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9 2007 MARYLAND FIELD HOCKEY As a sophomore in 2005: Earned first-career National Field Hockey Coaches Association All- American honors, earning a spot on the third team … NFHCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region first team pick ... boasted the top goals against average in the nation at 0.96, starting in 18 games … backfield 00 was the second-ranked defense in the nation, allowing just a 1.01 GAA … posted seven shutouts KATHRYN MASSON on the season … battled to a tie at the end of overtime, playing all 115 minutes, posting nine saves against then-No. 1 Wake Forest, a decision which the Terps eventually dropped in penalty strokes Senior (Sept. 24) … selected ACC Player of the Week after making a career-high 14 saves at then-No. 3 Goalkeeper • 5-10 Duke, including several key stops down the stretch, helping shut out the top offensive team in the Richmond, British Columbia nation, 2-0 (Oct. 8) … had eight saves in the ACC Championship game vs. the Demon Deacons Hugh McRoberts Secondary (Nov. 6) … was nearly perfect in NCAA Tournament play, notching three shutouts, including a 1-0 blanking of the Blue Devils to remain undefeated in four career meetings … named to the All-ACC CAREER STATISTICS Academic team for the second-consecutive year. Year GP GS Min. GA GAA Saves SV% ShO As freshman in 2004: Posted first-career shutout in first-career start vs. Quinnipiac (Sept. 26) ... 2004 15 11 880 17 1.35 38 .691 2 a starter in 10 of the team’s last 12 games ... first-career ACC start was a 5-4 overtime win over 2005 18 18 1301 17 0.91 57 .770 7 No. 4 Duke (Oct. 9), recording a career-high nine saves ... earned www.womensfieldhockey.com 2006 23 23 1602 16 0.70 67 .807 9 National Rookie of the Week nod for performance vs. the Blue Devils ... picked up a sweep over Totals 56 52 3783 50 0.93 162 .64 18 Duke, recording a 3-2 win in first ACC Tournament appearance (Nov. 5), posting six saves ... won first NCAA Tournament game in first postseason appearance vs. No. 14 Delaware (Nov. 13) and SINGLE-GAME HIGHS posted a shutout in the second round vs. American (Nov. 14) ... eight saves in the blowout over Saves: 14 at Duke (Oct. 8, 2005) No. 10 Michigan (Oct. 17) ... registered a shutout in five stops in 2-1, overtime setback vs. No. 2 Minutes: 115:00 vs. Wake Forest (Sept. 24, 2005) North Carolina (Oct. 23) ... boasts team’s best goals against average, which also ranked third in the ACC and 16th in the nation ... assisted in the Terrapin defense’s effort to limit opponents to just 1.36 goals per game which tied for 15th in the nation. Meharg on Masson: “Kathryn is a brilliant, composed and competitive goalkeeper. She has worked hard on embracing her leadership role and on her communication skills to become the backbone Before Maryland: Member of the field hockey squad at Hugh McRoberts Secondary School, of the backfield, along with Susie [Rowe] and Alicia [Grater]. ” leading the team to a second-place finish at the 2004 provincial championships ... also received Carla Taunton Field Hockey award, given to the senior who has demonstrated leadership and International Experience: Member of the Junior commitment ... co-captain and Most Valuable Player of high school squad as a senior ... also Canadian National squad ... three-time member of the participated in the Canadian Nationals in squash. British Columbia Provincial squad ... awarded the 2003- 04 Lesley Kaplan Under-18 Goalkeeper award by the Personal: Majoring in education and English ... intends to pursue a career in secondary education B.C. Women’s Field Hockey Federation, presented to ... only daughter of Becky and Graeme Masson ... has two older brothers, Scott (25) and Cameron the top Under-18 provincial goalie ... MVP of the (23) ... Kathryn Jane Masson was born in Vancouver, B.C., May 24, 1986. 2003 Canadian National Championship third place game ... named to Canada’s Under-21 National team in 2005. As a junior in 2006: An All-American for the 7 second-straight year, earning a spot on the first team, the first-ever Terrapin goalkeeper to garner JANNEKE first-team honors and only the third netminder to earn an All-American citation … also selected an All- American goalkeeper by www.womensfieldhockey. VAN LEEUWEN com … named to the All-ACC team for the first time Senior • Midfield • 5-11 … a first team Mid-Atlantic All-Region pick … led Hilversum, Netherlands/Alberdink Thijm College the nation in goals against average for the second- consecutive year and was second in save percentage CAREER STATISTICS … her 0.70 GAA is the third-lowest in school history Year GP GS G A TP Sh. GWG DS PS … posted a career-best nine shutouts on the 2004 23 16 7 11 25 21 0 0 0-0 season, en route to helping the Terps tie a school 2005 25 25 4 14 22 29 1 0 0-0 record of 12 overall … six of those shut outs came 2006 25 25 8 14 30 37 3 0 0-0 against ranked opponents, including twice against Totals 73 66 19 39 77 87 4 0 0-0 perennial powerhouse Old Dominion (Sept. 4 and Oct. 14), North Carolina (Oct. 22) and top-ranked SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Wake Forest (Nov. 19) in the NCAA finals … three of the four NCAA Tournament contests were shut outs Goals: 2, three times (last vs. Pacific, Aug. 26, 2006) … posted a season-high seven saves twice, once Assists: 3, twice (last at California, Aug. 29, 2006) at Virginia (Sept. 29) and at ODU … named to the Points: 6, at Princeton (Sept. 17, 2004) www.womensfieldhockey.com National Honor Roll after posting shutouts in the first two rounds of the Meharg on van Leeuwen: “Janneke was sidelined all of spring training because NCAA Tournament ... played all 115 minutes of the national semifinal game vs. #7 Connecticut (Nov. of a medical problem. We expect her to recover for the fall season, which will be 16) … the backfield’s 0.48 shutouts per game important for us. Janneke has played a major role since her arrival as a freshman. average was third-best in the country … her Her natural leadership from a variety of positions will be a key to our success.” 0.93 career GAA is among the top two in school history, entering the 2007 campaign. 20 2005 & 2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS As a junior in 2006: Voted second team Mid-Atlantic All-Region for the second-straight year by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association … tied a career high with 14 assists for 39 for her career, tying for seventh all-time in the Maryland record books … ranked 23rd in the nation with 4 0.56 assists per game, while leading the team in total assists … dished out a career-high tying three assists three games into the season at California (Aug. 29) … earned first national honor KIM ZIEGLER and was selected to the NCAA All-Tournament team, helping the Terps capture its second-straight Senior/Junior championship crown … scored a career-best eight goals, double the total from the previous season, Forward • 5-4 and 30 points, which ranked third on the team … had a pair of assists against Delaware (Sept. Kingsville, Md. 13) and Albany (Oct. 15), as well … opened the season with a career-high tying two goals and season-high five points vs. Pacific (Aug. 26) … responsible for three game-winning goals, a career Fallston High School best, in games vs. Temple (Sept. 9), Northwestern (Sept. 10) and #13 James Madison (Sept. 17) CAREER STATISTICS … assisted on the only goal in the 1-0 triumph over #7 North Carolina, helping the Terps clinch a Year GP GS G A TP Sh. GWG DS PS share of the conference regular-season crown. 2004 Redshirt Season 2005 16 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0-0 As a sophomore in 2005: A starter in every game in the midfield, earning second team National 2006 24 10 5 1 11 10 1 0 0-0 Field Hockey Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic All-Region nods … second on the team and 11th Totals 40 10 6 2 14 13 1 0 0-0 in the nation in assists … collected a career-high three assists against Big Ten power Michigan, leading the Terps to a 4-0 victory (Sept. 2) … scored a goal in back-to-back wins against Rutgers SINGLE-GAME HIGHS (Oct. 2) and Duke (Oct. 8) … her tally against the Blue Devils gave the Terps a 2-0 cushion in the Goals: 1, six times (last at Princeton, Oct. 10, 2006) eventual regular-season victory … gave Maryland a 1-0 lead in the championship game vs. Wake Assists: 1, twice (last vs. Appalachian State, Oct. 27, 2006) Forest, just over four minutes into the contest (Nov. 6) … broke a 1-1 tie in the NCAA semifinal Points: 2, six times (last at Princeton, Oct. 10, 2006) game against Old Dominion, giving the Terps a 2-1 advantage in the eventual 3-2 win to advance to the championship game (Nov. 18) … assisted on the game-tying penalty corner goal at No. 5 American (Oct. 26) … assisted on Susie Rowe’s game-winning tally in the ACC opener at Boston Meharg on Ziegler: “Kim is a vigorous competitor. As one of our three seniors, she sets a College (Sept. 17) … also had an assist in the NCAA Tournament win over work standard that everyone aspires to match.