#2 Maryland (5-2, 0-0 B1G)
vs.
#9 Penn State (5-2, 0-0 B1G)
March 25, 2023
SECU Stadium
5 p.m.
BTN
COLLEGE PARK, MD - No. 2 Maryland (5-2) opens its 2023 Big Ten schedule with a Top-10 showdown with No. 9 Penn State (5-2) on Saturday, March 25, at 5 p.m. at SECU Stadium. The game will be
televised on BTN.
Maryland is 5-2 on the season with home wins over then-No. 19 Richmond (15-4, Feb. 4) and then-No. 16 Syracuse (15-12, Feb. 18) and road wins over then-No. 4 Princeton (11-5, Feb. 25), Albany (16-9, Mar. 11), and then-No. 1 Virginia (14-13 OT, Mar. 18). The Terps losses have come at Loyola (12-7, Feb. 11) and at home to No. 2 Notre Dame (13-12 3OT, Mar. 4).
The ninth-ranked Nittany Lions (5-2) are coming into College Park off of a neutral-site loss to Marquette, 12-11, on Mar. 18. Penn State has ranked road victories over then-No. 7 Yale (13-11, Feb. 25) and then-No. 3 Cornell (10-6, Mar. 11).
Series History - Penn State
- Maryland is 39-1 all-time against Penn State since the two programs first met in 1924.
- Since Maryland joined the Big Ten in 2015, the Terps lead the series 8-1.
- Last season saw the top-ranked Terps jump out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter, but a 13-0 run, spanning the second and third quarters, proved to be the difference in the 18-7 win for Maryland. Keegan Khan led 10 Maryland goal-scorers with four goals.
- The Big Ten-only regular season of 2021 saw the two teams meet twice (both Maryland wins), including the last meeting in College Park. The Terps' starting attack of Jared Bernhardt, Logan Wisnauskas, and Daniel Maltz combined for 12 of the team's 17 goals in a 17-10 victory.
- Penn State won its only game of the series, 13-10, on March 31, 2019, in College Park.
Matt Rambo had a game-high five points vs. the Nittany Lions in the first-ever meeting between Maryland and Penn State as Big Ten opponents on April 4, 2015 in College Park.
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10: The Magic Number
Get To 10 & Win
- Since John Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 143 of the 160 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .894 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 5-1 in 2023 when scoring 10+ with wins over Richmond, Syracuse, Princeton, Albany, and Virginia. The 13-12 3OT loss to Notre Dame on March 4 was the Terps' first loss when scoring 10+ since the 2021 NCAA title game (May 31).
- 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 107-14 (.884) since 2015 when scoring at least 10 goals.
Holding Opponents To Single-Digits
- Maryland is 118-11 since Tillman took over the program in 2011, when it allows nine goals or less for a .915 winning percentage.
- Maryland is 3-0 in 2023 when holding opponents to less than 10 goals after a 15-4 win over No. 19 Richmond (Feb. 4), holding No. 6 Princeton to five goals in an 11-5 Terrapin win (Feb. 25), and a 16-9 win at Albany (Mar. 11).
- 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 in the first year of the Big Ten Tournament when Ohio State topped the Terps, 9-6, in the conference semifinals at SECU Stadium.
Terps' 98th Season of Men's Lacrosse
- The Terps boast an all-time record of 877-279-4 (.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: 43-4 (.915)
- 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.
Staff Updates
- 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.
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