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Women's Lacrosse Drops 8-7 Heartbreaker at No. 1 Maryland
March 4, 2001 | Women's Lacrosse
March 4, 2001
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The University of Maryland women's lacrosse team overcame a slow start in the first half and a cold, rainy day in College Park to get a win over fifth-ranked North Carolina, 8-7, on Sunday afternoon.
In the win, the top-ranked Terrapins got five goals from star senior Jen Adams. With the five-goal effort, Adams overcame Kelly Amonte (1993-96) as Marylands all-time leading goal scorer. Adams now has 188 goals, one more than Amonte's total of 187.
The win was not, however, an easy one for Maryland. After exchanging a pair of goals with the Tar Heels in the game's first 10 minutes, Maryland (2-0, 2-0 ACC) fell behind after a burst of UNC scoring. With 10 minutes remaining in the half, the Terps found themselves in a 5-2 hole and struggling to find their offense. Adams came up with the answer.
At 5:50, Adams scored unassisted and then followed it up just over a minute later after a nice feed from senior Quinn Carney. Fellow senior Allison Comito chipped in another at 3:11, then Adams took a quick feed from Courtney Hobbs after a foul and scored her third goal in the final six minutes of the half. The Terps would take a 6-5 lead into the half.
In the second half, both teams performed in much the same way that the game had begun -- battling back and forth. The difference in the second half for the Terrapins was the play of sophomore goalie and first-year starter Alexis Venechanos.
After not making a save in the first half, Venechanos came up with a half dozen saves in the second half -- many at close range -- in helping Maryland to victory. After Adams added two more goals in the second half, the Terps had a 8-7 lead in the final minutes. UNC had a free position shot with 15 seconds remaining. Venechanos was again up to the task, however, and made her final save as the clock ticked toward zero.
Carolina returns to action next weekend, when it playes Loyola and Boston University in Baltimore.
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
Maryland Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Jen Adams 5-0-5
Quinn Carney 1-1-2
Allison Comito 1-1-2
Courtney Hobbs 1-0-1
UNC Scorers Goals-Asst.-Pts.
Christine McPike 3-0-3
Erin McInnes 1-2-3
Amy Havrilla 2-0-2
Betsy Gaines 1-0--1
Lindsay Stone 0-1-1
