COLLEGE PARK, MD – Second-seeded and 12th-ranked Maryland beat seventh-seeded Ohio State, 11-7, to advance to the 2023 Big Ten Tournament Semifinals. The Terps will take on No. 6 seed Rutgers at 6 p.m., in Columbus, Ohio, in a game that will air on Big Ten Network on Thursday, May 4. A rematch of last season's conference championship game.
"What a fun day in College Park with the Spring Game, leading into our game and now we get to go watch the men's game," said head coach
Cathy Reese. "Proud of our team for coming away with a win. Really great day on the draw, Shay was in control all day. Looking forward to go to Columbus next weekend and play Rutgers in the semifinals."
Maryland improved to 13-5 overall overall while the Buckeyes finish their season at 5-12.
Libby May scored four goals, including her 50th of the season as she posted her 27th career hat trick.
Kori Edmondson and
Kate Sites each netted two goals.
After posting a school-record eight assists in the previous meeting with Ohio State this season, Eloise Clevenger had five assists for a total of 12 assists against the Buckeyes this season.
Shaylan Ahearn and Chrissy Thomas each had a goal and assist for the Terps. Shannon Smith also scored for the Terps.
Ahearn recorded the 300th draw control of her career in the win to become the fourth Terp to ever reach the milestone. Maryland dominated at the draw all afternoon, winning 19-of-22, including winning the first nine of the game. Ahearn won eight draws
In the goal, Emily Sterling made 10 saves, allowing just six goals.
Caly O'Brien led the Buckeyes with three goals.
Breaking Down The Action
- Maryland scored two goals in the first 1:23 as Ahearn and Edmondson tallied early goals. Ohio State evened the game on a free-position goal by Annie Hargraves with 6:47 left in the first quarter. The Terps reeled off the next three goals to finish the quarter with Sites, Edmondson and May scoring goals to put Maryland up 5-2 after 15 minutes.
- In the second quarter, Ohio State scored two of the first three goals to creep back within two goals, at 6-4. Thomas' rebound goal off her own shot that went off the goalpost put the Terps up 7-4 heading into halftime.
- Ohio State scored two of the three goals in the third quarter to draw within two at 8-6. May scored the Terps' only goal of the period.
- Sites and May each scored in the fourth to give the Terps a 10-6 lead.
B1G Tourney Time
- Maryland is now 12-3 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament and has made the championship game in every season except for 2015.
- The Terps have four Big Ten Tournament championships, winning in three straight seasons from 2016-18 and last season, 2022.
- 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 27-5 as the coach of Maryland in conference tournament games.
- The Terps are 56-9 against Big Ten opponents since joining the conference in 2015.
Terps On The Charts
- Ahearn became the fourth Terp in history to post 300 career draw controls with eight in the game to give her 301 in her career. Next on the list is No. 3 Lizzie Colson, who had 324 from 2017-21. The all-time time draw controls record is held by Taylor Cummings, who had 509 from 2013-16.
- Sterling holds stead at seventh in career saves with 10 in the game. She now has 465. Next up is No. 6 Brittany Dipper, who had 490 from 2009-12. The all-time saves record is held by Alex Kahoe, who had 968 from 1997-2000.
- When it comes to single-season charts, Clevenger moved to a tie for ninth on the all-time single-season assists lists with four in the game to give her 44 this season to tie with Kelly Kaspar (44 in 2008). She's passed Quinn Carney (43 in 2000). Next up is Sarah Mollison with 45 in 2011.
Multi-Terps Update
- May (four goals) recorded her 13th multi-point game, 12th multi-goal game, and ninth hat trick in 16 games this season. In her career, she now has 47 multi-point games, 43 multi-goal games and 27 hat tricks in 60 career games.
- In her freshman season, Edmondson (two goals) has recorded multiple points in 10 games with multiple goals in all of them, and hat tricks in nine games.
- Clevenger (five assists) had her 13th multi-point game this season and 11 multi-assist games this year. In her career, she now has 30 multi-point games and 20 multi-assist games.
- Thomas (one goal, one assist) had her seventh multi-point game this season.
- Sites (two goals) had her first multi-goal of the season and third multi-goal game of her career.
- Ahearn (one goal and one assist) recorded her sixth multi-goal game this season and 11th multi-point game this year. In her career, she now has 12 multi-goal games and 22 multi-point games.
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 an amazing 168-6 at home under Reese, with nine undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
- Reese is 57-9 against Big Ten opponents since joining the conference in 2015 and is 10-1 against Ohio State.
- Reese has never lost a conference game at home, in the ACC or the Big Ten.
Numbers To Know
- 13: Clevenger had 13 assists against Ohio State this season with five on Saturday and a school-record eight in the first meeting.
- 17: The Terps doiminated in draw controls, 17-3.
- 18: The Terps are now 18-2 all-time against Ohio State.
- 44: Clevenger now has 44 assists this season, tied for the ninth-most in a single-season at Maryland.
- 57: As head coach, Reese is 57-9 against Big Ten opponents since the Terps joined the Big Ten in 2015.
- 168: Maryland is now 168-6 all-time at home under Reese with an 8-1 mark this season.
The Series With Ohio State
- Maryland now leads the all-time series with Ohio State 18-2 and has won nine-straight against the Buckeyes dating back to 2015.
- The Terps hosted the Buckeyes three weeks ago and dominated Ohio State, 18-7, behind a program record eight assists from Clevenger as part of a nine-point performance.
Up Next
- The Terps will take on No. 6 seed Rutgers in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals as the Scarlet Knights were upset winners over No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins, 15-14, on Saturday. Maryland and Rutgers will play 6 p.m., on Thursday, May 4 in a game that airs on the
