25 for 25 — The Top 25 Moments From The Last 25 Years

Maryland Athletics is celebrating the first 25 years of the 21st century by looking back at some of the greatest Terrapin moments across all of our sports. Listed by date, these games, moments or highlights represented the best of the University of Maryland from 2001-25. Join us each week in the month of December as we look back at some of the greatest moments in Maryland history.

Note: Moments had to take place from Jan. 2001 to Dec. 2025 to be considered.

Women's Lacrosse

May 25, 2014

Maryland leads wire-to-wire to win its first NCAA Championship in four seasons.

Top-seeded Maryland captured its 12th national title Sunday with a 15-12 victory against No. 2 seed Syracuse in front of a record crowd of 10,311 at the 2014 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

Maryland (23-1) was led in scoring by lone senior starter Beth Glaros, who notched five goals. Taylor Cummings, Brooke Griffin and Kristen Lamon added hat tricks. The Terrapins boasted a 16-13 advantage in the draw circle, including eight from Cummings, en route to their first national championship since 2010.

Maryland's offense erupted from the onset, posting a commanding 5-0 run in the first 4:20 of the game. After Lamon began the drive with a score 43 seconds in the contest, Glaros and Cummings each found the back of the net for a 3-0 Terrapin lead. Lamon extended the cushion to four after an incredible feed from Kelly McPartland before the All-American midfielder gave Maryland its fifth consecutive goal at 25:40.

“What an amazing night this is for our Maryland lacrosse program," head coach Cathy Reese said. "Our girls came out and fought hard from the opening whistle until the end. Lacrosse is a game of runs and there were a lot of them tonight. We really stuck together and played the full 60 minutes and we are really excited to come away with the national championship.”

Women's Lacrosse

May 24, 2015

Maryland overcomes three-goal halftime deficit to capture back-to-back championships for the first time since 2000-01.

The Maryland women's lacrosse team overcame the biggest halftime upset in championship history to capture the Terrapins' 13th national championship and second consecutive title Sunday night.

The top-seeded Terps defeated No. 2-seed North Carolina, 9-8, after being down 6-3 at halftime. Maryland was led offensively by Taylor Cummings (3G, 2A) and Megan Whittle (3G, 1A).

“What a great night for the Terps,” head coach Cathy Reese said. “I'm really proud of my team's effort tonight, especially in the second half. These guys came out and fought hard every possession against a really good Carolina team.”

Cummings, Megan Douty, Kelly McPartland, and Whittle were named to the all-tournament team. Cummings, a 2015 Tewaaraton finalist, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player for the second straight season after posting five goals, six assists, 12 draw controls, and two caused turnovers in the Final Four.

Baseball

June 1, 2015

Maryland upsets overall No. 1-seed UCLA in the 2015 NCAA Los Angeles Regionals to advance to its second straight NCAA Super Regional

Freshman RHP Taylor Bloom and junior RHP Kevin Mooney combined to three hit top overall seed UCLA as the Maryland baseball team captured the Los Angeles Regional title with a 2-1 victory over the host Bruins Monday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

The Terrapins (42-22) advanced to their second straight Super Regional and will face Virginia next week in Charlottesville. Junior Anthony Papio and sophomore Nick Cieri nabbed the decisive RBIs for the Terps.

“I'm just really happy for our players, coaches, and support staff,” head coach John Szefc said. “A lot goes into a season, and you hope that at the end of the season you're in a position like this. Luckily for us this is the second year we've been in this position. You don't take it for granted because it's so hard to get here. These guys have been tremendous.”

Women's Lacrosse

May 28, 2017

Maryland won the 2017 NCAA Championship with an undefeated 23-0 record; it’s first undefeated season since 2001

Sophomore attacker Caroline Steele scored six goals as the top-seeded Maryland lacrosse beat Boston College, 16-13, Sunday to win the program's 14th national championship and finish the season undefeated.

"I'd like to start off and say congratulations to Boston College. They were a tough team today, and a tough opponent," head coach Cathy Reese said. "To kind of cap it off, I was really proud of our team. Proud of our girls' effort. We struggled shooting in the first half, but we came out in the second half on fire. Give these guys all the credit. They played hard. They played their hearts out. To have the season that they had this year going undefeated was something that's really special. So huge congratulations to all of my players."

In front of an NCAA record 11,668 fans, Steele tied the NCAA Championship game record for goals.

Junior attacker Taylor Hensh finished with a hat trick while sophomore midfielder Jen Giles, junior attacker Megan Whittle and freshman attacker Kali Hartshorn each scored twice.

Men's Lacrosse

May 29, 2017

Maryland wins its first NCAA Championship since 1975, putting an end to a 42-year title drought.

After back-to-back heartbreaks in the last two title games extended decades of frustration, Maryland was finally able to celebrate.

Dylan Maltz had two goals and an assist and Tim Rotanz scored three times as the top-seeded Terrapins defeated Ohio State 9-6 on Monday in the NCAA lacrosse championship game, putting an end to a 42-year title drought.

"It's an unbelievable experience. You look at everyone who played so hard for this program and set such a platform for us to succeed, it's awesome to see them in the crowd," Rotanz said. "I have no feeling right now. I'm numb."

Rotanz scored the final goal with 59 seconds left, allowing the Terps (16-3) a little comfort to count down the final minute after three goals by Ohio State in the fourth quarter pulled the Buckeyes within two.

The Terps held on, then rushed the field beneath a cloud of gloves and sticks they tossed in the air to celebrate putting an end to their own frustration.

25 for 25: The Top Moments of the Last 25 Years … so far

Men's Basketball - 2001 Final Four
Women's Lacrosse - 2001 NCAA Championship
Football - 2001 ACC Championship
Men's Basketball - 2002 NCAA Championship
Volleyball - 2003-05 ACC Championships
Men's Basketball - 2004 ACC Championship
Field Hockey - 2005 NCAA Championship
Men's Soccer - 2005 NCAA Championship
Women's Basketball - 2006 NCAA Championship
Field Hockey - 2008 NCAA Championship
Men's Soccer - 2008 NCAA Championship
Women's Basketball - 2009 ACC Championship
Women's Lacrosse - 2010 NCAA Championship
Field Hockey - 2010 NCAA Championship
Field Hockey - 2011 NCAA Championship
Women's Lacrosse - 2014 NCAA Championship
Women's Lacrosse - 2015 NCAA Championship
Baseball - 2015 NCAA Los Angeles Regional Championship
Women's Lacrosse - 2017 NCAA Championship
Men's Lacrosse - 2017 NCAA Championship