No. 2 Maryland, No. 7 Florida To Play in NCAA Quarterfinals

Thursday, May 19

College Park, Md.

Noon

Maryland

Florida

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No. 2 Maryland, No. 7 Florida To Play in NCAA Quarterfinals

5/17/2022 1:52:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse

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No. 2 Maryland (18-1) vs. No. 7 Florida (17-4)
May 19, 2022
Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex
12:00 p.m. EDT

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The No. 2 seeded Maryland women's lacrosse team will look to make its 28th Final Four as the Terps host No. 7 Florida on Thursday, May 19 at noon at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. The game will air on ESPNU with Jay Alter and Sheehan Stanwick-Burch on the call.

NCAA QUARTERFINALS STORYLINES

tourney time

Maryland has won four of the last seven National Championships, last winning in 2019.
The Terps lead the nation with 37 NCAA appearances and are also tops in wins (77), championship game appearances (22) and NCAA titles (14). The Terps are making their 32nd consecutive appearance in the postseason (1990-2021).
The Terps have made 11 of the past 12 Final Fours dating back to 2009.
Under Cathy Reese, Maryland has five National Championships (2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019).
Reese is 39-9 at Maryland in the NCAA Tournament, making 11 Final Fours and seven championship games.
Maryland has won 11 NCAA Quarterfinals games in a row, with the last loss coming in 2008. The Terps are 11-2 in the Quarterfinal Round under Reese.

big ten champs

Last weekend, Maryland won the Big Ten Tournament Championship, giving the Terps both the Regular Season and Tournament titles.
The Terps have won 10 Big Ten titles (six regular season championships (2015-19, 22) & four Tournament Championships (2016-18, 22)) and 31 conference championships in total, winning 21 in the ACC (10 Regular Season, 11 Tournament).
In eight seasons in the league, Maryland is 43-5 in Big Ten regular season play and 52-8 overall including the Big Ten Tournament.

home dominance

The Terps are 159-5 at home under head coach Cathy Reese, with eight undefeated home campaignsin the last nine seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19 & 21).
Maryland is 25-1 in NCAA Tournament games played in College Park under Reese and hasn't lost since 2008.

AURORA CORDINGLEY - TEWAARATON FINALIST

Aurora Cordingley was selected as a Tewaaraton Finalist this past week, solidifying herself as one of the five best players in women's lacrosse.
Also the Big Ten Attacker of the Year, Cordingley currently stands fourth in the nation in both points (113) and assists (50).
The attacker also stands eighth in the nation with a phenomenal .578 shooting percentage.
The team captain has made her mark in Maryland lore, currently standing fifth all-time in both single season points and assists, last weekend passing three-time Tewaaraton winner Taylor Cummings and national player of the year Kelly Amonte.
Cordingley has over five points in 14-of-19 games this season, over seven points in eight games and two double digit point games, the most since Alex Aust in 2013.
The Canadian National Team Member totaled 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in the Big Ten Tournament en route to earning MVP honors.
Cordingley has recorded at least one point in 51-straight games dating back to April 25, 2018. The first 32 of those games were at Johns Hopkins, where combined with her 19 games at Maryland, she has 27 career games with at least five points.

BIG TEN HONORS

The Terps cleaned up Big Ten honors this past week with Aurora Cordingley being selected as the Big Ten Attacker of the Year, Abby Bosco being chosen as the Big Ten Defender of the Year and Emily Sterling being named the Big Ten Goaltender of the Year.
Maryland has now won the Big Ten Defender of the Year award in each of its seven years in the conference, with Bosco becoming the sixth Terp to earn that distinction (Megan Douty, 2015; Alice Mercer, 2016; Nadine Hadnagy, 2017; Julia Braig, 2018-19; Lizzie Colson, 2021).

sterling saves

Goalie Emily Sterling has been a brick wall in net this season, currently leading the nation with a .546 save percentage and standing second with a 7.44 goals against average.
The Big Ten Goaltender of the Year has over a 50-percent save percentage in 11 of 19 games this season and had an amazing .626 save percentage in Big Ten play.
A Tewaaraton nominee and unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection, Sterling has been named the IWLCA National Defensive Player of the Week three times this season, the USA Lacrosse Magazine National Player of the Week once and has been selected as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week five times, the most since Tewaaraton recipient Megan Taylor in 2019.

SERIES HISTORY

This will be the eighth all-time meeting between Maryland and Florida, with the Terps and Gators meeting for six-straight seasonsfrom 2015-20 and earlier this season.
Maryland beat Florida 18-8 on February 26 behind 10 points (four goals, six assists) from Aurora Cordingley.