Terps Beat Brown, 19-6
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse team heads to Charlottesville on Tuesday, March 13 to take on No. 7 Virginia at 5:00 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium. Both teams are a perfect 5-0 this season and are unblemished in the ACC. The Cavaliers have won six-straight games against the Terrapins dating back to 2003. The game will be available to watch live via ACC Select.
Terps Meet Virginia In ACC Action
• The No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse travels to No. 7 Virginia on March 13 to take on the Cavaliers at Klö--ckner Stadium at 5:00 p.m.
• Both Maryland and Virginia are undefeated so far this season at 5-0.
• Last season, UVA knocked off the Terps at the Lacrosse & Field Hockey Complex in College Park, 14-9. The Cavaliers used a 5-0 run between the first and second halves to pull away for the win.
• The Terps own a 29-14 all-time advantage in the series.
Terps Take Two Last Week
• Maryland continued its hot start to the 2007 campaign with a pair of non-conference victories last week. On March 7, the Terrapins went on the road and beat No. 13 Richmond, 15-9, before returning home to take care of Brown, 19-6, on March 10.
• Junior Casey Magor recorded career highs with four assists and five points in the win against the Spiders. Senior Krista Pellizzi and junior Dana Dobbie both added hat tricks in the win.
• Against Brown, four Terps recorded hat tricks led by Pellizzi with five goals and an assist and junior Katie Princiotto who notched three goals and three assists.
• Maryland outshot the Bears 54-18 in the game, allowing just nine shots in both halves.
Record Setting Start
• Nobody has been able to stop the Maryland offense so far this season as the Terps have scored 15 or more goals in every game this season.
• The Terrapins have accumulated 94 goals in five games, an 18.8-per-game average. Both of those numbers are the best offensive starts to any season in program history through five games.
• The previous record was 87 goals in 2000 under head coach Cindy Timchal.
Scouting The Cavaliers
• Virginia, the 2006 ACC Champion, enters the game at 5-0 and won its ACC opener against Virginia Tech on February 21, 15-2.
• The Cavaliers have knocked off three ranked opponents this season. They beat No. 13 Richmond (13-5), No. 15 Syracuse (10-8), and No. 13 Penn State (13-6).
• UVA has allowed just 29 goals in five games, a 5.8 per game average.
• Virginia lost three All-ACC performers from 2006 but returned Rookie of the Year Blair Weymouth who has recorded 13 goals and six points this season.
• Kate Breslin has led the Cavaliers' offense in the early going with 19 goals and five assists while Ashley McCulloch has notched eight goals and nine helpers.
• Goalie Kendall McBrearty has racked up 23 goals while allowing just 28 shots to reach the back of the cage. She is allowing a mere 5.79 goals per game.
Series History
• Maryland owns a 29-14 lead in the all-time series against Virginia.
• Virginia has won the last six matchups dating back to 2003.
• The Terps have not scored 15 goals against UVA since its 15-12 win in 2002.
Last 10 Meetings:
March 7, 2006: Virginia 14, Maryland 9 (College Park)
April 29, 2005: Virginia 15, Maryland 11 (Baltimore/ACC Tournament)
March 8, 2005: Virginia 15, Maryland 8 (Charlottesville, Va.)
April 23, 2004: Virginia 9, Maryland 7 (Chapel Hill, N.C./ACC Tournament)
March 9, 2004: Virginia 10, Maryland 8 (College Park)
May 16, 2003: Virginia 9, Maryland 8 (Syracuse, N.Y./NCAA Semifinals)
April 20, 2003: Maryland 11, Virginia 6 (Charlottesville, Va./ACC Tournament)
March 11, 2003: Maryland 11, Virginia 8 (Charlottesville, Va.)
April 19, 2002: Maryland 15, Virginia 12 (Durham, N.C./ACC Tournament)
March 12, 2002: Virginia 17, Maryland 16 (College Park)
Reese's Success at Maryland
• Head coach Cathy Reese is not new to the Maryland lacrosse world. In fact, she has been a vital part of the program's legacy. As a player and assistant coach from 1995-2003, Reese helped the Terps win seven national championships.
• Reese and the Terps did not lose a game in her freshman and sophomore seasons.
• In her eighth year on campus, Reese's record with Maryland is a staggering 174-19.
Reese Turns Denver Program Around
• Reese will look to do in College Park what she achieved in the Mile High City as Denver's head coach for three seasons. The Pioneers saw limited success prior to her arrival in 2004, but that all changed.
• Denver had one winning season since the program's inception in 1999 and in her third year at the helm, the Pioneers soared to new heights. Denver went 15-5 and won the regular season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) title and advanced to the finals of the conference tournament.
• For her success, Reese was tabbed MPSF Coach of the Year. She also mentored the first Pioneer women's lacrosse student-athlete to All-America status.
First Half Dominance
• The Terps own a 94-49 advantage in scoring through the first five games of the season, but the first half has been something special.
• Maryland owns a 52-19 advantage in goals in the first half this season.
• In the season-opener at UMBC on February 19, Maryland jumped out to a 15-3 lead in the first half.
• The Terps did much of the same against Boston College (February 24) and Richmond (March 7) as they outscored the Eagles, 10-3, and the Spiders, 10-2, in the opening frame.
Terp Ranks In The ACC (as of 3/5)
• Maryland is etched all over the season leaderboard in the conference in the early going of the season as six Terps are ranked in either goals, assists, or points per game.
• Senior Krista Pellizzi finds herself on all three ledgers as she leads the league in points per game (5.67) while her goals (3.67) and assists (2.00) per game marks are third.
• Junior Dana Dobbie is fourth in the ACC in goals per game (3.33) while senior Katie Doolittle (2.00) and freshman Caitlyn McFadden (2.00) are tied for ninth. McFadden is also fifth in ground balls per game at 2.67.
• Junior Katie Princiotto leads the conference in assists at 2.67 per game while her 4.33 points per game is third.
• As a team, Maryland is easily the best offense so far this season. Maryland averages 20 goals per game and assists on 10 of them a game. Their 46.33 shots per game is also the best in the ACC as are their 30 points per game.
• Duke is second in the three main categories as they score 15.20 goals per game, average 6.60 assists, and have recorded 21.80 points.
Notice: Newcomers Have Arrived
• With the absence of Maryland's top returning scorer in junior Kelly Kasper, the Terps found other ways to score as their newcomers made an immediate impact in the season opener at UMBC.
• Junior Dana Dobbie scored the first goal of the Cathy Reese era at the 27:39 point of the first half. It was also her first goal as a Terp. She finished the day with a game-high six goals.
• A trio of freshmen also got in on the act as Amanda Spinnenweber recorded four goals and two assists, Caitlyn McFadden notched a hat trick, and Ali Perkins notched a goal and dished out three assists.
• Dobbie is second on the team with 16 goals and leads with 28 draw controls.
• McFadden leads all freshmen with 10 points and is second on the team with 10 caused turnovers.
• Spinnenweber leads the freshmen class with seven goals.
Drawn To Perfection
• Junior Dana Dobbie, a transfer from Ohio University, is off to an impressive start in College Park.
• The Canadian Naitonal Team member is second on the team in goals (16) and third in points (18).
• Dobbie, the 2005 national leader in draw controls, has assumulated 28 in five games this season. She is averaging 5.6 per game. She led the country in 2005 with 5.14 per contest.
• She has 16 more draw controls than anyone else on the team and accounts for 30 percent of the draws.
• Dobbie excelled at draws against the Retrievers on February 19 as she racked up 10 in all. That total matched the entire UMBC team.
• Dobbie has recored a hat trick in four of the first five games and notched six goals in the season-opener at UMBC.
A Little Help From Prince
• Junior Katie Princiotto has become a huge contributor on the offensive end in 2007. She has a team-best 13 assists in five games. Her 2.67 average currently leads the ACC while her 4.33 points per game is third. She also has 10 goals and her 23 points are second on the team.
• Prior to this season, Princiotto had not recorded an assist in 29 contests.
Krista Clear
• Senior Krista Pellizzi has paced the Terps' attack this year as she leads the team with 19 goals and 26 points.
• Pellizzi was named the ACC Player of the Week on February 26 for her performance in Maryland's wins against UMBC and Boston College.
• Against the Retrievers on February 19, she recorded two goals and two assists.
• Against the Eagles on February 24, Pellizzi matched her career highs with five goals, three assists, and eight points.
• Pellizzi has scored three or more goals in each of the last four contests.
Trio Of Honors For Duke Win
• Head coach Cathy Reese was named the US Lacrosse Coach of the Week for the Terps' triumph against Duke on March 3.
• The Terrapins' 19-18 win was the first win against the Blue Devils since 2003 and it also snapped Duke's 12-game road winning streak that dated back to 2005. The 19 goals allowed by Duke are the most in the program's history.
• Junior Lauren Cohen was named the womenslacrosse.com Player of the Week for her career day as she recorded career highs with four goals and six points.
• Senior Becky Clipp was tabbed the womenslax.com Player of the Week for her caused turnover that sealed the win for Maryland. Clipp drew a charge on Duke's last possession to give the Terps the win.
Terps Outlast Duke In 19-18 Win
• Maryland and No. 2 Duke took part in a shootout on March 3 and it was the Terps who came away with a 19-18 victory.
• The Terrapins' offensive explosion is the most goals ever allowed by Duke in a game. The previous high was 18 which had been done three times. Most recently, Virginia scored 18 on the Blue Devils in 2002.
• Maryland also scored 18 goals against Duke in 2001.
• Junior Lauren Cohen had a career game as she set new personal bests with four goals and six points while her two assists matched her career high.
• Senior Krista Pellizzi continued her solid play with four goals and an assist while junior Dana Dobbie added a hat trick and eight draw controls.
• Junior Kelly Kasper was a force in all aspects of the game as she recorded two goals, an assist, five caused turnovers, three ground balls, and two draw controls.
• In all, seven Terps finished the game with multiple goals.
Terps' Offense Explodes In Season Opener
• The Maryland attack could not be stopped on February 19 in its 23-8 rout of UMBC. The Terps notched 23 goals, which is the most in nearly three years.
• The Terrapins scored 23 times on just 48 shots with 48 percent of their shots finding the back of the net.
Scoring Streaks
• Junior Kelly Kasper had an impressive scoring streak heading into the season as she notched a goal in all 20 games last season. She also caused a turnover in every contest in 2006. She has found the back of the cage in 30 straight games going back to her freshman year in 2005. The last time she didn't score a goal was against Johns Hopkins on April 9, 2005.
• Kasper, who didn't cause a turnover against BC, had caused a turnover in 24 straight games dating back to April 29, 2005.
Preseason Honors Handed Out
• Seniors Becky Clipp and Katie Doolittle and junior Kelly Kasper earned a pair of preseason accolades last week. All three were placed on the 2007 Preseason Tewaaraton Watch List. The Tewaaraton is given annually to the nation's top lacrosse student-athlete.
• Current associate head coach Jen Adams was the first-ever winner of the Tewaaraton back in 2001.
• Clipp and Kasper were also honored as second-team preseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse.
• Senior Krista Pellizzi and junior Dana Dobbie were the other Terrapins recognized by Inside Lacrosse as they were both put on the third team.
ACC Shows Its Power Again
• The Atlantic Coast Conference continues to be one of the premier conferences in women's lacrosse. The ACC sported four teams in the top 20 of the IWLCA preseason Coaches Poll.
• Duke was ranked No. 2 and North Carolina comes in at No. 4. The ACC and the BIG EAST both had two teams in the top five as Georgetown and Notre Dame were ranked No. 3 and No. 5, respectively.
• Maryland was ranked No. 8 and Virginia was right behind the Terps at No. 9.
• North Carolina started its season off with a bang by knocking off No. 1 and two-time defending national champion Northwestern on Saturday, February 17. The Tar Heels beat the Wildcats, 9-8, in double overtime.
To Be The Best...
• Maryland will have to beat the best as 11 of its 17 regular season contests will be against teams ranked in the IWLCA preseason Coaches Poll.
• Eight of those 11 teams were ranked in the top 10 and three were in the top five.
• The Terrapins will go through its toughest stretch from March 13 to April 3 when it plays six-straight ranked opponents. The slate begins at No. 7 Virginia and then is followed up by No. 7 Dartmouth, No. 11 Johns Hopkins, No. 1 North Carolina, preseason No. 18 Stanford, and No. 10 Georgetown.
Loaded With Experience
• Maryland returns eight student-athletes who started all 20 games last season. Junior Allie Buote returns to the cage and will anchor the defense. The back line is familiar with each other as Becky Clipp started every game last season along with Martha Raver. Megan Cassara also appeared in all 20 contests with four starts.
• The Terps' are experienced in every area on the field as the midfield returns Kelly Kasper, Katie Doolittle, and Lauren Cohen who all started every game last year as well. At attack, Casey Magor and Krista Pellizzi all notched 20 starts as well.
