COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team (1-0) hosts Georgetown (0-1) this Saturday at noon at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.
- The game will be live streamed on BTN Plus and live stats will be available here.
last time out
terrapin-HOYA history
Scouting the HOYAs
- Georgetown fell in its season opener to Delaware, 10-6, last weekend.
- Seniors Kristen Bandos and Corinne Etchison were selected to the preaseason All-Big East team. Bandos led the team in goals last season and was a first team All-Big East selection while Etchison was named to the second team.
- The Hoyas posted a 7-10 overall record last season, including a 6-1 mark in conference play.
cummings, steele earn b1g weekly honors
- After leading the No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team to a 19-7 win over William & Mary last Sunday, senior midfielder Taylor Cummings and freshman attacker Caroline Steele earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors, as announced by the conference Monday.
- Cummings was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week while Steele earned Co-Freshman of the Week honors.
- This is the sixth time Cummings has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.
terps picked to top big ten
- Maryland was unanimously chosen to win the Big Ten Championship in the conference coaches' preseason poll.
- Seniors Taylor Cummings and Alice Mercer and sophomore Megan Whittle were selected as Maryland's Players to Watch in 2016. All three were named preseason First Team All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse.
- The inaugural Big Ten Tournament will be hosted by Northwestern from May 5-8.
maryland captures 13th national title
- Maryland overcame the biggest halftime upset in championship history to capture the Terps' 13th national championship and second consecutive title in 2015 over North Carolina, 9-8.
- Midfielder Taylor Cummings was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after posting five goals, six assists, 12 draw controls and two caused turnovers in the Final Four.
- Cummings, Megan Whittle, Kelly McPartland and Megan Douty were named to the all-tournament team.
cummings returns for senior season
- Standout midfielder Taylor Cummings, already one of the most decorated lacrosse athletes of all time, will lead the Terps in 2016.
- Cummings became the youngest two-time female recipient of the Tewaaraton Award after leading Maryland to the national title in 2015. She also repeated as the Honda Award winner.
- The Ellicott City, Md., native posted her best season in 2015, leading Maryland in assists (37), points (100), ground balls (41), draw controls (143) and caused turnovers (36), all of which were personal bests.
- Also a member of the U.S. Women's National Team, Cummings was named Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year and became a three-time IWLCA First Team All-American in 2015.
five terps named preseason all-americans
- IWLCA All-Americans Taylor Cummings, Alice Mercer and Megan Whittle were named preseason First Team All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse.
- The Terps have the most players of any program on the first team. Nadine Hadnagy and Zoe Stukenberg were named to the preseason second team.
- All players honored by Inside Lacrosse are Maryland's returning starters in 2016.
protect this house
- Maryland is 96-2 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.
- Maryland is currently on a 42-game win streak at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and hasn't lost in College Park since March 10, 2012.
- The Terrapins are 235-16 in College Park, dating back to 1990.
freshman class ranked no. 2
- Maryland announced the addition of 10 athletes to the program, bringing in the second-ranked class by Inside Lacrosse.
- Seven new Terps were named among the magazine's Top 50 Freshmen rankings, led by No. 15 Jen Giles, No. 16 Caroline Steele and No. 20 Shelby Mercer. All seven were also Under Armour All-Americans.
- Steele was named the MVP of the UA All-American game.
maryland votes 2016 captains
- The Maryland women's lacrosse team selected seniors Taylor Cummings and Alice Mercer and juniors Nadine Hadnagy and Zoe Stukenberg as the captains for 2016.
- All four captains have started since joining the Terps as freshmen and were named Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans for this season.
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