#9 Maryland (6-3) (1-1 B1G) vs. Ohio State (6-5) (1-1 B1G)
April 6, 2024
SECU Stadium
Noon
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MDÂ -Â No. 9 Maryland (5-3) hosts Ohio State at SECU Stadium at noon on Saturday in the Terps' first home conference game.
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13 Terps will be honored postgame for Senior Day:
Eric Malever,
Gabe Goforth,
Jack Koras,
Alex Wicks,
Ajax Zappitello,
Daniel Kelly,
Nick Redd,
Jack McDonald,
Owen Murphy,
Nick Alviti,
Jackson Canfield,
Griffin King and
Colin Sharkey.
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Maryland is 6-3 on the season coming off a thrilling 13-11 win at No. 4 Penn State that saw the Terps come back from a five-goal deficit. The Terps have 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' losses are against No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 4 Virginia and No. 20 Michigan. Maryland has faced ranked opponents in eight of its first nine games.
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Ohio State is 6-5 coming off its first Big Ten win of the season at Rutgers. The Buckeyes also have wins over Utah, Cleveland State, Bellarmine, Air Force and Detroit Mercy as well as losses against Virginia, Cornell, Notre Dame, Penn State and Denver.
series historyÂ
- The Terps are 13-3 all-time against the Buckeyes and are winners of five straight
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In 2023, the Terps came back from as much as a five goal deficit and came away with an overtime win thanks to aÂ
Braden Erksa goal.
- The last time the two teams met in College Park was in 2022 when the No. 1 Terps won 19-12 and clinched the Big Ten Championship.
The Terps came back from five goals down and won in overtime thanks to a goal from
Braden Erksa.Â
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 Michigan, Wierman added 10 more faceoff wins and now has 741 all-time.Â
- Wierman is also climbing up the career groundballs list. With seven groundballs against Michigan, he officially became the second Terp all-time with 400+ groundballs in his career. Thanks to six groundballs at Penn State on Sunday, he now stands at 408 for his career and only trails Andy Claxton and his 451 all-time.
- 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.Â
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%. Â
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. Â
- Behind a nine-save performance at Penn State, McNaney officially became just the fourth Terp ever to eclipse 500 career saves, now standing at 502.Â
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.Â
- 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 29th all-time with 145 career points and 13th all-time with 110 career goals. Against Michigan on March 23, Maltz led the Terps with four points on three goals and an assist.Â
- Maltz also notched an extra-man goal against the Wolverines, putting him in a three-way tie for fifth all-time in EMO goals with 16 in his career. Joe Walters stands No. 1 in that category with 20 extra-man goals to his name.
- Most recently, Maltz scored two goals within eight seconds in the fourth quarter at Penn State.Â
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 64Â CT's, two coming last week at Penn State, he's now in sole possession of No. 12.
- Zappitello is one of just 16 Terps to eclipse 50 caused turnovers.Â
- He has caused at least one turnover in every single game this season, and has multiple in seven of nine games. He had two at Penn State along with six groundballs.
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.Â
- 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.
10: The magic number
- Since John Tillman took over the program in 2011, Maryland has won 157Â of the 179Â games in which it has scored 10 or more goals for a .877Â winning percentage.
- Most recently, the Terps scored 13 goals, including six in the fourth quarter, in a big comeback win at Penn State.Â
- 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 49Â 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.Â
Maryland has won 49 consecutive games when it holds its opponents to single digits.
History of success
- Maryland has an all-time record of 888-286-4 (.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.Â
- 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 39-8Â (.830) in conference play.Â
The Terps won the 2022 National Championship with a perfect 18-0 record.Â
