March 26, 2002
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The University of Maryland women's lacrosse team earned its fourth-straight win today, handing the visiting Harvard Crimson a 18-3 defeat on a misty day at Ludwig Field. The win pushed the Terrapins' record to 5-3 overall (0-3 ACC) while Harvard falls to 2-2.
The Terps' 18-goal effort continued its current high-scoring string, making it a total of 98 goals it their last six games (an average of 16.3 goals per game). But as it has been lately, the story has been the improved play of the Maryland defense.
Against the Crimson, the Terrapin defense allowed a total of just nine shots in the game, fewest by a Maryland opponent since game 16 of last season, a 7-6 win over Princeton. The three goals allowed by the Terps were -- like the shot total -- fewest by a Terp opponent this year as well as the lowest goal total by a Maryland opponent since last year's 19-2 win over Ohio State.
Offensively, Maryland didn't get going until around the 10-minute mark in the first half. Before Meredith Egan scored an unassisted goal with 9:02 left in the half, the Terrapins' lead was just 4-2. After Egan's goal, Maryland ran off four more unanswered goals -- three within the span of a minute and then the last coming with five seconds left in the half -- to put it up 9-2 at the break.
The second half showed no relief for the Crimson as they were held without a goal for the first 20 minutes of the period while the Terps rattled off another six to run the score to 15-2. All told, Maryland scored 13 unanswered goals in just under 22 minutes, putting a relatively close game on ice.
Individually, junior Sonia Judd continued her strong play, netting five goals and a pair of assists to lead all scorers (seven points). The goal and point total were career highs for Judd and come on the heels of her being named co-ACC Player of the Week earlier today after setting career highs for points and goals in last week's games.
Joining Judd atop the scoring column were Kelly Coppedge (four goals, two assists), Courtney Hobbs (one goal, three assists) and Annie Collins (two goals, two assists).
The Terrapins return to action this weekend as they play host to the 2002 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Ludwig Field. Competition begins at 5:00 p.m. on Friday as North Carolina will take on Ohio State before the Terrapins play Penn State at 7:00 p.m. Play will wrap up on Sunday with the Terps sqauring off with Ohio State at 11:00 a.m. and UNC facing the Nittany Lions at 1:00 p.m.
GAME SCORING
HARVARD 2 1 -- 3
#7 MARYLAND 9 9 -- 18
Half-Time Team, Goal (Assist) HU-UM
1-29:16 Maryland, Sonia Judd (unassisted) 0-1
1-26:32 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (Walker) 0-2
1-18:14 Harvard, Elaine Belitsos (Shaughnessy) 1-2
1-17:47 Harvard, Hilary Walton (Moroz) 2-2
1-15:50 Maryland, Sonia Judd (FPS) 2-3
1-13:05 Maryland, Sonia Judd (Hobbs) 2-4
1-9:02 Maryland, Meredith Egan (unassisted) 2-5
1-4:42 Maryland, Julie Shank (Collins) 2-6
1-4:32 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (unassisted) 2-7
1-4:16 Maryland, Kristie Leggio (Collins) 2-8
1-0:05 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (Judd) 2-9
2-26:58 Maryland, Annie Collins (FPS) 2-10
2-23:19 Maryland, Sonia Judd (FPS) 2-11
2-19:09 Maryland, Courtney Hobbs (Judd 2-12
2-17:03 Maryland, Annie Collins (FPS) 2-13
2-15:46 Maryland, Sonia Judd (Leggio) 2-14
2-13:07 Maryland, Greta Sommers (Hobbs) 2-15
2-9:03 Harvard, Erin Kutner (O'Brien) 3-15
2-7:52 Maryland, Kelly Coppedge (Hobbs) 3-16
2-1:59 Maryland, Kristie Leggio (Coppedge) 3-17
2-1:25 Maryland, Jessica Dorney (Coppedge) 3-18
TEAM STATS
Category Maryland Harvard
Shots 16-14--30 5-4--9
Saves 2-1--3 3-4--7
Draw Controls 7-6--13 7-4--11
Groundballs 17-14--31 13-13--26
Turnovers 7-5--12 13-8--21
Caused Turnovers 10-7--17 6-7--13
Free Position Shots 3-5--8 2-0--2
Fouls 8-5--13 5-7--12
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Maryland Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Sonia Judd 5-2--7
Kelly Coppedge 4-2--6
Annie Collins 2-2--4
Courtney Hobbs 1-3--4
Kristie Leggio 2-1--3
Jessica Dorney 1-0--1
Meredith Egan 1-0--1
Julie Shank 1-0--1
Greta Sommers 1-0--1
Acacia Walker 0-1--1
Harvard Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Elaine Belitsos 1-0--1
Erin Kutner 1-0--1
Hilary Walton 1-0--1
Leslie Moroz 0-1--1
Katie O'Brien 0-1--1
Katie Shaughnessy 0-1--1
GOALIES
Maryland Goalies Saves GA Min.
Alexis Venechanos 2 2 44:14
Cara Gorman 1 1 12:51
Kirah Miles 0 0 2:55
Harvard Goalies Saves GA Min.
Laura Mancini 7 18 60:00
ATTENDANCE: 119
