University of Massachusets Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Hosts Longwood On Friday Afternoon
April 21, 2005 | Women's Lacrosse
April 21, 2005
Massachusetts (4-9) vs. Longwood (10-2)
Friday, April 22, 2005 • 3:00 p.m.
Garber Field (5,000)
Amherst, Mass.
Gametracker: UMassAthletics.com
Massachusetts (4-9) vs. George Washington (11-3)
Sunday, April 24, 2005 • 12:00 p.m.
Garber Field (5,000)
Amherst, Mass.
Gametracker & Radio: UMassAthletics.com
Minutewomen Play Longwood, George Washington This Weekend
• UMass (4-9, 1-3 A-10) will host its final non-conference opponent on Friday when Longwood makes its first appearance in Amherst. The Minutewomen will follow that with a key meeting against George Washington on Sunday at Garber Field. Sunday's game against the Colonials is pivotal to the Maroon & White's shot at the league tournament as they must win all their remaining conference games to get in.
• Despite being the youngest team in the Atlantic 10, the Minutewomen are receiving excellent contributions from its freshman class. Highlighted by the play of Kathleen Typadis, the rookies have contributed 48.9 percent of the team's total points to date including 60 of UMass' 131 goals scored (44.7 percent).
• Junior Kerri Connerty's 29 goals and 11 assists along with Typadis' 30 goals and six assists lead the team.
• Typadis is having an outstanding season to date as she is on track to shatter the freshman scoring record for UMass. She is also the first player in a decade to post four consecutive hat tricks, six total for the season, which she did in her first four collegiate games.
• 13 of the 24 players on this season's rosters have figured into the scoring column. Among those, three of the top five scorers this year are freshman: Typadis, Melynda Zwick and Ashleigh Szawlowski. Sophomores Samantha Sepulveda and Shelley Boyle have made terrific improvements in their second campaigns with UMass as both have surpassed their rookie totals. Sepulveda has been one of the most consistent players scoring points in nine of 13 games.
Typadis Having Stellar Season
• Freshman Kathleen Typadis earned her second A-10 weekly honor on March 14 for her efforts in the win over Albany. She was tabbed the league's Co-Rookie of the Week after scoring four goals and adding two assists.
• Earlier this season, she 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).
• Her three goals against the Crusaders 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).
More On Typadis
• With her next hat trick, Typadis would become the only UMass women's lacrosse player to have seven games of three-or-more goals in her freshman season. Joanna Dignazio totaled six such games in 1995, including four consecutive games. Typadis tied that mark with four goals at Duquesne (4/17).
• 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 needs only four more goals to break the freshman goals record and three more total points to set the scoring record for rookies.
• 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 and is part of the three member band `Agoo' made up of Typadis and fellow freshmen Kristina Twichell and Julie Papaleo.
The Matronly Saint of UMass Lacrosse
• Fifth-year senior Kristin St. Hilaire has been the `Iron Woman' of the Minutewomen lacrosse program. She has started all 63 career games after redshirting her first season in 2001.
• In those 63 games, she is the only player over the last seven years to compile over 150 groundballs and 100 caused turnovers as she has anchored the defensive back row.
• The Syracuse, N.Y. native is in the midst of her most successful seasons statistically as she needs just six more groundballs and 15 caused turnovers - both in reach - to surpass her top season totals in those category.
UMass Among The Atlantic 10
• UMass boasts the second best all-time record in league play among conference members. Temple holds the best record among league rivals at 36-2, while UMass is 28-12.
• UMass finished third in the conference last season with a 4-3 record.
• The winner of the A-10 Lacrosse Championship gains an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
• The Minutewomen are now 7-0 all-time in their league-opener after defeating La Salle earlier this season.
• The Minutewomen have been picked to finish second in the conference this year by the league's coaches in a preseason vote.
• In the six years affiliated with the league, UMass has one regular season title and one tournament title to its name (both in 2000).
Connerty Earns Player of the Week After Albany Win
• Junior Kerri Connerty earned the second A-10 Performer of the Week honor of her career after scoring a career-high six goals against visiting Albany (3/13). She also assisted on two other scores to give her a career-high eight points in the 19-10 win.
• For her career, Connerty has now scored 10 goals and posted seven assists against the Danes. Last season it was her go-ahead goal that secured the 17-15 UMass win as they fought back from a second-half deficit. In this season's meeting, it was her final goal of the game which ended a three-goal Albany rally pulling the Danes within five, 14-9, which sealed the victory.
• The junior now has 52 goals and 21 assists in 42 career games played.
More On Connerty
• After missing the Harvard game due to injury, Kerri Connerty has been on fire for the Minutewomen as she leads the team in points (40) and assists (11).
• For the season, she has seven multi-goal games including five hat tricks.
• Connerty's steady progression has moved her up the rankings among Atlantic 10 players. She currently ranks 7th in points per game (3.33), 8th in goals per game (2.42), and 5th in assists per game (0.92).
A Bit Unusual - McCarthy Leads UMass In Groundballs
• That is until junior Jackie Nesbitt collected a career-high eight groundballs in the win over La Salle (4/8) ... Nesbitt and Kristin St. Hilaire now leads the Minutewoman defense with 40 groundballs each.
• Goalkeeper Lauren McCarthy has picked up 34 looseballs in front of her cage to rank second on the team in the category.
• McCarthy had a career-high seven groundballs - that was also a team high for the season until Nesbitt's eight GB's - at Boston University (3/2).
Inside The Series
• UMass and Longwood meet for the first time on Friday. The Lancers are currently reclassifying their athletics into the Division I ranks.
• This will be just the fourth time UMass and George Washington have met. The Minutewomen hold a 2-1 all-time record in the series.
• GW picked up its only win in the series last season as the Colonials scored four straight goals in the final eight minutes of play to win 11-10.
• The last time the two teams met at Garber Field ws on April 6, 2003 - a 17-6 win for UMass.
No Easy Schedule
• Seven of this season's 17 scheduled opponents have been ranked in the IWLCA Top-20 Poll: Boston University, Dartmouth, George Washington, Hofstra, New Hampshire, Syracuse, and Temple. Dartmouth leads the packed ranked 4th in the current poll.
• Boston University has moved up to the No. 6 spot just behind Dartmouth, while Hofstra is now ranked 12th. Syracuse is ranked 13th. After being ranked in the first two polls and receiving votes in the third edition, New Hampshire has fallen out of the poll.
• Temple made its first appearance in the rankings at No. 16. The Owls have fallen out of the top-20, but are still receiving votes. George Washington is the only other A-10 school to receive votes having done so in Week 2 and Week 6.
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).