April 8, 2003
Final Stats
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The second-ranked University of Maryland women's lacrosse team got back in the win column in a big way today on a cold, wet day at Ludwig Field as it defeated The College of William & Mary, 21-5. The Terrapins are now 12-1 while the Tribe drops to 1-11.
The game did not get off to the start one would expect as the Tribe scored the game's first two goals and at the 4:35 mark, the Terps were in a 2-0 hole. Sophomore Acacia Walker would jump start the Maryland offense just 19 seconds later as she fed a cutting Kelly Coppedge for the Terrapins' first goal of the game. Walker would dish out three more assists in the next five minutes and senior Sonia Judd would net a hat trick in the span and all of a sudden Maryland led, 6-2.
William & Mary's Allison Evans scored on a free position shot at the 20:24 mark to cut the lead to 6-3 and the Terps were off to the races again.
Maryland ran off the game's next nine goals with Coppedge and Judd each getting three more in the span and with 26:55 left to go in the game, the Terrapins had a 15-3 lead. Evans would again break the string and the Terps ran off four more to lead 19-4 with the game in running time.
In the end, Judd led all scorers while posting a career-high with nine points and seven goals, most by a Terp since fellow Aussie and current Maryland assistant Jen Adams posted eight goals and four assists against Johns Hopkins on April 14th of 2001. Coppedge set a career-high as well with her six goals, improving on her previous best of five set five times in her career.
Other outstanding individual totals posted included Walkers' career-high tying four assists, five draw controls for freshman Delia Cox, a hat trick by Kristie Leggio, and five ground balls by Leggio and Julie Shank. In addition, Tess McLeod scored the first goal of her career as a Terp while Meg Mallon got in the scoring column for the first time in her career with a pair of assists.
In goal, sophomore Kirah Miles got her first career win, going 55:25 and allowing just four goals while making five saves. She was also very active on loose balls, chasing down three ground balls.
Maryland will return to action this Saturday as it will host No. 19 Johns Hopkins in a 5:00 p.m. game at Ludwig Field. The game will precede the Terrapin men taking on Hopkins at Byrd Stadium at 8:00 p.m.
