COLLEGE PARK, MD – The No. 2 Maryland men's lacrosse team dominated No. 8 Loyola, beating the Greyhounds 20-8 Saturday thanks to a 10-goal second quarter. Logan Wisnauskas continued his strong start to the season for the Terps (2-0), accounting for three goals and three assists for six points. Face-off specialist Luke Wierman had a career-day, winning a career-best 19 draws, scooping a career-high 11 ground balls along with a career-high in points (3) for his first-ever multi-goal game.

Keegan Khan had a goal and four assists for five points. Jonathan Donville (3G, 1A), Anthony DeMaio (2G), Eric Malever (3G) and Owen Murphy (2G) also added multi-goal games.

Maryland's 10-goal second quarter was the first time the Terps had 10 goals in a quarter since Feb. 22, 2014, when Maryland outscored Syracuse 10-2 in the second quarter in a 16-8 victory at the Orange.

Coming off last week's 21-13 win over High Point, Maryland has scored 20 goals in consecutive games for the first time since the 1995 season, when the Terps beat Cornell (20-12) and Radford (26-3).

It is the first-ever time Maryland has scored 20 or more goals in the first two games of a season – in Maryland's 97 seasons of men's lacrosse.

Maryland scored its most goals against Loyola since 1959, when the Terps beat the Greyhounds, 22-4.

Loyola (0-1) had multi-goal games from Adam Poitras (two goals, two assists) and Riley Seay (two goals).
 

Breaking Down The Action

• The Terps owned the first period, outscoring Loyola, 4-2. Goals by Donville, Malever, Wisnauskas, and Jack Koras.
• Maryland would pour it on in the second period, more than tripling up the Greyhounds with a 10-3 goal advantage. Wisnauskas and Wierman had two goals in the quarter, while the other six goals came from six different players: Donville, Jack Brennan, Khan, Kyle Long, Daniel Maltz, DeMaio and gave the team a 14-5 lead heading into halftime. 
• Malever opened the scoring for the Terps in the third quarter, while Demaio and Owen Murphy scored as well. Murphy's goal came as time expired in the quarter on a quick restart. The Terps defense was stout as it allowed just one goal in the frame.
• Murphy, Donville and Malever added goals for Maryland in the fourth quarter pushing the Terps to the 20-goal plateau.  

Wisnauskas Watch

• With his three goals, Wisnauskas notched his 28th career hat trick as a Terp.
• Wisnauskas's three goals gives him 152 for his career, trailing only Jared Bernhardt (202), Matt Rambo (155), Joe Walters (153)
• Wisnauskas is third all-time in career points in Maryland history with 251. Next on the list is Matt Rambo's 257 points scored between 2014-17. Bernhardt leads with 290 points.  
• The Sykesville, MD native has tallied a point in all 58 games of his collegiate career and has the most eight-point games in school history with six.

Wierman's Wonderful Day

• Face-off man Luke Wierman had a career-high 19 face-off wins as he was 19-of-25 at the X on Saturday. 
• Wierman had a career-high 11 groundballs. 
• He also scored two goals, the first-multi goal game of his career. He only scored two goals his entire 2021 season. 
• He also added an assist for a three-point day. 

Hard Work For The Hard Shells

• Logan McNaney made six saves on the day for the Terps while Drew Morris stopped four.
• Matt Rahill and Murphy led the team with two caused turnovers. Ajax Zappitello, Roman Puglise, Bubba Fairman, Jake Higgins, John Geppert, and Joshua Coffman each accounted for one caused turnover. 
• Geppert and Brett Makar had four groundballs. 

Notables

• Maryland has 26 consecutive games when scoring 20 or more goals. 
•  Maryland is now 35-3 in the month of February under head coach John Tillman.
•  Maryland has 12 home games in a row and are 67-14 under Tillman at Capital One Field, since 2011.
•  Maryland has won 123 of 139 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals since Tillman started with the Terps in 2011.
•  Maryland is 106-11 when holding opponents to under 10 goals since 2011.
•  Maryland has won 33 games in a row when holding foes to nine or fewer goals. 

Series History

• Maryland holds a 22-2 advantage all-time vs. Loyola, last facing the Greyhounds on April 8, 2015, when the Terps secured an 11-10 victory in College Park.

Up Next

• The Terps travel to Syracuse, New York, where it'll take on the Orange on Sunday, Feb. 20, at Noon.