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2006 RICHMOND FIELD HOCKEY NOV. 11-12, 2006 17 RICHMOND (17-4) AT NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST & SECOND ROUNDS FIELD HOCKEY & LACROSSE COMPLEX COLLEGE PARK, MD 11:00 AM (EST) Richmond Athletic Public Relations Assistant Director, Scott Meyer 218 Robins Center University of Richmond, Virginia 23173 PHONE 804.287.6313 FAX 804.289.8820 [email protected] Scene setter: Richmond will be part of the 2006 NCAA Tournament for the fifth- consecutive season. Nationally ranked at No. 17, The Spiders earned an automatic bid by winning the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament then topped Lock Haven, the Northeast Conference Tournament winner, 4-2, Tuesday, Nov. 7 during an NCAA Play-In game in Richmond, Va. Richmond has won its last 12 contests dating back to Sept. 30 against Radford. In the stretch, the Spiders clinched their fifth-straight -- Complete coverage of Richmond field hockey including news releases, game Atlantic 10 regular season title, their fifth-straight A-10 Tournament title, moved a win recaps and boxscores. streak against A-10 teams to 42-straight, and outscored their opponents 60-9. -- Updated roster, schedule and season statistics. -- Photo galleries for selected home games. On Tap: Richmond will face second-seeded Maryland Saturday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. -- Links to CSTV’s GameTracker Live. GameTracker Live carries a complete play- in the first game of the College Park, Md., bracket. The winner of the game will by-play of the match in progress and provides up-to-the-minute stats while also advance to the round of eight and face the winner of the Penn State/North Carolina containing a scoreboard from matches being played across the country. game (2 p.m.) in a game scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. Richmond in the NCAA Tournament: Richmond is making its fifth-straight trip 2006 Richmond Schedule to the NCAA Tournament. The Spiders’ last time in the NCAA’s was 2005 when it topped Sacred Heart, 7-2, in an NCAA Play-In game at Richmond, then fell 4-0 at Date Opponent Location Time/Result top-ranked Maryland in the first round as the Terps went on to win the National Aug. 27 TOWSON Richmond, Va. W,2-1 Championship. In 2004, the Spiders beat Rider, 6-0, in the Play-In, then fell 3-0 at Sept. 2 PRINCETON Richmond, Va. W,4-3 top-seeded North Carolina in the first round. In 2003, Richmond lost 2-1 to Cal in Sept. 8 vs. No. 20 Michigan Norfolk, Va. L, 2-3 the Play-In game, but received an at-large bid to play Old Dominion. The Spiders fell Sept. 9 at No. 3 Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. L, 0-3 4-2 to the Lady Monarchs in Norfolk, Va. In their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Championships, Richmond topped Rider, 2-1, in the Play-In game then fell 5-1 to Old Sept. 13 No. 13 JAMES MADISON Richmond, Va. W,2-1 Dominion in the first round. Sept. 16 at No. 17 William & Mary Williamsburg, Va. L, 3-5 Sept. 22 VCU Richmond, Va. W,7-0 Richmond vs. Maryland: Richmond is 0-15-1 all-time against the Terrapins dating Sept. 24 at No. 11 American Washington, D.C. W,3-2 back to 1983. The Terps have outscored the Spiders in those 16 games, 72-10. Nine Sept. 27 No. 8 VIRGINIA Richmond, Va. L, 3-5 of the 16 contests have been played at Maryland, the last one coming in the first Sept. 30 RADFORD Richmond, Va. W,6-0 round of last season’s NCAA Tournament. Maryland topped the Spiders, 4-0, en route to their fourth NCAA Championship, and first since 1999. Oct. 1 DAVIDSON Richmond, Va. W,9-0 Oct. 6 *WEST CHESTER Richmond, Va. W,11-0 Richmond vs. 2006 NCAA Tournament Field: The Spiders are a combined 3-2 Oct. 8 *LA SALLE Richmond, Va. W,6-0 this season against the 15 other teams in the 2006 NCAA Tournament field. Oct. 13 *at Rhode Island Kingston, R.I. W, 1-0 Richmond topped American (3-2), James Madison (2-1) and Princeton (4-3) during Oct. 15 *at Massachusetts Amherst, Mass. W,5-2 the 2006 regular season. The Spiders fell to Virginia (3-5) and Old Dominion (0-3). Oct. 20 *at Temple Philadelphia, Pa. W, 2-1@ Records: Richmond is 17-4 after topping Lock Haven in the NCAA Play-In game Oct. 22 *at Saint Joseph’s Philadelphia, Pa. W,6-1 Tuesday,Nov. 7 in Richmond, Va. The Spiders went 7-0 in Atlantic 10 action for the Oct. 29 *SAINT LOUIS Richmond, Va. W,5-0 second-straight season and are currently on a 12-game win streak. Maryland is 19-2 Nov. 3 !vs. Temple Richmond, Va. W,2-1@ after falling to top-ranked Wake Forest in the ACC Championship final, 1-0. Nov. 4 !vs. Saint Joseph’s Richmond, Va. W,3-2 Nov. 7 # vs. Lock Haven Richmond, Va. W,4-2 Rankings: Richmond is ranked 17th in the latest STX/NFHCA Coaches Poll. The Nov. 11 $vs. Maryland College Park, Md. 11 a.m. Spiders debuted at No. 19, Aug. 22, then fell out of the Top-20, Sept. 19, after start- Nov. 12 $vs. Penn State/North Carolina College Park, Md. 2 p.m. ing the year 3-3. With a win over No. 11 American, the Spiders jumped back to No. 19, Sept. 26, and remained there until Oct. 10. Following four-straight wins, Nov. 17-19 %NCAA Final Four Winston-Salem, N.C. Richmond jumped to No. 18, Oct. 10, then to No. 17, Oct. 17. Richmond’s highest ranking of the season, No. 16, came Oct. 31 just prior to the start of the Atlantic 10 ^ Foreman Field, * Atlantic 10 opponent, ! Atlantic 10 Championships, # NCAA Play-In Game, Championships. Maryland was ranked No. 2 in the Nov. 7 edition of the $ NCAA First & Second Rounds STX/NFHCA poll after falling to Wake Forest in the ACC Championship finals. The @ Overtime Terrapins received 1 of the 28 first-place votes and a total of 532 points. Maryland in the NCAA Tournament: Maryland, the reigning-National Champion, 2006 Atlantic 10 Standings has appeared in 19 NCAA Tournaments all-time. The Terps have won four National Championships and will host the first and second rounds for the fourth-consecutive Conference Overall year. Maryland will also be hosting a regional for the 13th time in 15 years. Team W L PCT. W L PCT. Richmond 7 0 1.000 17 4 .810 NCAA Tour nament seeds: Maryland is the tournament’s No. 2 seed, and will host Rhode Island 4 3 .571 8 10 .444 one of four regional brackets. In the other four-team bracket on the Maryland half Saint Joseph's 4 3 .571 11 10 .524 is No. 3 Old Dominion. The Lady Monarchs fell in the CAA Championships final to Temple 4 3 .571 13 7 .650 James Madison, and will play their regional at host Princeton. Duke will serve as the La Salle 3 4 .429 7 13 .350 tournament’s four-seed and host one of the four regionals. Wake Forest will serve as Massachusetts 3 4 .429 6 14 .300 the top-seed and host the fourth and final regional. The Final Four is set for Nov. 17 Saint Louis 3 4 .429 7 9 .438 and 19 at Kentner Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., and will be hosted by Wake Forest West Chester 0 7 .000 2 16 .111 University. RICHMOND ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS PHONE - 804.287.6313 ROBINS CENTER, RICHMOND, VA 23173 RICHMONDSPIDERS.COM FAX - 804.289.8820 2006 RICHMOND FIELD HOCKEY NOV. 11-12, 2006 NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST & SECOND ROUNDS Richmond Athletic Public Relations Assistant Director, Scott Meyer 218 Robins Center University of Richmond, Virginia 23173 PHONE 804.287.6313 FAX 804.289.8820 [email protected] THE REMATCH The Spiders will face the Maryland Terrapins in the NCAA first round for the second- By The Numbers straight season. The defending National Champions topped the Spiders, 4-0, in last sea- RICHMOND VS.OPPONENTS (as of Nov. 7) son’s opening round game on their way to their first Championship since 1999. Richmond Spiders Terrapins got off just three shots, while Michelle Swartz made 11 saves, including seven in the sec- Record . 17-4 . 19-2 ond half. Goals . 86. 74 Shot Attempts . 434 . 383 FACES IN THE CROWD Goals Scored Average . 4.00 . 3.52 Richmond junior Shannon Taylor was recognized in Sports Illustrated’s Shot Percentage . .198 . .193 Faces In The Crowd after recording her second four-goal game of the Shots On Cage . 255 . 141 season, Oct. 22 at Saint Joseph’s. The four-goal tally also tied a school Shot On Cage Percentage . .588 . .368 record set by herself against Davidson (Oct. 1) and by Holly Cram in Shots Per Game . 20.7 . 18.2 2004. Assists . 51. 58 Goals Against. 32. 17 Goals Against Average . 1.51 . 0.81 WRUBLESKY STEPS TO THE FOREFRONT Shots Against . 165 . 126 Senior co-captain Heather Wrublesky has made her mark on the Shots Against Per Game . 7.9 . 6.0 Richmond field hockey program lately. The Langhorne, Pa., native has Penalty Corners . 188 . 158 scored four goals over the last five for the Spiders. Two of those tallies Penalty Strokes . 3-3. 1-2 have come with Richmond’s season on the line. Wrublesky, recently Green Cards . 5 . 5 selected to represent Richmond in the 2006 NFHCA Division I Senior Yellow Cards .