COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Daniel Maltz tied his career-high with five goals to lead the #5 Maryland men's lacrosse team to a 20-9 season-opening win over Michigan Saturday afternoon at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium.
Racking Up The Goals
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Logan Wisnauskas added three goals and an assist for the Terrapins, while
Anthony DeMaio tacked on a pair of goals and a game-high three assists.
• Eleven different Terps scored goals in the win and 13 tallied at least a point.Â
• The 20 goals were the most Maryland has scored in a Big Ten Conference game since joining the league in 2014 and the most in any conference game since crushing Duke, 25-7 in 1983.
• The 11-goal victory margin was also the largest in any conference game since that 18-goal win 38 years ago.Â
Season-Opener Dominance
• Maryland has now won 28 consecutive season-opening games dating back to the 1994 season.
• The Terps are 92-3-1 all-time in season openers dating to the program's first season of 1924.
• Maryland has now scored 20 or more goals in back-to-back season openers, winning last year's opener, 23-12.Â
The Quarterly Breakdown
• The Terps raced out to a 5-1 lead after one quarter behind two goals with Wisnauskas and never looked back.
• Maryland duplicated that 5-1 score in each of the next two quarters to hold a 15-3 advantage after three stanzas.Â
• Maryland scored five goals in each of the four quarters for 20 total.Â
• Michigan's Josh Zawada scored two of his team-best four goals in the fourth quarter as the Wolverines outscored the Terps, 6-5 over the final 15 minutes.Â
Handshells Bringing Their Hardhats
• On the defense,
Logan McNaney made six saves to earn the win for Maryland.
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Nick Grill caused three turnovers had four groundballs as he held Michigan's Alex Buckanavage without a point.Â
• In holding Michigan to nine goals, Maryland has won 26 consecutive games when holding opponents under 10 goals, dating back to the 2017 championship season.
• Maryland is now 98-11 under
John Tillman when allowing fewer than double-figures.Â
Up Next
• Maryland returns to action on Friday night as the Terps travel to Penn State to face the Nittany Lions at 5:30 p.m., on Big Ten Network.Â