2015 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S LACROSSE ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS • 1100 SOUTH STATE STREET • ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN • MGOBLUE.COM Women’s Lacrosse Contact: Whitney Dixon • [email protected] • (O) 734-936-8746 • (C) 585-330-3518 @umichwlax MichiganWomensLacrosse MICHIGAN QUICK FACTS U-M TO OPEN SECOND VARSITY SEASON AT NO. 4 FLORIDA Location ................................................................................................Ann Arbor, Mich. Enrollment ..............................................................................................................43,625 MICHIGAN AT NO. 4 FLORIDA Founded ......................................................................................................................1896 Conference .....................................................................................Big Ten Conference SATURDAY, FEB. 14 • DONALD R. DIZNEY STADIUM (GAINESVILLE, FLA.) • 1 P.M. Colors........................................................................................................Maize and Blue Internet: gatorzone.com -- live stats, live video Nickname ........................................................................................................ Wolverines Fight Song ......................................................................................................The Victors Stadium ........................................................................ Michigan Stadium (109, 901) Athletics Website .....................................................................................mgoblue.com President ....................................................................................................Mark Schlissel Interim Director of Athletics....................................................................Jim Hackett AT Senior Woman Administrator ......................................................................Bitsy Ritt Head Coach ............................................Jennifer Ulehla (2nd year, Maryland ‘91) Ulehla’s Record at U-M .............................................................................................4-13 Ulehla’s Big Ten Record .............................................................................................. 0-0 Michigan Wolverines Florida Gators Assistant Coach / Off ense .......................Alyssa Murray (1st year, Syracuse ‘14) 0-0 (0-0 Big Ten) 1-1 (0-0 Big East) Assistant Coach / Defense ..........................Becca Block (1st year, Syracuse ‘13) 2015 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS WOLVERINE BITES Overall: 0-0 Big Ten: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 TEAM TWO : GAME ONE Under second-year head coach Jennifer Ulehla, the Michigan women’s lacrosse DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT team will begin its second season as a varsity program on the road at No. 4 February Sat. 14 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. 1 p.m. Florida on Saturday (Feb. 14). Sun. 22 at Winthrop Rock Hill, S.C. 1 p.m. Sat. 28 St. Bonaventure Oosterbaan Field House 4 p.m. Michigan and Florida were each members of the American Lacrosse Conference March (ALC) in 2014. With the formation of the new Big Ten Women’s Lacrosse, which Tue. 3 at California Berkeley, Calif. 8 p.m. pulled Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State and Penn State from the ALC, the Fri. 6 at St. Mary’s Moraga, Calif. 7 p.m. ALC disbanded after the 2014 season. The Gators are in their fi rst season as Wed. 11 Virginia Tech Michigan Stadium 7p.m. Sat. 14 Niagara Michigan Stadium 1 p.m. members of the Big East Conference, where they were picked as the unanimous Fri. 20 at Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 6 p.m. preseason favorite to win the conference. Sun. 22 Colorado Michigan Stadium 1 p.m. Fri. 27 at Ohio State * Columbus, Ohio 5 p.m. Wolverines are One Year Older April Michigan competed in its inaugural season in 2014 with a roster complied solely Thu. 2 Northwestern * Michigan Stadium TBA of 27 freshmen. The 2015 roster includes 23 of those 27 original student-ath- Sun. 5 Duquesne Michigan Stadium 3 p.m. Thu. 9 at Penn State * State College, Pa. TBA letes, which are now sophomores, and also includes 12 new freshmen. The Sun. 12 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 1 p.m. Wolverines return fi ve players that started all 17 games last season, including Sat. 18 at Maryland * College Park, Md. Noon Sun. 26 Rutgers * Michigan Stadium 1 p.m. Anna Schueler (M), Jess Angerman (A), Tess Korten (A), Brooke Pancoast (D) Thu. 30 Big Ten First Round New Brunswick, N.J. TBA and Allison Silber (G). May Fri. 1 Big Ten Semifinals New Brunswick, N.J. TBA Wolverine-Gator Connections Sun. 3 Big Ten Championship New Brunswick, N.J. TBA Michigan head coach Jennifer Ulehla was an assistant coach at Florida under * Big Ten contest l All times EDT l Home games in bold current UF head coach Amanda O’Leary from January 2008-June 2010, prior to taking over the new program in Ann Arbor. She was heavily involved in the PROBABLE STARTERS recruitment of the Gator’s fi rst three recruiting classes and helped guide the Attack Year G-A-P Other young team to an impressive 10-8 record in its fi rst varsity season. Jess Angerman So. 0-0-0 -- Mae Tarr Fr. 0-0-0 -- Kelly Schlansker So. 0-0-0 -- Michigan assistant coaches Becca Block and Alyssa Murray and Florida as- sistant coach Michelle Tumolo were all teammates at Syracuse University from Midfield Year G-A-P Other 2011-13. The trio helped the Orange advance to the national championship Emily Braun So. 0-0-0 -- Kim Coughlan So. 0-0-0 -- game in 2012. All three are now members of the U.S. Women’s National Team Madeline Dion So. 0-0-0 -- together. Anna Schueler So. 0-0-0 -- Defense Year G-A-P Other Facing Ranked Opponents Lauren Pryor So. 0-0-0 -- Florida is one of six current nationally-ranked opponents the Maize and Blue Kelly Kubach So. 0-0-0 -- will face this season -- No. 1 Maryland (April 18), No. 4 Florida (Feb. 14), No. 5 Margaret Metzger So. 0-0-0 -- Brooke Pancoast So. 0-0-0 -- Northwestern (April 2), No. 10 Penn State (April 9), No. 11 Notre Dame (April 12) and No. 12 Ohio State (March 27). Goalie Year Saves Save % Allison Silber So. 0 .000 2015 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S LACROSSE NATIONAL RANKINGS ACCORDING TO COACH ULEHLA IWLCA Coaches Poll • Feb. 9, 2015 On the biggest diff erence in the team from last year ... “Our understanding of the game Rank Team Votes Record has really improved. We’re starting to see the game as it develops. We’re also work- 1 Maryland * # 396 (360) 0-0-0 2 North Carolina 381 (40) 2-0-0 ing with them on how to strategize while they’re playing, and they’re getting much 3 Syracuse 363 2-0-0 better at that.” 4 Florida # 326 0-1-0 5 Northwestern * # 309 1-0-0 On embracing the process of building a new program ... “They’re competitive, and they 6 Boston College 298 0-0-0 7 Virginia 286 0-0-0 want to win, and they want to represent Michigan. They have so much pride for the 8 Duke 269 1-0-0 block M. We try to continue to remind them that this is a journey, this is a process, 9 Loyola 235 0-0-0 and what we’re doing today is incredibly important for our success in the future.” 10 Penn State * # 198 0-0-0 11 Notre Dame # 188 0-0-0 12 Ohio State * # 183 2-0-0 On facing a top-fi ve team in the season opener ... “Obviously I have some ties to Flori- 13 Louisville 158 0-0-0 da so I’m always excited to go back to Gainesville -- it’s a beautiful venue, and hope- 14 Penn 152 0-0-0 fully we’ll have some decent weather. Florida is ranked fourth in the country, and 15 Princeton 113 0-0-0 16 Georgetown 80 0-0-0 we’ll certainly go in with a big game plan. But the bottom line is that during practice 17 Stony Brook 66 0-0-0 this week, we’re focusing on how to compete under high pressure -- being able to 18 Johns Hopkins 61 1-0-0 take what we’re doing in practice and be composed in a game situation. We’ve got 19 Denver 38 0-1-0 20 Stanford 29 0-0-0 to play the best to be the best. We’ve got to get our team to be able to be composed under high-pressure defense. You can simulate that in practice as much as possible, Also receiving votes: James Madison, USC, California #, Towson, but we have to get them out there experiencing it.” Massachusetts, Albany SCOUTING FLORIDA Inside Lacrosse Poll • Feb. 9, 2015 Rank Team Record Points Prev UF head coach Amanda O’Leary is in her sixth season with the Gators and has 1 Maryland (360) * # 0-0-0 396 1 led them to a NCAA Final Four, four NCAA quarterfi nal appearances, four ALC 2 North Carolina (40) 2-0-0 381 2 3 Syracuse 2-0-0 363 3 regular-season titles and two ALC Tournament championships. Florida graduated 4 Florida # 0-1-0 326 4 just two seniors from its 2014 NCAA Quarterfi nal team. The 2015 season will mark 5 Northwestern * # 1-0-0 309 5 Florida’s fi rst season as a member of the Big East Conference, as the ALC disband- 6 Boston College 0-0-0 298 T6 7 Virginia 0-0-0 286 T6 ed after the 2014 campaign. 8 Duke 1-0-0 269 8 9 Loyola Maryland 0-0-0 235 9 The Gators currently own a 1-1 record after falling to North Carolina (17-11) in their 10 Penn State * # 0-0-0 198 11 11 Notre Dame # 0-0-0 188 10 season opener and defeating Jacksonville (17-8) on Wednesday (Feb. 11). Senior 12 Ohio State * # 2-0-0 183 12 midfi elder Shannon Gilroy led Florida with 106 points last season, including a 13 Louisville 0-0-0 158 13 NCAA-best 86 goals and is UF’s leading scorer through two games this season (9G, 14 Penn 0-0-0 152 14 15 Princeton 0-0-0 113 15 2A). Redshirt junior Nicole Graziano returned after missing the 2014 season due 16 Georgetown 0-0-0 80 17 to injury and is leading the Gators with nine draw controls, and also has four goals 17 Stony Brook 0-0-0 66 18 and two assists this season. Junior goalie Mary-Sean Wilcox, who had a 10-0 record 18 Johns Hopkins 1-0-0 61 16 19 Denver 0-1-0 38 19 last season in goal for UF, has played all but four minutes in goal for the Gators, 20 Stanford 0-0-0 29 20 making 14 saves through two games.