Duke Field Hockey 2006 Duke Field Hockey

Duke Set To Face Arch Rival North Carolina In ACC Tourna- 2006 Schedule/Results ment First Round: The Duke field hockey team will head into 14-4 (3-2 ACC) postseason play on Thursday, Nov. 2 as the No. 3 seed at the 2006 Date Opponent Time/Result AUG. 26 #14 LOUISVILLE! W, 2-1 ACC Tournament, hosted by the University of North Carolina. Duke AUG. 27 DELAWARE! W, 5-1 faces No. 6-seed North Carolina in first round action on Thursday at Sept. 2 vs. Kent State# W, 6-0 4 p.m. at Francis E. Henry Stadium, with the winner of that matchup Sept. 3 at #12 Iowa W, 3-2 (OT) set to face No. 2 seed Wake Forest on Friday at 7 p.m. The champi- Sept. 9 at #2 Wake Forest* L, 0-3 onship game will be held on Sunday, Nov. 5 at 12 p.m. SEPT. 10 BOSTON W, 4-0 SEPT. 16 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 7-0 SEPT. 17 #3 OLD DOMINION L, 3-4 (2OT) Rivals Meet For Second Time In 2006: Duke will face North SEPT. 23 #5 NORTH CAROLINA* W, 2-1 (OT) Carolina for the second time this season in the first round of the ACC SEPT. 30 #7 BOSTON COLLEGE* L, 1-2 (2OT) Tournament. The last time Duke met North Carolina, the Blue Devils OCT. 1 HARVARD W, 5-2 Oct. 7 at #1 Maryland* W, 2-0 posted a 2-1 overtime victory over the Tar Heels at Duke’s own Oct. 9 vs. #16 Villanova@ W, 7-2 Williams Field. With the score knotted at one a piece at the end of Oct. 10 at Drexel W, 5-1 regulation, senior Amy Stopford netted her third penalty stroke of the Oct. 14 vs. #17 William & Mary^ W, 3-1 season 11 minutes into overtime to give the Blue Devils the win. The Oct. 15 at #3 Old Dominion L, 0-1 win was Duke’s fifth in six games over the Tar Heels. OCT. 21 #12 CALIFORNIA W, 1-0 OCT. 28 #10 VIRGINIA* W, 3-1 Nov. 2 North Carolina~ 4:00 p.m. Scouting The Tar Heels: Eighth-ranked North Carolina heads into Nov. 3 Wake Forest (if applicable) 7:00 p.m. ACC Tournament play after splitting decisions with No. 3 Old Nov. 5 ACC Championship (if applicable) 12:00 p.m. st Dominion and Radford to end the regular season. The Tar Heels fell Nov. 11 NCAA 1 Round, Campus Sites TBA Nov. 12 NCAA 2nd Round, Campus Sites TBA to the Lady Monarchs, 3-1, in Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 28 and returned Nov. 17 NCAA Semifinals, Winston-Salem, N.C. home to face Radford the next day, coming away with a 6-1 victory. Nov. 19 NCAA Championship, Winston-Salem, N.C. UNC is 12-7 (1-4 ACC), and is led by Karen Mann who has netted 14 goals and dished out two assists, for a team-leading 30 points on HOME CONTESTS IN BOLD/CAPS; Listed rankings at time of the season. Brianna O’Donnell has started every game in goal for contest; * - ACC contest; ! – Champion’s Tournament (Durham, N.C.); # - Iowa City, Iowa; @ - Philadelphia, Pa. the Tar Heels and has recorded 95 saves for a .812 save percentage ^ - Norfolk, Va.; ~ - ACC Tournament (Chapel Hill, N.C.) on the year. O’Donnell’s goals against average is 1.14. 2006 DUKE BLUE DEVILS No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown High School 2 Lauren Miller Fr. Mid. 5-3.5 Cherry Hills Village, Col. Kent Denver 3 Laura Suchoski So. Mid. 5-3 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Wyoming Seminary 6 Shayna McGeehan Jr. Def. 5-3 Grantville, Pa. Lower Dauphin 7 Elizabeth Floyd Sr. Fwd. 5-6 Shaker Heights, Ohio Hathaway Brown 8 Cara-Lynn Lopresti Sr. Fwd. 5-4.5 San Diego, Calif. Torrey Pines 9 Marian Dickinson So. Mid. 5-4 Alberta, Canada Western Canada 15 Hilary Linton Sr. Mid. 5-5 Burnaby, B.C. Burnaby South 17 Lauren Amicucci Fr. Fwd. 5-0 Armonk, N.Y. Greenwich Academy [Conn.] 19 Rachel Link Jr. Mid. 5-6 West Chester, Pa. Unionville 20 Caitlin Williams Jr. Goalie 5-7 Greenland, N.H. St. Thomas Aquinas 21 Courtney Elliott Jr. Def. 5-5 Ann Arbor, Mich. Pioneer 22 Brooke Patterson Fr. Mid. 5-6 Emmaus, Pa. Emmaus 23 Amy Stopford Sr. Mid. 5-4 Hillsborough, N.C. Durham Academy 24 Amie Survilla Fr. Fwd. 5-4 Mountain Top, Pa. Crestwood 27 Ashley Pultorak So. Mid. 5-5 Schwenksville, Pa. Perkiomen Valley 70 Janelle Barth Fr. Goalie 5-3 Fairfax, Va. W.T. Woodson Head Coach: Beth Bozman (Trenton State, ‘96) Assistant Coaches: Kelly Baril (Princeton, ‘03) & Maria Whitehead (Wake Forest, ‘03) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Tara Herrmann (Old Dominion, ‘03) Pronunciation Guide Lauren Amicucci ahm-ih-COOCH-ee DUKE SPORTS INFORMATION Laura Suchoski su-HOS-ky Field Hockey Contact: Maegan Azpiazu Amie Survilla sur-VILL-a ([email protected]) Ashley Pultorak PULL-tor-ak 115 , Box 90557/Durham, NC 27705 Beth Bozman BAHZ-men (919) 684-3328 (office phone); (919) 812-2845 (cell); (919) 684-2489 (office fax) Kelly Baril buh-RILL www.GoDuke.com Duke Field Hockey Duke in the Rankings: The Blue Devils are ranked fourth for Linton, Stopford & Suchoski Named To All-ACC Squad: the fourth consecutive week, as was announced by the latest Seniors Hilary Linton and Amy Stopford and sophomore Laura STX/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll, released on Oct. 31. Suchoski have been named to the 2006 All-Atlantic Coast Maryland remains at the No. 1 spot, as Duke has handed the Conference Team, as was released by conference officials on Terps their only loss of the season, while Wake Forest and Nov. 1. This year’s honor marks the second consecutive for Old Dominion sit at No. 2 and 3, respectively. Ohio State is Stopford, and the third consecutive for Linton, as Duke received ranked fifth. three nods on this year’s list behind Maryland’s five selections.

The Race: The Blue Devil field hockey team put 2006 STX/NFHCA DIVISION I Duke ahead 1-0 in the 2006-07 Carlyle NATIONAL POLL Cup race on Sept. 23, as the Blue Devils Release Date: Oct. 31, 2006 defeated North Carolina at Williams Field, 2-1, in overtime. The Carlyle Cup is a No. Institution Record yearlong competition between the Blue 1 University of Maryland^ 18-1 Devils and the Tar Heels sponsored by 2 ^ 17-1 Carlyle & Co. of Greensboro, N.C. Behind 3 Old Dominion University 18-2 wins in field hockey, men’s soccer, men’s 4 14-4 and women’s cross country and volleyball, 5 Ohio State University 14-2 Duke holds a 4.5-1 advantage in this 6 Penn State University 13-4 year’s cup. Here is a look at the most recent Carlyle Cup out- 7 Boston College^ 14-5 comes: 8 University of North Carolina^ 12-7 2005-06 ...... UNC 14, Duke 12 9 University of Connecticut 17-3 2004-05 ...... UNC 15, Duke 11 10 ^ 12-6 2003-04 ...... Duke 14, UNC 12 11 Providence College 17-3 2002-03 ...... Duke 14, UNC 12 12 Indiana University 14-4 2001-02 ...... UNC 17, Duke 9 13 University of California, Berkeley 14-4 2000-01 ...... Duke 14.5, UNC 11.5 14 University of Louisville 12-7 15 University of Michigan 11-8 ACC STANDINGS 16 University of Richmond 14-4 School Conference Overall 17 James Madison University 13-7 W L Pct. W L Pct. 18 Hofstra University 12-6 Maryland 4 1 .800 18 1 .947 19 American University 12-6 Wake Forest 4 1 .800 17 1 .944 20 Villanova University 12-8 Duke 3 2 .600 14 4 .778 Boston College 2 3 .400 14 5 .737 Italics Denotes 2006 Duke Opponent Virginia 1 4 .200 12 6 .667 ^ - ACC Opponent North Carolina 1 4 .200 12 7 .632

CATEGORY LEADERS Goals Game-Winning Goals Shots On Goal 9 Marian Dickinson 17 9 Marian Dickinson 5 9 Marian Dickinson 34 23 Amy Stopford 12 23 Amy Stopford 3 23 Amy Stopford 33 24 Amie Survilla 8 15 Hilary Linton 2 8 Cara-Lynn Lopresti 23 8 Cara-Lynn Lopresti 5 2 Lauren Miller 2 24 Amie Survilla 22 27 Ashley Pultorak 4 - 2 tied at 1 3 Laura Suchoski 21

Assists Shots Shots On Goal Percentage 9 Marian Dickinson 10 23 Amy Stopford 67 9 Marian Dickinson .756 22 Brooke Patterson 10 9 Marian Dickinson 45 21 Courtney Elliott .750 8 Cara-Lynn Lopresti 6 8 Cara-Lynn Lopresti 41 3 Laura Suchoski .677 3 Laura Suchoski 5 24 Amie Survilla 41 17 Lauren Amicucci .667 - 3 tied at 2 - 2 tied at 31 7 Liz Floyd .625

Points Shot Percentage Saves 9 Marian Dickinson 44 9 Marian Dickinson .378 20 Caitlin Williams 61 23 Amy Stopford 24 21 Courtney Elliott .250 Save Percentage 24 Amie Survilla 17 24 Amie Survilla .195 20 Caitlin Williams .735 8 Cara-Lynn Lopresti 16 23 Amy Stopford .179 Goals Against Average 3 Laura Suchoski 11 27 Ashley Pultorak .174 20 Caitlin Williams 1.19 Duke Field Hockey Last Time Out: Duke heads into the ACC Tournament off a 3-1 Duke All-Time ACC Tournament Results win over 10th-ranked Virginia (12-6, 1-4 ACC) at Williams Field on Senior Day, as three of four seniors scored goals in the 1983 Wake Forest W, 6-0 victory to put Duke’s record at (14-4, 3-2 ACC) to end the regular North Carolina (semi) L, 2-1 season. 1984 Wake Forest W, 4-0 North Carolina (semi) L, 3-0 Liz Floyd netted her first goal of the season to get things rolling 1985 Wake Forest W, 9-2 for the Blue Devils in the first half, before Amy Stopford was able North Carolina (semi) L, 6-1 to convert on a penalty corner for her 12th goal of the season 1986 North Carolina (semi) L, 4-0 just before the halftime break. Cara-Lynn Lopresti found the net 1987 Wake Forest W, 5-0 for the fifth time this season in the second half for Duke’s final North Carolina (semi) L, 8-1 goal of the day. Virginia battled back, scoring one goal, but the 1988 Maryland L, 3-0 Blue Devil defense kept the Cavaliers in check and Duke came 1989 Wake Forest W, 4-0 away with the 3-1 win. North Carolina (semi) L, 3-0 1990 Virginia (semi) W, 2-1 Linton And Stopford To Play In Senior All-Star Game: North Carolina (final) L, 2-1ot Senior standouts Hilary Linton and Amy Stopford have been 1991 North Carolina (semi) L, 1-0 tabbed Senior All-Stars, and will represent Duke at the NFHCA 1992 Maryland (semi) L, 2-1ot Senior All-Star Game, as was announced by the NFHCA on Oct. 1993 Wake Forest W, 6-2 23. Linton and Stopford are two of 38 players nationwide to be Maryland (semi) L, 4-0 selected as Senior All-Stars, and join six other players from the 1994 Wake Forest L, 3-2 ACC on the selection list. The game will be played on Saturday, 1995 Wake Forest W, 2-1ot Nov. 18 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., at North Carolina (semi) L, 2-1 7:30 p.m. 1996 Wake Forest W, 2-0 North Carolina (semi) L, 3-2 A Look Back At The 2005 ACC Tournament 1997 Wake Forest W, 3-2 ALL-ACC SELECTIONS Virginia (semi) L, 2-1ot Nicole Dudek, Duke Katie Grant, Duke 1998 Wake Forest L, 3-2(2ot) Mia Link, Virginia Haley Scott, Wake Forest 1999 Virginia L, 2-0 Maeke Boreel, Wake Forest Lauren Crandall, Wake Forest 2000 Virginia L, 2-1ot Rachel Dawson, UNC Paula Infante, Maryland 2001 Virginia L, 3-1 Bronwen Kelly, BC Hilary Linton, Duke 2002 Virginia W, 3-1 Cara-Lynn Lopresti, Duke Lauren Powley, Maryland Wake Forest (semi) L, 2-1 Amy Stopford, Duke Emily Beach, Maryland 2003 North Carolina (semi) W, 4-3 Kristen Madden, BC Ariel Meyers, Wake Forest Wake Forest (final) L, 3-2ot Katy Tran, UNC 2004 Maryland (semi) L, 3-2 2005 Virginia W, 5-1 Offensive Player of the Year: Katie Grant, Duke Maryland (semi) L, 4-3 Defensive Player of the Year: Paula Infante, Maryland Coach of the Year: Jennifer Averill, Wake Forest Rookie of the Year: Christine Suggs, Wake Forest Duke in the ACC & NCAA Tournament Under Bozman ACC TOURNAMENT RESULTS Thurs. Nov. 3 Year Record ACC ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament North Carolina 2, Boston College 1 2003 20-4 2-2 1-1 3-1 (Runner-up) Duke 5, Virginia 1 2004 18-5 2-2 0-1 3-1 (Runner-up) Fri. Nov. 4 2005 18-5 3-2 1-1 3-1 (Runner-up) Wake Forest 2, North Carolina 1 (OT) Maryland 4, Duke 3 Sun. Nov. 6 Maryland 3, Wake Forest 2

ACC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Katherine Blair, Virginia Lauren Crandall, Wake Forest Katie Grant, Duke Paula Infante, Maryland Bronwen Kelly, BC Hilary Linton, Duke Ariel Meyers, Wake Forest Brooke Miller, UNC Lauren Powley, Maryland Susie Rowe, Maryland* Katy Tran, UNC *Tournament MVP Duke Field Hockey Bozman Ends Regular Season With 70th Win At Duke: Duke head coach Beth Bozman recorded her 70th victory at Duke on Oct. 28, as The Bozman File Duke defeated Virginia, 3-1, at Williams Field on Senior Day. Bozman, who is in her fourth season at the helm of the Blue Devils and 20th overall, has compiled a 273-95-6 coaching record including this year’s mark of 14-4. At Hofstra The Trenton State graduate has led Duke to three consecutive national Year Overall Conference Postseason championship game appearances. 1987 15-4 (.789) Independent --

Stopford Garners ACC Player Of The Week Honors: Senior midfielder Amy Stopford became the second Duke field hockey player this season to At Princeton garner ACC Player of the Week accolades on Oct. 9. Stopford earned the Year Overall Ivy League Postseason honor for her stellar play in Duke’s 2-0 win at No. 1 Maryland, as the senior 1988 9-7 4-2 (3rd) ECAC netted her ninth goal of the season in the second half to help put the Terps 1989 10-6 4-2 (t-3rd) ECAC away. 1990 8-8 3-3 (t-3rd) ECAC 1991 8-4-5 3-1-2 (t-1st) ECAC Blue Devils Hand Maryland First Loss Of Season To Kick Off Fall 1992 11-5-1 4-1-1 (2nd) ECAC Break Road Trip: The Blue Devils went 4-1 on their five-game road trip, 1993 11-4 3-3 (t-3rd) -- posting wins over three ranked teams, including No. 1 Maryland. The Blue 1994 12-4 6-0 (1st) NCAA Devils’ 2-0 shutout win over the Terps on Oct. 7 ended a 21-game Terp win 1995 14-4 6-0 (1st) NCAA streak, as Maryland was dealt its first loss of the season and faced a 1996 18-4 6-0 (1st) NCAA Finals shutout loss for the first time since the 2004 NCAA Semifinals. 1997 16-4 7-0 (1st) NCAA 1998 17-3 7-0 (1st) NCAA Finals The Blue Devils spent their fall break in Philadelphia, where they picked up 1999 11-6 6-1 (t-1st) -- wins over then-No. 16 Villanova and Drexel. Over the course of three 2000 14-4 7-0 (1st) NCAA games in four days, Duke scored 11 second-half goals, out-shooting its 2001 17-3 7-0 (1st) NCAA opponents, 43-23, and out-scoring its opponents, 14-3. Highlights included 2002 12-7 7-0 (1st) NCAA sophomore Marian Dickinson recording her third hat trick of the season in 15 years 188-73-6 (.715) 80-13-3 (.865) Duke’s 5-1 win over Drexel, and junior Courtney Elliott scoring her first two career goals in the Blue Devils’ 7-2 win over Villanova. At Duke Dickinson Named ACC Field Hockey Player of the Week and Ronald Year Overall ACC Postseason McDonald Student-Athlete of the Week: Marian Dickinson received 2003 20-4 2-2 (3rd) NCAA Finals ACC Player of the Week accolades on Sept. 18 as the sophomore re- 2004 18-5 2-2 (2nd) NCAA Finals corded two hat tricks in two games and tallied one assist versus Appala- 2005 18-5 3-2 (3rd) NCAA Finals chian State and Old Dominion for a weekend point total of 13. On each Three years 56-14 (.800) 10-8 (.556) day, Dickinson scored two of her goals less than two minutes apart, as the two consecutive hat tricks came on three-for-eight and three-for-three shooting days. Dickinson was also named Ronald McDonald Student Career Record Athlete of the Week on Sept. 22 for her efforts. 19 years 259-91-6 (.736)

Linton Garners Ronald McDonald Player of the Week Honors: Hilary Linton was named the Ronald McDonald House Charities Student-Athlete Postseason Record of the Week by the Duke Radio Network on Sept. 8. The senior scored her Years Postseason Record first goal of the season four minutes into the overtime period at No. 12 Iowa 1988-1992 ECAC 5-3 on Sept. 3 to give the Blue Devils a 3-2 victory that put Duke’s record at 4- (1991 and 1992 ECAC Champions) 0 (0-0 ACC). 1994-1998, 2000-2005 NCAA 22-11 (1996, 1998, 2003, 2004 & 2005 National Runners-up) Duke’s Record When ... 16 times 27-14 (.659) At home ...... 8-2 Outshooting the opp...... 11-2 On the road ...... 3-2 Outcornering the opp. ... 12-1 At neutral sites...... 3-0 On Monday ...... 1-0 Against ranked teams .... 8-3 On Tuesday ...... 1-0 Against ACC teams...... 3-2 On Saturday ...... 8-2 In overtime...... 2-2 On Sunday ...... 4-2 Scoring first...... 11-2 In August ...... 2-0 Tied at halftime...... 3-1 In September...... 5-3 One-goal games ...... 4-3 In October ...... 7-1 Duke Field Hockey

Spotlight On... The Senior Class The Class Of 2007: (Top to Elizabeth Floyd Cara-Lynn Lopresti Amy Stopford Hilary Linton Bottom) Liz The Duke Field Hockey Class Of 2007 at a glance ... Floyd, Hilary 70-18 overall record, 10-8 in regular-season meetings with ACC opponents* Linton, Amy Stopford & Three consecutive National Championship game appearances Cara-Lynn Six All-ACC selections Lopresti Three ACC All-Tournament selections Six All-South Region selections Two NCAA All-Tournament selections Five All-America selections, including two South Region first team and one second team nod, one second team STX/NFHCA nod and one first team Dartfish/ NFHCA nod Three All-ACC Academic Team selections Four NFHCA National Academic Team selections 75 goals and 72 assists for 222 points in 88 games played *all information up-to-date through Nov. 1 2006 Roster Breakdown By State/Country Duke in the NCAA & ACC: Duke is ranked nationally in the top 10 of three Pennsylvania ...... 6 statistical categories and in the top 15 of eight categories, as the Blue Devils rank Canada ...... 2 fourth in penalty corners per game (8.78), seventh in won-lost-tied percentage North Carolina ...... 1 (.778) and 10th in scoring margin (1.95). Virginia ...... 1 New York ...... 1 Individually, senior Amy Stopford ranks second in penalty strokes (3.0) and New Hampshire ...... 1 sophomore Marian Dickinson ranks 10th in points per game (2.44) and 13th in Michigan ...... 1 goals per game (0.94). Junior goalie Caitlin Williams ranks 10th in goals against California ...... 1 average (1.19). Dickinson also ranks first in the ACC in points per game and goals Ohio ...... 1 per game, while Williams ranks third in saves per game (3.39). Below is a closer Colorado ...... 1 look at where Duke fits in statistically in the ACC and in the NCAA. By Class Senior ...... 4 Duke As A Team... Junior ...... 4 In the NCAA: In the ACC: Sophomore ...... 3 Scoring Average 13th (3.10) Scoring Average 4th Freshman ...... 5 Goals/Game 12th (3.28) Goals/Game 4th Goals Against Avg. 12th (1.16) Goals Against Avg. 4th Scoring Margin 10th (1.95) Scoring Margin 4th A Look Ahead - After The Won-Lost-Tied Pct. 7th (.778) Won-Lost-Tied Pct. 3rd ACC Tournament Penalty Corners/Game 4th (8.78) Penalty Corners/Game 2nd Assists 14th (2.28) Assists 4th Points 14th (8.83) Points -- Tuesday, November 7 Saves -- Saves 5th (61) NCAA Tournament Selection Show 7:30 p.m. (CSTV) Duke, Individually... In the NCAA: In the ACC: Saturday, November 11 Penalty Strokes Amy Stopford, 2nd (3.0) Points/Game Marian Dickinson, t-1st NCAA First Round, Campus Sites Points/Game Marian Dickinson, 10th (2.44) Goals/Game Marian Dickinson, 2nd Goals Against Avg. Caitlin Williams, 10th (1.19) Amy Stopford, t-9th Sunday, November 12 Goals/Game Marian Dickinson, 13th (.94) Assists/Game Marian Dickinson, t-4th NCAA Second Round, Campus Sites Amy Stopford, 39th (.67) Brooke Patterson, t-4th Save Pct. Caitlin Williams, 42nd (.735) Goals Against Avg. Caitlin Williams, 5th Friday, November 17 Assists/Game Marian Dickinson, 23rd (.56) Saves/Game Caitlin Williams, 3rd (3.39) NCAA Semifinals, Winston-Salem, N.C. Brooke Patterson, 23rd (.56) Shutouts/Game Caitlin Williams, 6th (.22) (at Wake Forest)

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