#8 Terps Welcome Ohio State for Two Games

#8 Maryland (3-1) vs. Ohio State (1-5)
March 18, 2021 | March, 20, 2021
Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex
4:00 pm EDT | 12:00 pm EDT

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 8 Maryland women's lacrosse team returns home to The Plex for two games against the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Terps and Ohio State will play on Thursday, March 18 at 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 20 at noon. Both games will air on BTN Plus.

OHIO STATE STORYLINES

LOCKDOWN LIZZIE

A two-time IWLCA Third Team All-American and the No. 14 ranked player in all of lacrosse by Inside Lacrosse, redshirt senior Lizzie Colson leads the Maryland defense with her 110 career groundballs, 254 career draw controls and 69 career caused turnovers.
This week's Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, Colson ranks third in the country and first in the Big Ten with three caused turnovers per game (12 overall) and is tied for third all-time in program history with 254 draw controls, last week securing her 250th.
Colson, who returned this year from an ACL tear, has tallied at least two caused turnovers in each of the four games this season.

TEWAARATON TERPS

Three members of the No. 9 Maryland women's lacrosse team, Lizzie Colson, Brindi Griffin and Grace Griffin, were named to the initial Tewaaraton Watch List, as announced by the Tewaaraton Foundation last week.
Each Terp named to the list was selected as a preseason All-American by Inside Lacrosse and were Maryland's Big Ten Players to Watch.
This is the second time that each of Colson, B. Griffin and G. Griffin have been selected to the watch list. Colson was on the list in 2019 while B. Griffin and G. Griffin were named to the list in the shortened 2020 season.
Maryland has won eight of the last 10 Tewaaraton awards, with Megan Taylor becoming the first goalie in lacrosse history to win the award in 2019. Before that, Zoe Stukenberg took home the prestigious award in 2017, Taylor Cummings won three straight from 2014-16 and Katie Schwarzmann became the first two-time winner for Maryland in 2012-13. Caitlyn McFadden started the eight-for-10 streak for Maryland, garnering the award in 2010. Jen Adams won the inaugural Tewaaraton in 2001.

LEUBECKER SHINES

Attacker Hannah Leubecker has starred for the Terps offensively through four games this season, leading the Terps with 16 goals and standing ninth in the country with four goals per game.
The Inside Lacrosse National Player of the Week after a 10 goal weekend vs. #17 Michigan from Feb. 26-28, Leubecker led the Terps with four goals including the game winner in overtime the last time out at Johns Hopkins.

B1G SCHEDULE. B1G DOMINANCE.

The Terps will play a Big Ten only schedule in 2021, playing each of the six conference opponents twice over the course of the season.
Since Maryland joined the Big Ten in 2015, the Terps are 31-1 in conference play with five Big Ten Regular Season Championships.
Including the postseason, the Terps are 41-3 against Big Ten competition since 2015.

SERIES HISTORY

Maryland leads the all-time series with Johns Hopkins 13-2.
Maryland and Ohio State last met on March 16, 2019, where the Terps used a dominant defensive effort that held Ohio State to just one goal on 19 shots and forced 10 turnovers to a 16-1 rout of Ohio State. The one goal by the Buckeyes was the least ever scored on Maryland by a Big Ten opponent.

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OHIO STATE STORYLINES

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Players Mentioned

Lizzie Colson

Brindi Griffin

Grace Griffin

Hannah Leubecker

Megan Taylor

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