May 2, 2008 Washington, D.C. - The seventh-ranked Georgetown University women's lacrosse team (11-6) will do battle with the sixth-ranked Princeton Tigers (12-3) on Saturday, May 3 at the Multi-Sport Field in the final regular-season game for both schools. Live audio and video can be seen at www.guhoyas.com with Chuck Timanus calling the action. The first draw control is set for 1:05. Prior to the game, Georgetown will recognize Georgetown's three graduating seniors: starting attacker Zan Morley, starting midfielder Patty Piotrowicz and starting defender Amelia Wesselink. The Hoyas return to the Hilltop on Saturday after what turned out to be a four-game road trip. GU played games at No. 3 Maryland and at Connecticut during the middle week of April and then Georgetown participated in two games during last weekend's BIG EAST Tournament. The Hoyas won a three-overtime thriller vs. No. 10 Notre Dame in the semifinals, 15-14 on Friday before Georgetown fell to No. 5 Syracuse, 12-6 on Sunday in the title game. What's at Stake ... Both Georgetown and Princeton are looking to receive at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament and a victory on Saturday would certainly help the cause. Saturday's losing team is still in a good position to earn a NCAA berth but will have to wait until Monday's NCAA Tournamant Selection Show on Monday night, May 5 between 7 and 8 p.m. on CBS College Sports (formerly CSTV). The NCAA Tournament is a 16-team, single-elimination tournament. Eight conferences receive a berth via automatic qualification (AQ). The remaining teams are selected at large. Pennsylvania (Ivy), Syracuse (BIG EAST), Virginia (ACC) and Temple (A-10) have already won their respective leagues and an invitation to the Tournament.
The AQ conferences are: American Lacrosse Conference (ALC), Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Atlantic-10 Conference (A-10), BIG EAST Conference, Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and the Ivy League. The winner of the Northeast Conference (NEC) (Sacred Heart) at American East Conference (Boston Univ.) play-in game and the winner of the Metro Atlantic Conference (MAAC) (Marist) at Patriot League (Colgate) play-in game also receive AQ bids. Marist plays at Colgate Saturday at noon while Sacred Heart is at Boston Univ. on Saturday at 1 p.m. Schedule Strength ... The Hoyas have a strength of schedule ranked No. 1 in the nation by www.laxpower.com. Princeton is ranked No. 9. The Hoyas have played eight games vs. teams ranked in the top 10, including a stretch of four straight games (No. 5 Syracuse, No. 4 Virginia, No.10 Notre Dame and No. 3 Maryland) from Apr. 5 through Apr. 16. Series with Princeton ... Princeton leads the all-time series, 8-5 and the Tigers have won five of the last six games. The Hoyas are 3-1 vs. Princeton here in Washington, D.C. The schools have met during every season since 1997. Princeton topped the Hoyas in the NCAAs First Round in 1998 and the Tigers edged Georgetown, 12-7 in the 2002 NCAA Championship Game. Ten of the 13 games between the schools have been decided by two goals or less. Quick Hits ... Sophomores Molly Ford, Ashby Kaestner and junior Jordan Trautman eanred a spot on the 2008 All-BIG EAST First Team while sophomore Jordy Kirr and Caitlin Formby earned a spot on the Secons Team -- The Hoyas rank 22nd in the nation in scoring defense (9.5). -- 156 of the team's 177 goals have been scored by underclassmen. Sixty-six percent of the Georgetown's total offensive production has come from sophomores Ashby Kaestner (48 G, 12 A), Molly Ford (40 G, 20 A) and freshman Jordy Kirr (19 G, 33 A). -- The current Hoya freshman class, the class of 2011 was the No. 1 ranked recruiting class in the nation according to Inside Lacrosse Magazine. Seven of the 11 players were Under Armour All Americans. -- The starting defense of junior Jordan Trautman, junior Katie Burton, junior Bridget Noon and senior Amelia Wesselink have started together in all 17 games. -- Freshman Jordy Kirr matched a career-best with five assists vs. UConn, a feat she's accomplished three times. Kirr's 33 assists continues to lead the nation's freshmen and the 33 helpers ranks second on GU's single-season assist list, matching Sara Zorzi's 33 assts. in 2006. -- The Hoyas are 4-2 in games decided by one goal, 2-0 in overtime games and 5-1 at home this season. -- Ashby Kaestner, the team leader in goals (48), points (60) and caused turnovers (31), was held without a point for the first time this season at Maryland. She followed the game against the Terps with a four-goal performance at Connecticut. She has 12 multi-goal games this season and the Trappe, Md. native ranks 29th in the nation with 2.87 goals per game. -- Freshman Allie Hubschmann has scored eight goals in the last five games, including a career-high three goals in the 3OT win over Notre Dame. Hubschmann came off the bench netting two second half goals in the first meeting with Notre Dame before scoring two second half goals in her first career start at Maryland. Hubschmann has started in each of the last four games, replacing Bunny O'Reilly, who suffered a badly sprained right ankle vs. Virginia. -- Junior Megan Bloomer notched two markers in the comeback win over No. 4 Virginia, including the game winner with 27 seconds left and two more in the loss to No. 10 Notre Dame. Bloomer ranks fifth on the team with 12 goals this season. Her four multi-goal games have come against Loyola, Northwestern, Virginia and in the regular-season contest vs. Notre Dame. -- Sophomore goalkeeper, Caitlin Formby, who is in her first season as the full-time starter, ranks 13th in the nation posting a goals-against-average of 8.95. Formby has started in every game and posted seven double-figure save outings (10-Denver, 11 JHU, 12-W&M, 10-Northwestern, 12-Virginia, 10-vs ND [reg season] and 10-Syracuse [BE Tourn]). -- Georgetown saw six players make their first career starts over the first two games of the season, including sophomore GK Caitlin Formby. -- The Hoyas have trailed at halftime only six times (at Denver (6-5), at Duke (7-5), at Syracuse (10-1) vs Notre Dame (5-1), 9-2 at Maryland, 10-4 vs ND). GU was tied 4-4 at halftime against Rutgers, tied at halftime at Northwestern, 3-3 and tied at halftime vs. Virginia, 3-3. -- The Blue and Gray has allowed just two or fewer goals in a half on eight different occasions. |
