May 8, 2003

The Cavalier defense limited Patriot League champion American (11-8) to nine shots, the second-lowest total for one team in NCAA tournament history, helping Virginia advance to the second round with a 19-3 win over the Eagles today. Captains Lauri Kenis and Tiffany Schummer marshalled a defense that kept the Eagles scoreless for a stretch of 38:17. Offensively the Hoos were led by Amy Appelt and Lauren Aumiller, both of whom had seven points in the game, and Cary Chasney and Caitlin Banks, who both had hat tricks for the Cavaliers. UVa (15-4) advances to the second round where they will host Georgetown on Sunday, May 11.

Virginia's Meredith Lazarus won the opening draw and the Cavaliers set their attack, which saw Appelt drive to the cage from the left, scoring 1:21 into the game. The Eagles won the ensuing draw but Schummer caused a turnover and Virginia raced back upfield where Chasney fed Banks on the crease, who quicksticked the ball into the net for a 2-0 lead. American's Nicole McCarthy converted an 8-meter shot to put the Eagles on the board 4:12 into the game.

Schummer started the next Cavalier goal as she caused another turnover in the Virginia defensive third and on the fast break, Morgan Thalenberg and Banks worked a give-and-go with Thalenberg scoring off Banks' 50th career assist. Lazarus won the next draw and Virginia worked the ball behind the cage where Banks fed Courtney Young, who scored 1:45 after Thalenberg for a 4-1 Virginia lead.

After the Eagles were whistled for an offsides infraction, Banks notched a point on the fourth consecutive goal as she took a feed from Thalenberg from behind, putting UVa up 5-1 9:40 into the game.

A nine-minute scoreless drought was ended with a quick hat trick from Chasney, who scored the next three goals in a span of 4:46. She converted a feed from Appelt to start the run. Banks then caused a turnover in the midfield and Schummer scooped up the loose ball and started a fast break that saw Aumiller lead Chasney to the cage. Chasney's goal at the 22:29 point of the game also marked Aumiller's 300th career point, making her only the 13th person in Division I history to hit that mark.

Aumiller won the next draw and got the ball to Chasney, who drew a foul in the arc. She converted the 8-meter shot and scored 47 seconds after her last goal, putting Virginia up 8-1. Another Aumiller draw control set up Virginia's next goal as Tyler Leachman also scored on an 8-meter shot, 41 seconds after Chasney's goal.

Schummer's pickup of an errant American pass started a Virginia possession that saw Appelt fake a drive to the cage and the bounce a low shot into the net for Virginia's 10th goal of the game. Andrea Pfeiffer made two of her five saves on AU's next possession, and at the other end Leachman drove to the cage from the left and scored, putting the Cavaliers up 11-1 at the break.

American won the draw to start the second half but a Kenis ground ball started Virginia's possession going to the other end. The Cavaliers lost the ball but as American attempted a clear, the Eagles lost the ball at the restraining line. Appelt picked up the loose ball and raced in all alone to the cage, scoring 3:23 into the second half. her goal was the 107th of her career, which places her 10th on the all-time list, moving just ahead of Mills Hook, who played at Virginia from 1998-2001. Kenis again started the scoring play as she intercepted an American pass and at the other end Aumiller fed Banks on the goal circle as Banks notched a hat trick.

American controlled the draw but lost the ball in the arc where Pfeiffer picked it up and started a fast break that saw Appelt feed Aumiller, who quicksticked the pass into the cage, moving her consecutive games scoring record to 40.Appelt fed Aumiller two more times in the next five minutes, first after picking up the rebound off a pipe shot and taking the ball behind the cage. Kenis then picked up a loose ball at the restraining line and started a transition ended by an Appelt feed to Aumiller. American's Gina Riitano stopped the 14-0 scoring run with a drive to the cage at the 42:29 mark. She also scored the next goal off a feed from Courtney Bennett at 50:48, making the score 16-3.

Aumiller scored Virginia's fourth consecutive goal after Pfeiffer made a save and started a fast break where Ashleigh Haas fed Aumiller , who was streaking to the cage. Aumiller made a one-handed grab, collected the ball, and scored with 6:56 to go in the game. A Molly Urlock caused turnover and ground ball in the defensive arc led to a Lauren Keller goal off a pass from Aumiller with 2:37 remaining, and Anne Harvey rolled the crease and scored 38 seconds later for the final margin of 19-3. The 16-goal difference is the third-largest in NCAA tournament play.

Virginia will face two-time national runner-up Georgetown on Sunday, May 11 at Klockner Stadium. Game time is still to be determined. The Hoyas advanced with a 9-5 defeat of James Madison in the first round.

Linescore	1	2	F	Records
American	1	2	3	11-8
Virginia	11	8	19	15-4

Scoring summary:
1:21	V	Appelt			1-0
2:37	V	Banks (Chasney)	        2-0
4:12	A	McCarthy (FP)		2-1
5:10	V	Thalenberg (Banks)	3-1
6:55	V	Young (Banks)		4-1
9:40	V	Banks (Thalenberg)	5-1
18:30	V	Chasney (Appelt)	6-1
22:29	V	Chasney (Aumiller)	7-1
23:16	V	Chasney (FP)		8-1
23:57	V	Leachman (FP)		9-1
25:36	V	Appelt			10-1
27:39	V	Leachman		11-1
33:23	V	Appelt			12-1
34:11	V	Banks (Aumiller)	13-1
35:05	V	Aumiller (Appelt)	14-1
38:25	V	Aumiller (Appelt)	15-1
40:35	V	Aumiller (Appelt)	16-1
42:29	A	Riitano			16-2
50:48	A	Riitano (Bennett)	16-3
53:04	V	Aumiller (Haas)		17-3
57:23	V	Keller (Aumiller)	18-3
58:01	V	Harvey			19-3

Scoring (Goals-Assists-Points):
Virginia: Aumiller 4-3-7, Appelt 3-4-7, Banks 3-2-5, Chasney 3-1-4, Leachman 2-0-2, Thalenberg 1-1-2, Keller 1-0-1, Harvey 1-0-1, Young 1-0-1, Haas 0-1-1

American: Riitano 2-0-2, McCarthy 1-0-1, Bennett 0-1-1

Keepers: Virginia: Andrea Pfeiffer (57 mins, 5 saves, 3 GA), Ginger Miles (3 mins, 0 saves, 0 GA)
	American: Kathleen Finnegan (60 mins, 8 saves, 19 GA)


Draws: V: 19, AU 5
Shots: V: 38, AU 9
Ground balls: V: 36, AU 23
Caused turnovers: V: 10, AU 9
Turnovers: V: 9, AU 20
8-meter attempts: V: 5, AU 1
8-meter shots: V 5, AU 1
Clearing: V: 9-10, AU 8-15