#1 Terps Face #5 Orange in NCAA Title Rematch

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team (4-0) hosts No. 5 Syracuse (5-1) Saturday in a rematch of the 2014 NCAA Championship game. Opening draw is scheduled for 2 p.m.

The Terrapins-Orange game will be live streamed on BTN Plus.
Live stats will be available, and game updates will be provided on the Maryland women's lacrosse Twitter feed.

time change

Due to inclement weather in the Mid-Atlantic region, the Maryland women's lacrosse game vs. Syracuse has been moved to a 2 p.m. start time on Saturday, March 7.
The game was originally slated for a noon opening draw. The contest features the No. 1 and No. 5 teams in a rematch of the 2014 NCAA Championship game. The Terps and Orange will still play at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.

scouting the terrapins

Through four games this season, Maryland is averaging 14.00 goals per game on 33.2 shots per game while limiting opponents to 7.25 goals and 17.5 shots per game.
Junior Taylor Cummings leads the Terrapins with 13 goals, 26 draw controls and eight caused turnovers. Sophomore Zoe Stukenberg has nine goals and five assists for 14 points while freshman Megan Whittle has 11 goals and one assist.
Junior Casey Pepperman and Cummings each have six ground balls to pace the team.
The Terps are second in the Big Ten and 22nd nationally in caused turnovers per game (9.50). Maryland is 14th in the nation and first in the conference with 14.75 draw controls per game.
Graduate goalkeeper Alex Fitzpatrick is second in the Big Ten and 30th nationally with a 7.53 goals-against average.
The Terps are currently on a 14-game win streak, and have not lost since April 5, 2014.

scouting the orange

Syracuse is 5-1 on the season with a 1-1 ACC record. The Orange lost its first game of the year last Saturday, 10-9, to Boston College.
2014 Tewaaraton finalist Kayla Treanor paces the Orange with 21 goals. Halle Majorana leads the team with 28 points (14G, 14A).
Kelsey Richardson has started each game in goal and holds a 10.34 goals-against averange and .404 save percentage.
The Orange plays its first road game of the season Saturday in College Park.

terrapin-orange history

In 17 all-time meetings, Maryland has won 16 games against Syracuse.
The Terps and Orange played each other three times in 2014, the only season as conference opponents.
Maryland won a regular-season game, 12-10, at the Carrier Dome. The Terps then defeated the Orange 13-7 for the ACC Championship. The team met again in the NCAA Championship final. where Maryland won 15-12.
Syracuse's only win over the Terps came in 2012, when the Orange picked up a 10-9 victory in College Park.

#1 terps move to 4-0 with 14 win over umbc

Junior Taylor Cummings notched five points and eight draw controls as No. 1 Maryland took a 14-7 victory over UMBC Wednesday. RECAP | STATS
Cummings scored four goals and added an assists. Sophomore Zoe Stukenberg also tallied four goals while freshman Megan Whittle notched a hat trick for the third straight game. Redshirt senior Brooke Griffin scored a goal and made three assists.
The Terps took 43 shots in the contest, including 30 in the first half. Maryland held a 17-5 advantage in draw controls.

protect this house

Maryland is 85-2 in College Park under head coach Cathy Reese.
The Terps have won all seven games in which they have played an opponent ranked No. 1 or 2 at home in the past seven seasons.
The Terrapins are 224-16 in College Park dating back to 1990.

fitzpatrick named b1g defensive player of the week

Redshirt senior goalkeeper Alex Fitzpatrick was selected as the conference's Defensive Player of the Week Monday.
Fitzpatrick made her third straight start in the Terrapins' 14-6 win over Hofstra last weekend. She made a season-high seven saves in 53 minutes while allowing four goals.

newcomers make immediate impact

Freshmen Megan Whittle and Taylor Hensh and senior transfer Alex Fitzpatrick have made immediate contributions to the top-ranked Terps.
Whittle has scored 11 goals in four games, good for second on the team. She tallied hat tricks against North Carolina, Hofstra and UMBC. Whittle came to Maryland as the top-ranked player in the class of 2015.
Hensh has seen time in all three games as a reserve attacker, and broke out with a hat trick against Lehigh.
Fitzpatrick, a three-year starter at Lehigh, has started all three games for the Terps. She currently holds a 7.32 goals-against average and a .444 save percentage.

take control

The Terps are among the nation's best at controlling draws. The team tops the Big Ten and rank 14th nationally with 14.75 draw controls per game.
Junior Taylor Cummings leads the conference and is sixth in the nation with 6.50 draw controls per game.
Maryland recorded a season-high 18 draw controls against North Carolina.

five terrapins named to tewaaraton watch list

Taylor Cummings, Megan Douty, Brooke Griffin, Kelly McPartland and Alice Mercer were named to the 2015 Tewaaraton Watch List in February.
The five Terps were the most players from any program named to the 50-player watch list.
All five players were named Inside Lacrosse preseason All-Americans.
Cummings is the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner, while Douty was a finalist last season.

maryland tv schedule released

The Terps are slated to play at least 11 games this season on the Big Ten Network platform.
Maryland will be featured on the Big Ten Network as the Terps take on Penn (3/18), Northwestern (3/26) and Penn State (4/23).
All other Maryland home games will be streamed live on the BTN2Go app (BTN Plus), which is the official app of the Big Ten Network. 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, is $79.95 per year or $9.95 for a monthly subscription.
The Terps' game at Johns Hopkins will be broadcast on ESPNU.

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