University of Maryland Athletics

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 4 Maryland women's lacrosse team will take on the top team in the nation as North Carolina visits The Terrapins at 3:00 p.m. at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium. The game is part of a lacrosse doubleheader as the men will also host the Tar Heels at noon. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for youths 17 & under and senior citizens. Both games will be televised nationally on CSTV.

Terps Host Top-Ranked Tar Heels On Saturday
• The No. 4 Maryland women's lacrosse team will host ACC rival No. 1 North Carolina on Saturday, March 24 at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium. The game will be aired live nationally by CSTV.
• Maryland owns a slight edge in the all-time series between the two teams at 11-7. North Carolina won both of the meetings last year including a 9-7 triumph in Chapel Hill in the NCAA Tournament.
• Delia Cox led the way for Maryland in the two games with six goals and an assist while junior Kelly Kasper had two goals, three assists, and six ground balls.
• The Terps lost by a combined five goals in the two games last year.

Maryland Runs Past No. 13 Johns Hopkins
• The Terrapins used their fast pace offense to get by No. 13 Johns Hopkins, 22-15, on March 21 at the Lacrosse & Field Hockey Complex.
• Four Terrapins established new career highs in the game led by junior Lauren Cohen who scored a career-high six goals and classmate Allie Buote who saved a personal-best 14 shots.
• Junior Dana Dobbie racked up a career-high nine points in the win on six goals and three assists, also a personal best. She recorded a season-high 11 draw controls in the game as well. Junior Casey Magor notched a career-high three goals and matched her best game of five points.
• Junior Kelly Kasper added two goals and three assists for the Terps while freshman Caitlyn McFadden had two goals and a helper. Junior Katie Doolittle posted a pair of goals and senior Krista Pellizzi had a goal and an assist.
• The win improved Maryland's record against the Blue Jays to 9-0 all-time.

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 (30) and points (35).
• Dobbie, the 2005 national leader in draw controls, has accumulated 42 in eight games this season. She is averaging 5.25 per game. She led the country in 2005 with 5.14 per contest.
• She has 25 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.
• She also picked up a season-high 11 draw controls against No. 13 Johns Hopkins on March 21.
• 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 Tar Heels
• North Carolina enters the game ranked No. 1 in the country and is the only undefeated team left in the nation.
• The Tar Heels opened the season with 9-8 double overtime win against top-ranked and two-time defending national champion Northwestern. UNC also boasts wins over No. 20 Oregon, No. 20 Vanderbilt, and No. 5 Virginia.
• The Heels are coming off of a 16-7 win against the Cavaliers on March 17.
• Christina Juras paces the UNC offense with 19 goals and nine assists while Jess Allen, Erica LaGrow, and Kristen Taylor all have 15 goals. Taylor is the reigning ACC Player of the Week.
• Chrissy Rude and Melissa McCarthy also have double-digit goals with 12 and 10, respectively.
• The Carolina defense has been stellar this season, allowing just 52 goals in eight games, a 6.38 average. Kristen Hordy saves 53 percent of the shots she faces in the cage.
• Jenn Cook anchors the Heels' back line as she was last season's National Defender of the Year. She is a two-time All-ACC honoree. Juras, Hordy, and McCarthy were also All-ACC members last year.

Series History
• Maryland holds a slight 11-7 edge in the all-time series against North Carolina.
• The teams met twice last year with North Carolina taking both meetings. UNC won 11-9 in the regular season and then knocked the Terps out of the NCAA Tournament with a 9-6 win.

Last 10 Meetings:
May 14, 2006: North Carolina 9, Maryland 6 (Chapel Hill, N.C./NCAA Tournament)
April 15, 2006: North Carolina 11, Maryland 9 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
April 16, 2005: Maryland 14, North Carolina 7 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
April 17, 2004: Maryland 11, North Carolina 9 (College Park)
April 18, 2003: Maryland 13, North Carolina 5 (Charlottesville, Va./ACC Tournament)
March 2, 2003: Maryland 10, North Carolina 8 (College Park)
April 21, 2002: North Carolina 11, Maryland 10 (Durham, N.C./ACC Tournament)
March 3, 2002: North Carolina 13, Maryland 11 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
March 4, 2001: Maryland 8, North Carolina 7 (College Park)
April 23, 2000: Maryland 17, North Carolina 6 (College Park/ACC Tournament)

Last Year Against #1s
• Maryland went 0-2 last season against teams that were ranked No. 1 in the country.
• In the season-opener against defending national champion Northwestern, the Terps lost 13-8. Senior Krista Pellizzi and juniors Kelly Kasper and Casey Magor all recorded two points in the loss.
• Maryland also faced a No. 1 Duke team in the ACC semifinals when it lost 19-9. Senior Katie Doolittle had two goals in that game.

A Little Help From Prince
• Junior Katie Princiotto has become a huge contributor on the offensive end in 2007. She has a team-best 16 assists in eight 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 27 points are third 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 is second on the team with 22 goals and 30 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 a goal in every game so far this season.

Terps Sport Best Offense In The Nation (as of 3/18)
• Maryland's high powered offense currently ranks first in the nation with 17.83 goals per game. That is more than two goals better than Denver which comes in at 15.43 goals per outing. Cathy Reese and Jen Adams were at Denver prior to coming to Maryland in August of 2006.
• The Terps are also atop the nation in scoring margin at +8.50 which is tied with two-time defending national champion Northwestern.
• Maryland is also the best in the country at draw controls, averaging 17.67 a game. Junior Dana Dobbie is fifth in the nation in that category with 4.83 a game.
• The Terrapins are forcing 12.17 turnovers a game which is fourth best in the NCAA. Junior Kelly Kasper ranks fourth in the nation on the individual ledger with 2.80 a game.
• Along with the draw controls, Dobbie is ranked third in goals per game with 3.83 and is tied for 26th in points per game with 4.17.
• Senior Krista Pellizzi is tied for 15th with 3.33 goals per game and tied for 17th at 4.50 points per game.
• Junior Katie Princiotto is tied for ninth in assists per game at 2.50 and is tied for 21st with 4.33 points.

First Half Dominance
• The Terps own a 133-86 advantage in scoring through the first seven games of the season, but the first half has been something special.
• Maryland owns a 73-37 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.
• Against Johns Hopkins on March 21, Maryland jumped out to a 14-7 lead in the first half of play.

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 30 goals, 35 points, and 42 draw controls.
• McFadden leads all freshmen with eight goals and 16 points and is second on the team with 14 caused turnovers.
• Spinnenweber is second among freshmen with seven goals.

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 133 goals through eight games which is seven behind the 140 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 176-20.

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.

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 since May 5, 2003 in a 26-6 win against Temple.
• 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 (11). 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. She notched both a goal and an assist against No. 13 Johns Hopkins.

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.