University of Massachusets Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Game Vs. Albany Moved To Sunday
March 11, 2005 | Women's Lacrosse
Sunday, March 13, 2005 • 12:00 p.m.
Garber Field (5,000)
Amherst, Mass.
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UMass Faces Young Albany Club On Sunday At Noon
• The Minutewomen (1-2) host Albany (1-4) on Sunday at Garber Field. Both squads feature young rosters who are led offensively by underclassmen. This will be just the fourth meeting between the two programs with UMass holding a 3-0 advantage in the series.
• The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, but due to inclement weather in the area, it was postponed until Sunday.
• UMass is led by freshman Kathleen Typadis who has posted hat tricks in her first three collegiate games. Typadis leads the team with 12 points and seven draw controls as well.
• Eight different Minutewomen have tallied goals so far this season, while 20 players have seen action. Along with Typadis, three other freshmen have started games this season: Melynda Zwick, Kristina Twichell, and Julie Papaleo.
• Albany enters the game after a 17-3 loss at No. 10 Dartmouth on Wednesday falling to 1-4 on the season. The Danes only win this year was against Siena, 14-11. They are led by the sophomore duo of Sarah Spillett (5 g, 6 a) and Kate Fontana (8 g, 1a).
• Sunday's game will be the second of a school-record 10 home contests for UMass this season and begins a three-game home stand over spring break.
Harvard Defeats UMass 12-7 In Cambridge
• UMass took a 2-1 lead early in last Saturday's contest at Harvard, but the Crimson scored six consecutive goals to close out the first half en route to a 12-7 win at Jordan Field.
• Typadis tried to rally the Minutewomen back into the game with a four-goal second-half effort, but it was not enough as Harvard held a 28-to-17 shot advantage and forced 21 UMass turnovers.
• Harvard's Elaine Belitsos scored six goals in the contest included back-to-back scores giving the Crimson a 10-4 lead in the second half to put the game out of reach.
• Junior Lauren McCarthy made eight saves in the cage and collected four groundballs. Junior Lauren Reid (5 GB, 2 CT) and senior Kristin St. Hilaire (4 GB, 2 CT) led the UMass defense.
Kathleen Typadis Named A-10 Rookie Of The Week
• Freshman Kathleen Typadis was named the A-10 Rookie of the Week for the week ending on Monday, Feb. 28, after she scored three goals and assisted on another in her rookie debut helping UMass defeat Holy Cross (2/26).
• After trailing 4-0 early, Typadis scored back-to-back goals in the midst of a UMass rally to tie the game at 4-4. She tacked on her third score 52 seconds into the second half capping a six goal UMass flurry for the hat trick in her first collegiate start.
• Her three goals were the most by a freshman in a season-opener over the last five seasons. Typadis joins four other freshman over that time period to score three-or-more goals in a game: 5, Angela McMahon vs. Vermont (3/28/01); 4, Briana Bubeck at Albany (3/17/04); 3, Maura McGarity at George Washington (3/16/02); 3, Miriam Godfrey vs. Vermont (3/28/01).
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"Kathleen Typadis is quick, relentless and close to unstoppable once she gets going towards the goal. She also represents the whole team's feistiness and persistence as they have proven they will fight to the end of the game no matter what the score is."
Ian Kilpatrick of the Daily Collegian
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More On Typadis
• With another hat trick performance this Saturday, Typadis would become only the second UMass women's lacrosse player to have four games of three-or-more goals in her freshman season. Joanna Dignazio totaled five such games in 1995, including four consecutive games.
• Dignazio also holds the record for the most freshman goals in the women's lacrosse modern era (since 1995) with 33 goals in 13 games during the 1995 campaign. She also handed out five assists to total 38 points.
• Typadis is currently third in total goals among A-10 players and fourth in goals per game (3.33). She also ranks third in the league for points per game at 4.00.
• The Medfield, Mass. native was the first Medfield HS player to score 100 career goals highlighted by 77 scores in her senior season.
• The freshman also enjoys playing the guitar - she takes her guitar with her on road trips and is part of the three member band `Agoo' made up of Typadis and fellow freshmen Kristina Twichell and Julie Papaleo.
Inside The Series
• UMass owns a 3-0 series record against Albany with the series dating back to 2001.
• The Minutemen are 2-0 against the Danes on Garber Field. UMass owned the first two meetings 19-2 and 20-1. Albany has shown offensive improvement throughout the years, however, scoring 15 goals in last season's loss to the Maroon & White.
• During the 1983 and 1984 season, the programs faced each other in the NCAA Second Round with UMass winning both those games.
• Of the 27 meetings, only eight have been decided by more than three goals.
Scouting The Great Danes
• The Great Danes are off to a 1-4 start this season with their sole win being a 14-11 effort over Siena. Albany has loses to Colgate, No. 12 Syracuse, and No. 10 Dartmouth.
• The sophomore duo of Sarah Spillett (5g, 6a) and Kate Fontana (8g, 1a) lead the offense. They are complimented by Nikki Donahue who has tallied six goals and two assists in five games played.
• Jen Daly is the team's starter in the cage. She is surrendering 13.40 goals per game while averaging nearly 10 saves per contest.
• Albany has been a slow starting team to date giving up 37 first half goals while scoring just 11. The Danes nearly double their output in the second half scoring 21 of their 32 goals.
• The Danes were picked to finish fourth in the America East Conference Preseason Coaches Poll.
 Kerri Connerty notched two goals and four assists in the win, including the go-ahead goal during UMass' four-goal streak in the final 6:30 of play in the win over Albany last season.  |
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The Last Time They Met: UMass 17, Albany 15 (3/17/04)
• UMass (3-8) topped Albany (4-7), 17-15, in a comeback win led by senior attacker Hope Zelinger, who scored four of her six goals in the second half, as Massachusetts tallied four goals in the final six minutes of play.
• After Albany took a 14-13 lead with 6:30 left to play, Massachusetts responded with four consecutive goals to go ahead for good. Zelinger tied the contest as she spun to her left after hauling in a feed from freshman midfielder Brianna Bubeck. Sophomore midfielder Kerri Connerty put her team in front on a free-position shot with 4:48 left, before Tracey Drown found the right side of the net just 37 seconds later on another free-position opportunity.
• The Great Danes ran off five unanswered goals in the first half en route to a 10-5 advantage. Freshman attack Krissy Rajczak, who matched a season-best performance with four goals and two assists, scored three times in that stretch. Kate Fontana, a freshman midfielder who totaled three goals and one assist, added a free-position tally during the outburst.
• Massachusetts eventually draw even at 10 apiece with 13:22 remaining in the final period. Bubeck, who netted three of her four goals after the intermission, tied the game off a crossing pass from Connerty. The contest went back-and-forth over the next seven minutes, as neither team had more than a one-goal margin.
UMass Picked Second In A-10 Preseason Poll
• The women's lacrosse team has been picked second in the Atlantic 10 Conference entering the 2005 season as picked by the league's coaches in a preseason poll. The Minutewomen finished third in the A-10 last year with a 4-3 conference mark. UMass fell in the league semifinals last season to Temple who won the conference title before losing to Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Duquesne is the top pick in the league, followed by the Minutewomen, Richmond and Temple. George Washington and St. Bonaventure are tied for fifth in the poll with La Salle and Saint Joseph's rounding out the picks.
• Since 1999, UMass has finished no lower than third in the conference highlighted by a tournament crown in 2000.
No Easy Schedule
• Five of this season's 17 scheduled opponents are ranked in the IWLCA Top-20 Poll: Dartmouth, Hofstra, Syracuse, New Hampshire, and Boston University. Dartmouth leads the packed ranked 10th in the poll.
• Hofstra cracked the top-10 in the most recent poll with a No. 9 ranking after reeling off a 3-0 record to start the season. Dartmouth is just behind the Pride at the No. 10 spot.
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"There are so many good things going on right now that we need to keep them [the team] focusing on: our work ethic and our willingness to improve everyday. Those are positives. At Harvard, the team was fighting until the last second. That's the thing, the effort is there, its just a matter of certain fundamentals, the small things, that we aren't doing."
Head Coach Carrie Bolduc
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Game Versus Syracuse To Be Broadcast
• After winning the UMassAthletics.com fan poll, the women's lacrosse game against Syracuse will be broadcast live on the Internet. The marquee match-up will highlight a spring sports package of 10-12 games to be carried live on the official web site of UMass athletics.
• The games will be spread out among the women's lacrosse, men's lacrosse, softball and baseball teams. Other games to be broadcast will be announced later in the season.
Minutewomen Host School-Record 10 Games
• The 10 home games in 2005 is the most ever in program history which should give the Minutewomen a distinct advantage.
• The home schedule includes two sets of three-game home stands.
• Head coach Carrie Bolduc will face her alma mater on March 19 as the Minutewomen host Syracuse.
• All-time UMass is 78-65-2 in front of the UMass faithful.
 Kristin St. Hilaire leads the Minutewomen defense and is again a candidate for the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year award. |
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Veteran St. Hilaire Leads Minutewomen Defense
• Fifth-year senior Kristin St. Hilaire anchors the Minutewomen from her defensive spot in 2005. The native of Syracuse, N.Y. was named the 2004 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year after her performance down low last season.
• Additionally, she is a three-time selection to the A-10 All-Conference team, a two-time member of the A-10 All-Tournament team and a two-time IWLCA All-Region selection.
• The veteran has started all 50 career contests - the only returning player to start every game played.
New Faces
• 13 members of the Minutewomen are new. Along with the 13 freshmen players, UMass has three sophomores on the roster.
• Among A-10 teams, UMass features the most freshmen players followed by Temple and Richmond which have nine each.
• Richmond has one of the youngest rosters in the league featuring 18 underclassmen on its 26 player roster.
Drown Named Assistant
• That is a familiar face you see on the UMass sideline, but Tracey Drown has switched roles this season making the transition from All-American player to Assistant coach. On August 19, Drown was named assistant to head coach Carrie Bolduc. She was a third-team All-American as a senior in 2004 leading UMass with 47 goals and 17 assists. Those 47 goals were the second most in a single-season for the Minutewomen. For her career, Drown tallied 61 goals and 20 assists picking up All-Conference and All-Region honors as a senior.
Pavlick, Murphy Return To Garber Field As Head Coaches of Holy Cross and Richmond
• This season two former Minutewomen return to Garber Field as head coaches of the opposition. Stephanie Pavlick whose Holy Cross Crusaders open the season for UMass played from 1997-2000 for the Maroon and White. Richmond head mentor Sue Murphy played for UMass from 1987-90 guiding the Minutewomen to two ECAC runner-up finishes (1987, 1988). Murphy had a stand-out career as she ranks second in career goals (125), fourth in career assists (57) and third in career points (182).
Four Sign Early NLI's
• Holly Drown (Nashua, N.H.), Kaytlin McCormick (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Julie Pasquantonio (Plainville, Mass.), and Jamie Whiteway (Billerica, Mass.) have all signed National Letters of Intent to play women's lacrosse at the UMass.
• The quartet is highlighted by two high school All-Americans in McCormick and Drown.
• An honorable mention All-American selection, Drown joins her sister, assistant coach Tracey Drown, at UMass. Drown was the 2004 New Hampshire Telegraph Player of the Year and a two-year All-New Hampshire selection. The midfielder will even take on a familiar number when she suits up for the Maroon and White wearing number 22 which was last worn by her sister.
• McCormick, an All-American selection in both her prep field hockey and lacrosse careers, will also compliment the UMass corps of midfielders. The senior at Saratoga Springs High School led the Blue Streaks to its first New York Section II title since 1994 this season. As a junior, she posted 66 goals leading her team to the section finals.
• Pasquantonio, who was also recruited by Syracuse, was the Hockomock League Player of the Year. She led King Philip Regional High School last season with a conference-best 86 points after moving into the midfield from the defensive back. Her play as a junior guided King Philip to a league title and a trip to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association South sectional quarterfinals.
• Joining Pasquantonio from the MassElite club team is Whiteway who was the Merrimack Valley Player of the Year as a goalkeeper. A two-time Lower New England selection and member of the Massachusetts Elite team, Whiteway was also the team captain of the cross country team and a member of the indoor track team. Her quickness in goal is enhanced by her black belt in Kung Fu - the highest level of the martial art form.
