university of MARYLAND Athletics WOMEN’S LACROSSE 1112 Cole Field House • College Park, Md. 20742-0041 • Ph: (301) 314-7064 • Fax: (301) 314-9094 SCHEDULES/RESULTS Originally Released: May 7, 2002 MARYLAND (10-9, 0-3 ACC) TERPS HEAD BACK TO LOYOLA FOR FIRST ROUND MATCHUP 3/1 at Duke* ................................................L 8-9 • The University of Maryland women’s lacrosse team will officially begin its trek towards its eighth-straight 3/3 at North Carolina* ..................................L 11-13 national championship this Thursday as it will head to Loyola College in Baltimore to take on the Greyhounds 3/10 at Syracuse ......................................... W 15-11 in an NCAA first round matchup. The Terrapins earned an at-large berth in this year’s tournament while Loyola 3/12 VIRGINIA* ............................................ L 16-17 is the tourney’s fifth seed. 3/16 at Brown.............................................. W 19-8 3/19 DARTMOUTH..................................... W 13-8 • The Terps enter Thursday’s game with an overall record of 10-9 (0-3 ACC). The Terrapins, this year’s 3/23 OLD DOMINION................................. W 17-9 preseason No. 1, were ranked eighth in the final IWLCA poll of the regular season. 3/26 HARVARD ........................................... W 18-3 1 • Loyola finished the 2002 regular season with an overall record of 15-3 (8-0 CAA) and earned an automatic berth 3/29 PENN STATE ........................................................................... W 13-11 1 3/31 OHIO STATE .............................................................................. L 11-12 by way of their winning the Colonial Athletic Association. The Greyhounds are ranked fifth and won seven of 4/3 GEORGETOWN .................................. L 6-10 their last eight games, including a 7-4 win over the Terps and a 25-4 victory over American to close the season. 4/6 at James Madison ................................L 10-11 • The Terrapins closed their regular season last Friday with a strong performance in a 18-6 win over No. 20 4/10 at William & Mary ............................... W 21-11 4/13 at Johns Hopkins ................................ W 13-8 George Mason. Maryland looked like the Terps of old as all but five of their goals were assisted and several 2 4/19 Virginia (ACC Semifinals) ..................................... W 15-12 came on quick-hitters and crisp passing inside the eight meter. In the win, Courtney Hobbs surpassed the 200- 2 4/21 North Carolina (ACC Finals) ................................. L 10-11 point plateu for her career and moved into the Maryland all-time top 10 in points and goals. 4/24 at Princeton ...........................................L 9-13 • Maryland entered 2002 as the seven-time defending national champion and the winningest team in the history 4/27 at Loyola ...............................................L 4-7 5/3 GEORGE MASON .............................. W 18-6 of women’s lacrosse. The Terps were a perfect 23-0 a year ago, winning the ACC 3 5/9 at Loyola ................................................................................................. 4:00 p.m. and national title in the process while winning more games than any team ever in a 3 5/12 NCAA Quarterfinals ................................................................ TBA single season. 4 5/17 NCAA Semifinals ...................................................................... TBA 4 5/19 NCAA Finals .................................................................................... TBA THE DRIVE FOR EIGHT ALLCAPS indicates home game; all times Eastern * Atlantic Coast Conference game • This year’s NCAA Tournament signifies Maryland’s run at an eighth straight NCAA 1 ACC/Big Ten Challenge at College Park, Md. title and the school’s 11th national championship overall in women’s lacrosse. The 2 ACC Tournament at Duke University 3 NCAA First Round/Quarterfinals at campus sites Terrapins’ current streak of championships began in 1995 and their overall list of titles 4 NCAA Championships at Loyola (Md.) College includes the 1981 (AIAW), ‘86 and ‘92 seasons as well. QUICK FACTS • Maryland is 42-13 all-time in postseason tournaments (USWLA, AIAW and NCAA) with its last loss coming in the finals of the 1994 NCAA Tournament. The Terps have won 20-straight NCAA Tournament games and are Head Coach .........................................Cindy Timchal Alma Mater .....................................West Chester, ‘76 31-8 all-time in NCAA postseason play. Record at Maryland (years) .............202-21 (12th) Career Record (years) ...................... 278-61 (21st) Field (capacity) .......................Ludwig Field (4,000) MORE NCAA NOTABLES Press Box Phone ............................(301) 405-1537 • The Terrapins’ seven consecutive titles are the longest string of any Division I women’s team in the nation. The ‘02 Home Record ....................................................5-3 Terps’ string is the longest current streak in Division I athletics and the third-longest streak ever in women’s ‘02 Road Record ....................................................4-5 ‘02 Neutral Record .................................................1-1 Division I athletics (traling only LSU outdoor track (11, 1987-97) and North Carolina soccer (nine, 1986-94)). • Should Maryland earn a trip to this year’s Final Four, it would be its 13th-in-a-row. Entering this year’s MEDIA INFORMATION tournament, the Terrapins have played in the championship game 11 out of the last 12 years. Women’s Lacrosse Contact ...............Greg Creese Phone ...........................................w: (301) 314-7065 • Courtney Hobbs has scored at least a point in each of her last seven NCAA tournament games. In that span, e-mail [email protected] she has scored 19 goals for an average of 2.7 goals per game in the last two years. Media Relations Fax ......................(301) 314-9094 Terrapin Fan Phone ........ (301) 314-TERP (8377) • Starting defender Megan Kelly has four NCAA Championships and six ACC Championships under her belt Maryland Athletics Website .......www.umterps.com in her three-year career as a Terp. The Maryland native moonlights on the Terrapin field hockey team that won the 1998, ‘99 and 2001 ACC Championships and was crowned the 1999 NCAA Champions. Kelly was also GAME FACTS & COVERAGE part of the Terp squad that won the 1999, 2000 and 2001 NCAA women’s lacrosse championships, as well as Maryland vs. George Mason the ACC women’s lacrosse championships from those seasons. Date: Thur., May 9 Time: 4:00 p.m. Site: Curley Field TV/Radio: WMUC 88.1 FM A CLOSER LOOK • The 2002 season has been a tough one by the standards set in College Park, but a closer look at this year’s team shows that the Terrapins have had a better season than their record indicates. • Maryland has lost its nine games by a combined total of 18 goals (an average margin of defeat of 2.0 goals per 2001MARYLANDwomen’s soccer NOTES/BY THE NUMBERS/POLL • NCAA FIRST ROUND game). Included in the nine losses are a total of five games in any single season. TERPS one-goal losses. • Timchal was selected as the ‘01 ACC Coach of the ...by the numbers • The Terrapins have, according to the LaxPower Year, her third time earning the honor. She has rankings, played the toughest schedule in Division been chosen as National Coach of the Year twice 0 I women’s lacrosse. and has coached 36 Terrapins to All-American sta- Losses by Maryland to Loyola in five games of tus. postseason play between the two schools. • LaxPower also rates the Terps as the sixth-best team in the nation with the seventh-highest ranking • Now in her 21st season of coaching collegiate ath- 8 in the “Quality Win Factor” category. letics overall, Timchal got her start at Northwestern Terrapin losses in 40 previous NCAA tournament • Maryland became the first fourth-seeded team in where she led the Wildcats to the NCAA tourna- games. the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference tourna- ment five times in nine years. Her overall record (Maryland and Northwestern) currently stands at 20 ment to win its way to the tourney finals. The Terps made it there with an impressive 15-12 win over 278-61 (.820). Consecutive NCAA tournament wins for Maryland. then third-ranked Virginia. They ultimately lost in • With the Terps’ win in the 2001 title game, Timchal The Terps last lost to Princeton in the 1994 became the winningest coach in the history of championship finals. the finals to North Carolina by, again, a single goal (11-10). women’s collegiate lacrosse. With the Terrapins’ 36 • Of Maryland’s nine losses, six have come to teams win over Princeton in the semifinals, she tied the Saves by junior goalie Alexis Venechanos in her ranked – at the time the games were played – in the record of William Smith’s Pat Genovese, who led last three games (versus 26 goals allowed). nation’s top five. all coaches with 267 wins. With Maryland’s win in During that span, her save percantage is .581 and the title game, Timchal moved to 268 wins for her her goals against average is 8.7. • The team is eighth in the nation in scoring (12.7 career. points per game) and first in draw controls (14.6 per game). Terps have beaten six ranked opponents • Timchal is assisted by Gary Gait and Cathy Nelson. this year, three of whom were ranked in the top 10 Gait is one of the most innovative minds in all of TERP at the time they played Maryland. lacrosse coaching and widely held as one of the ...2001