PHILADELPHIA, PA –The No. 9 Maryland women's lacrosse team crushed the St Joseph's Hawks, 20-6, on Saturday afternoon at Sweeney Field to open their 2022 season.

"Great start for the Terps, really proud of our effort today," said head coach Cathy Reese. "We saw a lot of great things from a lot of great people. We had 11 different scorers, a bunch of assisted goals and all three of our goalies played well. It was a lot of fun to get back on the field and compete against a different opponent we haven't faced. Good day for the Terps."

Aurora Cordingley led the blistering for the Terps (1-0) attack as she finished with a game-high five goals, all of which were scored in the first half. The team's 20 goals are the most it's scored since the 2019 Final Four when they beat Northwestern 25-13 in the Semifinals.

Along with Cordingley's five goals, Victoria Hensh (three goals), Kate Sites (two goals), Libby May (two goals), and Jordyn Lipkin (two goals) finished with multi-goal games. Eloise Clevenger finished with a team-high four assists. 

The Terps dominated in all phases of the game as it outshot the Hawks 41-20 and won the draw control battle 22-6, behind 10 from a career-best 10 from Shaylan Ahearn and nine from Abby Bosco in her Maryland debut. 

Along with Cordingley and Lipkin, Hailey Russo and Shannon Smith scored their first goals as a Terp. 

Breaking Down The Action

• The Terps offense was buzzing in the first quarter as Cordingley notched a hat trick in the opening 15 minutes alone. Shaylan Ahearn and Hannah Leubecker both also scored in the opening frame as Maryland held a 5-2 advantage after the first quarter.
• The second period was even more lopsided as the Terps outscored St. Joseph's 7-1 in the second quarter with Cordingley notching two more goals, Kate Sites and Libbie May both scoring twice, and Hensh scoring one herself. 
• The Terps initiated the running clock in the third quarter after Jordan Lipkin and Grace Griffin brought the score to 14-4. Hensh scored another and Shannon Smith scored with 11 seconds remaining in the quarter to make it 16-4. 
• With the running clock, Maryland slowed the pace but still managed to outduel the Hawks as Julia Hoffman, Lipkin, Hensh and Hailey Russo scored goals for the Terps. 

Buckling Down on Defense 

• Goalie Emily Sterling was strong in net as she stopped three shots.
• Emily Lamparter and Maddie McSally also saw action in goal, combining to stop four shots. 
• Lipkin led the team with two caused turnovers, while Maddie Sanchez, Torie Barretta, Sites, May, and Cordingley all caused one turnover each.

Series History

• Maryland is now 1-0 against St. Joseph's as this was the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

Familiar Faces

• St. Joe's is coached by three Maryland alumni: Alex Kahoe ('00), Julia Braig ('19) & Caroline Steele ('19).

Up Next

• The Terps travel to Charlottesville where it takes on No. 11 Virginia on Friday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. 
• That game will be live on the ACC Network.