• The Terps are 6-1 all-time against the Great Danes in a series that only dates back to 2016. The two teams have met each year since then, except for 2020, when Maryland played a Big Ten-only regular season schedule.
• Last season, top-ranked Maryland and Albany moved indoors to Jones-Hill House due to inclement weather. The Terps jumped out early, establishing an 11-0 lead in the first quarter en route to a 24-6 victory. Logan Wisnauskas' six points on two goals and four assists led the team. He was among eight Terps with multi-goal games.
• The last time Maryland played at Albany was in 2019. Maryland came away with a 14-9 victory. The game was close at the end of three, with the Terps holding an 8-6 advantage, but a 6-3 fourth quarter secured the win for No. 7 Maryland. Jared Bernhardt (3g-5a) led all scorers with eight points, while Louis Dubick also had a hat trick for the Terps.
• Albany's lone win in the series came in 2018 when the top-ranked Great Danes came to College Park to face second-ranked Maryland. The Terps led 6-3 at the half and 10-6 at the end of the third quarter, but Albany scored five unanswered goals in the fourth to pull out an 11-10 victory. Connor Kelly led the Terps with five points on two goals and three assists.
• The first meeting in the series came in 2016 and saw the No. 6 Terps take down the No. 10 Great Danes, 10-7. Four players finished with two goals for Maryland, including three-point performances from junior Matt Rambo and senior Bryan Cole. Freshman faceoff man Austin Henningsen dominated the X, winning 16-20 on the evening.

Austin Henningsen won 16-of-20 faceoffs in the first-ever meeting with Albany in 2016.

• 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. His 20 wins vs. Notre Dame moved his career faceoff-win total to 470.
  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.) - 470
  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 became only the fifth Terp in history to reach 250 career groundballs with eight vs. Notre Dame.
  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. Luke Wierman (2021-present) - 250
  6. Bryn Holmes (2007-10) - 236
  7. Mark Douglas (1988-91) - 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 bacame just the fifth Terp in history with 250 career groundballs with eight vs. Notre Dame.

• True freshman goalies are rare in the history of Maryland men's lacrosse. When Brian Ruppel made his first collegiate start in goal at #4 Princeton on Feb. 25, 2023, he became just the third Terrapin to start in goal as a true freshman since 1993. Coincidentally, the previous two true freshman netminders were also named Brian ...
• Brian "Doc" Dougherty earned his first career start as a true freshman at Towson on May 4, 1993. Dougherty made 23 saves in an 11-8 win over the No. 14 Tigers and earned the starting goalie spot for the final two games of the 1993 season, which included another 20-save effort in Maryland's NCAA tournament game at Army on May 15.
• Injuries to returning All-American Harry Alford and junior Jason Carter forced freshman Brian Phipps to start the first 13 games of the 2007 season. Phipps registered double-digit saves in seven of those 13 games, including a 16-save effort in an 8-7 win over No. 11 Towson on March 10, 2007, en route to being named the 2007 ACC Freshman of the Year.
  most saves by true freshman goalies since 1993
  • 23* - Brian "Doc" Dougherty (at Towson, 5/4/93)
  • 20 - Brian "Doc" Dougherty (at Army, 5/15/93)
  • 16 - Brian Phipps (at Towson, 3/10/07)
  • 15 - Brian Phipps (North Carolina, 3/24/07)
  • 14* - Brian Ruppel (at Princeton, 2/25/23)
  • 14 - Brian Phipps (Vermont, 2/20/07)
  • 14 - Brian Phipps (Lafayette, 3/13/07)
  • 13 - Brian Phipps (at Navy, 4/6/07)
  • 12 - Brian Ruppel (Notre Dame, 3/4/23)
  • 9* - Brian Phipps (Bellarmine, 2/17/07)
  • 9 - Brian Phipps (Georgetown, 2/24/07)
  • 9 - Brian "Doc" Dougherty (UMBC, 5/8/93)
  • 8 - Brian Phipps (at Virginia, 3/31/07)
  • 8 - Brian Phipps (Johns Hopkins, 4/14/07)
  * First career start as a true freshman

RUPPEL AGAIN

The freshman comes up with another huge save and we're headed to 2OT #BeTheBest pic.twitter.com/C8gMoepyfe

— Maryland Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) March 4, 2023

• Senior midfielder Kyle Long is working his way up the ranks on several of Maryland's career lists.
• The Springfield, PA, native's three points vs. No. 2 Notre Dame gave him 129 for his career, moving past C. Rennie Smith (1952-55) and into a tie for 30th place with Pat O'Meally and Colin Heacock.
  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
  31. Colin Heacock (2014-17) - 129
  32. Kyle Long (2019-present) - 129
  33. C. Rennie Smith (1952-55) - 128
  34. Alan Lowe (1965-67) - 124
• Long is also climbing up the career assists chart. He enters the Albany game with 80 carer assists and is tied for 19th on the all-time list. Long is second all-time among Maryland midfielders in career assists, behind only Frank Urso (1973-76) with 81. He passed Anthony DeMaio (75 assists, 2018-22) with his three at then-No. 4 Princeton.
  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
  18. Jim Wilkerson (1980-83) - 81
  19. Brendan Hanley (1985-88) - 80
  20. Kyle Long (2019-present) - 80
  21. Anthony DeMaio (2018-22) - 75
  22. Joe Walters (2003-06) - 74

Three of Kyle Long's 80 career assists have come against Albany.

• Maryland has had a hat trick in 62 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.
• Daniel Maltz, four goals, and Koras, three goals, continued the streak in Maryland's 11-5 win at No. 6 Princeton.
• Murphy and Eric Spanso each tallied three goals in the Terps' 13-12 3OT loss to No. 2 Notre Dame on March 4.

Spanos. Clutch.

He's got his first career hat-trick.

Tied at 10! #BeTheBest pic.twitter.com/gIKtIAKfpC

— Maryland Lacrosse (@TerpsMLax) March 4, 2023

Get To 10 & Win

• Since John Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 141 of the 158 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .892 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 3-1 in 2023 when scoring 10+ with wins over Richmond, Syracuse, and Princeton. The 13-12 3OT loss to Notre Dame on March 4 was the Terps first loss when scoring 10+ goals since the 2021 NCAA title game on 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 106-14 (.883) since 2015 when scoring at least 10 goals.

Holding Opponents To Single-Digits

• Maryland is 117-11 since Tillman took over the program in 2011 when it allows nine goals or less, for a .914 winning percentage.
• Maryland is 2-0 in 2023 when holding opponents to less than 10 goals after a 15-4 win over No. 19 Richmond on Feb. 4 and holding No. 6 Priceton to five goals in an 11-5 Terrapin win on Feb. 25.
• 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.

Maryland has scored in double-digits in every meeting with Albany, including a series-best 24 inside Jones-Hill House in 2022.

• 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 three pole goals, with Geppert adding another tally in the Terps' 15-12 win over No. 16 Syracuse.

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 874-279-4 (.757) 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: 41-4 (.911)
  • 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