University of Maryland Athletics

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 4 Maryland women's lacrosse team begins a three-game homestand on Wednesday, March 21 when it welcomes No. 13 Johns Hopkins to College Park. It is the Terrapins' first night game of the season with a 7:00 p.m. start. The Lacrosse & Field Hockey Complex will also play host to a game between No. 15 Denver and Cornell at 3:30 p.m. before the Terps take the field.

Maryland's game against the Blue Jays can be viewed live via ACC Select and can be heard on the radio at wmucsports.com.

Terps Host Hopkins In Midweek Clash
• The No. 4 Maryland women's lacrosse returns to the Lacrosse & Field Hockey Complex to host No. 13 Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, March 21 for a non-conference tilt at 7:00 p.m. It is the first of three-straight home games for the Terrapins.
• Maryland has never lost to the Blue Jays, winning all eight meetings between the two programs.
• Last season, Maryland shocked a No. 2 Johns Hopkins club in Baltimore, 14-11. Senior Krista Pellizzi recorded four goals and three assists to lead the Terps to victory. Classmate Katie Doolittle notched four goals and an assist while juniors Kelly Kasper and Katie Princiotto each added a pair of goals.
• The last three meetings have all been decided by three goals or less with the closest decision coming in 2005 in College Park, 12-10.
• The Terrapins have averaged 16 goals a game against Hopkins in the eight meetings.

Terps Split Two Last Week
• Maryland lost its first game of the 2007 campaign with a 15-4 setback at No. 7 Virginia on March 13. Blair Weymouth paced the Cavalier attack with five goals and three assists while Brittany Kalkstein added four goals of her own.
• Junior Casey Magor was the only Terp to notch multiple points with two.
• The Terrapins bounced back with an impressive 13-7 road win at No. 9 Dartmouth on March 16. The game, orginially scheduled for Saturday, was moved up to Friday due to the threat of snow.
• Junior Dana Dobbie paced Maryland with a career high seven goals in the win. It was the most goals scored by a Terp since Kelly Coppedge did it against Johns Hopkins on April 12, 2003.
• Senior Katie Doolittle notched a hat trick for the Terps while junior Katie Princiotto had a goal and two assists.

Drawn To Perfection
• Junior Dana Dobbie, a transfer from Ohio University, is off to an impressive start in College Park.
• The Canadian National Team member leads the team in goals (24) and is second in points (26).
• Dobbie, the 2005 national leader in draw controls, has assumulated 31 in seven games this season. She is averaging 4.43 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 26 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 racked up a career high seven goals in the win against No. 9 Dartmouth on March 16. That was the most goals scored by a Maryland player since Kelly Coppedge did it against Johns Hopkins on April 12, 2003.

Scouting The Blue Jays
• Johns Hopkins enters the game with a 4-2 record and is most recently coming off of a 16-13 loss at Georgetown on March 14. The Blue Jays also lost to Princeton in double overtime, 11-10.
• Its four wins all came against unranked opponents in George Washington, George Mason, Mount St. Mary's, and Ohio State.
• Mary Key has been a force for JHU so far this season as she has racked up 22 goals and 20 assists in six games while also leading the team with 14 ground balls and 14 draw controls.
• Key, the all-time leading point scorer at Hopkins, currently ranks 13th in NCAA history with 304 points.
• Sam Schrum chips in with 11 goals and four assists while Sarah Walsh has nine goals and four assists. Kadie Stampher has recorded 10 goals.
• Amelia Harris has allowed 10.07 goals per game this year in the cage and has a save percentage of .437.

Series History
• Maryland has won every contest between the two programs and has racked up an 8-0 record.
• The Terrapins have averaged 16 goals a game against Hopkins in the eight meetings all-time.
• This is the first ever meeting between the two programs in the month of March as every previous game has been played in April.

Last 10 Meetings:
April 9, 2006: Maryland 14, Johns Hopkins 11 (Baltimore)
April 9, 2005: Maryland 12, Johns Hopkins 10 (College Park)
April 10, 2004: Maryland 14, Johns Hopkins 11 (Baltimore)
April 12, 2003: Maryland 19, Johns Hopkins 4 (College Park)
April 13, 2002: Maryland 13, Johns Hopkins 8 (Baltimore)
April 14, 2001: Maryland 24, Johns Hopkins 5 (College Park)
April 15, 2000: Maryland 16, Johns Hopkins 3 (Baltimore)
April 28, 1979: Maryland 17, Johns Hopkins 1 (College Park)

Record Setting Start
• Nobody was able to stop the Maryland offense through the first five games of the season.
• The Terrapins had 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.
• Maryland now has 111 goals through seven games which is eight behind the 119 goals the 2000 squad had.

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 175-20.

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 111-71 advantage in scoring through the first seven games of the season, but the first half has been something special.
• Maryland owns a 59-30 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 3/12)
• 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 (5.20) while her goals per game (3.80) is second and her assists per game (1.40) are tied for fifth.
• Junior Dana Dobbie is fifth in the ACC in goals per game (3.20) and her points per game (3.60) are eighth.
• Junior Katie Princiotto leads the conference in assists at 2.60 per game while her 4.60 points per game are tied for second.
• Juniors Lauren Cohen, Kelly Kasper, and Casey Magor are also on the assists chart as Cohen's 1.60 are fourth, Kasper's 1.25 are tied for eighth, and Magor's 1.40 are tied for fifth.
• As a team, Maryland is easily the best offense so far this season. Maryland averages 18 goals per game and assists on 10.40 of them a game. Their 47.60 shots per game is also the best in the ACC as are their 29.20 points per game.

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 leads the team with 24 goals and 31 draw controls. She is second with 26 points.
• McFadden leads all freshmen with 13 points and is second on the team with 13 caused turnovers.
• Spinnenweber leads the freshman class with seven goals.

A Little Help From Prince
• Junior Katie Princiotto has become a huge contributor on the offensive end in 2007. She has a team-best 15 assists in seven games. Her 2.60 average currently leads the ACC while her 4.60 points per game is tied for second. She also has 11 goals and her 26 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 28 points and 21 goals.
• 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 a goal in every game so far this season.

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 found the back of the cage in 30 straight games going back to her freshman year in 2005. That streak ended at No. 7 Virginia on March 13.
• Junior Dana Dobbie has a few streaks going as she has notched a goal and a draw control in every game so far this season. She holds team highs for goals in a game (7) and draw controls in a game (10). Dobbie also has a ground ball and a caused turnover in all but one game.
• Senior Krista Pellizzi has also scored a goal in every contest this year.
• Freshman Caitlyn McFadden has recorded a point in every game this season. She scored a goal in each of the first three games and has dished out an assist in the last four.

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.