CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – In a battle of longtime rivals,  No. 8 Maryland got the better of No. 10 Virginia for the 14th consecutive time with a 17-13 victory at Klockner Stadium on Friday evening. Libby May tied her career-high with five goals in the victory. Aurora Cordingley (4G, 2A) and Hannah Leubecker (4G, 1A) combined for eight goals -- with seven of them coming in the decisive second half.

"I thought tonight was a really good game between two strong teams at this point in the year," said head coach Cathy Reese. "We learned a lot about ourselves tonight. What a game of swings and momentum shifts. We went through a whole quarter of being scoreless and Virginia going on runs to us doing the same on our end. Fun to be able to leave Charlottesville with a win." 

It was a game of runs as Virginia scored all five goals in the second quarter to lead 9-6 at the half. Maryland then outscored Virginia 8-0 in the third quarter to build a 14-9 advantage heading into the fourth quarter. The Cavaliers scored the first four goals of the fourth to cut their deficit to 14-13 before Cordingley answered with a pair of goals and Leubecker added her fourth of the day to put Maryland up 17-13. 

Shannon Smith (2G, 1A) and Shaylan Ahearn (2 G) also had multi-goal games for the Terps (2-0).  Grace Griffin had three assists. 

For the Cavaliers (2-1), Rachel Clark scored four goals and Ashlyn McGovern also had four goals. 

Breaking Down The Action

• May poured in four goals in the first quarter as the Terps held a 6-4 lead after the first quarter.   
• Virginia scored all five goals of the second quarter to take a 9-6 lead at halftime as McGovern scored two in the quarter. 
• After being held scoreless for a span of 18:26, Leubecker started a run of eight unanswered goals on the third quarter as she was one of three Terps to score three goals in quarter along with Ahearn and Cordingley. 
• After being blanked in the third quarter, Kiki Shaw scored the Wahoos first goal in 16:05, making the score 14-10. Virginia scored the next three goals to cut the margin to one at 14-13 before Cordingley scored twice and Leubecker finished the scoring for the 17-13 win. 

Terp Tidbits

• May (five goals) tied her career-high with five goals (previously vs. High Point, 5/14/21) it was her fifth career game with four goals, her seventh career hat trick and 14th career multi-goal game. 
• Cordingley had four goals after scoring five in her first game as a Terp last week. 
• Leubecker (four goals) posted her 10th career hat trick and her 15th career multi-goal game, coming off of 14 in 17 games last season. 
• Smith (two goals) has her first multi-goal game as a Terp and second of her career, achieving it once last season while playing for North Carolina. 
• Ahearn (two goals) posted her fourth-career multi-goal game. 
• Abby Bosco had eight draw controls and scooped up three groundballs. 
• Cordingley had three caused turnovers, doing the job on both sides of the ball. 
• Between the pipes, Emily Sterling played the first 30 minutes making three saves. Emily Lamparter played the second half and made three saves to earm the win.  

Series History

• This was the 61st all-time meeting between Maryland and Virginia, with the Terps leading the series 44-17.
• Maryland has won 14 in a row against the Hoos, with the last loss coming in the 2008 ACC Tournament. 
• The last time the Terps played Virginia, it was a historic night as head coach Cathy Reese became the all-time winningest coach in program history, winning her 261st game as the leader of the Maryland program. 

Up Next

• Maryland welcomes #7 Florida to The Plex next Saturday, Feb. 26 for the Terps' home opener at Noon. The game theme is "Defend The Plex" as the first 100 fans will receive 'Plex' Rally Towel. The game will air on B1G+