Women’s Lacrosse Plays at Virginia Tech Saturday – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/14/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
March 14, 2006
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State (0-4 overall, 0-1 American Lacrosse Conference) women’s lacrosse squad steps out of conference play to travel to Blacksburg, Va., Saturday, March 18 to face the Hokies of Virginia Tech (3-3) at 1 p.m. Last week Ohio State lost, 17-7 to fourth-ranked Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Md.
A LOOK AT OHIO STATE
The head coach for the Buckeyes is Sue Stimmel. Ohio State is 0-4 overall after a 17-7 loss at fourth-ranked Johns Hopkins. KC Carter (Sr., Birchrunville, Pa.) leads the team in points with 15 with a team-high 14 goals and an assist. Jessica Patane (So., Farmingdale, N.Y.) is second in points with seven with four goals and a team-high three assists. Kristen Slahor (So., Ellicott City, Md.) is third in points with six with three goals and three assists. Kim Hastings (Sr., Sewickley, Pa.) and Carter share team-high honors in ground balls with six each. Kristen Gilwee (Fr., Hunt Valley, Md.) is second six four. Carter has a team-high 10 draw controls with Kristen Hannon (So., Sykesville, Md.) second with seven. In goal, Hastings has started all four games and has a 15.40 goals against average while recording a .444 saves percentage. Gilwee has played in one game and has an 11.64 goals against average and a .583 saves percentage. A LOOK AT VIRGINIA TECH
The Hokes are coached by Tami Riley. Virginia Tech is 3-3 overall having lost the last three of four games. Last week the Hokies lost to James Madison, 14-10 and then defeated LaSalle, 16-8 at home. Virginia Tech, on Monday, lost at North Carolina, 18-11. Lindsay Pieper leads the team in points with 22. Stephanie Jones ranks second with 19. Both Pieper and Jones share team-high honors with 17 goals each. Pieper has a team-high five assists with Natasha Fuchs, Kady McBrearty and Katie Russo with four each. Katie Boyle leads the team in ground balls with 11. Pieper and Jamie Webster rank second with eight each. Fuchs has a team-high 24 draw controls with Pieper ranking second with 10. Jamie Webster leads the team with 11 caused turnovers. Boyle is second with seven caused turnovers. In goal, Carrie Hill has started all six games and has 67 assists (.500) and has an 11.84 goals against average. Caitlin Thomas has played in three games and has six saves with an 11.36 goals against average.
OHIO STATE – VIRGINIA TECH SERIES
Virginia Tech has a 7-3 lead in the series with Ohio State. The squads have played all 10 years of Ohio State lacrosse. OSU’s three wins have come in home matches in 2001 (11-5), 2003 (14-5) and 2005 (13-7). The Buckeyes are 0-5 in games played in Blacksburg
OHIO STATE 13, VIRGINIA TECH 7
March 13, 2005 The Ohio State (3-1 overall) women’s lacrosse team broke open a close game in the second half with a seven-to-one run to secure a 13-7 win Sunday afternoon over Virginia Tech (1-3) in the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Seven Buckeyes scored in the contest with Kelly Kremer scoring a game-high three goals. Hokies Bryana Keenan, Stephanie Jones and Natasha Fuchs each scored twice for Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech opened the scoring in the game with a goal by Keenan with 9:23 gone in the game. The Buckeyes tied the game at 10:16 with a Lindsay Weiner goal, assisted by Natale Miller. OSU took a 2-1 lead at 11:43 with a goal by Ashley Evans. Hokie Jones tied the game at two on an assist from Kady McBearty at 14:56. Lindsay Pieper’s goal at 17:04 gave Virginia Tech a 3-2 lead off an assist from Kate Schilling. The Buckeyes tied the game at three with a free position score by Evans at 21:25. Ohio State went ahead, 4-3, at 23:24 on a Kremer goal assisted by Kristen Slahor. The Hokies tied the game at four with a goal at 25:49 by Natasha Fuchs. OSU closed out the scoring in the first half with a free position goal by Kremer at 28:47.
Ohio State opened the second half scoring at 31:58 with a goal by KC Carter on a Miller assist to take a 6-4 lead. Virginia Tech’s Jones scored a 36:02 to cut the lead to one at 6-5. Eighteen seconds later (36:20), Regina Oliver scored on the break from the draw control. OSU took the lead to 9-5 with two goals by Slahor. The first goal came at 37:43 on a free position attempt and the second at 40:56, assisted by Kremer. Fuchs scored unassisted for Virginia Tech at 49:07 to cut the lead to three at 9-6. The Buckeyes exploded for the next four goals to open a 13-6 lead. Carter’s second goal of the game came at 54:35, assisted by Oliver. Kremer scored her third goal of the game at 54:38 on another Oliver assist. Oliver added her second goal at 55:57, unassisted. At 57:15, Kristen Hannon scored OSU’s 13th goal of the game, unassisted. Virginia Tech’s Keenan scored the final goal of the game at 54:44.
In goal for Ohio State, Kim Hastings picked up her third win of the season, recording 10 saves in the contest. Hokie Nikki Schiavone started for the Hokies and took the loss (1-3). She played 56:47 and had eight saves while giving up 12 goals. Carrie Hill saw limited action (3:13) in the second half and gave up one goal.
CARTER CONTINUES MULTIPLE GOAL STREAK
KC Carter recorded three goals at Johns Hopkins to raise her season total to 14. She has had three or more goals in each game this season. She added three ground balls, two draw controls and a caused turnover in the game.
SLAHOR HAS TWO POINTS AGAINST BLUE JAYS
Kristen Slahor had two points in the game against Johns Hopkins, scoring a goal and an assist. She added a ground ball, a draw control and a caused turnover against the Blue Jays. Slahor is third on the squad in points with six with three goals and three assists.
GRAF HAS TWO CAUSED TURNOVERS AGAINST JOHNS HOPKINS
Libby Graf (Fr., Delaware, Ohio) recorded two caused turnovers at Johns Hopkins last week. Graf has played in two games this season, starting against Penn when she had two ground balls.
WEINER COLLECTS A GOAL AGAINST BLUE JAYS
Lindsay Weiner scored a free position goal at Johns Hopkins for her third score of the season. She was one of two in free position attempts. Weiner added two ground balls in the game.
HANNON SCORES HER THIRD GOAL OF THE SEASON
Kristen Hannon recorded a goal at Johns Hopkins last week for her third score of the season. She added two draw controls to give her seven on the season to rank second on the squad.
PATANE SCORES IN HER FOURTH CONSECUTIVE GAME
Jessica Patane recorded a goal in her fourth consecutive game this season with a score against Johns Hopkins. Patane’s goal against the Blue Jays was on a free position attempt, her second free position score of the season. She added a ground ball in the contest.
HASTINGS RANKS THIRD IN CAREER WINS FOR THE BUCKEYES
With 11 victories on the last four years, Kim Hastings ranks third all-time in career wins for the Buckeyes. She had five wins (5-9) in 2004 and six (6-10) in 2005. She is 11-24 in her career. Hastings stands third in OSU career saves with 265 and is fifth in career goals against average at 10.27.
GILWEE SEES HER FIRST ACTION OF THE SEASON
Kristen Gilwee saw action against Johns Hopkins, playing the final 25:37 of the contest. She had seven saves against the Blue Jays while giving up five goals. Gilwee collected four ground balls in the game.
KREMER NAMED TO 2006 ALC PRESEASON TEAM
Kelly Kremer has been named to the 2006 American Lacrosse Conference Preseason Team by a vote of the league coaches. In her freshman season with the Buckeyes, she was named the ALC Rookie of the Year and a second team ALC selection. Kremer started all 16 games last season, recording team-highs of 38 goals and 44 points, adding six assists, 22 ground ball, 17 draw controls and 12 caused turnovers. She was named to the 2005 National All-Rookie Team by womenslacrosse.com. Also named to the 2006 American Lacrosse Conference Preseason Team were Sarah Albrecht, Northwestern; Renee Cipro, Penn State; Margie Curran, Vanderbilt; Dana Dobbie, Ohio; Lori Havrilla, Penn State; Kate Hickman, Vanderbilt; Mary Key, Johns Hopkins; Kristen Kjellman, Northwestern; Jessi Lieb, Penn State; Lindsey Munday, Northwestern and Lauren Schwarzmann, Johns Hopkins
OHIO STATE PICKED FIFTH IN THE ALC
Ohio State was picked to finish fifth in the conference by a vote of the league coaches. NCAA and ALC defending champion Northwestern was tabbed to win the conference, received 36 votes and all six first place ballots. Penn State, with 27 votes, was picked to finish second, one point ahead of third place John Hopkins with 26. Vanderbilt was selected to finish fourth with 19 votes, Ohio State fifth with 10 votes and Ohio sixth with 8 votes.
HEAD COACH Sue Stimmel
Sue Stimmel is in her 11th season as the head coach for the Ohio State women’s lacrosse team. A 1984 graduate of Temple University, Stimmel is the only coach that the Buckeye program has had. She spent six years has the head coach of Denison prior to coming to OSU. Stimmel is 79-75 at Ohio State (11 years) and is 155-93 in her 16-year career. The 2003 season was her most successful with a program-high 14 wins, finishing the regular season ranked 11th nationally and making the school’s second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship, advancing to the quarterfinals. Her squad won the 2003 American Lacrosse Conference Championship and she was named the ALC Coach of the Year and was later named the 2003 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year.
REVIEWING THE JOHNS HOPKINS GAME
The Ohio State (0-4 overall, 0-1 American Lacrosse Conference) women’s lacrosse team opened play in the ALC with a 17-7 loss at fourth-ranked Johns Hopkins (4-0, 2-0) Sunday afternoon in Baltimore, Md. Ohio State’s KC Carter scored a team-high three goals for the Buckeyes with Kristen Slahor, Lindsay Weiner, Kristen Hannon and Jessica Patane adding a goal each. Johns Hopkins’ Mary Key scored a game-high five goals and added four assists in the game. Kadie Stamper added four goals, Sarah Walsh three and Lauren Schwarzmann two for the Blue Jays.
Johns Hopkins opened the game with a Walsh goal just 38 seconds into the game. A Key goal at 4:19 made it 2-0, Blue Jays. OSU’s Carter cut the lead to 2-1 at 8:54. Johns Hopkins scored the next four goals starting with a Stamper goal at 9:11 with an assist by Meagan Voight. Key’s second goal at 11:32, assisted by Stamper, made it 4-1. At 13:04, Gina Maranto scored with a Schwarzmann assist. Schwarzmann then scored at 15:55 with a Key assist to open a 6-1 lead. Ohio State’s Patane, at 20:56, made it 6-2 on a free position shot. Carter cut the lead to 6-3, assisted by Slahor. Johns Hopkins then scored the next four goals to take a 10-3 lead at the half. Stamper scored at 21:40, assisted by Voight. Key added two free position goals at 27:53 and 28:11 and the Blue Jays closed out the half with an Alex Nolan goal at 29:53, assisted by Schwarzmann.
Johns Hopkins’ Key opened the second half scoring at 31:30 on a free position shot. A goal from Walsh at 34:13, assisted by Steph Janice gave the Blue Jays a 12-3 lead. Ohio State’s Weiner stopped the six-goal Blue Jay run on a free position score at 34:49. Johns Hopkins then scored five consecutive goals to take a 17-4 lead. Annie Wagner started the run at 35:02. Walsh, with a Janice assist at 37:33 made it 14-4. Schwarzmann scored at 39:52 with a Key assist. Stamper added goals at 43:32 and 39:02, both assisted by Key to lead 17-4. The Buckeyes closed out the scoring with unassisted goals by Slahor (40:15), Carter (43:59) and Hannon (58:31) for the final 17-7 score.
In goal for Ohio State, Kim Hastings took the loss while playing 34:13. She gave up 12 goals while making two saves. Kristen Gilwee played the final 25:37 giving up five goals while making seven saves. Lauren Riddick had the win for Johns Hopkins, playing 48:18, giving up four goals and making four saves. Amelia Harris played the final 11:32 for the Blue Jays making one saves and giving up three goals.
2005 PLAYER NOTES
#0 Kristen Gilwee (Fr., Hunt Valley) 2006 – Played 25:37 at Johns Hopkins making seven saves and giving up five goals.
#1 Kim Hastings (Sr., Sewickley, Pa.) 2006 – Started four games – career-high 16 saves at California 2005 – Started all 16 games, 6-10 record – 9.80 goals against average and a .459 save percentage – career-high 14 saves against Johns Hopkins – named the womenslacrosse.com National Player of the Week (March 14) – the American Lacrosse Conference Player of the Week (March 15). 2004 – Played in 16 games – starting 14 – 5-9 record – 9.52 goals against average and a .483 save percentage. 2003 – Played in six games – record 0-1 – starting one – 8.56 goals against average and a .355 save percentage
#2 Joy DeMarco (Jr., Hudson, Ohio) 2006 – Has not played. 2005 – Played in six games – 7.22 goals against average and a .524 save percentage. 2004 – Played in two games – 11.74 goals against average and a .500 save percentage.
#3 Allyson Vernon (So./Jr. eligibility, Voorhees, N.J.) 2006 – Has not played. 2005 – Played in 11 games – 4 goals, 1 assist.
#4 Kristen Hannon (So., Sykesville, Md.) 2006 – Played in four games, starting three – career-high two goals against Penn – one assist at California – two draw controls at Stanford, at California and at Johns Hopkins. 2005 – Played in 16 games with two starts.
#5 Andrea Fischer (Sr., Cleveland Heights, Ohio) 2006 – Has not played. 2005 – Played in 14 games with one start – 5 goals, 4 assists. 2004 – Played in nine games, starting five – 2 goals, 4 assists. 2003 – Played in 10 games – 5 goals, 1 assist..
#6 Kristen Slahor (Fr., Ellicott City, Md.) 2006 – Started four games – two goals and two assists at California. 2005 – Started 15 games – 9 goals, 20 assists.
#7 Danielle Gibson (Jr., Springfield, Pa.) 2006 – Played in four games, starting one – two draw controls at California. 2005 – Played in six games. 2004 – Played in two games.
#8 Bethany Carey (So., Eldersburg, Md.) 2006 – Played in four games – scored a goal and added two ground balls and two draw controls at California. 2005 – Played in one game.
#9 Lindsay Weiner (Jr., Eldersburg, Md.) 2006 – Started four games – career-high three draw controls against Penn – goals at Stanford, against Penn and at Johns Hopkins. 2005 – Started all 16 games – 11 goals, 6 assists. 2003 – Played in 11 games at James Madison – 1 goal, 1 assist.
#10 Margaret Prunte (Fr., Columbus, Ohio) 2006 – Has not played.
#11 Kelly Kremer (So., Kennett Square, Pa.) 2006 -Started four games – scored a goal at California – had an assist against Penn. 2005 – Started all 16 games – American Lacrosse Conference Rookie of the Year – a second-team ALC selection – ALC Player of the Week (Apr. 4) – named to womenslacrosse.com Honor Roll (Feb. 28) – insidelacrosse.com Honorable Mention (Feb. 28) – insidelacrosse.com National Player of the Week (March 14) – womenslacrosse.com National All-Rookie Team – 38 goals, 6 assists.
#12 Kacie Caldwell (So./Fr. eligibility, Lutherville, Md.) 2006 -Started four games – two ground balls at California. 2005 – Did not Play.
#13 Alicia Meredith (Sr., Prospect, Ky.) 2006 – Played in four games, starting three – career-high three ground balls at California. 2005 – Played in all 16 games with 15 starts – 13 ground balls. 2004 – Played in three games. 2003 – Played in three games.
#14 Libby Graf (Fr., Delaware, Ohio) 2006 – Played in two games, starting one – career-high two ground balls against Penn – career-high two caused turnovers at Johns Hopkins.
#15 Jessica Patane (So., Farmingdale, N.Y.) 2006 – Started four games – career-high three points (one goal, two assists) at Stanford. 2005 – Played in seven games – 2 goals.
#16 Lauren Traficant (Jr./So. eligibility, Dublin, Ohio) 2006 – Played in two games – one ground ball at California – one draw control against Penn. 2005 – Did not play. 2004 – Played in 7 games – 2 goals, 1 assist.
#17 KC Carter (Sr., Birchrunville, Pa.) 2006 – Started four games – tied career-high of four goals at Stanford and at California – career-high five points (four goals, one assist) at California – season-high three ground balls at Johns Hopkins. 2005 – Played in 15 games, starting 14 – 15 goals, 4 assists. 2004 – Started all 16 games – 12 goals, 6 assists. 2003 – Started all 18 games – American Lacrosse Conference Rookie of the Year – womenslacrosse.com All-Rookie Team – 18 goals, 3 assists.
#18 Jacqueline Cook (Fr., Pocopson, Pa.) 2006 – Has not played.
#19 Sarah Wilcox (Fr., Toledo, Ohio) 2006 – Has not played.
#20 Ally MacMeekin (Jr., Baltimore, Md.) 2006 – Has not played. 2005 – Played in seven games. 2004 – Played nine games with three starts.
#21 Keri Yourick (Fr., Castle Rock, Colo.) 2006 – Has not played.
#22 Mindy Kittle (Sr., Hockessin, Del.) 2006 – Played one game. 2005 – Played in two games. 2004 – Played in 11 matches with seven starts – 16 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers. 2003 – Played in six games.
#23 Rachel Hawes (Fr., Eldersburg, Md.) 2006 – Has not played.
#24 Emily Rosen (Sr., Baltimore, Md.) 2006 – Has not played. 2005 – Played in one game. 2004 – Played in two games. 2003 – Played in three games.
#25 Amanda Shimp (So., Endicott, N.Y.) 2006 – Played in four games, starting three – career-high two goals at Stanford – career-high two draw controls at California. – 2005 – Played in one game.
#26 Natale Miller (So., Birmingham, Pa.) 2006 – Played in four games, starting one – one goal at California. 2005 – Played in 16 games, starting 13 – 15 goals, 2 assists. 2004 – Played in 16 games with 11 starts – 13 goals, 3 assists.
#27 Mallory Mayhew (Fr., Liverpool, N.Y.) 2006 – Has not played.
#28 Kelyn Laws (Jr., Ellicott City, Md.) 2006 – Played in three games – one assist at California – one goal against Penn. 2005 – Played in 14 games with two starts – 4 goals, 1 assist. 2004 – Played in 16 games with 13 starts – 12 goals, 4 assists, 20 ground balls.
#29 Alicia McClure (Sr., Hatboro, Pa.) 2006 – Started four games. 2005 – Played in 11 games with eight starts – 14 ground balls. 2004 – Played in 11 matches with eight starts – 18 ground balls and 12 caused turnovers. 2003 – Played in five games.
#30 Kendall Gysin (Fr., Noblesville, Ind.) 2006 – Started four games – one goal at Stanford and at California – two ground balls at California – two draw controls at Stanford and at California.
