University of Massachusets Athletics
Women's Lacrosse Heads To #7/9 Dartmouth On Wednesday
March 07, 2006 | Women's Lacrosse
March 7, 2006
Massachusetts (1-2) vs. #7/9 Dartmouth (1-1)
Wednesday, March 7, 2005 • 3:00 p.m.
Scully-Fahey Field (1,600)
Hanover, N.H.
UMass Starts Four-Game Road Swing At #7/9 Dartmouth On Wednesday
• The Minutewomen begin a four-game road swing on Wednesday afternoon when they head to #7/9 Dartmouth. Game time is set for 3:00 p.m. at Scully-Fahey Field in Hanover, N.H. UMass (1-2) earned its first win of the season last Saturday defeating Harvard, 12-8. Dartmouth is 1-1 on the season with a loss to Syracuse and a win over New Hampshire. The Big Green started the year ranked No. 3 nationally.
• UMass is led by senior Kerri Connerty (Nashua, N.H.) and sophomore Kathleen Typadis (Medfield, Mass.). Connerty leads the team with eight points on five goals and three assists, while Typadis leads the team in goals scored with seven. Freshman Kaytlin McCormick (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) is second with four goals, while fellow freshman Meghan Reddy (Salem, N.H.) has scored a point in every game so far with two goals and two assists.
• Whitney Douthett leads Dartmouth with seven goals and two assists on the season. Sarah Szefi is second on the team with four goals scored. Devon Wills has started both games in cage allowing just 7.62 goals per game. Kristen Zimmer anchors the defense with 10 caused turnovers and six groundballs.
The Series With Dartmouth
• Dartmouth owns a 15-10 advantage in the all-time series including the last five games. UMass last defeated the Big Green 19-2 on April 7, 1999 in Hanover. The Minutewomen also won the previous year in Amherst by a 19-2 score.
• UMass is looking for just its fourth win all-time in 12 meetings in Hanover.
• The two programs met twice in the ECAC Championship game: 1987 and 1988. UMass defeated Dartmouth in 1987's semi-final game before losing to New Hampshire in the championship contest. In 1988, UMass again advanced to the championship game, but lost to the Big Green.
• Last season, Dartmouth jumped out to an 11-2 halftime lead en route to the 18-6 win in Amherst. The Big Green were led by Katieanne Christian's six goals, while Szefi had a goal and three assists.
Happy 25th Anniversary!
• It was 25 years ago that UMass won the first ever NCAA Championship in women's lacrosse. The Minutewomen posted a 10-0 record during the 1982 season and defeated Trenton State for the title.
• During their title run, UMass defeated Boston University (18-0), Harvard (5-3), Dartmouth (13-3), New Hampshire (5-4), and Boston College (10-2).
• The Minutewomen followed their NCAA title with a pair of fourth-place finishes in 1983 and 1984.
Connerty Climbing The Charts
• Senior Kerri Connerty (Nashua, N.H.) continues to move up the all-time charts in UMass scoring history. After her three-goal, one assist outburst in the win over Harvard (3/4), Connerty now has 72 goals and 105 career points. She needs just 10 points and 17 goals to move into the all-time top-10 charts of each category, respectively.
• Connerty currently holds a 17-game scoring streak - the longest on the team. In her career she has tallied 15 multi-point games and seven hat tricks.
McCormick Named A-10 Rookie Of the Week (2/27)
• Freshman Kaytlin McCormick (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) was been named the Atlantic 10 Lacrosse Rookie of the Week (2/27) following her performance at Holy Cross. McCormick tallied four goals, three in the second half, on five shots to lead the Minutewomen in her collegiate debut. Despite playing the game in nearly two inches of snow, she also collected four groundballs and caused three turnovers.
• McCormick was a 2005 graduate of Saratoga Springs where she was a two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American. She also earned the honor for field hockey (2005) and was a First-Team Section 2 honoree in both field hockey and lacrosse (2004, 2005). She became the first female student-athlete at Saratoga Springs to be named a two-time All-American as well as Section 2 MVP.
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 41-3, while UMass is 28-16.
• UMass finished third in the conferencein 2004 with a 4-3 record.
• The Minutewomen are now 7-0 all-time in their league-opener after defeating La Salle in 2005.
• The Minutewomen were 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).
UMass Picked Sixth In Atlantic 10 Preseason coaches Poll
• The women's lacrosse team was picked to finish sixth in the Atlantic 10 Conference entering the 2006 season as voted on by the league's coaches in a preseason poll. The Minutewomen tied for seventh in the A-10 in 2005 with a 1-6 conference mark.
• Temple was the top pick in the league, followed by the Richmond, George Washington and Duquesne/St. Bonaventure. La Salle and Saint Joseph's were picked to finish seventh and eighth, respectively.
• With the exception of 2005, UMass has finished no lower than third since 1999 in the conference highlighted by a tournament crown in 2000.
No Easy Schedule
• Six of this season's 17 scheduled opponents are ranked or receiving votes in the IWLCA Top-20 Poll: #3 Dartmouth, #9 Boston University, #13 Syracuse, #16 Hofstra, and #20 Temple. Richmond is just three votes shy of being ranked, but the Spiders are receiving votes.
