University of Maryland Athletics

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team travels to Evanston, Ill. for the first time ever to take on No. 1 Northwestern on Monday, April 16 at 4:00 p.m. CT. The Terrapins have already knocked off one No. 1 team in North Carolina back on March 24.

Nation's Top Two Teams Battle In Evanston
• The No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team travels to Evanston, Ill. on Monday, April 16 to take on the No. 1 Northwestern Wildcats which are the two-time defending national champions.
• The Terrapins are coming off of a 20-7 win against Loyola College on Friday night. A season-high 12 different student-athletes scored in the win.
• Maryland leads the all-time series against Northwestern, 6-3. Prior to last season, the teams had not met since 1991.
• Northwestern won the meeting last year between the two teams in College Park, 13-8.
• This is the first time ever that the Terps will travel to Evanston.

Dozen Of Terps Score In Win Against Loyola
• 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.

1-2 Punch
• Maryland has already knocked off a No. 1 team this year and has also beaten a No. 2.
• The Terrapins beat North Carolina, then No. 1, 8-6, on March 24 at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium.
• The Terps held North Carolina to eight goals below their season average of 14 to get the win.
• Maryland 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.

Terps Sport Third Best Offense In The Nation
• Maryland's high powered offense currently ranks third in the nation with 15.31 goals per game. Denver ranks second in the country at 15.57 goals per outing. Cathy Reese and Jen Adams were at Denver prior to coming to Maryland in August of 2006.
• The Terps are also in the top 10 in several other categories as they are second in the nation in draw controls (15.08) and seventh in scoring margin (+5.31).
• Junior Dana Dobbie ranks in two different categories as she is fifth in draws (3.92) and 20th in goals (3.00).
• Junior Katie Princiotto is 20th in the country with 1.69 assists per game.
• Junior Allie Buote ranks 23rd in the nation in goals against average (9.89) and 29th in save percentage (.483).

Scouting The Wildcats
• Northwestern enters the game as the No. 1 team in the country and has won the last two national championships.
• The Wildcats only loss came in the season-opener at North Carolina, 9-8 in overtime. Since then, the only team to get within five goals of Northwestern was Syracuse, 10-7, on March 30.
• Former Maryland standout Kelly Amonte-Hiller heads the Wildcats. She was a two-time IWLCA Player of the Year and, along with Cathy Reese, led the Terps to a pair of national titles in 1995 and 1996.
• The Wildcats have won 26 straight games at home, the nation's longest current streak.
• Kristen Kjellman, the 2006 Tewaaraton Award winner, has recorded 29 goals and 16 assists while scooping up 16 ground balls and causing 14 turnovers.
• Aly Josephs, a third team All-American last year, has scored 27 goals while Meredith Frank, last year's ALC Rookie of the Year, leads the team with 32 goals and 10 assists.
• The Wildcat defense is stifling as it allows just 5.92 goals per game. Morgan Lathrop saves 57 percent of the shots she faces in the cage.

First Half Dominance
• The Terps own a 219-137 advantage in scoring through the first 14 games of the season, but the first half has been something special.
• Maryland owns a 125-57 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.
• Maryland used a 12-2 lead in the first half to take down Stanford, 15-7, on March 28.
• The Terps outgunned Georgetown to a 9-4 halftime lead on April 3. Maryland used that start to take the 14-10 win.
• Maryland scorched Ohio State for 10 first half goals as it took a 10-4 halftime lead and used it for a 19-12 win.
• The Terps jumped on Loyola in the first half on April 13 for a 12-1 lead at the half. Maryland went on to win 20-7.

Buote As It May
• Junior Allie Buote has been hot in the cage as of late, leading the Terps to eight straight wins and earning ACC Player of the Week honors on March 26. She was also tabbed the womenslacrosse.com Player of the Week.
• Buote saved 11 shots in Maryland's 15-7 win against Stanford on March 28, marking the third-straight game in which she notched over 10 saves. That was the best three-game streak of her career.
• On March 24 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.
• She came up huge in a 10-9 win at No. 10 Penn State in the ACC/ALC Challenge.
• She is averaging 9.25 saves per game during the current winning streak and is saving 54 percent of the shots thrown at her.

Pellizzi Named ACC Player of Week For Second Time
• Senior Krista Pellizzi was named the ACC Player of the Week on April 9 for the second time this season. She racked up eight goals and four assists in Maryland's three wins two weeks ago.
• In the win at No. 7 Georgetown on April 3, Pellizzi scored a goal and assisted on three others, matching her career high. She also recorded five draw controls which was a season high and tied her personal best.
• For the fourth time this year, Pellizzi racked up five goals in a game, this time against Ohio State in the opener of the ACC/ALC Challenge. In Maryland's third win at No. 10 Penn State, Pellizzi scored the first two goals of the second half to ignite a four-goal run that gave Maryland a 9-6 lead after it had trailed at the half, 6-5. Maryland would never trail the rest of the way.
• Pellizzi has scored a goal in every game so far this season.
• She has recorded five goals and six points in four games this season: vs. Boston College (2/24), vs. Brown (3/10), vs. Stanford (3/28), and vs. Ohio State (4/6).

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 (41) and is second in points (52).
• Dobbie, the 2005 national leader in draw controls, has accumulated 53 in 14 games this season. She is averaging 3.79 per game. She led the country in 2005 with 5.14 per contest.
• She has 30 more draw controls than anyone else on the team and accounts for 25 percent of the draws.
• Dobbie has scored six or more goals in three games this year: at UMBC (2/19), at Dartmouth (3/16), and vs. Johns Hopkins (3/21).
• 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 23 assists in 14 games. Her 1.69 average is second in the ACC. She also has 16 goals and her 39 points are third on the team.
• Prior to this season, Princiotto had not recorded an assist in 29 contests.

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 March 26.
• It was 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.

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 41 goals, 53 draw controls, and is second with 52 points.
• McFadden leads all freshmen with 15 goals, 13 assists, 28 points, 16 caused turnovers, 22 ground balls, and 20 draw controls.
• Spinnenweber is second among freshmen with nine 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 219 goals through 14 games which is 29 behind the 248 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 182-20.

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.

Terps Win Two At ACC/ALC Challenge
• Maryland was the only team to win both of its games at the ACC/ALC Challenge this year hosted by Penn State. The Terps beat Ohio State, 19-12, on April 6 and then knocked off the No. 10 Nittany Lions, 10-9, on a last-minute goal from junior Dana Dobbie.
• Senior Krista Pellizzi scored five goals and assisted on another as the Terps defeated Ohio State in the first game of the challenge on April 6 at Holuba Hall. Pellizzi's five goals matched her career high and it is the fourth time this season she has reached that number.
• Maryland got goals from 11 different scorers in the game which was the most this season. Junior Kelly Kasper recorded two goals and two assists as did senior Katie Doolittle. Kasper also secured a game-best eight draw controls. Junior Katie Princiotto and freshman Amanda Spinnenweber both scored twice while juniors Casey Magor and Dobbie and senior Mollie Reese added a goal and an assist each.
• Against No. 10 Penn State, junior goalie Allie Buote and the Maryland defense the Nittany Lions scoreless for the first 17:01 of the second half to build a 9-6 lead as the Terrapins won, 10-9. The Nittany Lions came back to tie the game, but with just over a minute remaining, Dobbie scored the game-winning goal to lift the Terps to victory.
• Dobbie led the team with two goals and an assist, while freshman Caitlyn McFadden notched a goal and a pair of assists. Doolittle added a goal and two assists, including Dobbie's game-winner. Pellizzi poured in two goals. Buote was spectacular in the cage, recording 12 saves.

Terps Get Past Georgetown, 14-10
• Junior Lauren Cohen recorded five points on four goals and an assist as the No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse team defeated No. 7 Georgetown, 14-10, at the Multi-Sport Field on April 3. Classmate Kelly Kasper had a pair of goals and assists while senior Krista Pellizzi added a goal and three assists.
• Junior Casey Magor added a hat trick while junior Katie Princiotto had a goal and two assists. Junior Allie Buote recorded seven saves in the win.
• It was the first win against the Hoyas since April 7, 2004.

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 in every game so far this season and secured a draw contorl in all but one. 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 two games.
• 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.

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.