The No. 9 Maryland (3-1) men's lacrosse team welcomes the Princeton Tigers to College Park, Md., for a noon start at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium on Saturday, March 7.
Event Information
Video: The game will be streamed on BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app, which is the official app of the Big Ten Network. It will be a BTN Plus production and will require an additional subscription. Fans can access all Big Ten content on BTN Plus for $119.95 per year or a $14.95 monthly subscription. A Maryland School Pass for BTN Plus, which includes all Terrapin contests, home and away, on BTN Plus for $79.95 per year or for a $9.95 monthly subscription.
Listen: A live radio broadcast is available on 1300AM (Baltimore) and 570AM (DC)
Event Media: Live stats for the game are available by clicking here.
NOTE: Due to weather conditions, seating will be predominantly restricted to the mezzanine level. Also, keep in mind that Cole Field House is hosting the Maryland State Wrestling Tournament Saturday.
Quick-Hitters
• Maryland has played Princeton 42 times since their inaugural meeting in 1927, with Maryland holding a 29-12-1 all-time advantage.
• Saturday's game marks the first meeting for Maryland and Princeton since 2006, when the Terps knocked out the Tigers, 11-6, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament in Towson, Md.
• This is the first regular season meeting between the two teams since 1977, when the Terps won, 13-3. The last six meetings between Maryland and Princeton have come in the NCAA Tournament (1992, 97, 98, 2000, 04, 06), with Princeton winning 5-of-6 games during the stretch.
• Princeton was victorious in its last meeting against the Terps at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium, claiming the National Championship with a resounding 19-7 win on May 26, 1997.
• The Terps claimed their third win of the season with a 12-3 victory over Drexel last Saturday, which included holding the Dragons scoreless for a stretch of 56:17 - the longest such stretch since 2008. Jay Carlson scored his first hat trick of the season in the win.
• Maryland won its 24th consecutive game when scoring at least 10 goals with its victory against Drexel. It was Maryland's second consecutive double-digit scoring game of the season. The Terps have not lost when scoring at least 10 goals since an 13-11 loss to Colgate on May 5, 2012.
• Junior goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr currently leads the nation in goals against average (5.14) and save percentage (.683) after holding Drexel to just two goals in 53:25 of action last Saturday.
• Freshman LSM Matt Neufeldt was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after totaling eight ground balls and causing five turnovers in wins against No. 11 Penn and Drexel. Neufeldt (1.5/g) and Casey Ikeda (1.25/g) currently rank first and second in the Big Ten in caused turnovers, respectively.
• Senior Jay Carlson scored his ninth career game-winning goal against Drexel, moving into a tie for second all-time in Maryland history with Grant Catalino and Joe Cummings.Carlson has scored in eight straight games - the longest active Maryland streak.
• Head coach John Tillman captured his 50th career win at Maryland (70th overall) with last week's victory against No. 11 Penn. He is the fastest coach in Maryland history to reach the milestone, joining Jack Faber & Al Heagy (224), Dick Edell (171), Dave Cottle (99) and Bud Beardmore (91).
• The Terps currently lead the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 5.25 goals per game.
Maryland Home Schedule Info
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The Count Down
10 ... Since 2002 Maryland has won 113 of the 122 games (93%) in which it has scored 10 or more goals. The Terps have won 23 straight games in such situations.
9 ... Maryland is 133-27 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .830 winning percentage. The Terps are 14-1 since 2014 in such situations.
8 ... Maryland was a perfect 8-0 at home last season, and have won 12 consecutive regular season home games.
7 ... The Terps were 7-0 against unranked opponents in 2014, and have won nine straight against unranked teams.
6 ... The last six meetings between Maryland and Princeton have come in the NCAA Tournament.
5 ... Margin of victory when the Terps defeated Princeton, 11-6, in the NCAA quarterfinals in 2006.
4 ... Coach Tillman's 50 wins is the most ever for a Maryland head coach in his first four seasons.
3 ... Three Terps were selected in the MLL Draft in January:
Joe LoCascio (17th - Florida),
Charlie Raffa (24th - Chesapeake) and
Casey Ikeda (54th - Florida).
2 ... Dylan Maltz tallied career-highs with two goals and two assists against No. 11 Penn.
1 ... Only
one program - Maryland - has earned a bid in every NCAA tournament since the field expanded to 16 in 2003.
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Tale of the Tape |
|
| Maryland |
Category |
Princeton |
| 9.3 |
Goals Per Game |
14.7 |
| 5.3 |
Opponents' Goals Per Game |
10.3 |
| 38.5 |
Shots Per Game |
38.0 |
| 24.0 |
Shot Percentage |
38.6 |
| 19.0 |
Shots on Goal Per Game |
21.3 |
| 49.4 |
Shots on Goal Percentage |
56.1 |
| 11.0 |
Saves Per Game |
14.3 |
| 67.7 |
Save Percentage |
58.1 |
| 25.5 |
Groundballs Per Game |
28.7 |
| 22.8 |
Opponents' Groundballs Per Game |
26.7 |
| 13.5 |
Turnovers Per Game |
11.3 |
| 7.5 |
Caused Turnovers Per Game |
7.0 |
| 44.3 |
Face-Off Percentage |
53.6 |
| 87.5 |
Clear Percentage |
91.3 |
| 83.1 |
Opponents' Clear Percentage |
88.4 |
| 4.0 |
Penalties Per Game |
7.7 |
| 3:45 |
Penalty Minutes Per Game |
7:00 |
| 40.0 |
Man-Up Conversion Percentage |
52.9 |
| 26.7 |
Opponents' Man-Up Conversion Percentage |
58.3 |
Coaching Match-Up
• John Tillman is in his eighth season as a head coach, and fifth with the Terps, with a 71-39 career record for a .645 winning percentage. Tillman is 51-20 (.718) as Maryland's head coach, recently becoming the fastest in program history to reach the 50-win milestone.
• Princeton's Chris Bates is in his sixth season at the helm for Princeton, totaling a 45-30 record. He was previously the head coach at Drexel for 10 seasons, and garners a 115-101 overall record in 15 seasons as a head coach.
Series history vs. Princeton
• Maryland and Princeton have met 42 times dating back to 1927, with the Terps holding a 29-12-1 advantage in the all-time series.
• Although the Terps have the most recent win in the series, defeating Princeton, 11-6, in the 2006 NCAA quarterfinals, the Tigers have not been kind to Maryland in recent years. Princeton knocked Maryland out of the NCAA Tournament five times in a 12-year span from 1992 to 2004, including defeating the Terps in the national title game in back-to-back seasons (97, 98).
• Maryland won the last regular season meeting between the teams on March 17, 1977, by a score of 13-3.
• Maryland and Princeton last played in College Park in the 1997 National Championship game, as the Tigers won, 19-7, at Byrd Stadium.
• The Terps advanced to the 2006 Final Four by defeating Princeton in the last meeting between the teams, 11-6. Brendan Healy notched his third consecutive hat trick in the game, while Steve Whittenberg caused six turnovers to lead the defense.
Last time out
• After falling behind, 2-0, the Terps held Drexel scoreless for a stretch of 56:17 to cruise to a 12-3 victory on Feb. 28.
• Freshman LSM Matt Neufeldt gathered five ground balls in the win, completing an excellent two-game week in which he totaled eight ground balls and caused five turnovers. He was awarded Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts.
Terps Quell Quakers
• Maryland regained its winning ways with an 11-7 defeat of No. 11 Penn Tuesday in its home-opener. The Terrapins scored more than 10 goals for the first time all season, exploding for five goals in the third quarter.
• Attackmen Matt Rambo and Dylan Maltz had breakout games against No. 11 Penn, combining for five goals and four assists to lead the Terps offensively. Rambo had three goals and two assists, and currently leads Maryland with 10 points on the season.
• Goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr needed to make only eight saves in the victory, allowing seven goals.
Get To 10 And Win
• Since 2002, Maryland has won 114 of the 123 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .927 winning percentage.
• The Terps have won 24 straight games when scoring at least 10 goals, last falling to #12 Colgate, 13-11, on May 5, 2012.
| Record When Scoring 10+ Goals |
| Year |
W-L |
Loss |
| 2015 |
2-0 |
|
| 2014 |
11-0 |
|
| 2013 |
8-0 |
|
| 2012 |
10-2 |
at UNC, 10-11 |
| |
|
at Colgate, 11-13 |
| 2011 |
9-1 |
Johns Hopkins, 11-12 ot |
| 2010 |
12-1 |
Virginia, 10-11 |
| 2009 |
6-2 |
Georgetown, 10-13 |
| |
|
at UNC, 16-10 ACC SF |
| 2008 |
9-0 |
|
| 2007 |
8-1 |
Virginia, 10-11 |
| 2006 |
8-0 |
|
| 2005 |
5-0 |
|
| 2004 |
10-1 |
Hopkins, 10-13 |
| 2003 |
8-0 |
|
| 2002 |
7-1 |
Virginia, 10-11 |
Holding Opponents To Single-Digits
• Maryland is 134-27 in games since 2002 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .831 winning percentage.
• The Terps have also won 87 percent (66-10 record overall) of its games since 2009 when allowing less than 10 goals.
• The Terps are 15-1 when allowing nine goals or less since the beginning of 2014.The Terps' lone loss last season came to eventual national finalist Notre Dame, 6-5, at the ACC Tournament.
Consecutive 10-Win Seasons
• Maryland's 12-8 win over 8th-ranked Notre Dame on April 19, 2014 extended the Terps' streak of double-digit win seasons to 12, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.
• There are only four programs with a current streak of at least six-straight 10-win seasons:
- Maryland (12): 2014 (13-4), 2013 (10-4), 2012 (12-6), 2011 (13-5), 2010 (12-4), 2009 (10-7), 2008 (10-6), 2007 (10-6), 2006 (12-5), 2005 (11-6), 2004 (13-3), 2003 (12-4)
- Notre Dame (9): 2014 (12-6), 2013 (11-4), 2012 (13-3), 2011 (11-3), 2010 (10-7), 2009 (15-1), 2008 (14-3), 2007 (11-4), 2006 (10-5)
- Duke (7): 2014 (17-3), 2013 (16-5), 2012 (15-5) 2011 (14-6), 2010 (16-4), 2009 (15-4), 2008 (18-2), 2007 ( 17-3)
- North Carolina (6): 2014 (10-5), 2013 (13-4), 2012 (11-6), 2011 (10-6), 2010 (13-3), 2009 (12-6)
• Cornell's string of seven-straight 10+ win seasons came to an end in 2012 with a 9-4 final mark. Virginia's streak of eight-consecutive seasons with 10+ wins ended in 2013 with a 7-8 record, while Siena saw its run of six 10-win seasons end in 2013 also.
The 700 Club
• Maryland's 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 was the program's 700th victory in 84 seasons of varsity men's lacrosse. The Terps join Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, Navy, Army and Cornell as the only programs with 700 or more Division I wins.
• Two things that make Maryland's accomplishment all the more impressive is that the Terps reached the 700-win plateau in just their 84th season. Only Syracuse reached win No. 700 in as few seasons, but it took the Orange 53 more games than Maryland. In fact, Maryland needed only 940 games to reach 700 wins and only Johns Hopkins needed fewer games (932) to hit the historic number, but the Blue Jays did so in their 105th season.
| All-Time Winningest Programs (prior to 2015 season) |
| Team |
W-L-T |
Pct. |
| 1. Johns Hopkins |
944-308-15 |
.751 |
| 2. Syracuse |
855-328-16 |
.720 |
| 3. Navy |
763-333-14 |
.694 |
| 4. Maryland |
760-257-4 |
.746 |
| 5. Army |
749-363-7 |
.672 |
| 6. Cornell |
722-457-27 |
.610 |
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| The Road To 700 Wins |
| Team |
Seasons |
Games Played |
| Maryland |
84 |
940 |
| Syracuse |
84 |
993 |
| Army |
92 |
1,029 |
| Navy |
99 |
972 |
| Johns Hopkins |
105 |
932 |
| Cornell |
117 |
1,171 |
Terps' 90th Season Of Lacrosse
• The Terps boast an all-time record of 760-257-4 (.746), dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished every one of its previous 89 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 12-6. The program reached the 700-win milestone with a 15-6 victory over Penn on April 14, 2009 at Ludwig Field.
• During the decade of the 2000s, Maryland went 111-49 for a .694 win percentage, making it the winningest decade in Terrapin lacrosse history. In the decade of the 1990s, Maryland posted a 95-47 record. The .669 winning percentage matched Maryland's win percentage of the 1980s when the Terps went 83-41 and also compiled a .669 win percentage.
• Prior to the 2015 season, Maryland is 38-13 in the 2010s for a .750 winning percentage - on pace for the best decade in Maryland history.
Three Taken In MLL Draft
• Led by senior midfielder Joe LoCascio, three Maryland men's lacrosse student-athletes were chosen in the 2014 Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft.
• LoCascio was chosen 17th overall by the Florida Launch, and was quickly followed by Charlie Raffa, who was selected 24th overall by the Chesapeake Bayhawks.
• Defender Casey Ikeda was the final Terp taken in the draft, chosen 54th overall by Florida.
2015 Team Captains
• Senior Charlie Raffa and Casey Ikeda will represent the Terrapins as captains for the 2015 season.
Inaugural Big Ten Season
• The 2015 season marks the University of Maryland's men's lacrosse team's inaugural campaign competing in the Big Ten Conference. It follows an announcement from the conference office on June 3, 2013 that the Big Ten had secured six men's teams when Johns Hopkins was accepted as a sport affiliate member for men's lacrosse only. The Big Ten has six men's programs: Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers.
• The six programs that will comprise Big Ten men's lacrosse boast 56 national championships, with schools that have competed for more than a century. Johns Hopkins has been an independent since 1883 and leads all schools with 44 national championships. Maryland has claimed 11 national titles, while Rutgers has also won a national championship.
• The Scarlet Knights launched men's lacrosse in 1887, followed by programs starting in 1913 for Penn State, 1924 for Maryland and 1953 for Ohio State. Michigan instituted a men's lacrosse program in 2012. Maryland, Ohio State and Penn State each qualified for the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship this season, with the Buckeyes advancing to the quarterfinals.
