(1) Maryland (14-0, 5-0 Big Ten) vs Vermont (12-6, 6-0 America East)
May 15, 2022
Maryland Stadium
12:00 p.m EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The top-seeded Maryland men's lacrosse team faces the Vermont Catamounts on Sunday May 15 at Noon. Undefeated Maryland is coming off its second consecutive sweep of the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles. The Terps boast the nation's highest-scoring offense with 18.36 goals per game.
The Catamounts defeated the Manhattan Jaspers 15-3 on Wednesday evening in the play-in game. The two programs met in the first round of last season's NCAA Tournament with the Terps winning 17-11.
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VERMONT STORYLINES
NCAA NUMBERS
- This will mark Maryland's 44th appearance in program history and an NCAA-best 19th straight appearance.
- Maryland's first ever NCAA appearance came in 1971 when the Terps lost in the championship game to top-seeded Cornell and former Terp Richie Moran. Moran passed away in late April.
- Throughout the team's previous 43 appearances the program is 65-40 all-time in the tournament with 27 Final Four trips. Since 2011 under Coach Tillman, the Terps have made every tournament, gone 24-9, and earned eight Championship Weekend appearances. Tillman owns the most NCAA Tournament victories of any active coach with 24.
- The Terps are the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time under Tillman (2016-17-18-22) and the ninth time in program history. Maryland is 18-6 all-time as the top seed, advancing to the semifinals on all eight previous occasions.
W1SNAUSKAS WATCH
- 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 in his final year with the program. Here's a look at Wisnauskas by the numbers.
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1 - Wearing the iconic "1" jersey, Wisnauskas averages more assists per game (2.57) and points per game (6.00) while wearing the jersey than any other to wearing the number for Maryland.
3 - Wisnauskas (321) is third on the active list of D1 players in points, 80 behind the active leader in Chris Gray of North Carolina (401)
5 - Wisnauskas (192) is third on the active list of D1 players in goals, 12 behind the active leader in Gray of North Carolina (204)
8 - Wisnauskas has seven career eight-point games as a Terrapin – the most in program history – last posting eight (5G, 3A) in Maryland's dominating victory over Johns Hopkins.
19 - Wisnauskas became the 19th student-athlete, and first Terp, to ever reach 300 points in their career.
37 - Wisnauskas has recorded 37 hat tricks in his career with 11 coming this season. His total of 37 is one behind Jared Bernhardt, who totaled 38 in his career from 2017-21.
honoring the best
- Maryland dominated the Big Ten Yearly Honors with four of the five yearly awards going to the Terps. Plus, the maximum of eight players found themselves on the All-Big Ten teams, including five on the top line. Those were all program record numbers.
- Among the yearly awards, Logan Wisnauskas was Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, Brett Makar was Big Ten Defenive Player of the Year, Luke Wierman was Specialist of the Year, and Coach Tillman was unanimously Big Ten Coach of the Year.
- The First Team All-Big Ten featured Wisnauskas, Makar, Wierman, Keegan Khan, and Roman Puglise. On the second team was Jon Donville, Kyle Long, and John Geppert. With only eight players allowed per team, the Terps earned the maximum number of spots
WHAT does it take to be #1?
- Maryland was ranked No. 1 in the country in both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll this week for the 12th straight week. This was their sixth 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.
IMPRESSIVE STREAKS
- Maryland has won 39 consecutive games when allowing an opponent under 10 goals dating back to the 2017 National Championship season.
- The Terps' defense held opponents to 10 or fewer goals in nine of their fourteen games this season. The stellar defense comes alongside a squad that has forced 127 turnovers.
- Logan Wisnauskas has started 71 consecutive games and recorded a point in all 71. He has multiple points in his last 55 games.
- Maryland was won 24 consecutive regular season games dating back to Feb. 18, 2020.
- A Terp has record a hat trick in 53 straight games dating back to May 26, 2018.
- Maryland has an NCAA-best 19 consecutive 10-win seasons and an NCAA-best 19 consecutive NCAA appearances.
Coaching Matchup
- John Tillman is in his 15th season as a head coach, and 12th with the Terps, with a 175-59 career record for a (.747) winning percentage. Tillman is 155-40 (.797) with Maryland and 10-0 against Hopkins.
- Vermont Head Coach Chris Feifs is in his 6th season at Vermont and holds a 49-31 (.613) winning percentage. His only head coaching experience is with the Catamonts. Feifs was a midfielder at Maryland from 2004-07, advancing to two final fours. He scored a goal and had two groundballs in Maryland's first ever meeting with Vermont back in 2007
- Brothers Jesse and Jake Bernhardt will face-off once again after meeting in last season's NCAA Tournament. Jesse's defense held Jake's offense to 11 goals.
Series History
- Maryland is 2-0 all-time against Vermont including a 17-11 victory in last season's NCAA Tournament.
- Maryland has outscored Vermont 33-18 in the two meetings.
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