University of Massachusets Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Heads To Harvard On Saturday
March 04, 2005 | Women's Lacrosse
March 4, 2005
Massachusetts (1-1) vs. Harvard University (0-0)
Saturday, March 5, 2005 • 4:00 p.m.
Jordan Field • Cambridge, Mass.
Gametracker Available: UMass Athletics.Com
Minutewomen, Harvard Square Off On Saturday
• The Minutewomen head to Cambridge on Saturday to face Harvard in the Crimson's season opener. A win for the Maroon & White would even the all-time series at 14 games each.
• UMass is led by freshman Kathleen Typadis who has posted hat tricks in her first two collegiate games. Typadis leads the team with eight points and seven draw controls as well.
• Seven different Minutewomen have tallied goals so far this season.
• Harvard posted a 6-9 overall record last season and were led offensively by current senior Casey Owens who tallied 38 points on 33 goals and five assists. Sophomore Kathryn Tylander is the returning keeper for the Crimson after starting all 15 games as a rookie posting a 9.59 goals against average.
• Saturday's meeting will re-unite UMass head coach Carrie Bolduc with former Syracuse teammate and UMass assistant coach Tegan Leonard.
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On Having One Of The Youngest Teams In the Atlantic 10:
"It's fun having youth (on the team). They come out with a lot of fire and energy. They bring that onto the field every day and it brings everyone else up around them." Head Coach Carrie Bolduc
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UMass Falls To No. 15 Boston University, 14-4
• Four different Terriers recorded hat tricks on Wednesday night at Nickerson field led by by Angie Martin who posted five points on three goals and two assists.
• Typadis led UMass having a hand in each goal scored. She tallied three herself - the first time in the last five years a freshman has tallied back-to-back hat tricks - and added an assist on the night.
• Turnovers were the story of the game as UMass committed 25 to just 15 for Boston University. The Terriers outshot the Minutewomen 34-13 and converted three-of-seven free position opportunities.
• Junior Lauren McCarthy made 12 saves in the cage and led the defense with seven groundballs.
Kathleen Typadis Named A-10 Rookie Of The Week
• Freshman Kathleen Typadis 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).
 Junior Lauren McCarthy (left) and senior Kristin St. Hilaire (right) anchor the UMass defense.  |
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The Bolduc Quote Book:
• On Having One Of The Youngest Teams In the Atlantic 10: "It's fun having youth (on the team). They come out with a lot of fire and energy. They bring that onto the field every day and it brings everyone else up around them.
• On freshman Kathleen Typadis' quick start: "You can't ask for anything more. She has a great work ethic."
• On junior Kerri Connerty's leadership: "She is invaluable. Kerri is leader all over the field. We are depending on her and the younger freshmen to bring the group together. She'll do whatever it takes to get the job done. We love having her on the team. I think she is going to do some good things for us this year, not primarily as a point scorer, but as a leader."
• On facing Harvard on Saturday: "It is their first game of the season and it is our third. We have to take advantage of that. We have to take advantage of the first 30 minutes in which they are working out the kinks. We just have to do the small things right against Harvard. The things we unfortunately failed to do against BU were the details, the simple things."
• On team expectations for the season: "From our coaching staff to our players, expectations are high. I think the team connects on and off the field and that has put everyone on the same page with our goals for the season."
• On senior defender Kristin St. Hilaire: "Kristin is a natural leader and a teacher of the game. She has witnessed the program blossom during her career at UMass. She has the patience to teach her peers and that results in her teammates looking to her in pressure situations. She is smart, focused, and has the ability to find a weakness in her opponent and take advantage of it."
Inside The Series
• Harvard leads the all-time series 14-13 over the Minutewomen and hold an 8-5 advantage in games played in Cambridge.
• UMass snapped a seven-game losing streak to Harvard in Cambridge on March 8, 2003 when the Minutewomen took a 12-7 win.
• 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 Crimson
• Harvard returns a veteran, experience corps of players from the 2004 squad as six of the top seven point scorers return this season.
• Casey Owens and Catherine Sproul are the top returning scorers after posting 33 and 25 goals a season ago ranking first and second for the Crimson. Caroline Haines led Harvard with 23 assists.
• Cage-minder Kathryn Tylander started every game as a rookie in 2004. She gave up just 9.59 goals per game while making saves on just over 47 percent of shots faced.
• Second-year head coach Sarah Nelson, a 1994 Harvard graduate, has been selected as one of 24 players named to the U.S. Women's World Cup training team. She was a member of the 1997 and 2001 champion World Cup teams.
• Owens and Kaveney were each named to the IWLCA All-Region team last season. • The duo was also named to the All-Ivy League team.
 Sophomore Shelley Boyle is third on the team with three goals this season. |
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The Last Time They Met: Harvard 9, UMass 8 (OT)
• The Minutewomen took a 7-2 lead into halftime but could only come up with one more tally in the second half, as Harvard scored six and then won the game in the extra frame.
• Massachusetts jumped out to an early lead as senior midfielder Tracey Drown (Nashua, N.H.) scored the first of the game just 33 seconds into the match. Junior midfielder Maura McGarrity (Chester Springs, Pa.) made it a 2-0 UMass edge just 1:24 later. Sophomore attacher Lindsay Cassell (Weston, Mass.) then hit the back of the net twice, to make it a 4-0 Massachusetts lead. Catherine Sproul then put Harvard on the board with a tally at the 18:11 mark. Freshman midfielder Brianna Bubeck (Selkirk, N.Y.) then recorded her first two career goals, with a McGarrity tally in between, to make the score 7-1, Minutewomen. Harvard made it 7-2 going into halftime with a goal by Elaine Belitsos.
• The second half saw the Crimson turn things around and go on a 3-0 run before sophomore Kerri Connerty (Nashua, N.H.) ended it with her fifth goal of the season. That was all the scoring Massachusetts would get, as Harvard scored three more including the game-tying goal by Belitsos with 1:03 left to play. Liz Gamble hit the back of the net in overtime to take the win for Harvard.
• Redshirt freshman Lauren McCarthy (Derry, N.H.) surrendered 9 goals, while making 18 saves, to go to 1-2 on the season. Her counterpart, freshman Kathryn Tylander, made 14 saves while giving up eight goals for the Crimson.
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 Preseason Poll: Dartmouth, Hofstra, Syracuse, New Hampshire, and Boston University. Dartmouth leads the packed ranked 10th in the season's first poll.
• According to LaxPower.com, UMass' strength of schedule ranks 19th among 82 teams. Of the Minutewomen's scheduled opponents, Dartmouth and Harvard lead the packed with SOS's of No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.
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.
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.
 Freshman Melynda Zwick is off to a steady start with one goal, two assists, five draw controls and four groundballs after two games played. |
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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 Coach
• 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.
Gabe Barnard and Colin Burns, dot the roster. All told, there are 17 freshmen and sophomores on the squad.
