#4 Maryland (4-0) at William & Mary (2-2)
March 5, 2022
Martin Family Stadium
1:00 pm EDTÂ
WILLIAMSBURG, VA -Â The No. 4 Maryland women's lacrosse team will travel to Williamsburg, VA to face William & Mary on Saturday, March 5. Opening draw is set for 1:00 p.m. and will air on Lax Sports Network, with Tom Eschen and Kylie Ohlmiller on the call.
WILLIAM & MARY STORYLINES
LAST TIME OUTÂ
- The Terps are 4-0 so far in 2022, and are coming off a dominant 15-2 win over Delaware, behind a strong defensive performance with nine saves by the goalkeepers and eight different goal scorers offensively.
- Aurora Cordingley led the Terps offensively with six points (five goals, one assist) while Eloise Clevenger dished out four assists. Delaware's two goals are the fewest by a Maryland opponent scored since March 16, 2019, when the Terps pulled out a 16-1 over Ohio State.
RORY IS ROARING
- Fifth-year transfer Aurora Cordingley is off to a record-breaking start as a Terp, currently standing second in the nation in points per game (6.75) with 18 goals and nine assists.
- After a 10-point performance against No. 7 Florida (4G, 6A), Cordingley swept all the national honors, being named the Inside Lacrosse Player of the Week, USA Lacrosse Player of the Week, IWLCA Offensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.
- Cordingley's 10 points were the most by a Terp in a game since Alex Aust had 11 (four goals, seven assists) vs. UMBC on March 5, 2013.
- Her 10 points are the third most by any player in the NCAA so far this season and her six assists are the second-most in a since game thus far.
- Cordingley leads the Big Ten in goals per game (4.5) and earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors in all three weeks, becoming the first Terp to accomplish that since three-time Tewaaraton winner Taylor Cummings on March 23, 30 & April 6 in 2015.
- The Johns Hopkins transfer also reached the 200-point plateau last week and now has 209 in her career. Cordingley has had at least five points in all four games as a Terp.
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 coach Cathy Reese. Last season, Lizzie Colson earned finalist honors after a season in which she was named the IWLCA National Defender of the Year.Â
draw dominance
- Maryland has dominated the draw circle through four games, standing fourth in the nation with 19.50 draw controls per game.
- The Terps have won 78-of-113 draw controls so far, a 69% win percentage, the third-best in the country.
- The draw effort is led by two-time reigning Big Ten Midfielder of the Week Shaylan Ahearn, who leads the Big Ten and stands fourth in the nation with 8.75 draw controls per game.
- Against #7 Florida last week, Ahearn secured a career-best 14 draw controls as Maryland won the draw battle by a staggering 24-6 margin.
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 first meeting between Maryland and William & Mary since 2018, when the Terps and Tribe played for seven straight years between 2012-18.
- The Terps hold a 27-6 advantage all-time and have won 20 in a row with the Tribes last win coming in 1989.
- The 2018 meeting marked Grace Griffin and Torie Barretta's first game as a Terp as Maryland won the game 18-7. Griffin scored her first career goal in the game.
- William & Mary head coach Colleen Dawson W&M Head Coach Colleen Dawson played at Maryland from 2008-11, helping the Terps to three consecutive ACC Championships and the 2010 NCAA Championship. The scholar-athlete also excelled in the classroom, where she earned ACC Student-Athlete Honor Roll recognition and was a member of the Leadership Group.
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