• Maryland owns a 33-12-1 advantage over Princeton and is 4-0 since John Tillman took over the Terps in 2011.
• This is just the seventh regular-season meeting between the two national powers since the NCAA era began in 1971.
• Last season, the Terps tamed the Tigers twice during their unbeaten championship season. A 15-11 win in the regular season in College Park was followed by a Final Four meeting that saw Maryland advance with a 13-9 victory. Logan Wisnauskas had four goals to pace the Terps, while Logan McNaney had a career-best 19 saves in cage.
• The last time Maryland made the trek to Princeton was 2016. The Terps cruised to a 17-5 victory after opening up a 6-1 lead in the first quarter and an 11-2 spread at the half. Twelve Terps scored in the win, led by hat tricks from Colin Heacock and Connor Kelly. Kyle Bernlohr allowed just four goals and made nine saves in his 45:00 in net.

Joe Walters totaled four points on two goals and two assists to help Maryland advance past Princeton in the 2006 NCAA Quarterfinals.

• With his fifth of 18 faceoff wins vs. Loyola on Feb. 11, Luke Wierman became just the ninth Terp in 98 seasons of Maryland men's lacrosse to win 400 or more faceoffs.
• Wierman's career-best tying 24 faceoff wins against Syracuse vaulted him into sixth place on the Terps' career list, giving him 437.
  Career Faceoff Wins Leaders
  1. Andy Claxton (1989-92) - 648
  2. Brian Haggerty (1996-99) - 536
  3. Austin Henningsen (2016-19) - 526
  4. Todd Ensor (1984-87) - 524
  5. Charlie Raffa (2012-15) - 498
  6. Luke Wierman (2021-Pres.) - 437
  7. Justin Shockey (2018-21) - 425
  8. Curtis Holmes (2010-13) - 414
  9. Bryn Holmes (2007-10) - 411

• Wierman is also climbing up the career groundballs list and is one of only 12 Terps in history to scoop up 200 or more groundballs. He is currently tied with Mark Douglas for sixth on the list after picking up 12 groundballs vs. No. 16 Syracuse on Feb. 18.
  Terps With 200+ Career Groundballs
  1. Andy Claxton (1989-92) - 451
  2. Brian Haggerty (1996-99) - 380
  3. Charlie Raffa (2012-15) - 274
  4. Jack Francis (1980-83) - 263
  5. Bryn Holmes (2007-10) - 236
  6. Mark Douglas (1988-91) - 233
  6. Luke Wierman (2021-present) - 233
  8. Paul Gillette (2001-04) - 222
  9. Justin Shockey (2018-21) - 218
  10. Austin Henningsen (2016-19) - 214
  11. Kevin O'Leary (1981-84) - 205
  12. Chris O'Brien (1982-85) - 203

Luke Wierman tied his career-high with 24 faceoff wins vs. Syracuse on Feb. 18, 2023.

• Senior midfielder Kyle Long is working his way up the ranks on several of Maryland's career lists.
• The Springfield, PA, native's four points vs. No. 16 Syracuse gave him 123 for his career, vaulting him a couple of spots up the career scoring chart. He broke a tie with Bill Pettit (118 points, 1962-64) and moved ahead of Dick Corrigan (119 points, 1954-58) and the trio of Ron Martinello (1978-81), Mike Chanenchuk (2012-14), and Bubba Fairman (2017-22), who each totaled 121 points. Long is now all alone in 34th on the career points list, with Alan Lowe (1965-67) in 33rd, one point ahead with 124.
  Long on Maryland's Career Points List
  28. Brendan Hanley (1985-88) - 140
  29. Dave Dempsey (1970-74) - 134
  30. Pat O'Meally (1971-74) - 129
  30. Colin Heacock (2014-17) - 129
  32. C. Rennie Smith (1952-55) - 128
  33. Alan Lowe (1965-67) - 124
  34. Kyle Long (2019-present) - 123
• Long is also climbing up the career assists chart. He enters the Princeton game with 74 career assists, tied with Joe Walters (2003-06) for 21st on the list. Long is third all-time among Maryland midfielders in career assists, behind only Frank Urso (1973-76) with 81 and Anthony DeMaio (2018-22) with 75.
  Long on Maryland's Career Assists List
  15. Jared Bernhardt (2017-21) - 88
  16. John Lamon (1976-79) - 83
  17. Frank Urso (1973-76) - 81
  17. Jim Wilkerson (1980-83) - 81
  19. Brendan Hanley (1985-88) - 80
  20. Anthony DeMaio (2018-22) - 75
  21. Joe Walters (2003-06) - 74
  21. Kyle Long (2019-present) - 74

Kyle Long had a goal and an assist vs. Princeton in the 2022 NCAA Semifinals.

Make that a hat trick for Daniel Kelly!

Third career hat trick for the junior#BeTheBest pic.twitter.com/Q7GY6JYPnV

— Maryland Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) February 18, 2023

• Maryland has had a hat trick in 60 straight games dating back to February 2, 2019. During that span, Logan Wisanuskas and Jared Bernhardt lead the way with 37 and 29 hat tricks, respectively.
• Owen Murphy continued the streak with four goals in Maryland's 2023 season-opening win over No. 19 Richmond.
• Daniel Kelly netted four goals in Maryland's 12-7 loss at Loyola on Feb. 12 to keep the streak alive.
• Kelly and Jack Koras each had hat tricks in the 15-12 win over No. 16 Syracuse on Feb. 18, with Kelly scoring a game-best four goals. For Koras, it was his first career hat trick.

Jack Koras netted his first career hat trick in Maryland's win over #16 Syracuse on Feb. 18.

Get To 10 & Win

• Since John Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 140 of the 156 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .898 winning percentage. The Terps scored at least ten goals in 17 of 18 games in 2022, with the lone single-digit scoring game coming in the NCAA Championship game, a 9-7 victory over Cornell on May 30.
• Maryland is 2-0 in 2023 when scoring 10+ after opening the season with a 15-4 win over No. 19 Richmond and beating No. 16 Syracuse, 15-12, on Feb. 18.
• The last time Maryland failed to reach 10 goals or more at home dates back to May 9, 2015. Maryland hosted Yale in the first round of the NCAA tournament and advanced with an 8-7 victory. The Terps trailed 7-4 early in the fourth quarter, but four straight goals by Bryan Cole, Joe LoCascio, Matt Rambo, and Henry West brought home the victory.
• Maryland is also 103-13 (.888) in the last eight seasons when scoring at least 10 goals.

Holding Opponents To Single-Digits

• Maryland is 116-11 since Tillman took over the program in 2011 when it allows nine goals or less, for a .913 winning percentage.
• Maryland is 1-0 in 2023 holding opponents to less than 10 goals after a 15-4 win over No. 19 Richmond on Feb. 4.
• The last time the Terps allowed less than 10 goals and lost a game was March 4, 2017 - a 5-4 loss at Notre Dame.
• The last time Maryland suffered a home loss when giving up less than 10 goals was back to the first year of the Big Ten Tournament when Ohio State topped the Terps, 9-6, in the conference semifinals at SECU Stadium.

Big-time contributions across the board in Saturday's win. One last look back as we turn the page to Princeton!

You can also relive the action live now on @BigTenNetwork #BeTheBest pic.twitter.com/zOKAm4v6QF

— Maryland Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) February 22, 2023

• Last season the Terps enjoyed a boost of offense from long poles with 10 pole-goals.
• The 2023 season started much the same with the first goal of the season coming via a pole-goal from LSM John Geppert, who was the leading pole-goal scorer in 2022 with 10.
• The 2023 total is already at two pole goals with LSM Jack McDonald also finding the net vs. the Spiders.

Pole goal ‼️

Geppert notches his second of the season

Terps lead 9-5 with 21 seconds left in the half#BeTheBest pic.twitter.com/Yikzn4ZFvc

— Maryland Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) February 18, 2023

• The Terps boast an all-time record of 873-278-4 (.758) entering the 2023 season, dating back to the first varsity team in 1924 (a team was not fielded in 1944 and 1945 due to World War II). Maryland has finished with a .500 or better record in all 97 seasons of existence. The program reached the 800-win milestone with a thrilling 12-6 victory on April 12, 2017 on the road against Albany.
• Maryland finished the decade of the 2010s 134-42 for a .761 winning percentage, making it the winningest decade in Terrapin lacrosse history. Nine of those seasons came under the direction of head coach John Tillman, who has posted a 122-38 record and .763 winning percentage at the helm for Maryland.
• Maryland Men's Lacrosse By the Decade:
  • 2020's: 40-3 (.930)
  • 2010's: 134-42 (.761)
  • 2000's: 111-49 (.694)
  • 1990's: 95-47 (.669)
  • 1980's: 83-41 (.669)

Maryland compiled a 134-42 (.761) record in the 2010's, highlighted by the 16-3 2017 NCAA Championship season.

• The Terrapins welcome two new assistant coaches in 2023.
• Jake Bernhardt rejoined the staff on July 6, 2022, after five seasons at the University of Vermont working under fellow Terp alum Chris Feifs. During his tenure the Catamounts won the America East twice, made their first two NCAA Tournaments in program history, and went 44-24. Bernhardt was a member of the Terrapins' staff in 2014 as the Director of Operations.
• Tim O'Branski joined the Terps in September 2022 as the team's volunteer assistant coach. Before becoming a Terp, O'Branski spent two years as offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Mercer University.

Jake Bernhardt