Listen Live! | GameTrackerCOLLEGE PARK, Md. - The fifth-seeded Maryland women's lacrosse team makes the trip up to the City of Brotherly Love for an NCAA Quarterfinal clash against No. 2 Penn, the fourth seed. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. at Franklin Field, the site of the national semifinals and final on May 25 and 27. Tickets are available for purchase by clicking the link above or by calling the Penn Athletics Ticket Office at 215-898-6151. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students with ID, and $3 for children age 12 and younger.
Terps Face Penn For Final Four Berth
• The No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team will travel to the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday, May 19 to take on No. 2 Penn in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament.
• Maryland owns a 13-1 record all-time against the Quakers. The last time the two teams met was in 1993 when the Terps beat Penn, 15-6, in Philadelphia.
• Maryland has won nine straight games in the series from 1984-1993 while Penn earned its only win in 1983, 5-4.
• This is the 18th consecutive appearance for Maryland in the NCAA Tournament while this is Penn's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 23 years. The Quakers also advanced to the postseason in 1983 and 1984.
• The last time Maryland played Ivy League teams in three consecutive games was in 1996 when the Terps beat Princeton twice with a win against Dartmouth sandwiched in between in early May.
Maryland Beats Yale In NCAA First Round
• Senior Krista Pellizzi scored five goals as the No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team defeated No. 12 Yale, 13-7, in NCAA First Round action at Ludwig Field on Mother's Day. The Terrapins' defense held the Bulldogs to just two first half goals and the Terps held a 17-5 advantage in draw controls.
• Junior Kelly Kasper added three goals and two assists while Tewaaraton finalist Dana Dobbie added a pair of goals, one assist, and seven draw controls. Junior Allie Buote was strong in the cage, saving 10 shots on the day.
• The game was tied 4-2 at halftime, but the Terps scored the first three goals in the second half and six of the first seven to build an insurmountable 10-3 lead with 10:46 left in the game.
Dobbie Named Tewaaraton Finalist
• Junior Dana Dobbie has been named one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Trophy, given to the nation's top player in lacrosse, the Tewaaraton Award Foundation announced May 10. Dobbie leads Maryland with 75 draw controls and 39 ground balls and is second with 52 goals.
• Dobbie is one of five players in the nation with 50 goals and 50 draw controls. Sarah Dalton from Boston University, Caroline Cryer from Duke, Coco Stanwick from Georgetown, and Kristen Kjellman from Northwestern are the only others to accomplish that feat.
• Dobbie is the third finalist from Maryland since the award's inception in 2001. Associate head coach Jen Adams was the first-ever recipient of lacrosse's most prestigious award in her senior season and Kelly Coppedge was named a finalist back in 2003 and 2004.
• The other four finalists are Cryer from Duke, Mary Key from Johns Hopkins, and Kjellman and Hannah Nielsen from Northwestern. Kjellman won the Tewaaraton Trophy last season.
Scouting The Quakers
• Penn, ranked No. 2 in the country and the fourth seed in the NCAA Tournament, is having a record-breaking season. The Quakers won their first Ivy League title since 1982, are playing in their first NCAA Tournament since 1984, have racked up the most wins in school history, and went undefeated in the conference for the first time ever.
• Penn is a perfect 8-0 at home this season and has not lost at Franklin Field since March 29, 2006.
• The Quakers have won 12 straight games, a school record, following a loss to No. 1 Northwestern on March 9. Included in those wins are seven victories against ranked opponents in Yale (3/18), Johns Hopkins (3/28), Penn State (4/3), Dartmouth (4/14), Princeton (4/18), Syracuse (5/6), and Boston University (5/13).
• Penn beat BU on May 13 to advance to the second round of the tournament.
• The Quakers sport the second best defense in the nation, allowing just 6.25 goals per game. Goalie Sarah Waxman allows 6.09 goals per outing and saves 54 percent of the shots she faces.
• Chrissy Muller leads the team with 24 assists and 45 points while adding 21 goals.
• Rachel Manson is tops on Penn with 35 goals.
Terps All-Time In The NCAAs
• Maryland is 37-14 all-time in the NCAA Tournament but is just 4-5 since the Terps won their last NCAA Championship in 2001.
• Both head coach Cathy Reese and associate head coach Jen Adams won four national championships in College Park in their time as student-athletes.
• The two helped Maryland win seven straight national championships, the third-best streak in women's NCAA title history.
Terp Tidbits
• Between The Pipes: Junior Allie Buote has stopped 157 shots this year and has a save percentage of .466 which is fourth 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 14 assists this year. She had eight career points heading into 2007.
• Junior Dana Dobbie, who transferred from Ohio, has scored a career high 52 goals to lead the Terps and her 68 points are also the best in her career in a season.
• Senior Jen Greenberg has picked up 24 ground balls and caused eight turnovers, both career bests. Coming into this season, she had 20 ground balls in 23 games.
• Junior Casey Magor has scored 31 goals this season and has 44 points. Coming into 2007, she had 25 goals in 37 games.
• Senior Krista Pellizzi has established career bests with 55 goals and 76 points.
• 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 is fourth in the nation in draw controls at 14.20 per game. Junior Dana Dobbie is fourth on the individual ledger with 3.95 per outing.
• Against Ranked Opponents: Maryland is 9-3 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 went a perfect 9-0 at home this season with wins against five ranked foes. Four of those wins came on grass surfaces as the Terps beat No. 1 North Carolina at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium and they also beat No. 2 Duke, No. 11 Princeton, and No. 12 Yale 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 185-22. Reese spent four years as a student-athlete and five as an assistant at Maryland when she won seven national titles during that span.
Maryland At Home In The NCAA Tournament
• The Terps have been very impressive at home in the NCAA Tournament since the first postseason game in College Park in 1985.
• Maryland has a 15-3 record at home in the NCAA Tournament.
• Its last loss at home in the tournament came against Georgetown on May 16, 2004.
• The Terps went a perfect 9-0 this year in College Park and were 4-0 at Ludwig Field.
Terps Fourth In The Nation In Draws
• The Terps are fourth in the country in draw controls with 14.20 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 fourth in the nation on the individual ledger with 3.95 draw controls per game.
• Maryland's high powered offense currently ranks ninth in the nation with 14.35 goals per game. Denver ranks fourth in the country at 15.28 goals per outing. Cathy Reese and Jen Adams were at Denver prior to coming to Maryland in August of 2006.
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 280-195 advantage in scoring through the first 18 games of the season, but the first half has been something special.
• Maryland owns a 149-81 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 Leads Terps Again vs. Yale
• Senior Krista Pellizzi scored five goals to lead the Maryland attack in the NCAA First Round win against Yale, a 13-7 triumph on Mother's Day.
• Against Princeton on May 2, her career-high sixth goal of the game with four seconds left in the third overtime to beat No. 11 Princeton, 13-12. It was also her 50th goal of the season.
• She 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 that week.
• Pellizzi has scored a goal in every game so far this season.
• She has recorded five goals and six points in five games this season: vs. Boston College (2/24), vs. Brown (3/10), vs. Stanford (3/28), and vs. Ohio State (4/6), vs. Princeton (5/2).
• 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 Maryland with 75 draw controls and 39 ground balls and is second with 52 goals.
• Dobbie, the 2005 national leader in draw controls, has accumulated 75 in 19 games this season. She is averaging 3.95 per game. She led the country in 2005 with 5.14 per contest.
• She has 43 more draw controls than anyone else on the team and accounts for 26 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 19 games. Her 1.37 average is third in the ACC. She also has 19 goals and her 45 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 Maryland with 75 draw controls and 39 ground balls and is second with 52 goals.
• McFadden leads all freshmen with 18 goals, 16 assists, 34 points, 20 caused turnovers, 27 ground balls, and 29 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.
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 185-22.
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.
Terps Win Wild One On Senior Night vs. Princeton
• Senior Krista Pellizzi scored with four seconds left in the third overtime to lead the No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team past No. 11 Princeton, 13-12, on Senior Night at Ludwig Field on May 2. Pellizzi's game-winner was her career-high sixth of the day and 50th of the season.
• Pellizzi also added two assists for eight points, also a personal best. She converted three of her four free position attempts of the night. Junior Dana Dobbie contributed with a hat trick and an assist while also causing five turnovers, securing five draw controls, and picking up four ground balls. Classmate Lauren Cohen dished out three assists.
• This was Maryland's first overtime game since May 2, 2005 when it also beat Princeton 13-12. The last four regular season meetings between the two teams have resulted in one-goal games. Both squads have won two of those contests.
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.
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.
