COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 4 Maryland women's lacrosse team, coming off of an 8-5 win against No. 2 Virginia Tuesday night, will host No. 16 James Madison (1-2) on Saturday at noon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. With the win on Tuesday, the Terrapins (3-1) are now a perfect 6-0 at home against teams ranked in the top 20 under head coach Cathy Reese.

Terps Rekindle Series With James Madison
• No. 4 Maryland will face James Madison, ranked No. 16 in the country, for the first time since 2003 when the two teams meet on Saturday, March 8 at noon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• Maryland was a perfect 9-0 in College Park in 2007 and beat No. 2 Virginia on Tuesday night in this year's home opener. The Terps have not lost at home since April 5, 2006.
• The Terps are coming off of an 8-5 win against No. 2 Virginia on Tuesday night. Maryland is 3-0 at home in the past two seasons against teams ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the country.
• James Madison is coming off of a 16-5 win against Longwood in its home opener on Wednesday.

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.

State of Defense
• The Maryland back line 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 nine goals per game while the offense is racking up 15.5 goals.
• Maryland's opposition has turned the ball over 60 times this season with 32 of them being caused by women in red and black.
• Opponents are also just getting off 21 shots a game and have a shooting percentage of .424.

Scouting The Dukes
• James Madison is currently 1-2 and is coming off of a 16-5 win against Longwood in its home opener on Wednesday.
• The Dukes lost their first two games of the season against ranked opponents by one goal. They lost to Dartmouth in double overtime, 9-8, before falling to Yale, 10-9.
• Annie Wagner is leading the Dukes with eight goals and two assists while Kim Griffin has five goals and five helpers.
• The Dukes' defense allows just 7.66 goals per game.
• Seniors Dana Dobbie and Kelly Kasper have combined for 33 draw controls while James Madison has a total of 39 as a team. Natasha Fuchs leads the team with eight.

Series History
• Maryland is 36-4 all-time against James Madison but has lost the last two outings back in 2002 and 2003. Both games were decided by a single goal.
• The Terps have won eight of the last 10 meetings. Maryland scored more than 20 goals in two of those games in 1999 and 2000.

Last 10 Meetings:
April 5, 2003: James Madison 9, MARYLAND 8
April 6, 2002: JAMES MADISON 11, Maryland 10
May 13, 2001: MARYLAND 11, James Madison 9 (NCAA Tournament)
April 8, 2001: MARYLAND 16, James Madison 6
April 1, 2000: Maryland 24, JAMES MADISON 15
April 3, 1999: MARYLAND 23, James Madison 5
May 9, 1998: MARYLAND 13, James Madison 8 (NCAA Tournament)
April 4, 1998: Maryland 14, JAMES MADISON 11
April 5, 1997: MARYLAND 15, James Madison 9
April 6, 1996: Maryland 8, JAMES MADISON 3
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Draw The Line
• Maryland has been stellar so far this season when it comes to draw controls.
• The Terps have won 68 of the 105 draws they have seen - or 65 percent.
• Maryland has won more draws than their opponent in each of their four games this season. In their two ACC games, the Terps are outdrawing their foes 33-11.
• Senior Dana Dobbie has picked up 15 draw controls in the last two games.
• Dobbie and Kelly Kasper have combined for 33 of those draws as Dobbie leads the team with 22 while Kasper has 11.
• Dobbie finished 2007 with 79 draw controls and her 3.95 draws per game ranked fourth in the country.

Cohen & Co.
• Senior Lauren Cohen has stepped up on the offensive end for the Terps so far this season.
• She currently leads the squad with 14 goals and her 18 points rank second on the team.
• 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 14 goals have come on 25 shots for a .560 shooting percentage which is second only to classmate Dana Dobbie. Her 25 shots are the most on the team.
• Cohen is averaging 4.50 points per game.

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 eight assists and 20 points while her 12 goals, four caused turnovers, and three gournd balls are third.
• She has also picked up 11 draw controls which is second on the team.
• 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 22 of them, 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 5.5 draws per game this season. Last year, she was fourth in country with a 3.95 per game average. National statistics for this season will be available next week.
• On the offensive end, Dobbie is second on the team with 13 goals and her 17 points are third. Her 13 goals have come on 22 shots for a team-best .591 shooting percentage.
• Defensively, her aggressive style has produced seven turnovers which is also tops on the team.

Back On The Sideline
• Head coach Cathy Reese returned to the Maryland sideline on Tuesday night against Virginia, an 8-5 win.
• 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 11.

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 10 games with a 8-5 win against the Cavaliers Tuesday night.
• 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 150-14 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 6-0 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 Duke, No. 11 Princeton, and No. 12 Yale.
• Maryland pushed that winning streak to six games with an 8-5 win against Virginia on Tuesday night.
• The Terps are 10-4 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 69 of the 92 points scored in Maryland's three games - or 75 percent.
• Seven of the Terps' 12 starters were seniors in the first three games and Maryland started eight against Virginia.

The Magic Number
• Since Cathy Reese took over in 2007, Maryland is 17-1 in games the Terps score 10 or more goals.
• Maryland went 15-0 last year in those games and is 2-1 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.

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.