COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team hosts Richmond (2-4) in non-conference action on Wednesday, March 12 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. as the Terrapins (4-1) look to extend their home winning streak to 12 games.

Terps Welcome Richmond Wednesday Night
• No. 2 Maryland will take on Richmond, who the Terps have never lost to, on Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• Maryland was a perfect 9-0 in College Park in 2007 and beat No. 2 Virginia and No. 16 James Madison last week. The Terps have not lost at home since April 5, 2006.
• The Terps are coming off of a 16-10 win against James Madison on Saturday afternoon.
• Richmond lost a one-goal game, 16-15, on Saturday to Virginia Tech. The Spiders let a two-goal lead slip away late in the game.

Terps Handle James Madison, 16-10
• Senior Kelly Kasper led all of Maryland's 10 point scorers with four goals and an assist as the No. 4 Maryland women's lacrosse team defeated No. 16 James Madison, 16-10, on March 8 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• Senior Dana Dobbie recorded three goals and an assist while classmate Katie Princiotto had a goal and three assists. Senior Casey Magor notched a hat trick and sophomore Caitlyn McFadden contributed a goal and a pair of helpers.
• Sophomore Ali Perkins scored a goal and an assist off the bench.

Buote Tabbed ACC Player of the Week
• Senior goalie Allie Buote was named the ACC Player of the Week after recording 17 saves in a pair of Maryland wins last week. The Annapolis native stopped a season-high 10 shots in an 8-5 win against No. 2 Virginia and then recorded seven saves against No. 16 James Madison in a 16-10 victory.
• Buote led the Maryland defense to an overwhelming performance against the Cavalier offense on March 4, allowing just five goals to a team that went into the game averaging 14.33 per game. It was Virginia's lowest scoring output in almost eight years dating back to 2000.
• Buote then went on to make seven saves, five in the second half, in 52 minutes against James Madison on Saturday.
• She had a mere 6.44 goals against average last week and saved 58.6 percent of the shots thrown at her.

Draw The Line
• Maryland has been stellar so far this season when it comes to draw controls.
• The Terps have won 85 of the 132 draws they have seen - or 64 percent.
• Maryland has won more draws than their opponent in each of their five games this season. In their three ACC games, the Terps are outdrawing their foes 53-25.
• Senior Dana Dobbie has picked up 18 draw controls in the last three games.
• Dobbie and Kelly Kasper have combined for 39 draws as Dobbie leads the team with 25 while Kasper has 14.
• Dobbie ranks third in the nation in draw controls per game and Maryland as a team ranks fourth.

Scouting The Spiders
• Richmond enters Wednesday with a 2-4 record with its wins coming against Longwood and William & Mary.
• The Spiders have faced three ACC teams already this year and are 0-3 in those games. Richmond has lost to Duke, Virginia, and Virginia Tech.
• Allison Furstenburg leads the team with 20 goals and 30 points while her 10 assists are second on the team.
• Mandy Friend has racked up 16 goals and a team-leading 12 assists while Lexie Marrocco has scored 12 goals.
• Friend also leads the team with 25 draw controls, 23 ground balls, and nine caused turnovers.
• Erica Marrocco has spent all 360 minutes in the cage for the Spiders and is allowing 14.50 goals per outing while saving 41.6 percent of the shots she faces.

Series History
• Maryland is a perfect 14-0 against Richmond all time.
• The Spiders have not scored 10 goals in any of the last 10 meetings while Maryland is averaging 12 goals in those games.
• The two teams did not play each other between 1993-2003.

Last 10 Meetings:
March 7, 2007: Maryland 15, RICHMOND 9
March 4, 2006: MARYLAND 12, Richmond 9
March 3, 2005: Maryland 14, RICHMOND 6
February 21, 2004: MARYLAND 16, Richmond 6
April 14, 1992: MARYLAND 17, Richmond 0
March 8, 1991: Maryland 15, RICHMOND 4
March 28, 1990: MARYLAND 17, Richmond 5
1989: Maryland 10, RICHMOND 7
March 31, 1988: MARYLAND 7, Richmond 6
April 2, 1987: Maryland 24, RICHMOND 3
(Home team in CAPS)

State of Defense
• The Maryland back line has proven it can be a strength for the Terrapins this season as just one team has scored over 10 goals so far.
• The Terps allowed just five goals to a Virginia team that was averaging 14.3 goals per game. The Cavaliers' lowest output before the game was 13.
• It was Virginia's lowest goal total since they scored five against James Madison on May 14, 2000 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Senior goalie Allie Buote came up with a season-best 10 saves against the Cavaliers.
• The Terps' defense is allowing just 9.2 goals per game while the offense is racking up 15.6 goals.
• Maryland's opposition has turned the ball over 84 times this season with 45 of them being caused by women in red and black.
• Opponents are also just getting off 21.2 shots a game and have a shooting percentage of .434.

Cohen & Co.
• Senior Lauren Cohen has stepped up on the offensive end for the Terps so far this season.
• She is currently third on the squad with 15 goals and her 19 points rank third on the team. Dobbie and Kasper lead the team with 16 goals each.
• The Farmingdale, N.Y., native is also 2-for-2 on free positions and she has been credited with two game-winning goals against Massachusetts and Virginia.
• Her 15 goals have come on 19 shots for a .536 shooting percentage which is second only to classmate Dana Dobbie.
• Cohen is averaging 3.80 points per game which is sixth in the conference and her 3.00 goals per game are fifth.

Kounting On Kasper
• Senior Kelly Kasper has been a force all over the field for the Terps.
• The Eldersburg, Md., product leads the team with 16 goals, nine assists and 25 points while her four caused turnovers are third and three ground balls are fourth.
• She has also picked up 14 draw controls which is second on the team.
• Kasper leads the ACC in points per game (5.00), is third in goals (3.20) and fourth in assists (1.80). She ranks 12th nationally in assists and points.
• Kasper was named the ACC, Inside Lacrosse, and WomensLax.com Player of the Week on February 25 after recording nine goals and seven assists in Maryland's first two games of the season. She 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.

Drawn To Dobbie
• Senior Dana Dobbie, a finalist for the Tewaaraton last season, is putting up some big numbers early this season.
• The Ontario native has been dominant on draw controls as she has secured 25 of them, almost twice as more as any other Terp.
• She picked up nine at Duke on March 1 which was more than the entire Blue Devil team. She then recorded six more draws against Virginia which was more than the Cavaliers' four.
• Dobbie is averaging five draws per game this season which is fourth in the nation.
• On the offensive end, Dobbie is tied for the team lead with 16 goals and her 21 points are second. Her 16 goals have come on 29 shots for a team-best .552 shooting percentage.
• She ranks third in the conference with 3.20 goals per game and her 4.20 points per game are fifth.
• Defensively, her aggressive style has produced 10 turnovers which is also tops on the team.

Back On The Sideline
• Head coach Cathy Reese returned to the Maryland sideline last week for a pair of wins against No. 2 Virginia and No. 16 James madison.
• She had not traveled with the team for their first three games at UMass, Boston College, and Duke due to her pregnancy.
• Reese is due to give birth to her third child, a girl, on March 12.

Protect This House
• Maryland was a perfect 9-0 in College Park in 2007, going 5-0 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, 3-0 at Ludwig Field, and 1-0 at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium.
• The last perfect season Maryland had in College Park was in 2001.
• Maryland extended its home winning streak to 11 games with a 16-10 win against No. 16 James Madison on March 8.
• The Terps, now in their second season under the guidance of Cathy Reese, have won all three games in which they have played an opponent ranked No. 1 or No. 2 at home in the past two seasons and have done it in three different locations.
• Maryland has not lost at home since April 5, 2006 against Georgetown - an 11-10 setback.
• The Terps are 151-14 in College Park dating back to 1990 with 10 perfect seasons in that span.
• Records of home and away games are incomplete from 1974-89.

Success Against The Best
• Since head coach Cathy Reese took over for the 2007 season, Maryland is a perfect 7-0 in College Park against teams ranked in the top 20.
• Last year, the Terps were 5-0 against ranked foes with wins against No. 2 Duke, No. 13 Johns Hopkins, No. 1 North Carolina, No. 11 Princeton, and No. 12 Yale.
• Maryland pushed that winning streak to seven games with a 16-10 win against No. 16 James Madison on March 8.
• The Terps are 11-4 overall against teams that are ranked the past two seasons.

Senior Moments
• The Terps, whose 10 seniors is tied for the most in the country, are getting a lot of production from their leaders this year.
• The senior class has accounted for 86 of the 117 points scored in Maryland's three games - or 74 percent.
• Seven of the Terps' 12 starters were seniors in the first three games and Maryland has started eight in the last two.

The Magic Number
• Since Cathy Reese took over in 2007, Maryland is 18-1 in games the Terps score 10 or more goals.
• Maryland went 15-0 last year in those games and is 3-1 to start this season.
• The Terrapins' first loss when scoring 10 or more goals in the Reese era came on March 1 in a 14-13 loss at Duke.
• The Terps were 1-4 in games that they did not score double-digit goals in 2007 but are 1-0 this season.

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.

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.

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 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.

Terps Beat Virginia For First Time Since 2003
• Senior Allie Buote was credited with 10 saves and classmate Dana Dobbie recorded three goals, an assist, and six draw controls as the No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team beat No. 2 Virginia, 8-5, on March 4 at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex.
• The Terps, now in their second season under the guidance of Cathy Reese, have won all three games in which they have played an opponent ranked No. 1 or No. 2 at home in the past two seasons and have done it in three different locations.
• Last season, Maryland defeated No. 2 Duke, 19-18, on March 3 at Ludwig Field and then knocked off No. 1 North Carolina three weeks later at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium, 8-6.
• Dobbie snatched up six of the Terps' 11 draw controls on the night while Virginia had just four. Senior Lauren Cohen recorded two goals and an assist while classmate Katie Pumphrey notched four ground balls and three caused turnovers on the defensive end.

No. 3 Duke Escapes Terps
• No. 3 Duke scored three unanswered goals in the final 12:04 and Jess Adams scored the game-winner with three seconds left to beat the No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team, 14-13, on March 1 at Koskinen Stadium. The last two games in the series have both been decided by a single goal.
• Senior Lauren Cohen paced the Terps with four goals and an assist while classmate Kelly Kasper scored three goals.
• Senior Dana Dobbie had two goals and an assist while senior Casey Magor and sophomore Caitlyn McFadden chipped in with a goal and a pair of assists. Dobbie added nine draw controls and three caused turnovers.
• Maryland held a significant 22-7 advantage in draws but turned the ball over 16 times compared to Duke's nine.
• As Maryland was working the offense and trying to kill off some of the clock with a one-goal lead, it turned the ball over and Duke took possession. The Blue Devils made the most of the mistake and scored the game-tying goal with 1:29 left in the game.
• Dobbie won the ensuing draw to give the Terps possession in the last minute, but the Duke defense forced another turnover and gained possession of the ball.
• Maryland was whistled for a foul with 13 seconds left and Duke was awarded a free position, but Sarah Bullard's shot was blocked.
• Adam gained possession of the ball and scored with just three seconds remaining, her only point of the game, to give Duke the come-from-behind victory.

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.

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.