Terps Meet Rutgers in B1G Tourney Final
5/6/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The top-seed Maryland men's lacrosse team is set to face 2-seed Rutgers Saturday at 6:00 pm in the Big Ten Tournament Championship at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. The Terps have won four conference tournaments in their history (1998, 2004, 2005, 2011).
Event Information
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Facing off
• The Terps clinched their first outright Big Ten title (and second consecutive) when they defeated rival Johns Hopkins, 11-8, April 30. With a win Saturday, Maryland athletics would claim its 15th Big Ten Conference title since joining the league in 2015 - the most among all Big Ten schools during that span.
• Sophomore midfielder Connor Kelly posted a career-high four goals in Maryland's emphatic 16-9 win over Penn State Thursday. The Terps opened the game on a 6-0 run and never looked back, as goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr made 12 saves.
• Maryland is looking to win its fifth conference tournament title in history Saturday against Rutgers. The Terps are 25-1 all-time against the Scarlet Knights, including an 11-8 victory on April 16. Trailing 6-3 in the third quarter, Maryland went on a 7-0 run spanning more than 19 minutes to claim control.
• A program and Big Ten record seven Terrapins were selected to the Big Ten All-Conference teams: Kyle Bernlohr (1st), Bryan Cole (1st), Isaiah Davis-Allen (1st), Greg Danseglio (HM), Colin Heacock (HM), Tim Muller (HM) and Matt Rambo (HM). Bernlohr also made the Tewaaraton Award top-25.
• Junior Matt Rambo has totaled 11 points (6G, 5A) in two career games against Rutgers. The attackman tallied four of his five points in the second half of Maryland's 11-8 win over Rutgers on April 16. Rambo has totaled 13 points in his last three games.
• Maryland has stretched its winning streak to 12 games with its win against Penn State, matching the single-season program record for consecutive wins set by the 1987 team. Maryland's win streak record for multiple seasons is 31 games (1954-57).
• Junior Colin Heacock leads the Terps with a career-high 35 goals this season, scoring at least two goals in 13-of-15 games. His 12-game scoring streak is the longest of his career and the longest active Maryland streak.
• Maryland's seven-man defensive starting unit has played an average of 48 career games, led by Greg Danseglio (60) and Matt Dunn (58). Including the starting six on offense, the Terps have played a collective 690 career games - an average of 45 games per player.
• The Terrapins are 62-4 under John Tillman when scoring at least 10 goals in a game, including a spectacular mark of 43-1 over the last four seasons. That trend has continued this season with a perfect 12-0 mark. Maryland is also 60-4 when leading at halftime under Tillman.
• Junior Matt Rambo needs just one more goal to become the 13th player in Maryland history to reach 100 career goals. The last Terp to accompish the feat was Grant Catalino in 2010. Rambo has tallied a point in 34 straight games and ranks 23rd in Maryland history with 141 points.
| Tale of the Tape | ||
| Maryland | Category | Rutgers |
| 10.9 | Goals Per Game | 12.7 |
| 7.9 | Opponents' Goals Per Game | 9.6 |
| 37.7 | Shots Per Game | 39.9 |
| 29.0 | Shot Percentage | 31.8 |
| 19.5 | Shots on Goal Per Game | 24.1 |
| 51.6 | Shots on Goal Percentage | 60.3 |
| 8.9 | Saves Per Game | 10.5 |
| 53.2 | Save Percentage | 52.3 |
| 27.0 | Groundballs Per Game | 32.3 |
| 24.1 | Opponents' Groundballs Per Game | 27.0 |
| 10.9 | Turnovers Per Game | 11.1 |
| 6.5 | Caused Turnovers Per Game | 7.9 |
| 53.2 | Face-Off Percentage | 47.8 |
| 90.2 | Clear Percentage | 92.5 |
| 86.7 | Opponents' Clear Percentage | 83.4 |
| 2.5 | Penalties Per Game | 2.9 |
| 2:00 | Penalty Minutes Per Game | 2:15 |
| 48.1 | Man-Up Conversion Percentage | 33.3 |
| 31.4 | Opponents' Man-Up Conversion Percentage | 41.5 |
Coaching Match-Up
• John Tillman is in his ninth season as a head coach, and sixth with the Terps, with a 96-44 career record for a .686 winning percentage. Tillman is 76-25 (.752) as Maryland's head coach.
• Rutgers' Brian Brecht is in his fifth season with the Scarlet Knights.
Series history vs. RUTGERS
• Maryland holds a 25-1 all-time advantage over Rutgers, including seven straight wins in the series.
• The Big Ten foes met for the first time in 17 seasons last year, when the Terps defeated Rutgers, 9-8. Then-sophomore Matt Rambo was the difference, scoring all six of his points (3G, 3A) in the second half. His last goal was the biggest of the game, as he scored the game-winner with 13 seconds remaining.
• Rambo was the difference again in Maryland's meeting with Rutgers on April 16, scoring three goals and adding two assists. Tim Muller has totaled nine ground balls in two career games against the Scarlet Knights.
Terps advance to big ten final
• The top-seed Maryland men's lacrosse team opened with six straight goals and never looked back as it defeated 4-seed Penn State, 16-9, in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals May 5 at Homewood Field
• The win marked the Terrapins' 12th consecutive victory, matching the single-season program record set by the 1987 team.
• Sophomore Connor Kelly scored a career-high four goals and Matt Rambo added three goals and two assists, while Kyle Bernlohr made 12 saves in net for the Terrapins.
Maryland beats Hopkins; claims B1G outright
• Maryland used a complete team effort to defeat No. 8 Johns Hopkins, 11-8, and claim the 2016 Big Ten Title outright in lacrosse's greatest rivalry on April 30.
• Despite just a 5-for-22 effort at the faceoff X, the Terps found a way to win. Senior Bryan Cole led the offense with four points (1G, 3A), while Matt Rambo and Connor Kelly each added two goals and an assist. Goalie Kyle Bernlohr made three big time saves in the fourth quarter.
Terps run past ohio state, 10-8
• Maryland defeated Ohio State, 10-8, on April 24 to clinch at least a share of its second consecutive Big Ten regular season title.
• The Terps had seven different goal scorers, including two-goal performances by junior attackman Matt Rambo, junior attackman Colin Heacock and senior midfielder Bryan Cole. Rambo also matched his career-high with a trio of assists for a five-point effort to lead Maryland to their 10th-straight victory.
• During the run, the Terrapin defense held the Ohio State attack scoreless for a span of 24:42, marking the third straight contest Maryland has held its opponent scoreless for a span of 20 minutes or more.
Maltz leads terps past Rutgers
• Maryland claimed sole possession of first place in the Big Ten Conference April 16 as it defeated No. 18 Rutgers, 11-8, on a career-high four goals from Dylan Maltz.
• The Terps found themselves trailing, 6-3, with 12:05 remaining in the third quarter before the offense caught fire, exploding for a seven-goal run and securing a lead they would never surrender. The win marked Maryland's eighth consecutive victory.
• The run, paced entirely by the starting attack unit, saw Maltz net three of his four goals on the day, while Colin Heacock (3G) and Matt Rambo (3G, 2A) each scored two of their three tallies, giving the Terps a 10-6 lead with 7:27 remaining in the contest.
Get To 10 And Win
• Since John Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 62 of the 66 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .939 winning percentage.
• The Terps have won 45 of their last 46 games when scoring at least 10 goals, only falling to Johns Hopkins during that streak in 2015.
| Record When Scoring 10+ Goals | ||
| Year | W-L | Loss |
| 2016 | 12-0 | |
| 2015 | 12-1 | Johns Hopkins, 12-15 |
| 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 |
Holding Opponents To Single-Digits
• Maryland is 68-10 since Tillman took over the program in 2011 when it allows nine goals or less, for an .872 winning percentage.
• The Terps are 45-5 over the last four seasons when allowing less than 10 goals.
Consecutive 10-Win Seasons
• Maryland's 10-5 win over 7th-ranked Navy on April 19, 2016 extended the Terps' streak of double-digit win seasons to 14, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.
• There are only three programs with a current streak of at least nine-straight 10-win seasons:
- Maryland (15): 2016 (TBD), 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 (9): 2016 (TBD), 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)
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.
