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Women's Lacrosse Falls 18-7 To No. 3 Maryland
February 23, 2008 | Women's Lacrosse
Feb. 23, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. - Kelly Kasper scored six goals and three other Terrapins had hat tricks on the day as No. 3 Maryland defeated the UMass women's lacrosse team 18-7 on Saturday afternoon in McGuirk Stadium. Kaytlin McCormick led the Minutewomen with three goals. Maryland used a strong offensive performance and tough defense to pick up the win outshooting UMass 40-to-15 for the game. UMass falls to 1-1 on the season and will face No. 18 Boston University on Wednesday at McGuirk Stadium.
Maryland (1-0) jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Merrit Cosgrove scored her first goal of the season to put UMass on the board almost 12 minutes into the first half.
The Terps then scored three straight goals until Kathleen Typadis scored for UMass to make the scored 5-2 with just under seven minutes remaining in the first half. Maryland took a 7-2 lead with back-to-back goals before the first half came to a close.
The Terps quickly tacked on another goal to go up 8-2 just 21 seconds into the second half. After Maryland took a 10-3 lead with 25:29 remaining in the game, the two teams traded goals on the next four scoring series.
UMass trailed by six, 13-7, on McCormick's third goal of the game, but Maryland scored five unanswered to close out the win.
Kasper led all scorers with six goals and an assist for seven points. Dana Dobbie had three goals and two assists, while Caitlyn McFadden added four goals and Lauren Cohen scored three.
McCormick's three goals led UMass offensively. Typadis, Julie Pasquantonio, Jeannette Villapiano, and Cosgrove each scored a goal in the loss. Typadis extended her scoring streak to 43 consecutive games and now needs 38 goals to set the UMass career record.
Krissy Anderson started in goal for UMass making 12 saves, while Allie Buote started for Maryland making four saves in the win.
