COLLEGE PARK, MD – No. 2 Maryland opened its 50th season of women's lacrosse in style with a 15-5 victory over Saint Joseph's at SECU Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Terps had two different six-goal runs to take control of the game.  

"Great start today for the Terps," said head coach Cathy Reese. "We saw a lot of players making an impact all over the field. Emily Sterling was phenomenal in the goal cage to really anchor our defense. We did a great job clearing the ball today, really holding onto it and possessing it, that's something we've been focusing on. Then offensively, we saw a lot of different things from a lot of different players. It's nice to see different people contributing, nine different goal scorers."

The Terps (1-0) had nine goal scorers led by Chrissy Thomas and Jordyn Lipkin, who each had hat tricks. For the junior Thomas, the tallies were the first of her collegiate career. 

Freshman Jaylen Rosga scored two goals in her first collegiate game while Hannah Leubecker also scored twice. 

Eloise Clevenger had five points on a goal and four assists. The four assists equaled her career-high. 

Emily Sterling made eight saves in the goal before giving way to Julia Hammerschlag, who made her Terps' debut between the pipes. 

Maddie Yoder scored four goals for Saint Joseph's (0-1). 


Breaking Down The Action

• Maryland opened the scoring on a goal by Hensh and after the Hawks to even it up at 1-1, the Terps scored the next six goals coming from six different goal scorers to a 7-1 lead. 
• Eloise Clevenger and Chrissy Thomas scored in the final 9:45 to put the Maryland up 9-2. 
• The Hawks opened the scoring the second half but Maryland responded with its second six-goal spurt of the day to lead 15-3 with 13:14 left in the game. 

Hat Trick Terps

• Lipkin had her third career hat trick as she had two as a freshman in 2022 coming against Duke and Rutgers. 
• Thomas had her first-ever hat trick. 

Home Sweet Home

• Maryland is now 161-5 at home under head coach Cathy Reese, with nine undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21). 
• Last time the Terps played in SECU Stadium (2019), Maryland went 11-0, including wins over No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 7 Michigan and No. 8 Penn. 

50th Season Of Lacrosse

• The 2023 season is the 50th season of Maryland women's lacrosse, a program that has been the most successful in the entire sport since its start. 
• Maryland has won 15 national championships and 31 conference championships. The Terps have participated in 28 Final Fours, including 12 of the last 13 and have won 12 of the last 28 national championships, including seven-straight from 1995- 2001. Maryland now has an all-time program record of 762-147-3 in 50 seasons for a 83.7 win percentage. 

Series History

• Maryland is now 2-0 all-time against the Hawks winning last season's first meeting 20-6 in Philadelphia. 
• The Hawks are coached by Maryland legend Alex Kahoe, who was inducted into Maryland's Hall of Fame in 2014. 

Up Next

• The Terps will play their next four games on the road starting with a game at No. 6 Syracuse on Friday, Feb. 17 at the JMA Wireless Dome at 3 p.m. After that, Maryland plays road games at Drexel, Florida and James Madison before hosting Denver on March 5 at SECU Stadium.