The top-seeded Maryland women's lacrosse team (17-1) take on UMass (19-1) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday. Opening draw is scheduled for noon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
- The Terrapins-Minutewomen game will be live streamed for free on TerpsTV.
- Live stats will be available, and game updates will be provided on the Maryland women's lacrosse Twitter feed.
scouting the terrapins
- The No. 1-ranked Terps are averaging 14.17 goals per game while limiting opponents to 7.28 goals per game. The Terrapins have the eighth-ranked scoring defense in the country and the seventh-ranked scoring offense in the NCAA.
- Junior Taylor Cummings leads the Terrapins with 29 assists, 82 points, 39 ground balls, 125 draw controls and 33 caused turnovers. Freshman Megan Whittle leads Maryland with 59 goals.
- Redshirt senior goalkeeper Alex Fitzpatrick has started all 18 games and holds a 6.96 goals-against average and .473 save percentage.
scouting the minutewomen
- UMass defeated Jacksonville, 13-8, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Erika Eipp scored five goals while Hannah Murphy recorded three goals and two assists.
- The Minutewomen won their seventh consecutive Atlantic 10 Championship title last weekend.
- UMass has the No. 2 defense in the country as the Minutewomen are allowing just 5.39 goals per game.
- Murphy leads the team wiht 46 goals while Eipp has 29 assists and 70 points.
- Rachel Vallarelli has started all 20 games in goals and holds a 4.89 goals-against average and a .554 save percentage.
terrapin-minutewomen history
- The Terps are 9-0 all-time against UMass. Head coach Cathy Reese is 4-0 against the Minutewomen in her career.
- Maryland has played Massachusetts twice in the NCAA Tournament. The teams last played in the first round on May 12, 2012 with the Terps taking a 15-12 win.
tourney terps
- The Terps lead the nation with 31 NCAA appearances and are also tops in wins (58), championship game appearances (18) and NCAA titles (11).
- Maryland is making its 26th consecutive appearance in the championship (1990-2015).
- In the 2014 championship, Maryland captured its 11th national title by scoring a 15-12 win against Syracuse.
terps trio earn top big ten honors
- Brooke Griffin, Taylor Cummings and Megan Douty earned 2015 Big Ten Conference individual honors, as voted on by the league's six coaches and announced by the conference Monday afternoon.
- Griffin was named the conference's Attack Player of the Year while Cummings earned Midfielder of the Year. Douty was selected as the Defensive Player of the Year. The three Terps were named Tewaaraton nominees and to the All-Big Ten team in April.
- Griffin leads the Maryland offense and has 39 goals and 18 assists on the season. The redshirt senior attacker is the leader of the seventh-ranked scoring offense as the Terps are averaging 14.17 goals per game.
- Cummings leads the team with 29 assists, 82 points, 39 ground balls, 125 draw controls and 33 caused turnovers and is second on the Terps with 53 goals. The junior midfielder ranks fifth nationally in points per game.
- Douty leads the eighth-ranked Terrapin defense that has allowed just 7.28 goals per game. The senior defender has caused 19 turnovers and picked up 24 ground balls this season.
cummings named tewaaraton finalist
- Junior midfielder Taylor Cummingswas named one of five finalists for the 2015 Tewaaraton Award, as announced by the Tewaaraton Foundation Thursday.
- Cummings won the Tewaaraton trophy last season, becoming the youngest female winner in the award's history.
- A member of the U.S. Women's National Team, Cummings' per game averages for points, ground balls, draw controls and caused turnovers top the Big Ten, and she ranks fifth in the nation in points and draw controls.
- Cummings would be the Terps' sixth Tewaaraton Award winner, and Maryland's second two-time winner.
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