March 12, 2002
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The University of Maryland women's lacrosse team ran out of time in one of the highest scoring games in school history tonight, as it fell 17-16 to ACC-rival Virginia at Ludwig Field.
In the rain-soaked game, the sixth-ranked Terrapins (1-3, 0-3 ACC) and No. 8 Virginia (4-1, 1-0 ACC) pumped in 33 goals, the most in a Maryland game since a 24-15 win at James Madison in 2000 and the most at a Maryland home game since March 28, 1985, a 29-5 win over Towson State.
In the game, Maryland fell behind early and struggled in the first half. The Cavaliers scored the game's first six goals and led by as many as eight goals (9-1) in the first 30 minutes. Virginia carried a 12-4 lead into intermission, scoring on all but six shots in the frame.
The second half started with the Cavaliers scoring two of the first three goals and owning what seemed to be an insurmountable 14-5 lead with 28:02 left to play. The Terps, however, never gave up. Starting at the 27:16 mark, Maryland scored 11 of the game's final 14 goals and when Courtney Hobbs came up with the draw with 0:34 left, the Terrapins found themselves with a shot at sending the game to overtime.
That shot came with approximately three seconds remaining as senior Meredith Egan charged in and fired from the right side of the goal mouth with her shot, and the Terrapins' hopes at a miracle comeback sailing wide of the goal.
In the game, Kelly Coppedge led the Terps with a career-high five goals and seven total points. Hobbs scored four goals and added an assist while sophomore Annie Collins and senior Meredith Egan each added two goals. As a team, the Terrapins took 39 shots, 11 more than Virginia and their most as a team since game 11 of last season when they took 43 in a 17-5 win over William & Mary.
Maryland returns to action this Saturday as it will return to the road to face Brown in a 1:00 p.m. matchup in Providence, Rhode Island.
GAME SCORING
#8 VIRGINIA (4-1) 12 5 -- 17
#6 MARYLAND (1-3) 4 12 -- 16
Half-Time Team, Goal (Assist) UVa-UM
1-29:14 Virginia, Morgan Thalenberg (FPS) 1-0
1-25:15 Virginia, Molly Cangemi (unassisted) 2-0
1-23:06 Virginia, Lauren Aumiller (Appelt) 3-0
1-18:41 Virginia, Caitlin Banks (Cangemi) 4-0
1-17:49 Virginia, Caitlin Banks (Chasney) 5-0
1-14:49 Virginia, Lauren Aumiller (Appelt) 6-0
1-13:22 Maryland, Coutrney Hobbs (FPS) 6-1
1-11:03 Virginia, Lauren Aumiller (FPS) 7-1
1-9:52 Virginia, Caitlin Banks (Chasney) 8-1
1-9:09 Virginia, Cary Chasney (Appelt) 9-1
1-7:34 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (unassisted) 9-2
1-6:19 Virginia, Caitlin Banks (unassisted) 10-2
1-5:33 Maryland, Meredith Egan (Hobbs) 10-3
1-4:16 Virginia, Amy Appelt (Aumiller) 11-3
1-1:35 Maryland, Lindsay Buchanan (unassisted) 11-4
1-1:06 Virginia, Lauren Aumiller (Appelt) 12-4
2-29:45 Maryland, Kristie Leggio (Coppedge) 12-5
2-29:12 Virginia, Molly Cangemi (unassisted) 13-5
2-28:02 Virginia, Lauren Aumiller (Appelt) 14-5
2-27:16 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (unassisted) 14-6
2-23:12 Maryland, Greta Sommers (FPS) 14-7
2-22:53 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (FPS) 14-8
2-21:50 Maryland, Annie Collins (Leggio) 14-9
2-20:30 Virginia, Molly Cangemi (unassisted) 15-9
2-16:45 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (unassisted) 15-10
2-14:20 Virginia, Gina Sambus (Appelt) 16-10
2-11:32 Maryland, Courtney Hobbs (unassisted) 16-11
2-8:59 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (unassisted) 16-12
2-4:31 Maryland, Acacia Walker (unassisted) 16-13
2-4:02 Virginia, Cary Chasney (Sambus) 17-13
2-3:34 Maryland, Meredith Egan (unassisted) 17-14
2-1:19 Maryland, Courtney Hobbs (unassisted) 17-15
2-0:34 Maryland, Annie Collins (Coppedge) 17-16
TEAM STATS
Category Maryland Virginia
Shots 15-24--39 18-10--28
Saves 5-4--9 10-6--16
Draw Controls 10-12--22 8-5--13
Groundballs 16-19--35 18-15--33
Turnovers 7-5--12 9-10--19
Caused Turnovers 2-3--5 2-4--6
Free Position Shots 2-5--7 5-1--6
Fouls 13-9--22 5-13--18
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Maryland Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Kelly Coppedge 5-2--7
Courtney Hobbs 4-1--5
Annie Collins 2-0-2
Meredith Egan 2-0--2
Kristie Leggio 1-1--2
Greta Sommers 1-0-1
Acacia Walker 1-0-1
Virginia Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Lauren Aumiller 5-1--7
Amy Appelt 1-6--7
Caitlin Banks 4-0--4
Molly Cangemi 3-1--3
Cary Chasney 2-2--3
Gina Sambus 1-1--2
Morgan Thalenberg 1-0--1
GOALIES
Maryland Goalies Saves GA Min.
Alexis Venechanos 8 16 57:22
Cara Gorman 1 1 2:38
Virginia Goalies Saves GA Min.
Andrea Pheiffer 16 16 60:00
