Women's Lacrosse To Face James Madison In Second Round

Sunday, May 12

College Park, MD

12:30 PM

Maryland

James Madison

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Women's Lacrosse To Face James Madison In Second Round

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#4 Maryland (13-5) vs. James Madison (14-5)

May 12, 2024

Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex

12:30 p.m. ET

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COLLEGE PARK, MD - The No. 4 seeded Terps enter the second round of the NCAA Tournament this Sunday against James Madison at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. The contest will air live on ESPN Plus at 12:30 p.m.

Parking is free in Lot 11b for Sunday's game. Tickets can be purchased here.

Where we are

Maryland advanced to the second round of the dance after taking down Robert Morris, 17-1, in the first ever meeting between the two programs. James Madison defeated Penn State in the opening round to secure their place in the second round.
Kate Sites led the Terps with four goals against the Colonials, while Kori Edmondson and Hannah Leubecker both netted hat tricks. Julia Hammerschlag tallied six saves in the cage, a new career high.
The Terps enter the day at 13-5 overall with six regular season wins over top-25 teams and three wins over top-5 teams, including then-ranked No. 5 Syracuse, No. 2 James Madison and No. 2 Michigan.
Earning the fourth seed in the tournament, the Terps are looking to make a strong run with top-players Meghan Ball, Shaylan Ahearn, and Eloise Clevenger who all earned First-Team All-Big Team honors.
Maryland finished the regular season with a perfect, 9-0, record on the road. The Terps closed out conference play at 4-2 and collected wins against Ohio State, Rutgers, Michigan and Johns Hopkins.
Ball and Emily Sterling were selected as Tewaaraton Nominees at the conclusion of the regular season.
Maryland led the conference with eight All-Big Ten honorees. Ahearn, Ball and Clevenger were named to the First Team. Five Terps - Edmondson, Leubecker, Kennedy Major, Libby May and Sterling - were selected to the Second Team, the most in the Big Ten. Julia Hammerschlag collected the Sportsmanship Team honor.

Goalkeeper Carly Peterson (37), Midfielder Maddy Sterling (17), Defender Meghan Ball (29), Midfielder Lexi Dupcak (16), Defender Kennedy Major (44), Goalkeeper Emily Sterling (33), Defender Sophie Halus (25)Maryland Women's Lacrosse vs. Robert Morris in Round 1 of the NCAA Tournament at The Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex in College Park, Md. on Friday, May. 10, 2024. Brieanna Andrews/Maryland Terrapins

The Terps after defeating Robert Morris, 17-1, in the first round, May 10, 2024

Championship facility

The Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex completed renovations this fall, achieving a comprehensive enhancement of the facility transforming the existing 5,500 square foot facility into a 17,193 square foot team house.
The facility features larger, separated locker rooms for Field Hockey and Women's Lacrosse student-athletes with spacious team rooms with all-new technologies, an increased Sports Medicine room with new rehabilitative and recovery equipment, inclusive of hydrotherapy space, a signature lobby to recognize and celebrate the championships and success of both programs, a relocated fan entrance for ease of access to the complex seating areas and a second floor addition with coaching offices and meeting spaces.
This season, Terp Nation set a new attendance record at the Complex with 2,400 in attendance on April 6.

New attendance record for a women's lacrosse game set on April 6, 2024

2024 standouts

Hannah Leubecker leads Maryland in scoring with 50 goals. She ranks second in points behind Eloise Clevenger who leads the team in points (75), as well as assists (49). She averages 2.8 assists per game, leading the Big Ten, and 4.2 points per game ranking fifth in the conference.
Maryland's 'Defender U' defensive unit currently ranks second in the conference and eighth in the nation in scoring defense (8.39). They allowed just one goal from Robert Morris on Friday, the fewest goals allowed in a tournament game since they held New Hampshire to one goal in 1980.
Chrissy Thomas has tallied 23 points in her last six games, from 12 goals and 11 assists. The senior added two assists against the Colonials on Friday.
Meghan Ball has been a leader on Mayland's defense all season. She leads the team in ground balls and caused turnovers with 35 apiece. She ranks third in the conference in caused turnovers per game (1.90).
Emily Sterling continues her outstanding play in net for the Terps. She owns the fifth-best save percentage in the country of .526. Sterling leads the conference in saves per game (9.80). The Maryland goalkeeper unit, including Julia Hammerschlag and Carly Peterson, owns the third-best save percentage in the nation at .535.

Meghan Ball against Robert Morris, May 10, 2024

Draw Queens

Shaylan Ahearn, a First Team All-Big Ten selection, continued her dominance in the draw circle in the opening round with eight controls. After taking a heavy majority of the draws this season, Ahearn and the Terps own a 63 percent win rate, the sixth-best in the country.
Ahearn ranks third all-time in career draws (414) and ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 5.17 draws per game. She is looking to become second all-time in career draws as she is only seven away from Kali Hartshorn (2017-20) at 421.
Ahearn, Meghan Ball and Shannon Smith combine for 81 percent of the 270 team draw controls. Ahearn leads the team with 93 draws, followed by Ball with 69 and Smith with 57.

Midfielder Shaylan Ahearn (24)Maryland Women's Lacrosse vs. Robert Morris in Round 1 of the NCAA Tournament at The Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex in College Park, Md. on Friday, May. 10, 2024. Brieanna Andrews/Maryland Terrapins

Shaylan Ahearn taking the draw against Robert Morris, May 10, 2024

Dominance Under Reese

Head Coach Cathy Reese is in her 18th season at the helm of Maryland women's lacrosse. The winningest coach in program history, Reese is 330-46 as head coach and has led the Terps to five National Championships, 12 Final Fours and 22 Conference Championships.
Maryland is 172-11 at home under Reese, with eight undefeated home campaigns in the last 11 seasons (2013, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '19, '21).
Reese is the fifth all-time winningest active head coach and the sixth-winningest coach of all-time in Division 1 women's lacrosse at 360-75. Former Maryland head coach Cindy Timchal is the all-time winningest women's lacrosse coach with 578 wins.

Cathy Reese Maryland Women's Lacrosse at Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2024. Brieanna Andrews/Maryland Terrapins

Cathy Reese with team at Johns Hopkins, April 10, 2024

history vs. James madison

The Terps hold an impressive 43-6 record against James Madison all-time, and have won 13 of the last 16 games
The programs met earlier this season when then-No. 9 Maryland took down the No. 2 Dukes, 11-8, in College Park.
Maryland faced a 5-2 deficit in the first half before scoring eight of the game's next nine goals to take a commanding 10-6 lead early in the fourth quarter. The go-ahead goal was scored by Eloise Clevenger and the Terps dominated the rest of the way. Clevenger finished with two goals and two assists.
Emily Sterling made 14 saves, many of which occurred at point-blank range, to anchor Maryland's defense. The defense led by Meghan Ball, Brianna Lamoureux and Kennedy Major provided an overall valiant effort to slow down James Madison. Major had four caused turnovers to lead the team. Lamoureux had a team-best four ground balls. Ball topped the team with five draw controls. The Dukes entered the game averaging 18.8 goals per game and were held to eight and just three in the second half.