COLLEGE PARK, MD – No. 11 Maryland women's lacrosse dominated William & Mary, 22-4, on Wednesday afternoon at SECU Stadium to get back in the win column and move to 4-3 overall this season.
"Proud of our team's effort today," said head coach
Cathy Reese. "We talk a lot about the little things and a lot of our categories and team goals and we did a great job in executing them. We shot over 50-percent, our eight meters were better, we did a great job with draw controls. Across the board to have as many different scorers as we did and have as many assists we had shows how well balanced we are and the potential our offense has. Tonight was great for us coming off the last couple of games."
Eleven different Terps scored a goal with freshmen
Kori Edmondson and
Emma Muchnick leading the way with career-highs of four goals apiece. Overall, 14 different players had at least one point and seven had multiple points.
Libby May had her third hat trick of the season while
Hannah Leubecker had three goals and one assist and
Victoria Hensh had two goals and an assist.
Natalie Pansini and Maddy Sterling each scored the first goal of their collegiate careers. The Terps' other goals came from Eloise Clevenger, Shannon Smith, Kate Sites and Jordyn Lipkin. Clevenger had three assists, her fifth game this season with multiple assists.
In the goal, Emily Sterling made seven saves for the Terps before giving way to
Julia Hammerschlag, who made one save in the forth.
Shaylan Ahearn won 12 draw controls as the Terps dominated. It was Ahearn's sixth career game with double-figure draw controls.
The 22 goals were a season-high and most since scoring 25 in a 25-13 win vs. Northwestern on May 24, 2019 in the NCAA Semifinals. Ten of the goals came from freshmen.
Maryland outshot the Tribe, 43-18. William & Mary (2-4) had four players score one goal.
Breaking Down The Action
- After William & Mary scored the opening goal, the Terps scored six of the next seven goals to take a commanding 6-2 lead on Pansini's tally. Lipkin added another with nine seconds left in the first quarter for a 7-3 Maryland edge after the first quarter. Six different Terps scored in the first quarter with May tallying a pair.
- Maryland scored all seven of the game's goals in the second quarter with Leubecker notching two as the Terps led 14-3 at intermission.
- The Terps added four more goals in the third quarter to extended their lead to 18-4.
- Maryland added four more goals in the fourth quarter, two from Muchnick.
Multi-Terps Update
- May (three goals) had her fifth game this season with multiple goals and now has 35 career games with two or more goals in 51 career games as a Terp. It was also her 21st career hat trick.
- Leubecker (three goals and one assist) had her fifth game this season with multiple goals and now has 36 career games with multiple goals in 51 career games.
- Clevenger (one goal, three assists) has multiple assists in five games this season and multiple points in six of seven games. In her career, she now has 23 games with multiple points and 15 games with multiple assists in 41 career games.
- Smith notched a goal and assist for her 13th game as a Terp with multiple points.
- Hensh (two goals, one assist) had her second game this season with multiple points and seventh in her career.
- Edmondson had a hat trick for the second game in row and finished with a career-high four goals. This was her second career game with multiple points.
- Muchnick's hat trick was her had the first multi-goal and first multi-point game in her career.
Home Cooking
- Maryland is 161-6 at home under head coach Cathy Reese, with nine undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
- Last time the Terps played in SECU Stadium (2019), Maryland went 11-0, including wins over No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Syracuse, No. 7 Michigan and No. 8 Penn.
- The Terps have never lost a conference home game under Reese, going undefeated in each of her 16 seasons.
The Series With The Tribe
- The Terps now hold a 29-6 advantage all-time and have won 22 in a row with the Tribes last win coming in 1989.
- William & Mary head coach Colleen Dawson played at Maryland from 2008-11, helping the Terps to three consecutive ACC Championships and the 2010 NCAA Championship. The scholar-athlete also excelled in the classroom, where she earned ACC Student-Athlete Honor Roll recognition and was a member of the Leadership Group.
- William & Mary assistant coach Theo Kwas played at Maryland from 2014-17, helping the Terps win three National Championships (2014, 2015 & 2017)
Numbers To Know
- 1: Maddy Sterling and Pansini scroed their first-career goals in the win.
- 1: Maggie Weisman had her first-career assist.
- 4: Edmondson and Muchnick each had a career-high two goals.
- 11: Terps scored goals in the game
- 14: Terps had points in the game.
- 227: Shaylan Ahearn added to her career total of draw controls (227) after recording 12 vs. William & Mary as she stands fifth all-time at Maryland. Next on the list at No. 4 is Karri Ellen Johnson (254 from 2008-12)
Up Next
- The Terps head to Villanova for a Saturday matchup with Wildcats (4-1) on Saturday at 1 p.m.
