July 13, 2001

HIGH WYCOMBE, England - With a 3-0 record in pool play and an unblemished slate through the first and second championship rounds, the Terrapin-laden U.S. Women's lacrosse team will attempt to capture its fourth consecutive IFWLA World Cup on Saturday at 2 p.m GMT (8 a.m. EST). The final match of the week-long event pits the Americans, 25-2 victors over Canada in Thursday's semifinal contest, against Australia, who defeated England 8-1. The title game is a rematch of the 2000 championship, in which the Stars and Stripes prevailed, 3-2 in overtime.

For followers of the juggernaut Terrapin women's lacrosse program, the match on Saturday should be a special one. Eight U.S. National team players are graduates of the University of Maryland, from Jessica Wilk ('90) to Kelly Amonte-Hiller ('96) to Quinn Carney ('01), who has already merited Player of the Match honors in two World Cup contests over the past week. Meanwhile, the Australian bench features a pair of Terps representing their home country -- Maryland's two-time Honda Award winner and all-time NCAA leading scorer Jen Adams and rising-senior standout Courtney Hobbs.

The U.S. downed Australia 7-5 in pool play on Sunday, July 8, with Amonte-Hiller taking Player of the Match honors. Summaries of the championship round matches are below, and all of the game recaps, in full detail, are available on the official website of U.S. Women's Lacrosse.

USA Lacrosse Defeats Canada 25-2, Advance to Gold Medal Game vs Australia
July 12, 2001

Team captain Cherie Greer exploded for two goals in the first three minutes of the match and scooped up five ground balls to help the USA women's lacrosse team to a 25-2 defeat of Canada in the IFWLA World Cup semifinals this afternoon in High Wycombe, England. Greer finished with a hat trick, while Kelly Amonte and Quinn Carney both had two goals and five assists to lead the team in scoring. Amonte led the team with six draw controls, and Carney was named the player of the match, her second such honor during these championships. With the win, their 12th consecutive in World Cup play, the Americans advance to the finals of the World Cup for the sixth consecutive time. On Saturday (July 14) the Americans will face the Australians for the gold medal in a rematch of the 1997 final that was won by the USA 3-2 in triple overtime. The Aussies beat the host English 8-1 in the other semifinal today.

Linescore
CAN 1-1=2
USA 12-13=25


Scoring summary:
27:56   USA Greer   1-0
27:17   USA Amonte (Gallagher)  2-0
26:53   USA Greer (FP)  3-0
26:31   USA Samaras (Amonte)    4-0
25:23   USA Amonte (Nelson) 5-0
20:29   USA Jenkins (Amonte)    6-0
19:48   USA Carney (Flynn)  7-0
19:16   USA Sommar (Carney) 8-0
17:19   USA Greer (Gallagher)   9-0
8:55    CAN Hart    9-1
4:29    USA Flynn (Gallagher)   10-1
4:06    USA Uhlfelder (Carney)  11-1
1:29    USA Nelson (Carney) 12-1
28:50   USA Sommar (Carney) 13-1
27:19   USA Rosen (Carney)  14-1
22:12   USA Samaras 15-1
19:21   USA Flynn (Nelson)  16-1
17:32   USA Brown   17-1
13:39   USA Uhlfelder (Amonte)  18-1
12:41   USA Gallagher (FP)  19-1
9:57    CAN Hart    19-2
8:04    USA Carney (FP) 20-2
6:56    USA Flynn (Amonte)  21-2
5:38    USA Uhlfelder (Samaras) 22-2
4:59    USA Sommar (Amonte) 23-2
0:11    USA Samaras (Gallagher) 24-2
0:00    USA Uhlfelder (Gallagher)   25-2


Scoring: 
Goals:Uhlfeder 4, Samaras 3, Sommar 3, Flynn 3,
Greer 3, Carney 2, Amonte 2, Gallagher, Jenkins, Brown,
Nelson, Rosen
Assists: Carney 5, Gallagher 5, Amonte 5, Nelson 2,
Samaras, Flynn
Goalies: Heether (30 mins, 3 saves 1 GA),
Wilk (30 mins, 2 saves, 1 GA)
Shots: USA 44, Can 8
Ground balls: USA 37, CAN 22
Caused turnovers: USA 13, CAn 4
Turnovers: USA 15, CAN 25
Draws: USA 22, Can 6
Fouls: USA 5, Can 14
Free postions: USA 7 attempts, 3 shots
CAN 2 attempts, 2 shots

USA Shuts out Germany 18-0. Advance to Semifinals in World Cup
July 12, 2001

Former Maryland lacrosse and field hockey All-American Jessica Wilk, captain of the U.S. squad, started in the cage and shut out the German side in the first half, and then scored a goal in the second half to punctuate the Americans' win Thursday in the quarterfinals of the IFWLA World Cup with an 18-0 victory over the Germans. With the win, the U.S. advanced to the medal round to face the Canadian side in the first semifinal tomorrow at 3:30 pm GMT (10:30 am EST). The leading scorer and player of the match for the Americans was Michele Uhlfelder with three goals and four assists, while Kara Ariza led the way for the Americans with six ground balls and Quinn Carney had four draw controls. The win was the 11th consecutive win in World Cup play for the Americans, which sets a new record.

Linescore
GER 0-0=0
USA 12-6=18


Scoring summary:
28:50   USA Amonte (Brown)  1-0
26:16   USA Carney (Uhlfelder)  2-0
22:06   USA Ariza (FP)  3-0
20:12   USA Uhlfelder (Jenkins) 4-0
17:51   USA Uhlfelder (Samaras) 5-0
15:24   USA Gallagher (Uhlfelder)   6-0
15:11   USA Gallagher (Sommar)  7-0
12:23   USA Carney (Amonte) 8-0
10:28   USA Gallagher   9-0
7:39    USA Nelson (Amonte) 10-0
4:49    USA Brown (Uhlfelder)   11-0
1:51    USA Flynn (Samaras) 12-0
9:54    USA Amonte (Jenkins)    13-0
7:39    USA Nelson (Brown)  14-0
5:45    USA Carney  15-0
4:49    USA Greer (Uhlfelder)   16-0
1:56    USA Uhlfelder (Gallagher) 17-0
1:34    USA Wilk (Carney)


Scoring:
Goals:  USA: Uhlfelder 3, Gallagher 3, Carney 3,
Amonte 2, Nelson 2, Brown, Flynn, Greer, Ariza, Wilk
Assists:  USA: Uhlfelder 4, Amonte 2, Samaras 2,
Brown 2, Jenkins 2, Gallagher, Carney, Sommar
Goalies:  USA: Wilk (30 mins (in cage), 0 saves, 0 GA),
Heether (30 mins, 1 save, 0 GA),
Germany: (30 mins, 9 saves, 12 GA)/ (30 mins, 3 saves, 6 GA)
Ground balls: USA 36, GER 16
Caused turnovers: USA 17, GER 3
Turnovers: USA 12, GER 25
Shots: USA 42, GER 2
Draws: USA 15, GER 5
Fouls: USA 2, GER 2
Free position attempts:USA 1, GER 0
Free position shots: USA 1, GER 0