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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team will square off against Stanford for the first time in history on Wednesday, March 28 at the Lacrosse & Field Hockey Complex. The game is slated for 3:00 p.m. and will be televised nationally by CSTV. Parking is available for fans in Lot 9C.
Terps Take On Cardinal In First-Ever Meeting
• The No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team will face Stanford for the first time in history on March 28 at the Lacrosse & Field Hockey Complex. The game is set for 3:00 p.m. and will be televised nationally by CSTV.
• Both Maryland and Stanford are in the midst of winning streaks as the Terps have won three straight games beginning on March 17 while the Cardinal has won two close decisions against Colgate and Virginia Tech.
Buote Named ACC Player of the Week
• Junior Allie Buote has been hot in the cage as of late, leading the Terps to three straight wins and earning ACC Player of the Week honors on March 26.
• In the most recent win against No. 1 North Carolina, Buote came up with 13 saves and held the Tar Heels to eight goals below their season average in an 8-6 win.
• She came up with two game-saving stops in the last two minutes of the game as she kicked away a free position with 1:52 to go and then stopped a point-blank shot with 50 seconds left to keep the Heels at bay.
• Buote racked up a career-high 14 saves against No. 13 Johns Hopkins on March 21 in a 22-15 win and also stopped nine shots in Maryland's 13-7 win at No. 9 Dartmouth.
Reese Tabbed US Lacrosse Coach of the Week
• Maryland women's lacrosse head coach Cathy Reese was named the US Lacrosse Coach of the Week on Monday.
• This is the second time Reese has earned the award which makes her the only coach this season, both on the men's and women's side, to garner the honor twice.
• Reese earned the award for Maryland's two wins against ranked opponents last week. The Terrapins opened the week with a 22-15 win against No. 13 Johns Hopkins on March 21. The Terps then knocked off previously unbeaten No. 1 North Carolina, 8-6, on March 24. The Terps held the Tar Heels to eight goals under their season average of 14.
• Reese was also tabbed US Lacrosse Coach of the Week on March 4 for Maryland's wild 19-18 win against Duke at Ludwig Field. It 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.
Scouting The Cardinal
• Stanford is coached by 1991 Maryland graduate Michele Uhlfelder who was the 1991 National Offensive Player of the Year for the Terps.
• The Cardinal is 3-5 entering the contest with a 12-10 overtime win in its most recent outing at Virginia Tech.
• Stanford also edged Colgate back on March 11, 10-9, to snap a four-game losing skid that started on February 18.
• Four players on the Cardinal have racked up 10 or more goals. Lauren Schmidt leads the team with 14 goals and 19 points.
• Daphne Patterson has 13 goals and Liz Piselli and Megan McClain have 12 and 11, respectively. Bess Siegfried and McClain lead the squad with seven assists.
• Laura Shane has spent every minute this season in the cage and has saved 53 percent of the shots she has faced. She is allowing 10.61 goals per game.
1-2 Punch
• With Maryland's 8-6 win against No. 1 North Carolina on March 24, the Terrapins have now beaten a No. 1 and a No. 2 team in the country.
• Maryland held North Carolina to eight goals below their season average of 14 to get the win.
• The Terps won a wild one against the No. 2 Blue Devils back on March 3, 19-18. It was the first win for the Terps against the Blue Devils since 2003, a 9-8 overtime triumph in College Park, and it stopped a four-game skid against their ACC rival.
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 (32) and points (38).
• Dobbie, the 2005 national leader in draw controls, has accumulated 45 in nine games this season. She is averaging 5.00 per game. She led the country in 2005 with 5.14 per contest.
• She has 28 more draw controls than anyone else on the team and accounts for 31 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.
• Dobbie was added to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List on March 25 her outstanding play through the first half of the season.
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 nine games. Her 1.78 average is second in the ACC. 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 23 goals and 31 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.
First Half Dominance
• The Terps own a 141-92 advantage in scoring through the first seven games of the season, but the first half has been something special.
• Maryland owns a 76-41 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 32 goals, 38 points, and 45 draw controls.
• McFadden leads all freshmen with 10 goals, eight assists, 18 points, 15 caused turnovers and draw controls, and 14 ground balls.
• 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 141 goals through nine games which is 20 behind the 161 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 177-20.
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.
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.
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.
