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Terps celebrate a goal vs. Ohio State, 4/8/23

Women's Lacrosse

No. 12 Maryland Hosts Ohio State in Big Ten Quarterfinals Saturday

#2 Maryland (12-5, 4-2 B1G)
vs.
#7 Ohio State (5-11, 0-6 B1G)
April 29, 2023
SECU Stadium
4:30 p.m. ET
Big Ten Plus
COLLEGE PARK, MD - The No. 2 seeded Maryland Terrapins will open up the postseason against No. 7 seeded Ohio State in the Big Ten Quarterfinals on Saturday, April 29 at SECU Stadium. The winner will advance to next weeks Big Ten Semifinals, which will take place on Thursday, May 4 at Ohio State with the Championship set for Saturday, May 6. The game will air on Big Ten Plus. 
 
Where we are
  • Maryland enters the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed after a 12-5 regular season and 4-2 record in Big Ten play. The Terps are the reigning Big Ten Tournament Champions and have won four of seven Big Ten Tournaments. 
  • The Terps had seven All-Big Ten honorees, the conference announced on Wednesday. Shaylan Ahearn, Abby Bosco, Eloise Clevenger and Emily Sterling were all named First Team selections and Kori Edmondson, Brianna Lamoureux and Libby May were all selected to the Second Team. 
  • The Terps have won nine of their last 11 games, outscoring its opponents 154-96 over that stretch.
Women's Lacrosse Team Celebration vs. Ohio State
Terps celebrate a goal vs. Ohio State
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.
  • 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 771-155-3 through 49 seasons.
The Boss: Tewaaraton nominee
  • Graduate defender Abby Bosco was selected as a top-25 nominee for lacrosse's most prestigious honor, the Tewaaraton Award, the foundation announced last week.  
  • Bosco leads the Maryland defense, which has held 10 opponents to single digit goals this season.
  • The graduate captain stands second in the Big Ten and ninth in the nation with 37 caused turnovers, ranks fourth in the Big Ten with 37 groundballs and has the fifth-most draw controls in the conference with 74.
draw queen
  • Maryland has been dominant on the draw circle through 16 games, standing with the fourth-best draw control percentage in the nation, winning 61.2 percent of all draw controls this season. The Terps have recorded 15.92 draw controls per game this season, the 14th-best mark in the nation. Shaylan Ahearn stands 10th in the country and leads the Big Ten with 111 draw controls.
  • In the Terps 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 game against #24 Penn, Ahearn had the second best draw control mark of her career with 13 to move into fourth all-time in program history with 269, surpassing Karri Ellen Johnson (2008-12). Ahearn now has 293 career draw controls.
  • Ahearn tallied 115 draw controls last season, the eighth-most in a single season in program history.
  • Another Terp, Abby Bosco, also eclipsed the 200 draw control mark at Villanova and now has 244 in her career. 163 of those have come as a Terp, 81 at Penn, where she played from 2018-21.
Shaylan Ahearn wins draw control at Drexel
Shaylan Ahearn wins draw control at Drexel
big ten Tournament Time
  • The Terps have four Big Ten Tournament championships, winning in three straight seasons from 2016-18 and last season, 2022.
  • Maryland is 11-3 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament and has made the championship game in every season except for 2015. 
  • Maryland has won 15 Conference Tournament Championships in program history, with 10 of those coming since Cathy Reese became the head coach in 2007 (six ACC, four Big Ten). The Terps took home six-straight ACC titles from 2009-14 and three-straight B1G titles from 2016-18.
  • Reese is 26-5 as the coach of Maryland in conference tournament games.
  • The Terps are 56-9 against Big Ten opponents since joining the conference in 2015. 
Big Ten Tournament Champs
2022 Big Ten Champs
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 314-39 as head coach and has led the Terps to five National Championships, 12 Final Fours and 22 Conference Championships.
  • Maryland is 167-6 at home under Reese, with nine undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
  • Reese is 56-9 against Big Ten opponents since joining the conference in 2015 and is 9-1 against Ohio State.
  • Reese has never lost a conference game at home, in the ACC or the Big Ten. 
Cathy Reese and Grace Griffin
history vs. ohio state
  • Maryland leads the all-time series with Ohio State 17-2 and has won eight-straight against the Buckeyes dating back to 2015.
  • The Terps hosted the Buckeyes just three weeks ago and dominated Ohio State, 18-7, behind a program record eight assists from Eloise Clevenger as part of a nine point performance. 
Hannah Leubecker and Eloise Clevenger
Hannah Leubecker and Eloise Clevenger celebrate goal vs. Ohio State, 4/8/23
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Players Mentioned

Grace Griffin

#22 Grace Griffin

M
5' 8"
Graduate Student
Shaylan  Ahearn

#24 Shaylan Ahearn

M
5' 7"
Senior
Abby Bosco

#1 Abby Bosco

D
5' 3"
Graduate Student
Eloise Clevenger

#6 Eloise Clevenger

A
5' 6"
Junior
Brianna Lamoureux

#4 Brianna Lamoureux

D
5' 4"
Senior
Hannah Leubecker

#40 Hannah Leubecker

A
5' 5"
Senior
Libby May

#9 Libby May

A
5' 7"
Senior
Emily Sterling

#33 Emily Sterling

G
5' 5"
Senior
Kori Edmondson

#14 Kori Edmondson

M
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Grace Griffin

#22 Grace Griffin

5' 8"
Graduate Student
M
Shaylan  Ahearn

#24 Shaylan Ahearn

5' 7"
Senior
M
Abby Bosco

#1 Abby Bosco

5' 3"
Graduate Student
D
Eloise Clevenger

#6 Eloise Clevenger

5' 6"
Junior
A
Brianna Lamoureux

#4 Brianna Lamoureux

5' 4"
Senior
D
Hannah Leubecker

#40 Hannah Leubecker

5' 5"
Senior
A
Libby May

#9 Libby May

5' 7"
Senior
A
Emily Sterling

#33 Emily Sterling

5' 5"
Senior
G
Kori Edmondson

#14 Kori Edmondson

5' 8"
Freshman
M