#1/1 Maryland (7-0) vs. Michigan (7-3)
April 2, 2022
UM Lacrosse Stadium
12:00 p.m EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The unanimously top-ranked Maryland men's lacrosse team continues Big Ten action on the road against the Michigan Wolverines this Saturday at Noon. Maryland is riding an eight-game winning streak with 20 consecutive regular season victories while Michigan has dropped their last three contests.
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MICHIGANÂ STORYLINES
HIGH-OCTANE OFFENSE
- Maryland has scored 65 goals in its past three the most in 66 years. In 1956, the Terps scored 66 goals against Syracuse, Loyola (MD), and Washington & Lee.
- Seven Terps have already scored double-digit goals through eight games: Logan Wisnauskas (24), Jonathan Donville (19), Keegan Khan (13), Eric Malever (13), Owen Murphy (12), Anthony DeMaio (10), and Kyle Long (10).
- A Terrapin has recorded a hat trick in 47 consecutive games.Â
- Maryland is averaging a scoring margin of ten as they average 18.3 goals per game while limiting foes to 8.3.
- The team's 40.3 shot percentage is the nation's best rate.Â
W1SNAUSKAS WATCH
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Fifth-year senior Logan Wisnauskas has established himself as one of the most dangerous offensive players in college lacrosse during his career with the Terps, and now leads the Maryland offense in his final year with the program. Here's a look at Wisnauskas by the numbers.
5 – Wisnauskas (168) is ranked fifth on the active list of D1 players in goals, 23 behind the active leader in Chris Gray of North Carolina (191)
4 – Wisnauskas currently ranks third in Division I in career points with 282.
2 – Wisnauskas currently ranks second all-time at Maryland in career points (282) and career goals (168). He's nine away frompassing Jared Bernhard for all-time points.
8 – Wisnauskas has six career eight-point games as a Terrapin – the most in program history – last posting eight (5G, 3A) in Maryland's season-opening win over High Point.
WHAT does it take to be #1? Â
- Maryland was ranked No. 1 in the country in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll this week for the seventh straight week. This was their second week as the unanimous selection.
- The Terps have been tabbed No. 1 in at least one of the polls at some point during the year in four of the last six seasons. Â Â
IMPRESSIVE STREAKS
- Maryland has won 36 consecutive games when allowing an opponent under 10 goals dating back to the 2017 National Championship season. Maryland allowed the seventh-ranked Irish just nine goals two weekends ago.Â
- The Terps' defense held opponents to 10 or fewer goals in six of their eight games this season. The steallar defense comes alongside a squad that has forced 79 turnovers.Â
- Logan Wisnauskas has started 65Â consecutive games and recorded a point in all 65.Â
- Maryland was won 20Â consecutive regular season games dating back to Feb. 18, 2020.Â
- A Terp has record a hat trick in 47Â straight games dating back to May 26, 2018.Â
Coaching Matchup
- Maryland has never lost to Michigan, holding a 9-0 advantage in the all-time series between the two schools, which began in 2014.
- The closest game between the two programs came in 2016, when the Terrapins edged the Wolverines 8-7 in Ann Arbor.
- The Terps defeated three times Michigan last season, first 20-9 in the season opener, then 18-12 on the road, and finally 16-8 in the Big Ten Tournament.