Women’s Lacrosse Opens American Lacrosse Conference Play at No. 4 Johns Hopkins Sunday – Ohio State Buckeyes
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March 7, 2006
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State (0-3 overall, 0-0 American Lacrosse Conference) women’s lacrosse squad opens league play in the American Lacrosse Conference Sunday at fourth-ranked (tie) John Hopkins (2-0, 0-0) Sunday at 1 p.m. Last week the Buckeyes lost 14-10, at home, to Penn.
A LOOK AT OHIO STATE
The head coach for the Buckeyes is Sue Stimmel. Ohio State is 0-3 overall after a 14-10 home loss to Penn.. KC Carter (Sr., Birchrunville, Pa.) leads the team in points with 12 with a team-high 11 goals and an assist. Jessica Patane (So., Farmingdale, N.Y.) is second in points with six with three goals and a team-high three assists. Kristen Slahor (So., Ellicott City, Md.) is third in points with four with two goals and two assists. Kim Hastings (Sr., Sewickley, Pa.) has a team-high five ground balls with Carter, Kendall Gysin (Fr., Noblesville, Ind.), Alicia Meredith (Sr., Prospect, Ky.) and Lindsay Weiner (Jr., Eldersburg, Md.) tied for second with three each. Carter has a team-high eight draw controls with Kristen Hannon (So., Sykesville, Md.) second with five. In goal, Hastings has started all three matches and has a 14.33 goals against average while recording a .494 saves percentage.
A LOOK AT JOHNS HOPKINS
The fourth-ranked (tied) Blue Jays are coached by Janine Tucker. Johns Hopkins has a 2-0 record prior to playing Ohio this Friday. The Blue Jays won an 8-7 home game against the third-ranked (tie) Princeton last week. Mary Key has a team-high 13 points with seven goals and six assists. Sarah Walsh ranks second in points with seven with four goals and three assists. Leading the team in ground balls is Ashley Schwartzmann with six. Kadie Stamper is second with five. Stamper has a team-high eight draw controls with Key second with five. In goal, Lauren Riddick has played both games for the Blue Jays. She has a 7.50 goals against average and a .516 saves percentage.
OHIO STATE – JOHN HOPKINS SERIES
The series with Johns Hopkins is tied at two games each. The series opened in 2002 with the Blue Jays winning, 11-10, at John Hopkins. 2003 saw the Buckeyes win, 9-6, at home. In 2004, Johns Hopkins won at home, 13-5. Last season, in Columbus, Ohio State won, 12-9.
OHIO STATE 12, JOHNS HOPKINS 9, March 11, 2005
Ohio State (2-1 overall, 1-0 American Lacrosse Conference) out scored sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins (1-2, 1-1) four to one in the final 11 minutes to secure a 12-9 victory that started outdoors and finished indoor due to weather conditions. OSU’s Kelly Kremer (So., Kennett Square, Pa.) had a career-high six goals for the Buckeyes with KC Carter contributing four. Leading Johns Hopkins was Mary Key with two goals. Ohio State opened the game with two Carter goals, the first assisted by Kristen Slahor at 1:28 and the second at 6:38 on a free position attempt. Johns Hopkins made it 2-1 with a Key goal at 8:25. The Buckeyes scored the next three goals to take a 5-1 lead. Kremer, with an assist from Slahor, scored at 10:26. Kremer scored again at 18:20, unassisted. Kelyn Laws (Jr., Ellicott City, Md.), on a free position attempt, made the lead, 5-1, at 19:17. The Blue Jays with a goal by Kristen Miller, assisted by Sarah Walsh at 19:46 and by Steph Janice, assisted by Erin Riordan at 21:21 cut the lead to 5-3. At that point, a snow flurry began and the officials suspended play due to the field conditions. After a 44-minute delay, play resumed on the indoor turf field of the Woody Hayes Athletic Complex. Walsh scored at 22:56 on a Key assist to cut the lead to 5-4. Kremer’s third goal gave Ohio State a 6-4 lead at 23:35. Johns Hopkins scored twice to tie the game at halftime at six-all. Meagan Voight’s goal at 28:31 was assisted by Key, and Riordan’s free position goal at 29:21 tied the game at six. Ohio State opened the scoring in the second half with a Kremer goal at 34:45 on a free position attempt. The Blue Jays tied the game at seven on a Kirby Houck goals at 41:56, assisted by Lauren Schwarzmann. Kremer’s fifth goal made it 8-7, OSU, at 43:18. Key responded with a goal at 46:17 to tie the game at eight. The Buckeyes scored the next four goals to open up a 12-8 lead. Carter tallied twice, the first at 48:59 on an assist from Kremer and at 51:51 on a free position shot. Kremer scored her sixth goal at 55:43 on Slahor’s third assist of the game. Lindsay Weiner gave the Buckeyes a 12-8 lead with a free position shot at 56:54. Johns Hopkins made it 12-9 with a Kadie Stamper goal at 58:16 with a Voight assist to end the scoring. OSU’s Kim Hastings picked up the win in goal while making 14 saves. Blue Jay Lauren Riddick took the loss for Johns Hopkins and had seven saves in the contest.
CARTER HAS THREE GOALS AGAINST PENN
KC Carter recorded three goals against Penn to raise her season total to 11. She added two ground balls and two draw controls in the game. Carter has scored three or more goals in her last three games.
HANNON COLLECTS TWO GOALS AGAINST PENN
Kristen Hannon had two goals against Penn for her first multiple goal game of her career. She added two caused turnovers, a ground ball and a draw control in the contest.
GRAF SEES HER FIRST COMPETITION
Libby Graf (Fr., Delaware, Ohio) started against Penn and collected two ground balls in the game. It was her first appearance as a Buckeye.
WEINER HAS CAREER-HIGH THREE DRAW CONTROLS AGAINST PENN
Lindsay Weiner recorded a career-high three draw controls against Penn last week. Her previous best had been one in six games. Weiner added a goal, her second of the season, and a ground ball in the contest.
PATANE SCORES A GOAL IN THE THIRD STRAIGHT GAME
Jessica Patane had a goal against Penn to give her goals in the last three games. She added an assist against the Quakers. Patane is second on the squad in points with six, collecting three goals and three assists.
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 11-23 in her career. Hastings stands third in OSU career saves with 263 and is fifth in career goals against average at 10.07.
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 79-74 at Ohio State (11 years) and is 155-92 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 PENN GAME
Ohio State (0-3 overall) opened the home schedule with a 14-10 loss to Penn (3-0) Saturday afternoon in Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. OSU’s KC Carter had a team-high three goals with Kristen Hannon adding two. Penn’s Ali Ryan posted a game-high four goals for the Quakers with Chrissy Muller and Emily Cochran adding three each.
Penn opened the game by scoring with the first four goals of the contest. Cochran scored at 1:35 into the half followed by a Muller goal at 2:55, assisted by Rachel Manson. Cochran’s second goal at 5:23 and a Ryan goal, assisted by Mason, at 6:01 made it 4-0. OSU’s Carter at 13:45 and Hannon at 14:46 scored on free position shots to cut the margin to 4-2. Cochran added her third goal at 18:07 but Buckeye goals by Jessica Patane at 18:55 and by Hannon, assisted by Kelly Kremer, cut the Penn lead to 5-4. A Mason goal at 21:18 and two by Muller, at 24:15 and 29:43, closed out the half with Penn leading, 8-4.
The Quakers opened the second half with a Mason goal, assisted by Ryan, just 11 seconds into the half. An Allison Ambrozy goal at 33:06, assisted by Mason gave Penn a 10-4 lead. An OSU goal by Kelyn Laws stopped the five-goal Quaker run at 35:44. Penn countered with a Ryan goal at 36:30, assisted by Muller, and a Tarah Kiman goal at 37:54, assisted by Allison Ambrozy, to take the lead to seven at 12-5. The Buckeyes scored the next three goals to cut the lead to four at 12-8. Lindsay Weiner started the run at 42:31 with an assist from Jessica Patane . Carter scored at 45:05 and Natale Miller (Jr., West Chester, Pa.) at 46:08 to complete the run. Ryan responded for the Quakers with a goal at 53:49. OSU’s Amanda Shimp (So., Endicott, N.Y.) countered with a goal at 56:43 make it 13-9, Penn. Ryan scored her fourth goal of the game at 57:32 with Carter adding her third goal at 58:51 to complete the scoring at 14-10, Penn.
In goal for Ohio State, Kim Hastings took the loss, playing the entire game. She had 13 saves while giving up 14 goals. Quaker Karrie Moore played the first 30 minutes for the win, recording three saves while giving up four goals. Sarah Waxman played the final 30 minutes for the Quakers, making six saves and giving up six goals.
2005 PLAYER NOTES
#0 Kristen Gilwee (Fr., Hunt Valley) 2006 – Has not played.
#1 Kim Hastings (Sr., Sewickley, Pa.) 2006 – Started three 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 three games, starting two – career-high two goals against Penn – one assist at California – two draw controls at Stanford and at California. 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 three 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 three 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 three 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 three games – career-high three draw controls against Penn – goals at Stanford and against Penn 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 three 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 three games – two ground balls at California. 2005 – Did not Play.
#13 Alicia Meredith (Sr., Prospect, Ky.) 2006 – Played in three games, starting twice – 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 – Started one game – career-high two ground balls against Penn.
#15 Jessica Patane (So., Farmingdale, N.Y.) 2006 – Started three 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 three games – tied career-high of four goals at Stanford and at California – career-high five points (four goals, one assist) at California. 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 – Has not played. 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 – Started three games – 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 three games – 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 two 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 three 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 three games – one goal at Stanford and at California – two ground balls at California – two draw controls at Stanford and at California.
