May 16, 2004
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
The Georgetown Hoyas used a dynamic offense and applied plenty of defensive pressure to defeat No. 3 Maryland, 14-10, and advance to the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Final Four. The Hoyas got goals from nine different players and Coco Stanwick scored a hat trick to help lead Georgetown to its third final four in the last four seasons. The Hoyas also avenged an earlier 13-8 loss earlier this season and have won two of its last three games played at Ludwig Field.
Georgetown (13-4) will face the winner of Virginia and Northwestern in next week's national semifinal. Maryland finishes the season at 15-5.
Maryland's Kelly Coppedge capped her brilliant Terrapin career by scoring a game-high four points on three goals and an assist. With those four points, she became just the 14th player in Division I history to score 300 points in a career.
In the first half, the two teams were never separated by more than two goals. With Maryland leading 5-3 with 8:14 left in the first half, the Hoyas closed the half with three unanswered goals to take a 6-5 lead into the locker room.
That lead would not last long, though, as Brooke Richards found the back of the net just 32 seconds into the second half to tie the score at 6-6. Just over two minutes later, though, Stanwick and Anouck Peters gave Georgetown an 8-6 lead. Coppedge cut into the lead for the Terps with a score at 25:48, but the Hoyas went on a crucial 4-0 run over the next 17 minutes to get some distance from Maryland. Catherine Elbe scored two goals in that run and Allison Chambers and Lauryn Bernier also found the back of the net for Georgetown.
After Chambers' score at 8:56 gave the Hoyas a 12-7 lead, the Terps fought back on quick scores from Acacia Walker and Katie Doolittle. Walker scored just 11 seconds after Chambers at 8:45, and Doolittle got her score just 20 seconds later at 8:25 to cut the lead to 12-9.
The Hoyas would not be denied, though, as Chambers scored again at 7:19 to push the lead back to 13-9. Just over five minutes later, Sarah Oliphant put the game away on a goal on an assist from Peters.
Despite winning just seven of 26 draw controls, the Hoya defense and play in the midfield helped keep Maryland at bay. Twice after Maryland won draw controls, Oliphant caused a turnover that led directly to a breakout situation for Georgetown. The Terps committed 17 turnovers (eight of which were caused by Georgetown defenders), and the Hoyas picked up 26 ground balls. Georgetown goalie Sarah Robinson stopped 14 shots and Oliphant and Ellers led the Hoyas with two caused turnovers apiece.
Maryland was unable to find the kind of offensive balance that Georgetown had in the game. Delia Cox was held to just one score and Annie Collins and Acacia Walker were held to two points each. In addition to her four points, Coppedge finished with a game-high three caused turnovers, four ground balls and three draw controls.
