#5 Maryland (2-0)Â vs. #7 Florida (1-1)
February 26, 2021
Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex
12:00 pm EDTÂ
COLLEGE PARK, MDÂ -Â The No. 5 Maryland women's lacrosse team will open up its 2022 home slate with a top-10 matchup against No. 7 Florida on Saturday, February 26 at noon at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. Brendan Hartlove and three-time Tewaaraton winner and Maryland legend Taylor Cummings will have the call for Big Ten Plus.
FLORIDA STORYLINES
LAST TIME OUTÂ
- The Terps are 2-0 so far in 2022, most recently picking up a top-10 win with a 17-13 victory at No. 8 Virginia.
- Libby May tied her career-high with five goals in the victory while Aurora Cordingley (4G, 2A) and Hannah Leubecker (4G, 1A) combined for eight goals -- with seven of them coming in the decisive second half, which featured Maryland outscoring Virginia 8-0 in the third quarter.
home dominance
- Maryland is 151-4 at home under head coach Cathy Reese, with eight undefeated home campaigns in the last nine seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19 & 21).
- Last season the Terps went 6-0 at home. Maryland has won eight in a row at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex dating back to 2020.
TEWAARATON TERPSÂ
- A trio of fifth-years: Abby Bosco, Aurora Cordingley and Grace Griffin, and junior Hannah Leubecker were all named to the Tewaaraton Watch List last week, which features the top 51 players in the sport of women's lacrosse.
- This is the third-straight year that Griffin has been named to the watch list and last year was one of the final 25 nominees for the most prestigious award in lacrosse. Leubecker and Cordingley (Johns Hopkins) were also on the watch list last season. This is Bosco's (Penn) first ever watch list selection.Â
- Maryland has won eight of the last 11 Tewaaraton awards, with Megan Taylor becoming the first goalie in lacrosse history to win the award in 2019.
- The Terps have had a finalist for the award in 14 straight seasons in which the Tewaaraton has been been awarded and every season under head coachCathy Reese. Last season, Lizzie Colsonearned finalist honors after a season in which she was named the IWLCA National Defender of the Year.Â
Cordingley goes back-to-back
- Fifth-year transfer Aurora Cordingley is off to a hot start as a Terp, scoring nine goals and assisting on two more over the first two games.
- Cordingley leads the Big Ten in goals per game (4.50) and earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks, becoming the first Terp to accomplish that since three-time Tewaaraton winner Taylor Cummings on March 23 & 30 in 2015.
- The Johns Hopkins transfer is seven points away from reaching 200 in her career.
MEET THE CAPTAINS
- Fifth-years Torie Barretta and Grace Griffin were selected as Maryland's 2022 Captains.
- With her selection, Griffin becomes the first ever Terp to be a three-year captain, also being chosen in 2020 & 2021.
- An IWLCA Third Team All-American last year, Griffin was second on the team with 48 points, scoring 29 goals and recording 19 assists, second with 19 caused turnovers and third with 30 groundballs.
- An IWLCA Second Team All-Region and All-Big Ten Tournament Team selection in 2021, Barretta stood second on the team with 19 caused turnovers and fourth on the team with 25 groundballs.
SERIES HISTORY
- This will be the seventh all-time meeting between Maryland and Florida, with the Terps and Gators meeting for six-straight seasons from 2015-20.
- The last time the Terps and Gators played on February 15, 2020, Florida broke Maryland's 86-game home winning streak with a 15-14 win over the Terps. Shaylan Ahearn had four points with two goals and two assists in the game.
- The year before on February 14, 2019, Cathy Reese earned her 250th win at Maryland with a 17-12 win at #4 Florida.
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