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No. 8 Maryland Opens Big Ten Play At No. 20 Michigan

#8 Maryland (5-2) (0-0 B1G) at  #20 Michigan (5-3) (0-0 B1G)
March 23, 2024
U-M Lacrosse Stadium
2:30 PM
BTN
COLLEGE PARK, MD - No. 8 Maryland will begin conference play on Saturday when it travels to Ann Arbor to face No. 20 Michigan at 2:30 pm on Big Ten Network. 

Maryland is 5-w on the season, with three overtime wins (at No. 19 Richmond, at No. 7 Syracuse, Brown). The Terps also have home wins over No. 12 Loyola and No. 11 Princeton. The Terps' two losses come against No. 6 Notre Dame and No. 4 Virginia. 

Michigan is 5-3 on the season. The Wolverines have wins over Canisius, Hobart, Marquette, Jacksonville and No. 19 Delaware. Their losses have come against No. 3 Virginia, No. 19 Harvard and No. 2 Notre Dame.

The Terps are a conference-best 38-7 (.844) in Big Ten games since joining the league in 2015. Since joining the Big Ten in 2015, the Terps have won at least a share of the Big Ten regular season title six out of a possible eight times (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022). 

series history 
  • The Terps are 10-2 against the Wolverines all-time and won the first 10 games of the series. Michigan won both games last season.
  • Maryland was last in Ann Arbor during the 2022 season which saw the undefeated No. 1-ranked Terps 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.
Jack Brennan (41). #7 Maryland Terrapins vs. #15 Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament Championship at Homewood Field in Baltimore, MD on Saturday, May 6, 2023.Taylor McLaughlin/Maryland Athletics
The Terps are 10-2 against the Wolverines all-time. 
About the 2024 terps
  • The Terps welcome back a large number of key returners from the 2023 team, including defenseman Ajax Zappitello, faceoff specialist Luke Wierman, attackmen Braden Erksa, Daniel Maltz and Daniel Kelly, and midfielders Jack Koras, Jack Brennan, Eric Spanos, Zach Whittier and Owen Murphy. Zappitello and Wierman were both First Team All Big-Ten and All-Americans last season while Erksa was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
  • Zappitello will don the heralded and historic number one jersey for the Terps. 
  • In total, the Terps return over 90 percent of last year's goal scoring.
  • The Terps also get back two key pieces from season-ending injuries suffered in 2022 NCAA Tournament MOP Logan McNaney and attackman Eric Malever who totaled 48 points (26G, 22A). 
Defense Ajax Zappitello (1)Men's Lacrosse vs. Syracuse  at JMA Dome  in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Brieanna Andrews/Maryland Terrapins
Ajax Zappitello is the second consecutive close defenseman to wear the Maryland No. 1 jersey. 
Wierman In the record books
  • With his 12th of 17 face-off wins against Richmond on Feb. 3, Luke Wierman became Maryland's all-time program leader in face-off wins. He broke Andy Claxton's record of 648 that had stood for over three decades. Against Virginia, Wierman added 16 more faceoff wins and now has 731 all-time. 
  • Wierman is also climbing up the career groundballs list and is just about to become the second Terp all-time with 400+ groundballs in his career. 
  • With a game-high 11 groundballs vs. Virginia, Wierman is now at 395 career groundballs.
  • Wierman set yet another program record against Princeton on Feb. 24, 2024 as he won a remarkable 20 of 23 faceoffs for 87%, marking the highest faceoff win percentage in program history for those who won a minimum of 20 faceoffs. 
Faceoff Luke Wierman (52)Maryland Men's Lacrosse vs. Princeton at Secu Stadium in College Park, MD on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins
Luke Wierman set Maryland's all-time single-game faceoff percentage record against Princeton on Feb. 24 when he won 20 of 23 for 87%.  
McNaney Returns, continues to climb rankings
  • When Logan McNaney started in cage at Richmond on Saturday, Feb. 3, it marked his first game action in just under a year. After suffering a season-ending ACL injury against Loyola last season, McNaney missed the remainder of the 2023 season. Against the Spiders, McNaney played all 65:05 minutes and made 13 saves, including two in overtime. 
  • McNaney followed up that performance with 12 saves against Loyola, holding the Greyhounds to just four goals for their lowest scoring total since 2017. He then made a season-high 14 saves at Syracuse followed by 10 saves vs. Princeton. 
  • McNaney has 482 career saves, good for fourth all-time. He is just 18 saves away from becoming just the fourth Terp ever to eclipse 500 career saves. 
Goalie Logan McNaney (30)Maryland Men's Lacrosse vs. Brown at Secu Stadium in College Park, MD on Saturday, Mar. 9, 2024. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins
Logan McNaney was named to the USILA Team of the Week on both Feb. 13 and Feb. 20.
Maltz Reaches 100 Career goals, Moving up the career points list
  • Daniel Maltz scored the game's first goal between the Terps and Fighting Irish and officially cemented himself as the 18th Terp in program history to score at least 100 points. 
  • Additionally, starting with C. Rennie Smith, who totaled 128 career points from 1955-58, a total of 61 Maryland men's lacrosse student-athletes have reached the 100-point milestone for their careers. Maltz is the latest Terp on the 100-career-points list after his four points vs. Notre Dame on March 3, 2023.
  • Maltz currently sits 30th all-time with 139 career points and 15th all-time with 105 career goals. Two weeks ago he had a four-goal performance vs. Brown on March 9, which included the game-winning goal less than a minute into overtime. 
Daniel Maltz
Maltz reached the 100-goal mark on March 3 against the Irish.
Zappitello on the caused turnover charts
  • Ajax Zappitello is climbing the career caused turnovers list. With 60 CT's, he's just two back of Bryn Holmes at No. 12 with 620.
  • With two caused turnovers against Virginia, Zappitello passed former teammate Brett Makar's 59 career caused turnovers. 
  • Zappitello is one of just 16 Terps to eclipse 50 caused turnovers. 
Defense Ajax Zappitello (1)Men's Lacrosse vs. Syracuse  at JMA Dome  in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Brieanna Andrews/Maryland Terrapins
Zappitello caused three turnovers at No. 7 Syracuse on Feb. 17.
Overtime is terp time
  • In three of the first six games this season, the Terps have found themselves in overtime---coming out victorious in all three.
  • Owen Murphy got the job done in Maryland's season opener at Richmond, connecting from deep in 2OT. SSDM George Stamos was the unlikely hero at Syracuse, notching the game-winner off a successful Maryland clear. Daniel Maltz notched the winner against Brown, coming off a feed from Braden Erksa
  • Maryland went 2-1 in overtime games last season, with overtime wins at No.1 Virginia and at No. 19 Ohio State.
  • The Terps are 15-8 in overtime games under John Tillman and have won five straight dating back to last season.
Attack Daniel Maltz (37)Maryland Men's Lacrosse vs. Brown at Secu Stadium in College Park, MD on Saturday, Mar. 9, 2024. Mackenzie Miles/Maryland Terrapins
Three different Terps have score game-winner in overtime this season (Owen Murphy, George Stamos and Daniel Maltz)
10: The magic number
  • Since John Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 156 of the 177 games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .881 winning percentage.
  • Maryland is 122-11 since Tillman took over the program in 2011 when it allows nine goals or less for a .917 winning percentage. The Terps have won 49 games in a row when holding foes to less than 10 goals.
  • Most recently, the Terps held Princeton to seven goals in a game the Terps never trailed. Logan McNaney made 10 saves while Luke Wierman won 20 of 23 faceoffs to help the Terps dominate possession. 
Men's Lacrosse vs. Syracuse  at JMA Dome  in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Brieanna Andrews/Maryland Terrapins
Maryland has won 49 consecutive games when it holds its opponents to single digits.
History of success
  • Maryland has an all-time record of 887-285-4 (.756), 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 98 seasons. The program reached the 800-win milestone with a 12-6 victory on April 12, 2017, at Albany.
  • The Terps boast four NCAA Championships, 28 Final Four appearances and 522 All-Americans. 
  • With a 14-9 win at No. 5 Johns Hopkins on May 4, 2023 in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinal, the Terps extended their streak of double-digit win seasons to 20, the longest active streak in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse. The streak also coincides with the Terps making 20 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, also the longest such streak in the country in NCAA Division I men's lacrosse.
  • Since joining the Big Ten in 2015, Maryland is 38-7 (.844) in conference play. The 38 wins are 14 more than Johns Hopkins, which has 24. Penn State and Rutgers each have 23 wins, Ohio State has 20, and Michigan has seven.
2022 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Champions
The Terps won the 2022 National Championship with a perfect 18-0 record. 
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Players Mentioned

Brett Makar

#1 Brett Makar

D
6' 1"
Graduate Student
Jack Brennan

#41 Jack Brennan

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6' 3"
Graduate Student
Braden Erksa

#10 Braden Erksa

A
6' 0"
Sophomore
Daniel Kelly

#45 Daniel Kelly

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6' 1"
Senior
Jack Koras

#22 Jack Koras

M
6' 0"
Senior
Eric Malever

#4 Eric Malever

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6' 1"
Senior
Daniel Maltz

#37 Daniel Maltz

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6' 2"
Senior
Logan McNaney

#30 Logan McNaney

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5' 10"
Graduate Student
Owen Murphy

#55 Owen Murphy

A/M
6' 0"
Senior
Eric Spanos

#7 Eric Spanos

A/M
6' 5"
Junior
George Stamos

#54 George Stamos

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6' 0"
Sophomore
Zach Whittier

#13 Zach Whittier

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6' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Brett Makar

#1 Brett Makar

6' 1"
Graduate Student
D
Jack Brennan

#41 Jack Brennan

6' 3"
Graduate Student
M
Braden Erksa

#10 Braden Erksa

6' 0"
Sophomore
A
Daniel Kelly

#45 Daniel Kelly

6' 1"
Senior
A
Jack Koras

#22 Jack Koras

6' 0"
Senior
M
Eric Malever

#4 Eric Malever

6' 1"
Senior
A
Daniel Maltz

#37 Daniel Maltz

6' 2"
Senior
A
Logan McNaney

#30 Logan McNaney

5' 10"
Graduate Student
G
Owen Murphy

#55 Owen Murphy

6' 0"
Senior
A/M
Eric Spanos

#7 Eric Spanos

6' 5"
Junior
A/M
George Stamos

#54 George Stamos

6' 0"
Sophomore
M
Zach Whittier

#13 Zach Whittier

6' 0"
Junior
M