Via UVa Sports Information
The No. 5/6 Cavaliers, ranked in the top six of all four major polls, take on the No. 15/16 Blue Jays of Johns Hopkins in a key south regional matchup at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, April 14 at noon. Virginia enters the game with an 11-2 record (2-2, ACC) against the nation’s fourth-toughest schedule as ranked by lacrossedraw.com. The Blue Jays (7-5, 0-1 ALC) have played the nation’s seventh-toughest schedule.
Virginia and Johns Hopkins have played just once in school history, in the 2005 NCAA first round in Charlottesville, Va. The Cavaliers escaped with a 10-8 come-from-behind victory. In 2007, Virginia and Johns Hopkins have both faced Princeton, Georgetown and Maryland; the Cavaliers have won all three games (PU: 9-7, GU: 14-7; MD: 15-4) while the Blue Jays have lost all three games (PU: 10-11 ot; GU: 13-16; MD 15-22)
The Cavaliers rank 15th nationally in scoring offense (13 goals per game). Virginia is led by Kate Breslin, who has already hit career highs of 39 goals and 20 assists in her fourth-year. She ranks 14th nationally in points per game (4.53). In addition, she ranks 10th all-time in points and goals as a fourth-year and seventh in assists. Blair Weymouth, the 2006 National Rookie of the Year, ranks second on Virginia’s team with 33 goals and 16 assists for 49 points. She ranks seventh all-time at Virginia for scoring as a second-year, passing Breslin’s total of 48. Ashley McCulloch’s 17 assists is more than her total points from 2006; she ranks second on the team and seventh all-time in school history as a second-year.
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Fri 13 Apr 2007
Posted by: Tom McCrystal under Lacrosse News , UVa Lacrosse News , Virginia Women
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