April 13, 2007
Box Score
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A season-high 12 different student-athletes scored goals as the No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team defeated Loyola College, 20-7, on Friday night in front of 1,169 fans at Ludwig Field. Seniors Krista Pellizzi and Mollie Reese and junior Lauren Cohen all recorded four points in the win.
Reese set new career highs with three assists and four points to lead the Terps. Pellizzi had two goals and two assists while Cohen found the back of the net four times. Three different juniors notched three points as Casey Magor earned a hat trick, Dana Dobbie had a goal and two assists, and Kelly Kasper recorded a goal and two assists.
The win moved Maryland's current win streak to eight games, its longest since 2004. It also improved the Terps' record against the Greyhounds to 26-3. The Terrapins will put their streak on the line on Monday night at Northwestern when they face the No. 1 Wildcats at 4:00 CT in a 1-2 match up.
Maryland dominated the first half of play as it took a 12-1 lead into halftime. The Terps scored the game's first six goals in just under 10 minutes. Pellizzi led the early charge with a goal and two assists while Cohen added a pair of her own goals.
Loyola got on the board at the 18:40 mark when Colleen O'Keefe tallied an unassisted goal, but Maryland proved to be too much from then on as it closed the half with six more unanswered goals. All of the goals came from different scorers.
The Greyhounds stuck around in the second half as they held a commanding 13-2 advantage in draws and scored six times. Kate McHarg paced Loyola the entire way as her five goals all came after intermission. The closest the Greyhounds would get was an 11-goal deficit at the 15:37 mark with a score of 15-4. Maryland was able to build its biggest lead of the evening late in the game, 20-6, with just over a minute to go.
McHarg led Loyola (2-11) by scoring five of its seven goals while O'Keefe added the other two. Maura Kenny added an assist. Goalie Karen Nicolaus was credited with 10 saves in the cage.
Maryland (13-1) will head to Evanston, Ill. on Monday night to take on the No. 1 Northwestern Wildcats at the Thomas Athletic Complex at 4:00 p.m. CT. The two-time defending national champion won the meeting in College Park last year, 13-8. This is the first time in history that the Terps will travel to Evanston.
