Box Score COLLEGE PARK, MD – No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse defeated Rutgers, 13-8, in its conference home opener at Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex on Sunday. The Terps have never lost a conference home game under
Cathy Reese, going undefeated in each of her 17 seasons at the helm.
Hannah Leubecker scored a season-high six goals in the game.
Maryland (9-1, 2-0 Big Ten) led 6-1 at the end of the first quarter and cruised to its second conference win of the season. Rutgers (5-5, 0-3 Big Ten) cut the lead to 10-8 early in the fourth quarter, but Leubecker netted two goals and Libby May added one to make it three unanswered goals to put the game out of reach. Leubecker notched her fifth hat trick of the season and has 11 goals over her last two games after scoring five against Georgetown.
The Terps defense held the Scarlet Knights to its lowest-scoring output of the season at halftime with just three goals. Emily Sterling made eight saves between the pipes and
Brianna Lamoureux caused a career-high three turnovers.
Meghan Ball also caused two turnovers, picked up two groundballs and won four draw controls against her former team.
May joined the hat trick party with her second of the season, finishing with three goals. Kori Edmondson netted two goals and Eloise Clevenger dished out four assists.
Shaylan Ahearn won eight draw controls and finished with one more than Rutgers as a team (seven).
Maryland improved to 26-1 all-time against Rutgers. The Terps have also won six straight games.
Breaking Down The Action
- Libby May struck first for the Terps notching her 17th goal of the season, Kori Edmondson would add to the lead on the man advantage a minute and a half later sending it to the top left corner. The Terps continued to control the first quarter adding four more goals, (2) by Hannah Leubecker, one from May, and one from Chrissy Thomas. The Scarlet Knights could only score once in the quarter and trailed 6-1 entering the second quarter.
- Rutgers responded strongly, scoring two goals in the second quarter and holding the Terps scoreless as well, trailing 6-3 at the half.
- The third quarter was a back-and-forth affair as both Rutgers and Maryland each scored four goals in the quarter. The Terps' goals were scored by (2) from Leubecker, one apiece from Edmondson and Maggie Weisman. Maryland led 10-7 entering the final quarter.
- Edmondson continued her dominant output adding two more goals in the quarter for her season- high (6) goals to ultimately keep Rutgers out of reach. Libby May scored the Terps third straight goal in the fourth quarter and notched a hat trick for her as well in the game.
Hat Trick Terps
Multi Terps Update
- Hannah Leubecker (six goals and one assist) notched her 53rd career multi-point game and 51st multi-goal game.
- Eloise Clevenger (four assists) had the 43rd multi-point game of her career. It was her 30th game with multiple assists. It was also her 20th with three or more assists.
- Libby May (three goals) recorded the 60th multi-point game of her career. It was her 54th career game with multiple goals.
- Kori Edmondson (two goals) has recorded multiple points with multiple goals in 19 games in her career.
- Chrissy Thomas (one goal and one assist) had the 16th multi-point game of her career.
Terps On The Charts
- Emily Sterling is fourth on the career saves list and added eight in the game. She now has 585 in her career. Third place is Marylynne Morgan (1981-84) with 720 career saves.
- Eloise Clevenger is fifth on the all-time assists list. She had four in the game and has 116 in her career. She's just four from passing Sarah Mollison (2008-11) and claiming the fourth spot.
- Shaylan Ahearn is third in program history with 373 draw control wins. She added to her total with eight on Sunday. Next on the list is Kali Hartshorn (2017-20), who had 421 in her career.
- Hannah Leubecker and Libby May are ninth and 10th respectively on the career goals list. Leubecker has 190 and May has 186. Leubecker passed Kelly Amonte (1993-96) who had 187 goals in her career.
Conference Domination
- In nine seasons in the Big Ten (no 2020 due to COVID-19), Maryland is 47-7 in Big Ten regular season play and 60-10 overall including the Big Ten Tournament.
- Maryland has never lost a Big Ten home game and has gone undefeated in regular season Big Ten play in every season but 2021 and 2023.
Dominating The Series
- Maryland is 26-1 all-time against Rutgers and has won five in a row against the Scarlet Knights, including the 2022 Big Ten Championship game.
- The last time these programs met was in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. The Terps advanced past the Scarlet Knights with a 15-9 win in Columbus behind seven points from Chrissy Thomas (one goal, six assists) and four goals from Eloise Clevenger. Shaylan Ahearn won ten draws and Emily Sterling made eight saves in goal.
Home Cooking
- Maryland is 171-7 at home under head coach Cathy Reese, with eight undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
- The Terps have never lost a conference home game under Reese, going undefeated in each of her 17 seasons.
Numbers To Know
- 0: The Terps have never lost a conference home game under head coach Cathy Reese.
- 3: Maryland held Rutgers to three goals at halftime, which was a season-low for the Scarlet Knights.
- 3: Brianna Lamoureux caused a career-high three turnovers.
- 6: Maryland is riding a six-game winning streak.
- 6: Hannah Leubecker scored a season-high six goals.
- 11: Leubecker has 11 goals over her last two games.
- 16: Chrissy Thomas had her 16th career game with multiple points.
- 19: Kori Edmondson netted multiple goals for the 19th time in her career.
- 20: Eloise Clevenger assisted on three goals for the 20th time in her career.
- 26: The Terps are 26-1 against the Scarlet Knights all-time.
- 31: Libby May recorded a hat trick for the 31st time in her career.
- 34: Leubecker recorded the 34th hat trick of her career.
- 47: Maryland is 47-7 in program history against Big Ten opponents.
- 59: May extended her point-scoring streak to 59 games.
Up Next
- The Terps return to Field Hockey and Women's Lacrosse Complex for a game against Penn on March 27. The game starts at 6 pm and will be aired on Big Ten Network.
