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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse team will head to Chapel Hill, N.C. for the weekend for a pair of games in the ACC/ALC Challenge hosted by North Carolina. The Terrapins will face Penn State (3-6) on Friday at 4:00 p.m. at Fetzer Field and wrap up on Sunday with a game against Ohio State (7-3) at noon. Maryland (9-1) is 12-2 all-time in the ACC/ALC Challenge.
Terps Prepare For ACC/ALC Challenge
• No. 3 Maryland will spend the first of two consecutive weekends in Chapel Hill, N.C., to compete in the ACC/ALC Challenge hosted by North Carolina.
• The Terps open the weekend with Penn State on April 4 at 5:00 p.m. and then face Ohio State on April 6 at noon.
• Maryland has won its last seven games with the last six coming by five or more goals.
• The Terps are coming off of a 15-10 win against Towson on March 26.
• Maryland is 12-2 all-time in the ACC/ALC Challenge and has won both games the last two years.
Big First Half Propels Terps Past Towson
• Senior Dana Dobbie, the reigning ACC Co-Player of the Week, recorded five goals, eight draw controls, and four caused turnovers to lead the No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse team to a 15-10 win against Towson on March 26 at Ludwig Field. Classmate Lauren Cohen added her second-straight hat trick.
• Dobbie notched her hat trick less than seven minutes into the game. Senior Katie Princiotto and sophomore Caitlyn McFadden chipped in with a goal and two assists apiece while senior Kelly Kasper had a goal and an assist.
• Senior Allie Buote was credited with a season-high 14 saves in goal, her second-straight game with 10 or more stops. That number tied her career high.
• For the fourth game in a row, Maryland jumped out to an early lead. The Terps led 5-0 and enjoyed a 12-2 advantage after the first half.
First Half Dominance
• The Terps have led at halftime in every game this season.
• Maryland holds a significant advantage in goals (91-35) and shots (192-92) in the first half.
• In the second half, the Terps still hold a smaller advantage in both categories with 14 more goals on 22 more shots.
• Maryland has held a lead of five or more goals at halftime in seven games this season.
• The average lead for the Terps at the half is 5.6 goals.
Terps Lead Nation In Draws
• Maryland has been stellar so far this season when it comes to draw controls.
• The Terps have won 170 of the 260 draws they have seen - or 65 percent.
• Maryland has won more draws than their opponent in nine of the 10 games this season. In their three ACC games, the Terps are outdrawing their foes 53-25.
• The only game Maryland hasn't picked up more draws was at Johns Hopkins on March 17 - both teams recorded 13.
• Senior Dana Dobbie has picked up 53 draw controls and leads the nation in that category with 5.30 per game.
• Dobbie and Kelly Kasper have combined for 85 draws as Dobbie leads the team with 53 while Kasper has 32.
Scouting The Nittany Lions
• Penn State enters the weekend with a 3-6 record but is coming off of a 10-7 win against Loyola on March 30. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak.
• The Nittany Lions have faced an ACC team already this season with a 13-7 setback against Virginia on March 7.
• PSU is 0-4 this year against ranked opponents.
• Jessi Lieb, an All-America selection in 2007, leads the team with 13 goals, 17 points, and 24 ground balls. She has also recorded 20 draw controls and nine caused turnovers which are both second on the squad.
• Kerry Shea has also scored 13 goals this season and has picked up 10 ground balls.
• Kim Kontson leads the Nittany Lions with seven assists while adding six goals of her own.
• Erica Mihm leads the team with 25 draw controls.
• Jess Boccio has started all nine games in the cage and saves 43 percent of the shots she faces. She is allowing 9.77 goals per outing.
Series History
• Maryland is 27-14-1 all-time against the Nittany Lions.
• Three of the last four outings have been decided by one goal with Penn State winning in 2005 in Annapolis.
Last 10 Meetings:
April 8, 2007: Maryland 10, PENN STATE 9
March 24, 2006: MARYLAND 16, Penn State 7
March 25, 2005: Penn State 13, Maryland 12 (Annapolis, Md.)
March 26, 2004: Maryland 12, Penn State 11 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
March 28, 2003: Maryland 11, Penn State 10 (Columbus, Ohio)
March 29, 2002: MARYLAND 13, Penn State 11
March 30, 2001: Maryland 14, PENN STATE 8
March 9, 2000: MARYLAND 19, Penn State 4
May 14, 1999: Maryland 17, Penn State 13 (NCAA Semifinals/Baltimore, Md.)
March 2, 1999: PENN STATE 12, Maryland 8
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Last Time vs. Penn State
• Junior goalie Allie Buote and the Maryland defense held No. 11 Penn State scoreless for the first 17:01 of the second half to build a 9-6 lead as the No. 3 Terrapins defeated the Nittany Lions, 10-9, at Holuba Hall in the final game of the ACC/ALC Challenge. The Nittany Lions came back to tie the game, but with just over a minute remaining, junior Dana 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. Senior Katie Doolittle added a goal and two assists, including on Dobbie's game-winner. Classmate Krista Pellizzi poured in two goals.
• Buote was spectacular in the cage, recording 12 saves.
Scouting The Buckeyes
• Ohio State brings a record of 7-3 into the ACC/ALC Challenge and has won three of its last four games.
• The Buckeyes faced Virginia Tech on March 30 and came away with a 12-9 win.
• Brittney Zerhusen leads OSU with 23 goals while adding eight assists. She also leads the team with 18 draw controls and is second with nine caused turnovers.
• Kristen Slahor leads the nation in assists with 34 and has also scored 17 goals of her own.
• In total, Ohio State has seven players that have scored over 10 goals.
• The Buckeyes have two goalies that tend to the cage. Kristen Gilwee has started six games in goal and saves 48 percent of the shots she faces while Annie Carruthers has started three with a .425 save percentage. Both goalies have a goals against average around 9.70.
Series History
• Maryland is 6-1 all-time against Ohio State.
• The Terps have won the last five outings by an average of 7.2 goals.
All-Time Meetings:
April 6, 2007: Maryland 19, Ohio State 12 (University Park, Pa.)
March 26, 2006: MARYLAND 17, Ohio State 8
March 27, 2005: Maryland 13, Ohio State 8 (Annapolis, Md.)
March 28, 2004: Maryland 14, Ohio State 4 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
March 30, 2003: Maryland 10, OHIO STATE 5
March 31, 2002: Ohio State 12, MARYLAND 11
April 1, 2001: Maryland 14, Ohio State 8 (University Park, Pa.)
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Last Time vs. Ohio State
• Senior Krista Pellizzi scored five goals and assisted on another as the No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse team defeated Ohio State, 19-12, in the first game of the ACC/ALC 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 last 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 Dana Dobbie and senior Mollie Reese added a goal and an assist each.
• Maryland peppered the Ohio State defense by taking 50 shots, the second most in a game this season. The Terrapins were strong on their free position chances, converting a season-best 5-of-8 attempts.
State of Defense
• The Maryland back line has proven it can be a strength for the Terrapins this season as just one team has scored over 10 goals so far.
• During Maryland's seven-game win streak, opponents are scoring just 8.14 goals per game.
• The Terps allowed just five goals to a Virginia team that was averaging 14.3 goals per game. The Cavaliers' lowest output before the game was 13.
• It was Virginia's lowest goal total since they scored five against James Madison on May 14, 2000 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Senior goalie Allie Buote came up with a season-best 10 saves against the Cavaliers.
• The Terps' defense is allowing just 8.80 goals per game while the offense is racking up 15.80 goals.
• Maryland's opposition has turned the ball over 173 times this season with 101 of them being caused by women in red and black.
• Opponents are also just getting off 21.0 shots a game and have a shooting percentage of .419.
• In the Terps' win at No. 10 Stanford on March 22, senior Katie Pumphrey caused six turnovers while sophomore Karissa Taylor forced four miscues. The pair also combined for nine ground balls as Pumphrey collected six of them.
Kounting On Kasper
• Senior Kelly Kasper has been a force all over the field for the Terps.
• The Eldersburg, Md., product leads team with 18 assists, is second with 38 points, and third with 20 goals. She is also second on the squad with 14 caused turnovers and 32 draw controls.
• Kasper is third in the ACC in points per game (3.80), 10th in goals (2.00) and second in assists (1.80).
• Kasper was named the ACC, Inside Lacrosse, and WomensLax.com Player of the Week on February 25 after recording nine goals and seven assists in Maryland's first two games of the season. She tied the school record with six assists in the Terps' victory at Boston College on February 24.
• Kasper, a captain and member of the Tewaaraton Watch List, opened the season with a career-high six goals at UMass on February 23. She also added an assist, ground ball, draw control, and caused turnover.
• The next day in a 23-10 rout of Boston College, Kasper shared the wealth as she set a new career high with six assists while scoring three goals of her own. The nine points she recorded matched her previous best while the six assists tied the school record. She also racked up four draw controls, two ground balls, and forced a pair of turnovers.
Cohen & Co.
• Senior Lauren Cohen has stepped up on the offensive end for the Terps this season.
• She is currently second on the squad with 25 goals and her 29 points rank fourth on the team.
• The Farmingdale, N.Y., native is also 6-for-10 on free positions which leads the team and she has been credited with three game-winning goals against Massachusetts, Virginia, and Stanford.
• Her 25 goals have come on 53 shots for a .472 shooting percentage which is fourth on the team.
• Cohen is averaging 3.22 points per game which is ninth in the conference and her 2.78 goals per game are third.
Dobbie Leads Nation In Draws
• Senior Dana Dobbie, a finalist for the Tewaaraton last season, is putting up some big numbers this season.
• The Ontario native has been dominant on draw controls as she has secured 53 of them.
• She has picked up more draws than Maryland's opposition three times this year - she had nine at Duke on March 1, six against Virginia on March 4, and eight versus Dartmouth on March 15.
• Dobbie is averaging 5.30 draws per game this season which is tops in the nation.
• On the offensive end, Dobbie leads the team with 37 goals and 45 points. Her 37 goals have come on 65 shots for a .569 shooting percentage which is second on the team.
• She leads the conference with 3.70 goals and 4.50 points per game.
• Defensively, her aggressive style has produced 19 turnovers which is also tops on the team.
Erin Go Bragh
• Sophomore Caitlyn McFadden celebrated St. Patrick's Day with a career game against No. 13 Dartmouth on March 15.
• The Phoenix, Md., native recorded a career-high seven points with three goals and four assists.
• It was the second-straight game that McFadden dished out four helpers which is a personal best.
• She is second on the team with 17 assists and her 32 points and 17 draw controls are third. Her 15 goals rank fourth.
• McFadden ranks third in the conference with 1.70 assists per game and 10th with 3.20 points.
Protect This House
• Maryland was a perfect 9-0 in College Park in 2007, going 5-0 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, 3-0 at Ludwig Field, and 1-0 at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium.
• The last perfect season Maryland had in College Park was in 2001.
• Maryland extended its home winning streak to 14 games with a 15-10 win against Towson on March 26.
• The Terps, now in their second season under the guidance of Cathy Reese, have won all three games in which they have played an opponent ranked No. 1 or No. 2 at home in the past two seasons and have done it in three different locations.
• Maryland has not lost at home since April 5, 2006 against Georgetown - an 11-10 setback.
• The Terps are 154-14 in College Park dating back to 1990 with 10 perfect seasons in that span.
• Records of home and away games are incomplete from 1974-89.
Buote Tabbed ACC Player of the Week
• Senior goalie Allie Buote was named the ACC Player of the Week on March 10 after recording 17 saves in a pair of Maryland wins. The Annapolis native stopped a season-high 10 shots in an 8-5 win against No. 2 Virginia and then recorded seven saves against No. 16 James Madison in a 16-10 victory.
• Buote led the Maryland defense to an overwhelming performance against the Cavalier offense on March 4, allowing just five goals to a team that went into the game averaging 14.33 per game. It was Virginia's lowest scoring output in almost eight years dating back to 2000.
• Buote then went on to make seven saves, five in the second half, in 52 minutes against James Madison.
Welcome To The Family
• Head coach Cathy Reese gave birth to her third child, Cayden, on March 12 at 3:55 p.m. Her first girl weighed in at nine pounds, four ounces. The Terps celebrated with a 17-9 win against Richmond later that night.
• She had not traveled with the team for their first three games of the season at UMass, Boston College, and Duke due to her pregnancy.
• Reese was back on the sideline for the next game on March 15 in a 17-8 win against Dartmouth but missed the trip to Stanford on March 22.
Success Against The Best
• Since head coach Cathy Reese took over for the 2007 season, Maryland is a perfect 8-0 in College Park against teams ranked in the top 20.
• Last year, the Terps were 5-0 against ranked foes at home with wins against No. 2 Duke, No. 13 Johns Hopkins, No. 1 North Carolina, No. 11 Princeton, and No. 12 Yale.
• Maryland pushed that winning streak to eight games with a 17-8 win against No. 13 Dartmouth on March 15.
• The Terps are 14-4 overall against teams that are ranked the past two seasons.
Senior Moments
• The Terps, whose 10 seniors is tied for the most in the country, are getting a lot of production from their leaders this year.
• The senior class has accounted for 165 of the 241 points scored in Maryland's 10 games - or 68 percent.
• The Terps have started seven or eight seniors in every game this season.
The Magic Number
• Since Cathy Reese took over in 2007, Maryland is 22-1 in games the Terps score 10 or more goals.
• Maryland went 15-0 last year in those games and is 8-1 to start this season.
• The Terrapins' first loss when scoring 10 or more goals in the Reese era came on March 1 in a 14-13 loss at Duke.
• The Terps were 1-4 in games that they did not score double-digit goals in 2007 but are 1-0 this season.
Dobbie, Kasper Recognized By Inside Lacrosse
• Seniors Dana Dobbie and Kelly Kasper were recognized as two of the top 20 players in the country by Inside Lacrosse. The publication listed Dobbie as the No. 3 player in the country while Kasper came in at No. 7.
• The Terrapins were the only team in the ACC with two players named on the list.
• Maryland was just one of two teams with two players listed in the top 10. Northwestern had three recognized and four overall. Penn and Notre Dame were the only other programs with multiple players on the list, both with a pair ranked in the top 20.
• Dobbie racked up numerous awards last season as she was the 2007 ACC Player of the Year, a first team All-American, and a finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy. She led the team with 39 ground balls and 79 draw controls and her 3.95 draws per game ranked fourth in the country. Dobbie was also second on the squad with 53 goals and 69 points while forcing 24 turnovers on the defensive end, a number that ranked third on the team.
• Kasper, a two-time All-American and All-ACC selection, posted 26 goals and 22 assists last year. Her assists ranked second on the team while her 31 caused turnovers were the most for the Terps. Kasper, a dominant presence on both ends of the field, also recorded 28 draw controls and 24 ground balls.
• The two seniors were named tri-captains for the 2008 season along with fellow classmate Katie Pumphrey.
• The pair was also named first-team preseason All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse.
Trio Named To Tewaaraton Watch List
• Seniors Dana Dobbie and Kelly Kasper and sophomore Caitlyn McFadden were all named to the Tewaaraton Watch List.
• Dobbie was a finalist last season for the Tewaaraton Trophy, handed out each year to the best lacrosse player in the country.
• Assosciate head coach Jen Adams and volunteer assistant coach Katie Chrest both won the Tewaaraton in their playing days.
• Adams was the first ever recipient of the honor in 2001 while Chrest earned it at Duke in 2005.
Well Seasoned
• Maryland features one of the most experienced rosters in the nation in 2008 as 10 seniors are packed onto the team.
• Only one other team can boast that number and it is Robert Morris of the Northeast Conference.
• Only five other schools have eight or more seniors on their rosters as Drexel, Iona, LeMoyne, and Oregon all list eight while James Madison currently has nine.
• Included in the Terps' senior class is:
Dana Dobbie - 2007 ACC Player of the Year, first team All-American, finalist for Tewaaraton Trophy, tri-captain
Kelly Kasper - Two-time All-American, two-time All-ACC, tri-captain
Katie Pumphrey - Tri-captain, second year starter on defense
Allie Buote - Three-year starter in goal
Lauren Cohen - 33 goals, 15 assists in 2007
Casey Magor - 49 goals, 35 assists in last two seasons as a starter
Katie Princiotto - 40 goals, 26 assists in last two seasons as a starter
Diverse, Too
• Maryland is the only team in the country to have three different countries, excluding the United States, represented on its roster.
• Senior Casey Magor and freshman Sarah Mollison both represent Australia and were members of the 2005 World Cup championship team. Magor is from Adelaide while Mollison hails from Melbourne.
• Freshman Laura Merrifield joins the Terps this year from Hertfordshire, England and is a member of the English national team.
• Senior Dana Dobbie heads north to Ontario when she needs to go home. She too is a member of her country's national team.
Sister, Sister
• Maryland's roster features three sister combinations this season.
• Freshman Sara Cooper joins older sister Lynne on the squad in 2008. Both are from Ellicott City and graduated from Centennial High School.
• Freshman Brandi Jones and sister Brittany, a junior, join Maryland this season. The Jones' hail from Poway, Calif. Brittany transferred from Cal Poly where she played club lacrosse and helped her team to a pair of national championships.
•The final sibling combo on the team is Meredith and Taylor Zanelotti. Meredith is a freshman this year while Taylor is a senior who rejoins the team after not playing in 2007. Both are also from Ellicott City and graduated from River Hill High School.
Dobbie Named ACC Co-Player of the Week
• Senior midfielder Dana Dobbie was named the ACC Co-Player of the Week on March 25 for her performance in a pair of Maryland victories. Dobbie scored 10 goals, including seven at No. 10 Stanford, which matched her career high. She shares the award with North Carolina's Megan Bosica who led the Tar Heels to an ACC win against Duke.
• Dobbie helped the Terps extend their winning streak to six games with the two victories last week. In a win at No. 15 Johns Hopkins on March 17, she scored a hat trick and added three draw controls in a 16-8 victory.
• She then tied her career high with seven goals in a 15-7 win at No. 10 Stanford on March 22. She also added an assist, a team-high five draw controls, two groundballs and a caused turnover. Dobbie led the game-clinching run in the second half with three goals in a five-goal run for the Terps. Her 10 goals last week came on just 16 shots for a .625 shooting percentage.
• The Guelph, Ontario native leads the nation in draw controls with 5.00 per game and her 40 points are tied for ninth. She also leads the conference in goals per game (3.56) and points per game (4.44) while those numbers rank 16th and 23rd nationally.
Dobbie Scores Seven In Terps' Win At Stanford
• Senior Dana Dobbie scored seven goals, had one assist, and secured five draw controls to pace the No. 3 Maryland women's lacrosse team to a 15-7 win at No. 10 Stanford on March 22. It is the second time in her career she has scored seven goals in a Terrapins uniform.
• Dobbie matched her personal best which came at Dartmouth on March 16, 2007 in a 15-7 victory.
• Seniors Lauren Cohen and Casey Magor both had hat tricks for the Terps while classmate Kelly Kasper dished out two assists while recording five draw controls and three caused turnovers. Kasper now has 75 career assists which is one away from entering the top 10 all-time.
• Maryland's defense allowed less than 10 goals for the fourth-straight game and forced 18 Cardinal turnovers. Senior Katie Pumphrey caused six turnovers while sophomore Karissa Taylor forced four. Senior Allie Buote made 10 saves in goal.
• The win ended Stanford's three-game win streak which included a pair of wins over top-10 teams in Penn and Notre Dame.
Princiotto Leads Terps Over Johns Hopkins
• Senior Katie Princiotto recorded a career-high five goals to lead the No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team to a 16-8 win against No. 15 Johns Hopkins on March 17 at Homewood Field. Classmate Kelly Kasper added a goal and four assists to go along with four draw controls.
• Senior Dana Dobbie chipped in with a hat trick while sophomore Ali Perkins tied her career high with three assists that all came in the first half. Senior Allie Buote was credited with seven saves in the win.
Terps Overwhelm Dartmouth, 17-8
• With head coach Cathy Reese back on the sideline after delivering her third child March 12, the No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team overwhelmed No. 17 Dartmouth, 17-8, on March 15 at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. Sophomore Caitlyn McFadden recorded a career-high seven points in the win.
• McFadden also picked up four ground balls and two draw controls for the Terrapins. Senior Dana Dobbie had a goal and two assists while dominating the draws with eight of the team's 21. Dartmouth secured just six in the game.
• Seniors Katie Princiotto and Casey Magor each had two goals and an assist while senior Lauren Cohen, sophomore Amanda Spinnenweber, and freshman Laura Merrifield all had a pair of goals.
Terps Handle James Madison, 16-10
• Senior Kelly Kasper led all of Maryland's 10 point scorers with four goals and an assist as the No. 4 Maryland women's lacrosse team defeated No. 16 James Madison, 16-10, on March 8 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• Senior Dana Dobbie recorded three goals and an assist while classmate Katie Princiotto had a goal and three assists. Senior Casey Magor notched a hat trick and sophomore Caitlyn McFadden contributed a goal and a pair of helpers.
Terps Beat Virginia For First Time Since 2003
• Senior Allie Buote was credited with 10 saves and classmate Dana Dobbie recorded three goals, an assist, and six draw controls as the No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team beat No. 2 Virginia, 8-5, on March 4 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
• The Terps, now in their second season under the guidance of Cathy Reese, have won all three games in which they have played an opponent ranked No. 1 or No. 2 at home in the past two seasons and have done it in three different locations.
• Last season, Maryland defeated No. 2 Duke, 19-18, on March 3 at Ludwig Field and then knocked off No. 1 North Carolina three weeks later at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium, 8-6.
• Dobbie snatched up six of the Terps' 11 draw controls on the night while Virginia had just four. Senior Lauren Cohen recorded two goals and an assist while classmate Katie Pumphrey notched four ground balls and three caused turnovers on defense.
No. 3 Duke Escapes Terps
• No. 3 Duke scored three unanswered goals in the final 12:04 and Jess Adams scored the game-winner with three seconds left to beat the No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team, 14-13, on March 1 at Koskinen Stadium. The last two games in the series have both been decided by a single goal.
• Senior Lauren Cohen paced the Terps with four goals and an assist while classmate Kelly Kasper scored three goals.
• Senior Dana Dobbie had two goals and an assist while senior Casey Magor and sophomore Caitlyn McFadden chipped in with a goal and a pair of assists. Dobbie added nine draw controls and three caused turnovers.
• Maryland held a significant 22-7 advantage in draws but turned the ball over 16 times compared to Duke's nine.
• As Maryland was working the offense and trying to kill off some of the clock with a one-goal lead, it turned the ball over and Duke took possession. The Blue Devils made the most of the mistake and scored the game-tying goal with 1:29 left in the game.
• Dobbie won the ensuing draw to give the Terps possession in the last minute, but the Duke defense forced another turnover and gained possession of the ball.
• Maryland was whistled for a foul with 13 seconds left and Duke was awarded a free position, but Sarah Bullard's shot was blocked.
• Adam gained possession of the ball and scored with just three seconds remaining, her only point of the game, to give Duke the come-from-behind victory.
Terps Go 2-0 In Massachusetts
• Maryland opened the season with a pair of wins against UMass and Boston College last weekend.
• The Terps beat the Minutewomen, 18-7, on February 23 at McGuirk Stadium. The game was pushed back a day due to snow.
• Senior Kelly Kasper scored a career high six goals in the Terrapins' season opener.
• Sophomore Caitlyn McFadden also recorded career highs in goals and points with four and five, respectively.
• On the next day, Kasper shared the wealth and established a new career high with six assists and tied her personal best with nine points.
• Senior Lauren Cohen chipped in with five goals and an assist while classmate Dana Dobbie also had five goals to go along with five draw controls.
• McFadden had two goals and an assist while senior Allie Buote was credited with seven saves in the cage, including six in the first half.
Three Terps Named To US Touring Team
• Three Maryland women's lacrosse players were named to the United States touring team that will represent the country in the upcoming Prague Cup in the Czech Republic in June. Former Terrapins Quinn Carney and Acacia Walker were named to the roster while sophomore Caitlyn McFadden will serve as an alternate.
• Maryland is one of three schools in the nation to have three student-athletes named to the 24-woman list. Northwestern has three women on the 18-woman roster while North Carolina has two on the roster and one alternate. A total of seven programs had two women represented on the team.
• McFadden is the youngest player to be named to the 24-woman list, representing the class of 2010. As one of the top freshman in the country last season, she scored 18 goals and added 17 assists for one of the most potent offenses in the nation. She finished third on the Terps squad with 29 draw controls, fourth with 21 caused turnovers, and fifth with 27 groundballs. McFadden was named to the WomensLacrosse.com All-Rookie Team and was a member of the All-ACC Academic Team.
• Carney and Walker are two of the best ever to go through the Maryland program. Carney, a 2001 graduate, was a two-time All-American and All-ACC honoree. She won four national championships while in the red and black and was named to the all-time ACC team. Carney ranks third all-time at Maryland with 110 assists, fourth with 272 points, and fifth with 162 goals.
• Walker, a 2005 graduate, was also a two-time All-American and All-ACC selection. She racked up 108 goals, 77 assists, and 185 points in her collegiate career. Her assist number is tied for eighth all-time at Maryland.
Reese Makes ACC History In 2007
• Head coach Cathy Reese, in her first season at the helm of the Terps program, was named the 2007 ACC Coach of the Year. It was the first time in conference history that a mentor earned the award in their first season as head coach.
• Reese and associate head coach Jen Adams revitalized the Terrapins last season, whose 16 wins were the most since 2003 and who advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time since 2004.
• The Terps started the year 13-1 with wins over No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Duke at home.
• The Maryland offense ranked eighth in the nation last year with 14.25 goals per game.
• Maryland was perfect at home for the first time since 2001 with a record of 9-0.
