April 27, 2007
Box Score
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - No. 6 Virginia held Maryland scoreless for the last 16:24 of the game and tallied six unanswered goals during that stretch to defeat No. 3 Maryland, 10-7, in the ACC semifinals at Fetzer Field on Friday night on the campus of North Carolina. The Terrapins had opened the half with a three-goal run to take a 7-4 lead. Seven different Terps scored in the game and junior Allie Buote was credited with nine saves.
Juniors Kelly Kasper and Lauren Cohen both scored twice while classmate Casey Magor assisted on two goals. Juniors Dana Dobbie and Katie Princiotto both had a goal and an assist.
From the start, it was clear Virginia was going to play slowly to execute its offense, but it was Maryland that got on the board first. Buote made a big save to ignite a fast break for the Terps. Senior Katie Doolittle found a cutting Princiotto for the first score of the game at 25:21.
The Cavaliers quickly responded as Megan Havrilla connected on a free position chance to tie the game but the Terps responded a little over a minute after that to take a 2-1 lead at 22:27. Dobbie found Kasper from behind the net for the goal.
Virginia's Blair Weymouth deadlocked the game again when she tallied an unassisted goal after a Maryland foul at 16:03, but the Terrapins took the lead again, 3-2, when Magor dished an assist to Cohen at 14:19.
Weymouth scored the next equalizer for Virginia as Havrilla got credit for the assist at 12:04. The Terps then took advantage of a fast break opportunity as Princotto found a slashing Dobbie down the middle of the field for the score to take another lead, 4-3, with 5:33 left in the half.
The Cavaliers would strike again to force a 4-4 tie heading into halftime as Kate Breslin scored unassisted with 26 seconds remaining.
Maryland scored three unanswered goals at the beginning of the first half to take the biggest lead of the game, 7-4, with 16:25 left. Kasper scored four minutes in and Pellizzi connected on a free position just 24 seconds later. The final goal of the run came when Magor found Cohen for a goal after Princiotto hustled for a loose ball after a pass went awry.
Virginia called a timeout and scored 18 seconds after that to start its game-winning 6-0 run. Brittany Kalkstein scored on a free position to cut the lead to 7-5 at 16:07. Kate Breslin then brought UVA to within one at the 14:43 mark when she scored with help from Ashley McCulloch. The Cavaliers kept at it and tied the game for the fifth time when Breslin scored off of a Weymouth pass.
The Cavaliers took their first lead of the game, 8-7, when Blair Weymouth slipped past a defender with a move to her left and found the back of the cage with 8:45 left in the game. Virginia put the game away with two more goals under the four minute mark from McCulloch and Kaitlin Duff.
UVA (15-3) was led by Weymouth who had three goals and an assist. Breslin also recorded a hat trick in the win. Goalie Kendall McBrearty was credited with nine saves.
The Cavaliers will take on North Carolina in the 2007 ACC Championship game on Sunday. The Tar Heels beat Duke, 12-11, in the first semifinal of the day.
Maryland (14-3) is back in action on May 2 when it plays host to Princeton at 7:00 p.m. at the Lacrosse & Field Hockey Complex. It is the last home game of the regular season and Maryland's six seniors will be honored prior to the game.
