After opening its 2024 season with a 2-0 win over Lehigh, Maryland got its home schedule started against Stony Brook. The Terps got the scoring started early, as Kelsey Smith picked up her first collegiate goal in the second minute. A penetrating pass from Ava Morales gave Smith a clear run on goal, with Smith chipping the ball over the keeper to give the Terps the lead. Stony Brook would answer in the 10th minute to level the game at 1-1. Just before halftime, Lisa McIntyre pounced on a loose ball near the penalty area, starting her account in the 2024 season with a finesse shot around the goalie to put the Terps back on top. Stony Brook answered, scoring in the 43rd minute to make it a 2-2 game at the half. Liz Beardsley made some crucial saves for the Terps in the second half, including a diving stop in the 53rd minute to keep the game level. 

• The Terrapins and the Eagles have met nine times in the all-time series, with the Terps holding the advantage with a record of 6-0-3. The two teams met last season in an opening season match, playing to a 0-0 draw at American.
•  It was a defensive battle for most of the game, as both teams' kept either offense from generating many chances. Both teams notched three attempts on goal in the game. Goalkeeper Liz Beardsley made her debut for the Terps, making a pair of saves en route to the shutout.
  

Liz Beardsley was in goal for last season's match against American, which ended in a 0-0 draw. It was the first of six shutouts for the goalkeeper during the 2023 season

•  In Maryland's 2-0 win over Lehigh, the Terps extended their unbeaten streak in season openers to eight. In those eight games, the Terps have a record of 5-0-3.
• Dating back to the 1995 season, the Terps are 21-4-5 in season opening games. The streak started on Sept. 3, 1995 with a 6-0 win for Maryland over Virginia Tech in College Park. In season openers away from home, The Terps are 9-3-2 dating back to 1995.
• With its 2-2 draw against Stony Brook on Sunday, Maryland extended its unbeaten streak in home opening games to  eight. The streak began on Aug. 18, 2017 with a 2-1 win over Drexel. In these eight home openers, the Terps have a record of 4-0-4.

The Terps extended their unbeaten streak in season-openers to eight consecutive games. In their last eight season openers, the Terps hold a record of 5-0-3.

• Multiple returning Terps also had their own firsts in the team's opening week.
• Kennedy Bell opened the scoring for the Terps with a right-footed shot in the 24th minute in its 2-0 win over Lehigh. The goal for Bell was her first collegiate goal. Bell made the move to winger in 2024, after playing as a right back in 2023. Bell finished the 2023 season with one assist while playing primarily as a defender.
• Ava Morales delivered the assist to set up the opening goal by Bell. For the junior Morales, it marked the first assist for the junior midfielder. Morales was the leading goal scorer for the Terps during the 2023 season with three.
• Tahirah Turnage-Morales got the start for the Terps at center back in the season-opener, the first start for the defender in almost two years. Turnage-Morales missed the entire 2023 season due to injury, and saw her first action for the Terps since Oct. 23, 2022 at Purdue. Turnage-Morales' last start as a Terp came on Oct. 20, 2022 at Indiana.
• Kelsey Smith scored her first collegiate goal in Maryland's 2-2 draw against Stony Brook. Smith is playing her second season with the Terps after playing in all 18 games in 2023. Smith missed the 2022 season due to an injury.

Kelsey Smith scored the first goal for the Terps in their 2-2 draw against Stony Brook on Sunday. The goal for Smith was the first for the redshirt sophomore in her collegiate career.

• Liz Beardsley continues to be a stalwart in goal for the Terps. Beardsely made 12 saves in the season's first week, and is currently one of the nation's top shot stoppers. Beardsley ranks in the top 30 nationally in saves through the first two games of the season, and currently leads the Big Ten in saves.
• Beardsley was a key force in goal for the Terps during the 2023 season. Beardsley made 67 saves in 2023 for the Terps. Beardsley helped lead the team to six shutouts last season. Her six shutouts a season ago were the most for a Maryland goalkeeper since 2014.

Liz Beardsley has been impressive in goal for the squad through first two games. Beardsley has 12 saves through two games, including some huge stopsin the second half of Maryland's 2-2 draw on Sunday that kept the game on level terms.

• American comes into this game after a 1-1 draw against George Washington in its season-opener, and a loss at VMI 1-0. After George Washington scored a goal late in the first half, American's Bella Vozar scored the equalizer in the 45th minute to make it a 1-1 tie at the half. American out-shot George Washington 14-11, controlling most of the possession. In American's 1-0 loss to VMI, American once again controlled possession, but couldn't find the back of the net. American held VMI to just two shots on goal, but a penalty kick goal in the 59th minute was the difference in the match.
• The team's leading goalscorer so far this season is Bella Vozar. Vozar scored the lone goal for the Eagles this season in their draw with George Washington on Aug. 15. Leading the team in assists is Olivia Simmons, who set up the goal for Vozar in the season-opener. The Eagles have put up a high number of shots through their first two games, averaging 16 total to start the season.
• In goal the The Eagles are led by Addison Roemer. Roemer has made two saves so far this season, thanks in part to a strong defense in front of goal. The Eagles have allowed just 16 shots this season, with only four being on target.

Ellie Egeland