Maryland is set to open its 91st season of lacrosse Saturday against High Point at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium at noon. The meeting will mark the first matchup in history between the programs, with High Point in its fifth year of existence. The Terps are 86-3-1 all-time in season-openers, including 22 consecutive wins dating back to 1994.

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Facing off

• Saturday's matchup marks the first meeting in history between Maryland and High Point. The Terps are 11-0 all-time against teams currently in the Southern Conference.

• Maryland's 2016 schedule features matchups against five of the seven other 2015 NCAA Quarterfinalists, including Final Four participants Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins.

• Maryland made history at the 2016 Major League Lacrosse Draft on Jan. 22, setting an MLL record with six players selected in the first 19 picks: Matt Dunn (7th), Kyle Bernlohr (11th), Henry West (12th), Pat Young (13th), Bryan Cole (16th) and Greg Danseglio (19th).

• The Terps tied for an NCAA-high with six players listed as preseason All-Americans in the Inside Lacrosse Faceoff Yearbook: Kyle Bernlohr (1st), Isaiah Davis-Allen (2nd), Matt Dunn (2nd), Bryan Cole (3rd), Matt Rambo (3rd) and Pat Young (3rd). Bernlohr and Dunn are returning All-Americans.

• The 2015 Kelly Award winner for the nation's top goalkeeper, senior Kyle Bernlohr returns for his second season as the Terps' starting netminder. He led the nation in goals against average (6.95) and won a school-record 15 games in 2015.

• Maryland returns seven starters from last season, in addition to its entire defensive midfield unit. The Terps also added a pair of veteran senior transfers: defender Greg Danseglio (Virginia) and midfielder Pat Young (UMBC).

• Maryland was the nation's leader in scoring defense at 7.05 goals/g in 2015 - leading the category the entire season. The Terps had a remarkable eight-game stretch in which they allowed just 4.6 goals per game from Feb. 28 - April 4.

• Junior Matt Rambo has totaled nine points over his last two season-openers, including a 4-goal, 2-assist effort in his collegiate debut against Mount St. Mary's. Senior Pat Young is the lone Terp who has played High Point, totaling five goals and three assists in two meetings while at UMBC.

• Maryland won a school record 15 games in 2015, surpassing the previous best of 14 set by the 1998 Maryland team.

• The Terps have won 22 consecutive season-openers - a streak that began in 1994. Maryland is 86-3-1 (.961) all-time in season-openers. Maryland has not allowed more than seven goals in a game during its 22-game streak.

• The Terps return a high percentage of its offensive output from 2015, including 71 percent of its assists and 65 percent of its total points.

Maryland Home Schedule Info

High Point Promotions:

• The first 1000 fans will receive a FREE Maryland flag winter hat
• All US Lacrosse members with a valid ID will receive FREE admission! Family/friends can purchase tickets at the discounted rate of $4
• Team Impact Day: Join us as we raise money and awareness for Team Impact. There will be a silent auction to raise money for Team Impact. You can also learn more about the story here.

Group Opportunities: The 2016 GROUP RATE for Men's Lacrosse is just $4* per person for groups of 15 or more! 

For just an additional $4 per person ($8 total) you can upgradeto the FANTASY PACKAGE. Members of groups that purchase the Fantasy Package will receive the following:

• Official Maryland Lacrosse T-shirts
• Invitation-only autograph session
• Opportunity to scrimmage at halftime (50+ tickets)
• Opportunity to participate in pregame fan tunnel
• Opportunity to take postgame photo on field
• In-game public address & video board recognition
• Two free tickets to a future 2016 home men's lacrosse game

For more group opportunities, including party package options, e-mail Aja Washington.

*The North Carolina group rate is $5 per person.

Coaching Match-Up

• John Tillman is entering his ninth season as a head coach, and sixth with the Terps, with a 83-42 career record for a .664 winning percentage. Tillman is 63-23 (.733) as Maryland's head coach. 

• High Point's Jon Torpey is in his fifth season at the helm for High Point, leading the Panthers since the inception of the program.

Series history vs. High Point

• This marks the first meeting in history between Maryland and High Point. The Terps are 11-0 all-time against teams currently in the Southern Conference.

Maryland in Season-Openers

• Maryland has an 86-3-1 (.961) lifetime record in season openers dating back to the 1924 season. The Terps have won their last 22 openers and 31 of the last 32, with the only loss coming to Duke in 1993, when they lost, 9-5, on March 6.

• After losing their 1925 opener to Yale, 5-3, the Terps went on to win 40 consecutive season openers from 1926 through 1967. The streak was broken when Maryland tied Princeton, 6-6, in the 1968 opener. Following the deadlock, Maryland went on to win its next 14 openers, giving the Terps a 54-0-1 record over a 57-year span (Maryland did not field a team in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II.)

• Matt Rambo has combined for nine points in two career season-openers.

22-Straight in Season-Openers

• After beating Navy last season, the Terps have compiled a 22-game winning streak in season-openers. Five of those wins came against Villanova (1994-98), four against Georgetown, three against Mount St. Mary's and Bellarmine (twice). Over the 22-year stretch, Maryland outscored its foes 314-109 (an average score of 14.3 - 5.0) in those games. 

• The Terps have not allowed more than seven goals to any opponent in a season opener since 1993. Maryland has not allowed an opponent to score 10 or more goals in a season opener since Syracuse beat the Terps, 16-13, on March 9, 1983.

Get To 10 And Win

• Since John Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 50 of the 54 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .926 winning percentage. 

• The Terps have won 31 of their last 32 games when scoring at least 10 goals, only falling to Johns Hopkins during that streak in 2015.

Holding Opponents To Single-Digits

• Maryland is 57-8 since Tillman took over the program in 2011 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .877 winning percentage. 

• The Terps are 34-3 over the last three seasons when allowing less than 10 goals. Additionally the Terps have won 21 straight regular season games when allowing less than 10 goals.

Consecutive 10-Win Seasons

• Maryland's 11-10 win over 19th-ranked Loyola on April 8, 2015 extended the Terps' streak of double-digit win seasons to 13, 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 seven-straight 10-win seasons:

• Maryland (13): 2015 (15-4), 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 (10): 2015 (12-3), 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 (8): 2015 (11-5), 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 (7): 2015 (13-4), 2014 (10-5), 2013 (13-4), 2012 (11-6), 2011 (10-6), 2010 (13-3), 2009 (12-6)

TERPS' 91st SEASON OF LACROSSE

• The Terps boast an all-time record of 775-261-4 (.740), 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 90 seasons with a .500 or better record, including last season when the Terps went 15-4. 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. 

• So far, Maryland is 53-17 in the 2010's for a .757 winning percentage - on pace for the best decade in Maryland history.