#2 Terps Open Season at William & Mary
2/8/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse, Terrapin Athletics
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| WILLIAM & MARY Series vs. Maryland: Maryland, 25-6 Last Time Out: Feb. 15, 2016 (Maryland, 19-7) |
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| UMD | Category | W&M |
| 31.1 | Shots/Game | 21.4 |
| 15.17 | Goals/Game | 9.81 |
| 17.9 | Opp. Shots/Game | 25.6 |
| 7.09 | Opp. Goals/Game | 11.81 |
| 94 | Assists | 50 |
| 71-160 | FPG-FPS | 46-95 |
| .444 | FPG Percentage | .484 |
| 16.7 | Ground Balls/Game | 17.9 |
| 8.9 | Caused Turnovers/Game | 9.7 |
| 10.2 | Turnovers/Game | 17.3 |
| 290-324 | Clears | 203-263 |
| .895 | Clear Percentage | .772 |
| 5.8 | Saves/Game | 8.4 |
| .449 | Save Percentage | .417 |
| 2017 home opener |
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 #2 Maryland vs. #1 North CarolinaSat., Feb. 25 | 3 p.m. The Terps host the top-ranked Tar Heels in a rematch of the 2016 NCAA title game. | BUY TICKETS |
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team opens the 2017 season at William & Mary Saturday at noon.
• The Terps are 33-9 all-time in season openers and 10-0 to start the season under head coach Cathy Reese.
scouting the william & mary tribe
• William & Mary posted a 7-9 record in 2016, including a 1-5 mark in conference play. The Tribe was selected to finish seventh in the CAA preseason coaches poll.
• Seniors Abby Junior and Shannon Quinn were selected to the All-CAA preseason team. Junior ranked second in the CAA in caused turnovers per game and ground balls per game last season. Quinn was a Second Team All-CAA pick last year.
• Last season, the Terps opened the year with a 19-7 win over the Tribe in College Park. The Terrapins have won 18 straight contests against the Tribe and haven't lost since April 7, 1989.
terps selected as big ten favorites
• Maryland was unanimously selected to win the Big Ten Championship in the coaches' preseason poll.
• The Terps have won the last two Big Ten regular season titles and are undefeated in conference play during the regular season since joining the conference in 2014. Maryland also won the 2016 Big Ten Tournament title.
• Following Maryland is Penn State (2), Northwestern (3), Johns Hopkins (4), Ohio State (5), Rutgers (6) and Michigan (7). Hopkins joins the Big Ten for women's lacrosse this season.
six terps named il preseason all-americans
• Six returning members of the Maryland women's lacrosse team were selected as Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans.
• Senior defender Nadine Hadnagy, senior midfielder Zoe Stukenberg and junior attacker Megan Whittle were named to the first team.
• Sophomore defender Julia Braig earned second team honors while senior attacker Caroline Wannen and sophomore goalie Megan Taylor were named honorable mention.
• Hadnagy, Stukenberg and Whittle are Maryland's returning 2016 IWLCA All-Americans while Taylor was an all-region selection as just a freshman.
maryland welcomes top-ranked freshman class
• The Terrapins will feature Inside Lacrosse's No. 1 freshman class in the nation next spring. This is the first time since 2011 Maryland has had the top-ranked freshman class.
• The 2016 class includes Lizzie Colson, Brindi Griffin, Kali Hartshorn, Victoria L'Insalata, Andrea McTaggart, Natalie Miller, Julia Salandra, Nikki Sliwak and Hannah Warther.
• The Terps feature seven Under Armour All-Americans, all of whom were ranked by Inside Lacrosse: No. 2 Colson, No. 4 Griffin, No. 5 Warther, No. 19 Sliwak, No. 23 L'Insalata, No. 29 Hartshorn and No. 48 Miller.
hadnagy, stukenberg named team captains
• The Terps selected seniors Nadine Hadnagy and Zoe Stukenberg as team captains for the upcoming season.
• The 2017 roster voted on Hadnagy and Stukenberg to be captains for the second straight season.
• Both Hadnagy and Stukenberg return as three-year starters and were named Inside Lacrosse Preseason First Team All-Americans.
2016 season review
• The Terps went 22-1 last season with their only blemish coming in the NCAA Championship game. Maryland won the 2016 Big Ten regular season and conference titles.
• Six Terps were named All-Big Ten selections while Maryland featured the Big Ten Attack Player, Midfielder, Defender, Goalie and Coach of the Year. Five Terps earned All-American honors.
• Then-senior Taylor Cummings went on to become the first-ever three time Tewaaraton winner, and also three-peated as the IWLCA National Midfielder of the Year and Honda Award winner.
• Zoe Stukenberg was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American and won the Elite 90 Award for the second straight year.
six terps named to u.s. world cup roster
• Six former members of the Maryland women's lacrosse team were named to the 18-player U.S. Women's National Team that will compete in the 2017 Federation of International Lacrosse Women's World Cup.
• Attackers Alex Aust '13 and Brooke Griffin '15, midfielders Taylor Cummings '16 and Katie Schwarzmann '13 and defenders Megan Douty '15 and Alice Mercer '16 were selected to the U.S. squad.
• The Terps have the most representatives on the 2017 U.S. team of any collegiate program. The FIL World Cup, which takes place every four years, will be in Guildford, England, from July 12-22. The United States are seven-time world champions.
protect this house
• Maryland is 105-2 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 52-game win streak at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and hasn't lost in College Park since March 10, 2012. The Terrapins are 243-16 in College Park, dating back to 1990.
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