COLUMBUS, OH -- No. 1 Maryland is returning to the Final Four for the 28th time in school history as the Terps dominated Virginia for the second time this season, beating the Cavaliers, 18-9, on Sunday at Ohio Stadium. Head coach John Tillman has now led Maryland to the NCAA Semifinals for the ninth time in 11 tournaments since taking over as head coach in 2011. At 16-0, the Terps are off their best start in school history. 

The Terps will face No, 5 seed Princeton in the NCAA Semifinals next Saturday, May 28 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field at 2:30 p.m., and will air on ESPN2. 

Fifth-year Logan Wisnauskas tallied three goals and two assists as he recorded his 39th career hat trick to set at Maryland career record. 

Fifth-year Anthony DeMaio, posted a hat trick for the fourth postseason game in a row -- after not having one in the first 12 games of the season -- as he finished with three goals and two assists for five points. Graduate student Jonathan Donville scored twice with one assist. 

Owen Murphy scored four goals for the fourth time this season. 

Maryland's other goals came from Eric Malever, Kyle Long, Keegan Khan, Daniel Maltz, Roman Puglise and Daniel Kelly as 10 different Terps scored goals. Overall 14 players had points with 10 different players recording at least one assist. 

In the cage, Logan McNaney made 14 saves leading a Terps' defense that held Virginia to nine goals. Luke Wierman won 20-of-29 face-offs and corralled 12 groundballs. 

On defense, Ajax Zappitello shutdown Virginia's leading scorer Connor Shellenberger (76 points entering the game) as he has held without a point for the first time in his 33-game career. Brett Makar had four groundballs and limited Matt Moore to one goal. Short-pole Bubba Fairman and Puglise each had three groundballs. John Geppert also had three groundballs and his first assist of the season. 

Virginia finished the season at 12-4 as Jeff Conner had three goals and an assist. 

Breaking Down The Action 

• DeMaio scored three of the Terps' first four goals as Maryland raced to a 4-1 lead after the first 15 minutes. After Virginia scored the game's opening goal, the Terps ripped off four in a row with a Donville tally wrapped inside the hat trick by DeMaio. 
• After Virginia scored the first goal of the quarter again, the Terps tallied the next two with Daniel Maltz and Donville to make it 6-2, 3:45 into the second quarter. After Virginia scored to make it 6-3, Maryland reeled off three in a row including a pair six second apart by Kyle Long and Owen Murphy with 5:14 left in the half pushing the score to 9-3. The Terps led 9-4 at the half. 
• After being held without a goal in the first half, Wisnauskas scored the first two goals of the second half as Maryland scored the first four goals of the period to take a commanding 13-4 lead as Puglise and Murphy scored. Wisnauakas scored his third goal of the quarter (and the game) and Murphy scored his third of the game to put the Terps up 15-5, those two goals came in the span of six seconds.
• Khan got on the board early in the fourth quarter to make it 16-7. Murphy tallied his fourth late in the quarter and Daniel Kelly finished rthe Terps' scoring. 

NCAA Numbers

• Maryland is playing in its 44th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and its NCAA-best 19th straight appearance.
• Maryland is now 68-40 all-time in NCAA Tournament games with three National Championships (1973, 1975, 2017). Only Johns Hopkins (71) has more wins. 
• The Terps are now making their 28th trips to the Final Four, second-most ever, behind Johns Hopkins (29). Maryland's NCAA Semifinals appearances: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022. 
• John Tillman is now 26-9 in NCAA Tournament games at Maryland with nine Final Four appearances. The 26 wins are tied for sixth all-time in NCAA men's lacrosse history with Dave Pietramala. 
• The Terps are 28-12 all-time in NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal games, winning nine of its last 10 quarterfinal games. 
• Maryland is now 20-6 all-time as the top seed, advancing to the NCAA Semifinals on all 20 occasions.
• The Terps are 9-0 in quarterfinal games as the No. 1 seed

Wisnauskas Watch

• Wisnauskas (three goals, two assists) recorded his Maryland record 39th hat trick in 73 games in a Maryland uniform. It was his 13th hat trick of the season.
• He finished with five points and now has 332 in his career on 199 goals and 133 assists. He is Maryland's all-time leading point scorer and stands second in goals to Jared Bernhardt (202) and third in assists behind Ray Altman (146) and Bob Boneillo (143). 
• On the all-time NCAA men's lacrosse scoring list, Wisnauskas stands 11th in career points. Next on the list with 343 is Joe Vasta, who played at Air Force from 1983-86. Chris Gray, who finished his career at North Carolina this season, is the all-time leader with 401. 
• Wisnauskas is now second for most goals in a single-season in Maryland history with his 55, behind Bernhardt's 71, set last season. 
• He is also second in most single-season points with 95, as he passed Ray Altman (93). He is second to Bernhardt's record of 99, set last year. 
• The Sykesville native has recorded a point in 73 straight games, every one of his career. He's four ahead of the next-closest player, Asher Nolting of High Point.
• He has multiple points in his last 57 games.

Numbers To Know

• 6: Maryland is now 6-1 all-time in Columbus, Ohio, also winning the 2017 Big Ten Tournament Championship at Ohio State. 
• 9: Wierman had his ninth game with double-figure groundballs this season with 12 groundballs. 
• 9: McNaney had 14 saves for his ninth game with double-figure saves this season, 
• 10: DeMaio had his 10th career hat trick and fourth this season, all in his last four games.  
• 16: The Terps are 16-0 for the first time in program history. Last season's 15-0 start was the best start to a season without a loss until this year. 
• 28: Maryland is set to play in its 28th Final Four, second all-time among all programs, behind only Johns Hopkins (29). 
• 31: Maryland has scored 31 goals by non-offensive players (close defensemen, defensive midfielders and face-off men)
• 39: Wisnauskas recorded his 39th career hat trick in the game. 
• 40: Maryland has scored 10 or more goals in 40 games in a row 
• 41: Maryland has won 41 consecutive games when holding opponents to less than 10 goals. 
• 55: Maryland added to its streak of 55 consecutive games with at least one player recording a hat trick in a game, dating to Feb. 2, 2019. 
• 100: Maryland is 100-13 (.885) in the last seven seasons when scoring at least 10 goals.
• 114: Maryland is 114-11 since Tillman took over the program in 2011 when it allows nine goals or less, for a .912 winning percentage.
• 143: Wierman now has 143 to move to second in single-season groundballs, second only to Andy Claxton with 171 in 1991. 
• 138: Since Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 138 of the 154 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .901 winning percentage. 
• 272: Wierman continues to add to his school record for face-off wins in a season, with 20 wins Sunday to give him 272.
• 419: Wierman also added to his school record for face-offs taken of 419. 

Series With Virginia

• Maryland is now 49-46 all-time against Virginia including a 23-12 victory early this season on March 19 at Audi Field in Washington D.C.
• This marked the third consecutive tournament the Terps have faced the Cavaliers.
• Virginia won 13-12 in the 2019 Quarterfinals before winning 17-16 in the 2021 NCAA Title Game. There was no 2020 NCAA Tournament.
• The Terps are now 4-5 all-time against Virginia in the NCAA Tournament.
• Maryland is 3-3 in the quarterfinals against the Cavaliers.
• The Terps picked up back-to-back wins over Virginia for the first time since winning a pair in 2004.

Up Next

• The Terps return to the NCAA Semifinals, where they will play No. 5 seed Princeton next Saturday, May 28 in East Hartford, Conn., at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field at 2:30 p.m., and will air on ESPN2. 
• Maryland beat Princeton earlier this season, 15-10, on Feb. 26 in College Park.
• The Terps lead the all-time series with the Tigers, 32-12-1, a series that dates in 1927. Prior to this season, the teams last played in 2016. 
• In the NCAA Tournament, Princeton won the first five meeting before the Terps won the last match-up in the 2006 Quarterfinals, 11-6.
• This will be the first time the teams play in the NCAA Semifinals as they have played twice in the NCAA Championship Game (1997, 1998) and three times in the Quarterfinals (1992, 2004, 2006).