#5Â Maryland (3-1, 0-0 B1G)
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#12Â James Madison (3-1, 0-0 AAC)
March 1, 2023
Sentara Park
5:00 p.m. ET
COLLEGE PARK, MDÂ -Â No. 5 Maryland will play its third top-15 opponent of the season and first of two this week as the Terps travel to Harrisonburg, VA to play No. 12 James Madison on Wednesday. The game will begin at 5:00 p.m. and air on ESPN Plus.
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Where we are
- The Terps are coming off a dramatic 14-13 win at No. 7 Florida which saw Victoria Hensh score with 17 seconds left in regulation to give the Terps the win. Hensh scored three of her career-best four goals in the decisive fourth quarter as the Terps rallied from a 10-8 deficit in the fourth quarter. Libby May led the Terps with six goals.
- Maryland is led by reigning IWLCA National Goaltender of the Year Emily Sterling and Big Ten Defender of the Year Abby Bosco as well as two-time All-American attacker Hannah Leubecker and a plethora of All-Big Ten performers: midfielder Shaylan Ahearn, attacker Libby May and defender Maddie Sanchez.
- Â The Terps are coming off a season where they won both the Big Ten Regular Season and Tournament Championships and made their 12th Final Four in 13 seasons. Maryland finished the 2022 season with a 19-2 record.
50th Season of maryland women's lacrosse
- The 2023 season will be the 50th season of Maryland women's lacrosse, a program that has been the most successful in the entire sport since its start.
- Â 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 has an all-time program record of 762-151-3 through 49 seasons.
Team celebrates 2019 National Championship.
sterling saves
- Emily Sterling returns as the National Goalkeeper of the Year to backline the Maryland defense in 2023. She finished the year second in the nation in both save percentage (.531) and goals against average (7.87) and had the highest save percentage ever in Big Ten play at .626.
- Sterling was also the Big Ten Goaltender of the Year, an IWLCA First Team All-American, a Tewaaraton nominee, First Team All-Big Ten selection, a four-time National Player of the Week and five-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. The senior was chosen as the USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason National Goaltender of the Year.
- The senior picked up right where she left off in the season opener against Saint Joseph's, notching eight saves to only three goals allowed, a 727 save percentage, the best in the Big Ten in Week One.
draw queen
- In last week's game against Drexel, Shaylan Ahearn became only the sixth Terp in program history to surpass the 200 career draw control mark with 14. In the Terps last game at #7 Florida, Ahearn past Dana Dobbie (2007-08) to move into fifth all-time in career draw controls at Maryland. Ahearn is now 44 draw controls behind Karri Ellen Johnson (2008-12) for fourth all-time in program history.
- Ahearn tallied 115 draw controls last season, the eighth-most in a single season in program history.
new additions
- Reese and the Terps added one of the top transfers out of the portal for the 2023 season in 2022 Ivy League Defender of the Year Marge Donovan. The grad student was the Ivy League Defender of the Year, a Third Team IWLCA All-American, a First-Team All-Ivy selection and the Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2022 as she graduated as Princeton's all-time leader in career draw controls (214) and draws in a season (112 in 2022).
- Maryland also welcomes the nation's top freshmen class, highlighted by the No. 1 recruit in the 2022 Class, midfielder Kori Edmondson. The class also features top-10 ranked signees Jaylen Rosga and Maggie Weisman.
dominance under reese
- Head Coach Cathy Reese enters her 17th season at the helm of Maryland women's lacrosse. The winningest coach in program history, Reese is 305-35Â as head coach and has led the Terps to five National Championships, 12 Final Fours and 22 Conference Championships.
- Maryland is 160-5 at home under Reese, with nine undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
history vs. james madison
- The Terps lead the all-time series against James Madison, 42-4, and have won 12 of the last 13 including six-straight in Harrisonburg.
- James Madison was the Terps lone regular season loss last season, as the Terps fell to the Dukes 13-8 in College Park. Hannah Leubecker and Libby May each had three goals in the game.
Team celebrates a goal vs. James Madison in 2022
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