Maryland Moment of the 2000s Tournament

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Maryland fans - You get to decide the top Maryland Moment of the 2000s by voting in this "fan"-tasy tournament. Take a walk down memory lane and cast your vote each and every week to what Maryland Moment is voted "Moment of the 2000s."

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First Round - #2 vs. #15

2017 Men's Lacrosse ends the drought with its first NCAA title since 1975

#2: 2017 Men's Lacrosse wins NCAA Championship

After years of close encounters and heartbreaking endings, Maryland lacrosse returned to glory in 2017 with the program’s first national title in 42 years.

Dylan Maltz had two goals and an assist and Tim Rotanz scored three times as the top-seeded Terrapins defeated Ohio State 9-6 at Gillette Stadium.

Rotanz scored the final goal with 59 seconds left, allowing the Terps (16-3) a little comfort to count down the final minute after three goals by Ohio State in the fourth quarter pulled the Buckeyes within two.

The Terps held on, then rushed the field beneath a cloud of gloves and sticks they tossed in the air to celebrate the first NCAA Championship for head coach John Tillman.

Amber Jackson made the most of her one season as a Terp setting numerous records

#15: 2007 Amber Jackson's record setting season for Maryland softball

In Amber Jackson’s 2007 campaign, Jackson led the Terrapins in 11 offensive categories. She set Maryland single-season records with 24 home runs, 56 RBIs, and 55 walks. Jackson's .41 homers per game led the nation, and her 24 homers tied the ACC single-season record, which Georgia Tech's Whitney Haller set in the previous season. She also ranked third in both walks per game (.95) and slugging percentage (.949), 10th in country with .67 stolen bases per game, and 11th in runs per game with 1.04. The shortstop led the ACC in six offensive categories and was named to the All-ACC first team for her accomplishments.

Jackson was named an Easton First-Team All-American, becoming the first Terp ever to be honored by Easton, and a Second-Team All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Her NFCA second-team selection is the highest honor ever received by a Terrapin from that organization.

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First Round - #7 vs. #10

2020 Men's Basketball celebrates winning the Big Ten regular season title

#7: 2020 Men's Basketball wins Big Ten regular-season title

In what would end up being a storybook ending for the Terrapins, Anthony Cowan and Jalen Smith led the Terps to their first Big Ten title since joining the league. Mark Turgeon’s Terps battled through arguably the toughest conference in the country, including nine straight conference wins to secure the title. The Terps’ clinching game against Michigan was its final game of the season, as its thrilling year was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 2015 baseball team shocked the NCAA by upsetting No. 1-overall seed UCLA to win the NCAA Regional

#10: 2015 Baseball upsets No. 1-overall seed UCLA to win NCAA Regional

Following its first regional championship in school history the year prior, Maryland baseball outdid itself in its encore in 2015, toppling No. 1-overall seed UCLA in Los Angeles to advance to the Super Regionals.

Regional Most Outstanding Player LaMonte Wade and fellow All-Tournament selections Anthony Papio and Kevin Martir stood out at the plate and in the field. Maryland’s staff, headed by All-American Mike Shawaryn, gave up just seven runs over four games with closer Kevin Mooney recording saves in all three Terp wins.

Freshman right-hander Taylor Bloom tossed six innings of one-run ball in the regional title game as the Terps dogpiled on the diamond of a college baseball heavyweight for the second consecutive season.

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First Round - #3 vs #14

Women's Lacrosse celebrates finishing a perfect 2017 season with the NCAA title

#3: 2017 Women's Lacrosse caps perfect season with 14th national title

Led by six goals from Caroline Steele, the Maryland women’s lacrosse team defeated Boston College, 16-13, to win its 14th national championship and end the 2017 season a perfect 23-0.

Maryland completed a perfect season for the first time since 2001 and the fifth time in program history as it won its third national title in four years. The Terps won all 23 games by an average of eight goals, won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships, had its sixth Tewaaraton winner in a row with Zoe Stukenberg taking home lacrosse’s most prestigious honor and had the National Midfielder, Defender and Goalkeeper of the Year, respectively.

Wrestling won back-to-back ACC titles in 2011 and 2012.

#14: 2011-12 Wrestling claims back-to-back ACC championships

Led by a combined nine conference champions, the University of Maryland’s wrestling program dominated the ACC from 2011-12 as the team capped its five-year run in which it won four titles. Jon Kohler (141), Josh Asper (165), Mike Letts (174), Corey Peltier (184), and Spencer Myers (285) were crowned as conference champions in 2011 as Maryland won by 12 team points.

The Terrapins stayed atop the conference the following year, taking the regular-season title before capturing its second straight ACC Wrestling Championship as Kyle John (157), Jimmy Sheptock (174), Christian Boley (197), and Spencer Myers (285) propelled Maryland on its historic run and earned individual titles.

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First Round - #6 vs. #11

2011 Field Hockey celebrates winning the NCAA Championship

#6: 2011 Field Hockey wins 5th NCAA title in seven seasons

2011 wasn’t supposed to be Maryland’s year. The Terrapins had lost all-time leading scorer Katie Bam the year before and they weren’t supposed to repeat. Senior Megan Frazer, sophomore Jill Witmer and hall of fame head coach Missy Meharg has other plans.

The Terrapins lost in the ACC Semifinals, which resulted in the spark the team needed. Maryland was not one of the top four seeds in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in years, but was selected as a host site. No. 3 Syracuse came to town and the Terrapins upset the Orange in overtime to advance to the Final Four.

First up in the Final Four was a matchup with No. 2 Old Dominion, who had beaten the Terrapins twice in the regular season by scores of 4-0 and 5-2. Maryland, led by Meharg and Frazer, came up with a different game plan and stifled the Monarchs, 4-0, to advance to the NCAA Championship game for the fourth straight year.

Awaiting in the NCAA title game was No. 1 North Carolina, the Terps’ rival. The two teams had met in the two previous national championship games, each winning one. Maryland trailed 2-0 with under four minutes to play. Freshman Katie Gerzabek tipped in a shot to get the Terps on the board, then senior Jemma Buckley scored off a penalty corner to force overtime with no time on the clock. Sophomore Jill Witmer scored the national-title winning goal 10 minutes into the overtime period for the Terps’ fifth NCAA title in seven years.

Women's Basketball won the 2009 ACC title.

#11: 2009 Women's Basketball wins ACC championship

Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver finally won the ACC regular season and tournament titles in their senior season. The Terrapins went 31-5 and 12-2 in conference play to win their first ACC title under Brenda Frese.

Coleman had 28 points and 15 rebounds, Toliver added 24 points and Maryland captured its first ACC title in 20 years with a 92-89 overtime victory over Duke in the ACC Championship game.

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