April 24, 2008
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Seniors Lauren Cohen, Dana Dobbie, Kelly Kasper, and Katie Pumphrey along with sophomore Caitlyn McFadden were all named to the 2008 All-ACC team, announced April 24 at the annual awards banquet. The Terrapins are the only team in the conference to have five honorees in each of the past three seasons.
Cohen has racked up 38 goals in 2008 which is a season-high and she ranks third in the ACC with 2.71 goals per game. She is also fifth in the ACC with 3.36 points per outing. In five conference games, she ranks second in goals and points per game.
The Farmingdale, N.Y., product has scored two or more goals in nine straight games and has also scored at least two goals in 13 of her 14 games this year.
Dobbie, who was the 2007 ACC Player of the Year, leads the nation with 97 draw controls and leads the ACC in goals (52) and goals per game (3.47). She also ranks second in points (63) and points per game (4.20).
Dobbie's work in the draw circle has etched her name in the NCAA record books. She is just 17 draw controls away from claiming the all-time national record in a single season while her 6.47 draws per game is well ahead of the record of Towson's Hillary Fratzke who had 6.29 per contest in 2006.
The Tewaaraton nominee is already the all-time career leader with 305 draw controls and her 5.08 per game average is more than two over the current record.
Kasper, who is a Tewaaraton nominee along with Dobbie, leads the conference in four different categories including assists (32), assists per game (2.13), points (64), and points per game (4.27). She is also third in the ACC with 2.73 draws per outing. Her assists and assists per game numbers rank 13th and 11th in the country, respectively.
The Eldersburg, Md., native has dished out two or more assists in eight games this season and has had three or more five times. She assisted on six goals in a win against Boston College on February 24 which tied the Maryland record.
Pumphrey has captained the Maryland back line to the eighth-best scoring defense in the country at 8.14 goals per game. That number ranks second in the conference. The Severna Park, Md., product has caused 15 turnovers and picked up 22 ground balls which both rank third on the squad.
Pumphrey is a crucial part to Maryland's transition game and consistently clears the ball into the offensive third of the field to spark the top offense in the ACC.
McFadden ranks third in the ACC in assists per game (1.40) and is fourth in assists (21). She has scored in every game this season with seven games of three or more points. McFadden dished out a career-high four points in a win against Dartmouth on March 12 and then did the same in the next game against Richmond on March 15. She also added a hat trick against the Spiders for a career-high seven points.
