#2 Maryland (6-2, 1-0 B1G)
vs.
Michigan (4-4, 0-1 B1G)
April 1, 2023
SECU Stadium
1 p.m.
ESPNU
COLLEGE PARK, MD - No. 2 Maryland (6-2) wraps up a two-game home stand against Michigan (4-4) on Saturday, April 1, at 1 p.m. at SECU Stadium. The game will be
televised on ESPNU.
Maryland is 6-2 on the season following a 13-10 home win over then-No. 9 Penn State last Saturday. The Terps also have home wins over then-No. 19 Richmond (15-4, Feb. 4), 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). Maryland's losses have come at Loyola (12-7, Feb. 11) and at home to No. 2 Notre Dame (13-12 3OT, Mar. 4).
The Wolverines are 4-4 with home wins over Hofstra (11-10, Feb. 18) and Canisius (19-8, Feb. 22) and road victories against Delaware (16-12, Mar. 4) and Harvard (19-13, Mar. 11). The Wolverines have a road loss at Virginia (17-13, Feb. 11), a neutral site loss to Marquette (14-9, Feb. 25) and home losses to Notre Dame (18-8, Mar. 18) and Johns Hopkins (15-11, Mar. 25).
Series History - Michigan
- Maryland has never lost to Michigan, holding a 10-0 advantage in the all-time series between the two schools, which began in 2014.
- The 2022 season saw the undefeated No. 1-ranked Terps travel to Ann Arbor and come home with a 20-12 victory. Ten different Terps scored in the big win, including hat tricks from Owen Murphy, Logan Wisnauskas, Jonathan Donville and Keegan Khan. John Geppert, Anthony DeMaio, Eric Malever, Jack Koras, Roman Puglise and Wierman also scored.
- The Terps defeated Michigan three-times in 2021, first 20-9 in the season opener, then 18-12 on the road, and finally 16-8 in the Big Ten Tournamnet.
- The closest game between the two programs came in 2016, when the Terrapins edged the Wolverines 8-7 in Ann Arbor. With the game tied, 7-7, and under two minutes to play, senior goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr made a pair of spectacular saves. The second save led to a transition opportunity for the Terrapins that finished with the game-winner by Bryan Cole with 49 seconds left on the clock.
- Maryland dominated the first meeting with Michigan as Big Ten opponents, thumping the Wolverines 13-4 at home in 2015. Matt Rambo had a hat trick to lead the offense, while the Terrapin defense held Michigan to just 11 shots on goal.
- The first-ever meeting came in 2014, a year before Maryland and Michigan became conference foes. The No. 1-ranked Terps went to the Big House rolled over the Wolverines, 13-5. Jay Carlson and Matt Rambo each scored four goals to pace the Maryland offense, while the Terrapin defense allowed only 12 shots on goal.
Charlie Raffa won 11-of-14 faceoffs with six groundballs in Michigan's first-ever game in College Park in 2015.
Wierman Eclipses 500 Faceoff Wins; Climbing Up Groundballs Chart
Luke Wierman's nine groundballs vs. Penn State vaulted him into third place on Maryland's career list.
Fresh Face Between the Pipes
The Long Game
Maltz To 100 And Beyond
Hat Trick Terps
Offensive Defenders
- Through eight games, Terrapin defensive players have been surprisingly offensive. So far, in 2023, six Maryland defenders (close, long poles, short-sticks, and goalies) have scored goals or tallied assists. Terp defenders have 11 goals and four assists for 15 points which is 8.8% of Maryland's total points.
- Terp defenders accounted for six points in the Terps' 13-10 win over #9 Penn State (Mar. 25). SSDMs Dante Trader Jr. and Eric Kolar scored twice, while SSDM Donovan Lacey and LSM John Geppert tallied assists. It was the first time Maryland defenders accounted for six points in a game since Mar. 12, 2022, when Geppert (2g, Bubba Fairman (1g, 1a), Justin Sherrer (1g), and Garrett Gibbons (1g) totaled six points in a 24-6 win over Albany.
- Trader Jr. has made an immediate impact in his first season with the Maryland men's lacrosse program and leads the Terrapin defenders with five goals and one assist. Trader Jr. has scored two goals in a game twice this season (vs. #19 Syracuse, Feb. 18 & vs. #9 Penn State, Mar. 25). He picked up his first-career assist at #4 Princeton (Feb. 25).
- Kolar is also in his first season seeing playing time and has three goals, including his first-career multi-goal game vs. #9 Penn State (Mar. 25).
- Geppert picked up where he left off last season when he scored five goals and added an assist. So far, in 2023, he has two goals and an assist.
- LSM Jack McDonald has also racked up a "pole goal" this year.
- Def. Ajax Zappitello and Lacey have also picked up assists.
10: The Magic Number
Get To 10 & Win
- Since John Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 144 of the 161 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 6-1 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 109-14 (.886) 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 878-279-4 (.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: 44-4 (.917)
- 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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