No. 3 Duke Tangle In Durham On Saturday
2/28/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
Feb. 28, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team and No. 3 Duke will meet in a crucial early season ACC contest on Saturday, March 1 at noon in Durham. Last season, the Terrapins pulled off a 19-18 win at Ludwig Field. Senior Lauren Cohen recorded four goals and two assists in that game while classmate Dana Dobbie scored three times. Four other current Terps had two goals in that game last year.
Terps Face Duke In Durham
• No. 5 Maryland will take to the road for the third-straight game when it travels to Durham, N.C. to take on No. 3 Duke at noon on Saturday, March 1 at Koskinen Stadium.
• The game is a rematch of the 19-18 shootout that the Terrapins won on March 3 last season. Duke was ranked No. 2 at the time while Maryland was No. 8.
• It was the first win for Maryland against the Blue Devils since 2003 - the Terps had lost five-straight meetings.
• The Terps are coming off of a 2-0 weekend in Massachusetts where they handily defeated UMass and Boston College.
• Duke sits at 4-0 with wins against No. 16 Denver and No. 18 Richmond on its resume. This is their first ACC game of the season.
Terps Go 2-0 In Massachusetts
• Maryland opened the season with a pair of wins against UMass and Boston College last weekend.
• The Terps beat the Minutewomen, 18-7, on February 23 at McGuirk Stadium. The game was pushed back a day due to snow.
• Senior Kelly Kasper scored a career high six goals in the Terrapins' season opener.
• Sophomore Caitlyn McFadden also recorded career highs in goals and points with four and five, respectively.
• On the next day, Kasper shared the wealth and established a new career high with six assists and tied her personal best with nine points.
• Senior Lauren Cohen chipped in with five goals and an assist while classmate Dana Dobbie also had five goals to go along with five draw controls.
• McFadden had two goals and an assist while senior Allie Buote was credited with seven saves in the cage, including six in the first half.
Kasper Honored
• Senior midfielder Kelly Kasper was named the ACC, Inside Lacrosse, and WomensLax.com Player of the Week after recording nine goals and seven assists in Maryland's first two games of the season last weekend. The Eldersburg, Md., native tied the school record with six assists in the Terps' victory at Boston College on February 24.
• Kasper, a captain and member of the Tewaaraton Watch List, opened the season with a career-high six goals at UMass on February 23. She also added an assist, ground ball, draw control, and caused turnover in Maryland's 18-7 win.
• The next day in a 23-10 rout of Boston College, Kasper shared the wealth as she set a new career high with six assists while scoring three goals of her own. The nine points she recorded matched her previous best while the six assists tied the school record. She also racked up four draw controls, two ground balls, and forced a pair of turnovers.
Trio Named To Tewaaraton Watch List
• Seniors Dana Dobbie and Kelly Kasper and sophomore Caitlyn McFadden were all named to the Tewaaraton Watch List.
• Dobbie was a finalist last season for the Tewaaraton Trophy, handed out each year to the best lacrosse player in the country.
• Assosciate head coach Jen Adams and volunteer assistant coach Katie Chrest both won the Tewaaraton in their playing days.
• Adams was the first ever recipient of the honor in 2001 while Chrest earned it at Duke in 2005.
Scouting The Blue Devils
• Duke enters the game at 4-0, all non-conference victories. Two of those wins have come against ranked opponents in No. 16 Denver and No. 18 Richmond.
• Kerstin Kimel, a 1993 graduate of Maryland, is the head coach of the Blue Devils and is in her 13th season at the helm. Alex Kahoe, a 2000 graduate of the Terps, serves as assistant coach.
• Kahoe was the 2000 National Goalkeeper of the Year and a three-time All-American in College Park. She was a member of four national championship teams.
• Duke has won each of its four games by five or more goals. It is averaging 16.75 goals a game while allowing 8.50, the same as the Terps.
• Carolyn Davis leads the Blue Devils with 13 goals and seven assists, both tops on the team. Lindsey Gilbride is the other Duke player with double-digit goals with 10.
• Emma Hamm, a freshman, has filled the stat sheet so far this season with six goals, seven assists, 11 draw controls, seven caused turnovers, and 10 ground balls.
• Allie Johnson, who has appeared in just two games, leads the team with 18 draw controls.
• Kim Imbesi is Duke's goalie and has spent all 240 minutes in the cage. She allows 8.50 goals a game and has saved 49 percent of the shots she has faced.
Series History
• Maryland is 9-6 all-time against the Blue Devils but is just 1-4 in the last five outings.
• Seven of the last 10 meetings have been decided by three goals or less.
• The Terps have not won at Duke since 2000.
• The last time the two teams met on March 1, Duke came away with a 9-8 win in Durham during the 2002 season.
Last 10 Meetings:
March 3, 2007: MARYLAND 19, Duke 18
April 28, 2006: Duke 19, Maryland 9 (ACC Tournament/M&T Bank Stadium)
February 25, 2006: DUKE 9, Maryland 7
February 26, 2005: Duke 10, MARYLAND 7
February 29, 2004: DUKE 9, Maryland 7
March 18, 2003: MARYLAND 9, Duke 8 (OT)
March 1, 2002: DUKE 9, Maryland 8
April 22, 2001: Maryland 7, Duke 6 (ACC Tournament/Orlando, Fla.)
March 2, 2001: MARYLAND 18, Duke 11
March 3, 2000: DUKE 14, Maryland 10
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Senior Moments
• The Terps, whose 10 seniors is tied for the most in the country, got a lot of production from their leaders last weekend.
• The senior class accounted for 44 of the 60 points scored in Maryland's two wins - or 73 percent.
• Seven of the Terps' 12 starters in those games were seniors.
The Magic Number
• Since Cathy Reese took over in 2007, Maryland is a perfect 17-0 in games the Terps score 10 or more goals.
• Maryland went 15-0 last year in those games and is 2-0 to start this season.
• The Terps were 1-4 in games that they did not score double-digit goals in 2007.
Dobbie, Kasper Recognized By Inside Lacrosse
• Seniors Dana Dobbie and Kelly Kasper were recognized as two of the top 20 players in the country by Inside Lacrosse. The publication listed Dobbie as the No. 3 player in the country while Kasper came in at No. 7.
• The Terrapins were the only team in the ACC with two players named on the list.
• Maryland was just one of two teams with two players listed in the top 10. Northwestern had three recognized and four overall. Penn and Notre Dame were the only other programs with multiple players on the list, both with a pair ranked in the top 20.
• Dobbie racked up numerous awards last season as she was the 2007 ACC Player of the Year, a first team All-American, and a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy. She led the team with 39 ground balls and 79 draw controls and her 3.95 draws per game ranked fourth in the country. Dobbie was also second on the squad with 53 goals and 69 points while forcing 24 turnovers on the defensive end, a number that ranked third on the team.
• Kasper, a two-time All-American and All-ACC selection, posted 26 goals and 22 assists last year. Her assists ranked second on the team while her 31 caused turnovers were the most for the Terps. Kasper, a dominant presence on both ends of the field, also recorded 28 draw controls and 24 ground balls.
• The two seniors were named tri-captains for the 2008 season along with fellow classmate Katie Pumphrey.
• The pair was also named first-team preseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse.
Well Seasoned
• Maryland will feature one of the most experienced rosters in the nation in 2008 as 10 seniors are packed onto the team.
• Only one other team can boast that number and it is Robert Morris of the Northeast Conference.
• Only five other schools have eight or more seniors on their rosters as Drexel, Iona, LeMoyne, and Oregon all list eight while James Madison currently has nine.
• Included in the Terps' senior class is:
Dana Dobbie - 2007 ACC Player of the Year, first team All-American, finalist for Tewaaraton Trophy, tri-captain
Kelly Kasper - Two-time All-American, two-time All-ACC, tri-captain
Katie Pumphrey - Tri-captain, second year starter on defense
Allie Buote - Three-year starter in goal
Lauren Cohen - 33 goals, 15 assists in 2007
Casey Magor - 49 goals, 35 assists in last two seasons as a starter
Katie Princiotto - 40 goals, 26 assists in last two seasons as a starter
Diverse, Too
• Maryland is the only team in the country to have three different countries, excluding the United States, represented on its roster.
• Senior Casey Magor and freshman Sarah Mollison both represent Australia and were members of the 2005 World Cup championship team. Magor is from Adelaide while Mollison hails from Melbourne.
• Freshman Laura Merrifield joins the Terps this year from Hertfordshire, England and is a member of the English national team.
• Senior Dana Dobbie heads north to Ontario, Canada when she needs to go home. She too is a member of her country's national team.
Sister, Sister
• Maryland's roster features three sister combinations this season.
• Freshman Sara Cooper joins older sister Lynne on the squad in 2008. Both are from Ellicott City and graduated from Centennial High School.
• Freshman Brandi Jones and sister Brittany, a junior, join Maryland this season. The Jones' hail from Poway, Calif. Brittany transferred from Cal Poly where she played club lacrosse and helped her team to a pair of national championships.
•The final sibling combo on the team is Meredith and Taylor Zanelotti. Meredith is a freshman this year while Taylor is a senior who rejoins the team after not playing in 2007. Both are also from Ellicott City and graduated from River Hill High School.
Three Terps Named To US Touring Team
• Three Maryland women's lacrosse players were named to the United States touring team that will represent the country in the upcoming Prague Cup in the Czech Republic in June. Former Terrapins Quinn Carney and Acacia Walker were named to the roster while sophomore Caitlyn McFadden will serve as an alternate.
• Maryland is one of three schools in the nation to have three student-athletes named to the 24-woman list. Northwestern has three women on the 18-woman roster while North Carolina has two on the roster and one alternate. A total of seven programs had two women represented on the team.
• McFadden is the youngest player to be named to the 24-woman list, representing the class of 2010. As one of the top freshman in the country last season, she scored 18 goals and added 17 assists for one of the most potent offenses in the nation. She finished third on the Terps squad with 29 draw controls, fourth with 21 caused turnovers, and fifth with 27 groundballs. McFadden was named to the WomensLacrosse.com All-Rookie Team and was a member of the All-ACC Academic Team.
• Carney and Walker are two of the best ever to go through the Maryland program. Carney, a 2001 graduate, was a two-time All-American and All-ACC honoree. She won four national championships while in the red and black and was named to the all-time ACC team. Carney ranks third all-time at Maryland with 110 assists, fourth with 272 points, and fifth with 162 goals.
• Walker, a 2005 graduate, was also a two-time All-American and All-ACC selection. She racked up 108 goals, 77 assists, and 185 points in her collegiate career. Her assist number is tied for eighth all-time at Maryland.
Reese Makes ACC History In 2007
• Head coach Cathy Reese, in her first season at the helm of the Terps program, was named the 2007 ACC Coach of the Year. It was the first time in conference history that a mentor earned the award in their first season as head coach.
• Reese and associate head coach Jen Adams revitalized the Terrapins last season, whose 16 wins were the most since 2003 and who advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time since 2004.
• The Terps started the year 13-1 with wins over No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Duke at home.
• The Maryland offense ranked eighth in the nation last year with 14.25 goals per game.
• Maryland was perfect at home for the first time since 2001 with a record of 9-0.
