March 18, 2003
HANOVER, N.H. - In the battle of the unbeatens at Dartmouth's Scully-Fahey Field Tuesday, the University of Maryland women's lacrosse team took a 9-2 victory over No.10 Dartmouth College. With the win, the Terrapins improved to 7-0 on the season (3-0 ACC).
In the win, the Terps got out of the gate early, posting the game's first three goals. Sophomores Kristie Leggio and Acacia Walker netted the game's first two goals before junior Kelly Coppedge netter the third. When Dartmouth's Whitney Jamison scored the first goal of the game for the Big Green, the Maryland lead was cut to two. It was the closest the hometown Green would get all day.
Maryland went on to run off the game's next four goals, pushing its lead out to 7-1 and then used a strong defense to coast home with the win.
Freshman Delia Cox paced the Terrapins with her first career hat trick. Sonia Judd led all scorers with four points behind a pair of goals and a pair of assists.
On the defensive side, the Terps held the Dartmouth women to their fewest goals scored since a 15-2 loss in 1996 at Princeton, also ranked second at the time.
Between the pipes, Dartmouth's Devon Wills made 10 saves, while Maryland's Alexis Venechanos stopped 12 shots on goal while allowing just two goals. Venechanos left the game owning a career-best .598 save percentage on the season and allowing just 6.84 goals per outing. Fellow senior Cara Gorman came on in the final minute and chipped in with a save of her own.
The Terrapins will return to action this Saturday as it will head to Norfolk, Va., for a game against Old Dominion University. Opening draw from Foreman Field is slated for 12:00 p.m..
WOMEN'S LACROSSE AT HANOVER, N.H.
Maryland (7-0) 5 4 -- 9
Dartmouth (2-1) 1 1 -- 2
Scoring
Maryland Goals -- Delia Cox 3, Sonia Judd 2, Acacia Walker 2, Kelly Coppedge, Kristie Leggio
Maryland Assists -- Coppedge 2, Judd 2, Julie Shank
Dartmouth Goals --Whitney Jamison, Kristen Zimmer
Dartmouth Assists -- Sarah Sanborn
Saves
Maryland -- Alexis Venechanos (58:41 MP), 2 GA, 13 saves; Cara Gorman (1:19 MP), 0 GA, 0 saves
Dartmouth -- Devon Wills (60:00 MP), 9 GA, 10 saves
Scoring Summary
Period Team Time Goal Assist Score
1 M 28:39 Kristie Leggio Sonia Judd M 1-0
1 M 26:46 Acacia Walker M 2-0
1 M 14:03 Kelly Coppedge (FP) M 3-0
1 D 9:32 Whitney Jamison M 3-1
1 M 8:15 Judd Coppedge M 4-1
1 M 7:10 Delia Cox Judd M 5-1
Halftime: Maryland 5, Dartmouth 1
2 M 23:46 Walker 2 Coppedge M 6-1
2 M 19:37 Cox 2 M 7-1
2 D 17:52 Kristen Zimmer Sarah Sanborn M 7-2
2 M 17:42 Judd 2 M 8-2
2 M 7:37 Cox 2 Julie Shank M 9-2
FINAL SCORE: Maryland 9, Dartmouth 2
