THE MATCHUP
Sunday, May 12 -- vs. Stony Brook 
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. --  The top-seeded Maryland women's lacrosse team will open up its 2019 NCAA Tournament run against Stony Brook on Sunday, May 12 at noon at Maryland Stadium. The game will be broadcasted live on the Big Ten Network with Dean Linke and Sheehan Stanwick Burch on the call. 

HOW WE GOT HERE
• For the seventh straight season, the Maryland women's lacrosse team earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
• In the Big Ten Tournament, Maryland lost for the first time all season to No. 5 Northwestern in the championship after defeating Penn State in the semifinals, led by five goals from graduate student Erica Evans and strong defensive play, causing 13 turnovers,
• The No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team capped off a perfect regular season with a 19-12 win over No. 23 Johns Hopkins to win their fifth-straight Big Ten Outright Regular Season Championship.

MEET THE TERPS
• The Terps are led by the midfield corps of senior Jen Giles, transfer Erica Evans and sophomore Grace Griffin. Giles leads the Terps with 50 goals, 22 assists, 72 points and is second with 31 groundballs. Evans is second on the team with 48 goals and 59 points. Griffin is third on the team with 14 caused turnovers while also totaling 35 goals and eight assists. 
• Maryland is once again backlined by senior Megan Taylor, who has had an incredible 2019 season, leading the country with a .563  save percentage at 178 saves to 138 goals allowed. Taylor was named the B1G Defensive Player of the Week six weeks in a row and earned three IWLCA National Player of the Week honors and is only the second goalie ever to be named a Tewaaraton Finalist.
• The attack is spearheaded by junior Kali Hartshorn and senior Caroline Steele. Hartshorn is third on the team with 56 points (42G, 14A) and leads the team with 124 draw controls. Steele has 39 goals and 11 assists on the season.
• Senior Julia Braig and junior Lizzie Colson guide the Maryland defense. Braig and Colson are tied for the team lead with 17 caused turnovers, while Colson also leads the team with 34 groundballs and stands second with 98 draw controls.

MARYLAND LEADERS
GOALS - Jen Giles (50)
ASSISTS - Jen Giles (22)
POINTS - Jen Giles (72)
DRAW CONTROLS - Kali Hartshorn (124)
GROUNDBALLS - Lizzie Colson (34)
CAUSED TURNOVERS - Julia Braig, Lizzie Colson (17)
SAVES - Megan Taylor (178)

TERPS IN THE TOURNEY
• This is Maryland's 30th-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the longest run in the country. The Terps have made 10-straight Final Fours, lead the nation with 35 NCAA appearances and are also tops in wins (71), championship game appearances (21) and NCAA titles (13).
• Maryland is the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the seventh-straight season. Under Cathy Reese, the Terps are 32-8 in the NCAA Tournament, have won four National Championships, made 10 Final Fours and the reached championship game eight times. 

HOME DOMINANCE
• Maryland is on a 85-game win streak in College Park and hasn't lost since March 10, 2012.
• This is the longest home winning streak in program history, last year eclipsing the previous long of 62 games.

REESE BECOMES MARYLAND'S ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH
• In Maryland's No. 8 Virginia, head coach Cathy Reese became the program's all-time winningest coach, breaking her former college coach and eight-time National Champion, Cindy Timchal's record.
• Reese, in her 13th season at the helm of the program is now 266-21 as the head coach of Maryland and has won four National Championships. 

GILES & TAYLOR NAMED TEWAARATON FINALISTS
• Two Terps, seniors Jen Giles and Megan Taylor, were named finalists for lacrosse's most prestigious honor, the Tewaaraton Award, on Thursday evening. This is both Giles and Taylor's first time being named Tewaaraton finalists. Taylor is only the second goalie ever to be a finalist for the prestigious award and the first since 2013.
• Maryland has produced eight Tewaaraton winners, the most in the history of the award, including winning in six of the past seven years. The Terps have had 25 finalists in the 19 years of the award. This is the 13th straight season that Maryland has had at least one finalist for lacrosse's most esteemed honor and the eighth time that Maryland's had two finalists.

FOUR TERPS GARNER TOP BIG TEN HONORS
• Senior Jen Giles was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, senior Julia Braig was selected as the Big Ten Defender of the Year and senior Megan Taylor earned Big Ten Goaltender of the Year honors, the Big Ten announced on Monday.
• Head coach Cathy Reese was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year for the fourth time in five years in the conference, marking the 11th time in Reese's career she's been named conference coach of the year.
• Maryland has won the Big Ten Defender of the Year award in each of its five years in the conference, with Braig now becoming the first Terp to win twice, while this is Taylor's fourth year in a row winning Goaltender of the Year. Giles is the third Maryland midfielder to earn Midfielder of the Year honors, joining Taylor Cummings (2015-16) and Zoe Stukenberg (2017).

AWARD TIME FOR MEGAN TAYLOR
• Senior Megan Taylor has won a handful of awards over the past weeks, garnering Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors in each of the past six weeks and IWLCA National Player of the Week honors on March 13 and 20 and April 10.
• Taylor leads the NCAA with a .563 save percentage, having saved 178 shots to only allowing 138 goals. The senior also is fourth in the country with a 8.12 goals against average. Taylor and Maryland have the fourht best scoring defense in the country, only allowing 7.24 goals per game.
• With her 600th career save a few weeks back against Ohio State, Taylor is also the current NCAA save leader, having the most in her career of any goalkeeper in the country. Taylor is only seven goals away from 700 career saves. 

FIVE TERPS SELECTED IN WPLL DRAFT
• The Maryland women's lacrosse team had a nation-best five players selected in the 2019 Women's Professional Lacrosse League Collegiate Draft on April 25. 
• Erica Evans and Jen Giles were selected fifth and sixth overall by the Pride, Julia Braig was picked 18^th overall by the Command, Megan Taylor was the 21^st pick by the Fight and Caroline Steele was selected 25^th overall, joining Evans and Giles on the Pride.
• Evans and Giles were the first and second midfielders selected in the draft, Taylor was the only goalkeeper selected and Braig was the second defender off the board.
• With the selections of Evans, Giles, Braig, Taylor and Steele, there are now 20 Terps in the WPLL, the most in the country. Northwestern and North Carolina have the next most with 12 apiece.

MARYLAND DAIRY INTRODUCES CATHY REESE'S VICTORY SWIRL
• The Maryland Dairy, located in the Stamp Student Union has made an ice cream for head coach Cathy Reese, "Cathy Reese's Victory Swirl" debuted it at their shop on Monday. 
• The ice cream, which Reese picked out herself, includes vanilla ice cream, reeses peanut butter cups, reeses pieces and a chocolate fudge swirl.

SCOUTING THE SEAWOLVES
• Stony Brook is ranked 15th in the country in the IWLCA Poll and has won 12 games in a row, defeating James Madison in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Seawolves have four top-25 wins and won the America East Conference. 
• Maryland is 5-0 all-time against Stony Brook. 
• Maryland and Stony Brook last met in the 2017 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals, where the Terps scored three goals in the final 10 minutes to defeat Stony Brook, 13-12. Jen Giles and Caroline Steele tied the game up before 2018 graduate Taylor Hensh won it with two minutes left.