April 13, 2002

Baltimore, MD - Courtney Hobbs scored four goals and added two assists and Meredith Egan added four goals and an assist as the No. 13 University of Maryland women's lacrosse team held off a second-half rally by No. 17 Johns Hopkins to defeat the Blue Jays, 13-8, at Homewood Field Saturday afternoon.

The Blue Jays trailed 8-1 in the last minute of the first half, but senior attacker Jamie Larrimore (Chestertown, MD/Kent County) scored with 37 seconds left and senior attacker Erin Wellner (East Williston, NY/Sacred Heart Academy) scored a free position goal with four seconds remaining to cut the Maryland lead to 8-3 at halftime.

Hopkins, which dropped to 7-5 with the loss, continued its comeback in the second half, as junior attacker Liz Holland (Catonsville, MD/Mount de Sales) scored off a beautiful feed from Wellner to make it an 8-4 game with 28:36 left. Hobbs answered at the 23:48 mark when she scored off an assist from Sonia Judd, but junior attacker Meghan Burnett (Auburn, NY/Auburn) again cut the lead to four when she scored off a pass from Wellner.

Egan scored off a Kelly Coppedge assist to put Maryland up 10-5 with 16:55 remaining, but senior midfielder Christy Peterson (Fallston, MD/Fallston) scored an unassisted goal just 12 seconds later and Larrimore scored an unassisted tally less than two minutes later to cut the Terrapin lead to 10-7 with 14:52 remaining in the game.

That would be as close as Hopkins would get, as Katie Robinson scored off a Coppedge assist at the 12:48 mark, Hobbs scored an unassisted goal with 6:46 left, and Judd scored off a Hobbs pass with 4:46 left to give Maryland a 13-7 advantage. Larrimore scored her team-high third goal of the game with 1:26 left to conclude the scoring.

Junior goalkeeper Jen McDonald (Garden City, NY/Garden City) stopped eight shots in goal for the Blue Jays, while Alexis Venechanos made six saves for the Terrapins, who improved to 8-6 this season. Maryland held a 31-22 shot advantage and a 36-20 edge in ground balls, the first game this season Hopkins did not collect more ground balls than its opponent.

Sophomore midfielder Heidi Pearce (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew's) gave Hopkins the early lead when she scored off a Wellner assist at the 24:25 mark, but Maryland responded by scoring the game's next eight goals over the ensuing 23 minutes. Kristie Leggio ignited the run with a goal off an assist from Hobbs with 22:11 left in the half, and less than three minutes later Hobbs added an unassisted goal to give the Terrapins the lead for good.

Maryland held its 2-1 advantage until Judd scored consecutive goals 1:40 apart to make it a 4-1 game, and Egan scored three straight goals as the Terrapins took a 7-1 lead at the 4:16 mark of the half. Hobbs added a goal off an assist from Egan with 1:34 left in the half to give Maryland a seven-goal lead before Hopkins started its comeback.

The Blue Jays return to action Wednesday when Hopkins hosts Villanova at 7 p.m.

#13 Maryland (8-6) 8 5 -13
#17 Johns Hopkins (7-5) 3 5 -8

GOALS: JHU- Larrimore 3, Burnett, Holland, Pearce, Peterson, Wellner, UM- Egan 4, Hobbs 4, Judd 3, Leggio, Robinson. ASSISTS: JHU- Wellner 3, UM- Coppedge 4, Hobbs 2, Egan, Judd, Shank. SAVES: JHU- McDonald (8 sv, 13 GA), UM- Venechanos (6 sv, 8 GA).

NO. 17 JOHNS HOPKINS VS. NO. 13 MARYLANDWOMEN'S LACROSSE SCORING SUMMARYSATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2002 o HOMEWOOD FIELD o BALTIMORE, MD
HALF    TEAM    TIME    SCORE   GOAL    ASSIST1   JHU 24:25   1-0 #12 Heidi Pearce #18 Erin Wellner    UM  22:11   1-1 #22 Kristie Leggio  #2 Courtney Hobbs    UM  18:39   1-2 #2 Courtney Hobbs   ---    UM  9:51    1-3 #5 Sonia Judd   ---    UM  8:11    1-4 #5 Sonia Judd -2    #18 Kelly Coppedge    UM  7:21    1-5 #23 Meredith Egan   #18 Kelly Coppedge -2    UM  5:56    1-6 #23 Meredith Egan -2    ---    UM  4:16    1-7 #23 Meredith Egan -3    #4 Julie Shank    UM  1:34    1-8 #2 Courtney Hobbs -2    #23 Meredith Egan    JHU :37 2-8 #5 Jamie Larrimore    ---    JHU :04 3-8 #18 Erin Wellner ---
2   JHU 28:36   4-8 #14 Liz Holland   #18 Erin Wellner -2    UM  23:48   4-9 #2 Courtney Hobbs -3    #5 Sonia Judd    JHU 22:43   5-9 #4 Meghan Burnett  #18 Erin Wellner -3    UM  16:55   5-10    #23 Meredith Egan -4    #18 Kelly Coppedge -3    JHU 16:43   6-10    #11 Christy Peterson ---    JHU 14:52   7-10    #5 Jamie Larrimore -2 ---    UM  12:48   7-11    #34 Katie Robinson  #18 Kelly Coppedge -4    UM  6:46    7-12    #2 Courtney Hobbs -4    ---    UM  4:46    7-13    #5 Sonia Judd   #2 Courtney Hobbs -2    JHU 1:26    8-13    #5 Jamie Larrimore -3 ---