COLLEGE PARK, MD - Bibi Donraadt scored the game-winning goal 51 seconds into the second overtime to lift #9 Maryland to a 4-3 victory over #20 Saint Joseph's on Sunday afternoon. The Terps have now won 25 consecutive season openers. The Terps took a one-goal lead in each of the first three quarters, only to be equaled by the pesky Hawks each time. 

Donraadt was the hero of the game on both ends of the field in the extra sessions. With under two minutes left in the first overtime, she made a game-saving play as she came in behind goalie Noelle Frost to make a clutch defensive save on a shot by Anna Miller with a minute left in first period of the extra session. 

Back-And-Forth-Affair 
• The teams traded single goals in the first, second and third quarters to stand deadlocked 3-3 after 45 minutes. 
• Emma DeBerdine opened the scoring for the Terps off a feed from Kyler Greenwalt to put the Terps up with 10:22 elapsed. The Hawks tied the game two minutes later on a tally by Manu Ghigliotti. 
• In the second quarter, Taylor Mason put the Terps back in front 2-1 off a pass from Nathalie Fiechter only to be answered by Cassidy Atchison for a 2-2 tie at halftime. 
• The third quarter saw the same pattern as Margot Lawn put Maryland up 3-2 just 3:41 into the second half. But Saint Joseph's tied the game again as Celeste Smits scored 11 minutes later. 

Missy Meharg's Thoughts
"Winning a double overtime situation, it propels your season. It lets you know, you're not going to play for a national championship if you're not doing this at least 4-6 times. And you know you're going to do it in the finals of the Big Ten and the semifinals and finals of the NCAA. We just practice it all. We're so fortunate with our schedule. I was super excited with how we came out. We went ahead three times and the resilience to stay strong. Bibi Donraadt was offensively, defensively just had a great day. And the girls coming back from Chile [Riley Donnelly, Emma DeBerdine, Hope Rose], I mean God bless them. They're resilient, they're athletes."

Overtime Success
• Maryland is now 71-25 all-time in overtime and shootouts, including 60-21 under Missy Meharg and 17-3 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. 

For Openers 
• The Terrapins are now 43-3-2 all-time in season openers and have won the last 25 straight openers. The Terps are 14-3 in home openers at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex and have outscored their opponents 65-22 in those 17 games.

Home Dominance
• Since its opening in 2003, the Terps are 193-22 (.898) all-time at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex.

Terps Continue Perfection vs. Hawks
• Maryland owns the series over Saint Joseph's, 5-0. Maryland won their previous meeting before Sunday, 4-0, in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Nov. 25, 2019 in Charlottesville, Va.

Home Opener Part 2
• Sunday's game was not originally the season-opener as the Terps began a game with UMass-Lowell on Friday, but that game was canceled after inclement weather came through College Park. 

Up Next 
• The Terps head to Durham, N.C., for the B1G/ACC Cup next weekend. Maryland will take on No. 7 Boston College on Friday at 3 p.m., and host No. 12 Duke on Sunday at 2 p.m. 
• Maryland returns home for the Terrapin Invitational on Sept. 10 as the Terps play UMass at 4 p.m., followed by American vs. Cal at 7 p.m.