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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team will take on No. 11 Princeton on Wednesday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Ludwig Field. The Terrapins' six seniors will be playing in their final regular season home game in College Park. Becky Clipp, Katie Doolittle, Jen Greenberg, Krista Pellizzi, Martha Raver, and Mollie Reese will all be honored prior to the game.
Terps Host Princeton On Senior Night
The No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team hosts No. 11 Princeton on Wednesday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Ludwig Field.
Maryland will honors its six seniors prior to the game as it is their last home contest of the regular season. The six seniors are: Becky Clipp, Katie Doolittle, Jen Greenberg, Krista Pellizzi, Martha Raver, and Mollie Reese.
The Terps have lost the last two meetings between the two teams and five of the last six. Their only win came in 2005 during the regular season, a 13-12 overtime win in College Park.
Maryland and Princeton won every NCAA title from 1994-2003. The Terps won seven straight from 1995-2001 and the Tigers won championships in 1994, 2002, and 2003.
Terps Lose To No. 6 Virginia In ACC Semis
Maryland opened its largest lead of the game, 7-4, with three unanswered goals to start the second half but the Cavaliers went on a six-goal game-ending run to take the 10-7 victory on April 27.
It was the eighth-straight loss for Maryland against Virginia.
Virginia went on to win its second consecutive ACC Championship with a 12-6 win against North Carolina in the finals.
Juniors Kelly Kasper and Lauren Cohen both scored twice in the loss while classmate Allie Buote was credited with nine saves.
Reese Named ACC Coach of the Year; Dobbie Tabbed Player of the Year
First-year head coach Cathy Reese was named the 2007 ACC Coach of the Year and junior Dana Dobbie was tabbed the Player of the Year, announced on April 26 by the ACC. It is the first time Maryland has received those honors since the 2003 season. Seniors Becky Clipp, Katie Doolittle, and Krista Pellizzi and junior Kelly Kasper were all placed on the All-ACC Team along with Dobbie.
The Terps led all teams with five members on the All-ACC Team. This is the second-straight season that Clipp, Doolittle, Pellizzi, and Kasper have been named to the all-conference team. Both Duke and North Carolina placed four on the squad. Virginia's Brittany Kalkstein was named the ACC Freshman of the Year.
Kelly Coppedge was the last player to win Player of the Year from Maryland and Cindy Timchal was a four-time ACC Coach of the Year. Both won the award in 2003.
Scouting The Tigers
Princeton comes into the game with a 9-5 record and is 5-2 in the Ivy League.
The Tigers have won their last three outings and have won five of their last six contests. Their lone loss in that stretch came against Penn, 14-10.
Kathleen Miller leads the team with 15 assists and 51 points. She is also second with 36 goals and third with 21 draw controls.
Katie Lewis-Lamonica leads the squad with 39 goals and 23 caused turnovers with 21 ground balls and 17 draw controls.
Princeton only gives up 8.43 goals per game which is eighth in the nation.
Kaitlyn Perrelle is the starter in the cage for the Tigers and allows 8.30 goals per outing and saves 44 percent of the shots she faces.
Terp Tidbits
Between The Pipes: Junior Allie Buote has stopped 142 shots this year and has a save percentage of .467 which is third in the ACC.
Career Years: Numerous Terps are having the best year of their careers this season. Junior Lauren Cohen has recorded 31 goals and 11 assists this year. She had eight career points heading into 2007.
Junior Dana Dobbie, who transferred from Ohio, has scored a career high 47 goals to lead the Terps and her 61 points are also the best in her career in a season.
Senior Jen Greenberg has picked up 22 ground balls and caused six turnovers, both career bests. Coming into this season, she had 20 ground balls in 23 games.
Junior Casey Magor has scored 28 goals this season and has 41 points. Coming into 2007, she had 25 goals in 37 games.
Senior Krista Pellizzi has already passed last year's goal mark with 44 and her 63 points are just two short of her high she set last season.
Junior Katie Princiotto leads the Terps with 26 assists in 2007. She had not recorded a helper in her freshman or sophomore seasons. Her 45 points more than doubles her 2006 mark of 21.
Where's The Offense Coming From: An opposing team may have trouble answering that question as every Maryland starter who is not a defender has scored over 30 points this season.
Key Is The Draw: Maryland leads the nation in draw controls at 14.53 per game. Junior Dana Dobbie is sixth on the individual ledger with 3.71 per outing.
Against Ranked Opponents: Maryland is 7-3 this season against ranked opposition with one of those losses coming against No. 1 Northwestern and the other two against No. 2 Virginia. All of those games were on the road.
Perfect At Home: Maryland is a perfect 7-0 at home this season with wins against three ranked foes. Two of those wins came on grass surfaces as the Terps beat No. 1 North Carolina at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium and the other was against No. 2 Duke at Ludwig Field.
Reese's Impact: Head coach Cathy Reese knows success. This is her 10th season as a Terp and her overall record in College Park is 183-22. Reese spent four years as a student-athlete and five as an assistant at Maryland when she won seven national titles during that span.
Terps Lead The Nation In Draws
The Terps claimed the top spot this week in draw controls as it leads the NCAA with 14.53 per game. Maryland has improved from its 2006 average of 13.1 per outing.
The increase is due in large part to junior Dana Dobbie, who is sixth in the nation on the individual ledger with 3.71 draw controls per game.
Maryland's high powered offense currently ranks sixth in the nation with 14.94 goals per game. Denver ranks second in the country at 16.00 goals per outing. Cathy Reese and Jen Adams were at Denver prior to coming to Maryland in August of 2006.
Junior Katie Princiotto is 25th in the country with 1.53 assists per game.
Junior Allie Buote is 25th in the nation in goals against average at 10.23.
Dobbie, Kasper Named Tewaaraton Trophy Nominees
Juniors Dana Dobbie and Kelly Kasper have both been named nominees for the 2007 Tewaaraton Trophy. The Terrapins are two of 17 nominees which will be trimmed down to five finalists. The winner will be announced at the Awards Banquet on May 30.
Dobbie, a transfer from Ohio and a native of Guelph, Ontario, has made a huge impact in her first season in College Park. She leads the team with 47 goals and is second with 61 points. She is currently sixth in the nation in draw controls, securing 3.71 per game and 63 in all.
Dobbie is also second on the team with 33 ground balls and her 19 caused turnovers are third. She has been credited with four game-winning goals, also best on the team.
Kasper has been a mainstay in the Maryland midfield the last two seasons, starting every game she has played in. This season, she has racked up 20 goals and her 20 assists rank second on the team.
The Eldersburg product is a force in every stat category as she leads the team with 25 caused turnovers and is fourth with 26 draw controls. Kasper has also secured 17 ground balls.
1-2 Punch
Maryland is 2-1 against teams ranked No. 1 or No. 2 this season.
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.
Maryland fell short when it traveled to No. 1 Northwestern on April 16, 12-7.
First Half Dominance
The Terps own a 254-176 advantage in scoring through the first 16 games of the season, but the first half has been something special.
Maryland owns a 140-74 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 prior to the loss at Northwestern 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 as she saved 13 shots.
She averaged 9.25 saves per game during the eight-game winning streak and saved 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).
She also racked up seven points at Virginia Tech (4/22) as she jump started the second half run 9-1 run that led to the 21-17 win. Pellizzi scored four goals and assisted on another in the first 10 minutes of the second frame.
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 (47) and is second in points (61).
Dobbie, the 2005 national leader in draw controls, has accumulated 63 in 17 games this season. She is averaging 3.71 per game. She led the country in 2005 with 5.14 per contest.
She has 33 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.
A Little Help From Prince
Junior Katie Princiotto has become a huge contributor on the offensive end in 2007. She has a team-best 26 assists in 17 games. Her 1.53 average is second in the ACC. She also has 18 goals and her 43 points are third on the team.
Prior to this season, Princiotto had not recorded an assist in 29 contests.
Reese Named ACC Coach of the Year
Head coach Cathy Reese was named the 2007 ACC Coach of the Year, announced April 26.
Reese has guided the Terrapins to a 14-2 mark and a 4-1 record in the ACC, earning the ACC regular season title.
She was twice named US Lacrosse Coach of the Week after wins against No. 1 North Carolina and then against No. 2 Duke.
The Terps' high-powered offense set a school record through the first five games of the season with 94 goals, an average of 18.8 per game.
Reese is the second head coach at Maryland to win the award as Cindy Timchal won it four times.
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 the week of March 18. 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 47 goals, 63 draw controls, and is second with 61 points.
McFadden leads all freshmen with 17 goals, 14 assists, 31 points, 19 caused turnovers, 27 ground balls, and 24 draw controls.
Spinnenweber is second among freshmen with 10 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 247 goals through 16 games which is 26 behind the 273 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 10th year on campus, Reese's record with Maryland is a staggering 183-22.
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.
Maryland Loses Battle Of 1-2
The Northwestern defense held Maryland to just two second half goals, including a stretch of 23:02, as the No. 1 Wildcats defeated the No. 2 Terrapins, 12-7, on April 16 in a game between the nation's top teams. The loss was the first for the Terps (13-2) in the last nine games while Northwestern (11-1) improved its winning streak to 11 games.
Juniors Dana Dobbie and Lauren Cohen both scored a pair of goals in the win while senior Krista Pellizzi added a goal and an assist. She also secured four draw controls.
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 held 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.
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.